A technologically powerful nation: The national treasure is actually myself.

"Or, should I accept the Yun family's invitation and join them?"

Lin Yang then thought of the Yun family.

In terms of strength, the Yun family is not as good as the Hongwei Sect and the Tiankun Sect, but they are only slightly inferior.

During this siege by the siege horde, the three major families in the city suffered heavy losses and were in dire need of manpower. If they joined the Yun family, the possibility of them being borrowed would be smaller.

The main point is that if he joins the Yun family now, he will have a little leverage to negotiate some terms with them in order to avoid the risk of being taken away.

With that in mind, Lin Yang no longer hesitated and found the steward of the Yun family to express his desire to join the family.

At the same time, he also stated his condition: he would not leave the city.

Alternatively, you can simply follow the Yun family's group out of the city!

"Oh? Fellow Daoist Lin Yang has come to his senses? So you're finally willing to accept our clan's invitation?" Manager Yun Bu said with a smile.

He knew Lin Yang.

The manager of the independent cultivators' stronghold had invited Lin Yang multiple times, having informed his family beforehand.

Furthermore, Lin Yang's efficiency in refining the magic array within the City Lord's Mansion was extremely high, significantly surpassing that of other magic array masters of the same level.

He was aware of it as well.

Therefore, Yun Bu was slightly surprised to see Lin Yang come to him on his own initiative.

Lin Yang had declined numerous invitations from previous years.

Lin Yang smiled and said, "The strongholds of independent cultivators outside the city have been destroyed, and I don't want to wander around like before anymore."

The reason he used to justify wiping out the strongholds of the rogue cultivators while attacking the city was perfectly reasonable.

Yun Bu nodded with a smile: "Then welcome Fellow Daoist Lin Yang to join my Yun family."

He readily agreed to the conditions proposed by Lin Yang, because in his view, they were not conditions at all.

It's understandable that he didn't want to leave the city. Although Lin Yang was a high-level array master, his cultivation level was still below the Dao Fire Realm. It's only natural that he didn't want to go out and risk his life.

Moreover, given Lin Yang's mastery of formations, Yun Bu wouldn't easily let him go out at this juncture.

Lin Yang thus became a magic array master in the Yun family.

"I never expected that after all the twists and turns, I would end up joining the Yun family."

Lin Yang sighed.

He then stopped thinking about it and continued to provide magic arrays for the Yun family.

Although joining the Yun family was out of necessity, it would be difficult to survive as a rogue cultivator after reaching the Dao Fire Realm, so joining now can be considered an early move.

In the agreement, he would provide the Yun family with a certain number of magic arrays, and in return, the Yun family would directly give him the inheritance of top-level magic arrays.

A few days later.

Sure enough, someone came to borrow him.

But to Lin Yang's surprise, it was not the Hongwei Sect that came to the Yun family to borrow him, but the Tiankun Sect.

And the person who came was Lan Zhi.

Lan Zhi personally came to borrow people, and Yun Bu immediately looked troubled.

After all, he had just promised Lin Yang that he wouldn't let him leave the city.

Furthermore, Yunbu couldn't understand why Tiankun Sect insisted on borrowing Lin Yang.

Although Lin Yang's performance in refining magic arrays in the City Lord's Mansion was indeed quite impressive, there were also many other powerful magic array masters.

With a hint of doubt, Yunbu tactfully expressed his refusal.

As one of the three major families in Baichi City, the Yun family still has a good reputation.

Having already agreed to Lin Yang's request, she naturally wouldn't easily break the agreement.

Seeing that the Yun family refused, Lan Zhi didn't say anything more and left quickly.

He didn't want to give away any clues by insisting too much on Lin Yang.

After Lan Zhi left, Yun Bu found Lin Yang and quickly explained that Lan Zhi had come to borrow people, then tentatively asked:
"Fellow Daoist Lin Yang, do you have some kind of entanglement with the Tiankun Sect?"

Yunbu isn't stupid either.

Lin Yang had just joined the Yun family on the condition that he would not go out.

The Tiankun Sect came to borrow people right away.

This was clearly something Lin Yang had anticipated, and he wanted to use this to avoid the Tiankun Sect.

Although the Yun family was not afraid of the Tiankun Sect, Yun Bu still wanted to understand the situation.

Lin Yang shook his head, and then explained that he was a dismissed disciple of the Moon Shadow Sect and one of the survivors of the ambush that year.

He didn't say anything else, leaving Yunbu to fill in the blanks in his own mind.

Yunbu actually knew some of this information. After hearing Lin Yang's words, his eyes flickered twice, but he didn't say much, only saying:
"I understand. In that case, you can stay in the clan without worry."

"Thank you, Manager Yunbu." Lin Yang didn't care what Yunbu was imagining and bowed slightly in thanks.

Yunbu waved his hand and turned to leave.

On the other side, after leaving the Yun family, Lan Zhi's eyes instantly darkened.

He received an anonymous tip that Lin Yang's strength was far greater than it appeared, and that he was actually terrifyingly powerful.

When he was at the first level of the Dao realm, he could injure someone at the ninth level of the Dao realm. Back in Mirror Lake, Lin Yang's strength was at least at the third level of the Dao realm, so he could have killed someone at the seventh or eighth level of the Dao realm.

His younger brother was most likely assassinated by Lin Yang.

Although the source of this information could not be traced, Lan Zhi had a general idea of ​​who might have deliberately leaked it to him and what their intentions were.

But he doesn't care.

What he cared about was whether he could avenge Lan Gang.

“When the investigation was conducted back then, Lin Yang was at Mirror Lake at that time, but he was excluded simply because of his low cultivation level. Now it seems that this kid is indeed highly suspicious.”

Lan Zhi's gaze was deep and unfathomable.

He also felt that Lin Yang's joining the Yun family was too coincidental.

"Was he deliberately joining the Yun family early to avoid them?" Lan Zhi thought to himself with a cold sneer.

He has plenty of patience to continue waiting for a more suitable opportunity to make a move.

At the same moment, Mu Sheng was also paying attention to the situation of Lan Zhi and Lin Yang.

Seeing that Lan Zhi's attempt to borrow people failed, he became even more certain that Lin Yang definitely knew something.

"This kid must not be allowed to live." Mu Sheng's eyes were also cold.

However, since joining the Yun family, Lin Yang has remained secluded, preventing Lan Zhi and his group from finding a suitable opportunity to strike.

Time passes day by day.

The swarm of worms has been largely wiped out.

The city of Baichi is gradually regaining some of its former vitality.

The number of people has decreased significantly, and it's not as lively as before.

The teams that came to provide support also withdrew one after another.

The Hongwei Sect and Tiankun Sect's teams withdrew together.

Lin Yang never went out, preventing them from finding an opportunity to strike.

However, Lan Zhi still secretly left someone to monitor Lin Yang.

He refused to believe that Lin Yang would never leave the city.

Although Lin Yang was unaware of this, he was somewhat certain that someone was secretly watching him.

Therefore, he still stayed in the Yun family and rarely left the city, let alone the Yun family.

After joining the Yun family, although I have to provide them with magic arrays regularly and in fixed quantities, it is undeniably much better than being a rogue cultivator on my own.

Many resources can be obtained directly at a lower cost.

Even before reaching the Dao Fire Realm, Lin Yang felt that he had no need to leave the city at all.

The Yun family sells Dao Huo Dan, and as an internal member of the Yun family, you can enjoy many discounts.

Furthermore, one can even receive an advance payment of Yuansha from the Yun family.

It must be said that the Yun family has a great vision and treats their own people very well.

Although Lin Yang was only an external member and not an inner disciple of the Yun family, he still received many preferential treatments.

Because of his extremely high efficiency and success rate in crafting magic arrays, the Yun family gave him a portion of the inheritance of top-tier magic arrays ahead of time.

Although the price was that after he comprehended the top-level magic array, he had to provide the Yun family with a certain number of top-level magic arrays free of charge, Lin Yang was still very happy.

With the top-tier magic array, he can earn money much faster.

Furthermore, his status as a top-tier array master also allows him to receive more Yuansha in advance from the Yun family.

There is hope that the flame of enlightenment can be ignited!

Lin Yang began to tirelessly study the top-level magic array inheritance.

After some time, he naturally comprehended a top-level magic array.

"It's not difficult at all!"

Lin Yang grinned. Then, he began to refine a large number of top-tier magic arrays, while simultaneously continuing to improve his cultivation.

He is currently at the eighth level of the Dao Realm and cannot yet attempt to ignite the Dao Fire.

You need to raise your cultivation level to the ninth level.

Time flies, and 20,000 years have passed.

Lin Yang's cultivation level has reached the limit of the ninth level above the Dao.

For the past 20,000 years, he has never left the Yun family. Apart from improving his cultivation, he has been refining magic arrays.

The Yun family has provided considerable support to Lin Yang, a top-tier array master with a high success rate and high productivity.

For example, Lin Yang could temporarily postpone providing all the magic arrays free of charge, and could first sell a portion of the magic arrays to raise money to buy Dao Fire Pills to ignite the Dao Fire.

This is yet another unexpected surprise.

Lin Yang expressed his gratitude.

Yun Bu's response was that the higher his cultivation level, the better the quality of the magic array he could create, and the faster the efficiency would be.

This is considered investing in him in advance.

At this moment, Lin Yang regretted not joining the Yun family sooner.

Of course, if they had joined earlier, and the Yun family hadn't suffered a major loss due to the Silent Horde's attack, they might not have received such good treatment.

In any case, Lin Yang can finally stop worrying about collecting Dao Fire Pills for the time being.

Selling top-tier magic arrays can accumulate some Yuan Sha, and you can also get an advance on Yuan Sha. Combined with your original Dao Fire Pill, you only need a few more days to gather the required Dao Fire Pill.

The Dao Fire Realm is within reach!
On the Primordial Ancient Continent, reaching the Dao Fire Realm was considered to have the basic foundation for establishing oneself.

There are many things that those below the Dao Fire Realm cannot do.

And so, more than ten thousand years passed.

With the strong support of the Yun family, Lin Yang managed to gather enough Yuan Sha to buy all the Dao Fire Pills.

This day.

Lin Yang began to try to ignite the Dao Fire.

The so-called Dao Fire is a product of resonance with the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth.

When the fire of the Dao is born, the Great Dao is born.

Lin Yang prepared six Dao Fire Pills to draw the Dao Fire down upon himself.

A tiny flame gradually condensed within his body, resonating with the fire of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth.

The process of igniting the Dao Fire went smoothly for Lin Yang.

He hadn't even used all six Dao Fire Pills; he had only used four when he felt his Dao Fire was about to ignite completely.

However, just as the Dao Fire was about to be fully ignited...

Within the soul, the "boundary" suddenly began to tremble uncontrollably once again.

An inexplicable force erupted from above the "boundary" and rushed straight towards the Great Dao Fire.

Immediately, Lin Yang could sense that the "boundary" seemed to be taking the opportunity to absorb the power of the Great Dao Fire.

Not only that, but it also followed the fire of the Great Dao into the depths of the Great Dao and began to frantically absorb all power.

buzzing.

As the "boundary" absorbed energy frantically, some anomalies began to appear between heaven and earth.

A deafening roar of thunder resounded, and Lin Yang felt a terrifying force locking onto him—or more precisely, locking onto the "boundary."

This is not a power belonging to any one person, but the power of the Great Dao.

The Great Dao seems to be fighting back, resisting the absorption of the "boundaries".

Lin Yang felt a chill run down his spine.

He wanted to stop the "boundary," but he couldn't.

The world has never been so greedy, frantically absorbing, even plundering, the power of the Great Dao.

Lin Yang was terrified and frantically prayed that he wouldn't be discovered.

……

A mysterious place in the ancient landmass of the Yuan Dynasty.

A figure that seemed to have never moved in ages suddenly raised its head and looked towards the sky.

A mysterious light shot out from his deep eyes, as if he had seen something through endless time and space.

"Some kind of ancient power..."

"Is that it?"

Suddenly, the figure looked in one direction, which was the direction of the Far East Prefecture.

"over there!"

……

The Ruins of Superstrings, a crimson land.

At the same moment, a great being also looked up at the sky, and in an instant, locked onto the direction of the Far East Prefecture.

"It is an ancient power... and at the same time, there is a faint sense of cause and effect."

The great being's deep eyes flashed, and in an instant, a gigantic face materialized, with an almost distorted aura emerging from it.

If Lin Yang were here, he would recognize that this giant face was the mastermind behind the experiments on humans in the cosmic region back then.

That mysterious lord!
At this moment, the twisted aura on the giant face surged even more violently, staring at the direction of the Spirit Ancient Domain with a hint of ferocity and desire.

……

At the same moment, in several other places on the Primordial Ancient Continent, a distant power was locking onto the location of the Far East Prefecture.

Within the Linggu Domain, there are even supreme beings of the human race who immediately and accurately narrowed their senses down to the vicinity of Baichi City.

Then, a series of orders were issued.

A number of mysterious figures rushed to White Ink City.

……

Lin Yang, on the other hand, was completely unaware of the changes happening in the outside world.

He only sensed the scent of death the moment the "boundary" plundered the power of the Great Dao.

Although it was only for a brief moment, it still terrified him.

At that moment, he also felt as if he were being spied on by some terrifying force.

Fortunately, the madness of "Jie" only lasted for a moment before returning to calm.

In fact, this time, after the "boundary" stopped acting, its presence became extremely low.

Even Lin Yang himself could no longer sense the existence of the "boundary".

It was as if the "boundary" had left his soul.

If he weren't certain that "the boundary" was still within his soul, he would have suspected that "the boundary" had simply vanished.

"What's going on?" Lin Yang asked, puzzled.

He felt that "boundary" seemed to be intentionally hiding itself.

It felt like doing something bad and not wanting to be discovered, so you started to diminish your own presence.

This feeling is strange.

Lin Yang couldn't figure it out, so he simply stopped thinking about it.

Anyway, this thing is special more than once or twice.

He then spent some time consolidating his cultivation and adapting to his new power before emerging from seclusion.

The Dao Fire was successfully ignited, and he has already entered the Dao Fire Realm.

Although he had only just entered the Dao Fire Realm, Lin Yang felt that his combat strength was probably comparable to that of someone in the mid-to-late stages of the Dao Fire Realm.

In the vicinity of White Blaze City, Nirvana Realm is undoubtedly the pinnacle of existence. They do not venture out casually on ordinary days, making them very difficult to encounter.

With his current strength, he finally has the confidence to operate around White Blaze City.

"Now, even if I encounter Lan Zhi, I won't be afraid of him."

After thinking it over, Lin Yang returned the remaining two Dao Fire Pills to the Yun family.

The Yun family was quite surprised because Lin Yang had actually broken through using only four Dao Fire Pills.

This is rare.

Under normal circumstances, six Dao Fire Pills are necessary.

Lin Yang could only say that he was lucky.

The Yun family didn't investigate further, but instead sent Yun Bu to congratulate Lin Yang, expressing their joy that they now had a top-tier array master at the Dao Fire Realm.

After Yunbu finished conveying the message his family had asked him to relay, he looked at Lin Yang, paused, and said:
"Fellow Daoist Lin Yang, there is something I need to remind you of. In the past few days, there have been some people of unknown origin but obviously of high status in the city. If you go out to do business, please remember to be careful."

"Huh?" Lin Yang was somewhat taken aback. (End of Chapter)