Embarking on the journey, the mighty crowd set off from the Imperial City along the east.
Because Qin Shi was not alone, there were also disciples of the Lin Clan with him. Their speed was not as fast as his, so it took them three days to reach the border of Crimson Flame.
Standing at the border of the Scarlet Flame East, Qin Shi stepped on the majestic Great Nation Protecting Formation, his heart surging.
"Four years, it's been almost four years, and I'm finally going to leave this place," Looking at the endless river, memories of the past four years flashed in Qin Shi's mind.
He still remembered the first time he saw the demon in the back mountain of Desolate Town, the first time he got the Jade In The Book from Senior Fufeng, the first time he met Lin Yu, the first time, the first time, there were too many firsts, and he remembered them all.
"Little guy, don't think too much, it will affect your mind. There are tens of thousands of empires on the Barren Spirit Continent, and these empires are like ants, nourishment for countless powerful forces. Any continental war could turn this place into ashes. If you want this empire to be stable, and if you want to protect your friends in the empire, you have to become strong yourself. Only then, when this small empire is threatened, you will be qualified to stand up for it," the demon emphasized the word "qualified".
However, Qin Shi did not care, because he knew that the demon was right. With his current cultivation, he could cover the sky in the empire, but in the entire continent, he did not even have the qualification to say that he could protect it.
"I know."
Nodding his head helplessly, Qin Shi shifted his gaze from the direction of the Crimson Flame Empire to the endless continent in the distance, "There is still a long way to go."
"Don't worry, I will be by your side."
"Oh?
Devil Lord Devouring Heaven would actually say such pretentious words? "Qin Shi was taken aback by surprise.
"Who is pretentious? My spiritual body is in your body now, of course I have to accompany you. Otherwise, do you think I want to stay by your side?
Besides, I really want to see how you're going to reach the point where you can call me brother, "the fiend quibbled.
However, Qin Shi did not pay attention to him. He was touched.
"Let's go, sisters." Qin Shi beckoned to the Lin Concubine and the other three. The army began to advance into the forest outside the city.
In the next three days, under the guidance of the Lin Concubine, the army arrived at the territory of the Hundred Tribes.
Within the boundaries of the Hundred Clans, the Lin Clan.
The Qilin clan was formed from a huge forest. However, there were jade palaces built in this forest. Each one of them was made from rare wood, and they were filled with dense spiritual energy. Even Qin Shi couldn't help sighing.
"No wonder the people in the Hundred Races are so much stronger than the empire. The spiritual energy contained in these natural, precious trees is something that even supreme grade spiritual stones can't compare to. If I can stay here for a few days, my cultivation will increase greatly even if I don't deliberately cultivate, right?"
"Yes, these are Towering Spiritual Trees. Don't look down on these Towering Spiritual Trees. Just these alone took the Qilin Clan hundreds of years to gather. Any one of them could fetch a price of ten million spirit stones in an auction in the empire." The Qilin Concubine said proudly.
Qin Shi nodded in agreement. These Towering Spiritual Trees were indeed extraordinary. Even he was tempted.
"However, our Towering Spiritual Trees aren't the best wood in the Hundred Races."
"What?
This isn't the best wood? "Qin Shi clicked his tongue.
"Yes, there's an extremely mysterious ancient tree in the Hundred Races. This ancient tree is called the Fortune Silver Fir. The Fortune Silver Fir possesses spiritual energy that's comparable to the heavens. It only grows once every thousand years in the Hundred Races. If you think about it, it won't be long before the Fortune Silver Fir grows," the Lin Concubine explained amiably.
"Fortune Silver Fir?
I didn't think there would be a Fortune Silver Fir here. "
Before Qin Shi could react, the evil demon suddenly became excited. "Little fella, you have to get the Fortune Silver Fir for me no matter what."
"What do you want the Fortune Silver Fir for?" Qin Shi rarely saw the evil demon so surprised, so he couldn't help but ask.
"The Fortune Silver Fir is useless to me. However, there's a type of demon spider in the trunk of the Fortune Silver Fir. This demon spider is a wild beast with a cultivation of the Heaven Realm. Its inner core is filled with demonic properties. If I can get my hands on one, it'll definitely make my spiritual energy surge," the evil demon said excitedly.
It was afraid that Qin Shi wouldn't agree, so it hurriedly added, "You promised me that you'll help me."
"I know, I know. Am I someone who doesn't keep my word? However, I don't know when the Fortune Silver Fir will grow. I'll help you after the Hundred Races Competition is over, alright?"
"That's more like it." The evil demon let go of the knot in its heart and didn't say anything else.
"Brother-in-law, let's go. I'll bring you to see my father first."
At the Lin Clan, Lin Concubine made arrangements for Lin Biao and the others before bringing Qin Shi to the Lin Clan's conference hall with Fang Xin and her two sisters.
The atmosphere in the hall was slightly tense the moment they entered.
At the top of the hall, an old man with a head full of white hair sat with his hands on his knees.
Just by sitting there quietly, the old man gave off an unapproachable aura. It was very vigorous.
"This should be Lin Concubine's father, the head of the Lin Clan, Lin Yi, right?" Qin Shi secretly remembered that Lin Concubine had mentioned this to him on the way here.
"Father!"
Lin Concubine's beautiful eyes instantly turned red when she saw the old man.
Lin Concubine's voice caused the old man to open his eyes slightly. Then, his wrinkled face couldn't help but twitch and his thick hand trembled. "Mo 'er?
You're back? "
Lin Concubine's real name was Lin Moyu.
"Yes, I'm unfilial. I'm late." Lin Concubine half knelt in Lin Yi's arms. She no longer had the noble air of a Lin Concubine.
It was no wonder that the father and daughter hadn't seen each other for a hundred years.
"It's good that you're back, it's good that you're back."
Lin Yi shook his head emotionally. Then, he looked at Qin Shi and the others and frowned. "Mo 'er, who are they?"
Lin Concubine wiped the tears from the corner of her eyes and stood up from Lin Yi's arms. She introduced them. "Father, let me introduce them to you."
As she spoke, she walked in front of the three sisters. "You should be familiar with these three. They used to be the princesses of the Crimson Flame Empire. Now, they're married to the Hundred Races, Yin Clan, Blood Clan, and Hou Clan."
"Oh?
So these three are the three great Devil Incarnate of the Crimson Flame Empire?
Fang Xin, Fang Feng, Fang Luan? "
Lin Yi clearly knew the three of them. He hurriedly went forward and extended his hand. "It's the honor of the Lin Clan to know the three of you."
"Lin Clan Head, you're too polite," the three of them said politely.
Qin Shi couldn't help but say, "Haha, the three sisters are really amazing. Even the Hundred Races have the title of Devil Incarnate?
Looks like you guys really caused a lot of trouble in the past hundred years. "
"Stinking brat, can our troubles be compared to yours?" Fang Feng glared at him, and her fiery temper was immediately exposed.
Feeling the fiery gaze, Qin Shi hurriedly took a step back and smiled like a villain intoxicated by success.
"Mo 'er, this is?"
Lin Yi shifted his gaze to Qin Shi and couldn't help but be surprised. "Is this brat really only in his twenties?"
Lin Yi was at the Five Heavens realm, so he could see through Qin Shi with a glance.
Lin Concubine hurriedly pulled Qin Shi to her side and introduced him. "Father, let me introduce you. Don't look down on this brat. He's not simple. He's now the son-in-law of the Crimson Flame Empire, and he's also the sect master of the Qin Sect, a rising power in the Crimson Flame Empire."
"Oh?
Qin Sect? "
Lin Yi frowned and was slightly shocked. "The Qin Sect that's been doing well in the Crimson Flame Empire recently?"
The Crimson Flame Empire was very close to the Hundred Races, so Lin Yi knew quite a bit about the empire.
"Mhm." Lin Concubine smiled.
Receiving the affirmation, Lin Yi's shock was even more obvious. His muddy old eyes stared at Qin Shi, and his shrewd and ruthless gaze was like a sharp sword. However, in this kind of situation, Qin Shi was neither servile nor overbearing. The corner of his mouth always had a slight curve as he respectfully said, "Lin Family Head, I am Qin Shi."
Lin Yi couldn't help but be shocked by Qin Shi's calmness. After a while, he stroked his beard and laughed. "Good, good, good. Qin Shi is truly a young hero."
"Father, I saw that you seemed to have a lot on your mind just now. Did something happen to the Lin Clan?" Lin Concubine recalled the oppressive atmosphere when she first entered the hall and asked with concern.
Bang!
Lin Yi's expression darkened at the mention of this. He suddenly tightened his grip on the handle, and a crack appeared on the dragon throne that was made of towering spiritual wood.
Seeing this from the side, Qin Shi couldn't help but suck in a breath of cold air.
"This towering spiritual wood is as hard as a supreme-grade spirit stone. Even if I attack it with all my strength, I might not be able to damage it at all. But this Lin Family Head just used a bit of strength and crushed it?
Is this the cultivation of the Five Heavens Realm? "
"Little fellow, the Five Heavens Realm is far more than this. The higher the Nine Heavens Realm, the more powerful each realm is. Especially after the Ascending Heaven Realm, a Nine Heavens Realm expert can even fight against hundreds of Eight Heavens Realm experts at the same time and remain undefeated."
At this point, the evil demon warned, "So, don't think that just because you can fight those above your cultivation level now, you will always be able to do so. The Heaven's Equal Realm is much stronger than you think."
Qin Shi nodded to himself and engraved it in his heart.
Now was not like the Empire. He had to be careful.
Lin Yi was silent for a long time, then said angrily, "What can happen? It's still the Hundred Race Competition in a month."
"Hundred Race Competition?" The Lin Concubine, Qin Shi, and the rest perked up.
"Yes. In the past, in the Hundred Race Competition, each family only needed to send out three juniors to fight in the arena. But this year, they changed the competition and said that they want to have a single competition."
"Single competition?
What do you mean? "
"That is, they want to split the Hundred Race Competition into four categories. One for offense, one for defense, one for speed, and one for investigation."
"Is that so?
Then it might not be disadvantageous for us?
At least our Lin Clan's defense is one of the best among the Hundred Race Competition. "
"Indeed, but that's not what I'm worried about. What I'm really worried about is that because the Hundred Clan Hero Competition has been changed to four rounds of competition, every clan has to send out four juniors. You also know that our Lin Clan's juniors aren't enough and can only send out three people. Where are we going to find a fourth person?"
Lin Yi shook his head helplessly, "If your child, Lin Yu, could be here, he might be able to fill this gap."