Chapter 48
The power structure of Tear City is actually much simpler than that of other cities in the Northern Province.
Lin Qinghen saw clearly that the Yin family was indeed the No. 1 family in this run-down little town. There were four Heavenly Ranks in the family, including Yin Hengxie.
If these four Heavenly Ranks really fight to the death, Yin Hengxie has the highest martial arts value, but his old injuries are a great drag, and he is an unexpected factor that is difficult to control. Yin Miao is a little weaker, but judging from the last family fluctuations, he still stands firmly on Yin Hengxie's side.
Yin Miao is a man of some brains. Lin Qinghen has met him before. In fact, he is smarter than Yin Hengxie and is also loyal. As long as Yin Hengxie is controlled, then Yin Miao, a heavenly rank master, can be controlled.
Xu Yaoyang is the only one in the family who is capable of fighting with Yin Hengxie, but with Yin Miao around, he dare not act rashly alone. There is also an elder named Ye, who usually doesn't stand out, but also doesn't take sides. He is a sly old man.
Apart from the Yin family, the Alchemist Association is the only one with some power in the city. The City of Tears had suffered devastating damage and there were many deficiencies in the city. The Equipment Refiner Association was not a force to be reckoned with and other groups had no say.
The Alchemist Association has two combat-oriented heavenly-level priests.
Before Yu Yinyin came, these six heavenly-level masters were the pinnacle of martial power in Tear City, and the Alchemist Association also held the lifeline of medicine supply. Only after Xu Yaoyang gained this power tilt did he dare to challenge Yin Hengxie head-on.
The significance of being a Heavenly Rank master is indeed very different. Breaking through the Heavenly Rank is a huge change for a spiritual master, and can almost crush those below the Heavenly Rank.
In other words, by winning over a few Heavenly Ranks, no one in the City of Tears could stop Lin Qinghen.
Yin Hengxie is not a tough person at all. He is just suitable to be led by others.
With Yin Jiuxiao here and given the current situation, Lin Qinghen is not afraid that he will not follow.
The Alchemist Association signed a one-day oath, and Yu Yinyin naturally listened to Lin Qinghen. As for choosing five out of seven, Lin Qinghen didn’t care what the other two Heavenly Ranks of the Yin family thought, and he didn’t need to care either.
One day is enough for him.
In fact, there was no need for Yin Hengxie to call for help. With such a big thing happening, many people came after hearing the news.
There were many young people in this family who had bullied Yin Jiuxiao, and some of Xu Yaoyang and another elder named Ye's men were also taken away.
Elder Ye was a sly guy as always. On his way here, he stirred up Xu Yaoyang's anger and asked others to take the lead.
Sure enough, when these two people came, we heard their voices before seeing them.
"Who did this? Let's see who dares to act wildly here!"
Xu Yaoyang's spiritual marrow was illuminated for the first time. His marrow was also a sword. Lin Qinghen stood there and saw two silver sword beams coming towards him, but Yu Yinyin was not a person who would just sit there and wait for nothing. She stood in front of him and blocked them.
But Yu Yinyin alone could not completely stop Xu Yaoyang, and could only support him for a short while. The priests of the Alchemist Association were holding people down, so they could not move.
Lin Qinghen turned to look at Yin Hengxie. The head of the family was obviously in a panic.
He didn't know what to do now, so he froze there without moving, until he felt Lin Qinghen's gaze, and then he whispered: "Qinghen, Lin Qinghen, stop making trouble at home."
"I will not stop until I finish what I want to do today," Lin Qinghen pulled Yin Jiuxiao to his side in front of him. The two stood together, very close to each other. "Yin Hengxie, Master Yin, Jiuxiao and I have this kind of relationship now. He also has a part in what I have done. If I get hurt, he can't expect to survive. If I die, he can't expect to live either."
Then Lin Qinghen looked meaningfully at Xu Yaoyang who had taken action.
Yin Hengxie cannot be an ostrich, he must make a choice at this time.
Yin Hengxie originally had a very good impression of Lin Qinghen, thinking that he was gentle and virtuous, but he did not expect that this impression would undergo such a drastic change.
"You, you're threatening me with Jiuxiao?"
"It's up to you how you interpret it," Lin Qinghen said, "Now, between Xu Yaoyang and Yin Jiuxiao, you make your own choice."
Based on Yin Hengxie's personality, Lin Qinghen was still very confident, but he did not expect Yin Jiuxiao to speak at this time.
"It's not a threat. Qinghen's meaning is what I mean," he said. "Uncle, you know my past experiences at home. I was incompetent and couldn't protect myself. I don't blame you. As the head of the family, you also have your own difficulties. But now there is finally a Qinghen who is willing to vent my anger for me. Are you going to stop him? I will live in pain like this forever, being tortured and bullied in places you don't know. Is this what you want to see?"
Yin Jiuxiao knew very well what was the most important thing in Yin Hengxie's heart.
He stood there, looking in the direction of Yin Hengxie with his lifeless eyes.
"How are you going to explain this to my father and my dead grandfather?"
Yin Hengxie's head was buzzing.
He stood there for a while, but time really didn't wait for him. Seeing that Yu Yinyin seemed to be unable to hold on any longer, Xu Yaoyang's sword light had already reached her. Yin Hengxie's brain got hot and he immediately stepped forward to stop her.
Lin Qinghen - seeing his action, he knew that he had made the right bet.
He didn't expect Yin Jiuxiao to say those words, which were similar to what Lin Qinghen was planning to say.
The only thing that Yin Hengxie was stubborn about was that he insisted on keeping the position of young master for Yin Jiuxiao and refused to give it to anyone else.
He is so indecisive, but he has obsession and guilt. As long as you grasp this point, it will be very easy to control him.
Xu Yaoyang—when he saw him fighting, he knew he couldn’t win. After he stopped, his expression was clearly incredulous: “Is the head of the family just letting them mess around?”
"I... I'm sorry to Jiuxiao, sorry to my father and elder brother. I'm the one who has no ability." Yin Hengxie whispered, and finally confirmed, "Qinghen, you won't hurt their lives or their talents, right?"
Lin Qinghen nodded and said, "Of course."
There are many ways to make others suffer.
Yin Hengxie closed his eyes and sighed, "Lin Qinghen, I underestimated you. Today, I can't control you anymore."
It was indeed not a good choice for him to confront Lin Qinghen at this time. Lin Qinghen knew what he would choose - to stand aside and do nothing first.
Given the situation, Yin Hengxie made the decision just as Lin Qinghen had expected.
However, in this situation, he did nothing and just let Lin Qinghen do it.
Xu Yaoyang saw that the situation was not good, so he did not take any action. He just stood there and took a few deep breaths. Lin Qinghen saw him staring at her, and his eyes were like knives, as if he wanted to cut her.
He probably didn't expect that someone with such low spiritual power would dare to step on his head.
"What are you in such a hurry for?" Lin Qinghen made the right bet. Now that he was feeling at ease, he looked down at him with a smile on his face. "It's not your turn yet."
He spoke the last words quietly, and he was the only one who could hear them.
The Discipline Hall was gradually filled with people, many of whom were angry, but after seeing the previous scene, no one dared to take action.
Tianjie is on Lin Qinghen's side. Do they dare to do anything more?
The whole scene was filled with an eerie silence, and almost everyone was staring at Lin Qinghen on the stage.
It's windy.
This man had a large blue scar on his face, which made him look a bit scary. The wind blew two strands of hair in front of his forehead, matching the faint smile on Lin Qinghen's face.
Lin Qinghen's spiritual power was obviously very low, but at this moment he had a very strong sense of fear, as if he were some evil ghost.
"I'm not being unreasonable."
Lin Qinghen spoke at this moment, and he raised his voice a little so that everyone present could hear it clearly.
"God is fair, every family has its own rules. Jiuxiao is the young master appointed by the Yin family. He was appointed as the young master by the ancestral temple. However, he has been bullied everywhere since he was seven years old. He has almost lost his life many times," Lin Qinghen said. "The Yin family is in chaos and has no rules. It has been like this for more than ten years. That's why some people are so bold that they rebel against their superiors and bully their master at will.
Now, I will settle all these matters in front of the Discipline Hall, in front of your Yin family’s ancestors, and set up the rules.”
The Discipline Hall is located just opposite the Yin family's ancestral temple. From where Lin Qinghen was standing, he could see the gate of the temple. It was a little dilapidated, but one could still vaguely see how majestic it was in the past.
"First, I'll ask everyone kneeling in front of me. I hope someone can give me an honest answer."
"The burn on Yin Jiuxiao's neck still leaves a scar. Who caused it?"
"If you can't confess, I think we should all be punished together. Anyway, I have plenty of time today, I'm just afraid that you can't stand it."
"So everyone be honest. Answer whatever I ask."
Lin Qinghen didn’t know how many things Yin Jiuxiao had encountered before, and Yin Jiuxiao himself might not remember it clearly, but these people would tell him.
In the face of strong pressure, there is no indestructible alliance and it will be broken sooner or later.
Besides, these juniors were still young, and Lin Qinghen thought they spoke too slowly, so he dragged out the two inattentive guards in Yin Jiuxiao's yard, forced them to kneel together, and taught them a thorough lesson.
There was another very important reason why Lin Qinghen chose to cooperate with the Alchemist Association at that time.
There is a priest whose spiritual essence is a whip with barbs on the tail. The spiritualist's recovery ability can be enhanced, but the pain will not be reduced. The whip of that priest is particularly easy to use.
—When the whip hit him, the pain spread from his spine to his whole body, his flesh and blood were all over the place, and he couldn’t even make a sound.
After a few whips, everyone in the room looked at Lin Qinghen as if he were a devil.
He did promise Yin Hengxie that he would not harm their lives, and the spiritual master's talent was not so easily damaged.
The priests of the Alchemist Association have signed an oath, so they have to obey him today. Anything more done secretly will be considered a breach of contract.
So Lin Qinghen made a faint sound, and the whip came down, scraping off a piece of flesh and blood. Even if someone kowtowed and begged for mercy, he would not listen until he was satisfied.
This sudden reckoning made everyone silent.
Lin Qinghen looked like he was really crazy. He seemed to be doing this without considering the consequences. At first, some people were planning to take revenge, but later on, they were so scared that they didn't even have any other thoughts.
Lin Qinghen has heavenly-level masters around him, and the people in the Alchemist Association listen to him so much that the head of the family doesn't dare to say anything more.
There were more than just these ten people being tortured in front of the Discipline Hall - more than that at first. As they confessed, more people were dragged out, and there were dozens of people kneeling down.
Yin Heng looked sideways and listened, listening to how those people had bullied Jiuxiao in the past and how many things he didn't know.
He felt sad, but he also saw blood flowing below, so much so that he couldn't even see the floor tiles. Although he knew that most of these were flesh wounds, he was afraid that they would not heal without resting for a year or two.
He pulled Lin Qinghen and whispered, "Qinghen, Qinghen, it's almost done. The Yin family, the Yin family is already like this. I..."
He unconsciously used a pleading tone to speak to a junior.
Lin Qinghen turned around and looked at him.
He had almost beaten the man enough, and he laid out all the so-called revenge of Yin Jiuxiao for everyone to see, telling everyone in the Yin family that he had a legitimate reason to do so. However, almost everyone present, including Yin Hengxie, thought that he had gone mad because of a momentary rage.
It was not until now that he saw clearly that Lin Qinghen's eyes had always been calm and rational.
"Yin Hengxie, do you think I'm just venting my anger? Do you think I'm just avenging myself and Jiuxiao for the personal grudges they've caused me? Is that the extent of your perception?"
Lin Qinghen told him: "The Yin family, and even the entire City of Tears, has too many problems. It is because of your incompetence and the long-standing illness that has not been treated. If you don't dig out the bones to cure the poison, and then settle down after the pain, and re-establish the rules, the Yin family will never be able to regroup again. Do you hear me?"
Who do the younger generation like Yin Rongyu think they are?
Lin Qinghen didn't come here for them today at all.
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