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Chapter 1930: Immortal Astral tenth sun, White-Haired Leap Venerate!
"The nine arrows dispersed, transforming into countless, condensing into hands, comparable to the full-strength strike of a Venerate who barely passed the seventh level… You nine should possess the power of a Venerate who has passed the fourth level.
As expected of the Li Family, your foundation is very deep!" Wang Lin walked forward and spoke slowly.
"And you three, one tenth-level Leap Venerate, two seventh-level Venerates; working together, you might reach the tenth-level Peak. However, I have never killed anyone along the way. If you three loose your arrows, I will no longer hold back!" Wang Lin faced the hundreds of Li Family members ahead and said leisurely. His gaze swept across, pausing slightly at three positions.
Following his words, three old men materialized out of thin air in those three spots. Among them, the one directly in front of Wang Lin was the person who held the cultivation title of Leap Venerate!
This man had hair that was half-black and half-white. He stared at Wang Lin, his eyes revealing shock and hesitation, seemingly having guessed Wang Lin's identity but unsure.
"I do not wish to be enemies with your Li Family. After all, Li Guang's relic has also been of much help to me." What Wang Lin referred to was the Li Guang Bow in the Immortal Cave Realm, which had allowed Wang Lin to avoid crisis after crisis.
"Therefore, you who have refused to show yourself, come and meet me!" Wang Lin suddenly raised his head. Outsiders could not see his face, only the monstrous golden light that suddenly erupted within his eyes!
This golden light contained an astonishing pressure. The density of that pressure was even stronger than the Immortal might of this East City. Everyone who saw it, whether it was the Leap Venerate or ordinary clansmen, felt their minds tremble.
Once the power of the pressure reached its limit, it transformed into suppression. At this moment, the golden light in Wang Lin's eyes was the power of suppression, using the might of the Immortal Extreme Sword to suppress everything in heaven and earth!
A roar echoed. As Wang Lin's suppressing golden gaze spread out, the bows in the hands of the hundreds of Li Family clansmen immediately collapsed, turning into countless fragments.
Even the bows in the hands of the nine Venerate Cultivators snapped while trembling, splitting into several pieces, as if they could not withstand Wang Lin's gaze.
As for the three strongest old men, except for the Leap Venerate old man, the bows in the hands of the other two immediately developed numerous Rifts and likewise snapped!
Only the Leap Venerate Cultivator's bow did not break, but the bowstring collapsed into a pile of fly ash.
If it were just this, it would be fine, but under Wang Lin's low shout and the suppression of his eyes, all the Li Family members in front of him dared not meet his gaze and subconsciously scattered, revealing the calm stone chamber in the distance amidst the wind and snow behind them.
Until this moment, the surroundings suddenly fell silent. There were no gasps, but the Cultivators with broken bows here all drew in cold breaths, their gazes toward Wang Lin filled with endless fear.
Especially those few Venerate Cultivators, who seemed to have vaguely guessed Wang Lin's identity, their expressions changing in horror!
"White-Haired Leap Venerate…" A bitter, aged voice came from the stone chamber after a long while. Immediately after, the door of the stone chamber creaked open, and a white-haired old man walked out from within.
This old man wore a golden robe, his expression dignified even without anger. Although bitter at this moment, he did not avoid Wang Lin's golden gaze.
Wang Lin raised his right hand and took off his bamboo hat, revealing his white hair in the wind and snow, looking calmly at the old man.
When Wang Lin took off his bamboo hat, a sound of gasping came from the surrounding people, and all their gazes instantly converged on Wang Lin!
Over the past year or so, rumors about Wang Lin, the White-Haired Leap Venerate, have swept across the Immortal Astral Continent. Especially in this Ancestral City, it was like a storm, known to everyone who should know, their ears ringing with his name!
Especially the Li Family, as one of the four great Prince Mansions of the Ancestral City, almost all their clansmen had deeply remembered the name Wang Lin from these rumors!
They never expected that here, today, they would see with their own eyes that legendary strongest Leap Venerate, the number one person under the Great Heavenly Venerate!
What made them feel lingering fear was that just a moment ago, they had actually attacked and wanted to kill this person!
"Give me an explanation." Wang Lin spoke calmly, his gaze fixed on the old man who had walked out of the stone chamber. This old man was also a Leap Venerate. Wang Lin estimated his cultivation to be one of the thirteen people who had passed the eleventh level but stopped at the twelfth!
"One Li Family alone has two Leap Venerates and eleven Venerates… There are three more such Prince Mansions in the Ancestral City…" Through the Li Family, Wang Lin had formed a judgment about the Prince Mansions of this Ancestral City.
"Previously, the Old Ancestor's bow rack hummed, which indicated that the Old Ancestor's bow had appeared nearby. Back then, the Old Ancestor's bow was passed down to Li Guang, and following his disappearance, there was no news of this bow… After noticing the bow rack humming, I sent two Golden Venerate clansmen to go. Their behavior was somewhat extreme, and I hope the White-Haired Leap Venerate will not blame us. After all, the Old Ancestor's bow is of great importance to my Li Family…" Although the old man tried hard to look into Wang Lin's eyes, he could vaguely feel that the suppression from the golden light in the other party's eyes seemed to be getting stronger and stronger.
Wang Lin did not speak, still looking at the old man.
"A reputation is not without foundation… It is indeed so. This Wang Lin is called the number one person under the Great Heavenly Venerate. I didn't go to see him at the time, thinking it was mostly rumors, and they all said this person had the help of Soul Armor… I didn't expect that when facing him now, even his gaze would cause me to feel such great pressure!" The Li Family Old Ancestor was stared at by Wang Lin and was silent for a moment.
"This matter was ultimately my Li Family's recklessness first… Since the White-Haired Leap Venerate has come to the Imperial City, you must be here for the canonization. Why not rest at my Li Family.
Let my Li Family members accompany the Leap Venerate to the Imperial City and escort you all the way… And since the Leap Venerate has the Old Ancestor's bow, and this bow is of some help to Your Excellency, then you are not an outsider.
My Li Family has an Arrow Pavilion, which contains the Arrow Dao left by the Old Ancestor, which the Leap Venerate may look through at will. With this, to make up for our recklessness, White-Haired Leap Venerate, what do you think?" The old man cupped his hands and bowed to Wang Lin.
He lowered his posture very much, but at this moment, all the Li Family clansmen felt no shame at all, and even felt that it was only right. After all, what they were facing was the number one person under the Great Heavenly Venerate!
Such a figure could make a Great Heavenly Venerate fight to recruit him. Their mere Li Family, although one of the four great Prince Mansions of the Ancestral City, and their strength exceeded the vast majority of Sects, was still fragile and vulnerable before Wang Lin!
If they hurt Wang Lin, a Great Heavenly Venerate would step forward, but if Wang Lin killed them, it would very likely be left unsettled… This is the gap between the strong and the weak in the Immortal Race Continent. Back then, the Ming Dao Venerate, although he rarely left the Imperial Palace, every time he went out, no one did not bow to him wherever he passed!
Even the four great Prince Mansions were extremely respectful and polite in front of the Ming Dao Venerate. After all, the Ming Dao Venerate was hailed as the future sixth sun!
Now Wang Lin was suppressing the Ming Dao Venerate even more firmly. If the Li Family had known early on that the bow was with Wang Lin, they would certainly have pretended not to know and would never have dared to ask for it.
"Arrow Pavilion?" Wang Lin's expression stirred. This Li Family's respect was within his expectations. He could see at a glance that besides the old man's fear of him, he also hid a desire for their Old Ancestor's bow.
The other party could not seize it, so they simply treated him with respect, hoping Wang Lin could return the bow.
"This bow…" Wang Lin raised his right hand, and as light flickered, the Li Guang Bow appeared in Wang Lin's hand, revealing an aura of vicissitudes. As soon as this bow appeared, it immediately made the old man's eyes flash with excitement.
He had seen this bow back then, held in Li Guang's hands. Seeing it again today, it was in the hands of an outsider.
The surrounding Li Family clansmen were all silent, looking at the bow. Some of them had seen it before, but there were also many who had never seen it.
"I still have some use for this bow. When I have finished dealing with all matters, this bow will be returned here." Wang Lin spoke slowly, waved his right hand, and the bow merged into his body and disappeared.
The Li Family old man sighed inwardly, but he was not disappointed. After all, the other party had already promised. Given the other party's status, he didn't need to do this at all, which showed that he indeed had the intention to return it. Now, it could just be considered as the other party borrowing it.
And most importantly, this bow was found by the other party. How could it be returned immediately just because of its ownership countless years ago? He asked himself, if he had swapped places with Wang Lin, he probably wouldn't even have given a promise.
Wang Lin did not refuse to stay at the Li Family. Since he now knew that Xu Ligou was in the Ancestral City, Wang Lin was not in a hurry to let him recover the memories from before his Reincarnation. So he stayed in the Li Family, and in that Arrow Pavilion, he studied the Li Family's Arrow Dao.
Liu Jinbiao was extremely happy. With Wang Lin as his master, he received hospitality like an honored guest in this Li Family and was very cheerful.
Time flashed by, and it was three days. On the afternoon of the third day, amidst the falling wind and snow, a large number of ripples suddenly appeared in the sky above the entire Li Family. As the ripples spread, bursts of pressure appeared.
This pressure shrouded the Li Family, immediately causing the Li Family members to walk out and look at the sky.
They saw a person walk out from within the ripples in the sky, amidst flickering golden light. This person wore a green robe, his expression slightly arrogant, holding a scroll of cloth in his hand, looking down at the Li Family members below.
"Where is Wang Lin? Come quickly to receive the imperial edict!"
"Read it!" Wang Lin's cold voice slowly came from the Arrow Pavilion deep within the Li Family.
"You…" The green-robed person in the sky was stunned. He was delivering the Immortal Emperor's edict, and his arrival was equivalent to the Immortal Emperor himself arriving. Yet this Wang Lin didn't even show his face.
After hesitating for a moment, the green-robed person snorted coldly inside, but he dared not show it. He took the cloth in his hand, unfolded it, and began to read.
Wang Lin did not listen to the specific content, only hearing that the Immortal Emperor's edict informed him that on the morning seven days later, the canonization ceremony would be held in front of the Immortal Dao Hall of the Imperial Palace!
When Wang Lin was at the Ziyang Sect, he had heard that every Leap Venerate Cultivator had to be personally canonized by the successive Immortal Emperors. This was a form and also a symbol.
During the canonization, there would be a challenge segment. In the past, it was mostly ignored, as Leap Venerate Cultivators were recognized by the avatar of the Immortal Ancestor Venerate Nie, and very few people would look for trouble.
After the green-robed person finished reading the imperial edict, he still did not see Wang Lin come out. He was even more dissatisfied in his heart, directly left the imperial edict, and turned to leave.
"This canonization ceremony, I wonder what Lian Daofei will do… There, I should be able to see the Madman…" Wang Lin was silent. He had swept his Divine Sense across the East City, but Lian Daofei was not there.
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