It was     almost

its climax. From the outbreak of conflict in the wilderness to the Lin family's direct attack on Huanglong and the extermination of the Zhou family, it took less than a day in total.

In just one day, a Jindan family that had been passed down for hundreds of years was wiped out by the Lin family. When the news spread, the surrounding families still couldn't believe it.

"Is the Zhou family made of mud? They will fall apart at the first blow?"

"Lin Batian is so powerful?"

The surrounding families raised questions one after another. One was questioning the strength of the Zhou family. After all, it was a family that had been passed down for hundreds of years. There were two Jindan-stage people in the family. How could they be defeated so easily?

The other was questioning Lin Batian's strength. He could kill the opponent in a one-on-two fight, and the opponent couldn't even escape. How did Lin Batian do it?

Regardless of the outside world's discussion, the Lin family was already hunting down the remaining enemies of the Zhou family. The Zhou family's mountain gate had only half of the Zhou family's strength at most. The other personnel would be distributed in various places, such as some mines, sacred mountains, shops and other places. The distribution of personnel in each family was similar.

Lin Batian left with the main force of the Lin family, leaving some people at the gate of the Zhou family to guard the captives. Lin Jiang was one of them. He was not very interested in killing, so he might as well stay.

Lin Die and Wu Guanshi also stayed with him. Wu Guanshi took people to clean up the battlefield, mainly searching for property, while Lin Die was responsible for security, fearing that the Zhou family's forces would make a surprise attack.

"Sixth Brother, are you injured?"

Lin Die walked up to Lin Jiang and saw Lin Jiang covered in blood. She couldn't help but ask worriedly.

"I'm not injured. It's all the enemy's fault. The clothes my mother wove are made of silk from the heavenly silkworm. I wore three layers of them."

Lin Jiang grinned. Although he was hit by the enemy several times, he was really not injured. The clothes woven by the spiritual silkworms raised by Zhuang Rong were very tough. He wore three layers directly, and there was also a soft armor inside. Even the basic defense was not penetrated.

"That's good."

"Third sister, how about you? You seem to be injured."

"It's a minor injury. It will be fine in two days. I'm used to it."

"Third sister, you've worked hard."

"It's not hard, but this battle is

really refreshing. The Zhou family is too hated." Lin Die said. She was very angry when the Zhou family stabbed the Lin family in the back a few years ago. This time, the Zhou family dared to kill the Lin family members first, which made her extremely angry. Only through killing did she vent her anger.

"After this battle, the Lin family should stop expanding."

"We won't expand for the time being. The territory is too large and we can't manage it."

Lin Die said. The population of the Lin family is still too small. So far, there are less than a hundred immortal cultivators in the Lin family. The backbone is still those recruited guest officials, and many territories can only be rented out to independent cultivators. Now that the Zhou family is annexed, the power of the Lin family will be more dispersed.

This is very dangerous. If the enemy uses guerrilla warfare or harassment to deal with the Lin family, the Lin family can't stand it at all. They can only passively take the beating or run around. This is also the reason why Lin Batian and his men are going to deal with the remaining enemies now. They must eliminate the enemy in the bud.

"Yeah, I can't manage it anymore."

"Old Sixteen is already married, Old Six, don't you want to get married?"

"Third sister, isn't it the same for you?"

"It's not easy for me to get married. There is no one to choose from,"

said Lin Die. She is already in the late stage of foundation building. Lin Batian will not allow her to marry out casually, otherwise the Lin family will suffer too much loss. If they want to recruit a son-in-law, it will be difficult. She doesn't like ordinary people, and she won't choose to marry into the family, so she can only drag it out.

"It's not easy for me to get married. I don't like mortals, and female cultivators don't like me. Haha, then don't get married."

Lin Jiang laughed. Among the second generation of the Lin family, among the top sixteen, only he, Lin Die and Lin Ying are not married. The others are almost grandfathers, like the eldest brother Lin Shan and the second brother Lin He. Their grandchildren are married, and the fifth generation will come out soon.

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"The fifth son's wife committed suicide"

"The thirteenth son's wife also committed suicide"

"The second daughter-in-law of the eldest son, the eldest daughter-in-law of the second son, and the seventh son's daughter-in-law ran away"

Five days later, Lin Jiang, who was still at the gate of Zhou's family, received news from home. These five people were all daughters of the Zhou family, but the Lin family had already wiped out the Zhou family. This was also a revenge for the extermination of the entire family, which was even more serious than the revenge for killing their father. So some of the daughters of the Zhou family chose to run away from home, and some chose to commit suicide.

"This is really a tragedy,"

Lin Jiang sighed. He could feel the despair of the five Zhou family women. It was terrible.

"This is not a tragedy, but a necessary choice in life. When they married into the Lin family, when their natal family and the Lin family became enemies, they had to make a choice."

"Lin Die, this is too cruel for them. On one side are their fathers, brothers and sisters, and on the other side are their husbands and children." "What

if our Lin family lost?"

Lin Die asked back. If the Lin family lost, what would they choose?

"I don't know. I dare not imagine this scene."

"So this should be one of the reasons why Dad didn't arrange a marriage for us. The marriage was chosen by our parents and the family. If it was our own choice, we would have to bear it ourselves. Didn't you also say that adults should be responsible for their own choices?"

"Let's not talk about this. When will Dad and the others come back?"

Lin Jiang decisively stopped the topic. It was too philosophical. He didn't want to talk about it.

"It should be soon. The rest of the Zhou family is vulnerable. Just crush them."

"That's good. I want to go back to Lingtao Villa."

"Okay."

Lin Die did not take the opportunity to teach Lin Jiang this time. If Lin Jiang was still a young man and wanted to venture into the martial arts world in the future, she would strictly ask Lin Jiang to stay and deal with more cruel things. This is what a cultivator must face.

But when she thought of Lin Jiang's age and cultivation, she didn't have such high requirements. In her opinion, Lin Jiang's life was like this, so there was no need to force Lin Jiang to experience anything. He just needed to take good care of his mother and live a good life in the future. After

a few days, Lin Batian finally came back and counted the casualties. In this battle, four members of the Lin family died, six guest officials, and more than 20 people were injured, but hundreds of people from the Zhou family were killed, which can be said to be a great victory.

Lin Batian had already planned the Zhou family's territory. For example, the more important territory on the mountain gate side was directly occupied by the Lin family and people were stationed there. The rest of the land was distributed to the Lin family's guests. Some of the Lin family's guests had been with the Lin family for decades and were loyal. Most of them also got married and had children and had their own families. They could set up small families on their own in the future.

However, these families must follow the lead of the Lin family, which is equivalent to vassalage. They also have to pay a little income to the Lin family every year as protection fees.

As for the extra territory, it was rented out to those casual cultivators to cultivate it, and the rent was collected every year. After arranging everything, Lin Batian returned to the Lin family's mountain gate with a large amount of spoils.

Lin Batian already knew about the Zhou family's women, and he had nothing to say about it. Even if they didn't commit suicide or run away, they couldn't live in the Lin family in the future. Lin Batian might not kill them, but he would definitely send them away.

Lin Batian held a simple celebration banquet, and then Lin Jiang returned to Lingtao Villa. He still liked the pastoral life in Lingtao Villa.

A month later, Lin Jiang received the reward from the Lin family. Lin Batian gave him a flying sword, ten bottles of Qi-gathering pills, five bottles of Peiyuan pills, and three hundred spiritual stones, with a total value of more than two thousand spiritual stones. In the future, Lin Jiang's monthly salary will be increased to five spiritual stones, and he can get sixty spiritual stones a year

. This is still a small amount for him. Lin Die and Lin Ying directly received a spiritual mountain as a reward, which is no smaller than Lingtao Villa. They can find someone to manage it themselves, and they will have income every year in the future. This is long-term.

This is enough to show that the Lin family's income from this battle is absolutely a huge profit. The wealth of the Zhou family for hundreds of years has all fallen into the hands of the Lin family.

"The ancients are not deceiving me. The most profitable things are written in the criminal law."

Lin Jiang only sighed. No wonder Lin Batian is so keen on expansion. The benefits brought by expansion are indeed the greatest. If you work hard, how much time and effort will it take?

This massacre also made Lin Jiang determined to move to a big city in the future. There is no such thing as law in the world of immortal cultivation, but big cities have their own rules. At least there won't be such blatant killings. This way, he can survive while he is weak.