Divine Emperor Demon Emperor

Chapter 699 -698: Qin Feng Returns Home

Hearing Lu Bingning’s words, Lin Yun smiled faintly and then said softly, “What’s wrong? Why say that all of a sudden?”

“It’s nothing. I just feel like you’re a little different than you used to be,” Lu Bingning replied lightly.

The difference Lu Bingning mentioned was the aura Lin Yun now projected—one of decisive ruthlessness. The old Lin Yun was like a rusted Divine Soldier. But now, it was as if he had been polished to perfection, once again radiating a blinding light with his edge fully exposed.

Lin Yun didn’t dwell on the matter. He no longer needed to hide his strength and bide his time as he once did. Now, he would use thunderous methods to intimidate the masses and unify the Celestial Spirit Continent.

After a happy meal, the sky was completely dark by the time they left the restaurant. The four of them slowly walked back to the Lin Family residence.

He greeted his parents and told Lin Xiaotian about his plan to move the entire family to the Eastern Heart Domain. Upon hearing this, Lin Xiaotian had no objections. It was all the same to him where they lived, and moving to the Eastern Heart Domain meant he could be with Lin Yun.

Zhang Jingxiang, in particular, wholeheartedly approved of Lin Yun’s proposal. In her eyes, as long as she could be with her son, she would go anywhere.

With his parents in agreement, Lin Yun quickly began making arrangements. Early the next morning, he summoned Mo Zhi and ordered him to lead a group of Lin Family guards to Wind City in the Eastern Heart Domain. He was to contact Lin Yun via Communication Token once he arrived.

In half a year, Mo Zhi had already broken through to the Ninth Layer of Primordial Ocean Realm and was only a step away from the Celestial Spirit Realm. Although the Yanhuang Capital was very far from Wind City, Lin Yun believed there would be no problems with Mo Zhi leading the group.

Hearing Lin Yun’s command, Mo Zhi immediately nodded in agreement. He then gathered the Lin Family guards and explained the situation.

Upon hearing they were going to the Eastern Heart Domain, some were excited, while others expressed their unwillingness to leave Yanhuang Country.

Lin Yun didn’t force those who wished to stay. To each their own; perhaps these people simply wished to spend their lives in a small place like Yanhuang Country.

Of the original sixty Lin Family guards, forty were willing to follow Mo Zhi to the Eastern Heart Domain, while the remaining twenty chose to leave the Lin Family.

After settling the wages for the twenty men, Mo Zhi dismissed them. As for the remaining forty, Mo Zhi decided they would set out the next day.

Lin Yun left these matters for Mo Zhi to handle while he practiced his Martial Skills in the courtyard. He had just finished training, not yet Noon, when Qin Feng walked in.

“Young Master Lin, I’d like to make a trip home…” Qin Feng said, approaching Lin Yun.

Hearing Qin Feng’s request, Lin Yun nodded. As it happened, he also had an unresolved matter to attend to before leaving, so he told Qin Feng they would all go together.

After informing Lin Xiaotian and Zhang Jingxiang, Lin Yun used his Communication Token to give some instructions to the Qingfeng Saint and the Flowing Water Saint. Then, calling for Lu Bingning, the other two women, and Little Ape, the group set off for the town where the Qin Family resided.

With their current power, it only took the group half a day to travel from the Yanhuang Capital to the Qin Family’s town. When Qin Feng’s grandfather, Qin Shitian, and his father, Qin Shanlin, saw Qin Feng again, they were both overcome with emotion.

Seeing his grandson again after so many years, Qin Shitian found that Qin Feng had completely changed. He had lost all trace of his former profligacy; his entire aura had become steady and resolute.

However, when Qin Shitian noticed Qin Feng’s severed right arm, the old man couldn’t help the reddening of his eyes.

“Grandfather, it’s just one arm…” Qin Feng said with a smile, seeing Qin Shitian’s reddened eyes.

Without saying much more, Qin Shitian clapped Qin Feng heavily on the shoulder. The grandson who had left with Lin Yun all those years ago was now completely grown up. Even he, his own grandfather, couldn’t discern Qin Feng’s Cultivation level.

After exchanging a few words with Qin Feng, Qin Shitian turned to Lin Yun. He was extremely grateful to Lin Yun; Qin Feng’s current success was largely thanks to him.

“Mr. Qin…” Lin Yun called out with a smile, looking at Qin Shitian.

After standing at the Qin Family’s main gate for a long moment, Qin Shitian finally came to his senses and hurriedly invited everyone inside.

They went to the main hall and sat down, with Qin Shitian still taking the master’s seat. Qin Feng’s return made both Qin Shitian and Qin Shanlin very happy, but during their casual conversation, Lin Yun noticed a strange look in their eyes.

Moreover, Lin Yun noticed that the Qin Family’s servants also seemed on edge, as if they were worried about something.

Lin Yun had noticed the signs early on. Qin Feng, no longer the profligate son he once was, naturally also saw that something was wrong with his grandfather and father.

After chatting for a while, Qin Feng looked at Qin Shitian and asked, “Grandfather, has something happened to the family?”

Hearing Qin Feng’s question, Qin Shitian was silent for a long moment. Finally, after Qin Feng’s repeated inquiries, Qin Shitian revealed the cause of the problem.

The matter worrying Qin Shitian and Qin Shanlin was simple: the Qin Family no longer called the shots in town. That role now belonged to a family named Chen.

This Chen Family had once been just an ordinary household with no reputation in town. But two years ago, the family’s only son, who had been missing for decades, returned from the outside world. Moreover, his Cultivation had unexpectedly reached the Fourth Level of the Primordial Ocean Realm.

In a small town like this, the Fourth Level of the Primordial Ocean Realm was enough to dominate. The Qin Family didn’t even have a Primordial Ocean Realm expert; both Qin Shitian and Qin Shanlin were still in the Qi Sea Realm.

With someone at the Fourth Level of the Primordial Ocean Realm backing them, the Chen Family’s ambitions began to show, and their first target was the Qin Family.

The Chen Family’s only son, who had been missing for decades, came to the Qin Family alone and demanded that Qin Shitian pay the Chen Family a large sum of money every month.

Threatened and left with no choice, Qin Shitian could only give the Chen Family a large amount of money each month. The other people in town were quick to see which way the wind was blowing. Seeing that the Qin Family was no longer the number one family, they all sided with the Chen Family.

With a large monthly income from the Qin Family and the support of other families in town, the Chen Family grew rapidly. In less than a year, they became the number one family in town.

Of course, more than half of the Chen Family’s current guards were originally from the Qin Family. These guards had seen that the Qin Family was in decline and had defected to the Chen Family.

Perhaps because the Qin Family had been the number one family in town for so many years, the Chen Family had always held a grudge against them even as they rose to power.

If not for Qin Shitian’s forbearance, coupled with the fact that the Qin Family still had some supporters after so many years in town, the current Chen Family Patriarch—the one at the Fourth Level of the Primordial Ocean Realm—would have likely made a move against them long ago.