Chapter 97: The Secret Sect of Duobao Hall

  The day before yesterday, Lin Hong and tribal leader Huo Tianzhao also discussed future development.

  At present, Lin has reached the third rank at the age of 18. If he can find a powerful and resource-rich sect or family to join, his cultivation speed should be greatly improved compared to relying on himself. It may be difficult for others to enter those high-ranking sects, but considering Lin's terrifying speed of reaching the third rank at the age of 18 by himself, even entering the strongest sect in Han country, Mo Yu Forbidden Sect, is without a doubt.

  Not even needing him to make any moves, just waiting for his reputation to spread out, the various major powers will come like "Duobao Hall" as soon as they hear the wind.

  Lin Heng also knew that with the improvement of his boundary, relying solely on his own exploration, without knowledge and guidance from a master, progress would be difficult. However, once he entered a sect, it meant that his actions and freedom would be restricted, and the struggles between disciples in the sect were intense, not knowing when someone would stab him in the back. Entering a sect, apart from cultivating martial arts, he would also have to spend a lot of mental energy dealing with these political struggles.

  Lin Heng's interest was not strong, or rather, the object that moved his heart and made him understand had not yet appeared. As a result, he temporarily lacked interest in entering the sect.

  "We, the 'Duobao Fang', cordially invite Lin Gongzi to join us. As soon as he agrees, he will immediately become a personally transmitted disciple. A large amount of rare and precious medicine is in short supply, not to mention other things, I can guarantee that Gongzi will break into the fourth rank within ten years!"

  In the sect, there are generally recorded disciples, outer door disciples, inner door disciples, close transmission disciples, and true transmission disciples, which are ranked in order. Lin Hengyi entered immediately and jumped to become a close transmission disciple, showing Master Lu's sincerity in valuing him highly.

  "In ten years, he rushed into the fourth rank, and indeed, it's a magnificent momentum!" Lin Heng is now only one line away from the mid-term of the third rank, and going further forward would be the later stage. However, for ordinary people, even ten years may not be enough to go from the middle stage to the later stage of the third rank. But Rufu guaranteed that he could enter the fourth rank within ten years from the middle stage of the third rank, which is an extremely attractive proposition.

  Lü Fuzi saw Lin Huan not being moved, slightly furrowed his brow, within ten years, he would enter the fourth rank, this was a guarantee that even other top three sects didn't dare to make! If it weren't for Duobao Hall having tens of thousands of shops all over the mainland, providing rare elixirs and beast blood in abundance, who would have such power?

  "We can add another condition, our 'Duobao Fang' will fully protect your family and the Seven Li Gully. We guarantee that even a powerful force like the Cao Family won't be able to touch them. And as a favor to you, we can cultivate every male in your household into a second-class warrior at no cost."

  This condition may not be significant for others, but it is extremely piercing and targeted at Lin's psychology.

  He is well aware that Lin Huan has two heavy responsibilities as a son and as the successor of the clan. This is Lin Huan's weakness, which is not even one percent of the previous cost, but for someone like Lin Huan who prioritizes responsibility and family ties above all else, it is definitely a heavyweight that is not inferior to the previous chips.

  Lin Heng remained unwavering, and if it were in the past, he might have considered the conditions afterwards. But now this is already superfluous, his family's male members except for him only had his father Lin Yao, who was already a mid-first rank. With Lin Heng's current strength, and having stored up a large pile of inner pellets, it would be impossible to immediately promote his father to second rank, but in the long run there wouldn't be any difficulties. As for protecting the Seven Mile Gorge for him, that was even more unnecessary. Now that he was a third-rank official, who in Qingniu Town still dared to move against the Seven Mile Gorge!

  As long as Lin Guang doesn't die, no one dares to provoke Qili Gou, this is a certainty.

  "Isn't your Duobao Hall a commercial hall? I'm ignorant and have never heard that you have any internally cultivated sects. By the way, what's the name of your Duobao Hall's sect?"

  Lufu saw that he was still unmoved and instead changed the subject, with a stronger intention to recruit him after feeling disappointed.

  "Our 'Duobao Fang' business spans every corner of the mainland, and naturally we have a base for cultivating talent. However, this involves an important secret of our faction, so I'm afraid I can't reveal it. But I can guarantee that the scale of our internal sect is absolutely not inferior to the three major sects of the Han Kingdom: Mozei Jinzong, Xuantianzong and Cangyue Men. In fact, we provide resources for our disciples that far surpass those of these sects!"

  "Nonsense! With Duobao Hall being so wealthy, their treatment must be better than these sects!"

  As for his words, Lin Huan did not have any doubts. The powerful business ability of Duobao Hall, if there was no military force to protect and support it, would be impossible. Duobao Hall had branches all over the continent, with at least tens of thousands of sub-branches, and the large number of people involved was enough to prove the astonishing ability of "Duobao Hall" to cultivate new blood.

  It was so secretive that not only did Confucius refuse to reveal it, but even the entire State of Han knew little about it, yet it was astonishing.

  ……………

  The Cao family in Qingniu Town was shrouded in a depressing and oppressive atmosphere that pervaded the entire prefecture.

  A few days ago, the Cao family lost face in a war, and the strongest heavenly guardian's combat power disappeared by more than half. Even the eighth young master of the Cao family was killed by Lin Yang.

  This is the greatest humiliation in hundreds of years, unprecedented.

  "Bai Tian, you are so bold! You dare to forge Father's orders and kill Cai Zongguan on your own? And do you still not put me, the young master, in your eyes?" Young Master Cao Zhi was furious beyond control.

  Bai Tian finally told Cao Zhi the true contents of the letter after several days of calm.

  "I dare not. At that time, the situation was urgent, and Cai Lai had to die! Even if we didn't kill him, we couldn't stop Lin Heng from killing him! If we hadn't killed him, Lin Heng would have taken advantage of the opportunity to kill even more people later!" Bai Tian said with his head bowed.

  "Hmph, our Cao family will be afraid of that Lin surname? Moreover, at that time, wasn't Elder Guo Zui present? You can call him to kill Lin Heng! Instead of letting them mutually slaughter each other and killing people from our Cai family!"

  According to Guo Lao, he didn't have the ability to kill Lin Heng, and even if he could hold him back, it would only be for a short while. Once the time was up, Lin Heng could easily kill anyone on stage. At that time, not just Cai Lai, but all the young masters and misses on stage would be in danger. A three-product strongman is really too formidable, and Lin Heng has already approached the mid-term of the third product. Without a fourth product, it's fundamentally impossible to hold him back for long. If you want to kill him, at least a mid-fourth product or even a fifth product would be needed.

  "Has he reached the mid-third rank?" Cao Zhi took a deep breath of cold air.

  Just rushed into the third item, and infinitely approached the mid-term of the third item! Cao Zhi's scalp was numb, pacing back and forth, this is too perverted!

  "Lin Huan has already shown his sharpness beyond the ordinary, and our Cao family cannot afford to be at odds with him for the sake of a mere Cai Lai! If we do not eliminate him now, it will not only fail to get rid of him but also bring the risk of extinction to the Cao family! Moreover, Cai Lai has planted his trusted followers in the government, and is corrupt and tyrannical. In the grudge between him and Lin Huan, if he had not been arrogant and domineering first, this disaster would not have occurred. It's not worth sacrificing the future of the Cao family for him."

  Thinking of Lin's approaching mid-third-grade strength, Cao Zhi's anger had dissipated. Your grandfather's, mid-third grade! The consequences it would bring about were no longer something that this young master could decide and control on his own. If he didn't have his father take charge, but instead rashly offended a powerful third-grade master to the point of death, it was likely that not just Cai Lai, but also he himself would be locked up in the estate prison.

  "Father is coming back today, you can deal with him directly. This matter is entirely up to you, don't drag us into it!" Cao Zhi said coldly, although he already knew that Bai Tian's move was not bad, but he was extremely displeased that he had deceived them and colluded with the fourth sister to deceive this young master and kill Cai Lai.

  "The old master has returned home! The old master has returned home!"

  Just then, a servant rushed in from outside to report.

  Cao Zhiyi heard this and immediately hurried out to welcome him.

  In the past two months, there have been constant storms at home, with big things happening one after another, making him feel extremely frustrated. With his father's return, he felt as if he had found a reassuring presence. During the days when his father was not around, he discovered that being in charge of the household was not an easy task. Now that his father is back, all sorts of chaotic situations should be settled.

  Bai Tian followed closely behind and also stepped out of the hall door.

  Cao Guan's carriage drove straight into the backyard, and when Bai Tian arrived, there was already a group of concubines and young masters waiting on the side.

  The master of the Cao family mansion lifted the curtain and came down, first sweeping his eyes around, full of smiles: "What are you all doing? It's not like we're going out for more than two months, it's not like we've never gone out before, why are you all crowding around?"

  "Old master, you've returned just in time. Our Cao family has been bullied to death for decades, and we've never suffered such humiliation..." Two of the concubines couldn't help but rush to tell their story.

  "Two aunts, Father has just returned, wind and dust. Let them rest for a while, these things can be said later!" Fourth Miss Cao Hongjie said with a cold face.

  "Cough, um, let's go back and rest for a while. We'll talk about the important things later, I'm back, even if the sky falls and the earth collapses, I, the old master, can withstand it, no need to rush."

  "That's for sure, old man is invincible and can do anything."

  Cao Guan's return gave a strong reassurance to the anxious Cao family.

  This is endurance! For decades, the Cao family has been managed by him, and although foreign winds and rains have come one after another, they have stood firm every time! Cao Guan has become the pillar of the Cao family, an unshakeable faith.

  Bai Tian's eyebrows jumped inexplicably: Master, these words seem to be a bit deliberate, comforting people's hearts? According to his usual style of doing things. This is unprecedented!

  He looked at Cao Guan again, who was surrounded by the crowd, and found that although this old man's face was painted with some light makeup, he couldn't hide the pale complexion of his face, and when speaking, he kept suppressing his cough, trying to show a healthy appearance.