Chapter 94: In the post-Donghuang era, the sword god is alive (2)
The crowd attending the funeral has dispersed.
Inside the Wangyou Villa at the Lin Clan's headquarters.
Lin Clan Cemetery.
In front of the new grave, Li Dongcheng was kneeling and Lin Fengting stood.
Lin Youxian's body was brought back by Li Dongcheng and Lin Fengting.
It was the dawn of Tiandu Purgatory that sent Lin Youxian away.
A master at the pinnacle of invincibility, ranked fifth on the world's god list.
There was no tense situation, no bloodshed, the two parties agreed on the time and place, and the Lin Clan brought back Lin Youxian, while Li Xiao and the other three peak Thunder Realm masters from Tiandu Purgatory came to the Lin Clan and attended Lin Youxian's funeral.
Emperor Hanamu, who committed murder with his own hands, wrote a eulogy himself.
I read it at dawn.
From returning home to being buried, it took three days.
Everything was very calm, absolute calm, with the ultimate repression and silence.
Li Dongcheng had hardly spoken in the past few days, and he had not even looked at the people in Tiandu Purgatory. Most of the time, he was kneeling in front of Lin Fengting's body, together with Dong Chengyue.
Dongcheng Yue is crying.
She had a complete emotional breakdown and fainted from crying several times.
Li Dongcheng is the most important person in her life.
Lin Youxian is the person who has been with her the longest in her life.
She has been with Lin Youxian since she left the Lin Clan, and it has been more than ten years now.
Meticulous care, no secret teaching, unreserved trust, and extremely ardent expectations.
He was like a light, warm, genial, and tolerant, shining in her soul.
He is a teacher and a father.
You can make trouble with him, you can act coquettishly with him, you can lose your temper with him, you can ignore him...
Lin Youxian is not married and has no children.
Li Dongcheng and Dongcheng Yue are his children.
Their siblings are in the Lin clan and by Lin Youxian's side.
Lin Youxian and the Lin clan stood in front of them, spreading their generous wings to protect them for so many years.
Now Lin Youxian has died.
It was as if the pair of wings that had been covering and protecting them had collapsed in half.
The still-glorious Lin clan already gave people a hint of dilapidation.
Dong Chengyue was in a trance. After several comas, she began to have a high fever and was forcibly sent to the hospital by Lin Fengting.
Li Dongcheng kept kneeling.
No crying, no fuss, no movement, no talking, just like how he kept silent even though he knew the cause of his parents' death.
All emotions were tightly suppressed by him, bit by bit, suppressed in the deepest part of his heart, even hatred.
The roar of the rotors sounded faintly from the distance.
The helicopter flying the flaming flag slowly took off in the Wangyou Villa.
Flags flying in the air.
The golden flame has seemingly messy but extremely beautiful lines, shining golden light in the sun, exuding an unattainable majesty.
That is the flag of Tiandu Purgatory.
Two years ago, this officially became the flag of the East Island royal family.
Lin Fengting watched the helicopter take off and fly away, silently took a puff of cigarette, and said slowly: "The people from Tiandu Purgatory are gone."
"Um."
"Don't chase?"
"Um."
Lin Fengting was not talking.
Li Dongcheng was still kneeling, looking at his godfather's tombstone.
On the tombstone, there is a line of small words carved next to Lin Youxian's photo.
"I am Li Dongcheng's godfather."
This is Lin Youxian's epitaph.
It is said that the godfather specifically told him this before his death.
"Ah..."
Li Dongcheng laughed, his nose trembled slightly, and he gritted his teeth tightly.
"They are here to see my godfather off."
Li Dongcheng's voice was steady: "They killed my godfather out of revenge. But when they came to give him a ride, it was out of love. We have to distinguish this clearly. If I killed the person who came to give him a ride at my godfather's funeral,
, it’s because I’m unfilial. So I can’t pursue him. Anyway... there will always be a chance in the future.”
Lin Fengting smiled, reluctantly and ugly.
"Let's go back."
He reached out and patted Li Dongcheng's shoulder, using his wrinkled palms to lift Li Dongcheng up.
Li Dongcheng took a deep breath. It seemed that his body was shaking slightly because he had been kneeling for a long time.
A breeze blew through Wangyou Villa.
The wind blew up the tops of the surrounding olive trees, making a soft sound.
Li Dongcheng looked at everything around him quietly. His eyes swept over the cemetery, saw the buildings in Wangyou Villa, the Lin clan's private forest, the man-made lake, the neat roads, the garden...
A very familiar picture.
He watched quietly, with some nostalgia in his eyes.
"I won't go back."
Li Dongcheng said softly: "I can't go back."
"Um?"
Lin Fengting looked at him.
"Master, do you still remember the Dongcheng family?"
Li Dongcheng said softly: "My family, grandparents, father, mother, aunts and uncles, sisters and brothers, and all kinds of relatives, have been dead and crazy for more than 20 years. Only my sister and I are still alive.
Already."
"A wealthy family, haha. For more than twenty years, the Dongcheng family has been the most miserable among wealthy families. I can't let the Lin family become like this, even if it is possible."
"Master, I have lived here for many years. It is a good place. I feel safe and happy."
"But I really don't dare to call this place my home. Are peace of mind and happiness something I should have?"
"My godfather was supposed to inherit the Lin clan, but now he dies outside."
"In recent years, several branches of the Lin clan have been exterminated, and they have suffered heavy losses."
"Because of who?"
Li Dongcheng patted his chest: "It's time to go. We can't go back."
"Actually, I should have left a few years ago. My birth was a tragedy. But now that I have come to this world, I have to bear some things. If it weren't for my selfishness, my godfather might not have died."
"no need."
Lin Fengting said calmly: "I am still alive, and the Lin clan is not in such a state of destitution now. If we really work hard, we may not be afraid of Tiandu Purgatory."
"But what I'm thinking about is not just Tiandu Purgatory."
Li Dongcheng smiled, and his eyes became a little strange: "I am wanted by more than fifty countries in Asia, Europe, Tiandu Purgatory, and the Wang family in Beihai. I want to have fun with them."
Lin Fengting was stunned.
He suddenly thought of what Li Dongcheng said that day, frowned and said, "Have you reached the invincible realm?"
"It's not invincible."
Li Dongcheng said seriously: "I am already invincible."
Lin Fengting looked at him deeply and hesitated to speak.
"I came into contact with martial arts when I was twelve years old. I chose my own path a long time ago. Nine years ago, if my godfather hadn't lost an arm, I would have been able to rush to the invincible realm in one breath after enduring for a few years.
I was interrupted at that time, just like writing an article. I was suddenly interrupted at the key point, and my train of thought suddenly disappeared."
Li Dongcheng said softly: "In the past few years, I have been trying to find my way of thinking. I was selfish and wanted to be lazy, but I found that I could no longer find that way of thinking. I couldn't help being selfish and lazy, so I changed my
The road has taken a step forward. Master, now you are no longer my opponent. In the current dark world, I am invincible."
"For many years, I have been suppressing myself and controlling myself. Now I am tired, so I want to change my lifestyle. If I leave, it will be good for the Lin Clan and me."
Lin Fengting looked at him quietly and suddenly said: "Li Huawu has surpassed the peak invincibility."
"he..."
Li Dongcheng shook his head: "No."
"If you must go, then go."
Lin Fengting patted his son's tombstone, turned around slowly, and walked towards the exit of the cemetery: "When you want to come back, you can come back and have a look. I am old, but these old bones can still last for a few more years."
Li Dongcheng did not follow him like he had done in many years before.
He didn't hold Master's hand like he had done many years ago.
Silence, quietness, pampering, happiness...
The past of more than twenty years has begun to flow from the beginning.
The warmth in the memory is disappearing bit by bit, being extracted from it.
Li Dongcheng quietly watched Lin Fengting walking further and further away.
Facing the no longer stalwart figure, he knelt down and kowtowed heavily.
The wind whined and flew across the cemetery.
Li Dongcheng's kneeling figure seemed to be blown away by the wind, turning into sword energy one after another and disappearing.
...
When the palm of his hand fell on his forehead, Dong Chengyue opened his eyes slightly.
Her eyes were a little dazed, her face was pale and extremely haggard.
Li Dongcheng was stunned and said softly: "Sister is not asleep?"
"I want to sleep, but I can't."
Dong Chengyue shook his head weakly, his voice was very low.
Li Dongcheng sat beside the bed, held her hand and said nothing.
"Dongcheng."
"Um."
"My godfather is dead."
"Um."
"I am uncomfortable."
"Um."
Li Dongcheng nodded, with no expression or emotion on his face, like a sculpture with only thoughts.
Dongcheng Yue sighed softly, smiled wryly, stretched out her hand, and touched Li Dongcheng's face: "You are my brother, but for so many years, I feel like I have never been able to see through you. I still don't understand what you are thinking, are you sad?
?”
"Um."
Dong Chengyue looked into Li Dongcheng's eyes silently for a long time before softly saying: "We...have dragged down the Lin clan."
"Um."
"What's next? What should we do?"
Dong Chengyue's almost whispering voice was filled with confusion.
"I'll pick you up."
Li Dongcheng said: "We leave the Lin clan and do what we should do. Master and I have already said goodbye before coming here."
"Walk?"
Dong Chengyue seemed to have never thought about leaving the Lin clan, and asked in a daze: "When?"
"Now."
"But... where is your sword?"
"The scourge belongs to the Lin clan, not us. From now on, there will be no need for swords."
"What...are you going to do next?"
"Do what we have to do."
Not going through the discharge formalities does not count as leaving without saying goodbye.
Dongcheng Yue, who was still having a fever, lay on Li Dongcheng's back and let Li Dongcheng carry her out of the private hospital of Wangyou Villa.
The roads inside the villa are clean and flat like a small town.
On both sides of the road are many stores opened for personal interests rather than profit.
Dusk has passed.
Storefronts and street lights lit up.
Many people stood at the door of the store, looking quietly at the brother and sister who came to the Lin clan more than 20 years ago.
Watching them walking on the road leaving the Lin Clan.
No one sent it.
There were sighs along the way.
It seems that many people have already foreseen this scene.
This pair of siblings do not have the surname Lin, but for so many years, everyone in the villa has regarded them as the children of the Lin clan, the little princess of the Lin clan, and the young master of the Lin clan.
But the little princess and the young master will eventually grow up.
From the moment the news of Lin Youxian's death came, they understood that the siblings who had grown up in their favor would eventually have to shoulder their responsibilities.
So leaving became inevitable.
The lighting is warm and soft.
Li Dongcheng walked forward silently with Dongcheng Yue on his back. He didn't speak or had any expression. He was as quiet as he had been for more than twenty years.
"Will you come back in the future?"
Dong Chengyue asked softly.
"If there is a chance, it will come."
Li Dongcheng said.
He said come.
Not coming back.
At the end of the road is the gate built according to the structure of the Arc de Triomphe when the villa was first built. It stands in the night, magnificent and ancient.
No pause, no confusion, no pain.
Li Dongcheng carried his sister on his back and walked out of Wangyou Villa calmly.
Outside the villa is a winding mountain road, there are no lights, the silver moon hangs high, and the moonlight is scattered all over the place.
Li Dongcheng looked back for the first time and looked at the ancient gate of Wangyou Villa. He was in a daze, like a child leaving home for the first time.
Dong Chengyue lay on his back, also watching.
A tear slipped from her face and fell on Li Dongcheng's collar, feeling slightly cold.
Li Dongcheng suddenly felt a loneliness that nearly overwhelmed all reason.
The sister on her back is light and soft.
Feel her body temperature.
Li Dongcheng took a deep breath.
She's still here.
Although it is lonely, with her here, you will not be lonely.
"There are two of us left again."
Li Dongcheng slowly turned around and walked down the mountain road.
Under the moonlight, the shadows of the two people overlapped and were stretched very long.
"I still remember the scene when my sister carried me through the bustling city of Huating when I was little. If we have a chance, we will go back and have a look."
"I don't even remember much."
Dong Chengyue wiped her tears. She was not like Li Dongcheng, whose mind had been stimulated by the spiritual power of the transcendent realm. She was still very young at that time, and many of her memories were already somewhat blurry.
"I just remember the bread was very hard."
Li Dongcheng smiled, tilted his head and rubbed Dongcheng Yue's cheek with his own face.
At that time
The bread is of course very hard.
Because the soft part was crushed into bread crumbs by my sister and fed to me at that time.
The scene back then was so clear that it seemed almost eternal.
"Now, I am carrying my sister on my back."
Li Dongcheng said softly.
"My brother has grown up."
Dong Chengyue gently touched Li Dongcheng's head and smiled reluctantly.
"You have something on your mind."
Li Dongcheng said, not as a question, but as a very affirmative statement.
"I just feel... I'm sorry for Mr. Lin, I'm sorry for my godfather, I'm sorry for the Lin clan..."
Dong Chengyue cried again.
Li Dongcheng nodded: "Yes."
"Dongcheng, Mr. Lin just lost his son. He must have felt even more uncomfortable when we left. He must have been angry and didn't even come to see us off."
"Um."
Dong Chengyue seemed a little angry, and with tears in her eyes, she hit Li Dongcheng on the head with her small fist, but she was reluctant to use any force.
"It's better than genocide."
Li Dongcheng explained.
"The Lin clan is very strong."
Dong Chengyue said softly.
"Um."
Li Dongcheng nodded.
He thought for a while and continued: "The Lin Clan cannot fight against the whole world. But we can."
Dongcheng Yue was slightly startled.
The two walked down the winding mountain road to Wangyou Mountain.
After officially leaving the confines of the Lin Clan headquarters, the outside world is a somewhat empty and cold suburb.
Li Dongcheng is not walking.
The vast sword energy slowly gathered in the night, and he rushed directly into the sky with Dong Chengyue on his back.
The sound of wind flew past me.
A faint outline of sword energy appeared around Li Dongcheng's body.
The sword energy enveloped Dong Chengyue's body with a warm aura.
The two of them flew higher and higher.
There was silence high in the sky, with only the bright moon and stars hanging quietly in the sky.
"sister."
Li Dongcheng suddenly shouted.
"Um?"
Dongcheng Yue hugged Li Dongcheng's neck tightly. She was not afraid of heights, but now the two of them flew up. Wangyou Villa had disappeared. She looked down and saw the lights of the entire city reflected in her eyes.
.
Li Dongcheng raised his head and pointed at the bright moon in the sky, the sword energy flying under his feet: "Do you want it?"
Dong Chengyue smiled and pinched his ears: "You're talking nonsense again."
Li Dongcheng narrowed his eyes slightly, a flash of thought flashed in his eyes, but he did not continue speaking.
The sword light flashed.
He lowered his head, looked at the dense and bustling lights of the city below, and said softly: "There are only two of us again."
Dongcheng Yue hummed softly.
"these years..."
Li Dongcheng spoke slowly: "I have accumulated too many things in my heart, too many, too many. Now, I want the whole world to see them."
...
Snow Country.
Moormans.
In the majestic and solemn hall, the lights are like daylight.
The shining, almost dazzling light filled every corner of the hall, illuminating the reliefs and oil paintings on the walls.
The young Snow Country servants are busy, and the long dining table is already filled with a sumptuous dinner.
Dongcheng Yue sat at the end of the dining table.
Li Dongcheng sat at the other end of the dining table.
There are chairs one after another on both sides of the dining table. No one has come yet, so it looks a bit empty.
Li Dongcheng sat quietly.
His eyes looked quietly at the huge antique wall clock on the wall.
The ticking sound of the hands echoed in the huge restaurant, with a constant and crisp rhythm.
"Owner."
A housekeeper in her thirties with a dignified appearance and a calm temperament walked in quickly, bowed slightly, and said softly: "The guests are all here."
Li Dongcheng, who was staring blankly at the wall clock, came to his senses, nodded, looked at the sumptuous dinner on the table in front of him, and said: "Let them in."
The butler, who looked shrewd and capable, turned around and left quickly.
The sound of the door opening sounded in the hall.
Messy footsteps came in from outside to inside, accompanied by the freezing temperature and howling wind of the snow country.
A cold air flow enters the restaurant from the lobby.
Li Dongcheng's eyes, which looked a little dull, seemed to have regained some of their agility.
One after another, figures walked into the restaurant.
Different looks, different heights, different skin colors, different smells.
As they entered, the atmosphere in the restaurant seemed to have become a United Nations venue.
Asians, Europeans, Americans, Africans...
Everything you need.
But skin color is just their origin and has nothing to do with their position.
They have only one position.
People from Jiange.
Nominally speaking, Li Dongcheng took over everything Lin Youxian left behind, and the team Lin Youxian left behind was the team left by Li Dongcheng's parents.
At that time, they were still called the East Palace.
After Li Dongcheng appeared, the organization was renamed Jiange.
Entered the world at the age of sixteen.
Li Dongcheng, who is 25 years old this year, has been the master of Jiange Pavilion for nine years.
In nine years, the only thing he did was to rename the Eastern Palace to Jiange.
Other things, in nine years, were messy and complicated, from economics to righteousness...
Li Dongcheng didn't ask, didn't participate, didn't investigate, and wasn't curious.
He is the master of the pavilion.
But the interior of Jiange has not changed at all from the East Palace period, and Lin Youxian still calls the shots.
Now Lin Youxian has died.
Without a leader, the entire Jiange was in great unrest and turmoil.
Li Dongcheng was able to stand up, and they, the senior management, breathed a sigh of relief and began to instinctively move closer to Li Dongcheng.
After all, the young man sitting in the restaurant at this time is the real young master.
They were able to unite under Lin Youxian because of their loyalty to the former Donghuang. There was no reason why they wouldn't support Donghuang's son coming to power.
Senior Jiange officials from various fields and places slowly walked into the restaurant.
Silent siblings.
Long dining table.
A sumptuous dinner.
The icy wind from the snow country still blows in from outside the door.
After a brief moment of astonishment, everyone bowed and saluted at the same time: "I have met the young master, and I have met the young lady."
Dong Chengyue blinked and looked at Li Dongcheng in confusion.
She knew some of these people, but the ones she knew were all Jiange's business talents. As Tiandu Purgatory has continued to suppress Jiange's economic power in recent years, among this group of people, Dongcheng Yue could name them.
There are very few people anymore.
"Everyone sit down."
Li Dongcheng waved his hand, and after they all found seats and sat down, he glanced around.
This is the headquarters of Jiange.
Six years ago, Jiange changed its name and moved its headquarters from Italos to the snowy country of Murmans. The dining tables and chairs here were prepared in advance, ensuring that every Jiange senior executive has a chair of his or her own in the restaurant at the headquarters.
But now when everyone sat down, Li Dongcheng clearly discovered that there were at least a dozen empty seats on the dining table.
Li Dongcheng glanced around and didn't ask why. He just said calmly: "Let's eat."
The senior officials of Jiange responded and started eating.
Li Dongcheng held a knife and fork and cut the steak in front of him with a calm expression and said nothing.
He didn't speak, and no one in the restaurant took the initiative to speak. The atmosphere was strange and depressing.
The dinner ended in a somewhat weird atmosphere.
The servants removed the tableware from the table and served desserts and tea.
Li Dongcheng picked up the tea and took a sip. The taste was mediocre.
In the Snow Country, tea has always been a relatively expensive thing. The price is far higher than that of vodka, and expensive tea is even more rare. The current tea may be very good, but it is still incomparable to the private collection of the Lin clan.
Thinking of the Lin clan, Li Dongcheng was slightly lost in thought.
"Little Lord."
A somewhat deep voice sounded.
Li Dongcheng turned around and looked around, and found a speaking figure among the senior executives.
He was very close to her, sitting on her left hand side. He had a slender and tall figure, and his Eurasian mixed-race face was handsome and somewhat enchanting, but the aura all over his body was extremely cold.
Among everyone present, except for Li Dongcheng and Dongcheng Yue, he was the youngest, but he was also the closest to Li Dongcheng.
"explain."
Li Dongcheng Road.
"Han Donglou..."
The young man gritted his teeth: "I received news on the way that Han Donglou's plane crashed over England, and no bones were left. There is sufficient evidence that...it was Rothschild who did it."
Dongcheng Yue at the other end of the dining table trembled slightly.
Han Dong Tower.
Former CEO of East Palace.
Today's CEO of Jiange.
During the East Palace era, he was one of the core senior executives of the East Palace. In recent years, he has been in a state of retirement. He was and still is in control of all economic and commercial operations of the East Palace and Jiange, even in the face of dozens of European companies.
Despite the state's suppression and Tiandu Purgatory's invasion, he was able to hold on to Jiange's economic power and stabilize his position. Although two of Jiange's three most important groups have been acquired, Han Donglou is still able to consolidate some core industries.
Preserving it, for the enemies of Jiange, Lin Youxian was already dead, and Han Donglou became the person they wanted to kill the most.
He is also Dong Chengyue's teacher, or his true master.
Lin Youxian trained Dong Chengyue just to take over Han Donglou's class.
Han Dong Tower...
Li Dongcheng had some impressions of this name.
He nodded and said calmly: "If you die, just die. Does he still have any family members alive?"
"I had a daughter in my early years, but she passed away more than ten years ago, at the hands of people from Tiandu Purgatory."
The young man sitting next to Li Dongcheng shook his head.
"That's fine."
Li Dongcheng said calmly: "It will save trouble if you die cleanly."
young people:"......"
All senior executives: "..."
Everyone looked at Li Dongcheng with a somewhat strange look.
Li Dongcheng was also looking at them and said in a calm voice: "My godfather is dead."
The young man sitting next to him gritted his teeth, the hatred in his eyes flashed away, and said in a low voice: "Young Master, it is our incompetence."
"What should Jiange do next? What suggestions do you have?"
Li Dongcheng picked up a napkin and wiped the corners of his mouth and asked.
"Young Master, we have no way to retreat, we can only fight! I suggest that we formally declare war with Tiandu Purgatory and avenge Mr. Lin. At most, we will die."
"It's ridiculous. It's easy for you to die. What should I do, young master? What should I do with Jiange? Are we not the opponents of Tiandu Purgatory now? Are we looking for death?"
"Even if you die, it will damage Tiandu Purgatory's vitality."
"Emperor Kabuto is still in Europe. He can destroy most of the sword pavilion alone. What damage will he do? Let him suffer some minor injuries?"
"We should be patient. We still need time. The young master is gifted by nature. As long as the young master grows up, he may not be afraid of Emperor Hanamu."
"How can we tolerate it? We came to Snow Country from Italos, and we are not destitute enough? Yes, Snow Country is a powerful country in Europe, but its position in Europe is so marginalized, who can I say? When the other party comes to fight, will we have to fight again?
Relocation of headquarters? Where? America? And then reduced to going to Africa?”
"Fight!"
"Retreat!"
Dong dong dong...
Li Dongcheng reached out and knocked on the table and said softly: "Don't make any noise."
There was a sudden silence in the restaurant.
"Actually, there is another option."
Li Dongcheng said calmly.
All the senior executives looked at Li Dongcheng respectfully.
Li Dongcheng's eyes were not focused at all, as if he was wandering in the world: "I came into contact with martial arts when I was twelve years old, and my state did not change at all until I was sixteen years old. That year, my godfather had one of his arms cut off. I wanted to join the world. I
My master told me that my godfather has been guarding some of the property left to me by my parents over the years, which is now Jiange. The master said that people's hearts are unpredictable, and he does not doubt your loyalty, but I should give you some hope, so he
Let me enter the world after I reach the Qi Control realm."
"On that day, I entered the four realms of martial arts, and then broke through the four realms of martial arts, reaching a height of half-step invincibility."
"I left the Lin Clan, came into contact with Jiange, came into contact with Tiandu Purgatory and the real world of darkness. It has been nine years now."
It was quiet in the restaurant.
Everyone looked at him intently and listened to what he said.
"Do you know how I feel?"
Li Dongcheng asked lightly, and before they could answer, he continued: "I'm tired.
Yes, I have not been involved in the specific affairs of Jiange in the past nine years, but I still feel tired."
"Now that my godfather has passed away, Jiange is leaderless, so you have another choice."
He tapped the table lightly: "I have asked someone to inventory everything inside the Jiange. I will wait for a while. All the assets and resources of the Jiange will be completely counted. I have eaten dinner. I will wait for the resource list.
Come up here and take whatever you like. After exiting this door, Jiange will be disbanded. From now on, you can seek refuge in Tiandu Purgatory, the Lin Clan, the Rothschilds, or any other country. As long as you don’t appear in my presence
In front of you, I don’t bother to cause trouble for you, are you satisfied with this?"