After I left the sect, the entire sect knelt down and begged for forgiveness.

Chapter 327 I've Come to Take Revenge on You (Part 1)
Unexpectedly, a sudden change occurred: someone went berserk, ran towards the auction stage, and then self-destructed.

The hall was in chaos, filled with screams.

The key point is that it wasn't just one cultivator who self-destructed; as soon as the first explosion subsided, another person followed suit.

The host tried to grab the relic immediately, but was slapped away by someone.

Lin Yan saw everything clearly from the private room and immediately left as the evacuation proceeded.

The turmoil started in the hall and had nothing to do with her. After leaving the auction house and undergoing routine questioning, she was allowed to leave.

She followed the young master of Haicheng all the way to the city lord's mansion, and suddenly appeared just as he was about to enter: "Young city lord, I said I would visit your mansion."

The other person looked at her as if they had seen a ghost and backed away repeatedly.

"What...what do you want to do? Don't come any closer! Guards, guards, get her away from here!"

Are you sure you want them to die?

"Their lives are not as important as mine! You all risk your lives to stop her!"

"..."

Fortunately, someone noticed the situation and immediately ran back to fetch someone in charge.

She was just trying to scare him; she didn't really want to kill him. Who knew that he would wet himself in fear just by taking a few more steps closer?

A foul odor of urine wafted out, and she looked at the person with disdain.

"Didn't realize you were such a coward?"

When he was arrogant, he thought he could do whatever he wanted in Haicheng, unlike now when he's so timid.

The other guards were just there for a paycheck; they weren't willing to risk their lives and didn't listen to the young master at all.

Fortunately, he had a good father who intervened in time to stop it.

"Your Excellency, please show mercy!"

"Father... save me, save me." The young master of Haicheng crawled over like that, looking extremely disheveled.

"Your Excellency, please spare my son's life! My son has been very offensive, and I apologize to Your Excellency here."

Lin Yan scoffed: "Does the younger one need the elder to apologize for his mistake? It seems the city lord dotes on this child quite a bit; no wonder he's raised like this."

Lord Hai glared at his son fiercely, "Apologize to the Venerable One now!"

"Venerable One...Venerable One, spare my life! I was blind and did not recognize your greatness!"

"Too late! I still want to see you act arrogantly at the auction house. By the way, I heard you're very interested in my elf, so let it keep you company."

She laughed happily, "Sisi will play with you!"

As soon as he finished speaking, countless dodder vines immediately entangled the young master of Haicheng, treating him like fertilizer.

"Ah!" he cried out in terror, "Help me... Father, help me! I'm your only child!"

Those who cultivate immortality find it difficult to conceive their own offspring.

When a child is born, they are often pampered excessively. If they are not properly guided, the child may become a spoiled brat in childhood and arrogant and domineering in adulthood.

Now that you've offended someone more powerful than yourself, do you realize your mistake?

No, they just wondered why they didn't open their eyes wider and why they had to offend someone more powerful than themselves.

Even after this matter is resolved and things calm down, they will remain arrogant and unrepentant.

The city lord was heartbroken to see his son dying.

This is a child that only comes around once every 300 years.

He just lived too short a life. Let's see what happens in another 1000 years.
If all else fails, try again in 2000, and you'll find that offspring aren't actually that important.

“Your Excellency, please forgive my son’s rudeness. I am willing to offer 50,000 high-grade spirit stones as a token of my respect.”

"Fifty thousand?" She frowned. "You're trying to fob me off like a beggar? Your son spends fortunes at auctions, and you're trying to appease me with this little bit of spirit stones?"

"Father...you must save me! I was wrong, I know I was wrong!" The city lord was also extremely anxious and raised the price to 100,000 high-grade spirit stones.

"Your Excellency, this is all the spirit stones that the main manor can produce right now. Please forgive my son."

"Humph!"

Lin Yan accepted the spirit stones and spared his life, showing great integrity.

After taking the spirit stones, they left Haicheng without lingering.

There's no need to worry about them hiring assassins. There are very few assassins capable of killing Nascent Soul cultivators.

Everyone else has cultivated to the Nascent Soul stage and has an extraordinary status, so why would they do such a thing?

After leaving Haicheng, she went straight into the sea.

Last time I connected with a guide turtle, and we've maintained slight contact since entering the ocean.

The contract is still in effect, and the location of the guiding tortoise can be found through subtle communication.

The contract only became active again when the other party took the initiative to contact him.

"Thank goodness, Master, you're alright. Where have you been all these years?"

"I didn't go anywhere; I was ambushed. By the way, can you take me to that boy from back then?"

The guide turtle has a special ability: it can remember anyone it has seen.

It is more familiar with the sea than I am, and has come into contact with more marine species. It might actually be able to help me find the boy who plotted against me.

That young man must have gained quite a lot in the secret realm!

"Um... I can't find the person directly. But I can ask my other friends in the sea. The sea has changed quite a bit over the years."

"Okay, thank you. I'll come back to find you later."

When Lin Yan arrived at the city gate, she discovered that the rules for outsiders entering the city had become much stricter.

Originally, these cities in the outer ring were places where cultivators and sea people built and lived together, and the two sides worked together to transport resources from the sea to the land to earn spirit stones.

It's now clear that entry for cultivators is restricted, especially for those who don't reside permanently in the sea area; they need to be thoroughly questioned before being allowed to pass.

It had a gut feeling that this rule was related to that boy.

Perhaps the other party has already improved their cultivation through the treasures in the secret realm, and has secured a place in the royal family and has their own territory.

The outer cities were conveniently included within his territory.

He's probably so strict to prevent others from seeking revenge.

She went into the city to inquire and found out who the new lord was, and then she understood.

No matter where the other person is right now, they can't just run away. If you go to where the lord is, you'll always find them.

She stayed in the city for one night and then left.

The tortoise that guided her on the road contacted her, saying that the boy had seemed to have vanished since he appeared in the Central Sea City and had not been seen since.

She guessed that it hadn't disappeared, but rather that its appearance had changed.

The boy must have been under some kind of spell to turn into a boy in order to escape being hunted down.

Now that he has a higher status and is protected by treasures obtained from the secret realm, his strength has also increased. He no longer needs to worry about being killed, so he doesn't need to pretend anymore.

She told the guide turtle that she was going to do something very dangerous and difficult, and that she was afraid it would implicate the turtle and cause her to break the contract.

The guide tortoise was initially reluctant, but she said that she was always fighting and killing, and that it was too dangerous for her, and that she could easily die if she wasn't careful, so she asked the tortoise to consider it.

Following her is not a wise move.

After her persuasive arguments, which appealed to both emotion and reason, he finally agreed.

Fortunately, I didn't die last time, so the guide turtle didn't have to die with me.

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