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The peaceful night was darker.
The chariot, carrying Lin Xun and the old man, ran all the way through the prosperous and spacious streets and headed toward the depth of the Forbidden City.
“What are you going to do?”
“I will take the responsibility as the successor of Lin Family.”
“This is not a easy way to go.”
“I know.”
In the chariot, Lin Xun and the old man were deep in conversation.
“I want to remind you that both Queen and I in the Heiyao Shrine will not help you this time. It’s Lin Family’s business that others couldn’t interfere.”
The old man thought for a long time and finally announced.
Lin Xun seemed to foresee this. He replied, “I understand.”
With a meaningful smile, the old man showed a meaningful smile and mentioned,”Many people in the Forbidden City have mistakenly thought that you have a lot to do with Heiyao Shrine. So it’s ok to mislead them as before.”
Lin Xun was stunned by the old man’s idea and felt a surging warm in his heart. Although the old man could not help Lin Xun directly, he told Lin Xun that Lin Xun could borrow the power of Heiyao Shrine when Lin Xun wanted to take some actions.
This promise could already help Lin Xun solve many problems!
Whoever wanted to deal with Lin Xun would have to considerate the invisible deterrence of Heiyao Shrine even if it wouldn’t actually send people to fight.
Sometimes, it could play a key role in helping Lin Xun to stand in the Forbidden City.
What was more, Lin Xun thought that Heiyao Shrine wouldn’t just watch him die, otherwise, the old man wouldn’t help him so many times in past two years.
There must be some reason for their helping. Lin Xun thought that it might be related to Shia Zhi, Master Lu, or his own life experience.
No matter who he was related , it was sure that Lin Xun had a lot of connections with Heiyao Shrine.
“Thank you, sir.”
Lin Xun had no idea how many times he had thanked the old man, but he knew that he owed the old man too much.
The old man smiled and looked as kind and gentle as ever.
Before long, the chariot stopped.
When Lin Xun walked out of the chariot under the guidance of the old man, he couldn’t help but be shocked by a huge mountain floating in front of him!
The mountain extended to 300 meters away and was several thousand meters high, where there were many ancient buildings standing on it.
In the night, the whole mountain was suspended in the void. Under the silver moonlight, it appeared lofty and holy.
This was one of the 72 Mountains of Aristocracy!
Lin Xun had seen it from afar outside the Forbidden City. Only when he looked up at it from a close distance at this moment, did he find out how magnificent the mountain was.
“This mountain named Heart-cleansing Peak, the place Lin Family occupies. However, since the bloody event happened, your clansmen have moved out of the peak. Now, there is only one old servants guarding here.”
The old man said in a warm voice.
Lin Xun was surprised that Lin family had the power to occupy one of the 72 Mountains of Aristocracy!
It could be inferred that Lin Family at that time was at least a middle-level force!
“As far as I know, once the family on the mountain falls, its mountain will be taken by others. How could Lin Family still occupy a Mountain of Aristocracy?”
Lin Xun couldn’t help asking.
“It’s complicated with something happened in the past of your Lin family. When you live in Heart-cleansing Peak, someone will tell you all about it.”
As the old man said, he suddenly stepped forward and waved his sleeve. A string of light swept out and knocked at the bottom of Heart-cleansing Peak.
Lin Xun noticed that there was a spiritual formation at the bottom of Heart-cleansing Peak!
Humming
When the light knocked on the spiritual formation, it produced a mysterious rolling ripple.
Immediately, a voice came out of the spiritual formation “This is Lin Family, Heart-cleansing Peak. Who is there?”
The old man answered softly, “Lin Wenjing’s son is back.”
Suddenly, an exclamation sounded, “What!? Wait for a moment, please!”
The old man turned to explain to Lin Xun, “Mountains of Aristocracy work like forbidden areas. If you’re not allowed, you can’t break into it.”
Lin Xun nodded with understanding.
It wasn’t long before he saw the spiritual formation at the bottom of Heart-cleansing Peak writhing and a door appeared with spirit light surrounding it.
At the same time, a row of stairs were formed between the door and the ground like a rainbow. And it looked like a rising ladder from a distance.
A bent old man walked down the steps from the door. He looked at the old man besides Lin Xun suspiciously first, and then shifted his eyes at Lin Xun.
At one glance, the rickety old man seemed like being struck by lightning. He fell on his knees and cried loudly, “Master, more than ten years have passed, I thought you had gone forever. I didn’t expect that you could live until now!”
Lin Xun was stunned at once.
“He is not Lin Wenjing. This is his son.”
The old man explained.
The old servant, who was crying bitterly, looked up suddenly. He wiped the tears off his face and looked at Lin Xun carefully. He said in a trance, “You’re right. He is younger than my master. They looked so similar at the same age…”
With that, he got up abruptly and said excitedly, “So… so you really are my master’s son? Great! He’s master’s child! Ha-ha-ha-ha… ”
His lips trembled and he wept with joy. His emotions were out of control and he seemed to be a little crazy. All his excitement and surprise could not be concealed at this moment.
Seeing this scene, Lin Xun was inexplicably sad and said, “Granddad, take me to the clan please.”
The old servant suddenly took a deep breath, looked solemn and bowed, “Welcome young master home!” His etiquette was standard and meticulous.
Lin Xun was stunned and looked at the old man beside him.
The old man smiled and nodded, “Go with him, I should go back now.”
Lin Xun cupped his hand and said, “Thank you very much, Elder. I will go to Heiyao Shrine to thank you in person later!”
The old man waved his hand and left.
“Young master, please!”
The old servant reached out his hand to invite Lin Xun in.
Lin Xun nodded to the old servant, took a deep breath and went up the steps.
Heart-cleansing Peak
This was the place where Lin Family located and his father and mother lived. After nearly 15 years, Lin Xun finally came back to his Family!
After entering the door, they’d arrived at Heart-cleansing Peak. A broad stone road with a length of more than 30 meters was zigzagging to the peak.
On both sides of the road, there were several ancient temples, ancient pavilions and luxuriant plants and old trees.
Along the way, there were waterfalls, springs and lush bamboo forests. In the moonlight at night, the scenery was picturesque and fairyland.
“Young master, please!”
The old servant led the way in front of Lin Xun. From the first sight he saw Lin Xun, he knew that it wouldn’t be wrong that Lin Xun was so similar to younger Lin Wenjing. Lin Xun could not disguise himself.
Lin Xun looked around as he walked forward.
“You can call me Lin Zhong,” said the old servant, “When the master was born, I was sent by the patriarch to serve the master. Soon, several decades passed.”
Lin Zhong said with emotion.
Of course Lin Xun could not call the old servant’s name directly. He claimed, “Granddad Zhong, don’t call me young master. Call me Lin Xun please.”
But Lin Zhong shook his head and said, “Young master, I can’t disobey family rules!”
Lin Xun had no choice but to change the topic and asked, “Are you the only one on the Heart-cleansing Peak?”
Lin Zhong’s face suddenly became gloomy. Obviously, he recalled some bad memories.
Seeing this, Lin Xun patted Lin Zhong on his shoulder and said, “Granddad Zhong, I will stay here as you do from now on. I know little about many things. I hope you can tell me one by one.”
Lin Zhong’s spirit was refreshed at once. He nodded his head hard as if he had found his belief.
After they walked several hundred meters near the top of the mountain, loud laughter and songs came from afar and sounded harsh in quiet night.
Lin Xun was stunned that he saw that light was bright in a magnificent ancient building on the top of the mountain, and the noise was just coming from it.
Lin Zhong introduced to Lin Xun that the main hall on the top of the mountain was named Heart-cleansing Hall. It covered an area of 666 square meters. Only the lineal relatives of the patriarch could live and practice here.
But now, the hall was full of light, songs and laughter. It looked abruptly strange compared with other desolated places.
“Young master, some young masters and young ladies from other branches of the Lin Family gathered there. I’ve stopped them before, but…”
Lin Zhong explained in a hurry. But at the end of the conversation, he stopped depressedly.
“They don’t care, do they?”
Lin Xun’s eyes narrowed slightly, “I remember that other clansmen of Lin Family had been moved away from Heart-cleansing Peak more than ten years ago. Why do they still come?”
Lin Zhong smiled bitterly, “Young master, you just came back so you don’t know the situation…”
Lin Xun interrupted, “Tell me first, Granddad Zhong, are those young masters and young ladies qualified to enter the Heart-cleansing Hall for drinking and entertainment?”
“No, they are not qualified!” Lin Zhong answered without hesitation
Lin Xun’s black eyes were deep at this moment, he said with a meaningful smile on his lips, “I got it.” With that, he strode to the Heart-cleansing Hall.
Just now, he used spiritual consciousness to find out that there were over ten men and women in the Heart-cleansing Hall. The males were pompous and indulged in drinking. The females were coquettish, making the Heart-cleansing Hall a mess.
If he didn’t see it with his own eyes, Lin Xun doubted whether he had come to the brothel where there were many prostitutes.
In the past, Lin Xun had nothing to do with all this. But now that he knew his life experience and chose to step into the Forbidden City, he was ready to take on everything when he came to the Heart-cleansing Peak.
So, it was necessary for him to take charge of this matter!
“Young master, what…what do you want to do?”
Lin Zhong was stunned for a moment and his face suddenly changed. He realized something and hurriedly ran after him. “Don’t do that, young master!”
Boom!
Lin Xun had already come to the door of the Heart-cleansing Hall and kicked the closed door open.
The great man in the Imperial Palace allowed Lin Xun to make any trouble when he entered the Forbidden City.
In that case, he decided to start making troubles tonight!
