The Prodigies War
chapter-534

The Heavens Hall in the Precious Laughter House was a grand and gorgeous hall.

It was brightly lit and the seats were all full.

The hundreds of villagers from Feiyun Village were seated with an array of fruits, wine, and delicacies in front of them.

The beautiful waitresses constantly filled up their tea and wine and provided outstanding service.

The villagers, who used to live in the barren mountains, had never seen such a grand scene so, at first, they were a little anxious and uneasy.

However, after a few cups of warm wine, they started to relax. They drank and ate to their heart’s content and paid no attention to the rules and etiquette.

The children run around the hall, having great fun.

Even so, the maids didn’t dare to show any strange emotions. They had already been warned, and they knew what happened outside Precious Laughter House, so how would they dare to treat them with disrespect?

Lin Xun chatted with Village Chief Xiao Tianren, catching up about what happened in the three years he was gone.

Later, the village chief drank too much and his eyes became glazed. He sighed emotionally, “I have lived most of my life already, and I never thought that I would have the opportunity to come to the Forbidden City. It’s so damn...amazing!”

Lin Xun smiled.

In his heart, the villagers were like his family. He was also very happy and relieved to be able to bring them all into the Forbidden City and settle them on Mind Cleansing Peak.

Not long after that, Zhao Jiuxiao came in and Lin Xun quickly got up to greet him and invited him to take a seat.

After the greeting, Lin Xun asked, “Elder, I wonder when you plan to craft the rune armament?”

Zhao Jiuxiao sighed, his brows furrowing. “There’s no hurry. My nephew has already left for the Ancient Wasteland Domain to seek the Dao.”

Lin Xun knew that Zhao Jiuxiao hadn’t married and that he doted on his nephew Zhao Ziyun.

Zhao Jiuxiao outbid everyone at the auction in Stone Cauldron Alms for Zhao Ziyun.

Zhao Ziyun was one of the most remarkable top figures in the True Martial Department.

Compared with Zhao Ziyun, Qi Yu was much inferior.

“The thing is that until now, I still haven’t gathered the materials required for the rune armament. How can I talk about crafting it?” Zhao Jiuxiao smiled bitterly. “Right now, I will have to get everything ready first before I can find you to craft the rune armament.”

Lin Xun felt for him.

Why were rune armaments so rare?

Firstly, they were too difficult to make, and secondly, the required rune materials were too rare and precious. It was difficult for even major clans and sects to acquire them.

Zhao Jiuxiao, the high and mighty Sea Subdue King of the empire and such a dazzling influential figure, still hadn’t been able to collect all the materials required to craft his rune armament!

Peerless treasures such as rune armaments were not easy to create.

After a brief chat, Zhao Jiuxiao suddenly asked, “Lin Xun, when do you plan to head to the Ancient Wasteland Domain?”

The unexpected question surprised Lin Xun a little. He shook his head and said, “I haven’t thought about it yet.”

Zhao Jiuxiao also seemed a little surprised. He looked at Lin Xun and said, “In this world, the incompleteness of the Great Dao will gradually worsen and it will inevitably affect everyone’s cultivation. The old man from the stargazing platform speculated that, in less than ten years, a change will break out and this change is known as the Great Dao Catastrophe.”

Great Dao Catastrophe!

Lin Xun trembled inwardly. He had been crafting the Nine Dragons Cauldron on the ninth floor of the Refinement Tower a while ago, unaware that the Great Dao Catastrophe had already caused countless disturbances and set off storms in the Forbidden City.

In the end, the imperial family came forward to block the news.

Even so, there were still many waves fermenting in the dark and many major clans and sects were preparing to send their core descendants and disciples to the Ancient Wasteland Domain and leave the world where the Great Dao Catastrophe would break out.

For example, Gu Yunting from Qinglu Academy, Xie Yutang from the Xie Family, Shi Xuan from Stone Cauldron Alms...and other elite disciples from the True Martial Department had already left for the Ancient Wasteland Domain.

“According to speculations, the Great Dao Catastrophe in ten years is just the beginning. No one knows how long this process will last. But what is certain is that, when the Great Dao Catastrophe breaks out, the Ancient Wasteland Domain will block all its passageways of entry.”

Zhao Jiuxiao told Lin Xun a secret. “This means that it will be impossible to go to the Ancient Wasteland Domain after ten years.”

Zhao Jiuxiao was a powerful figure of the imperial family of the empire so his words had to be true. Lin Xun suddenly felt very uneasy.

Great Dao Catastrophe!

What kind of disaster is that?

It could be speculated that the catastrophe affected cultivators the most, as it would hinder their cultivation and cut off their way of seeking the Great Dao!

Under such circumstances, many cultivators were most concerned about heading to the Ancient Wasteland Domain.

It was a pity that not everyone could enter the Ancient Wasteland Domain!

Zhao Jiuxiao then explained the reason. A cultivator had to be received into the Ancient Wasteland Domain. Otherwise, they wouldn’t find the passage to enter it.

And those able to act as receivers were only the overlord-like ancient Daoist clans and sects in the Ancient Wasteland Domain.

Only those Daoist sects could open up the passage that linked to the Ziyao Empire, and use their supreme ability to arrange the void coordinates to allow receiving.

Imaginably, it was very difficult to enter the Ancient Wasteland Domain. After all, there was only a handful of people in the Ziyao Empire who could ask the ancient Daoist sects to receive someone into the Ancient Wasteland Domain!

The handful of behemoths included the imperial family, Qinglu Academy, the Stargazing Platform, the imperial military and the seven high clans.

Lin Xun’s expression changed. The Great Dao Catastrophe that will break out in ten years has caused so much disturbances.

“I’m only telling you about this. Don’t spread it out so as not to cause unnecessary problems.” Zhao Jiuxiao got up and left after he finished speaking.

Lin Xun sat there alone, drinking by himself. The Great Dao Catastrophe...Can I only avoid it by going to the Ancient Wasteland Domain?

Should I also make preparations for it?

A thought suddenly struck Lin Xun. I might ask Zhao Jingxuan about this. She just came back from the Ancient Wasteland Domain and should know more about it.

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That night, Lin Xun took the villagers of Feiyun Village back to Mind Cleansing Peak and Lin Zhong and he personally helped them arrange their future living places.

As most of the villagers were ordinary people, Lin Xun specially warned that anyone who bullied or suppressed the villagers of Feiyun Village on Mind Cleansing Peak would be severely punished!

By the time he arranged everything, it was already late at night.

“I have an idea. We can select some youngsters with good aptitude from the villagers and carefully cultivate them. By doing so, we can form a force that truly belongs to you in the future. They might seem ordinary now, but once they grow stronger, we can keep the North Light Lin Clan in check. So, even if you leave in the future, they wouldn’t dare to mess around.”

Spirit Vulture hadn’t gone to sleep yet and was still helping Lin Xun analyze the situation on Mind Cleansing Peak.

Mind Cleansing Peak was rising much faster and growing much stronger than before.

This was particularly because the North Light Lin Clan had relocated back to Mind Cleansing Peak, which greatly increased the power of Mind Cleansing Peak.

However, although they were becoming stronger and stronger with each passing day, there was one problem. Lin Xun was the only direct descendant on Mind Cleansing Peak!

It wouldn’t be a problem if Lin Xun stayed in the Ziyao Empire for the rest of his life. Lin Xun would eventually marry, have children and carry on the ancestral line. At that time, the Lin Clan lineage would quickly expand and grow stronger.

However, that was impossible. Lin Xun had risen too fast. He was only sixteen years old but he was already known throughout the world and few people in the Forbidden City could rival him.

If Lin Xun wanted to become stronger, he had to leave the Ziyao Empire and find a bigger stage!

Otherwise, if he stayed behind, he wouldn’t be able to develop his potential to the fullest, and his cultivation path would be limited to only this world.

However, if Lin Xun left, problems would arise on Mind Cleansing Peak. The clansmen of the North Light Lin Clan wouldn’t willingly allow Spirit Vulture, Xiaoke and Lin Zhong to be in charge of Mind Cleansing Peak forever.

That was normal. After all, internal strife often happened without a leader.

If they unified the three collateral branches of the Lin Clan, West Creek, Cloud Weight and Flying Peak, after two years, the situation on Mind Cleansing Peak would no doubt be more complicated!

Spirit Vulture wanted to remind Lin Xun the importance of training up a force of his own. In the future, even if he left, he could use the force to keep the collateral branches of the Lin Clan in check.

The foresight and wisdom of Spirit Vulture greatly impressed Lin Xun. In the end, he nodded and agreed with Spirit Vulture’s proposal.

This was because after Lin Xun learned about the news of the Great Dao Catastrophe, he started to seriously consider a question—Whether or not he should travel to the Ancient Wasteland Domain?

That wasn’t only to avoid the influence of the Great Dao Catastrophe, but more importantly, the Omega Sword Sect and Yun Qingbai were in the Ancient Wasteland Domain.

Yun Qingbai was the culprit who caused the bloody tragedy on Mind Cleansing Peak. Lin Xun had to travel to the Ancient Wasteland Domain if he wanted to avenge his parents and family!