"Of course. Matriarch, please take a look!"
Shen Tu Nantian beamed as he got the maidservant beside the Matriarch to present the Great Empress relic.
The Matriarch used her index finger and thumb to pick up the relic and placed it under the sunlight. The ring-shaped relic immediately turned crystal clear, as if it was a thumb ring made of Immortal jade. Especially the tiny snake on the relic's surface, it exuded an omnipresent spirituality.
"What a good relic!"
A Lin family Elder praised. The Matriarch opened her Heaven's Eye and sank her spiritual energy into it. She nodded slightly and was extremely satisfied.
With her perception, she could feel the fiery energy flowing within the pill. This was the purest form of Pure Yang energy.
Seeing the Matriarch's expression, Yi Yun's heart sank slightly.
He was hoping that the Matriarch would discover the abnormality of the relic, but he was disappointed.
The Matriarch's understanding of the Desolate Heaven technique was naturally indisputable. However, it was limited to the Tian Yuan world's existing Desolate Heaven technique heritage. As for the ancient Desolate Heaven technique, the Matriarch did not know much about it.
The reason why the relic had a problem was not because the Shen Tu family clan had poisoned it, but because the ancient Desolate Heaven technique itself was extremely dangerous!
If the Shen Tu family clan had poisoned it, the Matriarch would naturally be able to detect it. However, the ancient Desolate Heaven technique was a domain that the Matriarch had never come into contact with before. Hence, she could not see the flaw in the relic.
This made Yi Yun's expression turn ugly. If the Matriarch could see through it, then everything would be easy. However, she also approved of the relic.
"Alright!" The Matriarch's face was filled with a benevolent smile. "The Shen Tu family clan has really gone to the trouble!"
After seeing the relic, the Matriarch's attitude towards Shen Tu Nantian became a lot more amiable. She was like a senior to a junior.
This attitude made Shen Tu Nantian very excited.
"This is what we should do. Our two families are in an alliance, so we should trust each other and work together for the future."
As Shen Tu Nantian said this, his gaze landed on Lin Xintong. "Xintong, don't you think so?"
After confirming that his marriage with Lin Xintong was in the bag, Shen Tu Nantian's way of addressing Lin Xintong became more amiable.
And this form of address made Lin Xintong frown slightly.
She did not answer, but with such a reaction, even the Matriarch was dissatisfied, let alone the Elders who supported the Shen Tu family clan and Lin Xintong's grandaunt.
After all, the Great Empress relic that could cure Lin Xintong of her naturally terminated meridians was right in front of him. This opportunity was not to be missed!
Previously, the Matriarch had considered Lin Xintong's wishes and wanted to delay the matter to see if there was a turning point.
But now, Shen Tu Nantian's introduction of these 12 elixirs had sealed off his path of retreat.
If he did not taste the relic today, he would not have another chance in the future. It was equivalent to rejecting the Shen Tu family clan.
The Matriarch did not dare to take such a risk. After all, if she missed this opportunity, it would be extremely difficult to treat Lin Xintong's naturally terminated meridians in the future.
It was impossible for the Lin family to refine such a grade of desolate bone relic using an ancient recipe.
"Xintong!"
The Matriarch's voice turned stern.
At this moment, Shen Tu Nantian also said, "Miss Xintong, it's not that I'm forcing you. I've already said it before. After my Shen Tu family clan refined this Great Empress relic, in order to prevent the loss of its medicinal essence, we had specially used Everlasting Purple Gold to create a relic box to store it. We had also placed seven seals on the relic box!"
"These seven seals are no trifling matter. But even so, the Great Empress relic can only be stored in the Everlasting Purple Gold relic box for a year. Now, I have already opened the relic box. In that case, the relic can only be stored for less than an hour. Its medicinal essence is gradually losing, and the longer it is stored, the lower its medicinal essence will be! "
Shen Tu Nantian's words were the last straw that broke the camel's back. The Lin family's upper echelons and Elders, who were still a little hesitant, had all sided with the Shen Tu family clan at this moment.
Even Su Jie let out a long sigh and shook his head helplessly. He used a Yuan Qi transmission to transmit his voice to Lin Xintong, "Xintong, I'm useless. I was unable to find a divine medicine to join up your terminated meridians. And even if I was given another 500 years, I would not have any confidence. Now that the Shen Tu family clan has found it, it's probably fate. Sometimes, for certain things, there is a price to pay … "
"Master …" Lin Xintong turned her head slightly and looked at Su Jie. Her limpid eyes seemed to contain a thousand words, "You think so too?"
Su Jie sighed, "We warriors practice martial arts to fight against the heavens, but … in the recent hundred million years of the Tian Yuan world, how many people are qualified to say that they can defeat the heavens?"
"Fighting against the heavens isn't something that can be simply shouted out. Instead, one must first endure humiliation for a long period of time, sharpen oneself bit by bit, slowly reach the pinnacle, and climb to the pinnacle of martial arts. Only then can one truly dare to say — man can conquer nature. A treasured sword's edge needs to be honed. No one can defeat the heavens at birth … "
Su Jie's tone was sincere. This was the insight he had gained from his long lifespan of 30,000 years.
Su Jie, who looked like a slippery old and frivolous old man, had a talent in martial arts and the Desolate Heaven technique that far exceeded his peers when he was young. Wasn't he also a high-spirited, proud and arrogant child of Heaven?
But slowly, the experience of martial arts and the path of life slowly turned Su Jie into the person he was now in the game world.
Lin Xintong took a deep breath and gave a wry smile.
Two years ago, when she returned to her family, she heard that the Shen Tu family clan wanted to form a marriage alliance with the Lin family, allowing her to marry Shen Tu Nantian. Her first reaction was that it was ridiculous. Lin Xintong believed that with the relationship between the Lin family and the Shen Tu family clan, as well as her understanding of Shen Tu Nantian, it was absolutely impossible.
Back then, there were many Lin family Elders that stood on Lin Xintong's side.
However, two years later, there was no one standing by her side today.
Even the Matriarch, who had always doted on her, and Su Jie, who treated her as his own daughter, had turned to support this marriage alliance.
However, the Matriarch, Su Jie and company were not actually submitting to the Shen Tu family clan, but submitting to fate. They had submitted to the Heavenly Dao!
It was a disgrace for warriors to submit to their enemies.
It was normal for warriors to submit to the Heavens.
As Su Jie had said, in the recent hundred million years of the Tian Yuan world, how many people dared to say that they had defeated the Heavens?
Lin Xintong shook her head in her heart as she stood up. She knew that at this moment, there was no one supporting her anymore.
She opened her mouth slightly and was about to say something.
At this moment, a faint voice echoed from a corner of the venue.
This voice was somewhat familiar to her, but it was different from her memories.
"Wait! I have something to say. "
Lin Xintong was stunned as she turned her head. She saw an azure-clothed youth standing up from a chair about a hundred feet away.
He was wearing a cold silver mask. There were two blood lines where the eyes of the mask should be. It looked ferocious, but at this moment, this ferocious and cold mask made Lin Xintong feel infinite warmth.
Feeling Lin Xintong's gaze, Yi Yun nodded his head solemnly.
This small action made Lin Xintong understand that Yi Yun was going to say something to support her.
This made Lin Xintong slightly stunned. At the very end, when she was most helpless, when no one, including Su Jie and the Matriarch, was supporting her, this youth had stood up and said something different …
Even though Lin Xintong knew that this youth could not do anything or change anything, just him standing up and saying something was enough for Lin Xintong.
This sound was like an insignificant candlelight in a cold winter's night.
It did not bring much warmth or light, much less spring or dawn, but it …
It brought hope.
Lin Xintong looked at Yi Yun. Through the mask, she looked into Yi Yun's eyes. In his dark pupils, she could see her own reflection.
She still remembered the words Yi Yun had said to her on the night of the victory celebration.
She did not know that on that night in the Desolate Human Valley two years ago, Yi Yun had sworn to find a way to join up her terminated meridians.
Even though the method was infinitely unlikely, he had worked hard for it. And at this moment, facing the pressure from the Shen Tu family clan and the Lin family, he had used his insignificant status to say something different.
This made Lin Xintong's heart inexplicably touched.
"Thank you, but … there's no need."
Lin Xintong shook her head slightly and transmitted her voice to Yi Yun.
She knew that under this situation, Yi Yun could not change anything.
Besides, once he said something inappropriate, it would bring disaster to him.
After all, this was a matter decided by the two large family clans. In such a situation, with the pressure from the Elders, if Yi Yun were to casually say something, it would anger some people.
To put it bluntly, with his status, he did not even have the right to speak.
Especially since Shen Tu Nantian had the intention to kill Yi Yun. If the Lin family had already decided to cooperate with the Shen Tu family clan, Shen Tu Nantian would have considerable influence in the Lin family. When that happened, Yi Yun would be in great danger.
"Oh?"
Shen Tu Nantian's face sank when he was suddenly interrupted. He turned his head and looked at the source of the voice.
Upon seeing Yi Yun, Shen Tu Nantian immediately felt his blood boil. It was actually … that kid!
He still had a fresh memory of Yi Yun's mask. Although his failure at the Desolate Heaven technique tea session had nothing to do with Yi Yun, Shen Tu Nantian had already linked the mask to his failure.
Upon seeing Yi Yun, he recalled that failure. And before that failure, the words he said had been smacked in the face by Yi Yun. This was the greatest disgrace of his life!
[Thank you everyone for your concern. Actually, it's not that writing is strenuous. It's just that the long-term stress makes it easy for me to suffer from insomnia. And once I suffer from insomnia, I will feel very lethargic the next day. Yesterday, I had written about 2000 words even before I went to bed. I did not post it because I was not satisfied. Although I still slept during the day today, the quality of my sleep was very good. After rewriting most of the content, I am rather satisfied with what I wrote.]
[The cocoon will pay attention to the adjustments.]
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