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Chapter 1386: Chapter 1019: Severing Chenyuan with a Single Sword

Lin Shuo was furious, just as he was about to leave, he was stopped by his wife.

"Celestial Sword Sect is hosting a banquet, and my elder brothers are both invited. Yet the Lin Family didn’t receive an invitation; barging in would be an embarrassment. Rather than that, why not wait patiently and see what my brothers find out before making any plans?"

Her twin sons, pampered for over a decade, had always enjoyed smooth sailing, only meeting Wan Mingchuan brought them close to ruin.

Being a cultivator, naturally, one believes in fortunes more than common mortals; plus, that day Wan Mingchuan spoke clearly, he wanted no more ties after settling the issues, forcefully charging ahead now would not bring benefits but instead make people resentful.

"What is there to find out? Celestial Sword Sect is moving to the favorable nest above the wilderness!"

Lin Shuo was desperate to grow two more legs, fly faster with Sword Flight. Seeing his wife blocking the way made him even angrier, "Don’t think I don’t know what you’re planning, afraid that my eldest son will return and steal your son’s future!

If it weren’t for you blocking me in every way last time, how would Mingchuan and I have become estranged like father and son?

Move aside! This time, with Celestial Sword Sect leaving the human world and never returning, I must go see Mingchuan and Vice Sect Leader Ouyang! The Lin Family must partake in such a great benefit! What if there’s no invitation? Maybe it’s just that the Celestial Sword Sect failed to properly deliver it..."

Listening to the other party’s endless excuses, his wife paused then coldly sneered, "Lin Shuo, you are obsessed with currying favor with the powerful, right? Constantly boasting and bluffing, you even fooled yourself, thinking that without us three, you’d have a harmonious father-son relationship with that precious son?

Ha! You are such a sycophantic, selfish scoundrel; Wan Mingchuan already sees through you thoroughly!

Years ago, marrying Ouyang Ying was all for her father’s influence, when your father-in-law fell from grace, you didn’t care about wife and son, simply eyeing my family’s strength for leverage.

Now seeing Wan Mingchuan rise again, bringing Celestial Sword Sect to greater heights, you wish to step on us three to climb those high branches of your eldest son."

The more she criticized, the colder her tone became, "Do you know why both my brothers have invitations, while your Lin Mansion alone does not?"

Originally unwilling to listen to his wife’s nagging, Lin Shuo was set on heading to Celestial Sword Sect.

Upon suddenly hearing this question, he felt she certainly had inside information, promptly stopped and asked back, "Why?"

"Last time Celestial Sword Sect returned from the banquet, participating sects and noble families all received Mr. Jiang’s assistance." His wife slowly said, "My brothers followed the teachings, bringing back bags of treasures and selecting young talents regardless of background to nurture with resources.

In not much time, they developed a team capable of further exploring the wilderness at night.

They battled demon beasts for more cultivation resources and returned without reservation, continuously refining team members while maintaining a steadily growing momentum. Now they not only protect surrounding villages and mortals without the need to worship divine statues, letting them live well, but they also face demon beasts they once dared not confront with equal force.

They harvest and sell demon cores, collect spirit plants, even dig spirit stone mines, relying on Mr. Jiang’s material aid, they have stood firm. And you? Hoarding that bag of treasures, unwilling to nurture even your own son, yearning to swallow it all alone!

Instead of cultivating properly, you dream everyday of becoming alliance leader.

Lin Shuo, have you not noticed? Up till today, the sects and noble families once receiving Mr. Jiang’s aid, except for you few short-sighted ones still barely surviving in the wilderness, the rest have already left you far behind!"

Seeing the once imperiously unyielding man finally being thwarted, after repeated futile persuasions, his wife felt vindicated, "Go ahead and investigate, those without invitations this time are all like you, hoarding treasures unwilling to nurture others.

Mr. Jiang, with vast talents, tested with just a bag of treasures: which sects and noble families are united and self-reliant worthy of support; which ones are too shortsighted for grand use!

If today you can calm down and think over my words properly, the Lin Family is still salvageable; if you must run out seeking bother, if the Lin Family doesn’t depose you as patriarch for future planning, there’s no future to speak of."

Throwing down these cold words, she turned and left without even glancing at Lin Shuo.

The number of cultivators in the human world is small, the cultivation realm community is terribly small, none have any inheritance, all are destitute.

Now who knows what Lin Shuo feels guarding that sack of treasures, but his wife keeps her eye on her brothers’ mansion’s situation, advancing together, competing with the demon beasts above the wilderness, that’s true cultivation!

If Lin Shuo fails to understand the reasoning, the gap with other sects and noble families will only widen, no need to persistently defend the Lin Mansion.

The twins may have lost one, but there’s still hope in the other, if worse comes to worse, she herself cultivated for some years after all, allying with brothers riding Mr. Jiang’s tide might lead to broad horizons.

It takes strength to forge iron, relying solely on cunning leaves you in lower ranks.

The exclusion of the Central State Lin Family from the Celestial Sword Sect banquet quickly spread across the mansion. Some astute people sensed that perhaps the sky was changing for human race cultivators, the foolish bemoaned the embarrassment while the wise prepared to leave the Lin Family in search of higher ground.

Haoyue Sect is recruiting disciples with spirit roots from all the human race;

Wanmeng Gate is forming teams exploring above the wilderness, disregarding background, focusing only on character and strength...

Heard once Mr. Jiang gave out secret scripts and treasures, the Lin Clan was hoarded by Lin Shuo; noble families focused on nurturing their own; while sects were willing to share secret scripts for inner sect disciples’ learning.