Martial Arts Master: The Lin Family Sword God, who swept through the Five Mountains and Four Sects

"Heh, looks like you're too scared to fight one-on-one and are planning a group brawl?" Lin Tian's lips curled up slightly, but there was no trace of a smile in his eyes. "Your lousy Pine Wind Sword Formation is nothing but a pile of dirt in my eyes. But Chief Escort Cui and the others have been busy for days, so they should at least show off their skills."

His voice grew cold, and his smile vanished completely: "Since your Qingcheng Sect intends to exterminate my entire Lin family—then don't even think about leaving alive. Attack!"

Upon uttering the word "movement," Yu Canghai's heart trembled violently.

Since entering the hall, he had felt something was amiss, but preoccupied with his confrontation with Lin Tian, ​​he hadn't paid attention. Only now did he suddenly realize—

A barrage of hidden weapons rained down like a storm, overwhelming everything in their path!

The Qingcheng disciples no longer cared about setting up any sword formations; they all raised their swords to parry, and the clanging sounds were incessant.

The镖师 (bodyguards/escorts) of Fuwei Escort Agency were mediocre in martial arts, most of them not even having mastered the basics of internal energy, only possessing some rudimentary hard skills. However, their advantage lay in their numbers and speed; they threw out wave after wave of hidden weapons, leaving no room for error. In the blink of an eye, a thick layer of hidden weapons piled up on the ground, making Yu Canghai's scalp tingle.

Apart from him, none of his other disciples escaped unscathed; all of them were injured.

The barrage of hidden weapons finally subsided, and Yu Canghai breathed a sigh of relief. Although he had lost six or seven men, it was still within a manageable range.

"Oh no! It's poisonous!!" a disciple cried out in alarm.

The poison is known as "Seven Steps to Death," and it is so deadly that it will kill you within seven steps!

boom! boom! boom!

The corpses fell to the ground one after another, their skin quickly turning black and blue, blood gushing from their seven orifices, their deaths gruesome.

"Hero! Hero! Genius! Outstanding man!!" Yu Canghai's eyes were bloodshot, and he was almost insane.

The Qingcheng elite forces were dispatched to annihilate the Fuwei Escort Agency in one fell swoop. Tiansong Temple was now likely reduced to a few old, weak, and crippled soldiers. But now, all the disciples had perished, their corpses strewn across the ground.

The Qingcheng School has been eradicated today.

The sect leader is still alive, but all the disciples have been wiped out—what's left of this sect?

"Damn that deadly sword! Damn Lin Tian!! I, Yu Canghai, will never forgive you!! Ahhh—I'll tear you to pieces!!"

Enraged, Yu Canghai's eyes turned bloodshot. With his long sword in hand, he moved like a snake, leaping and dodging, his sword flashing wildly as he stabbed at Lin Tian.

"Irreconcilable enmity? Sorry—Shorty Yu, you don't even deserve to stand before me. Lie down obediently and join your son in the underworld."

Lin Tian's eyes turned cold, and the Pearl Sword shot out from the air, its cold light like a hook, aimed straight at his throat.

This Pine Breeze Sword Technique might be considered top-tier in the world of "The Smiling, Proud Wanderer," but in Lin Tian's eyes, it was nothing more than fancy moves, utterly ineffective.

Deadly Sword, the Seventh Sword!

In an instant, the sword's momentum crumbled, and Yu Canghai's moves collapsed.

The longsword in his hand flew out with a sound. Before it even hit the ground, Lin Tian had already closed in and kicked the other man in the chest. The force was so great that it sent him flying several feet away, crashing heavily to the ground.

Looking at Yu Canghai, lying face up and looking utterly disheveled, Lin Tian's lips curled into a slight smile, his tone mocking:

"Oh? That move just now, was it the Qingcheng School's long-lost 'Wild Geese Descending on the Sand with Buttocks Forward'? It's on par with your family's ancestral 'Wild Geese Descending on the Sand with Buttocks Backward', quite creative indeed."

"You brat! I originally intended to finish you off with a single sword strike, to give you a quick death, but now—" Yu Canghai was consumed by rage, his seven orifices blazing with fury. He leaped up with a somersault, his palm pressing down from mid-air, "I will use the Heart-Shattering Palm to shatter your internal organs, making you howl in agony as you die!"

Before he finished speaking, his right hand formed a claw, a faint blue aura emanating from his palm, his five fingers as black as ink, like a ghostly hand, tearing through the wind as he came.

"Heart-Shattering Palm?" Lin Tian's eyes narrowed suddenly, and he dared not be careless.

He looked down on Yu Canghai, but he was wary of this palm technique.

Heart-Shattering Palm, Serpentine Leap and Fox-like Flipping Technique...

Ordinary people would just think it was a unique skill of Qingcheng, but Lin Tian could see the clues at a glance—these were clearly from the supreme Taoist classic: the Nine Yin Manual!

It's understandable for two martial arts schools to share the same name, but for two to coincide? What a coincidence!

Moreover, Qingcheng is a branch of Taoism, and tracing its origins, its ancestors were very likely related to the Quanzhen School. It's perfectly reasonable for them to know some of the skills from the Nine Yin Manual.

As for why it became so rotten in Yu Canghai's hands, firstly, the martial arts of this world have declined; secondly, the Qingcheng Sect is probably only left with fragments—just like Mei Chaofeng mastered the Nine Yin White Bone Claw, which was clearly orthodox Taoism but was forcibly turned into an evil skill.

"Heart-Shattering Palm?" Lin Tian sneered. "Wait till I chop your entire arm off, then let's see what you'll use to attack!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a sense of alarm flashed through Yu Canghai's mind, and he hurriedly withdrew his palm and retreated.

Too late!

No matter how fast he moves, he can't outrun the speed of the Thirteen Deadly Swords—that's a killing technique whose soul is "speed"!

A flash of cold light, so fast that its trajectory was almost invisible.

"ah--!!"

A scream ripped through the night sky as the right arm was severed at the shoulder, blood gushing out like a fountain.

"Damn it! Give me back my arm!" Yu Canghai roared.

Despite cursing, his feet didn't slow down—he used the Snake-like and Leaping Technique again, this time heading in only one direction: outside the door!

Defeated in two moves, he fully understood that he was no match for his opponent. What were the grudges between his son and disciples compared to his own life?

"Trying to run?" Lin Tian's voice was icy, following him like a shadow, right next to his ear. "Do you think you can escape?"

"Lin Tian! Don't go too far!" Yu Canghai screamed, his heart pounding with fear, as he ran. "I am the dignified leader of the Qingcheng Sect! If you dare kill me, the righteous path of the world will not tolerate you!"

"Hmph—" Lin Tian chuckled, his tone full of mockery. "Not tolerate me? Do you even believe that yourself? Besides... the righteous path of the world? Are you talking about Mount Song? Mount Hua? Or Shaolin and Wudang?"

He continued walking, closing in step by step, his tone menacing:

"And, starting tomorrow, will the Qingcheng Sect still exist in this world?"

"you--!!"

Yu Canghai had barely uttered the word "you" when Lin Tian pierced his throat with a sword.

puff--

The body crashed to the ground, its eyes bulging, its eyes wide open in disbelief.

On the gradually cooling corpse, a card slowly emerged.

The color... it's purple!!

"Purple?!" Lin Tian's pupils shrank drastically. "Impossible! Even top-tier experts only drop green cards! Yu Canghai is at most at the initial stage of the Acquired Realm. No matter how high his reputation is, he can only get a red card at most. How could it be purple?! System, explain!"

"Host has misunderstood." The system's voice calmly sounded, "Card drops depend not only on strength but also on the target's impact on the timeline. In terms of cultivation alone, Yu Canghai is only qualified for a blue card, but as a key catalyst in the plot of 'The Smiling, Proud Wanderer'—without his massacre of the Lin Family Fortress, the entire martial arts world would have been completely rewritten. Based on a comprehensive assessment, a purple card will drop."

Lin Tian's brows twitched slightly, and his heart skipped a beat.

Indeed... without Yu Canghai's massacre of the Lin family, there would have been no subsequent turmoil. This pawn actually manipulated the entire game.

He bent down to pick up the card, and the moment his fingertips touched it, his whole body trembled violently, and his eyes widened suddenly.

It was...it?!