Chapter 318 - Chapter 318: Chapter 20 Deception and Being Deceived (1/2)

Chapter 318: Chapter 20 Deception and Being Deceived

Lin Jing had just spoken this sentence when the old ancestor of the Lin Family across from him had clearly become somewhat staggered.

To prevent the old ancestor of the Lin Family from becoming as uncontrollable as he had been earlier in his excitement, Lin Jing hurriedly said to him:

“Old Ancestor, please don’t get excited. Let me finish telling you…”

After that, the old ancestor of the Lin Family managed to calm his emotions and then nodded his head. Since that previous sentence, the remnant soul of the Lin Family’s old ancestor had wanted to ask something.

However, following Lin Jing’s reminder, he still resisted the impulse to ask.

Then, Lin Jing continued:

“I was born in the Nanming Domain, in a sect called the Qingyuan Sword Sect, and I was just a minor spirit farmer.”

“Before this, I had never heard of the Lin Family…”

…

…

And so, Lin Jing began to recount his own life story.

Of course.

Lin Jing did not delve too deeply, merely providing a general introduction to his experiences and only went so far as to mention how he obtained the secret box from Senior Han, which contained some past events of the Lin Family.

Even the matter of the transmission, Lin Jing merely mentioned it in passing.

However, upon hearing these things, the remnant soul of the Lin Family’s old ancestor underwent a tremendous change in expression.

“Are you saying that this place is actually still Immortal Crossing Island…”

“Yes, Old Ancestor.” Lin Jing nodded and said.

However, after this sentence, the old ancestor of the Lin Family seemed to have heard a thunderbolt from a clear sky, and it took him a long time to react.

It was not until a good while later that the old ancestor of the Lin Family came to his senses.

Afterward, the entire person had remained silent for quite some time before finally lifting his head again.

At this moment, there seemed to be a kind of irrepressible desolation in his eyes.

“Even our Lin Family has ultimately declined…” the old ancestor of the Lin Family murmured to himself.

“Thinking back then…”

At this point, the old ancestor of the Lin Family’s eyes dimmed, and he did not continue any further.

Seeing him in such a state, Lin Jing couldn’t help but become curious about the past of the Lin Family and quickly asked:

“Old Ancestor, could you tell me about the Lin Family’s affairs?”

The old ancestor of the Lin Family looked up at Lin Jing, nodded his head, and then began to speak:

“Regardless, you are a descendant of our Lin Family. It is indeed right for you to know about our Lin Family’s past.”

“Our Lin Family is an ancient alchemy lineage dynasty that has survived for millions of years…”

Following that, the old ancestor of the Lin Family began to recount the past to Lin Jing.

However, his first sentence already shocked Lin Jing deeply.

When Lin Jing encountered Lin’s alchemy techniques, he indeed thought that the Lin Family possessed the inheritance of alchemy techniques, but he never expected that the Lin Family was actually a lineage that traced back to the ancients.

One must know, the Ancient Alchemy Path could even increase the success rate of Pure Elixir Medicine.

Leaving other things aside, just considering the inheritance that spanned millions of years, the Lin Family was destined to be extraordinary.

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After the narration of the old ancestor of the Lin Family, Lin Jing also gradually came to understand the full picture of the Lin Family, even including the decline of the Lin Family.

The Lin Family had existed since ancient times, and back then, they were merely a small alchemy family, quite inconspicuous within that glorious ancient era.

It was precisely because of the Lin Family’s insignificance that they, always low-profile and hidden from the world, managed to survive the catastrophe that swept across the entire cultivation world during the ancient times.

After the catastrophe, many long-standing top-level sects and powerhouse families declined, whereas small, hidden families like the Lin Family were preserved and passed down from generation to generation.

Maybe it was due to envy from the heavens, or perhaps limitations imposed by the rules of nature and earth, but neither the imperial dynasties of the world nor those super sect families could eternally thrive and not deteriorate.

The Lin Family was naturally no exception…

In the times that followed, the Lin Family also emerged to become a super power and had experienced several falls, returning to being an inconspicuous small family again.

But, no matter what, the Lin Family was always able to maintain an unbroken lineage…

Until ten thousand years ago, the Lin Family truly encountered a crisis of extinction.

Perhaps it was because the Lin Family had existed for too long and incurred the wrath of the heavens, which brought down a heavenly calamity upon them.

Within less than a thousand years, the Lin Family rapidly declined from an extremely powerful clan…

This time, it was even more severe than before.

Those long-renowned and top-tier cultivators of the Lin Family either went mad from practicing their cultivation techniques or unfortunately perished while out and about.

And those extraordinarily talented prodigies were the same, either dying at the hands of enemies or mysteriously disappearing.

Only those disciples of mediocre aptitude happened to survive quite well…

The Lin Family searched for all kinds of methods but to no avail.

During the decline of the Lin Family, this old ancestor encountered betrayal by a friend and was ambushed by his friend in collusion with outsiders, who wanted to seize the Lin Family’s alchemy techniques.

He resisted desperately. But in the fiercest moment of the battle, a spatial disturbance was triggered, and by accident, he fell into this Immortal Crossing Island together with his enemies.

From then on, he was unable to leave.

Originally, with the Lin Family already severely weakened and lacking the alchemy inheritance, the entire Lin Family thus declined from that point on.

Until Lin Jing’s generation, the Lin Family could be said to have become completely extinct.

After hearing this, Lin Jing fell silent for a while before hurriedly consoling:

“Old Ancestor, you really don’t need to be sad. There is no such thing as a family that can continue on forever in this world. The fact that the Lin Family has been able to pass down its legacy for millions of years is already incredibly remarkable.”

The old ancestor of the Lin Family lifted his head to look at Lin Jing, then sighed:

“Alas…”

“Perhaps, this is the will of the heavens.”

Having said that, the old ancestor of the Lin Family’s aura suddenly strengthened as he said to Lin Jing: