Another ten years had passed since the last time he comprehended the Heavenly Dao. Wang Lin had lived on this street for more than thirty years. He had completely aged. His hair was completely white, and there were many deep wrinkles on his face.
Daniu's mother passed away seven years ago due to grief and illness.
At this point, the ironware shop was completely on Daniu's shoulders. Just like his father, he supported the family and loved his wife deeply. As for his grown up son, he nagged him every day to learn how to forge iron so that he could take over his trade.
This scene was almost exactly the same as it was in the past. The only difference was that the person was different.
However, this situation did not last for long. Three years ago, Daniu's son, Ceng Xiaoniu, was chosen by a traveling cultivator from the White Cloud Sect. He was accepted as a disciple and followed him to the White Cloud Sect.
It was also that year that the traveling cultivator gave him the name Ceng Wenzhuo.
Daniu was quite proud of his son following an immortal. He told everyone he met about it, and everyone on the street knew about it.
Wang Lin was not surprised that Ceng Wenzhuo was chosen by a cultivator from the White Cloud Sect. When Xiaoniu was still a child, Wang Lin could tell that this child had an Immortal Meridian. His aptitude was many times better than his when he was young.
In Wang Lin's mortal life in the capital, the only family he had was Daniu's family. This was the reason. Therefore, when Xiaoniu was still a child, Wang Lin often gave him some pills that could change his physique. This was the result of his life.
As a result, Xiaoniu's body's aptitude became better and better. It was not strange that he was chosen by a cultivator from the White Cloud Sect.
Although the cultivator from the White Cloud Sect was only at the Core Formation realm, Wang Lin secretly observed him. He was not a bad person. He was completely different from his master, Sun Dazhu.
Therefore, Wang Lin did not participate and let nature take its course. After all, this was all he could help. As for Ceng Wenzhuo's future development, Wang Lin no longer cared about it.
As soon as Xiaoniu left, Daniu hired a few assistants. In fact, he had already broken his father's rule. According to his father's words, the Zeng Family's shop sold craftsmanship, and they couldn't hire others. Otherwise, if the craftsmanship was taken away by others, they would be shooting themselves in the foot.
However, it was obvious that Daniu did not follow his father's rule. Ever since he hired workers, he no longer cared about the shop. Instead, he returned to his childhood habits and stayed with Wang Lin to watch him carve wood.
Such a middle-aged man served by Wang Lin's side every day, which brought some memories to Wang Lin.
Perhaps it was because Wang Lin watched Daniu grow up, but after his mother passed away, every New Year, Daniu would bring his wife to prepare the New Year's Eve dinner and bring it to Wang Lin's place. It was as if he regarded him as his father and the family was reunited.
Daniu's wife, the daughter of the tailor's shopkeeper, was also a virtuous woman. She saw through her husband's thoughts, so when she saw Wang Lin, the look in her eyes gradually changed. Just like Daniu, she seemed to regard Wang Lin as her elder.
As a result, in his later years as a mortal in the capital, Wang Lin experienced a warmth that he had never experienced before. This warmth was very unfamiliar to him, but he did not reject it.
Xu Tao had also changed from a middle-aged man to an old man with slightly white hair. His current status had risen, and he had become the Prince's Chief Advisor. As for the Prince, it was not the South Prince from back then, but the Prince.
After the Crown Prince inherited the throne, not only did his filial piety to Wang Lin not decrease, but it actually increased. Most importantly, he would personally come every time and kowtow to greet Wang Lin, regardless of his status.
After so many years, Wang Lin admired this Prince. After all, he was a member of the royal family in the mortal world. To be able to do this, he had to put in a lot of willpower.
Perhaps it was because he had experienced a lot, but he gradually understood that there were too many people in this world who could crush him to death with one finger, and no one would care.
His purpose of being so respectful to Wang Lin was nothing more than to rope him in and ensure his safety for the rest of his life.
That winter, there was a heavy snow. This snow was something that Wang Lin had never seen in the 30 years he had been here.
The snow almost covered the entire capital with a thick layer of white gauze. On the roofs and trees, there was a thick layer of snow equivalent to the height of a three to five-year-old child.
Many houses collapsed under the weight of the sudden snow, and some beggars even froze to death. Almost every morning, people would find one or two stiff corpses curled up together in a corner of the capital.
This snow was extremely strange. Some of the people who had lived in the capital for generations would often discuss it in the inns and teahouses. The entire capital had not snowed so heavily for hundreds of years.
The snow continued to fall slowly from the sky, covering the footprints that people had just left on the ground. Not long after, it would be impossible to see them at all.
The heavy snow caused most of the shops in the capital to close. The street that Wang Lin was on was quite remote, so after the snow fell, there was not a single person to be seen. Everyone hid next to the stove at home to keep warm and waited for the snow to slowly pass.
This snow was indeed strange. The moment the first snow fell, Wang Lin already felt a faint killing intent within the snow. This killing intent was very faint, but it must be known that this snow covered the entire Four Sect Alliance. As a result, the killing intent contained within the snow was monstrous.
The reason why the temperature dropped so much was because of this killing intent!
This snow did not fall from the clouds in the sky. Instead, it silently appeared out of nowhere. Otherwise, how could there be such a large layer of clouds that could cover the entire Four Sect Alliance in such a large amount of snow?
On the third day of this strange snow, nine black logs in the capital where cultivators meditated all year round were suddenly split in half by a bolt of lightning that descended from the sky. The cultivators inside didn't have any chance to escape and were killed by the lightning.
At the same time this happened, all of the black trees in the cities of the Four Sect Alliance were destroyed by the sudden appearance of the lightning.
Shortly after, in addition to the falling snow, countless pieces of jade flew out from the north, south, east, and west. These pieces of jade flew across the entire Four Sect Alliance. Although these pieces of jade were very fast, as long as they met a cultivator above the Foundation Establishment stage, they would immediately fall into the hands of that cultivator.
One of the pieces of jade flew across the sky above his shop when Wang Lin waved his hand. However, it immediately flew back into the shop and landed in Wang Lin's hand.
Holding the jade, Wang Lin scanned it with his divine sense and heard a gloomy voice say, "All cultivators in the Four Sect Alliance, prepare for war. Our four sects, Water Ink Sect, White Cloud Sect, Green Wood Cliff, and Black Soul Sect, open your doors and gather all the loose cultivators, devil cultivators, and bitter cultivators. If you don't come, then bear the consequences!"
Wang Lin pondered for a bit. His right hand crushed the jade and his body disappeared from the shop. When he reappeared, he was already in the sky above the capital.
As soon as he appeared, his body flickered, and he continued to speed upward. Soon, he found the source of the snow. The snowflakes were coming from the void, and had appeared without a sound.
Wang Lin stared at the void. After looking for a bit, he found some clues. There were many places in the void that emitted faint ripples of restrictions. These restrictions were most likely used to hide the snow.
If it was any other technique, it would be difficult for Wang Lin to break it. However, as long as it was a restriction, he wasn't afraid. He wiped his eyes with his right hand and a ghostly light came out. He stared at the void for a long time and then waved his hands. After the time it takes half an incense stick to burn, many illusionary restrictions flew out from his hands.
The Shadow Restriction landed on a spot in the void. Gradually, wisps of white gas came out from that spot. It was as if ice and snow were being baked. Slowly, the white gas became denser. After a while, the white gas gradually dissipated, revealing the true appearance of the Shadow Restriction.
Wang Lin took a closer look and his expression changed greatly!
There was a giant crack that was hundreds of feet wide in the void. Countless snowflakes were being blown out from the crack.
Wang Lin spread out his divine sense and found that there were no less than 100 restrictions like this within a radius of tens of thousands of kilometers.
And this was only within tens of thousands of kilometers. According to Wang Lin's analysis, there should be countless rifts like this in the entire Four Sect Alliance.
What shocked him was that the cracks seemed to have a special suction force on divine sense. When Wang Lin's divine sense swept by, he immediately noticed it.
Luckily, his divine sense was strong enough, so he was able to break free.
Wang Lin pondered a bit and didn't act rashly. He returned to the shop. As he descended, all he could see was a world of white. The snow was getting heavier and heavier.
When Wang Lin returned to the shop, he had a bad feeling. This feeling became even stronger when he saw the giant crack.
He pondered a bit and let out a laugh. This was the territory of the Four Sect Alliance. There was no need for him to worry about such a strange thing. There would naturally be cultivators stronger than him to deal with it.
However, the crack in the sky was like a dark cloud that shrouded Wang Lin's heart.
Just at this moment, Wang Lin's expression suddenly changed. He raised his head and looked at the door. After a while, he heard knocking on the door. This knocking had a certain rhythm to it, and the interval between every two knocks was exactly the same.
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