Tempered Immortal

Chapter 44: Exposed

Lin Xuan did not even dare to breathe too loudly after hearing such a big secret. Although it was only a few words, just from the discussion from this father and son, he was already able to infer what happened.

This was the patriarch of the Yan family who was at the great perfection of the Spirit Condensation stage and was only one step away from the Foundation Establishment stage. Originally, he wanted to send his son to the Soaring Cloud Sect and buy a mid-rank cultivation technique, but who could have known that it would be stolen from them.

This caused Yan Tianheng to be endlessly angry. The Yan family was only a mid-level cultivator clan and did not have enough strength to be allowed to operate behind the scenes and reserve items. Thus, the only mid-grade cultivation technique for sale had fallen into the hands of others. So in desperation, Yan Tianheng decided to make a reckless move and ambushed another cultivator clan and snatched away from their mid-grade cultivation technique.

The clan that suffered the looting, the Wang family, their patriarch was an elder of the Whirlwind Cloud Valley. They were one of the biggest cultivator clans in the area. Even though he had left to create his own faction, he still kept up a good relationship with the Whirlwind Cloud Valley. With over one hundred people, three of which were in the Foundation Establishment stage, they were definitely a first-rate power in the cultivator clans of the area.

Unfortunately, the three elders of the Wang family have reached a critical point in their cultivation. Moreover, they did not think that anyone would dare to raise their hands against them, so they only sent a few juniors to attend the gathering. But this allowed Yan Tianheng to snatch the opportunity to kill and pillage.

After a clear analysis of what had happened, Lin Xuan did not dare to even move anymore. He already had misgivings against Yan Ming and after hearing of their dirty deeds today, if he was exposed, he would definitely be silenced as a witness.

This vicious and ruthless father and son duo were not good people, but their cultivation was really not weak. Yan Tianheng was only one step away from the Foundation Establishment stage and that Yan Ming had the same cultivation as himself, at the fourth layer.

Of course, if worst comes to worst, he would not go without a fight. If a fight actually broke out, he still had a ray of hope. First was that Ice Needles technique he had just learned. Although it was a mid-rank technique, it still had great power. Secondly, he had acquired a lot of talismans. Other than the over one hundred low-grade talismans, he also had inherited many mid-grade talismans from Zhang Yu and Zhou Yan.

Lastly, he still had Spirit Tools. Even without the other two, he still was quite familiar with Golden Rope. And although he could only use a portion of its power with the telekinesis technique, he could still use it as an ultimate technique.

Of course, although he had confidence in himself, he would not take the initiative and attack those two. After all, one of them was at the great perfection of the Spirit Condensation Stage, and the less trouble he had the better. Seeing that these two were prepared to spend the night here, Lin Xuan could only lament his bad luck. He would have to sleep on the tree tonight.

The honks of geese ran out and Yan Tianheng stood up. Dry provisions did not taste that great and since there was prey delivering themselves then why not hunt one to fill his stomach.

Seeing Yan Tianheng raising his head, Lin Xuan secretly cursed. He did not have time to think and so with a flash of his body, he floated down from the top of the tree. This was not Lin Xuan being rash but because of Yan Tianheng raising his head. With his cultivation, he would definitely see through Lin Xuan’s concealment technique. So rather than staying in a disadvantaged position, striking first seemed to be a better option.

Since he heard of their dirty deeds, those two would definitely not let him go in peace. Therefore, if they are going to drop all pretenses of cordiality, then Lin Xuan was going to attack first.

The two were shocked to see that there was someone in the treetops. After seeing Lin Xuan’s face, Yan Ming was even more shocked and exclaimed, “Father, he… he’s the one that snatched away the cultivation technique with the mid-grade pill…”

He hadn’t even finished talking when a red light flashed before his eyes. Many basin-sized fireballs were roaring towards him.

Lin Xuan threw out a blaze talisman with one hand and prepared the Ice Needles technique with the other. Amidst the ringing sound, he had already cast his technique. But the strange thing was, Lin Xuan also had a talisman on his mouth. Driven by Spiritual Qi, it changed into smoke and covered the ground.

Yan Ming was shocked. Although the blaze and Ice Needles technique were low-rank techniques, if he was hit by them, it would still take his life. In his panic, he showed the flaw of his lack of experience. Because of this clumsiness, he didn’t even have time to start the Spirit Shield technique and only thought of dodging. Because of his stupidity, he had already fallen into Lin Xuan’s fatal trap of the Quicksand technique.

The quicksand had already caught his foot and the fireballs and ice needles were almost upon him. Yan Ming’s face became very pale. Although he was also at the fourth layer of the Spirit Condensation stage, he had lived his life like a pampered prince from when he was young. He rarely had to do anything by himself since he had his father protecting him. Therefore, he had never been in this kind of danger before.

“Useless!”

Lin Xuan coldly smiled in his heart. They only had some cultivation and were clumsy when dealing with enemies. These kinds of cultivators that relied on their clans to bully the weak had no future. Just as Yan Ming was about to be hit by the spell, a figure flashed by and pulled him aside.

The patriarch of the Yan family!

Lin Xuan had a solemn expression on his face. This person was the real enemy. To avoid having to deal with enemies on all sides, Lin Xuan had struck at the weaker Yan Ming as soon as he showed himself. He wanted to remove an enemy while they were unprepared. Initially, everything was going smoothly. Yan Ming was not weak, but he was still a good-for-nothing disciple of the clan, and the Yan family patriarch’s reaction speed was also very fast.

But even though he had saved the life of his son, he was still unable to protect him from harm. Yan Ming’s chest was penetrated by a piece of hail, causing fresh blood to gush out. Lin Xuan was certainly not going to leave this opportunity when he saw the opening created by the Yan patriarch saving his son.

Reaching into his robe, he pulled out five more talismans. Triggering them with his Spiritual Qi, Lin Xuan threw them into the air.

Boom!

It immediately generated a heatwave. The five talismans had already changed into over a dozen fireballs, screaming towards the Yan patriarch.

Yan Tianheng’s face became gloomy. He did not think that the young man before him would be so decisive and vicious when taking actions. He did not even waste time with words.

In comparison, his son was far worse. Even though his cultivation was not weak, when facing enemies, he could only panic and was clumsy. He couldn’t even display one-tenth of his power. Not to mention helping in battle, he was a complete liability.