Chapter 77: Protecting his wife is a matter of urgency.
Lin Mo couldn’t be bothered with him and instead called out to the dense forest by the side, “Come out, the matter is resolved.”
Everyone was confused, who was Lin Mo talking to…
Then, a stunningly beautiful young woman in white, carrying a white cat Spirit Pet, excitedly ran to Lin Mo’s side: “Brother Lin Mo, you’re amazing.”
The Lin family members all recognized this woman, and they were utterly shocked.
Their uncle was truly an extraordinary individual.
Jiang Yanran came to break off the engagement, and you took her senior sister instead?
Having witnessed all sorts of unexpected maneuvers, they even began to suspect if Lin Mo’s next target would be Nangong Xu’s mother.
“Uncle, you truly have impressive methods!” Lin Tian rubbed his hands, looking at Lin Mo with a mischievous grin. “Can you teach me a trick or two?”
If he could learn even a little from Lin Mo, who would he be afraid of not finding a girlfriend?
Lin Mo reached out and pinched Lin Tian’s face, looking him over left and right, and shook his head, “Perhaps not.”
“Uncle, you can’t discourage me like this!” Lin Tian wailed. “This easily shatters my young heart.”
Lin Mo smiled without a word. For someone with Lin Tian’s thick skin, the term ‘young heart’ was laughable.
Arriving by the waterfall, Lin Mo began to observe the surroundings of the ‘Cloud Sky Lotus’. It didn’t seem like there were any Dem traces.
He turned to Lin Zijian and asked, “Is this Cloud Sky Lotus… not guarded by any Dem?”
Lin Zijian’s speech was no longer arrogant. He replied respectfully, “Cousin Uncle, when we first arrived, there was indeed a Dem whose cultivation had reached the Golden Core Stage.”
“Where is that Dem?”
Lin Mo didn’t believe that Lin Zijian had the ability to kill a Golden Core Stage Dem.
Xia Qianqiu might have had that capability.
“The Dem… ran off mid-way,” Lin Zijian said, touching his face.
“Ran off?”
“Yes, when we were lurking nearby, waiting for an opportunity, a roar of a Dem came from deep within the dense forest ahead. The Dem guarding the ‘Cloud Sky Lotus’ heard it and went mad, running in the direction of the sound.”
This was rather unexpected…
Suddenly, another Dem roar echoed from the distance.
The sound was incredibly ferocious, possessing an aura that could swallow mountains.
Ruoyan Qu, in her cat form, came to Lin Mo’s feet and whispered, “Senior brother, I feel that the Dem roaring in the distance is more ferocious than the Nascent Soul Stage Flood Dragon we encountered before.”
Lin Mo’s eyes fixed on the direction of the roar.
He didn’t need Ruoyan Qu’s reminder; he could feel it himself.
After taking out the Cloud Sky Lotus, he handed it to Lin Zijian.
Lin Zijian was overwhelmed with gratitude. “Cousin Uncle, what is this?”
“Don’t overthink it, it’s not for you.” With that, Lin Mo took out the Spirit Herbs and Spirit Fruits he had gathered recently from his storage ring. “And these too. Hand them all over to my grandfather…”
The juniors of the Lin family were stunned.
The Spirit Fruits and Spirit Herbs here were hundreds of times more valuable and numerous than what they had collected in the past few days.
They had even thought that Lin Mo had stolen their opportunities, causing their harvests to be extremely low.
In reality, during the time Lin Mo was away, they had encountered conflicts with Demos whenever they found Spirit Fruits of decent quality, which consumed a lot of their time and energy, leading to very low collection efficiency.
They had intended to kill Demos and gain great fortunes in the Secret Realm, dreaming of soaring to the heavens with inherited legacies, but reality had slapped them hard, forcing them to wake up.
Now, it seemed they were truly dragging Lin Mo down.
“Cousin Uncle, are you sending us back?” Lin Tian understood the implication of Lin Mo’s words.
“It’s too dangerous ahead, and you are not suited to proceed. If you don’t value your lives, you can continue forward,” Lin Mo stated frankly.
Compared to flattering Lin Mo, Lin Tian cared more about his own life.
He gave an awkward laugh. “Well, Uncle, I listen to you the most. Please be careful!”
Lin Mo couldn’t be bothered with this clown and instead transmitted a message to Lin Zijian: “When you go back, bring the Xia family along.”
Lin Zijian was a little confused. “Why?”
Hadn’t his cousin uncle just broken the legs of the Xia family members earlier?
What was this maneuver now?
“Just do as I say.” Lin Mo offered no further explanation.
Breaking the Xia family’s legs was to show them that the Lin family was not to be trifled with.
Sending the Xia family back was to foster a closer relationship with them.
Now that the Nangong Family and Jiang Family had joined forces, if they targeted the Lin family, it would indeed be difficult for them to cope.
Therefore, they had to win over the Xia and Zhu families.
After Lin Mo left with Gu Qingxue and his Spirit Pet, Lin Zijian followed Lin Mo’s instructions and ordered the Lin family juniors to take the Xia family back.
Both the Lin family and the Xia family were bewildered.
However, Xia Qianqiu saw a glimmer of understanding. He looked at Lin Mo’s retreating figure in the distance and thought, ‘He is truly an extraordinary person. I accept this favor.’
Upon returning, he would definitely try to strengthen the relationship with the Lin family.
He had also heard about Jiang Yanran breaking off the engagement.
At the time, he had watched with a sense of detached amusement, naturally assuming that Lin Mo himself was not strong enough and that breaking the engagement was normal.
Now, having witnessed Lin Mo’s strength and character, he believed that Jiang Yanran’s judgment was severely flawed for choosing Nangong Xu.
Although Nangong Xu’s strength was not bad, based on their previous sparring matches, he was only slightly stronger than Xia Qianqiu.
With Lin Mo’s methods, among the younger generation, perhaps only the ‘Demoness’ Zhu Shiyao could contend with him.
…
Lin Mo, meanwhile, followed the roar of Demos, with the remains of Dem carcasses littering his surroundings.
After advancing about ten kilometers, Lin Mo spotted Zhu Shiyao.
In front of a cave, Zhu Shiyao, with a perverted look of excitement on her face, was wielding her Sword and engaged in a one-sided slaughter of the Demos swarming towards her.
Below the Golden Core Stage, it was like killing a small Dem with a single sword.
For Golden Core Stage Demos, it only took a few more swings.
“Come on, more!”
“Satisfy me, or I’ll kill you.”
“Why are you all so fragile? I really want to spar with Daoist Lin Mo…”
Seeing this situation, Lin Mo felt a sense of foreboding and was about to turn and leave when…
Ruoyan Qu by his side started acting up again. “Senior brother, senior brother, that sister wants to spar with you! She looks so powerful too.”
Lin Mo’s face instantly changed. This idiotic Spirit Pet…
In the next instant, Zhu Shiyao appeared before him.
“Daoist Lin Mo, what a coincidence!” Zhu Shiyao had a kind smile on her face, completely devoid of her previous madness. If it weren’t for the blood of Demos all over her face, her image as a refined young lady would be truly perfect.
“Ahem, it is indeed a coincidence, Daoist Zhu Shiyao.” Lin Mo coughed awkwardly.
“Daoist Lin Mo, since you’re here, why are you leaving?”
“I saw you enjoying killing Demos, and I was afraid of disturbing Daoist Zhu Shiyao’s refined interest.”
“So Daoist Lin Mo saw everything…” Zhu Shiyao seemed a little shy, touching her face. “Actually, I’m usually not like this…”
“Mmm, I know, you’re a lady. No need to explain to me.” With that, Lin Mo waved goodbye.
“Wait a moment.” Zhu Shiyao called out to him.
Lin Mo walked even faster.
“Daoist Lin Mo, don’t you want to know what’s here?”
Lin Mo still had no intention of stopping.
Know what?
Even if there were treasures here, he would give them up.
Getting entangled with a battle-maniac like her would be endless.
“Ahead in the mountain cave lies the inheritance of this Dem Secret Realm, and it is the core of this Secret Realm.”
Lin Mo instantly turned back and returned to Zhu Shiyao’s front. “I would trouble Daoist Zhu Shiyao to elaborate.”
Zhu Shiyao smiled faintly. “If it weren’t for the inheritance of the Secret Realm ahead, it seems nothing else could have stopped Daoist Lin Mo’s steps.”
Lin Mo did not refute. It was true that only the temptation of the Secret Realm’s inheritance could make him willing to fight Zhu Shiyao.
“When I tried to approach the mountain cave, the nearby Demos became incredibly violent and charged towards me from all directions.”
“If it weren’t for the inheritance of the entire Secret Realm within that mountain cave, the surrounding Demos would not have acted like this.”
Zhu Shiyao’s analysis.
Lin Mo found it to be perfectly reasonable.
The Dem that had guarded the ‘Cloud Sky Lotus’ earlier, abandoning its post to rush over here, was proof enough.
It was sufficient proof that there was something extraordinary within the mountain cave.
Lin Mo attempted to approach the mountain cave.
In the next moment, three Demos leaped out from the dense forest and lunged at him.
Even though Lin Mo had already unleashed his sword energy, these three Demos did not dodge. They were like madmen, willing to trade their lives for his, wanting to kill him.
However, two of the three Demos were only at the Foundation Stage.
For Lin Mo, it was merely a matter of one sword strike each.
Facing the Golden Core Stage Dem, Lin Mo used the ‘Three Thousand Sword Art.’
In an instant, the Golden Core Stage Dem was pierced by sword energy from all directions.
Zhu Shiyao’s eyes lit up slightly. She naturally recognized the Three Thousand Sword Art Lin Mo used.
The Spiritual Sword Sect’s library contained hundreds, even thousands, of Sword Techniques.
This ‘Three Thousand Sword Art’ was not particularly rare; some aristocratic families and immortal sects had records of it.
Although she had not cultivated this Sword Technique, she knew about its power.
To be able to use the Three Thousand Sword Art to kill a Golden Core Stage Dem so easily at the Golden Core Stage certainly meant he had cultivated it to at least the eighth level.
After all, even though the ‘Three Thousand Sword Art’ was only a Profound-grade Cultivation Technique, it was extremely difficult for ordinary people to cultivate it to the seventh level without considerable talent.
Lin Mo, at this moment, had also roughly determined that there was most likely an inheritance within the mountain cave.
But clearly, to explore it, he first needed to deal with Zhu Shiyao, this troublemaker.
As soon as he turned around, Lin Mo saw that Zhu Shiyao’s gaze towards him was a little off…
It was like the look a predator gave its prey.
Lin Mo sighed helplessly. What a fine girl, why did she have such a personality?
Of course, he knew this battle was unavoidable.
Zhu Shiyao also sensed Lin Mo’s fighting intent, her eyes filled with even greater excitement.
She could feel that this confrontation with Lin Mo would be the most thrilling one in recent years.
Just as the two were about to clash, a scream shattered the calm of the battle.
Hearing the sound, Lin Mo’s face instantly changed, and he rushed towards Gu Qingxue’s direction.
