At the gate of the Lin Family, five bodies were laid on the ground, covered with white cloth, and there were cries all around, extremely desolate, as if the sky was about to fall.

A large number of clansmen were watching, all with solemn expressions. Even the most mischievous children on weekdays did not dare to make any jokes in this atmosphere.

Lin Jiang also quietly stood in the crowd, looking at the crying family members. He had learned the whole story from Lin Ying. The

Yunzhou Xiuxian world is a chaotic place, where humans and monsters coexist. A large number of cultivators have been hunting monsters for a living. One thousand two hundred miles west of the Linjiang Gate is the territory of the monsters.

The Lin family's income is mainly obtained by hunting monsters. Otherwise, the production of the Lin family's current territory alone is not enough to cover the huge expenses of the Lin family. Therefore, the Lin family often leads teams to go deep into the monster territory to hunt monsters, collect spiritual medicines, and dig ores to obtain resources for cultivation.

Most of these events were led by Lin Batian himself. After the Lin family members grew up, most of them followed Lin Batian to act together. In the past years, although people were injured from time to time and one or two guest officials died occasionally, no Lin family members had ever been killed.

But this time, including the guest officials, more than ten people died in total, and only five bodies were rescued. The rest were all buried in the mouths of monsters, and there was no trace of their bodies.

The reason for the accident this time was the backstab of the Zhou family. Lin Batian had conquered many places in the past years and conquered a large territory, but he also knew the principle of making friends with those far away and attacking those near. There was a Zhou family not far from the Lin family, and the Lin family was on good terms with him. The two families often acted together and cooperated many times.

However, this time, the Zhou family suddenly broke their promise. It was originally said that the two families would join forces to wipe out a group of iron wood monster wolves. If successful, the benefits would be huge, exceeding the benefits of the previous two or three years.

In the plan of the two families, the Zhou family took the lead and led away the wolf king and other elite wolf demons of the Ironwood Wolf, and then the Lin family entered the wolf demon's lair, killed the remaining wolf demons, picked spiritual medicine, and then worked together with the Zhou family to deal with the wolf king.

But after the action, the wolf king who was supposed to be led away appeared again, and attacked the wolf demons in the lair from front and back. The more than 30 people of the Lin family paid a heavy price. If it weren't for Lin Batian's desperate battle and repelling the wolf king, it is possible that the Lin family would be wiped out.

Now Lin Jiang and the other people in the Lin family have the same idea, that is, to see if Lin Batian will go to war with the Zhou family. The Zhou family is not a new family. Their family has been passed down for more than 500 years. It is an old-fashioned Jindan family. There are several times more people in the family who are practicing Qi and building foundation than the Lin family.

"It's out"

someone exclaimed, Lin Jiang looked up and saw Lin Batian coming out surrounded by a group of wives and concubines. Everyone immediately looked at Lin Batian.

Lin Batian looked very pale, and it was unknown whether it was because of the injury. Lin Ying said that Lin Batian was the last person to leave.

"The fifth daughter-in-law, the thirteenth daughter-in-law, the second daughter-in-law of the eldest family, the eldest daughter-in-law of the second family, and the seventh daughter-in-law, all come out."

Lin Batian glanced at the crowd with a cold eye, and then pointed at five people. The people who were pointed out stood out in fear. Lin Jiang saw that the fifth Lin Hai was also a little panicked.

"The difficulties of the Lin family today are closely related to the Zhou family. The five of you should go back to the Zhou family and ask for an explanation from the Zhou family. If there is no explanation, don't come back. Let's accept our fate in the future."

"Dad"

"Grandpa"

"Father-in-law"

"No, I won't leave."

When Lin Batian said this, many people panicked. These five people were all daughters of the Zhou family, and they were the combination of the Lin family and the Zhou family. Although Lin Batian has always disliked the matter of marriage, the Lin family and the Zhou family have cooperated for many years, and the clansmen of each other often communicate with each other. It is inevitable that there are people who are like-minded, so a total of five people married into the Lin family.

At this time, Lin Batian said this, in fact, it was very clear, that is, the Zhou family should give an explanation. If there is no explanation, then the connection between the two families will be cut off. Whether there will be a war in the future is another matter. Now the Zhou family’s daughters are driven away first, perhaps because they are afraid that if a fight really breaks out, they will still be loyal to the Zhou family.

But no matter how everyone begged, Lin Batian remained unmoved. According to his character, if he didn’t have to take care of his sons and grandsons, he might have directly started a war with the Zhou family long ago, and there was no need to embarrass a group of women.

A guest official of the Lin family appeared, staring at one person, and took the five people away. After a simple packing, they were sent out of the Lin family’s mountain gate and let them go home on their own.

"The path of cultivating immortals is full of dangers. No one can guarantee that anyone can live to see tomorrow, and the same goes for me. I hope you can keep in mind the difficulties the Lin family is facing today, and practice well in the future to avoid being harmed by swords and knives.

Let's disperse. Manager Wu, bury the body tomorrow morning. Keep everything simple and don't make a fuss."

Lin Batian looked at everyone and taught them painstakingly. Then he asked Manager Wu to bury the body tomorrow. It would be fine if it was simple. Immortal cultivators don't pay much attention to funerals, not to mention that the Lin family is in a bad situation now.

Lin Jiang dispersed with everyone, but he soon went to Lin Die. Lin Ying told Lin Jiang that Lin Die was also injured, and Lin Jiang came to visit her specially.

"I'm fine, how is Lin Ying?"

Lin Die didn't want to see anyone, but after thinking about it, she still met Lin Jiang.

"It's not serious. He took the elixir and is healing. The external injuries have healed."

"That's good. I'm fine too. Tell Lin Ying to be careful."

"Third sister, what happened this time? Is it really the Zhou family that backstabbed us?"

"I can't say for sure, but it's very likely. In the past ten years, the development of the Zhou family has been unsatisfactory. The so-called geniuses in their Zhou family are no match for us. Moreover, the old man of the Zhou family doesn't have much time left. Once he dies, and there is no new Jindan stage in the Zhou family, it will sooner or later be swallowed up by others. Even if our Lin family does not take action, other families will not let them go."

"According to third sister, the Zhou family should have tried to curry favor with us. Why would they backstab us? If the Zhou family had no Jindan stage, shouldn't they rely on the Lin family with which they have a good relationship?"

Lin Jiang couldn't understand. According to third sister, they should have tried to curry favor with us. Why would they backstab us? It's not scientific.

"Who knows what they are thinking, but this matter is not so easy to resolve. Eleven and Sixteen are dead, four of their nephews and nephews also died, and those guest officials were all backbones. It can be said that the strength of our Lin family has been weakened by about 20%. We have to avenge this revenge."

"Do we really want to start a war?"

"We won't start a war now. I know my father's character. He seems reckless and upright, but he is rough but meticulous. We just need to endure him for another 20 years. When the old man of the Zhou family dies, we can easily take revenge. We won't do it now.

But we must also be on guard against the Zhou family taking the initiative. Sixth brother, you are far away from the mountain gate, you have to be careful, especially your mother is there. If you really can't make it, move back first."

"Understood, third sister, I will strengthen the defense."

"You still have to be careful. It's better to come back."

"Third sister, have a good rest. I will come to see you in a few days."

Lin Jiang said nothing more and left soon. That night, Lin Jiang did not leave the mountain gate, but discussed with everyone.

Although Lin Jiang rarely went back to the mountain gate, he was also a second-generation descendant of the Lin family. When the Lin family was in trouble, he would definitely help. However, his cultivation was too low, at the fourth level of Qi training. Now there were people in the fourth generation of the Lin family who had surpassed him, which made Lin Jiang have no say at all.

Lin Jiang did not make a fuss. He rushed back to Lingtao Villa early the next morning and ordered the guards in the manor to increase the patrol intensity and immediately give an alarm if anything went wrong.

After that, Lin Jiang told Zhuang Rong about the matter. Zhuang Rong was also worried and said, "Jiang'er, why don't we go back to the mountain gate too? Your father is there, it's safer."

"Mom, if there is a real fight, the mountain gate is dangerous. Think about it, if the Zhou family takes action, why would they attack our Lingtao Villa? There is no wealth or important people here. This is the safest place,"

said Lin Jiang. He really couldn't imagine why the Zhou family would abandon the mountain gate if they wanted to fight. It would be useless to attack them, a corner bump.

Zhuang Rong felt that Lin Jiang's words made sense, so she didn't say anything more. She just told Lin Jiang to go back more often. Now was a time of trouble, and one more person would mean more help.

After a day and a night of recuperation, Lin Ying's injuries had improved a lot. She couldn't sit still, so she went back to the Lin family gate with Lin Jiang. This time, there were several new graves next to the Lin family gate. The clan members went there to pay their respects spontaneously, and Lin Jiang and his companions also went to pay their respects.

After that, Lin Jiang stayed at the gate, but Lin Batian never showed up, which made the Lin family talk about it and speculate on how the situation would develop next. Lin Jiang thought they were boring because their comments could not affect the development of the situation. It would be better to just wait. So Lin Jiang went to Zhuang Rong's former yard to meditate and practice.