789: Incredible Support (Thanks to the reader for the 30,000 coins)

After putting on the armor, a sense of security couldn't help but rise within him.

Lin Yang immediately sent a message to Xia Shuang, informing her that this time, the Fierce Ancient Ruins would expand to at least a hundred prefectures. If they could evacuate, they should run as far as possible and not harbor any wishful thinking regarding this expansion of the Ancient Ruins.

Xia Shuang was immediately greatly shocked and asked repeatedly if this was true.

Lin Yang said, "The news is confirmed, so you should run as early as possible if you can. Don't just wait for a free evacuation. The expansion speed of that Fierce Ancient Ruins later on will be astonishing; it's possible for a single expansion to cover several prefectures. Therefore, you must ensure that you are at least several prefectures away from the engulfed territory to be slightly safer."

Since this news came from Yue You, it was naturally very reliable.

"I understand, Brother Lin Yang. I will be careful. I will go tell my master now." Xia Shuang's tone became extremely serious.

Lin Yang added, "By the way, Xia Shuang, you can also try to find a way to spread the news secretly. Save as many people as you can, but don't get yourself involved. Do you understand what I mean?"

"I understand, Brother Lin Yang, don't worry. Actually, there are all kinds of rumors everywhere here, so there won't be any trouble," Xia Shuang quickly said.

"Then go ahead and get busy." Lin Yang nodded and ended the transmission.

Afterward, he continued his cultivation.

The resources needed for cultivation would be delivered regularly and on time by the Zhao family.

He did not intentionally hide the news of his breakthrough to the Yuan He Realm; instead, he let the Zhao family spread it.

In this way, no other first-rate families would dare to easily look for trouble.

This was because Lin Yang wanted to be more stable.

He didn't want some first-rate families to suddenly have a whim to target the Zhao family, causing him to have to interrupt his cultivation to deal with it.

Previously, when he was at the peak of the Nie Kong Realm, he could already deal with the Yuan He Realm. Now that he had broken through to the Yuan He Realm, his strength had greatly increased. Spreading the news could also deter many people and avoid unnecessary trouble.

Therefore, the Zhao family had developed steadily over these years, firmly occupying a place among the first-rate families in Xiwu City, and the resources they provided him were not only abundant but also very stable.

Lin Yang estimated that this stability could probably last until he reached the late stage of the Yuan He Realm.

Beyond that, he would have to expand again.

Otherwise, with the Zhao family's current resources and territory, even if they gathered the strength of the entire clan to support him, it would not be enough for his use.

At that time, he would either have to annex other first-rate families or join the ranks of the Five Great Families, squeezing one of the current Five Great Families out.

Only then might the resources obtained be enough for him to advance to the Dao Wulou Realm Practitioner level.

Even squeezing out one of the Five Great Families and seizing their resources and territory might not be enough.

The Five Great Families had entrenched themselves in Xiwu City for so many years without a single Dao Wulou Realm Practitioner appearing. On one hand, it was certainly because the difficulty of breaking through to the Dao Wulou Realm Practitioner level was too great, and ordinary Yuan He Realm practitioners found it difficult to succeed.

On the other hand, it was also because resources were insufficient.

The resources of one of the Five Great Families were likely insufficient to support the birth of a Dao Wulou Realm Practitioner.

By then, even if Lin Yang himself had no bottlenecks, the resources required to break through would still be massive.

He highly suspected that squeezing out one of the Five Great Families would not be enough.

However, these thoughts only flashed through his mind.

He would deal with the specific situation when the time came.

Anyway, for now, he could improve steadily.

If it didn't work out by then, squeezing out two more of the Five Great Families wouldn't be a problem.

As he cultivated, Lin Yang also discovered that the power fed back to him by "The World" was increasing more and more.

It seemed that along with the absorption of the Grotto-Heaven Secret Realm, the power of "The World" was also increasing.

This was good news.

This could greatly reduce the difficulty of his breakthrough to the Dao Wulou Realm Practitioner level.

It could even shorten this time.

Because, every time "The World" fed back power to him, it also contained a trace of insight into the Dao.

This trace of insight was the most important thing.

Pure cultivation could be accumulated with resources, but insight into the Dao could not be easily improved.

With such powerful assistance from "The World," Lin Yang's insight into the Space Dao was deepening day by day.

His cultivation and insight into the Dao were improving simultaneously.

Even if not a thousand miles a day, it was still extremely impressive.

Lin Yang even felt that this was the smoothest time he had ever had in his cultivation.

"The World" was a bit too powerful.

Before, he could only use the power of "The World" to fight, but now he realized that "The World" was truly terrifying in assisting cultivation.

"Could it be that the preciousness of 'The World' lies here? The higher the cultivation, the greater the effect of 'The World'?"

Lin Yang became thoughtful.

As everyone knew, later in cultivation, the higher the cultivation, the greater the difficulty in improving and breaking through.

But with the assistance of "The World," the difficulty of improvement and breakthrough was greatly reduced.

Instead, when his cultivation was low, the effect of "The World" was not as huge as it was now.

Such an effect, to call it heaven-defying would not be an exaggeration.

Time flew by.

In the blink of an eye, ten thousand years passed.

During these ten thousand years, the Fierce Ancient Ruins in Baichi City had engulfed a total of one hundred and six prefectures before stopping.

The severity of the losses involved was naturally imaginable.

In particular, even though the Fierce Ancient Ruins had now stopped engulfing, the surrounding prefectures were also empty.

It was a case of once bitten, twice shy.

People were worried that the Fierce Ancient Ruins would suddenly erupt again one day.

Therefore, the surrounding prefectures were also cleared out, becoming a land of dead silence.

Xia Shuang told Lin Yang that she, her master Wen Qingsu, and the others had relocated to Fuzhou Prefecture.

The Huan Yin Sect had lost many people during the migration over these years, and now only less than one-third of the original disciples remained. After rebuilding in Fuzhou Prefecture, it had fallen into a second-rate small sect.

Because Fuzhou Prefecture now gathered a large number of people from the surroundings and the cultivation sects that had migrated over these years.

It was already quite good that the Huan Yin Sect could still rebuild.

Many of the original sects in the prefectures affected by the Fierce Ancient Ruins were in even more miserable situations.

It could be said that the current situation in Fuzhou Prefecture was complex and chaotic.

Lin Yang was not surprised after learning about these situations.

After all, one hundred and six prefectures had been engulfed by the Ancient Ruins. Even if most of the people in so many prefectures had died, the remaining number was still an astronomical figure.

With such a huge population, most of them had now lost the ability to migrate to more distant prefectures and were forced to stay in Fuzhou Prefecture and the surrounding few prefectures, so the chaos of the situation was imaginable.

He urged Xia Shuang to try not to go out alone easily and to wait for the subsequent situation to stabilize.

At the same time, he learned that Xia Shuang's current cultivation had already reached the Dao Above level. If it weren't for the constant exhaustion from migrating over these years, she probably could have already reached the Dao Fire Realm.

This news surprised Lin Yang very much.

Because Xia Shuang's cultivation speed... was a bit fast!

Thinking back to when he saved Xia Shuang, she was just a little girl, and he was already at the Dao Fire Realm at that time.

Now, although he was already in the Yuan He Realm, he had only improved by two major realms.

But Xia Shuang had gone from a little girl all the way to the Dao Above level.

Of course, in reality, the difficulty of breaking through for the two could not be compared at all.

Especially, children born on the Primal Ancient Continent had a high starting point, and their cultivation was naturally faster than practitioners inside the Space-Time Tree.

But it also showed how high Xia Shuang's talent was.

Naturally, this must also be due to the careful cultivation of the Huan Yin Sect, or rather, Wen Qingsu.

However, regardless, this was a good thing.

"It's a pity I couldn't celebrate for you," Lin Yang said with some regret.

Reaching the Dao Above level from the realm of an ordinary practitioner was a transformation.

As an elder...

Hmm... He had raised Xia Shuang, so in his heart, he naturally saw himself as Xia Shuang's elder.

If he were by Xia Shuang's side, he would definitely have celebrated for this girl.

At the very least, he would have had to give her some gifts.

It was just a pity that they were too far apart, so he could only offer his congratulations from afar.

Xia Shuang immediately said, "Brother Lin Yang, I am already very happy that I can still contact you. This is the best gift for me. You don't need to regret anything. My master treats me very well, Brother Lin Yang, you don't need to worry about me."

Lin Yang couldn't help but smile.

He naturally understood what this girl meant.

This was saying that the fact he was still alive was the best thing.

This girl's thoughts were very simple.

She was purely happy that he had escaped from Baichi City alive back then.

Lin Yang encouraged her a few more words and then ended the transmission.

The expansion of the Ancient Ruins could be considered temporarily over.

Whether it would continue to expand in the future was currently unknown.

However, he could temporarily stop worrying about Xia Shuang's side.

Next, he also planned to go into deep seclusion once.

Ten thousand years had passed, and by consuming massive resources along with the power feedback from "The World," he was already approaching the middle stage of the Yuan He Realm.

This speed could be described as astonishing.

Previously, when he was at the Dao Above level, it would take at least ten thousand years to break through one level.

However, now breaking through a small realm in the Yuan He Realm only took a little over ten thousand years.

It could not be called anything but outrageous.

One could only say that "The World" was indeed a bit too heaven-defying.

That's right, "The World" deserved the credit for his ability to break through so quickly.

If it weren't for the power feedback from "The World," ten thousand years would not be enough to go from the early stage to the middle stage of the Yuan He Realm.

Even a fraction of it wouldn't be enough!

Lin Yang prepared to make a one-time effort to break through to the middle stage of the Yuan He Realm.

Upon reaching the middle stage, there would be only a handful of people in Xiwu City who could pose a threat to him. Basically, only the Yuan He Realm practitioners of the Five Great Families would still require his attention.

Before going into seclusion, he directly sent a message to Zhao Yuan, hoping that Zhao Yuan could advance another batch of supplies.

Yes, the cultivation resources he was consuming now were basically all advanced.

Although he occupied a share of resources and territory, the production and transformation of resources required time.

The share he occupied was simply not enough for his consumption.

It could be said that the Zhao family had been using their family assets to support him these years.

Upon hearing the news, Zhao Yuan didn't say a word against it, immediately agreed, and quickly had Zhao Hu bring the resources over.

Regarding this, Lin Yang didn't say any flowery words on the surface, but in his heart, he was very grateful for this favor.

Although he had helped the Zhao family gain a firm foothold in Xiwu City and become a first-rate family, the Zhao family's repayment to him over these years exceeded the scope of his own contribution.

And it exceeded it by a lot.

Although the Zhao family had obtained resources and territory they originally couldn't have obtained due to his help.

Although their upper limit had increased quite a bit, as mentioned just now, resource production and transformation required time.

The output of those resources and territories simply couldn't keep up with his consumption over these years.

But the Zhao family still gritted their teeth and supplied him.

Although the Zhao family didn't say it, Lin Yang knew it in his heart.

He estimated that Zhao Yuan had prioritized supplying his own share to him as well.

And apart from necessary expenses, the rest of the Zhao family's resources were probably also prioritized for his use.

Otherwise, they wouldn't be able to provide so many resources.

After all, the Zhao family only became a first-rate family after the invasion of the Ancient Ruins, seizing the resources and territories of several original first-rate families.

From the end of the Ancient Ruins invasion to now, it had only been about twenty thousand years.

The Zhao family's foundation was not deep, and to be able to continuously supply him with large amounts of resources for over twenty thousand years, they must have exhausted their family assets.

"Brother Zhao Hu, please thank Fellow Daoist Zhao Yuan and the Clan Head of the Zhao family for me," Lin Yang said to Zhao Hu as he received the resources.

"Brother Lin Yang, you are too polite. Just tell us if you need anything. When you improve, our Zhao family also benefits. Saying thanks is being too formal," Zhao Hu chuckled.

Lin Yang nodded and didn't say anything else.

With his current relationship with the Zhao family, there was no need for polite remarks.

Since the Zhao family treated him this way, he would find an opportunity to repay them later.

No matter how many nice things he said, it wouldn't be as practical as actual actions.

"Brother Zhao Hu, I plan to go into deep seclusion for a period of time. During this period, there is no need to send resources on time," Lin Yang added.

Zhao Hu's eyes lit up: "Brother Lin Yang, are you preparing to break through again?"

Lin Yang didn't hide it from him either, smiling: "Something like that. If everything goes smoothly, I'll be at least at the middle stage when I come out of seclusion."

Although Zhao Hu had prepared himself mentally, he was still very surprised: "So fast? My god, Brother Lin Yang, you are too amazing. You are about to catch up to the Supreme Elder, haha."

Saying this, he sighed endlessly: "Thinking back to when you first came to Xiwu City, you were in the Nie Kong Realm, and the Supreme Elder was already in the middle stage of the Yuan He Realm. Now you are about to catch up to him, and he is still in the middle stage. Hehe, the Supreme Elder is probably going to be under a lot of pressure now."

Lin Yang couldn't help but smile: "Fellow Daoist Zhao Yuan has a solid foundation. Breaking through to the late stage is just a matter of time."

"Brother Lin Yang, look at what you're saying, a matter of time? If it were that simple, that would be great. Anyway, I admire you! Your cultivation speed is outrageously fast, and your combat strength is boundless. After you break through, I guess only those old guys from the Five Great Families will be able to fight you."

Zhao Hu was both happy for Lin Yang and a bit envious.

He was now about a major realm behind Lin Yang...

Lin Yang smiled slightly: "Brother Zhao Hu, the Five Great Families are not invincible!"

Zhao Hu was stunned, and then his eyes widened a bit: "Brother... Lin Yang, what... what do you mean by that?"

He was a bit confused.

Could it be... Could it be... It shouldn't be true, right? It shouldn't be what he thought, right? Is Lin Yang preparing to take action against the Five Great Families?

Zhao Hu's breathing became a bit rapid.

Lin Yang didn't explain, only saying: "Everything will be discussed after I break through. Brother Zhao Hu, I'm going into seclusion first."

Zhao family. Zhao Hu returned in a daze. As soon as he returned, he went to the main hall. In the main hall, all the elders of the Zhao family were present, including Zhao Yuan. Because on the way back, Zhao Hu had sent them a message. Seeing Zhao Hu return, Zhao Xiongshan directly said: "Zhao Hu, what is the meaning of the message you just sent us? Explain clearly, did Guest Elder Lin really say that?" Zhao Yuan also stared closely at Zhao Hu. Zhao Hu nodded fiercely: "That is exactly what Brother Lin Yang said. He said the Five Great Families are not invincible, and after this seclusion, he will at least break through to the middle stage of the Yuan He Realm!" "This..." Upon receiving confirmation from Zhao Hu, Zhao Yuan couldn't help but gasp. "Is Guest Elder Lin preparing to take action against the Five Great Families after his breakthrough?" Zhao Yuan's eyes flickered, and infinite fantasies suddenly rose in his heart. Could it be that the Zhao family was going to take off in his hands? To become one of the new Five Great Families of Xiwu City?? Zhao Yuan could not hide his excitement. Zhao Xiongshan and the others looked at each other in dismay. Become one of the Five Great Families? They didn't even dare to think about it.

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