184: choice

The speed of the Medium Grade Tier 3 spirit boat instantly increased by a notch, and under Lin Shiming's command, it headed towards White Leaf Continent, which bordered Tianhe Province.

White Leaf Continent was also the largest province of the Spirit Beast Sect, where the Sect's main forces were concentrated.

Almost all Cultivators from Zhao Country were also retreating towards White Leaf Continent.

The violent gale struck Lin Shiming's face, making him even calmer internally. With a Tier 3 Wind Escape Talisman, even an ordinary Purple Mansion Cultivator, without a flying Magic Treasure, might not be able to catch him.

However, the next moment, Lin Shiming thought of his father, Lin Houyuan, and the others.

At the time of the city's collapse, he had sensed the sound transmission from the Lin Family members before coming out of seclusion. Because he was in a death seclusion, he would not have noticed the changes outside unless the Formation of his seclusion was destroyed.

At that time, he had just completed his Breakthrough to Foundation Establishment Middle Stage, and with the help of the Three Pure Primordial Pills given by Lin Xianzhi, he consolidated his cultivation and, incidentally, finished refining the Formation Swords to form the Grand Purple Wood Mysterious Sky Sword Formation.

Otherwise, given the situation at that time, he might not have been able to come out with Lin Xianzhi.

It was just that he came out of seclusion too hastily; he had only fully refined the zijin gourd, and the top-grade Magical Artifact sword had not yet been refined. At the same time, his Mountain Ape Body Refining Art was still only at the Qi Refining Late Stage.

Along the way, Lin Shiming had the fewest injuries.

When restoring his True Essence, his Purple Wood Heart Sutra had a natural advantage.

At this moment, he could multitask, using his Divine Sense to observe the pursuers.

At the same time, his Divine Sense continuously swept across the ground. Every thousand li or so, he would wave his hand towards the ground and take out an Iron Bramble Wood seed.

Iron Bramble Wood seeds appearing in the wild would not attract the attention of Cultivators, making them the best markers.

This was what he had given to his father before leaving.

However, the more he looked, the more alarmed he became. The distance between the markers was constantly increasing, and they were left somewhat haphazardly.

Clearly, the Lin Family members were fleeing!

...In a boundless forest, a spirit boat flew desperately, with low-grade Wind Spirit Talismans pasted all over it.

Even though Tier 2 spirit talismans were not very effective on a Tier 3 spirit boat, at this moment, none of the Lin Family members delayed. They desperately cast spirit arts and pasted spirit talismans onto the spirit boat, even if the effect was negligible.

Lin Houyuan once again glanced behind him with his Divine Sense, his brows furrowing deeper, and his face became incredibly grim.

The demonic Cultivators were less than a hundred li behind. At such a distance, even if they exhausted all their talismans and used up all their True Essence, they would not be able to escape by controlling the spirit boat.

"Everyone, the demonic Cultivators are not far away!" Lin Houyuan's words caused the eyes of the dozen or so people on the spirit boat to dim.

They had started with thirty-seven Qi Refining Late Stage Cultivators, and now only a dozen remained.

Just as they were about to escape Tianhe Province, they unexpectedly became targets of the demonic Cultivators.

The older generation Cultivators, Lin Yuqing, Lin Houyong, Lin Houshou, and Lin Houyu, after three seconds of hesitation, stepped forward and stood alongside Lin Houyuan.

Lin Shiyi and Lin Houwei instantly understood and also wanted to step forward, but they were forcefully pushed back by the True Essence barrier created by Lin Houyuan's raised hand.

Besides them, Lin Shiyun, Lei Xuan, and several slightly younger Hou Generation members also took firm steps forward!

"What are you doing? Looking down on us old folks? The Lin Family has always only had a tradition of preserving the kindling, not preserving the old seeds!" Lin Yuqing scolded with some anger.

As the Elder of the Enforcement Hall and the Lin Family's Grand Elder, almost all the Cultivators present had been reprimanded by Lin Yuqing.

At this moment, hearing this reprimand, everyone's eyes suddenly reddened slightly.

"I am very pleased that you can come out. You are all good sons of the Lin Family. But this time, you have a more important mission, and that is Legacy!" Lin Houyuan also said loudly. Once upon a time, he too was reprimanded by his Elders in this way, and at that time, he might have been a bit ignorant.

But at this moment, his heart felt a deeper emotion.

The Lin Family not only had hundreds of immortal Cultivators but also hundreds of thousands of Lin Family Mortals. Fearless sacrifice was nothing more than moths flying into a flame. In the world of immortal cultivation, as long as the Legacy remained, anything was possible.

If Qi Refining can't win, Foundation Establishment will. If Foundation Establishment can't win, Purple Mansion will. If Purple Mansion still can't, then Golden Core!

Lin Houwei somewhat understood. He gripped the wine gourd at his waist so tightly that it seemed as if he would crush its spout.

Born into an immortal Cultivation Family, they understood even more that Legacy was more important.

Lin Shiyi, however, was still very stubborn at this moment, continuing to walk towards Lin Yuqing, constantly muttering that he was a Body Cultivator.

"Stop messing around, Shiming. You will eventually surpass this old man and become the Lin Family's true first Body Refining Cultivator!" Lin Yuqing spoke again. He had actually wanted to scold him, but thinking these were their last words, his heart softened by half, turning into persuasion.

"Family Head, let me go. They are coming for me. I hope the remaining brothers and sisters can help take care of Shiqi!" Lei Xuan stepped out.

He had a Lightning Spiritual Root, and it was also because he released lightning attribute Spells during the final collapse of the city. This was the biggest problem that caused the Lin Family to be targeted.

For the Demonic Sect, other Cultivators could escape, but lightning Cultivators had to be killed on sight.

In this city battle, almost all lightning attribute Cultivators were ambushed by demonic Cultivators.

Lei Xuan was well-hidden, and of course, no one would have thought that a Lightning Spiritual Root Cultivator would appear in the Lin Family.

This time, Lin Houyuan nodded. After all, Lei Xuan was a captive who had married into the family. Lin Shiming trusted him, but they were actually still a bit uneasy, and this pursuit indeed had some of Lei Xuan's issues.

"It's decided then. I, Grand Uncle, Eldest Brother Houyong, Second Brother Houshou, Sixth Brother Houyu, and Lei Xuan will stay behind to resist the enemy. The rest of you try to escape. Everyone gets three Earth Escape Talismans!" Lin Houyuan commanded.

Subsequently, several Elders of the Lin Family also entrusted their words to Lin Houwei, handing over their last wishes on Jade Slips and any treasures they could give to their descendants.

Then Lin Houyuan and the others slowed down, waiting for the demonic Cultivators to arrive, while Lin Houwei and the others disembarked from the spirit boat, used the Wind Escape Talismans on them to escape, and then used Earth Escape Talismans to flee.

Speaking of these escape talismans, Lin Shiming had obtained them when he killed the Huang Family Cultivators in the Qingyun Mountain Range.

"If Old Seven were here, it would be great!" Lin Shiyi was also a bit downcast at this moment, but his speed was not slow as he fled forward.

Soon, a black spirit boat with a large banner appeared not far in the sky.

Before the spirit boat arrived, countless flying dagger Magical Artifacts began to be thrown towards Lin Houyuan's spirit boat.

After the flying daggers, it was spirit needles!

Few Heavenly Demon Sect Cultivators used swords; most of their combat involved demonic banners. One reason was convenience, and another was that it was easy to refine the enemy Cultivator into the demonic banner after killing them, increasing the power of the Heavenly Demon Banner.

But this did not mean that Heavenly Demon Sect Cultivators could not use other Magical Artifacts. On the contrary, they had a great many spirit needle Magical Artifacts, flying dagger Magical Artifacts, and demonic gourds that could contaminate Magical Artifacts.

The flying daggers were extremely powerful. Lin Houyuan had to control three Medium Grade Tier 3 Magical Artifact swords to block them. And once the flying daggers were blocked, the flying needle Magical Artifacts came, making Lin Houyuan frantic for a while.

And the demonic banners of the Heavenly Demon Sect Cultivators also arrived in an instant.

Two Heavenly Demon Sect Foundation Establishment Middle Stage Cultivators, one Heavenly Demon Sect Foundation Establishment Early Stage Cultivator, plus a dozen or so Heavenly Demon Sect Qi Refining Disciples!