"Go now, go meet the vengeful spirits of the Lin family, and apologize to them properly."
Lin Xiao squinted his eyes. Enduring the discomfort in his body, he drew his military knife. In the next second, the military knife severed Elder Fang's head.
He wrapped the head in black cloth.
He could not retrieve the corpses of True Lord Tian He and True Lord Yong Ran. Besides, those two were mere guard dogs.
This one... looked like a minor leader.
Barely qualified to be offered as a toast.
...
Lin family graveyard.
Since Lin Xiao's return, this place had always been meticulously cleaned, and the graves were visited and honored regularly.
Lin Xiao had been here before, after the people from the Nangong family and the Heavenly Association were dealt with.
This time, he carried Elder Fang's head to his parents' graves.
He placed the head before them, lit three sticks of incense for his parents, then laid out fresh fruit and the good wine he had brought.
"Dad, Mom, I never imagined that those who wanted our Lin family destroyed were not even human."
Lin Xiao sat cross-legged. With a wave of his hand, dozens of wine cups landed before the dozens of tombstones.
He tossed several bottles of wine into the air. Under his control, all the wine cups were filled.
Finally, he picked up the last bottle of wine, raised it high, and declared, "Today, on my path of revenge for the Lin family, I have finally taken another step forward..."
Saying this, he gestured with the bottle, then tilted it to his lips and gulped down a mouthful of wine.
"I promise, this is just the beginning. One day, I will place all their heads here, as their burial companions. I will make them apologize to you properly when they are down below, and make them serve you like beasts of burden!"
Lin Xiao's voice was exceptionally loud. His words were for them, and also for himself.
"I don't care if they are cultivators or whatever else. If they did this, they must be prepared!"
"Even if I die, they will have to accompany me to the grave!"
Lin Xiao said, taking another sip of wine.
He put down the wine bottle.
"Mom, I know you would tell me to let go of hatred, to look forward, to consider Qinghan and Xun'er... By the way, Xun'er is my daughter. She's very cute and very smart." Lin Xiao looked at his mother's tombstone, a smile touching his lips. "After dealing with those people from the Nangong family, I thought the same way. These people received their just punishment, and I should spend my time with my wife and daughter..."
"But now I know that the Nangong family was merely a pawn, nothing more... And the mastermind behind it all is actually a so-called cultivator. Mom, do you know what a cultivator is? They are those who wish to ascend to immortality..."
Lin Xiao rarely spoke so much, and he had never revealed such emotions to Luo Qinghan.
In the eyes of many, Lin Xiao possessed extraordinary status, unparalleled strength, and monstrous talent. He had it all.
But only Lin Xiao knew the pressure he carried, a pressure heavier than anyone else's.
The Lin family was a burden on his shoulders, as was the Dragon Country.
He was also unwilling, unwilling to accept why others could live their lives peacefully, with parents alive and families united in harmony, while his own family...
"Mom... I miss you." Lin Xiao leaned against the tombstone, finishing the bottle of wine.