Many children, many blessings; the twelve ancestral witches forced marriages throughout the primordi

Lin Hao received "encouragement" from his father.

They are even more motivated now.

He circled the Lingxiao Palace once.

Wherever I go—I'll be frugal.

He broke off pieces of the Nine Heavens' Breath Gold from the golden pillar and stuffed them into his pocket.

The spirit-patterned gemstones embedded in the floor tiles were scraped off by him with his fingernails.

He snapped the handle of the incense burner in half.

Haotian stood beside the throne, watching his grand hall being dismantled piece by piece by his grandson.

His lips were twitching.

He wanted to stop him.

But he dared not.

Because Lin Xuan was sitting in the chair next to him, legs crossed, drinking tea.

The tea was brewed by Haotian himself. It was made with the last remaining top-grade Ganoderma lucidum leaves from the Heavenly Court. He had originally kept it for himself.

Lin Xuan drank it now.

"Brother-in-law, this tea is no good. It's far inferior to the tea from Pangu Temple. I'll bring you two boxes next time."

Hao Tianqian chuckled twice. "No—no need."

"Don't mention it. We're family."

Lin Xuan held his teacup, watching Lin Hao frolicking around in the main hall. His expression was extremely relaxed.

Longji sat on the other side. A cup of tea sat in front of her. She didn't drink it.

Her eyes remained fixed on Haotian.

Haotian felt extremely uncomfortable under her gaze.

"Dragon... Dragon Ji..."

"Um."

Longji responded with a flat tone.

"Are you... alright?"

"it is good."

One word.

Haotian's face stiffened slightly. He tried his best to appear as a loving father.

"Lin Hao—you've grown so much—you should come and visit more often—"

Longji didn't respond.

There was a few seconds of silence.

She said something.

"Those things he picked out—go back and have Zedi appraise them. Throw away the worthless ones."

Haotian almost bit his own tongue.

Those are all top-grade innate spiritual materials!

Worthless?

After you married into the Pangu Palace—how high did your standards become?

But he dared not say it.

Lin Xuan put down his teacup.

"Alright."

His tone changed.

It wasn't that casual, conversational tone anymore.

Haotian felt a tightness in his back.

"Brother-in-law," Lin Xuan said, looking him in the eye. "Let's talk about something serious."

"Wha...what important matter is it?"

Lin Xuan didn't move.

But an invisible force emanated from him.

The oppressive aura of a peak Quasi-Saint.

This oppressive force had no special effects. There was no wind. No light. Not even the air changed.

But Haotian felt as if he were being crushed by a mountain.

His body sank uncontrollably. His knees buckled. His back bent.

He clung desperately to the handrail, trying to keep himself from kneeling down.

But it couldn't hold on.

"puff--"

His buttocks slammed back onto the throne.

It wasn't sitting. It was being pushed back.

The oppressive aura pinned him firmly to the throne.

Unable to move.

Haotian's forehead was covered in sweat. Cold sweat.

"Speak," Lin Xuan's voice came from above his head.

"That blind man with the lamp—what did he just talk to you about?"

Haotian's pupils contracted.

He found out.

He knows everything.

He arrived less than half an hour after the Heavenly Secret Shielding Array was activated.

What do you mean by "visiting neighbors"? What do you mean by "seeing one's maternal grandfather"?

He's here to arrest people.

Haotian's lips were trembling.

"I—I—"

"What about me?"

"I don't--"

"Brother-in-law," Lin Xuan's voice was calm. "You should know me. I don't like guessing. Just tell me directly. What did Ran Deng give you? Did you take it? Did you activate it?"

Three questions in a row.

Like three knives.

Haotian's mind was in turmoil for about two seconds.

Two seconds later—

He slid off the throne.

I knelt down.

"Sister—brother-in-law, spare me—"

This kneeling was even faster than Ao Guang's ancestral sliding kneeling technique.

"Randeng gave me an array plate—a Heavenly Shield—I...I've already activated it—it's in the array room—"

His words came out like beans spilling from a bamboo tube.

"He said he could block the Pangu Palace's surveillance of the Heavenly Court—I was momentarily confused—"

"Where?"

"The magic array room—behind the Lingxiao Palace—"

Lin Xuan stood up.

He walked towards the direction of the magic array room.

Halfway there, he turned back and glanced at Haotian.

"Brother-in-law, you say you were confused for a moment. I believe you."

Haotian felt a slight sense of relief.

"But if you make the same mistake again—"

Lin Xuan smiled.

"I didn't come alone."

Haotian's heart jumped again.

It's even tighter than before.

He knelt before the throne, watching Lin Xuan walk away.

Longji walked past him.

I didn't even glance at him.

Lin Hao ran past him.

As he ran over, he also casually pried a gem off the armrest of his throne.

-

The magic array room.

Lin Xuan found the array plate.

It's the size of a palm. It's embedded in the main eye of the core magic array.

He squatted down. He looked for two seconds.

"The work of the Primordial Celestial Venerable. The craftsmanship is quite good. The direction of the array runes... hmm, interesting."

He stretched out his hand.

He pinched the edge of the array plate with two fingers.

"pity--"

"You've run into me."

"Click—"

The array plate shattered.

It crumbled into dust.

Powder leaked through his fingers and sprinkled onto the surface of the magic circle.

The celestial connection between the Heavenly Court and the Pangu Palace has been restored.

The signal is back.

Lin Xuan stood up and clapped his hands.

He closed his eyes.

The Great Perfection of the Laws of Space was activated.

Although the array plate was broken, the fragments still retained the aura of its creator.

The aura of the Primordial Celestial Venerable—he didn't care. He couldn't control it. That was a sage.

But the transmitter of the array plate—Burning Lamp—also has his aura on it.

His breathing was weak. But it was enough.

Lin Xuan's perception extended outwards along this wisp of energy.

Passing through the Heavenly Court. Passing through the sea of ​​clouds. Passing through the barrier of the Nine Provinces.

locking.

The northern border of the Great Shang Dynasty. A desolate mountain.

Coordinates – confirmed.