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Chapter 244: Shutting the Door and Hitting the Dog! (Part 2)
Chapter 244: Shutting the Door and Hitting the Dog! (Part 2)
The ink-black river returned to its original state and continued to flow.
The golden Lushan Mountains lost their golden glow, but the scenery remained unchanged.
The Lin Clan's ancestral land, which had seemed like an independent world, lost its magic at this moment and returned to the mortal realm.
Not only that, wherever the iron cavalry passed, it was as if a terrifying storm and earthquake had struck.
The outer walls of the Lin Clan's ancestral land collapsed, sending dust and stones flying. The endless houses and towers crumbled like dry grass, shattering and scattering.
The thousands of years of foundation and the prestigious southern clan were reduced to ruins and almost wiped out in an instant.
Lin Zhe, who had been injured by the chaotic currents of that exotic realm, sensed something amiss and had been paying close attention.
However, at that time, the wild and domineering martial arts intent and the ruined Confucian ruins were hidden and restrained due to the chaotic spiritual energy. No matter how much Lin Zhe estimated, he couldn't predict the true terror within.
And now, this "Barbarian" had been further refined and concentrated by Xu Yuanzhen, specifically to destroy the ancestral land of the noble families.
To be fair, the Tang Dynasty's Confucian teachings were not as restrained by this wild martial arts true intent as the Confucian teachings in that broken world.
But caught off guard and losing the initiative, once the ancestral land was broken, the rest were affected as well.
From the clan leader, Lin Zhe, down to Lin Chou, Lin Lang, and the other Lin Clan cultivators of the Upper Three Heavens, their essence, energy, and spirit were all connected to the Jiangzhou ancestral land.
When the ancestral land was broken, everyone's hearts and minds were greatly shaken!
The three elders, who had come out of seclusion due to their old age, felt dizzy and disoriented, their vision darkened as stars burst before their eyes, and their heads throbbed with pain.
"...... The lineage...?" Lin Zhe didn't bother to look at anyone and instead focused on their ancestral hall.
Above the ancestral hall in the center of the city, a faint line of brilliant light flickered like a candle in the wind, struggling for a moment before finally going out.
Under the ancestral hall, the earth seemed to tremble, and the long-accumulated cultural aura quickly dissipated.
"You bitch!" Lin Zhe, who usually kept his emotions in check, suddenly flew into a rage.
However, before he could finish his curse, a purple light resembling sword light and thunder rolled down from the sky, sweeping across the ruins and all the Lin Clan members.
This time, Tang Xiaotang's Nine Heavens Thunder wasn't concentrated but spread out.
The Lin Clan cultivators of the Upper Three Heavens were affected by the shaking of their ancestral land, and their cultural aura was unable to be lifted temporarily. Facing the rolling purple thunder, they all suffered.
Only Lin Zhe and Lin Chou, who were at the Eighth Heaven, fared better. Lin Zhe, with the Dragon and Snake Brush in hand, was even able to protect two of his clansmen nearby.
But his heart sank to the bottom.
The unease and hidden worries he had felt earlier had finally come true.
The Celestial Master's Mansion had indeed not stopped him from returning to the Lin Clan's ancestral land in Jiangzhou.
That group had intended from the beginning to break through the Lin Clan's ancestral land in Jiangzhou and take advantage of the opportunity provided by the shaking of the ancestral land's energy to deal him a heavy blow, trapping him in a dangerous situation. Although he now held the Dragon and Snake Brush, his actions were not as free as before.
Affected by the energy fluctuations, Lin Zhe's face turned deathly pale, and his old injuries flared up.
At the same time, Lin Chou, the elder of the Lin Clan, let out a muffled hum.
A square, neatly shaped wooden board flew in front of him, growing larger as it was buffeted by the wind, transforming from solid to illusory and enveloping Lin Chou in a flowing light.
Lin Chou struggled to suppress the impact of the shaking ancestral land and Tang Xiaotang's attack from the Celestial Master's Sword, barely managing to hold on.
Unbeknownst to him, the flowing light suddenly converged and transformed into a wooden shackle, locking Lin Chou in place.
Lin Chou was immediately restrained in every way.
But what made him even more uncomfortable was his current appearance.
Having lived for hundreds of years, he had never been so humiliated!
"This is an insult to the literati, an insult to the literati... This is outrageous!" The Lin clan elder spat out blood in anger.
From afar, Lei Jun remained calm.
Otherwise, how could it be called 'insulting the literati'? To be precise, it should be called the 'Locking Shackle of the Literati'.
To forge this treasure, Lei Jun also had to thank the Lin Clan of Jiangzhou themselves.
Back then, when he traveled to the northern frontier with Lin Zhe, the two relatively good omens they drew pointed to Changtian Lake and Dragon Bone Ridge.
At Changtian Lake, Lei Jun obtained the Mother and Child Condensing Yuan Pearl.
Meanwhile, Tang Xiaotang destroyed the Lin Clan's ritual at Dragon Bone Ridge, and in the process, she casually seized a spiritual object used by the Lin Clan to set up the ritual, called the Spirit Sealing Wood.
After Lei Jun emerged from that exotic realm, he obtained the remnants of refining the "Barbarian" from Xu Yuanzhen, the Insult to the Literati.
When he re-established contact with Tang Xiaotang, he learned about the Spirit Sealing Wood, and immediately asked for it, combining it with the Insult to the Literati to successfully forge the Locking Shackle of the Literati.
On his way back, Lei Jun temporarily entrusted the Heavenly Master's Seal to Tang Xiaotang and entered the True One Law Tan Cave Heaven to hitch a ride, focusing solely on refining this treasure with the help of the Nine Abyss True Fire of the first layer, striving to complete it before arriving in Jiangzhou.
To be blunt, this trip was like shutting the door and hitting the dog.
To put it nicely, this trip was like trapping a turtle in a jar... Well, neither of them sounded very nice.
As long as it worked, that was fine.
Like the "Barbarian," the Locking Shackle of the Literati was also a one-time consumable spiritual object.
However, the effect was excellent, and it could even restrain an Eighth Heaven realm scholar for a period of time.
However, seeing that Lin Che still had the strength to protect others while holding the Dragon and Snake Brush, Lei Jun decided to throw the Locking Shackle of the Literati towards another Eighth Heaven master of the Lin Clan, Lin Chou.
Lin Chou was instantly locked up and put on display.
Fortunately, after his initial rage, he quickly regained his senses and realized that he was currently like a sitting duck, so he immediately focused all his efforts on countering the shackle while also urging his protective treasures.
Lin Che's reaction was not slow either. Although his own condition was not ideal, he still managed to help Lin Chou block Tang Xiaotang's subsequent attacks.
"Buzz—"
However, on the other side, a low, rumbling whistle suddenly sounded.
A faint electric light flashed, followed by a thunderous explosion of Lei fire.
But the target was not Lin Chou; instead, it was directed at the other Lin Clan elders.
Lei Jun had anticipated that Lin Che would do his best to protect Lin Chou, so when he invoked the Locking Shackle of the Literati, the three metal guide rails on top of his head were not aimed at Lin Chou.
His target was the three elderly scholars with white hair and beards.
The Heavenly Master's Mansion and the Lin Clan of Jiangzhou were too familiar with each other.
Although those three Lin Clan elders had been in seclusion for a long time, Lei Jun still recognized them as three Seventh Heaven elders of the Lin Clan.
As their age increased, their condition began to deteriorate, and they were the most affected by the disturbance in the energy of the Jiangzhou ancestral land.
When Tang Xiaotang's sword swept through the area, these three elders happened to be farther away from Lin Che, and before Lin Che could reach them, they were injured by Tang Xiaotang's attack.
Lei Jun has always believed in the idea that it is better to cripple ten fingers than to break one finger.
Then...
The three metal guide rails vibrated with yuan magnetic force, roaring silently.
With the enhancement of numerous divine sight and divine hearing talismans, Lei Jun this time did not aim all three cannons at a single target.
Instead, he aimed and fired at three separate targets!
Amid the roaring Lei fire, the three Lin Clan elders, already injured, slow in their reactions and movements, trembled violently.
One of them had half of his body blown away.
Another had a gaping hole in his torso.
And the last one had his head blown off.
The other Lin Clan cultivators were stunned.
The sudden appearance of the Locking Shackle of the Literati indicated that there was more than one enemy besides Tang Xiaotang, and just as they were searching for the attacker's whereabouts, thunder roared, and the three elders who had just come out of seclusion were forever laid to rest?
The attack seemed to come from a great distance.
Could it be Xu Yuanzhen of the Ninth Heaven?
Or was it a Confucian divine archer or a Daoist flying sword from the Upper Three Heavens? How many people were there?
"The timing is still rushed, and my aim is not perfect either," Lei Jun shook his head.
Having just reached the Seventh Heaven, he had not yet had the time to consolidate and further improve his mastery of his arts. He spent his limited time cultivating the Life-bound Human Writing Talismans and refining the Locking Shackle of the Literati.
As for his other innate techniques, he only did a rough categorization and summarization, relying entirely on his current level of insight to extrapolate and understand, thus saving a lot of time.
However, there were still some finer details that needed improvement.
"Over there!" Lin Che, despite his pale face, was indeed an Eighth Heaven master of the Confucian School of Governance. He accurately pointed out Lei Jun's location.
But he had no time to spare, as the purple, golden, and blue flames above him descended like a tidal wave.
Lin Che held the Dragon and Snake Brush like a sword, and with a sweep of his brush, the majestic aura of Confucianism surged forth, meeting Tang Xiaotang's attack from above.
Sensing the threat posed by Lei Jun, Lin Lang and the other Lin Clan cultivators forcibly stabilized their shaking souls and chaotic aura, then rushed towards the mountains where Lei Jun was located.
Lin Lang, a cultivator of the Confucian Divine Archer lineage, brought up the rear. He was the first to act, even before he arrived.
He held a longbow in his hand, and although there was no arrow, when he pulled the bowstring, the aura of Confucianism immediately converged into an arrow.
Then, with a loud twang of the bowstring, countless arrows spread out in the air, falling towards the mountains where Lei Jun was located, like a flood sweeping through the area.
Lin Lang held his breath and immediately drew the bow again.
However, this time, there was no sound at all, nor was there any gathering of spiritual energy. It was so quiet that no one noticed.
An arrow made of shadows flew from the bowstring.
But this seemingly inconspicuous arrow was extremely fast, and in the blink of an eye, it disappeared into the air, only to reappear amidst the dense rain of arrows.
The shadow arrow, though inconspicuous, had incredible destructive power, far surpassing the arrow storm that concealed it.
Facing the descending arrow storm that flew over the mountains in front of him, Lei Jun did not move at all.
He did not even bother to block or dodge.
As Lei Jun's cultivation grew to the Seventh Heaven, his control over the Xirang Banner fully unleashed the spiritual power within, with the artifact and its wielder mutually enhancing each other's strength.
The dim yellow glow of the banner gave rise to an endless stream of Spirit Soil, shielding Lei Jun from the onslaught of arrows.
That cunning, piercing, and vicious hidden arrow concentrated its power on a single point, piercing deep into the earth and stones, aiming to penetrate the Xirang Banner's defense.
However, with the empowerment of the Nine Lights of Hundun, Lei Jun's body was enveloped in a revolving halo, firmly repelling the arrow.
Lei Jun, to be precise, with his Heaven's Sight and Earth's Hearing, paid no heed to the dense and fierce shower of arrows. His perception was solely focused on locking onto Lin Lang.
The youngest Upper Three Heavens cultivator of the Jiangzhou Lin Clan.
Amid the arrow-ridden earth and stones, a noticeably larger metal guide rail aimed forward, emanating a formidable yuan magnetic force.
Lei Jun nodded slightly.
With a low rumble, electric lights flickered.
A Yuan Magnetic Sword Pellet, far larger than the previous ones, shot out and vanished in the blink of an eye.
However, the earth and stones that stood in its way crumbled and collapsed.
Standing in front of Lei Jun, between him and Lin Lang, was a majestic mountain that had stood in Jiangzhou for countless years. It was now pierced through by a roaring yet invisible force, creating a tunnel that spanned the mountain's belly, connecting its two sides.
Violent air currents swept through, expanding the tunnel in the mountain's belly, as if about to burst it open from within.
And the Yuan Magnetic Sword Pellet that caused all this was nowhere to be seen.
Until, in the distance, thunderous explosions of Lei Fire reverberated.
After Lin Lang's initial two attacks, he had begun to change his position, moving away.
But before he could take a few steps, his keen reaction and perception as a cultivator of the Confucian Divine Archer lineage sensed the deadly threat approaching him.
Unfortunately, affected by the earlier tremors of his ancestral land, his reaction and Hao Ran Qi were considerably weakened, and he underestimated the speed and power of Lei Jun's strike.
This time, the strike was completely different from the previous three simultaneous attacks.
Caught off guard, Lin Lang instinctively raised his longbow to block.
Then, his hand and the bow both vanished!
Immediately after, Lei Jun's second strike arrived!
The mountain in front of him collapsed and shattered.
And where Lin Lang once stood, thunderous explosions of Lei Fire erupted.
Dust and debris filled the air, and shattered stones danced about.
But there was no longer any sign of the Lin Clan's pride, who had stood there moments ago.
The other Lin Clan cultivators who were rushing towards Lei Jun's location hesitated upon witnessing this scene, their steps faltering.
Only a handful of them continued to press forward.
These relentless and relentless consecutive attacks not only consumed a significant amount of Lei Jun's energy but also gave some of his opponents an opportunity to approach him.
And the one who arrived turned out to be an old acquaintance.
Lin Chi, the patriarch of the Jiangzhou Lin Clan.
In the past, when the Lin Clan of Jiangzhou had set up an ambush on the road between Chishan Bie Fu and Longhu Mountain Zuting, attacking the disciples of the Celestial Master's Mansion, Zhang Jingzhen and Lei Jun happened to pass by.
At that time, the elder who led the Lin Clan disciples was Lin Chi.
Later, Lin Chi was injured by Li Ziyang and Shangguan Ning, two elders of Longhu Mountain who came to the rescue.
Xu Yuanzhen also took the opportunity to kill Lin Zhen of the Lin Clan, officially opening the curtain to the full-scale battle at Poyang Lake.
At that time, Lin Chi returned to the ancestral land of the Jiangzhou Lin Clan to recuperate and thus missed the battle at Poyang Lake.
Despite the setbacks, Lin Chi remained sharp-witted. Seeing Lin Lang's death did not shake his determination, but instead, he seized this opportunity to charge into the mountain area where Lei Jun was located.
As the mountain collapsed and dust filled the air, Lin Chi rushed to the forefront.
Witnessing Lin Lang's death, Lin Chi's heart trembled, and the first thought that came to his mind was:
Has this little bull's nose reached the Seventh Heaven?!
How old is he?
Are there any other enemies in ambush?
As these thoughts raced through Lin Chi's mind, his longsword trembled, and a mighty river of sword qi surged forward, rushing towards Lei Jun.
And the already towering figure of Lei Jun in front of him suddenly swelled even further! Countless radiant talismans, like a stream of stars, revolved endlessly around Lei Jun, as if he had transformed into a towering deity, wielding the power of the stars.
This was the divine ability of the Daoist School, the Divine Constellation of the Life Star, also known as the Dou Mu Star God Phenomenon!
The river of sword qi and the river of talismans clashed and collided with each other.
Lin Chi had faced the Divine Constellation of the Life Star of the Celestial Master's Mansion many times and was no stranger to it.
But the next moment, he realized how wrong he was! The power of Lei Jun's Dou Mu Star God Phenomenon actually continued to surge.
On top of his own advancement to the Upper Three Heavens, Lei Jun's Three Arts and Three Laws had also undergone another transformation.
Previously, he had no time to focus on refining them.
But now, in the midst of battle, they were evolving!
The Heaven-Fixing Talisman ascended to become the Spirit Officer Talisman.
The Stepping on the Magnetic Field and Fighting, ascended to become the Ring Star of the Constellation Fighting.
The already formidable Dou Mu Star God Phenomenon now manifested the form of the Dou Mu Spirit Officer.
As the river of sword qi collided with it, not only did its power remain undiminished, but it also had countless star talismans that were stimulated and transformed, seemingly borrowing the power of Lin Chi's sword qi and converting it into his own talismans.
The river of stars shone even brighter, and the constellation became even more magnificent.
Lei Jun's divine figure grew even taller and more formidable.
The violent power tore through the river of sword qi and rushed towards Lin Chi, surpassing even the most powerful martial artists.
The unexpected change caught Lin Chi off guard, causing him to lose the initiative. As Lei Jun closed in, Lin Chi was heavily injured, spraying a mouthful of blood that dyed the sky.
Lin Chi was relentless, fighting to the death without retreating. He brandished his sword and stabbed at Lei Jun, intending to bring him down with him.
However, Lei Jun remained unmoved.
The Nine Lights of Hundun manifested once more, blocking Lin Chi's longsword.
Lei Jun, calm and collected, simultaneously struck out with a palm, slamming it onto Lin Chi's head, causing his brain to rattle!
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