“Fangxiong…” Huai Xu stared blankly at Fang Yu, only reacting after a long time.
For him, the last time he saw Fang Yu was a year ago.
Although a year might not be a long time for cultivators like Huixu.
But this year, so much had happened that when he saw Fang Yu again, he felt a sense of time and change as though years had passed.
“As for where I’ve been this past year, I’ll tell you about it later. Right now… let me go back to my manor to recover.” Fang Yu said.
Huixu nodded slowly, then remembered Baijiang and the remaining nineteen members of the Tianhu clan. He looked around as if on condition.
However, he saw only a vast expanse of black ash and scattered fragments on the ground, along with patches of emerald-green blood…
“All of them are taken care of.” Fang Yu knew what Huixu was thinking and spoke.
Huixu wiped the blood from her chin and took a few breaths, finally regaining her composure.
“Teacher, Mr. Fang!”
Zheng Ze ran up from behind and shouted excitedly.
He was so happy, he was almost in tears.
He, who was originally facing imminent death alongside Huai Xu… Now being able to live is like a miracle.
He never expected that, in the end, the last message slip… would actually summon Fang Yu!
“Mr. Fang!” Zheng Ze looked at Fang Yu, so excited that he couldn’t speak, almost kneeling down.
Fāng Yǔ raised his hand to lift Zhèng Zē up, and said, “Let’s go, back to my manor first.”
Having said that, Fang Yu turned around and raised his hand, opening a teleportation portal.
Huixu and Zhengze entered the teleportation portal one after another.
Fang Yu then scanned the surroundings with a cold look in his eyes, and then walked into the teleportation gate.
……
After returning to the manor, Fang Yu used a healing spell to briefly treat Huixu’s wounds.
Huixu’s injuries were also very serious. Besides the wounds he sustained during his fight with the elite Sky Falcon clan members, there were some older injuries that had not yet healed.
Although these injuries are serious, they are not fatal and will only require a period of recovery.
After treating his injuries simply, Fang Yu immediately found Su Changge.
“How has the Lin family been doing this year?” Fang Yu asked, frowning.
“The Lin family…” Su Changge furrowed his brow, recalling.
After a while, he shook his head and said, “Boss… I haven’t really heard anything about the Lin family this year. Things are just too chaotic; there’s always some big news coming out of different places every day.”
“Then let’s just go and see for ourselves.” Fang Yu said, frowning.
Having said that, Fang Yu raised his hand again to open a portal and stepped into it.
Su Changge followed behind.
……
The two people stepped out of the portal and arrived at the Lin family gate.
At this moment, the Lin family’s gate had no guards.
Fang Yu released his divine sense, enveloping the entire Lin family mansion. His eyes flickered, and his brows furrowed.
The entire mansion… there wasn’t a single soul to be seen.
Could it be that…
Fang Yu’s eyes turned cold as he stepped into the large mansion.
Subsequently, Fang Yu walked at a fast pace, his eyes scanning the surroundings, catching any hint or clue.
Su Changge followed behind, also observing his surroundings.
“How could there be no one here?” Su Changge said in confusion. “And… there are no signs of a fight in this big house, everything is clean and tidy, and I don’t smell any blood…”
What Su Changge said was also noticed by Fang Yu.
If the Lin family had been attacked by the Tianhu clan, then the buildings and facilities inside the manor would not be in such good condition right now.
If Ke’ru hadn’t been attacked by the Tianhun clan… why did her whole family disappear? Not even a single guard was to be seen?
Fan Yu furrowed his brows and walked forward, quickly arriving at the deepest part of the Lin family.
There is a clan hall here, which is used to worship the ancestors of the Lin family on a daily basis.
Before Fang Yu even stepped into the ancestral hall, he sensed a strange aura, his eyes flickering.
This place… <<<
Fāng Yǔ thought of something, a smile curling at the corner of his mouth.
“Boss, why did you suddenly start laughing?” asked Su Changge beside him with a puzzled look.
The Lin family ancestral hall was eerily silent, with no sign of anyone. The light was dim, and the atmosphere felt strange.
Accompanied by the slight smile from Yu, Su Changge even felt a chill run down his spine.
Fang Yu did not answer Su Changge’s question and strode into the hall.
There was no one else in the ancestral hall. In front of it stood a tiered platform where the tablets of the ancestors were placed.
Fang Yu walked to the front of the stage and looked up.
Su Changge also curiously looked over.
At this moment, he suddenly realized that the nameplate at the highest position… was gone.
“Boss, this…” Su Changge was about to speak.
But at this moment, Fang Yu suddenly reached out and knocked down a tablet inscribed with the three characters “Lin Dao Hong” located in the middle of the third layer.
“Boss, this seems a bit disrespectful…” Su Changge said.
But before he could finish his words, he felt the scene around him begin to blur and his body became light and airy, as if he were floating in the air.
After several seconds, the surrounding scenery changed completely.
Su Changge looked closely and found that the place before him had become a small mountain village.
A mountain village path stretches ahead, flanked by the small, flat-roofed houses common in rural villages.
And on the outskirts of the village, there is a river, with clear water flowing at a slow pace.
This place is like a paradise, so peaceful and comfortable that time seems to slow down.
“You are…”
Su Changge hadn’t come to her senses yet when two guards dressed in the uniform of the Lin family appeared before her.
They were originally incredibly nervous, but when they saw Fang Yu, they were taken aback.
“Master Fang, Master Fang! It’s Master Fang!”
The two guards knelt down immediately.
“All of you from the Lin family…are you all inside this independent space?” Fang Yu asked.
“Yes, yes!” A guard said excitedly, his voice trembling, “This is the ancestral path left for our Lin family by our ancestors…”
“Whose ancestor left this behind?” Fang Yu asked.
“Lin, Lin Xunyu Ancestor.” The guard replied.
Lin Xunyu…
This name is that of the patriarch listed first in the Lin family genealogy, the one on the highest shelf of the ancestral tablet altar we just saw.
At the same time, he should also be Lin Baitian’s biological son.
“Take me to see your master.” Fang Yu thought for a moment, then said.
“Alright, please follow me, sir,” the guard replied.
Subsequently, Fang Yu and Su Changge followed the guards into the depths of the small village.
……
All the way, Su Changge kept looking around.
He was an orphan who lived in a similar mountain village as a child, living with an elderly widower for several years until he met Su Yuanzhou and went to Beidu Xiaodongshan.
At this moment, returning to such a small village, he was momentarily dazed, as if back in the days of yore.
Along the way, we met many members of the Lin family with the guards.
These people, upon seeing Fang Yu, were all excited. Many even knelt down directly to greet him.
Although in terms of seniority, they did so and Fang Yu could withstand it.
But that look of worship, still made Fang Yu feel very strange.
Thus, all the way forward, Fang Yu and Su Changge finally came to the largest hut at the very end.
Lin Zhengxiong, Lin Zhenxu, and Lin Zhenxi, it seemed, had already heard the news and were standing in front of the flat house early to greet Fang Yu.
“Master Fang, you…finally arrived.”
Lin Zhengxiong’s eyes were filled with excitement. He took a deep breath, clasped his hands together, and bowed deeply.
Lin Zhenxu and Lin Zhenxi also bowed.
……
After a brief conversation, Lin Zhengxiong invited Fang Yu into the hut for further discussion.
“This place is both safe and comfortable,” Fang Yu said with a smile, sitting at the wooden table inside the flat.
“Yes, thanks to our ancestor, the Lin family has been spared from disaster.” Lin Zhengxiong said with emotion.
“How long have you been here?” Fang Yu asked.
“It’s been almost half a year,” Lin Zhengxiong shook his head slightly and said, “Ever since the Tianyun clan began invading Beidu, we’ve been making plans. Afterward…hearing about some tragedies that happened to certain families, we made up our minds to enter this independent space left for us by our ancestors as a refuge.”
“Well, I guess there are probably still quite a few aristocratic families in Beidu who do the same,” Fang Yu said.
“The other races… they’re too brutal, there’s no other choice.” Lin Zhengxiong sighed and said solemnly, “When the spiritual energy recovered, cultivators all over the world rejoiced… Who would have thought that the disaster would come so fast.”