Chapter 43 The Immortal Guardians

Chapter 43: Chapter 43 The Immortal Guardians

The Main Peak of the Lin Clan remained peaceful.

Lin Hao sat comfortably in his wooden chair, slowly drinking his spirit tea.

Beside him stood Lin Yuxian, the newly summoned Peak Immortal Lord.

She had already accepted her position as the person responsible for the higher-level development of the Pill Pavilion.

But Lin Hao’s attention was currently focused on another matter.

The thirty Special Divine Summoning Opportunities.

He still had not used them.

Lin Hao glanced at the golden screen floating before him.

[Special Divine Summoning Opportunities: 30]

Fifteen Earth Immortal Realm Experts.

Fifteen True Immortal Realm Experts.

Lin Hao smiled.

"There is no reason to keep them waiting."

The System immediately responded.

[Host, would you like to summon all thirty?]

"Yes."

[Please select the desired specializations.]

Lin Hao thought for a moment.

He didn’t need thirty people who only knew how to fight.

The Lin Clan already possessed terrifying combat strength.

What the clan needed now was a proper foundation.

"Give me Pill Masters."

"Formation Masters."

"Weapon Refiners."

"Beast Tamers."

"Medical Masters."

"Battle Instructors."

"Intelligence experts."

"And Guardian Elders."

Lin Hao paused.

"Make sure each of them has sufficient talent in their respective fields."

[Understood, Host.]

The golden screen suddenly began glowing.

[Special Divine Summoning Beginning...]

[Summoning 15 Earth Immortal Realm Experts...]

[Summoning 15 True Immortal Realm Experts...]

[Specializations being assigned...]

[Compatibility with Lin Clan: Perfect]

[Loyalty: Absolute]

The atmosphere suddenly changed.

BOOM!

Thirty terrifying auras descended upon the Main Peak.

The surrounding Spiritual Qi surged violently.

The sky trembled.

Space rippled.

Even the mountains beneath their feet seemed to respond to the sudden arrival of so many Immortal-level existences.

Lin Wei and the core elders immediately looked upward.

"What is happening?"

Before anyone could answer—

Thirty figures descended from the sky.

They landed simultaneously before Lin Hao.

Fifteen stood in the front.

Fifteen stood behind them.

Every single one possessed an extraordinary aura.

The weakest among them was a True Immortal.

The stronger group consisted of Earth Immortals.

Yet none of them released their full pressure.

They simply stood respectfully.

Then—

All thirty knelt.

"Greetings, Ancestor."

Their voices echoed across the Main Peak.

Lin Hao nodded.

"Rise."

"Yes, Ancestor."

The thirty experts stood.

Lin Hao looked across them carefully.

The System immediately displayed their information.

[Summoned Clan Member — Earth Immortal Realm]

Specialization: Formation Dao

Role: Great Elder of the Formation Hall

[Summoned Clan Member — Earth Immortal Realm]

Specialization: Weapon Refinement

Role: Great Elder of the Weapon Hall

[Summoned Clan Member — Earth Immortal Realm]

Specialization: Pill Dao

Role: Pill Pavilion Elder

[Summoned Clan Member — Earth Immortal Realm]

Specialization: Beast Taming

Role: Beast Taming Hall Elder

The information continued.

Among the thirty were experts specializing in formations, pill refinement, weapon refinement, healing, beast taming, intelligence gathering, cultivation guidance, combat training, and territorial defense.

Lin Hao smiled.

"Excellent."

He looked toward the formation specialist.

"From today onward, you will be responsible for maintaining and improving the formations surrounding our territory."

The Earth Immortal immediately bowed.

"Yes, Ancestor."

Lin Hao looked toward another expert.

"You will oversee the Weapon Hall."

"Yes, Ancestor."

Another.

"The Beast Taming Hall."

"Understood."

Then another.

"The clan’s medical facilities."

"Yes, Ancestor."

Lin Hao continued assigning responsibilities.

The thirty experts accepted each position without hesitation.

Soon, the Lin Clan’s various halls had gained powerful leaders.

The Pill Pavilion.

The Weapon Hall.

The Formation Hall.

The Beast Taming Hall.

The Medical Hall.

The Battle Hall.

The Intelligence Hall.

And the various Guardian positions throughout the territory.

The Lin Clan was no longer merely a powerful family.

It was gradually becoming a true cultivation force.

Among the crowd, Lin Cangyuan watched silently.

His expression was somewhat complicated.

He could clearly sense the cultivation of every one of the thirty newly summoned experts.

True Immortal.

Earth Immortal.

True Immortal.

Earth Immortal.

None of them were stronger than him.

A subtle sense of relief appeared in his heart.

Fortunately...

At least I’m still stronger than these thirty.

Lin Cangyuan quietly exhaled.

After encountering Lin Yuxian, his confidence had taken a serious blow.

A Peak Immortal Lord.

An existence several major realms above him.

There was simply no comparison.

But now...

He had finally found something that gave him a little comfort.

I’m still a Golden Immortal.

At least I haven’t fallen to the bottom of the clan’s Immortal hierarchy.

Then Lin Cangyuan suddenly felt something.

His expression changed.

He slowly turned his head.

Standing not far away was Long Haoran.

The Dragon Elder was quietly watching the scene.

He looked completely ordinary.

There was no terrifying aura surrounding him.

No visible Spiritual Qi.

No overwhelming pressure.

Nothing.

Lin Cangyuan narrowed his eyes.

He tried to sense Long Haoran’s cultivation.

Nothing.

He tried again.

Still nothing.

It was as though Long Haoran possessed no cultivation whatsoever.

Lin Cangyuan frowned.

Impossible.

He knew that Long Haoran was one of the Ancient Divine Beasts residing within the Lin Clan.

But he had never understood just how powerful the Dragon Elder truly was.

Even after becoming a Golden Immortal, Lin Cangyuan couldn’t see through him.

And that wasn’t the strangest part.

Long Haoran gave him the same feeling as Lin Hao.

A feeling that made absolutely no sense.

Both appeared almost like ordinary mortals.

Yet whenever Lin Cangyuan stood near them, something deep inside his soul would instinctively tremble.

It wasn’t fear.

It was something more fundamental.

His instincts were telling him—

Do not provoke them.

Lin Cangyuan swallowed.

The Ancestor...

And Long Haoran...

Both of them feel like mortals.

Yet the pressure I feel from them is terrifying.

He looked at Long Haoran again.

Long Haoran suddenly turned his head.

Their eyes met.

Lin Cangyuan’s body stiffened.

For a brief instant—

He felt as though he were standing before an ancient dragon that had existed since the beginning of heaven and earth.

Then the feeling disappeared.

Long Haoran smiled calmly.

Lin Cangyuan immediately looked away.

Forget it.

I don’t want to know.

Lin Hao looked over the newly established clan structure.

Everything was developing smoothly.

The thirty Immortal-level experts had immediately begun familiarizing themselves with their respective positions.

The Formation Hall had gained a powerful elder.

The Weapon Hall had gained a powerful refiner.

The Pill Pavilion had gained another powerful Pill Master to assist Lin Yuxian.

The Beast Taming Hall had gained an expert capable of guiding the clan’s growing collection of divine beasts and spirit beasts.

The Battle Hall would be responsible for training the younger generation.

The Intelligence Hall would begin collecting information about the outside world.

And the Guardian Elders would protect the clan’s important locations.

Lin Hao nodded with satisfaction.

The Lin Clan finally had the beginnings of a proper structure.

He suddenly remembered something.

"System."

[Yes, Host?]

"How many clan members do we have now?"

The System immediately displayed the information.

[Lin Clan Population]

Original Members: 100

Newly Born Members: Numerous

Branch Members: Increasing

Current Population: Rapidly Expanding

Bloodline Quality: Supreme Ancestral Bloodline

Overall Clan Potential: Unlimited

Lin Hao looked at the screen.

A faint smile appeared on his face.

The clan was no longer the tiny family that had once struggled to survive in Azure River City.

The transformation had already begun.

He slowly stood from his chair.

His gaze passed over the Main Peak.

The mountains.

The pavilions.

The cultivation halls.

The Time Tower.

The Battle Tower.

The Beast Taming Peak.

The Pill Pavilion.

The Weapon Hall.

The countless young disciples cultivating throughout the territory.

And finally—

The white fog surrounding the entire domain.

Outside that fog were six 7-Star forces.

They had been waiting for an opportunity.

They believed the Lin Clan was hiding because it was weak.

They believed the clan had merely obtained an ancient inheritance.

They believed the territory would eventually become theirs.

Lin Hao smiled.

They had waited long enough.

He looked toward the distant fog.

"System."

[Yes, Host?]

"How long have those people been waiting outside?"

[Approximately one year.]

Lin Hao chuckled.

"One year..."

He shook his head.

"They really are patient."

Lin Hao looked around.

The Lin Clan was no longer the same family it had been one year ago.

Its elders had become Mahayana experts.

Its younger generation had reached terrifying realms.

Its newborn children possessed monstrous bloodlines and physiques.

Ancient Divine Beasts guarded its mountains.

Immortal-level experts now managed its various halls.

Lin Yuxian stood at the Peak Immortal Lord Realm.

Lin Cangyuan was a Golden Immortal.

And Lin Hao himself remained an existence that nobody could comprehend.

The time for hiding was over.

Lin Hao stepped forward.

The surrounding Lin Clan members gradually turned toward him.

Lin Wei.

Lin Jian.

Lin Feng.

Lin Rui.

Lin Tao.

Lin Mei.

Lin Yue.

Lin Cangyuan.

Lin Yuxian.

The thirty newly summoned Immortal experts.

The Ancient Divine Beasts.

The younger generation.

Everyone looked toward their Ancestor.

Lin Hao’s calm voice echoed across the Main Peak.

"For a long time, we have remained inside this territory."

"We cultivated."

"We strengthened ourselves."

"We built our foundations."

"And now..."

He looked toward the distant world beyond the white fog.

His eyes carried a faint smile.

"We have accumulated enough."

The atmosphere became completely silent.

Lin Hao raised his teacup.

Then—

He took one final sip.

He placed the cup down.

"Let’s stop hiding."

A faint smile appeared on his face.

"Let the Lin Clan officially enter the world."

The words echoed across the mountains.

And for the first time—

The Lin Clan was preparing to reveal itself to the Mortal World.

Cultivation Levels

Mortal World

Body Refining Realm → Qi Gathering Realm → Foundation Establishment Realm → Core Formation Realm → Nascent Soul Realm → Soul Transformation Realm → Void Refining Realm → Body Integration Realm → Tribulation Transcendence Realm → Mahayana Realm

Immortal Realm

True Immortal Realm → Earth Immortal Realm → Heavenly Immortal Realm → Golden Immortal Realm → Immortal Lord Realm

End of Chapter 43