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Chapter 98 respectively
Finally, after half an hour, the group had left Fenlai far behind.
The further they went out of the city, the fewer magical beasts they encountered. By the time they reached the countryside, they could hardly see any of them. Only then did the group relax and slow their pace.
Lin Yun led his team to a rural village. The village was small, with only a few dozen households, and it was now deserted—the villagers had long since fled. Lin Yun found a relatively intact house, pushed open the door, and went inside.
"Father!" Linley was overjoyed to see Hogg here. He had been worried that Wushan Town would have a hard time surviving the attack of the magical beasts, but he had been busy breaking through the encirclement and hadn't had a chance to ask Lin Yun yet.
"Linley!" Hogg was also very excited to see his two sons. His gaze fell on Clyde, who was being carried by Lin Yun, and his pupils contracted slightly.
Seeing that there were too many people around, Lin Yun led Linley, Hogg, and Clyde to another house not far away. By this time, the villagers had already fled, and there were plenty of empty rooms.
Lin Yun closed the door, threw Clyde to the ground, and then said to Hogg, "Father, please tell my eldest brother the whole story. He should know."
Hogg glanced at Lin Yun first, then looked at Lin Lei, took a deep breath, and then told Lin Lei the whole story.
It all started more than a decade ago that night—in a hotel in Finlay, a group of mysterious men kidnapped his wife, Lina. Outnumbered, he managed to save Walton. He noticed a red spider birthmark on the arm of one of the killers.
He endured it for more than ten years, not daring to investigate, because he had to raise his three sons.
It wasn't until Lin Yun's strength reached the peak of level nine that he told Lin Yun everything. Lin Yun took over the investigation, which eventually led to Duke Parderson. Lin Yun helped him capture Parderson, and after interrogation, learned that the mastermind was King Clyde.
"Padson has been killed by me," Hogg said.
Linley's face turned ashen upon hearing this, his hands clenched into fists, knuckles turning white. He looked at the unconscious Clyde on the ground, his eyes filled with anger and hatred.
"Since you're already awake, what are you pretending for!" Lin Yun sneered.
Linley and Hogg then noticed that Clyde, who had been "unconscious," had his eyelids twitching slightly, indicating that he had been awake for quite some time.
Clyde opened his eyes, looked at the three people in front of him, and a complex expression appeared on his face. He didn't beg for mercy; instead, he laughed.
"Linley, I never imagined you were that woman's son! Unbelievable! Hahaha!" Clyde's tone was tinged with madness. "But do you think killing me will avenge you? There's an even greater force behind that!"
Lin Lei's eyes widened suddenly: "Who is it?"
Lin Yun looked at Clyde calmly, without saying a word. He knew the answer, of course, but he needed Clyde to say it himself, for Linley to hear it with his own ears. Hatred, sometimes, is the best motivation.
"Clyde, I know there are other people involved behind this," Lin Yun said calmly. "If you tell me, I'll give you a quick death."
Clyde was silent for a moment, then burst into maniacal laughter.
"Haha, even if I told you, you still wouldn't be able to get revenge! That power is a hundred times, a thousand times stronger than you can imagine!"
"Heh." Lin Yun laughed, his tone full of disdain. "That insurmountable mountain in your eyes has crumbled today, hasn't it? And how much do you really know about the depths of the waters of the Magnolia Continent?"
Clyde's laughter stopped abruptly. He stared blankly at Lin Yun, a flicker of fear in his eyes.
"You...you already knew, didn't you?"
Lin Yun did not answer, but just looked at him quietly.
Clyde's face turned deathly pale. He knew that the boy before him already knew all his secrets. He stopped struggling, took a deep breath, and uttered the name.
"It's the Holy See of Light," Clyde's voice was hoarse. "They want to collect pure souls. Your mother... her soul was incredibly pure, that's why the Holy See wants to capture her. I was just... doing their bidding."
Linley's body jolted violently. The Holy See of Light—the church he had believed in since childhood, the most sacred force on the Yulan Continent. He couldn't believe that the murderer who killed his mother was actually the Holy See of Light.
"The Holy See of Light..." Linley murmured, his eyes filled with disbelief, "It's actually the Holy See of Light?"
"He's right," Lin Yun said calmly. "It is the Holy See of Light."
The hatred in Hogg's eyes reignited. Linley's gaze shifted from shock to anger, and then from anger to determination. He knew that no matter who the enemy was, he would avenge his mother.
"Father, kill him," Lin Yun said to Hogg.
Hogg stared at Clyde on the ground, remaining silent for a long time. His hand gripped the hilt of his sword tightly, then loosened, then gripped it again.
"Never mind," Hogg finally sighed. "Let him kill himself."
He didn't want to fight anymore. After killing Paterson, most of the hatred in his heart had already disappeared. The subsequent revenge had always been spearheaded by Lin Yun. Now, seeing Clyde's fate, he felt a sense of emptiness.
"Thank you." Clyde lived up to his reputation as a ruthless and ruthless man, as ruthless to others as to himself. He immediately took out a short knife from his pocket and slit his own throat.
Blood gushed out, and Clyde's body slowly collapsed, his eyes still open, but he was no longer alive.
Lin Yun bent down and removed the ring from his finger. He knew it was a spatial ring, containing the wealth accumulated by the Fenlai Kingdom over thousands of years. He probed it with his spiritual power, recognized it as his own, and glanced at it, discovering that the wealth inside was indeed considerable.
Nearly twenty anonymous magic crystal cards, each with a limit of 100 million, plus ten obtained from the two princes, totaling thirty cards, each worth 100 million, amount to 3 billion gold coins. In addition, there are numerous paintings, calligraphy, jewelry, and antiques, roughly estimated to be worth at least several hundred million gold coins. Gold coins and magic crystal cores are piled up like mountains.
"With this money, there will be no problem with the expansion of Huangshi City." Lin Yun put away his spatial ring.
The three walked out of the house. At this time, the people from the Dawson Chamber of Commerce, as well as Yale, Reno, and George, were still waiting outside. Seeing that Clyde hadn't come out with Lin Yun and the others, everyone immediately guessed what was going on, but no one spoke aloud.
"Second brother, third brother, what are your plans for the future?" Yale asked hurriedly as the two approached. "We were all preparing to return to our own families. Now that the academy is destroyed, there's no way we can go back."
"I'm planning to go on a training trip with Bebe," Linley said. "Lin Yun should go to the Chaotic Territory."
"The Chaotic Realm?" Renault asked curiously. "What are you doing there, Third Brother?"
"I've established a territory over there called Yellowstone City." Lin Yun didn't hide his whereabouts. "If you want to find me in the future, go to Yellowstone City."
"Yellowstone City?" Dawson, as expected of the president of the Dawson Merchant Guild with its extensive presence across the continent, even remembered such a small city. "Isn't that a small city near the O'Brien Empire?"
"Not bad," Lin Yun said. "However, I have now occupied more than a dozen cities around Yellowstone. If Uncle Dawson doesn't mind that the area is barren, we could consider establishing a branch there."
The development of every region is inseparable from merchants, and Yellowstone City is no exception. Dawson readily agreed: "No problem. When I get back this time, I'll arrange for people to set up a branch there. Lin Yun must help look after us then."
Putting aside Lin Yun's relationship with Yale, his status as a Saint-level expert alone is enough to make Dawson invest in him.
"Father, let me take charge of that area!" Yale said quickly.
Dawson glanced at Lin Yun, then at his son, and readily agreed.
And so, Dawson, along with his son, Reno, George, and a few others, took their leave. Yale and the others were extremely reluctant to part with him, but there was nothing they could do—it was too close to Finlay City, and it simply wasn't safe.
The group was left with only Lin Yun, Lin Lei, Hogg, Locke, Alice, Rowling, and a few servants.
Lin Yun noticed a woman staring at Lin Lei. He followed her gaze and saw it was Alice. Her eyes held pleading and helplessness, while Lin Lei's expression was somewhat resigned.
"Brother Linley..." Alice walked up to Linley, her voice trembling, "I..."
She was at a loss. If Linley ignored them, the two women, whose strength was only at level four or five, would have virtually no chance of survival in this place teeming with magical beasts.
Looking into Alice's pleading eyes, Linley felt as if he were back in the days when he rescued her in the Monster Mountain Range—she looked just as pitiful. He sighed.
"Lin Yun, if it's convenient for you, please bring them both along," Lin Lei said helplessly to Lin Yun. "Once we reach the Chaotic Realm, you can have them leave."
He was going to gain experience on his own, so naturally he couldn't bring two burdens with him.
Lin Yun glanced at Lin Lei, then at Alice, finding it somewhat amusing. He knew that Lin Lei no longer had romantic feelings for Alice, but ultimately couldn't bear to watch her die.
"Alright, then let's take them along." Lin Yun didn't refuse. For him, this was a small matter, and he certainly wouldn't refuse Lin Lei's request.
"Thank you so much, Brother Linley!" Alice was overjoyed. She had naturally witnessed Lin Yun's strength along the way—with him around, she didn't think any magical beast could harm them.
"No need to thank me, thank Lin Yun instead." Lin Lei was unwilling to accept this favor.
"Thank you, Brother Lin Yun," Alice and Rowling said hurriedly.
Lin Yun waved his hand, indicating that it was not necessary.
Under the protection of Lin Yun, Locke, and other elite warriors, the group successfully arrived in Huangshi City.
By this time, Yellowstone had undergone several expansions and was no longer what it used to be. The city walls had been raised and thickened, and long queues formed at the city gates—some came to do business, some to visit relatives, and others were immigrants attracted by Yellowstone's welfare benefits. The permanent population had reached nearly 800,000, several times more than before.
Because of Yellowstone's good welfare system and the lord's lenient treatment of the people, it naturally attracted many people to settle here. The streets are wide and clean, lined with shops on both sides, and bustling with pedestrians. Compared to other cities in the Chaotic Territory, it is simply a paradise.
The entire territory of Huangshi City now has nearly five million people. Apart from the eight hundred thousand in Huangshi City, the rest are distributed in more than a dozen other small cities. Each small city has an army of about ten thousand people, while Huangshi City has an elite army of fifty thousand people, all of whom were selected from various units.
Hogg gazed at the bustling city, his eyes filled with shock. He had never imagined that his son had quietly built such a vast empire in the Chaotic Realm.
Lin Yun brought Fal over and introduced him to Hogg.
"Fal, from today onwards, my father will assume the role of lord," Lin Yun said. "You only need to focus on training the army and expanding outwards."
Far was overjoyed. He was a warrior by nature, and making him a lord was already a difficult task for him. Now that the lord's father was in charge, he naturally trusted him completely.
"Your subordinate greets the old lord!" Farr bowed respectfully to Hogg.
Hogg quickly helped him up, saying, "No need for such formalities. I'm new here and not familiar with the place yet. I'll be relying on you a lot in the future."
Farr nodded repeatedly and introduced some high-ranking officials to Hogg. Hogg quickly got into the swing of things and began to learn about the various affairs of the territory.
Alice and Rowling didn't leave. They found jobs at the city lord's mansion, which Hogg readily accepted. Lin Yun didn't say much about it—let them stay if they wanted; he wasn't short of food anyway.
Lin Yun stayed at the City Lord's Mansion for several days. During this time, he first used the spirit of plants and trees to raise his father's cultivation from the peak of level six to level eight warrior. Then, he secretly went to the Magical Beast Mountain Range and found a Saint-level peak magical beast, a Tyrannosaurus Rex. After subduing it, he brought it back to Huangshi City and used its essence blood to activate the Dragon Blood Warrior bloodline in Hogg's body, enabling him to reach the early stage of level nine in one fell swoop. After dragon transformation, he could also reach the early stage of Saint-level. Only then did Lin Yun feel at ease.
He then handed over all the wealth he had obtained from Clyde to Hogg.
When Hogg saw the thirty magic crystal cards each worth one hundred million, along with the mountains of gold coins and treasures, he finally understood why Lin Yun had said he didn't care about the money in Wushan Town. With these billions of gold coins, even if the entire territory didn't collect a single penny of tax revenue, it could sustain itself for at least a century.
"Father, I'm entrusting the territory to you," Lin Yun said. "I'm going to cultivate now."
Hogg nodded. He knew that his son's world was not confined to this city or this battlefield, but existed in a much wider world.
Seeing that his father had completely mastered the technique, Lin Yun left the Tyrannosaurus Rex in Yellowstone City and quietly departed.
Shortly after parting ways with Lin Yun, Lin Lei encountered Prince Roy of the Kingdom of Hanmu, who was also in dire straits. From him, Lin Lei obtained a palm-sized piece of "Black Jade," a material for forging divine artifacts. Lin Lei then prepared to use it to forge a greatsword, but after searching through blacksmith shops, no one could melt it down.
Finally, in a chance encounter, they unexpectedly met the Hyde family, the Purple Flame Warriors, who were also among the Four Ultimate Warriors! The ancestors of the Purple Flame Warriors had fused with the essence of the Vermilion Bird, making them naturally skilled in controlling flames. Therefore, every Purple Flame Warrior was generally a powerful weapon-forging master! Thus, with their help, Linley's "Black Jade Heavy Sword Without Edge" was born!
After obtaining the greatsword, Linley and Bebe traversed the Monster Mountain Range together! Thus began the longest and most arduous training journey of his life!