Chapter 543 - 541: Reincarnation Level Martial Arts

After the Divine Eagle brought them down, Lin Xuan jumped off the Demon Beast, landing steadily on the ground. This was the first time he had truly seen the place where he was born. Although it no longer looked as it once did, he could still feel a sense of familiarity.

This feeling stemmed from Lin Hua’s memories. It was a pity Lin Hua could no longer see this place; only he could come and see it in Lin Hua’s stead.

’So this is the Lin Family’s estate...’ Lin Xuan took a deep breath, his heart filled with a mixture of emotions. ’What am I even feeling? Do I want to cry?’ No, that wasn’t it. He didn’t have many memories of this place; the ones he had all came from Lin Hua.

So, it would be nonsense to say he had any real feelings for this place. However, relying on Lin Hua’s memories added a touch of sorrow to his heart.

"Brother Lin, my condolences..." Bu Qianfan could only offer this simple comfort. At the same time, he signaled for his two guards to move out and scan the surroundings for anyone watching them.

Of course, this was rather unnecessary. The vast area around them was all flat ground—originally it wasn’t, but it had all been blasted flat. Thus, a single glance was enough to tell if anyone was there.

"Don’t worry, I’m doing fine," Lin Xuan said with a smile and a nod. He wasn’t overcome with grief.

Because there was no definite news that his father was dead, he guessed that quite a few people from the Lin Family had survived. They still had a chance to rise again!

He then narrowed his eyes and pretended to take a stroll to observe the area, all while walking toward a nearby ball of soul. This soul was far from complete; it no longer even had a human form, unlike the souls of Lin Hua and Qing Liuyun, which could maintain their shapes and even speak.

These souls had nothing to inhabit, so they simply drifted here, easily dissipating. The fact that they had lasted until now could only mean they were the souls of the strong!

Only the souls of the strong could persist for so long. Or rather, only the souls of the strong could even manifest like this in the first place. Recalling the souls he had been absorbing all this time, they had all been the souls of experts, never the weak.

’Absorb!’

The moment Lin Xuan touched it, the ownerless soul was instantly absorbed into his Soul Pearl, and a flood of memories rushed into his mind. Bloody scenes from that time flashed before his eyes: images of endless slaughter, images of the Yan Family and Su Family leading their forces to attack...

"Kill, kill, kill!"

Lin Xuan’s eyes suddenly turned red as he roared, his aura surging violently and kicking up a cloud of dust. In the next instant, a figure drifted to Lin Xuan’s side and placed a hand on his shoulder. A stream of Water Elemental Power flowed into his body, but it was quickly repelled, unable to penetrate.

"I’m fine. Thank you, Brother Bu." Lin Xuan took a deep breath. He had been enraged by the memories of slaughter but hadn’t lost his senses. He had just shouted a few times to vent the soul’s fury.

"It’s good that you’re alright. The dead can’t be revived, so please take care of yourself." Bu Qianfan sighed and moved away from him, but his gaze never left him.

"Young Master, did he go crazy just now? This place is just a pile of ruins, isn’t it?" Yan’Er’s sharp tongue was on display again. As his Maid, she naturally had to stay by Bu Qianfan’s side at all times.

"Yan’Er, that’s enough!" Bu Qianfan scolded with a frown, causing Yan’Er to pout with dissatisfaction. Her voice wasn’t loud, but to experts like them, it was perfectly clear.

Afterward, Lin Xuan walked over to another ball of soul and absorbed it. This time, he didn’t fly into a rage. Instead, he calmly absorbed it into his Soul Pearl. After experiencing its memories, he moved on to feel the memories of another soul. To an observer, he simply looked like he was taking a walk.

After some time, Lin Xuan had finally absorbed all the memories. He now had a clear picture of what happened back then. The owners of these souls were Stewards and Elders of the Lin Family. Their Cultivation was either at the Core Formation Stage or the Void Spirit Level.

He had easily collected the souls of many experts here, but he didn’t feel the slightest bit of happiness. Each ball of soul represented a life from the Lin Family!

’Rest in peace...’ Lin Xuan wiped the resentment from the souls, completely converting them into a mass of memory energy.

A moment later, he slowly opened his eyes, which were filled with killing intent. "The Su Family and the Yan Family... so you’re cultivating that Demon Technique. Have you chosen the Path of Slaughter?"

The Cultivation Technique practiced by the Yan and Su Families was the same Demon Technique Xu Qianlong had cultivated. Of course, theirs was an enhanced version with fewer side effects and greater power! Otherwise, they wouldn’t have killed the people of the Lin Family just to absorb their Bloodline Power.

Absorbing Bloodline Power was one reason, but the more important goal was to eradicate the Lin Family! In this region, the Lin Family was the strongest, an Overlord in their own right. But in the end, they were defeated by the combined forces of the Su and Yan Families.

They had relied on this Demon Technique, which, combined with various other powers, allowed them to overcome the Lin Family’s experts in a short period. This led to the Lin Family’s demise... However, they didn’t wipe out the other families, as the combined strength of the remaining families would have been terrifying.

With their strength at the time, they couldn’t possibly have won that fight, which is why things remained stable for so many years. But a full-blown conflict was only a matter of time. If they became the sole Overlord, all the resources in this region would be theirs. Why wouldn’t they choose to become the Overlord?

This was true for Super Races, and it was true for Empires. It was the same in the Soaring Dragon Empire; if not for the fact that their mutual strengths kept each other in check, they would have wiped each other out long ago. The resources gained from doing so would have greatly strengthened the victor.

The Lin Family’s greatest resource was their Bloodline Power, but that wasn’t the main point. The most precious treasure of the Lin Family, besides their bloodline, was their heirloom—a Reincarnation Level Martial Arts!

That’s right, the Martial Arts above the Celestial Level was the Reincarnation Level! Across the entire continent, only the Lin Family possessed a Reincarnation Level Martial Arts—a technique that could supposedly allow one to ascend to godhood, and the cause of this bloody maelstrom.

’Reincarnation Level Martial Arts, huh...’ Lin Xuan looked up at the sky. Having absorbed the memories of so many Lin Family experts, he knew that the family truly did possess a Reincarnation Level Martial Arts. It had always been kept by his father, but no one had ever succeeded in cultivating it.

It was less a Martial Arts and more an indecipherable tome; they simply couldn’t understand it! And it was this incomprehensible, uncultivatable Reincarnation Level Martial Arts that had led the Lin Family to its ruin.

’How laughable. Truly laughable. To die protecting something they couldn’t even cultivate—isn’t that a joke?’ However, this was only one of the reasons for the Lin Family’s destruction. The Bloodline Power and the Reincarnation Level Martial Arts were both factors, but their status as Overlord was what ultimately made them a target for attack.

It was just like the Bu Family. The Bu Family had nothing particularly remarkable, but they would have been destroyed eventually all the same. The word ’greed’ alone was enough to drive the Yan and Su Families into a frenzy. There was no other reason; they simply wanted to become the Overlords of this world!

After a long moment, Lin Xuan finally came back to his senses from the flood of memories. His eyes glinted. ’A hidden location, huh? I finally have a clue.’