Chapter 407: Three Down…

Three Lin family clansmen – Lin Ganglie, Lin Yong, and Lin Yong’s wife, Qin Fengfeng, were killed inexplicably.

This news spread like wildfire, and everyone, including disciples and elders, couldn’t help but be shocked.

After all, Lin Ganglie was an early-stage tribulation transcending realm cultivator, Lin Yong was a late-stage Mahayana realm cultivator, and Qin Fengfeng was a mid-stage Mahayana realm cultivator.

By all accounts, these three should not have been killed so inexplicably, but reality defied expectations. Not only were they killed without causing a commotion, but they were killed in an unreasonably short time.

“I saw Ancestor Lin less than half a day ago.” A disciple said with a thoughtful expression.

“You saw ancestor Lin? Where did you see him?”

“I saw him exiting the Myriad Treasures Pavilion in the Trading Centre.”

“How was he? Did he look okay? Was he injured?”

“He looked normal.” The disciple said and shrugged.

“This means that Ancestor Lin was killed in the last half day.” Another disciple said, his eyes narrowed into slits.

“Is it possible to kill a tribulation transcending realm cultivator in half a day?”

“There is a wide gap between each stage of the tribulation transcending realm. However, even a peak-stage ancestor would need more time to kill an early-stage tribulation transcending realm cultivator.”

“Maybe Ancestor Lin was ambushed by more than one tribulation transcending realm cultivator.” Someone suggested, and the surrounding people nodded in agreement.

“It’s possible.”

“Elder Lin advanced in recent years and has likely not had enough time to adjust to his new power. It’s possible he was overwhelmed when several tribulation transcending realm cultivators attacked him.”

“Your reasoning is logical, but there is a big flaw in your theory.” A female cultivator suddenly said, and the surrounding people turned to look at her.

“What flaw?” Someone asked, and the female cultivator didn’t waste time.

“Our Tianxuan sect has less than thirty tribulation transcending realm ancestors.” The female cultivator started and quickly continued.

“Of the thirty, ten or so are in seclusion, another dozen are not in the sect, and the remaining rarely interfere with sect matters. Do you really think our sect’s elders came together to deal with the three Lin family clansmen? If so, why and why now?”

“This fellow Daoist has a point. It’s unlikely that the sect elders suddenly decided to deal with the Lin family.”

“An ambush is the only logical explanation.”

“It’s logical, but the ambushers may not be sect elders.”

“You mean…” Someone muttered with a solemn expression.

However, he soon shook his head, denying his own suspicions.

“Although fellow Daoist Zhen and junior brother Shen are children of a hidden clan, I don’t believe their family would send a group of tribulation transcending realm cultivators to protect them in the sect.”

“I also don’t believe it.” Someone said and quickly continued.

“It’s difficult to cultivate one, let alone a group of tribulation transcending realm cultivators. Even a hidden family can’t afford to use so many ancestors as guards.”

“Wait…, why do you assume the ambush has anything to do with fellow Daoist Zhen and junior brother Shen?”

“Isn’t it obvious?” Someone sneered and continued in a whisper.

“Although the disciplinary hall has not announced the results of its investigation, we all know the dead men who attacked fellow Daoist Lin belong to the Lin family. Most importantly, the Lin family was attacked, not before but soon after the ambush. Isn’t it obvious that fellow Daoist Zhen and junior brother Shen are avenging themselves?”

“That’s not all…” Someone started in a lower whisper.

“I happen to know that a Lin family disciple died while attacking the wine shop’s protective formation.”

“What does that have to do with anything?” Someone asked.

“That disciple was the grandson and son of the three Lin elders who were killed.”

“Is this true?” Someone asked in a shocked voice.

“It’s true. Where else would most people be so convinced that fellow Daoist Zhen and Junior brother Shen did it?”

“Everything is in the fog, but at least we know that those two didn’t personally do it.”

“That’s true. When the elders died, fellow Daoist Zhen was arranging his formation while junior brother Shen was watching from the side.”

“I have just thought of another possibility.” Someone suddenly exclaimed, and the surrounding cultivators turned to look at him.

“Poison.” The person said, and several people immediately became enlightened.

“It would be easy for one tribulation transcending realm cultivator to kill all three elders if they were weakened by poison.”

“But…” Someone muttered, his brows creased in a frown.

“The three elders don’t seem to have been poisoned.” He continued.

“Really? How do you know?”

“I heard it on my way here. All three died from nearly identical sword injuries. No one mentioned poison.”

“It doesn’t mean they weren’t poisoned just because no one mentioned it.”

“I know.”

“Anyway, fellow Daoist Zhen and junior brother Shen are too courageous. How dare they attack the Lin family?”

“Why don’t they dare? Have you forgotten why we are enjoying the challenges?”

“I had almost forgotten that they are in their current predicament because they beat up the Xuanyuan siblings.” A spectator said and sighed with a helpless expression.

“I think those two are not courageous but reckless.”

“I also think they are reckless.” A male cultivator said and quickly continued.

“It would not have been too late to take revenge after the events of the challenges slipped from people’s minds. Why did they do it so soon?”

“Maybe that’s the point.”

“You mean…” Someone asked, and his friend nodded before speaking.

“They are killing the chicken to warn the monkey.”

“This is indeed a good way to warn people, but it’s too reckless.”

“The Lin family has only two tribulation transcending realm ancestors.” Someone said and continued when he had everyone’s attention.

“One is a mid-stage, and the other is an early stage. Now that the early stage has fallen, the Lin family will definitely not let this matter go.’

Someone snorted when he heard this.

“Who can let this kind of thing go?” He said and quickly continued.

“The Lin family was only a mid-tier clan before elder Lin married the sect master. Can you imagine the effort and resources it took to raise two tribulation transcending realm cultivators?”

“The fall of the three elders is enough to forge a blood feud between the Lin family and the Zhen couple.”

“I shudder when I recall what happened when the Dongfang family formed a blood feud with the Kang family.” Someone said with a frightened expression.

“Kang family? I have never heard of it.” Another said, and the first nodded with a meaningful face.

“Exactly!” He said and quickly continued.

“Unless a third party interferes, blood feuds usually end with the destruction of one family.”

Hearing this, the surrounding people couldn’t help but be interested.

“Why did the Dongfang and Kang families forge a blood feud?” Someone asked, and a male cultivator sighed before he began explaining.

“It was because of a woman.”

“A woman? How is that possible?” A disciple asked with a confused expression.

After all, they were not mortals.

Although it was not uncommon for fights to break out over female cultivators, it rarely escalated to the level of a blood feud.

“It’s said the ancestors of the Kang and Dongfang families fell in love with the same female cultivator. They fought between themselves at first, but eventually, their families got involved, and the feud escalated to the destruction of the Kang family.”

“Why would the two ancestors be so obsessed with a female cultivator? How was she different from others?”

“I heard she was the kind of beauty that could topple a country.”

“Speaking of beauty…” Someone sighed and turned to look at Shen Xu and Zhen Yuan.

“Those two are the kind of beauties that could topple a world, but I still don’t believe that someone would be so infatuated that they would cause their family to be destroyed.”

“Could it be there was something else? Maybe they were fighting over a secret treasure?”

“I have heard that a lot of people suspected that, but no one knows for sure.”

“There is another possibility.” Someone said and quickly continued.

“Maybe the female cultivator had a special physique.” He said, and the surrounding people immediately felt they had stumbled onto something.

“It’s possible she had a rare cauldron physique.”

“It’s difficult for tribulation transcending realm cultivators to advance, but if they encounter a cauldron physique…”

“It’s not uncommon for cultivators to fight over cauldron physiques.”

“We have veered too far from the topic.” Someone reminded, and everyone turned to the stage.

“Fellow Daoist Zhen and junior brother Shen were too impatient. This matter may bring a disaster to their family.”

“We can’t know that for sure.”

“What do you mean?”

“Maybe the disaster will be on the Lin family.” A female cultivator said, but the surrounding people didn’t believe her.

After all, the Lin family had Xuanyuan Han.

As long as that mountain was still standing, the Lin family was practically invincible in the Tianxuan continent.

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