Eternal Swordmaster
Chapter 569 - 563 Deadly Air 2

Chapter 569: Chapter 563 Deadly Air 2

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Though it’s called Purification, this power is actually even more domineering than the Demon Path.

Purification—what level must it reach to be considered truly complete?

The standard, within this Purifying Force, becomes extremely twisted.

The true purification of the Purifying Force involves decomposing everything into the most fundamental elemental energy, allowing everything to return to nothingness and revert to the natural tranquility of the universe.

This is eternal purification.

Lin Xin, combining his own wings that appeared on his back, faintly recalled some mythological records he had found in the Outer Regions, mentioning a great entity known as the Chanting Star God—envied and feared by the gods for such power and hence, was besieged and killed.

This is a forbidden power, and also a destructive power. It is the ultimate deterrent against the Undying.

"Forget it, let’s try to perfectly control this Purifying Force first."

Lin Xin decided not to meddle any longer, since Xia had intervened, the clan territory should be safe.

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"What just happened?"

Lin Yaoyang sat up in bed, lazily asking with a tone of someone who just woke up.

Just now, she seemed to feel a massive presence in a blink of an eye, thunder roaring outside, and for a moment, there seemed to be bright flashes of lightning.

"It shouldn’t be, the Barrier is fine." She sensed the barrier connected to her, completely intact.

Actually, even if there were any issues, she wouldn’t have noticed them after being restored by Xia.

"An Ran? Are you there?"

Lin Yaoyang yawned and casually asked.

"Always at your service, Family Head," a cold female voice responded from the shadows.

"Nothing happened just now, right?"

Lin Yaoyang rolled out of bed and rubbed her eyes.

"Everything is normal, Family Head," the woman’s voice quickly responded.

Unnoticed by them, Xia’s power had restored everything to its original state before the Purifying Force could reach the attic, leading them to think it was just louder thunder.

"That’s good. It’s still early, so I’m going back to sleep..."

Lin Yaoyang rolled over and fell back asleep.

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Not just her, but everyone in the Lin Family clan territory, under the protection of Xia’s power, had not noticed the disturbance from last night.

In the early morning, people started to get up, with some patrolling and others beginning to prepare breakfast.

The gardeners also began to busily work in the garden.

A few Lin Family grooms were leading Lin Yaoyang’s favorite horse to the side, meticulously washing its body and applying conditioner and perfume.

Lin Xin came out very early, dressed in a clean white Samurai outfit with a black belt around his waist,

pretending to take a walk, he strolled around the yard a few times.

He discovered that after this attribute enhancement and Bloodline Awakening burst, the Purifying Force seemed to have dispersed part of the sinister death energy enveloping the entire clan’s overhead.

Having most of the thick death energy dispersed, he could faintly see the originating tendrils of death energy.

Circling around the attic yard, he slowly moved, actually in search of the roots of the death energy emission.

This death energy was even undetected by his foolish sister, obviously highly concealed.

But he was different, in his previous life as a top-tier Ghost Immortal and a member of the Demon Path, he had a much stronger sense for negative forces than ordinary cultivators.

Thus, Lin Xin immediately realized this was clearly a deliberate sabotage.

The clan territory was not large, including the mountains, it was only the size of one mountain peak.

The summit was a narrow platform, cleaned up for Lin Shizaki to practice regularly.

In the middle was the clan loft area.

Down below was the edge of the barrier, marked with some crooked stone statues, seemingly remnants from the past.

The inheritance ceremony also took place here. There are a number of pathways, all leading directly to the outside world.

Some paths were used for transporting food and water, some were private paths, and there were also specific carriage tracks.

Lin Xin followed the barrier and made a full circle.

He quickly found the source from the tendrils of the death energy.

In a small grove on the southwest side of the barrier, this area was completely shadowy, sunlight unable to penetrate here, with thin mist diffusing throughout, making it nearly impossible to see anything once inside.

Lin Xin walked to the front of the small grove, looking inside.

Inside was shrouded in gray haze, completely engulfed in miasma.

He then looked up at the tendrils of death energy.

All roots of the death energy extended and converged here, going deep into the grove.

"Daring to stir trouble in the clan home..." Lin Xin’s eyes flashed with a hint of killing intent.

He stepped slowly into the small grove.

A red Longsword was taken out of his Storage Crystal and held in hand.

Gurgle.... Gurgle....

The grove was engulfed in grey, visibility was zero, filled with the low croaking of toads, and beyond that, no other sounds.

Lin Xin couldn’t even see any traces of insects or snakes.

Halfway through, he suddenly stopped.

"Who’s there, come out!" His temper was always poor, and now carrying killing intent, his tone was even more impassioned.

"So fiery."

A somewhat teasing female voice came from behind him.

The girl herself gradually emerged from the mist.

She wore a green gauze dress, a jade bead hairpin hung from her right side, and a few green jade beads swayed slightly like a bead curtain, making a slight tinkling sound.

"I am here to clear my mind alone, but I did not expect to have such an encounter with you, young sir," the girl said. Though she was clearly of a young age, she exuded a seductive charm that was irresistibly alluring.

"You know me?" Lin Xin narrowed his eyes and turned to face her.

"Of course, in the Lin Family’s main house, who among the younger generation does not know you, young sir?" the girl replied with a gentle smile.

"I wonder why Young Master Sherie came to this humble girl’s medicinal garden so early in the morning. What can I do for you?"

"Medicinal garden?" Lin Xin’s eyes flickered with confusion. "You’re saying this place is your medicinal garden?"

"Yes, my name is Wan Xin. I have been cultivating medicinal herbs for the family for over five years," the girl answered with a smile.

Lin Xin scrutinized the girl in front of him. Although she appeared normal to the senses, the source of the dead energy was definitely here.

"Since your medicinal garden is here, do you mind if I take a look inside?"

Wan Xin nodded softly.

"Of course, you can follow me."

She turned carelessly and led Lin Xin further inside.

As they walked, she spoke casually.

"It’s a pity, young sir, that you didn’t come at the right time. Just a few days ago, a batch of Green Divine Fragrant Leaves from the garden was taken by some younger brothers and sisters in the family for a mission.

Otherwise, you could have had the chance to see the blossoming of the Green Divine Fragrant Lotus."

"Green Divine? Is that the plant used for making poison?" Lin Xin’s heart stirred.

"You know of it as well?" Wan Xin asked, slightly surprised.

"A little," he replied.

Lin Xin followed her, and they soon reached a small wooden hut.

In front of the hut was a fenced field filled with various medicinal plants, looking lush and beautiful.

"This is my medicinal garden," Wan Xin said with a smile while leading Lin Xin inside.

As they entered, the grey mist in the air thickened significantly, becoming denser than when they first arrived, to the point of reducing visibility to mere inches.

A slow smile crept over Wan Xin’s enchanting face.

Creak...

The garden’s wooden gate closed slowly by itself, without any wind.

"I wonder what brought you to this little girl’s place?"

She stopped walking, turned, and faced Lin Xin.

The mist thickened further, and even though she was only a few meters away from Lin Xin, she began to fade from view.

Lin Xin remained calm, his eyes slowly closing.

"I do not know who released the dead energy above the family’s ground, I was merely following the traces here. But how come I have never heard my sister mention that there’s a medicinal garden on the family grounds?"

"Perhaps the Family Head thought it too trivial a matter to mention," Wan Xin’s slender jade fingers gently curled a strand of hair at her cheek.

"Is that so?"

Lin Xin’s voice slowly turned somber.

"Sometimes, curiosity can be quite a dangerous thing," Wan Xin chuckled softly. "If you didn’t possess such strong curiosity, perhaps you wouldn’t have come to this courtyard today."

"And you wouldn’t have met me."

"And you wouldn’t die here...."

Before her words finished, Wan Xin’s body suddenly dispersed, transforming into countless wisps of grey mist that shot towards Lin Xin.

It wasn’t just her—simultaneously, four wispy figures emerged from the mist around the courtyard, speeding towards Lin Xin like arrows.

Their speed was so fast that even the Lin Family elders, who specialized in the Running Thunder Sword, might not have reacted in time.

In an instant, together with Wan Xin, five wisps of smoke rushed toward him from five different directions above him.

Swish, swish, swish, swish, swish!!

In the midst of soft swishing sounds,

the five wisps of smoke drew closer, faster, and more urgent. They were almost touching Lin Xin’s clothes and skin.

Wan Xin felt a slight pity for such a young, daring little fellow; so unfortunate that such a handsome face had barely grown before it would be destroyed by her own hands.

"What a pity..."

Wan Xin’s claw, imbued with the terrifying power of Golden Core level and potent toxin, fiercely grasped towards Lin Xin’s right shoulder.

But at that moment, Lin Xin suddenly opened his eyes—his eyes were not those of a normal human, but a pure expanse of white, devoid of any pupils or irises, as if filled only with white light.

As his eyes opened, a gorgeous, enchanting sword light accompanied them.

Clang!

The red sword light suddenly exploded.

Between Lin Xin and the five attackers, a sphere of light burst forth as if a bomb had gone off.

In just an instant, Wan Xin felt countless sword shadows pierce from every direction toward her.

She had no time to react, her mind still paused in her previous emotion, as she saw countless red lights completely engulfing her.

Thud, thud, thud, thud, thud!!

In an instant, 999 swords were swung without using any particular strange force, apart from the inherent power of the Red Flower Sword’s magic artifact.

The bursting power was hundreds of times greater than before.

At his current terrifying attributes, each sword strike within such swordplay held immense power. Despite his best efforts to suppress his power, he easily overwhelmed all the attacking enemies around him.

He did not know what level he had reached, but with an average attribute score of eight thousand, he clearly surpassed his previous life.

The rules of the human realm no longer limited the pinnacle of his strength.