Eternal Swordmaster
Chapter 657 - 652 Interlude 2

Chapter 657: Chapter 652 Interlude 2

A group of physicians immediately stood up and bowed hastily towards her.

"Family Head Lin..... this... the old lady’s condition, I’m afraid...."

"It’s a heart ailment, beyond the help of medicine or stone...

"Forgive us, we are powerless...."

All the elderly physicians wore expressions of helplessness.

During Lin Yaoyang’s tenure as head of the family, taxation in all areas was the lowest, and he was always kind and generous to the people in his territory.

They had also volunteered eagerly to come and treat the old lady, only to find...

Lin Yaoyang, hearing this, although he had anticipated it, still felt a sinking in his heart.

"Thank you, doctors, please go and rest for now. My brother and I will take care of her."

She said softly and politely.

The doctors, too, wore expressions of shame as they said their goodbyes and left.

Soon, the room was emptied, the last person left, and with a creak, the door slowly closed. A maid locked it from outside.

Lin Yaoyang and Lin Xin sat by the bed, looking at Yuan Wanqing who had become unrecognizably emaciated.

"Sherie... you’re back." Yuan Wanqing had become so thin, her arms were as thin as a child’s, held by Lin Xin, resembling a skinless skeletal frame.

"Mother."

In this life, Lin Xin and his mother Yuan Wanqing had not interacted much. He had moved out to practice cultivation on his own at a very young age.

But now, seeing his biological mother reduced to such a state, a strange stir of emotions rose in his heart.

"Your return is well-timed," said Yuan Wanqing gently, looking at him, her son who she had watched grow from childhood but had always been unable to fathom.

The strongest genius in the clan’s history, he had now surpassed the cursed shackles the family had always faced.

He became the greatest hope for the entire Lin Family.

Green Lake Mountain, an enormous entity, even in a desolate and remote place like Qiushi Region, was well-known.

To become a True Disciple there, taught the Core Cultivation Method and reach the Fifth Rank; such strength and status could casually equal that of a sect leader elsewhere.

If it weren’t for his consistent discretion in keeping the news within wraps, if word had spread, the skies of the entire Qiushi Region would have changed instantaneously.

"Yaoyang, step out for a moment, I have some words to say to your brother," Yuan Wanqing dismissed Lin Yaoyang.

Lin Yaoyang, unclear of her meaning, although reluctant, complied, stood up, and gently closed the door as he left the room.

"Mother, what is it that sister cannot hear?"

Lin Xin slightly frowned.

Yuan Wanqing looked at him tenderly, a flash of complexity in her eyes.

She fell silent, and for a long moment, she didn’t speak, seemingly lost in her memories.

It was only when the sunlight streaming through the window shifted from gold to golden-red that Lin Xin gently woke her.

She slowly came back to her senses.

She let Lin Xin help her sit up from the bed, straightening her body and leaning against the bed’s headboard.

Even such a small movement made her already pale face gain a faint flush, and her breathing quickened.

"There’s... one more thing."

Lin Xin listened intently.

"What is it, mother?"

Cough, cough, Yuan Wanqing coughed a few times, her movements gentle as she reached out to softly touch Lin Xin’s face.

Her hand trembled slightly, very light and very cool.

"It’s about your sister...."

Lin Xin’s eyes flickered.

"My sister?"

"Yes...."

Yuan Wanqing began to cough again.

She coughed persistently, as Lin Xin, timing her breaths, accurately pressed several acupoints, which slightly alleviated her condition.

But her body was already too depleted, her Life Flame exhausted, and Lin Xin was powerless to help, unless there were top-grade heavenly materials capable of replenishing innate lifespan and karmic ties.

"Actually, I always intended to keep this secret buried in the deepest part of my heart, telling no one. But, before you came back, those people eventually found their way here."

"Those people?"

Lin Xin’s heart stirred.

"Mother, what people? Who came?"

Yuan Wanqing’s expression flickered as she delved into her memories.

"It’s... your sister’s real family."

"Real family?"

Lin Xin felt he was nearing a significant secret.

"Yes..." Yuan Wanqing stroked Lin Xin’s cheek. "Your sister is actually not the offspring of our Lin family’s main branch... but a bloodline your father, Lin Hao, rescued from another distant Lin Clan years ago."

"The bloodline of a distant Lin Clan? You mean...?"

Lin Xin frowned.

"Your sister, she is not your father’s biological daughter, but a bloodline he rescued during his travels to other worlds, from other Territories’ Lin Families," said Yuan Wanqing softly. "That is, any daughter borne by a former wife was just a smoke-screen for the clan."

"Other worlds’ Territories’ Lin Families?"

Lin Xin narrowed his eyes, his heart subtly moved, and he paused to digest the information.

"Even so, what does it matter if it’s the Lin family’s blood from another Territory? It must have been many generations ago, right? Are you saying, they have come looking now?"

"Yes," Yuan Wanqing nodded. "Not long ago, just around last July, someone came seeking me, asking about Yaoyang’s childhood. After some investigation, I gradually understood the intentions of these people."

"What do they want?" Lin Xin asked.

"They want to take Yaoyang away," Yuan Wanqing coughed again, her face flushing. "They say something about Purifying Blood not being allowed to drift abroad... haha, what a joke. When Yaoyang was brought home by my husband from outside, such a small child, all bruised and barely clinging to life, it was us who spent a great deal of effort and cost to barely save him."

"Where are these people? I’ll talk to them myself," Lin Xin, unwilling to strain Yuan Wanqing further, directly asked.

Regardless of whether Lin Yaoyang was his biological sister, it actually didn’t matter. Even if it were another Lin family from a different Territory, so what?

"This matter, it seems we really have to rely on you, Sherie," Yuan Wanqing said with a relieved smile. "But don’t be careless. They proclaim themselves as the true Lin Family, regarding us as a branch and placing themselves above us with their high cultivation. Be very careful."

"Don’t worry, mother."

Lin Xin said calmly.

He ruled a corner, serving as a Demon Lord for the Underworld faction. What scene had he not witnessed?

After softly comforting his mother again, he let her rest well, then stood up and left the room.

Lin Yaoyang was waiting just outside the door, apparently having heard the conversation inside.

The two exchanged a look and saw a hint of coldness in each other’s eyes.

"I’ll handle my own affairs."

Lin Yaoyang said coldly.

"Rest assured, no matter my origin, this is my home, you are always my brother, and she is always my mother," she said, then turned and strode away.

Being at the level of a Yuan Jing Cultivator and able to unleash the Fifth Rank Power of the Evil God at any moment, her demeanor, having long commanded the great powers of the World Punishing Hall, naturally carried an imposing aura that was stern and compelling.

Now truly angered, even Lin Xin felt a subtle disturbance in his spirit.

He did not speak, just followed Lin Yaoyang out of the bedroom and headed outside.

They had just reached the attic conference hall when a guard came to report.

"Family Head, someone claiming to be from the Yueyang Lin Family has come to visit."

"The Yueyang Lin Family?"

Lin Yaoyang, familiar with all the branches within the Qiushi Region, reviewed the Star Force in her mind but had never heard of a Yueyang Lin Family.

A chill suddenly passed through her heart, and she tentatively guessed it might be the clan her mother had just mentioned.

She glanced at Lin Xin and saw a sharp fierceness flashing in her brother’s eyes.

"I will handle this matter myself," she emphasized again.

"Don’t worry."

Lin Xin nodded seriously.

"Have them wait in the Qilin Hall."

Lin Yaoyang said indifferently.

"Yes."

As the guard was about to go, suddenly there came a clattering noise from outside the conference hall.

A guard shouted, and then a clash of sounds followed, and all became quiet again.

Slowly, two people walked in, a man and a woman.

The man had a proud face, wearing a black long coat scattered with various colored jade pendants around his waist.

The woman, somewhat delicately built but with disproportionately large breasts, moved as if her entire upper body was swaying.

She wore a tight black leather skirt and had a slender short sword at her waist.

Upon entering, their gaze fell on Lin Yaoyang at the front.

"You are Lin Yaoyang?"

The man frowned slightly, looking around the surroundings.

"The Council of Elders has sent us to inform you, after your Bloodline Awakening, you have qualified to return to your ancestors. You are specially permitted to report to the Military Central Hall in three days," said the woman with a light laugh.

She and Lin Ya had come to the poor Qiushi region and had casually investigated the local situation here beforehand.

The entire Lin Family was living off their Bloodline Power’s legacy.

Except for one family member who had gone out to cultivate outside, everyone else’s bloodline was on the decline generation after generation.

As for the Bloodline Awakening with Purifying Blood, that was almost as hard as reaching the heavens.

This backward region wouldn’t be a challenge for Brother Ya or even herself, she could crush it anytime.

However, it was also the lineage left by their once great-uncle.

With thoughts running through her mind, she still opened her mouth to give a hint.

"If you want to report, you need to meet three conditions. However, Brother Ya and I are short of some Spiritual Marrow for our cultivation, if you could gather a hundred pieces of Spiritual Marrow, we could help you..."

"I’m sorry," Lin Yaoyang interrupted her directly.

"I, Lin Yaoyang, have no intention of returning to the so-called Yueyang Lin Family." Her face was icily stern, without a hint of softness.

"You can go back where you came from. My father is Lin Hao, and my mother is Yuan Wanqing, that’s all I know," she added.

The two had originally planned to extort some benefits but hadn’t expected Lin Yaoyang to be so unwilling to cooperate.

Lin Ya’s eyes narrowed slightly.

"The clan will not allow any bloodline to stray. Why must you do this?" he softly said.

"I’ve made up my mind," Lin Yaoyang said calmly. "Please leave."

"Hehe...."

The woman couldn’t help but laugh again.

"Leave? I think you don’t understand the situation."

She lightly crossed her fingers in front of her, exuding a lazy air.

"You better think it through. If we return this time, the ones who come next will not be as agreeable as us. By then, your life and death won’t be up to you, and regret will be too late."

"I...."

Lin Yaoyang was about to speak, but the man interrupted her again.

"Think carefully, not just for yourself, but also for the others around you." His tone became soft and sinister.

"Don’t let a decision of one person bring down the entire family...."

At these words, Lin Yaoyang couldn’t help but let out a cold laugh.

"Bring down? Just by you? "

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