Silver Moon Empire, Silver Moon City.
In Silver Moon City, where every inch of land was worth its weight in gold, the streets were wide and tall buildings were everywhere.
In the west of the city, there was a series of pavilions with green tiles and white walls.
This was where the empire's Lin Family was located.
After the old matriarch passed away, Lin Fengyan took over the position of patriarch of the Lin Family.
Under Lin Fengyan's leadership, the Lin Family prospered with each passing day.
After Lin Fengyan died in the Fallen Moon Forbidden Land due to carelessness, his younger brother, Lin Hanyu, took advantage of the situation and ascended to the Subtle realm with the help of the Cold Yin Sect.
However, compared to his older brother, Lin Fengyan, Lin Hanyu's cultivation was still much weaker.
Some of the elders in the Lin Family complained that Lin Hanyu's cultivation and strength weren't enough to lead the Lin Family to glory.
In a towering pavilion, Lin Hanyu stood with his hands behind his back and looked in the direction of the imperial city.
Behind him, an old servant of the Lin Family was holding pages of files and papers, reporting to him about the recent affairs of the Lin Family, as well as the news that had been transmitted from various places.
"Liu Wei of the Cold Yin Sect has sent a message." The old servant named Qi Xun picked up a new page and said, "Liu Wei is in Dark Moon City."
Lin Hanyu suddenly recovered and turned around. "Liu Wei is in Dark Moon City?"
"Yes." Qi Xun nodded and looked at the contents of the paper. His expression changed slightly. "The young master of the Yu Family called Yu Yuan …"
Lin Hanyu raised his eyebrows. "What's wrong?"
He had a deep impression of Yu Yuan, and those memories made him feel uncomfortable when he recalled them.
"He's back." Qi Xun took a deep breath and said, "There was no news at all. All of a sudden, he appeared in Yu Clan's Town. The reason Liu Wei appeared in Yu Town was because he noticed Yu Yuan's strange movements and came to Yu Town to take a look. That's how he learned that Yu Yuan had returned! "
"Yu Yuan!"
Lin Hanyu's expression suddenly turned cold. He took several deep breaths to calm himself down. Then, he became irritated and said, "He's still alive! As long as he's alive, that marriage contract isn't invalid! Zhu Yun was taken into the Cold Yin Sect and was highly valued by the Head Elder. The prosperity of the Lin Family is closely related to her! "
"Not long ago, Liu Wei sent me a message telling me that the First Elder had arranged another marriage for her!"
"He's a true chosen one from the Primal Yang Sect!"
Lin Hanyu was filled with anger as he said these words. "There were so many people, and even Fan Li died in the forbidden ground of the Falling Moon Forbidden Land. How did he come out alive?!"
Qi Xun did not dare to utter a word.
"Tell Third Uncle that I want to see him." Lin Hanyu said.
Upon hearing that the clan head was going to meet her Third Uncle, Qi Xun's heart skipped a beat.
Before she had passed away, the old madam, who had promised Yu Can to arrange a marriage between Yu Yuan and Lin Zhuyun, had been the true leader of the Lin Clan.
However, she wasn't the strongest member of the Yu Clan with the highest cultivation base.
The reason why the Lin family was able to stand tall in the Silver Moon Empire and sit firmly as one of the five great families was because of another person in the family.
That person was Lin Hanyu's Third Uncle, the younger brother of his and Lin Fengyan's father — Lin Mu.
Lin Mu didn't live in Silver Moon City. Instead, he cultivated in Hao Yue City, the birthplace of the Lin Clan. Lin Mu, who was at the late stage of the Yin Spirit Realm, had been trying to break through to the Soul Wander Realm for many years. He had explicitly told the old madam and Lin Fengyan not to disturb him unless there was something important.
The last time Lin Mu came to Silver Moon City was when the old madam had passed away. Many clansmen were not convinced that Lin Fengyan wanted to be the head of the Lin Clan.
When Lin Mu suddenly came to Silver Moon City to support Lin Fengyan, everyone in the Lin Clan became obedient.
Lin Fengyan was someone Lin Mu valued greatly. When news of his death in the forbidden ground of the Falling Moon Forbidden Land spread, it was said that Lin Mu flew into a rage in Hao Yue City.
After that, when Lin Hanyu became the head of the Lin Clan, Lin Mu didn't show up.
He didn't show up because Lin Mu had always looked down on him. However, he also knew that Lin Hanyu had received the full support of the Frigid Yin Sect because of his daughter, Lin Zhuyun.
It was also because of this that the other members of the Lin Clan didn't strongly oppose Lin Hanyu when he wanted to take the position.
Between the two brothers, Lin Mu had always favored Lin Fengyan, not the younger brother Lin Hanyu.
After Lin Hanyu became the new head of the Lin Clan, the first thing he did was to visit him in Hao Yue City.
However, Lin Mu refused to see him.
Now that Lin Hanyu wanted to see Lin Mu again, would he be able to get what he wanted?
"I'm afraid that the old man will still refuse to see me," Qi Xun said.
"This time, he will see me!" Lin Hanyu said with a sullen face, "You just need to tell him that I want to see him and that it concerns the prosperity of the Lin Clan! Also, tell him that Yu Yuan has returned and appeared in the Yu Clan Town again. "
"Okay, okay." Qi Xun agreed.
… …
The Su Clan of the Empire.
Su Yin held a brush and crossed out the "Yu" character on a list of purchases. Then, he looked at the old woman in front of him with displeasure and said, "Why is the Yu Clan's name still on the list? I remember that I reminded you more than once that I don't want to see the Yu Clan's name on the list in the future! "
If Yu Yuan was here, he would recognize the old woman at a glance. She was the one who had followed Su Yan to the Spirit Treasure House.
The old woman, whose real name was Feng Lanyun, often came here after Su Xiangtian and Su Yan disappeared and showed Su Yin the list of medicinal herbs that the Lin Clan wanted to purchase.
Every time, the Yu Clan was included.
And Su Yin crossed out the Yu Clan's name time and time again.
"Our Young Miss is Su Yan, not someone else. It was she who ordered us to take special care of the Yu Clan. "Feng Lanyun was neither arrogant nor humble." So every time, the Yu Clan is included on the list. The Yu Clan's medicinal herbs are getting cheaper because they can't be sold for a long time. From the perspective of the Lin Clan's interests, purchasing the Yu Clan's medicinal herbs is the most cost-effective. "
Su Yin snorted coldly. "If the Yu Clan is destroyed, Yu Town and all the surrounding medicinal herb gardens will become the Su Clan's. Wouldn't that be better? Don't get involved with the Yu Clan. I have other plans! Just wait and see. It won't be long before we can buy all the medicinal herb gardens in Yu Town at a very low price! "
Feng Lanyun was stunned for a while before she sighed and said, "I see."
She had been wondering why the elders of the Lin Clan had turned a blind eye to Su Yin's targeting of the Yu Clan.
From the looks of it, Su Yin must have informed those elders of what they were to do.
Taking over the entire Yu Clan and turning all the medicinal herb gardens under their control into the Su Clan's possession at a very low price was, of course, more cost-effective than purchasing the Yu Clan's medicinal herbs.
In order to achieve this goal, temporary gains and losses were naturally nothing.
Under this premise, even Su Xiangtian, the patriarch of the Su Clan, might acquiesce to it after Yu Yuan's "death" for the sake of the Su Clan's overall situation.
After all, in the long run, annexing the Yu Clan was more beneficial to the Su Clan's prosperity.
The Su Clan not only had experience in doing this, but also had many successful precedents.
…
In an exotic land to the north of Yu Town.
Numerous shrubs grew on the banks of a green lake. At the center of the lake was a small island in the middle.
The island wasn't large. In the past, it had been barren all year round, with not a single plant growing on it.
But now, a field of medicinal herbs had sprouted from the ground above the small island in the middle of the lake. Like tiny lotuses, branches and leaves quietly emerged from the wet soil.
There were only a few dozen medicinal herbs. Their branches were as green as bamboo, and had rather fine golden patterns on them.
When the sun shone, the golden patterns seemed to absorb the sunlight and shine brightly.
At night, a green mist would rise from the dark green surface of the lake. As if attracted by the medicinal herbs, the mist would strangely flow to the verdant branches of the plants.
During the day, they would absorb the sunlight, and at night, they would absorb the spiritual mist, allowing the dozens of medicinal herbs to grow healthily.
Deep into the night every few days, an ethereal figure would arrive trippingly like a mountain spirit, and it would wander around the numerous medicinal herbs on the island at the center of the lake before vanishing once more.
On this day, an elegantly dressed woman walked through the dense shrubs with a bamboo basket around her wrist. Occasionally, her nose would twitch slightly as she sniffed the air to determine her direction.
This woman was Bai Shenshen of the Heavenly Medicine Sect. She had come here for two reasons. On one hand, she wanted to inquire about information in Anyue City. On the other hand, she had accepted a mission from her sect to search for several things.
She knew that the extreme north of the Yu Clan's stronghold was filled with naturally occurring poisons and several rare poisonous herbs.
She had come here for these poisonous herbs.
But when she parted the shrubs in front of her and casually looked at the small island in the middle of the lake, she suddenly froze.
She was at the early stage of the Subtle realm. She secretly circulated her spiritual energy, and her eyes suddenly lit up.
The dozens of strange medicinal herbs on the island in the middle of the lake instantly became clear.
She subconsciously covered her mouth and exclaimed, rubbing her eyes. She refused to believe it and looked again.
The dozens of medicinal herbs were still on the small island in the middle of the lake. None of their characteristics had changed, and on this night, they were clearly absorbing the mist from the lake.
Bai Shenshen was stunned for a very long time, still unable to believe it. "Empty World Spirit Grass! It's Earth Grade 5, but it's extremely rare. It's almost impossible to transplant or grow in the Qianxuan Continent. Why would it appear here? "
The Empty World Spirit Grass was a spirit grass that the Heavenly Medicine Sect searched everywhere for. It was rumored that it could only be found in certain places on the Tianyuan Continent and the Tranquil Continent.
The low-grade Empty World Spirit Grass was a supplementary herb for refining a unique spirit pill, not the main ingredient.
But that pill couldn't lack Empty World Spirit Grass. Otherwise, the success rate of refining the pill would be greatly reduced.
It was also because of this that the actual value of the Empty Realm Spirit Herb, which was not of a high level, far exceeded its level.
Every year, the Heavenly Medicine Sect had to beg people from the Tianyuan Continent and the Tranquil Continent in order to obtain Empty World Spirit Grass. And every time, they were slaughtered.
How could Bai Shenshen not be excited when she suddenly saw Empty World Spirit Grass appear on the island in the middle of the lake?
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