"Lin Jinglong, this old ancestor will be awakening soon. If you say a few good words, I may spare your life."

Ge Ling'er suddenly stopped her manic tone.

She said earnestly, "Although I and Elder Jia Yu plotted against you, you have already earned the right to live."

"After this is done, I will definitely treat you fairly."

"But the result was quite different from what I had expected."

Lin Jinglong responded calmly.

Ge Ling'er was puzzled. In her mind, Lin Jinglong should have been furious after learning that he had been tricked, even if he had a chance to save his life.

But in that thrilling process just now...

Lin Jinglong remained calm throughout.

It seems like they still have a trump card up their sleeve.

She couldn't understand it at all.

"You don't actually think I can't kill you, do you? I'm known as the Heavenly Silkworm Blood Demon, you're no different from an ant in my eyes!"

Lin Jinglong did not respond.

He cannot reveal his true hand yet.

"Since the ancestor possesses unparalleled divine skills, why not tell me first what the meaning of the Ten Transformations of the Heavenly Silkworm that restores youth is?"

Upon hearing this, Ge Ling'er laughed triumphantly.

"So you were curious about this. It's fine to tell you. After all, you are truly qualified to be my disciple. I will no longer treat you as a expendable resource..."

She explained it to Lin Jinglong in detail.

This explains the truth of everything.

And what exactly is this conspiracy that spans five thousand years?

On the other side...

Hu returned to the mountainside alone.

The Hu family members who had set up the Ghost-Controlling Array were overjoyed to see Hu Suowei appear.

"Has the patriarch already captured Lin Jinglong?"

"What about the other tribesmen?"

Are they cleaning up the mess?

"shut up!"

Hu Suowei looked depressed.

He originally intended to devour both opportunities within the ruins, including the Martial Emperor's divine soul and the Immortal Sect's inheritance.

Unexpectedly, they suffered a setback at the hands of Lin Jinglong.

His gaze shifted and landed on the Extreme Yin Hall, where he looked at the ninth-grade Ghost Control Talisman that had been summoned, and his brows furrowed slightly.

"You've even used this talisman, and you still haven't dealt with those two ghostly spirits?"

Some of the more nervous members of the tribe immediately offered an explanation.

“This place is unusual; it is not a truly yin place. Lin Qingshuang and her husband were forcibly bound here by a force that seems to originate from a magical artifact.”

"A magical artifact?"

Hu Suowei's eyes flashed.

He recalled a legend from many years ago.

"Could it be the Banner of Living Beings?"

Back then, the Lin family deliberately concealed the fact that Lin Qingshuang and her husband had died, and it was only after a long time that their son, Lin Tianlang, released the news.

Later, each family conducted a secret investigation.

They speculated that it was because Lin Qingshuang and her husband obtained the ancient immortal-level magical artifact, the Life Banner, from a ruin that a powerful evil cultivator coveted it.

He was betrayed by the Lin family, which led to his downfall!

Looking at the grand hall ahead, Hu Suowei's expression grew increasingly ferocious. He gritted his teeth and said, "If there really is a Life Banner, then today is the opportunity for my Hu clan to rise and become the number one clan in the hidden world!"

"Give me your full strength and suppress that couple!"

"yes!"

The crowd responded simultaneously.

Inside the main hall, Lin Qingshuang trembled all over, her face pale, as did Qian Fusong beside her.

The two looked at each other.

"We thought we had a chance to break through the great formation, but we didn't expect them to use a ninth-grade ghost-suppressing talisman, which has reached the limit of its restraining effect on us."

"I'm afraid we won't be able to survive today's calamity!"

"My husband and I..."

Just when the two were in despair.

A voice, both strange and familiar, suddenly echoed in my mind.

"Father, Mother!"

Lin Tianlang, weary from his journey, burst into this ruin.

Everything originated from the bloodline he inherited, which gave him a mysterious connection.

It even guided him to this extremely Yin Palace.

"Tianlang?"

"It's me. Are you still alive?"

Lin Tianlang asked quickly.

Lin Qingshuang was about to respond when Qian Fusong stopped her, immediately sending a telepathic message to Lin Tianlang: "Don't come any closer, your mother and I are trapped by the Hu family's formation."

"I'm coming to save you!"

"No!"

Qian Fusong's eyes flashed.

"Go to the mountain peak and find Lin Jinglong to ask for that Emperor Blood Heart Pill. Only after taking it will you have a chance to break the great formation set up by the Hu family!"

Lin Tianlang paused for a moment.

Emperor's Blood Heart Pill...

His eyes instantly turned bloodshot.

He clenched his fists, knowing that his parents had perished, otherwise the Emperor's Blood Heart Pill would not have been able to be refined!

That is the Martial Emperor's life's worth of martial arts essence!

"I see!"

Lin Tianlang changed direction and rushed towards the mountain peak at high speed.

Meanwhile, Lin Jinglong was surrounded by the Qian family and the people from Dark Star Auction House in the main hall, who looked at him with suspicion.

"Mr. Lin, didn't you already obtain the immortal sect's inheritance and advance to the sixth-tier Martial Emperor?"

Why can't I regain my freedom?

Situ Xue asked quietly from the side.

Lin Jinglong smiled helplessly.

"Don't worry about me. You go down the mountain to rescue Lin Qingshuang and her husband. Consider it an extra favor I owe you both. I will definitely repay it."

Everyone else realized that something was wrong.

Qian Rushan quietly activated his psychic eyes, stared at Lin Jinglong for a moment, and then his expression changed slightly.

"A malevolent aura surrounds us; this is a calamity of life and death!"

He realized his investment might be wasted, and he became anxious but powerless to do anything about it.

After all, these are the methods of the ancient immortal sects.

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