Chapter 300: Chapter 300: The Person Covered by Divine Brilliance
Lin Yuexin, standing tall in the courtyard, also paused. Was it Chen Pingping?
The Array’s energy was exhausted. A group of Hidden Guards, still mending their injuries, charged towards the courtyard once more.
The middle-aged leader sneered. "I am the Dark Guards Leader. By order of the Family Head, I am here to execute the Lin Family traitor, Lin Yuexin."
Lin Yuexin laughed. "Heh heh! To think the main branch has now become the traitor of the Lin Family."
"Lin Yuexin," the Dark Guards Leader strode forward, "out of consideration for your past as a member of the Lin Family, if you surrender, I will ensure you have a whole corpse. Otherwise, your elder sister’s fate will be your own."
"An Yucong!" the elder raged. "The Family Head treated you like a blood brother, yet you led the Hidden Guards to betray him, attacking the main branch time and again! It’s outrageous! You... you will not die a good death!"
An Yucong remained silent, his expression still icy.
Lin Yuexin looked up, asking, "Why?"
She couldn’t understand.
An Yucong had followed the Family Head since childhood. They had studied and cultivated together, inseparable for many years.
The Family Head had treated him like a true brother. When he established the Hidden Guards, he’d given An Yucong full control, never intervening. Yet, in the end, An Yucong became the main branch’s most significant turncoat.
It truly was laughable.
"Kill!" An Yucong, unwilling to dwell on the past, just wanted to finish the mission quickly.
Dozens of powerful Hidden Guards received the command and immediately radiated killing intention, but then... another Array flared to life—the Skywater Array.
Its range was vast, enveloping the entire ancient town, but its slaughter was directed solely at the Hidden Guards.
Water Dragons materialized, their maws gaping wide as if to devour, pouncing on the Hidden Guards. The power they concealed was immense, infused with a special Dharma Principle.
In an instant, the battlefield was sealed.
The Hidden Guards were horrified and tried to resist.
But this was an eighth-tier Array. In the blink of an eye, the Water Dragons descended. Screams rose and fell. Several Hidden Guards died on the spot, and the rest, including An Yucong, suffered terrible injuries.
The scene instantly quieted.
The elder’s mouth fell slightly open.
Lin Yuexin couldn’t remain calm either. The first person she thought of was still Chen Pingping. Although he had left, he had laid down powerful Arrays, always protecting her.
But now, it was her turn to act.
Stepping out of the bamboo-fenced courtyard, her long hair draped over her shoulders, her robes fluttering, her delicate hands danced in the air, forming one hand seal after another...
SWOOSH! The Hundred Flowers Hands converged, filling the world with a torrent of life force as several thick vines spread out from her.
They began to interweave, immediately piercing through the ground and stretching outwards. Like great serpents, they struck towards An Yucong.
There was nothing more to say.
The past was the past, and the present is now. Since An Yucong chose betrayal, he had to bear the consequences.
"You! The Hundred Flowers Hands!" An Yucong was aghast, no longer able to maintain his composure.
A special Dao, a powerful Dharma, stemming from the depths of her bloodline’s cultivation, was now revealed.
The moment it activated, the Hundred Flowers’ Power was released, sealing the space as if she had manifested a terrifying domain. Within this domain, she was the only God.
SQUELCH!
Vines pierced An Yucong’s body, drawing spurts of blood—a gruesome sight.
But this was only the beginning.
A second vine struck, lifting his body into the air.
The third attack manifested as a flower.
The fourth, as a blade of grass.
The Hundred Flowers’ Power, like a thousand blossoms bursting forth at once, created a world brimming with vibrant life.
The screams continued. In just a minute, dozens of powerful Hidden Guards had been slain by Lin Yuexin.
Their corpses lay in pools of blood, the thick stench of it wafting through the air.
In the corners, on Long Street, rooftops, and in alleys—wherever people could hide, they did. They were residents of the ancient town, among them Cultivators and ordinary folk.
They had witnessed this terrible slaughter, seen Lin Yuexin’s ruthless methods.
For them, there was no right or wrong; what they saw before their eyes was the truth.
"Murder! She’s committing murder!" a frail-looking man exclaimed, fleeing the scene as if he’d gone mad.
Lin Yuexin returned to the small courtyard.
The elder, having just recovered, took a deep breath. "Third Miss, we must leave this place now."
The Hidden Guards were merely pawns of the Lin Family; they didn’t account for much.
The Hidden Guard had only reached its true peak during the Family Head’s time; now, they were hardly worth mentioning.
He had a premonition that after the fall of these Hidden Guards, even stronger Cultivators from the Lin Family would take action.
But Lin Yuexin didn’t want to leave. She looked in a certain direction and said, "This time, I won’t go."
Her voice was soft, but her gaze was resolute.
She had already overcome her inner demons and mastered the Hundred Flowers Hands, but she had yet to find her own Reincarnation. Pingping had once said that for all of this, she could only rely on herself.
Great destruction leads to great establishment.
All those who find life in death will undergo a metamorphosis.
Lin Yuexin opened her eyes wide. "I will wait right here."
However, a few hours later, she didn’t encounter the Lin Family’s experts but was instead approached by a young man shrouded in golden Divine Brilliance.
He struck without hesitation.
Thirty Arrays revived one after another, each more powerful than the last, but all were shattered by the mount beneath him.
At that moment, he was like a God, looking down upon Lin Yuexin.
The elder’s face turned deathly pale. "Third Miss, run quickly!" he shouted.
But it was too late.
Lin Yuexin’s expression was desolate. She didn’t recognize this person, but she guessed his origin—the Purple Gold Divine Clan.
「Several days later.」
Chen Pingping returned with the Dean and Lan Xiuzhi. Only, when he was still miles away, his steps suddenly stiffened. His expression became rigid as he stared unblinkingly ahead.
Where was the ancient town? Only ruins remained, a scene of broken walls and billowing dust.
He stared wide-eyed, his breath coming in ragged gasps as he sprinted forward. Gone. The entire ancient town was gone.
All its inhabitants had been brutally slain, their bodies strewn about, blood long since coagulated and mingled with the dirt.
The bamboo-fenced courtyard had also been reduced to dust. Lin Yuexin was nowhere to be seen; only the elder’s body lay there, motionless and chillingly cold.
He stood there, stupefied.
"It was the Purple Gold Divine Clan," the Dean said, his expression grim. "They used a Forbidden Technique."
Them? A Forbidden Technique?
Chen Pingping snapped back to reality and, without a word, activated the Reincarnation Mystery: Past. In an instant, Divine Brilliance erupted, and scenes from several days ago materialized.
He saw a young man enveloped in golden Divine Brilliance, with a majestic mount beneath him, pure white and supremely divine.
Suddenly, the young man opened his eyes wide, his gaze fixed on the Void.
At that moment, he seemed to notice Chen Pingping’s observation, and the corner of his mouth curved into a provocative smile.
The brief glimpse had consumed a vast amount of his energy.
Chen Pingping quickly ended the vision, panting as he recalled the figure. It’s definitely someone from the Purple Gold Divine Clan, but I’ve never seen this person before.
That mount beneath him is somewhat peculiar.
He had suppressed Lin Yuexin, slaughtered everyone in the ancient town, and then used a Forbidden Technique to destroy everything there.
Truthfully, he didn’t need to use it.
Was leaving behind traces of the Forbidden Technique a declaration of war against me?
The thirty-odd powerful Arrays had been effortlessly broken by the mount he rode. This level of Divine Skill was something Chen Pingping had only ever witnessed from that "Earth Chicken."
It must be a Spiritual Beast, right?
Chen Pingping took a deep breath, forcefully suppressing the rage in his heart. He then moved through the ruins and found the plump auntie’s body, murmuring, "I’m sorry."