Chapter 2044 - 1842: Playing Tricks (Part 2)

Chapter 2044: Chapter 1842: Playing Tricks (Part 2)

Lin Jun and Song Yun have now become good friends, both recognizing each other’s worth.

Upon hearing Song Yun’s complaint, Lin Jun laughed and said, "They’re just talking nonsense, why bother with it?"

Song Yun said gloomily, "They changed my old man, it’s hard to bear in my heart."

Lin Jun’s eyes shifted, and he asked, "By the way, Song Yun, who exactly is behind you?"

Song Yun shrugged, looking clueless, "I don’t know either."

Lin Jun said with suspicion, "This is strange, Senior Huang Jinseng is known for being strict. Why does he not hold you accountable?"

"How would I know."

Song Yun spread his hands, feeling that things were indeed odd.

Changshan hadn’t even issued a warning to him; it was quite bizarre.

He didn’t want to think about it any further, and said to Lin Jun, "Forget it, let’s not talk about this. Tell me about the Four Doors Tournament, who are the impressive participants?"

Lin Jun replied, "The Four Doors Tournament is not open to those over forty. So it’s a battle of young people, showcasing the potential of various big forces. Some independents participate too, but they aren’t very competitive. However, Song Yun, though you’re an independent, your competitiveness is considerable."

Lin Jun smiled and continued, "For this Four Doors Tournament, from what I know, the stronger participants include Dongfang Yun and Lu Tiange from Changshan, Shen Han, Shen Cheng, and Shen Lingyun from Shen Family, Gu Man and Gu Meng from the Gu family, my brother Lin Xiang, and I’m barely considered one too. These people are at least at the late SS level, with Shen Lingyun, Gu Man, and Lu Tiange all reaching the peak SS level, not to be underestimated."

"Three at the peak of SS level, that’s quite a number."

Song Yun murmured, noticing the proud expression on Lin Jun’s face, he chuckled, "Brother Lin, are you also at the peak of SS level?"

Lin Jun gave a hearty laugh and said, "After months of closed-door meditation, I just recently advanced."

Song Yun laughed and said, "Haha, hope Brother Lin will achieve good results then."

"Thank you for your good words."

Lin Jun cupped his hands and said, "Song Yun, your speed is extremely fast and you possess the Black Light Severing Sword. In this Four Doors Tournament, you also have significant competitiveness. I believe you’re not inferior to Shen Lingyun, Gu Man, Lu Tiange, or me."

"Hehe."

Song Yun chuckled, he didn’t want to tell Lin Jun that he had already half a foot into the SSS level, lest it dampen Lin Jun’s spirits.

Lin Jun continued, "After arriving at Changshan, I heard that Gu Mingyao has also advanced to the late SS level, so the Gu family has gained another seed player."

Song Yun asked, "It seems everyone is eager about the Four Doors Tournament, fighting tooth and nail, even possibly dying on the stage, what’s the benefit?"

He didn’t believe people would come to fight without benefits.

Lin Jun said, "I heard from my father that the top ten get immensely fortunate opportunities. The specifics of the benefits are unclear to me. It seems to be a very major secret known only to the top ten."

Song Yun raised an eyebrow, thinking to himself, "It seems this secret is controlled by the Shen Family, Lin Family, Changshan, and the Gu village – the four major forces. To distribute resources, they initiated the Four Doors Tournament. As for others participating, it’s to cover up the secret, just for fun."

Originally, Song Yun participated in the Four Doors Tournament just to kill someone from the Shen Family, but now he changed his mind, deciding to see the secret held by the four powers.

Perhaps there would be some gains.

As Song Yun pondered, a Lin Family youth hurriedly entered the courtyard.

Lin Jun called out, "Lin Lei, why are you in such a rush, what happened?"

The youth named Lin Lei glanced at Lin Jun, continued walking in, and said while walking, "Brother Lin Jun, I just received news that we’ve identified the person who killed Lin Jie, I’m going to report to Uncle."

Lin Jie? Why does that name sound so familiar?

While Song Yun pondered, Lin Lei had already entered the room.

Lin Jun said, "Song Yun, what are you thinking?"

Song Yun snapped back, looking at Lin Jun, "Right, who is this Lin Jie that Lin Lei mentioned earlier?"

Upon settling in at the Lin Family’s accommodations, Song Yun, although having not met Lin Family’s higher-ups, had become very familiar with some young men, hence directly calling Lin Lei by his name.

Lin Jun explained, "Oh, you mean Lin Jie, he’s a servant of my family, has been working for the Lin Family since childhood, and although only at the peak S level, he was very loyal. But half a year ago, he suddenly disappeared. Later we found his corpse but didn’t know who killed him. It’s finally been investigated that it was the Shen Family."

Mentioning the Shen Family, Lin Jun showed anger.

Yet, he didn’t rashly rush to attack the Shen Family, as the matter was intricate and needed the Lin Family’s higher-ups to decide how to respond.

Song Yun further asked, "Over these years, did Lin Jie handle any affairs? Or did he secretly do something?"

Lin Jun thought for a moment, then sighed and said to Song Yun, "Alas, to be honest, I have a younger sister, twelve years my junior."

Song Yun raised an eyebrow and asked, "Was Lin Jie responsible for caring for your sister?"

Lin Jun looked sorrowful and said in a deep voice, "It’s a long story. At that time, within our Lin Family, due to differing ideologies, emerged a radical faction and a peace faction."

"The radical faction advocated expansion and invasion, believing those weaker hermits and power should not be preserved, wanting to eradicate and plunder resources."

"The peace faction believed the Huaxia Hermit World was a family, and should support each other and resist external threats."

"The differing ideologies initially led to disputes, but later, the radical faction assassinated a key figure of the peace faction, causing extreme tension. The Lin Family then endured over twenty years of internal strife until recent years when things stabilized."

Listening to this, Song Yun knew for sure the peace faction had won.

From Lin Jun’s way of handling matters, it was evident he was firmly in the peace faction, and now the Lin Family Patriarch was his father.

Lin Jun continued, "When that internal conflict started, I was only twelve. My father, mother, my infant sister and I were targeted in assassination attempts by the radical faction."

"In that assassination, my parents and I held off the enemies, and Lin Jie fled with my sister. Afterward, we got separated."

"When we found Lin Jie, he was unconscious in a pool of blood, with a radical faction assassin lying beside him."

"Upon waking, Lin Jie told us he placed my sister in a farmer’s home."

"We intended to bring my sister back, but my father decided against it. Given the internal conflict’s intensity, the radical faction killed on sight. Keeping my sister in the family was perilous, so we settled her elsewhere with Lin Jie caring for her."

"To avoid detection and prevent the radicals from kidnapping my sister as leverage, my father never even dared to ask about her over these years, and Lin Jie only visited occasionally."

"Now that the radicals have been defeated, we could potentially bring her back, but Lin Jie is dead, leaving us without any knowledge of her whereabouts."

"Perhaps my poor sister can only remain outside, unable to reunite with family forever."

Learning this, Song Yun expressed willingness to leverage his connections outside to aid Lin Jun in the search, then left.

In the blink of an eye, Song Yun had been staying at Changshan for ten days.

During this time, thousands of hermits from all over Huaxia gathered at Changshan.

Among them were major forces like the Shen Family, Gu village, Lin Family, and also some smaller sects and families.

More so were independent hermits practicing alone.

Compared to the hermits from sects and families, independents’ strength generally was inferior, after all, when it comes to secret techniques, mentorship, elixir pills, etc., independents are far behind the sects and families.

Of course, Lin Jun told Song Yun that some powerful solo independents existed, but perhaps one would emerge in several decades to a century, extremely rare.

With the gathering of thousands of hermits, frictions were inevitable.

Within the ten days, countless small disputes occurred, but large-scale battles did not.

This was Changshan’s territory, and everyone had to give some face to Changshan.

Song Yun was daring enough to kill someone from the Shen Family publicly, something others wouldn’t dare do.