Chapter 51: Lin Zichen's Killing Intent
[Lin Family Year 213, November 17th: Lin Zichen, the young master of the Lin family, exchanged 17,000 lower-grade spirit stones at the family’s main hall and then returned to his courtyard to enter closed-door cultivation.]
[Lin Family Year 214, August 8th: The Lin family hosted a coming-of-age ceremony, inviting prominent forces from Qingfeng City and nearby allies. No one could withstand a single move from Lin Zichen. However, the overall strength of the younger generation of the Lin family still astonished and stunned the other factions.]
[The changes in the Lin family raised suspicions among the major factions. Yet, given the Lin family’s ties to Qingzhou City, no one dared to act rashly.]
[Lin Family Year 215, February 27th: The Wang family received a secret letter from the Wutong County Wang Family, instructing them to find an opportunity to cripple or even kill Lin Zichen and suppress the Lin family as much as possible.]
[However, just as the Wang family prepared to ally with the Zhao and Huang families against the Lin family, their plans were discovered by spies from the Shadow Hall, who promptly reported to Lin Zichen. That very night, the Wang, Zhao, and Huang families were annihilated by Shadow Hall, leaving no survivors. Simultaneously, the Wang family in Wutong County was mysteriously obliterated by an unknown force. Overnight, the Wang family, which had dominated Wutong County for centuries, vanished into thin air.]
[This incident sent shockwaves through Wutong County and Qingzhou City, even causing ripples across the entire Qianyuan Country. However, as the Wang family had no significant backing, most were merely curious about who had destroyed them, without any intention of seeking justice. After all, in this martial world where the strong soar to the heavens and the weak are devoured, survival of the fittest is an eternal truth. Nonetheless, the Mu family had a different perspective.]
[Lin Family Year 216, March 23rd: With the help of a vast supply of spirit stones and his Innate Sword Constitution, Lin Zichen broke through to the Grandmaster Realm. In the same month, the Lin family Clan Leader Lin Shoucheng, the first elder Lin Shouchang, and the second elder Lin Shouyuan all advanced to the Master Realm. At this point, the Lin family boasted more than twenty Master Realm experts.]
[The family’s growing strength made the elders keenly aware of their small numbers. To encourage population growth, the Lin family implemented birth subsidies, significantly increasing the birthrate of new family members.]
[Lin Family Year 217, July 12th: After years of investigation, the Mu family began to suspect the mysterious force known as Shadow Hall. However, after probing and discovering that Shadow Hall was guarded by Master Realm experts, they chose to bide their time. Even so, they did not abandon their schemes against the Lin family in Qingfeng City, as they could not afford to let their plans fail.]
[Despite the Mu family’s various plots, Shadow Hall’s protection allowed Lin Zichen to counter them all. Were it not for the current disparity in strength, Lin Zichen would have confronted the Mu family directly.]
[Lin Family Year 220, February 8th: With six months remaining until the Qingzhou City Lin family’s grand competition, Lin Zichen planned to use the opportunity to lead the Lin family of Qingfeng City to merge with the Qingzhou City Lin family, aiming to confront the Mu family head-on.]
[Lin Family Year 220, August 3rd: Under Lin Zichen’s leadership, Lin Zitao, Lin Ziqing, and others, who had reached the first stage of the Prenatal Realm, set out for Qingzhou City, escorted by family experts. Before their departure, Lin Zichen received intelligence from Shadow Hall warning of a potential ambush by Mu family experts.]
“Heh, the Mu family is truly stubborn!”
Lin Zichen’s eyes flashed with a cold glint as he read.
He harbored deep disdain for the Mu family.
Mu Zhan, unable to pursue the Qin family’s daughter himself, had targeted Lin Zichen, the Lin family’s young master who might fulfill the agreement between the two families, treating him as an obstacle to be eliminated at all costs.
And what did Mu Zhan rely on? The Mu family’s overwhelming power.
“If that’s the case, let’s see who prevails.”
With this thought, Lin Zichen continued reading the simulation, eager to see how he would fare.
[Lin Family Year 220, August 5th: While passing through Misty Sand Cliff, Lin Zichen’s group was ambushed by Master Realm experts from the Mu family. However, the Lin family’s experts, well-prepared, counterattacked without panic. With superior numbers and strength, they quickly annihilated the attackers. Lin Zichen was somewhat disappointed that no Grandmaster appeared, as he had hoped to exact some interest from the Mu family.]
[By now, Lin Zichen, benefiting from abundant resources and his Innate Sword Constitution, had reached the mid-stage of the Grandmaster Realm, nearing the late stage. He had comprehended fifty percent of sword intent, and his full power rivaled a peak Grandmaster with twenty percent intent comprehension.]
[Lin Family Year 220, August 7th: With no further interference from the Mu family, Lin Zichen’s group smoothly reached the Qingzhou City Lin family. Upon learning this, the Mu family clan leader flew into a rage. For the future of the Mu family and his son’s beloved, he made a vicious decision.]
[He secretly dispatched a Grandmaster to Qingfeng City’s Lin family to coerce Lin Zichen and his group into returning and forfeiting their qualification to compete, intending to eliminate them once and for all.]
“That wretched Mu family!”
Even knowing it was just a simulation, Lin Zichen couldn’t help but grind his teeth in anger.
For the first time in his life, he felt an overwhelming desire to obliterate the Mu family entirely.
“In the simulation, I didn’t bring Chu Mu, the Grandmaster, with me when I left. Even though Chu Mu’s combat strength isn’t the best in his realm, as long as no late-stage Grandmaster or higher appears, the Lin family should remain safe.”
This reasoning calmed Lin Zichen’s anger somewhat.
He doubted the Mu family would deploy anyone stronger than an early or mid-stage Grandmaster against a small clan like the Lin family of Qingfeng City.
After analyzing the situation, Lin Zichen felt reassured and grew curious.
In the face of such a predicament, how would the simulation’s version of himself respond?