Using the "Soaring Sword Escape," he streaked through the air like a blue meteor, heading straight for the mountain gate.

Not long after, Lin Xiuyuan's blue streak of light once again streaked through the air and flew out of the mountain gate.

The message jade talisman that was sent earlier was from Zhou Jianwen, the patriarch of the Zhou clan.

"Young friend Lin, the clan has opened the ancestral land's forbidden spell and made all the necessary preparations. If you have time during this period, you are welcome to come at any time."

Lin Xiuyuan kept this matter in mind. After replying to Zhou Jianwen, he did not delay at all. He went back to the cave to retrieve his parents' ashes and immediately went to Zhou's place.

Not long after, they arrived at the Zhou family residence.

They found that the place was already filled with the sounds of drums and music, and the long street was full of banquets. Zhou's disciples were running back and forth, inviting guests to sit down.

Countless cultivators gathered around, some taking their seats under guidance, others waiting outside, all huddled together.

Furthermore, it seemed that prominent figures and powerful cultivators were arriving one after another, and were personally led into the mansion by the Zhou family's senior members.

For a time, both inside and outside the Zhou family compound, there was a great commotion and a lively atmosphere.

"Why is the Zhou family suddenly throwing a banquet? Tsk tsk, the tea is from Xinyuan Pavilion, and the dishes are from Meixin Restaurant. Isn't it said that the Zhou family has declined and its sphere of influence has been shrinking in recent years? Why are they so extravagant today?"

"It is said that the Zhou family's sudden ancestral worship ceremony involves a notorious prodigy!"

"Oh? A sudden ancestral worship ceremony? The infamous prodigy? Could it be that person from the Cloud Soaring Sect... But what does this ancestral worship ceremony have to do with him?"

"I don't know either, but according to my friend from the Zhou family, the Zhou family suddenly held an ancestral worship ceremony today, set up a banquet, and invited all the major and minor families and forces in Pingshan City, as well as us rogue cultivators. The whole scene was created because of that monstrous genius from the Yunxiao Sect!"

"But isn't he a member of the Zhou family by marriage? Why would he deliberately create such a scene?"

"Then I wouldn't know. Perhaps they've only just truly returned to the Zhou family?"

"That must be it. The Zhou family must be using the name of that prodigy to revive their prestige?"

"…………"