Cultivating a family of immortals

The child named Luoluo gently placed her hand on the stone platform, but the platform remained motionless for a long time.

As Lin Wanxing descended the steps, her heart ached with immense sorrow.

"Heh, truly...a piece of trash!"

Lin Chenbi finally made up his mind, his face extremely gloomy as he said:

"Junior sister, as we discussed ten years ago, this bastard child has no chance of becoming an immortal. He should be kicked out of the Haoran Sect. From now on, you are free to come and go as you please."

These words sounded incredibly sarcastic to Lin Wanxing, but she didn't care at all.

She had long wanted to leave the Haoran Sect.

Lin Wanxing stood up, called Luo Luo back to her side, took his hand, bowed again, straightened up, and said with bright eyes:

"Junior brother, since Luo Luo and I are no longer related to the Haoran Sect, please tell me, where exactly did Xu Guanyi go?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Chenbi's face darkened, and an elder beside him immediately rebuked him angrily:

"Lin Wanxing, how dare you address the Sect Master as Junior Brother? Don't you know the proper etiquette of the sect!"

Lin Wanxing held Luo Luo's hand tightly, just as she had held Xu Guanyi's hand on that snowy night years ago, and her heart calmed down considerably.

She said calmly, "That's what I called you back then."

"Things were different back then!" the elder roared.

"But the achievements of that time were due to the circumstances of that era!"

Lin Wanxing's voice was full of authority, just like it was back then.

A resolute look appeared in his eyes. If he did not know the truth today, he would fight to the death, even if it meant his own demise.

"Lin Chenbi, you seized power in the sect and imprisoned my brother and me in the Haoran Sect for ten whole years, targeting and suppressing the direct descendants at every turn. We don't have the strength to settle accounts with you for these things, but if I don't get what I want today, then let fate decide our fates!"

As she spoke, Lin Wanxing condensed a spiritual energy around her, summoned a long sword in her hand, and her expression became resolute.

"How dare you!" The elders beside Lin Chenbi were furious upon seeing this and were about to attack, but Lin Wanxing said coldly:

"All of you, dozens of you, used to call me 'Senior Sister.' Who among you didn't treat me with utmost respect? Fortune changes, prosperity and decline are predestined—I accept this principle. But think it over: if you fight me today, I'll risk my life to take a few of you down with me. Anyone who wants to die first, come at me!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the elders and deacons were taken aback, but none of them dared to make a move, and they all looked at Lin Chenbi.

Lin Chenbi calmly looked at Lin Jinglan.

Lin Jinglan was still kneeling on the ground, his eyes devoid of light, completely ignoring Lin Wanxing's actions.

Noticing Lin Chenbi's gaze, he immediately kowtowed and respectfully said:

"Wanxing... Lin Wanxing's matter is none of my concern! I only seek what I desire!"

Upon hearing this, Lin Wanxing felt a deep sadness, but she suppressed the urge to cry and calmly gazed upwards.

Lin Chenbi nodded in satisfaction, his gaze falling on Lin Wanxing as he pondered:

"Killing Lin Wanxing today would be inappropriate. After all, the direct and collateral branches are still one family, and it would damage our reputation if word got out. Since she is leaving the Haoran Sect today, sending her away is indeed a good thing. As for what she asks for... well, let's just say it. It will just put another layer of pressure on your direct lineage!"

After thinking for a moment, Lin Chenbi smiled and said:

"Whether you call me junior brother or sect leader, it's all in the past. There's no need to argue about it!"

The elders and deacons understood and immediately withdrew.

Lin Chenbi's tone hardened, and he sneered:

"Lin Wanxing, do you really want to know where Xu Guanyi is?"

Lin Wanxing looked at him with uncertainty in her heart, but she nodded stubbornly.

Lin Chenbi smiled and shook his head, then whispered something to the person beside him. A steward hurriedly left through the passageway on the platform.

In less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, the steward returned, carrying a chain.

The chains gleamed with a cold, bluish-black light, and spiritual energy emanated from the clasps, making soft sounds with each movement.

Lin Wanxing looked at the person who was locked up, and her pupils immediately contracted.

A woman was found tightly bound to the other end of the chain, her head and limbs locked.

The woman's hair was disheveled, her face was pale, and her clothes were filthy. Upon closer inspection, the woman was none other than Lin Wan, the steward of the Immortal Guiding Pavilion of the Haoran Immortal Sect!

Lin Wan was led out by chains, her fingertips slightly clenching the rolled-up hem of her clothes, her eyes filled with humiliation.

"Senior Sister Lin Wan!"

Lin Wanxing exclaimed in surprise, then became extremely angry, her spiritual power surging forth and lifting the curtains on both sides of the council hall.

"Lin Chenbi, Senior Sister Lin Wan made a mistake. Why did you bind her with the [Spirit Binding Lock]!"

Lin Wan raised her head in a daze and saw Lin Wanxing standing in the main hall. She was immediately startled, and then realized why she had been brought up today. She felt guilty and dared not look at Lin Wanxing.

Lin Chenbi, however, sneered coldly and said in an extremely mocking tone:

"Fourteen years ago, Xu Guanyi came to the Immortal Guiding Pavilion to investigate his spiritual root. It was your good senior sister who took over the matter and eventually discovered that Xu Guanyi had a rare spiritual root that was only seen once in ten thousand years. After that, she called her uncle Lin Feizi, and from then on, Xu Guanyi became Lin Feizi's disciple."

"Ten years ago, Lin Feizi wanted to participate in the great battle on the Mochuan River, so he refined your beloved son Xu Guanyi into a blood pill and devoured it to help him reach the peak of the Foundation Establishment realm! At that time, your good senior sister Lin Wan witnessed it firsthand! This matter is a top secret of the sect, and it took me a lot of effort to find out from Lin Wan. So, Lin Wanxing, do you think I should imprison her here?"

As soon as the words were spoken, all the newly appointed elders and deacons on the steps, including Lin Wanxing and Lin Jinglan below the steps, were utterly shocked.

Lin Wanxing stared blankly at Lin Wan, and murmured:

"How could this be? My second martial uncle... how could the old man do such a despicable thing?"

An elder standing beside Lin Chenbi hesitated and asked, "Sect Master, I also think Lin Feizi...wouldn't do something like this, would he?"

Lin Chenbi, the second person in the sect to know the truth, sneered upon hearing this.

"You all think this is impossible, but it is indeed true. Remember what we have discussed today and post it within the sect, but do not spread it outside the sect!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Chenbi stood up, took the chains from the steward, and dragged Lin Wan down the steps. His gaze was utterly cold as he said:

"That extraordinary spiritual root is a once-in-ten-thousand-years find. Now that my Lin family has obtained it, we should nurture it into the pinnacle of our sect, perhaps even bestowing upon it the title of Holy Son. With such a disciple in the future, my Lin family of the Vast Immortal Sect will surely become the number one cultivation family in the Changkong Immortal Continent!"

"Who would have thought that Lin Qingcang and Lin Feizi would collude in such a wicked scheme, devising a plan to refine him into a blood pill? They are truly short-sighted and utterly selfish!"

"Lin Wan, tell me everything you know, without hiding anything. After today, I will let you leave the mountain! Otherwise, you will be locked here for the rest of your life!"

As soon as she finished speaking, tears welled up in Lin Wan's eyes. She knelt down in front of Lin Wanxing and slowly recounted what had happened that day.

Upon hearing that Xu Guanyi had been summoned back to the sect, he said that it was partly to help the sect with its troubles and partly to propose marriage to the sect leader.

Hearing that Xu Guanyi's limbs had been severed, tears of blood streamed from his eyes, yet he remained silent for the sake of the Xu family, dying a tragic death.

Lin Wanxing suddenly felt as if a stone was pressing heavily on her chest, making it hard for her to breathe.