I Built A Family Of Immortal Cultivators

Chapter 93: The Tragic Five Family District

Continuing his cultivation, Lin Qing successfully broke through to the third level of Foundation Building two years later. However, it would be extremely difficult for him to make another breakthrough. Just like the threshold from the early to mid-stage of Qi Refining, the early stage to mid-stage of Foundation Building was also a major obstacle. When the Purple Gold Toad successfully broke through in the dense forest, Lin Qing knew that it would take him an unknown amount of time to achieve the same breakthrough.

But Lin Qing was patient.

Since breaking through to Foundation Building at the age of 86, he was now only 104 years old. He had plenty of time.

On this day, when Lin Qing returned from setting up a formation, he suddenly heard news that made his heart tighten.

After being attacked last time, the Five Family District, which had been quiet for the past few years, was once again attacked by Foundation Building cultivators. Not only that, there were more than one Foundation Building cultivator involved. After the attack, not only were the formations destroyed, but the cultivators in the Five Family District were also killed, resulting in rivers of blood. Most importantly, many shops in the district were looted.

This incident happened at night, and by the time Lin Qing returned, it was already the afternoon of the next day. However, he immediately rushed to the Five Family District without stopping.

His branch store was there.

On the way, Lin Qing activated his flying boat and arrived at the Five Family District in less than two hours. Then, he was shocked by the scene before his eyes.

The once stable and prosperous Five Family District was now in ruins. The buildings in the district were severely damaged, some even showing signs of burning. In the eastern part of the district, there seemed to have been a fierce battle, with the situation being the most severe. Lin Qing knew that it was the place where the cultivators of the Five Family District usually resided.

Lin Qing landed his flying boat and entered the Five Family District. Looking around, many independent cultivators who had opened shops in the district had a pale expression. Most of them had survived the attack from last night, but many had lost their accumulated wealth overnight. In addition, many independent cultivators had gathered in the Five Family District, some of whom were regulars, while others had rushed here from outside, hoping to take advantage of the chaos.

However, it was already too late. There was nothing left for them in the district. Of course, some had managed to take advantage, but those who had already gained something had long since left the Five Family District and would not stay here at this time.

As Lin Qing walked on the streets of the Five Family District, some cultivators recognized him, but they only looked from afar and dared not approach or speak to him.

Soon, Lin Qing arrived at his branch store. When he saw it, his heart sank.

The originally spacious store, consisting of three rooms, now had its doors wide open and was empty inside. Pushing open the collapsed and tilted wooden door, Lin Qing entered the store and discovered a trail of blood.

Following the blood trail to the back room of the store, which was where the couple of cultivators he had hired usually rested, the blood had gathered into a pool at the entrance of the back room. On top of the blood, the couple of cultivators were lying on the ground, already dead for a long time.

"Hisss!" Lin Qing took a cold breath. Although he had already anticipated that the situation was not good when he came, he didn't expect it to be the worst.

Not only were all their belongings gone, but the people were also gone.

After carefully examining the bodies of the couple, Lin Qing found that they had been killed with a single blow. The strength of the culprit was probably at least at the late stage of Qi Refining or even at the Foundation Building stage.

As for the storage bags on their bodies, they had long since disappeared.

Without time to mourn for the couple, Lin Qing thought of something else. The reason he had chosen this couple in the first place was because they had a child. Lin Qing had taken care of them specially because he saw that they were not easy. And now that the couple had both died, what about their child?

No, it had been many years. The child was probably already grown up.

Lin Qing tried to use his divine sense to search, but when the Five Family District was built, some restrictions were placed on certain shops to prevent Foundation Building cultivators from probing with their divine sense. After all, if the restrictions were not in place, certain things would be as transparent as glass in the eyes of Foundation Building cultivators. Although this shop was destroyed, the restrictions were still in place, limiting Lin Qing's divine sense exploration.

Helpless, Lin Qing had to give up his divine sense and began searching the house meticulously.

When he first opened the shop, the five Fangxiu monks gave him this prime location in the market. Not only were there three large shops in the front, but also a spacious living area with three rooms and even a small backyard. Lin Qing searched every room one by one, but found nothing. The small backyard was empty as well. After finishing the search, Lin Qing sighed.

It seemed that the situation was more bad than good.

The couple had twin daughters, and the killer had not spared even the parents. How could they let the children live?

Not finding any trace of the twins this time, their fate might be even worse than death.

Lin Qing was about to leave when he suddenly heard rustling sounds coming from the backyard. He quickly looked over and saw a hole about the width of a person appearing on the flat ground in the backyard. A head emerged from the hole and said, "Senior Lin, is that you?"

Lin Qing was overjoyed and nodded, saying, "Yes, it's me."

Then two girls crawled out of the hole one after another. They were indeed the twin daughters of the couple, now sixteen years old. However, their beautiful faces were filled with fear.

"Senior Lin, you finally came. Yesterday...yesterday someone attacked our shop," one of the girls said.

Lin Qing nodded, "I already know. It's not just our shop, the entire Five Family Lane was attacked."

"By the way, how did you two manage to crawl into the hole? And how did this big hole appear in the backyard?" Lin Qing asked curiously.

Hearing Lin Qing's question, the girl who had just stuck her head out, the older sister of the twins, spoke up, "Senior Lin, my sister and I dug this hole in the backyard for fun before. We didn't pay much attention to it on normal days. But last night, our mother told us that there was a commotion outside and asked us to hide quickly. So we hid here."

"I see," Lin Qing nodded. He didn't expect that this small hole would save the two of them.

Suddenly, the older sister remembered something and looked at Lin Qing, asking, "Senior Lin, where are our parents?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Qing didn't answer for a moment. He then led them to the front yard, where the bodies of the couple were still lying on the ground at the entrance. The twin sisters burst into tears at the sight. Lin Qing turned away, unable to bear the sight, and returned to the street.

At this moment, Huaxiu had already arrived outside the shop.

Huaxiu had come early this morning and now that he knew Lin Qing had also arrived, he hurried over.

"Fellow Daoist Lin," Huaxiu greeted with a cupped fist.

"Fellow Daoist Huaxiu," Lin Qing responded with the same gesture.

After exchanging greetings, Huaxiu sighed, and Lin Qing remained silent. After a moment, Huaxiu said, "I didn't expect them to be so bold."

"Them?" Lin Qing looked at Huaxiu, sensing that he seemed to know who it was.

"I don't know who did it," Lin Qing asked.

Huaxiu looked into the distance and shook his head, "Fellow Daoist Lin, if you join our Chiyang Immortal City, I will naturally tell you. But since you haven't joined yet, it's useless to tell you. This matter is related to our Chiyang Immortal City, and knowing it will only bring trouble."

(End of this chapter)