Told You I Can Turn Back Time
Chapter 290 - 227: Whirlwind (10)

Chapter 290: Chapter 227: Whirlwind (10)

The monks of Shi Lin Temple all had solemn expressions as they prepared themselves, ready to take action at any moment.

But, as the golden figure was speaking, it suddenly let out a low cry, looked at Lin Xing closely a few times, then began to shake violently.

In the next moment, accompanied by a burst of surprise, the golden figure darted into the ground like a startled cat, vanishing without a trace in the blink of an eye.

Watching the golden figure suddenly appear from the dragon vein and just as suddenly disappear, Lin Xing asked with a puzzled face, "What is that thing?"

Kongming Monk, who had been watching the scene from beginning to end, inwardly breathed a sigh of relief, thinking, "As Tianlian said, Lin Xing can indeed subdue the dragon soul."

Hearing Lin Xing’s question, he smiled slightly and explained, "That was the remnant soul of a flood dragon that used to cause trouble in the southeast."

"This flood dragon not only stirred up storms at sea but also bewitched thousands of fishermen to perform evil rituals for it, consuming many children."

"Later, a senior expert captured this wicked dragon, skinned and deboned it, making a set of dragon armor, while the dragon soul was sealed here to harmonize and nurture the dragon vein."

"The dragon soul was startled awake by your actions, young hero, mistakenly thinking you were a thief trying to steal the dragon vein."

"However, it saw that we were all present and understood that you were a guest, so it returned to the depths of the dragon vein."

...

On another side of the mountain cliff, the Clan Leader watched the dragon soul hastily flee with a look of shock on his face: "This dragon soul is naturally violent; every time it’s disturbed, it causes a great commotion. This time, it actually fled straight back into the Earth vein?"

"What kind of person is this great villain that even the wicked dragon has been subdued by him?"

The people nearby were also looking at Lin Xing’s position in amazement: "Clan Leader, what should we do now?"

The Clan Leader gave a wry smile: "What can we do? Even the dragon soul dares not to make a move against this great villain, are we supposed to go to our deaths?"

An adjacent youngster asked, "Clan Leader, should we send a message to the Great Zhou Imperial Family and inform them about the dragon vein?"

After some thought, the Clan Leader shook his head: "If we send a message to the Great Zhou Imperial Family, we might first be charged with the crime of failing to guard the dragon vein properly."

"Besides, with the world in such disarray, the Great Zhou Imperial Family has no capacity to tend to the matters here."

Watching Lin Xing and his group continue to extract the dragon vein’s power, the Clan Leader said helplessly, "We... should move away."

Considering the decline of the dragon vein and the worsening environment, the Clan Leader decided after some thought to lead the clanspeople away from this place, steering clear of any future troubles that might arise.

...

On the other side, after capturing most of the dragon vein’s force, Lin Xing felt the Earth Secret Runes within his diagram finally reached a certain limit.

He then wholeheartedly began to refine the Earth Secret Runes.

About two hours later, the once unstable runes, after flickering in the center of the diagram, had become a part of the picture, just like the other rigid, flexible, yin, and yang runes.

"Have I succeeded?" Lin Xing reflected inwardly, "Such a tremendous force from the dragon vein, it’s no wonder I could refine the Earth Secret so quickly."

"Probably no one has ever had such conditions, to freely extract such a dragon vein."

So, Lin Xing stopped once again and, under the guidance of Tianlian and a few monks from Shi Lin Temple, returned to the front of that tree hole.

With the opening of the immortal gates, he and Bai Yiyi returned to the deserts in the southern part of White Eagle Country in the blink of an eye.

Looking at Lin Xing’s vanishing figure, Kongming Monk said, "Is this considered a success?"

Tianlian nodded and said, "The Great Zhou Imperial Family’s dragon vein has suffered greatly, and the royal fortune has sharply declined. Xingxiao, who relied on the Great Zhou’s fortune, will inevitably have exposed a flaw."

"Moreover, Lin Xing’s mental state is becoming more stable by the day, and his unwavering belief in the way of chivalry is also a good thing," he added.

Kongming Monk said, "This thing called chivalry can only deceive ordinary people. If Lin Xing keeps harboring such chivalrous ideals, there will come a day when he will gradually stop believing in them."

Tianlian smiled faintly and said, "The so-called heart of chivalry may at first seem like an illusion that doesn’t exist between heaven and earth, but as long as enough people believe in it, even the false can become real."

"In the Central Plains, no one believes in that stuff anymore. Chivalry has long since ceased to exist; it’s false."

"But in the modern world, after a hundred years of peace, billions believe in the existence of chivalry. In this world, chivalry is as real as it gets."

"Having lived in such a world for so many years, Lin Xing has also come to firmly believe in it."

All of a sudden, a thought surged in Kongming Monk’s heart, "Could this reality be crafted by some mastermind to solidify the illusion in Lin Xing’s heart?"

He was startled by the idea that emerged in his mind and shook his head, feeling it couldn’t possibly be this far-fetched.

Just then, another monk beside him said to Tianlian, "But now that the two worlds are connected, I fear that the various lies people in the real world originally believed in will inevitably be exposed one day, and Lin Xing might be greatly affected when that happens."

Tianlian replied indifferently, "That will be a matter to consider after the great changes of the world."

"Once exposed, we’ll just concoct an even bigger lie. When the time comes, we’ll deceive billions from both worlds in one fell swoop."

Excitement rose in Tianlian as he spoke, "To tell a lie that could deceive the whole world, to create an illusion that didn’t exist between heaven and earth, and to eventually transform this illusion into truth, isn’t that precisely the rightful dharma of our temple after a surge of inspiration, breaking through the four transmissions?"

"If predecessors could turn myths like humans being the smartest of all creatures, receiving Heaven’s mandate, and ascending in daylight into reality, we too can turn the false into truth and create a world of chivalry, with a perpetual cycle of karma, where retribution never fails!"

...

Mirror World.

Capital City.

Deep within the Imperial Palace.

There lay a man, skeletal and ghastly thin as if a skeleton clothed in flesh, in a huge golden coffin.

Countless golden needles were embedded in the man’s body, each needle’s end connected by a red thread spreading to every corner of the palace, eventually linked to various distinct yellow talisman papers.

The coffin was carved with mountains and rivers, the sun, moon, and stars, millions of common folk, and a five-clawed golden dragon winding around the entire coffin.

As Lin Xing furiously extracted the dragon vein, the man in the coffin suddenly coughed violently, his complexion turning deathly pale in an instant.

A young man who had been kneeling and praying silently before the coffin rushed over in a panic and exclaimed, "Father Emperor! What’s wrong?"

The skeletal man murmured in an extremely weak voice, "Has someone truly harmed our Great Zhou’s dragon vein?"

The young man beside him was startled and said, "What? The dragon vein is damaged? Father Emperor, should I rush to inform the Heavenly Master?"

The man immediately stopped him and, after a moment’s thought, advised, "Do not speak of this matter to anyone for now, especially do not let Xingxiao know."

"Perhaps this is the opportunity we father and son have to break free from him."

The young man remembered Xingxiao’s towering, terrifying figure and hesitated, "But the Heavenly Master, he..."

The skeletal man coldly said, "With the dragon vein damaged and fortune in decline, since he has shifted our clan’s fortune onto himself, he must be implicated too. I fear he is no longer impervious to all evils."