The master went down the mountain

Tang Zhan's spirits instantly lifted. What he was truly wary of were the six elders of the Lin family. Since the six elders had died 20 years ago, the current Lin family was no longer worth his concern!

Lin Zhujiu continued, "In that battle, most of my generation in the Lin family perished. Apart from me, who was seriously injured, the others who survived sustained only minor injuries."

"Your grandfather's generation and your father's generation both survived, but they were both seriously injured. This is why the Alliance to Destroy Tang was able to easily wipe out the Tang family 16 years ago."

"If they hadn't been injured, even ten members of the Anti-Tang Alliance wouldn't have been a match for the Tang family. Your father alone could have wiped them all out!"

That's it!

That's it!

For the past 16 years, Tang Zhan has been unable to understand how the powerful Tang family could be so easily destroyed. It turns out that all 13 elders of the Tang family died, and all the members of his grandfather's and father's generation were seriously injured!

It turns out that the group of people dressed in strange clothes were the culprits who caused the Tang family to be wiped out!

"No wonder my father defied all opposition and insisted on establishing the Xuanmen sect 18 years ago; it turns out he was worried that the five powerful enemies who escaped would retaliate against China..."

Tang Zhan's long-standing confusion finally found an answer, and he asked:

"What were the cultivation levels of those five powerful enemies who escaped?"

"One first-grade and four second-grade!" Lin Zhujiu said.

hiss!

Tang Zhan gasped. One Rank 1 and four Rank 4—this was a terrifying force capable of overturning the entire world.

"Twenty years have passed, and they haven't retaliated against China, which means their wounds haven't fully healed. Otherwise, with their cultivation level, even the combined forces of all the countries in the world wouldn't be a match for them!"

"They all seem to have suffered fundamental damage. In this era of depleted spiritual energy, their injuries are simply incurable!" Lin Zhujiu said with absolute certainty.

"But how did they cultivate to the third, second, and first ranks?" Tang Zhan asked.

"I don't know!" Lin Zhujiu shook his head.

"You said there were 479 of them, only 5 escaped. What about the bodies of the other 474?" Tang Zhan asked.

"He was taken away by your father's guards. He's either being sent somewhere for research or he's been cremated!" Lin Zhujiu said.

"Where was your ambush location back then?" Tang Zhan asked.

"The summit of Zijin Mountain!" Lin Zhujiu said.

"How did Grandpa know about those people? And how did he know they would appear on the summit of Zijin Mountain?" Tang Zhan asked.

"After that battle, I asked your grandfather. According to him, a mysterious person sent him and the leader of the Gatekeeper organization a text message saying that a powerful and numerous group of experts was going to massacre China. They thought it was better to believe it than not, so they called their friends to ambush on the summit of Zijin Mountain!" Lin Zhujiu said.

Is the leader of the Gatekeepers organization, the Sword Master of the World, Lu Yin?

A sudden inspiration flashed through Tang Zhan's mind, and he blurted out:

"The Dark Kingdom?"

Lin Zhujiu, not following Tang Zhan's train of thought, asked:

"What do you mean by mentioning the Dark Kingdom at this time?"

"Seventeen years ago, the life laboratory under the Dark Kingdom traveled around and facilitated the formation of the Alliance to Destroy the Tang Dynasty. In other words, the Dark Kingdom was the culprit behind the destruction of the Tang family."

"As far as I know, the Dark Kingdom suddenly appeared 18 years ago..."

Lin Zhujiu interrupted Tang Zhan: "You mean that after those five powerful enemies escaped, they secretly established the Dark Kingdom, which was only revealed 18 years ago. Afterwards, in order to seek revenge, those five powerful enemies ordered the Life Laboratory to facilitate the formation of the Annihilation Alliance of Tang, which ultimately destroyed the Tang family?"

"The Tang family has no enmity with the Dark Kingdom, nor with the Life Laboratory. The Dark Kingdom has no reason to put the Tang family to death, unless the Dark Kingdom was established by those five powerful enemies. Only those five powerful enemies have the motive to retaliate against the Tang family!" Tang Zhan said.

"That makes sense!"

Lin Zhujiu nodded and said:

"Since your enemies are the Dark Kingdom and those five powerful adversaries, you can't afford to waste too much time on the Alliance to Annihilate Tang!"

"Tonight I'll wipe out the Lin family first!" Tang Zhan said menacingly.

"With your strength, the rest of the Lin family are not worth worrying about, but you must be careful of Lin Yuantu. He has activated his battle runes, and his strength is unfathomable!" Lin Zhujiu warned.

"Is Lin Yuantu the only one in the Lin family who has activated the battle runes?" Tang Zhan asked.

"As a branch of the Tang family, only the successive heads of the Lin family are qualified to activate battle runes!" Lin Zhujiu said.

"How much combat power can battle runes increase?" Tang Zhan asked.

"I don't know, I know nothing about battle patterns!" Lin Zhujiu shook his head.

Tang Zhan was in a bind. Not understanding the battle patterns meant he couldn't assess Lin Yuantu's strength, which made tonight's revenge battle uncertain!

……

"What time is it now?"

Lin Yuantu woke up from his coma and looked at the concerned gazes in the room, asking...

"Grandpa, it's already 8 p.m.!" Lin Canglan said.

"Tang Zhan has only been down the mountain for a few days, and he's already made me, a dignified peak fourth-rank expert, faint twice from anger!"

Lin Yuantu sat up, his expression calmer than ever before, his tone even slightly playful. He looked around at his family members filling the room and asked:

"Do you know why the Lin family has been losing ever since Tang Zhan left the mountain?"

No one answered, because everyone could see that Lin Yuantu was asking the question with the answer already in mind!

Sure enough, seeing that no one answered, Lin Yuantu answered himself:

"Because we've been hiding the secret that the Lin family is a cultivation family, we've been in a very passive position in everything we do!"

"Grandpa, do you mean the Lin family no longer needs to hide?" Lin Canglan asked.

"Second Brother, please think it over! The cultivation techniques and martial arts practiced by the Lin family all belong to the Tang family. Once the secret of the Lin family being a cultivation family is exposed, the Alliance to Destroy Tang and the Tang family's enemies will definitely target the Lin family. The Lin family doesn't have the strength and influence that the Tang family had back then!"

Lin Yuantu's third brother, Lin Xiaochuan, reminded him.

"All we need to do is kill everyone who knows the Lin family is a cultivation family!" Lin Yuantu said.

Everyone in the Lin family present finally understood what Lin Yuantu meant!

The Lin family doesn't need to deliberately reveal the secret of being a cultivation family. They only need to use force to solve problems when necessary, and then kill everyone who sees that a member of the Lin family is a cultivator!

"So, what do you mean, Second Brother?" Lin Xiaochuan asked.

"Gather all the fourth-rank experts of the Lin family and come with me to the Tang Clan Ancestral Hall tonight to kill Tang Zhan. Relying on others is not as good as relying on ourselves. It is too unreliable to expect others to kill Tang Zhan. Let's take action ourselves. As long as we kill Tang Zhan, all the problems that the Lin family is currently facing will be solved!" Lin Yuantu said murderously.

All the Lin family members present perked up!

Lin Xiaochuan asked, "What time do we depart?"

"10 PM!"

Lin Yuantu said in a deep voice:

"Everyone, hurry back and get ready! We'll meet at the ancestral hall at 10 o'clock!"

"yes!"

All members of the Lin family present must leave immediately!

Lin Yuantu got out of bed and dragged a rectangular box out from under the bed. When he opened it, there was an ancient longsword inside!

"Tang Lie, I'm doing you a huge favor by using this sword to kill your grandson, aren't I?"

Lin Yuantu drew his sword, and in an instant, the temperature in the room dropped several degrees!

This sword is called Ghost Eagle. It was the weapon of the Tang family patriarchs and also their token. Sixteen years ago, the Tang family was destroyed, and this sword fell into Lin Yuantu's hands!