Within the ruins of his family, Lin Pingzhi searched relentlessly for every corner, every hidden spot that might hold a clue. He thoroughly searched every seemingly ordinary place that might hold a secret, and finally, his thoughts drifted to a corner that almost no one had noticed: he came to the side of an ancient tree.
This large tree was not spared and was toppled by the enemy, who were clearly concerned that some important item or information might be hidden beneath its roots. Lin Pingzhi crouched down and began to carefully feel every irregular texture on the trunk.
After some careful exploration, he finally touched a special uneven texture, and this place was exactly where he had accidentally discovered the secret of his father's hiding of his private money.
It was by chance that Lin Pingzhi witnessed his father hiding some items in a secret place in the tree. He then realized that this part of the tree actually concealed a secret cavity.
Since even his mother had not noticed this place for many years, Lin Pingzhi believed that if his father wanted to hide any important information or items, then this unknown cave would undoubtedly be the safest place.
At this moment, Lin Pingzhi's heart was filled with longing and pain for his parents. He carefully reached into the tree hole and groped carefully before finally touching a piece of kraft paper. The paper was yellowed, and the traces of time were obvious, but the handwriting on it was still clearly visible.
Lin Pingzhi gently unfolded the kraft paper. However, when he saw the information recorded on it, his breathing involuntarily became rapid.
The brown paper detailed the details of the last cargo that the Lin Pingzhi family was responsible for escorting. Shockingly, the cargo was a young man whose hands and feet had been brutally crippled, and even more outrageously, his tongue had been brutally cut off.
Fortunately, Lin Pingzhi's father was proficient in lip reading. By observing the young man's lip movements, he was able to interpret the message he wanted to express. It turned out that this young man was a talented warrior from a powerful sect in the Desolate Country, and he possessed an extraordinary talent for martial arts.
But fate played a cruel joke on him. One day, he was betrayed by the elders of his own sect. They not only broke his hands and feet, but also cut out his tongue to prevent him from uttering any sound for help. The elders then hired the Lin family's Fuwei Escort Agency to secretly escort the young man to the imperial capital of the Desolate Kingdom.
At this time, Lin Pingzhi's father, Lin Zhennan, began to realize that his escort mission might encounter unprecedented difficulties. When the elders of the sect entrusted him with the escort of the goods, they also gave him a sealed secret letter.
Lin Zhennan knew very well that the fewer people who knew about this matter, the better, so he decided to open the secret letter alone and carefully examine the contents.
However, when Lin Zhennan read the contents of the secret letter, he felt a chill and realized that he and his accompanying team had fallen into a desperate situation from which there was no escape.
The secret letter clearly stated that the person they were escorting was actually a special gift, a precious sacrifice presented to the Emperor of the Desolate Nation. This person was precisely the sacrifice offered by a certain sect to show their loyalty to the Emperor of the Desolate Nation, in exchange for the bloodline of a royal descendant.
Many members of the Desolate Kingdom's royal family lacked any talent for martial arts, a significant disadvantage in a world dominated by martial arts. Furthermore, the Desolate Kingdom's royal family lacked the powerful cultivation techniques of the Chu family of Wei, making the Desolate Kingdom's rulers particularly weak in terms of military power.
Therefore, the current emperor of the Desolate Kingdom came up with a bold plan. He planned to exchange the blood of warriors to improve the martial arts ability of the royal family members. His goal was to allow those royal family members who originally had no martial arts talent to become true warriors through blood exchange, thereby strengthening the military strength of the entire royal family.
Lin Zhennan was shocked. He realized that the Fuwei Escort Agency might be facing an unprecedented crisis, perhaps even a catastrophic disaster. However, since it was still the early stages of the matter, Lin Zhennan still had a glimmer of hope. He wanted to take a gamble, hoping to find a glimmer of hope.
After all, the family members of the Fuwei Escort Agency are still staying in the imperial city of Huang Country. If he chooses to escape now, his family members will face great danger and may even encounter accidents.
Lin Zhennan carefully refolded the secret letter and carefully hid it in his arms. He was determined to pretend that these things had never happened and no longer have any communication with the escorted man.
After returning to the imperial city of the Desolate Country and safely handing the man over to the palace guards, Lin Zhennan began to plan to escape from this troubled place with his family.
But he also took the final precaution of recording this important secret on a piece of kraft paper and hiding it in a place where only Lin Pingzhi could find it, hoping that one day in the future Lin Pingzhi would be able to discover this secret.
However, the soldiers sent by the Desolate Emperor arrived faster than expected, and before Lin Zhennan could even leave with his family, they were surrounded. Under these circumstances, the Lin family and the Fuwei Escort Agency were no match for the Desolate Emperor's soldiers, and they completely vanished from the world as if they had never existed.
After reading all the content, Lin Pingzhi felt very complicated. He realized that his enemy was actually the emperor of the Desolate Kingdom. This meant that everyone in the Desolate Kingdom could be his enemy and could pose a threat to him.
This also makes sense. Why would the Tianjian Sect, one of the most powerful sects in the Wilderness Country, tell the news of his return to the Wilderness Country to the enemy who destroyed the Lin family? Obviously, the top leaders of the Tianjian Sect were also involved in this matter.
Lin Pingzhi thought about how every once in a while a talented disciple of the Tianjian Sect would die while training outside, and he could explain this situation clearly. The death of these talented disciples was not accidental, but was presented as tribute by the Tianjian Sect's top leaders to the royal family of the Desolate Kingdom in exchange for training resources.
Lin Pingzhi clenched his fists, a flicker of determination in his eyes. He knew that even though he was a second-rank warrior, he had no place to stay in the Desolate Country. Moreover, his influence was insignificant in the Desolate Country. Even if he wanted to reveal the truth, no one would believe him.
His heart was filled with helplessness and anger, but he also understood that only by changing the status quo could he avenge himself, his family, and the people of the Fuwei Escort Agency.
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