Chapter 85: Fighting It to the End

Hearing Lin Yunheng’s question, Lin Yuchu immediately stopped hiding anything and told him the whole story from beginning to end.

Sure enough, after Lin Yunheng listened, he did not ask anything more. He only said, “I understand.”

He reached out and stroked Lin Yuchu’s head in front of him, steady and reliable in the manner of an elder. “Leave it to your father.”

Hearing him say that, Lin Yuchu very comfortably handed everything over to him.

Because of this matter, Lin Yuchu and Lin Yunheng postponed the day they would leave, and Gu Chun, because he was also concerned about it, chose to stay behind with them.

Ten days later.

Lin Yunheng brought a young man before Lin Yuchu and said, “This person is the attendant I found for you.”

Lin Yuchu, who was currently sitting with Gu Chun in the courtyard, drinking tea, eating snacks, basking in the sun, and happily living as a salted fish, immediately spat out a mouthful. “Cough, cough, cough…”

He raised his head, his pair of dark, bright eyes glaring at Lin Yunheng, whose expression was calm and steady even as he said such frivolous words that could make a person spray tea. “Dad, what nonsense are you talking about!”

And the young man brought over by Lin Yunheng raised his head, glanced at Lin Yuchu ahead of him, and respectfully called out, “Young Master.”

“…” Lin Yuchu.

His gaze turned to the young man before him. He appeared to be about fifteen or sixteen, with a slender build, like a straight and handsome green bamboo. His features were delicate and refined, and there was a faint coldness and hardness between his brows and eyes, showing that he was a person with a firm nature.

He wore an old, plain, yet simple and clean robe in a light color. His expression was steady and quiet, carrying a maturity that did not fit his age.

And when he had called Lin Yuchu Young Master just now, there had not been the slightest trace of unwillingness or resentment.

For the moment, Lin Yuchu could not tell what he was thinking from his expression.

So he turned his head and looked at Lin Yunheng, who had a completely matter-of-fact expression, and felt his skull hurt even more.

“So what exactly is going on here?” Lin Yuchu said, glaring at Lin Yunheng.

Then Lin Yunheng told Lin Yuchu, “I’m preparing to build a medicinal herb plantation on Cloud Peak.”

When Lin Yuchu heard this, he immediately understood his plan.

Since he was going to build a plantation, he would naturally need manpower. Lin Yunheng was planning to settle that group of people inside the plantation. It was not a bad idea, only…

“Will the Sword Alliance allow you to do that?” Lin Yuchu asked, looking at him.

Hearing that, Lin Yunheng immediately smiled. He said, “What did you think I’ve been doing these days?”

At this point, Lin Yunheng immediately told Lin Yuchu with great enthusiasm, “I enclosed a piece of land on Cloud Peak to use for planting medicinal herbs and spiritual grasses. I also plan to build a castle beside the plantation.”

Hearing this, Lin Yuchu glanced at him.

He thought that Lin Yunheng must have offered an enormous benefit to persuade the Sword Alliance to agree to this plan.

“This person is the steward I found for you. From now on, Lin Garden will be managed by him on your behalf,” Lin Yunheng said to Lin Yuchu, pointing at the young man behind him.

And the young man entrusted with such an important responsibility remained unmoved by honor or disgrace. His tone carried a steadiness that did not match his age as he said, “This subordinate will certainly not disappoint the Family Head or the Young Master.”

“…” Lin Yuchu.

He looked at the young man in front of him, then looked at his own father, and thought, Dad, do you know you’re employing child labor?

Although Lin Yuchu did find it somewhat strange and felt that this young man was perhaps a bit too young for a steward.

But out of trust in Lin Yunheng, he did not voice this doubt. He believed Lin Yunheng was not someone who acted recklessly.

Since Lin Yunheng had chosen this person, Lin Yuchu was also willing to trust him.

He looked at the young man before him and asked, “What is your name?”

“This subordinate is Song Changming,” the young man said.

…

News that Lin Yunheng was going to open up a plantation and build a castle on Cloud Peak reached the Immortal Alliance.

The immortal lords of the Immortal Alliance: “…”

They were already numb.

There was not a ripple in their hearts. They even wanted to sneer.

In any case, the original predetermined fate had already been altered so drastically that even its own mother would not recognize it, especially after they found out that Song Changming had gone to work as a gatekeeper for the Lin family. They became even more indifferent.jpg.

Without Lin Yunheng’s move, Cloud Peak would have suffered because the seal suppressing the ancient yao beast beneath the ground loosened. Yao energy would have leaked out and caused an unprecedented cold wave. Overnight, countless people would have frozen to death.

Song Changming’s younger sister and grandmother died in that cold wave, while he survived.

But Song Changming, who had survived the cold wave, came to hate Bright Moon Capital for standing by and refusing to save them. Or perhaps it should be said that he hated this world. He hated the unfairness of the Heavenly Dao, hated the injustice of the human realm.

Fifty years later, he would break open the seal on Cloud Peak and release the ancient yao beast suppressed beneath the ground.

Bright Moon Capital was destroyed because of it. Everyone in the city died. Not a single person was spared.

And the year the seal was broken and the yao beast emerged was precisely the day of the Sword Alliance’s Sword Path Grand Competition. Countless sword cultivators of the cultivation world, the youngest and most talented and capable sword cultivators, had all gathered in Bright Moon Capital.

The Sword Alliance suffered a massive loss of strength, and the Sword Path was left without successors, with the older generation fading before the younger generation could rise. Because of this, the Sword Path’s vitality was greatly damaged. The once flourishing and powerful Sword Path began to decline, and the cultivation world’s fortune plummeted.

“Now, thinking about it carefully, everything had long shown signs.”

When the immortal lords of the Immortal Alliance recalled these matters, they could not help saying, “A chaotic age is approaching. The world will know no peace.”

“Unfortunately, we only fixed our eyes on the Rain Emperor and focused wholeheartedly on dealing with him, yet we overlooked where the true root lay.” When the immortal lords of the Immortal Alliance thought of this, they could not help sighing.

Before, they had been stubborn, single-mindedly thinking only of going against the Rain Emperor.

Now that they were no longer staring at the Rain Emperor, they gradually began to understand after savoring it in hindsight, but they were already powerless to change anything.

They knew everything, and yet were bound by everything.

They knew fate, and in the end, the threads of fate bound their hands and feet.

This was the result, and also the price.

The matter of Song Changming was like a blow to the head, completely making the immortal lords of the Immortal Alliance reflect on themselves.

All this time, their vision had been too narrow.

Inside the Immortal Alliance.

There was a long silence, quiet and still.

After a long while.

Immortal Venerable Yuquan opened his mouth and said, “Send someone to tell Divine Capital about this matter.”

Hearing this, the immortal lords immediately said in surprise, “Do we still need to tell them?”

Divine Capital, which was also watching the Rain Emperor’s every move, should have received the news by now and known long ago.

“It is precisely because of that that we must tell them,” Immortal Venerable Yuquan said. “They need someone to remind them.”

At this point, Immortal Venerable Yuquan’s expression turned sorrowful as he said, “We cannot move, but someone can.”

“He is free. The Rain Emperor can do anything he wants to do,” Immortal Venerable Yuquan said. “He can accomplish what we cannot.”

Hearing this.

The immortal lords immediately fell silent.

After a long while.

Someone joked, “Then aren’t you afraid that, just like before, he will once again bring this cultivation world to an end?”

“Would being afraid be of any use?” Immortal Venerable Yuquan asked in return.

In the end, Immortal Venerable Yuquan said something very trite. “That is why we should give him even more love, so that he cannot bear to bring this age to an end.”

In any case, they could not beat him in a fight.

They could not stop him either.

Their countless previous failures had already proven this point. So this time, they would try another method.

Since hatred, hostility, harm, and death could not change the result, then they would try love.

This was what the Immortal Alliance thought.

As for Divine Capital, they were utterly dismissive. They thought those people were probably a bunch of fools.

With their heads full of love and peace, had they perhaps been beaten stupid by the Rain Emperor?

Divine Capital was different. We’re not afraid. We won’t back down. We’ll fight. Fight him head-on!

Fight him to the very end!

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