Kryptonian fate deduction, invincibility starts from killing monsters

There was no immovable giant stone tablet that required Shen Lin to come and see.

The Li family invited Shen Lin here with ulterior motives.

Shen Lin had already realized this when he met that member of the Demon Quelling Marquis after arriving at the Li family.

He had initially thought that the Li family knew about his special abilities and wanted to win him over.

But after coming to this stone pavilion, Shen Lin understood.

The Li family was prepared to use both soft and hard tactics.

The small lake looked ordinary, with at most a touch of elegance.

If Shen Lin hadn't just deduced and mastered the Sand Fruit Gazing and Spirit Searching Array before coming here, he wouldn't have been able to see the hidden secrets in the arrangement of the lotus flowers.

They were perfectly positioned around the stone pavilion to form a great array.

Even with Shen Lin's current array skills, it could be considered quite good.

Once an ordinary Mixed Origin Realm martial artist stepped into this array, their life and death would no longer be in their own hands.

At this moment, after Shen Lin finished speaking, the stone pavilion suddenly became very quiet.

Only the sound of the Li family junior swallowing saliva could be heard.

In the next moment, figures slowly emerged from various locations around the lake.

There were a total of seven people, all with Mixed Origin Realm cultivation.

Shen Lin scanned them and chuckled, "Such a great array, coupled with so many Mixed Origin Realm martial artists, the Li family is quite generous."

"Alas..."

Li Lun sighed, rubbing his forehead with a headache, "Not only is Little Friend exceptionally talented, but your observation skills are also meticulous."

"But please rest assured, as long as you agree to the Li family's conditions, they will not act rashly."

Shen Lin picked up a teacup, filled it, took a sip, and leisurely said, "What conditions?"

Seeing that he didn't show the slightest panic, even Li Lun, who was used to seeing so-called geniuses, had a flash of surprise in his eyes.

Clearing his throat, Li Lun leaned forward, looking at Shen Lin seriously and solemnly, "Marry the direct daughter of my Li family and declare to the outside world that you voluntarily join the Li family."

"Declare to the outside world?" Shen Lin smiled and asked curiously, "Then what about in reality?"

"Have a divine soul restriction planted, and from then on, respect my Li family."

"Be your Li family's dog?"

"You could understand it that way."

Shen Lin was a little speechless and said, "I thought you would first try to lure me with great benefits."

"For ordinary people, that would be the process." Li Lun shook his head gently, "But you are different."

"You are a smart person, and according to my grandson's description, your trump cards are too powerful, and we are not confident that we can control you all the time."

"Therefore, directly controlling you with a divine soul restriction is the most secure."

Shen Lin asked curiously, "Divine soul restriction, as far as I know, only those who have reached the Dharma Aspect Realm and have some understanding of the divine soul can cast it."

"Which means your Li family has a Dharma Aspect Realm existence."

Speaking of this, he paused and pointed to the young Demon Quelling Marquis beside him, "Is this the confidence that even after hearing about my performance from him, you still want to be enemies with me?"

Li Lun nodded, acknowledging Shen Lin's guess.

The Great Wei's Dharma Aspect Realm experts are far more than just the few on the surface.

For a large family like the Li family that has lasted until now, it is actually normal to have a Dharma Aspect Realm expert as a trump card.

"It is precisely because we heard about your performance that we accelerated our plan and couldn't wait to control you."

"In the upcoming chaos, we need even stronger strength to take the initiative."

"Therefore, you must reveal all the secrets on your body, why your cultivation speed is so fast, how you were in the Extreme Northern Ice Field..."

Hearing this, Shen Lin raised his hand to interrupt Li Lun, asking curiously, "What chaos?"

Li Lun was silent for a while, thought for a moment, and seemed to think that telling Shen Lin now wouldn't matter, so he said directly:

"Do you know how much resources a prominent family like our Li family needs to maintain its operation?"

"Just this Li Mansion in the imperial capital requires 10,000 spirit crystals per day for daily expenses and servants' rewards."

"This doesn't even include the branches of my Li family scattered all over the place."

"My Li family has lasted until now, and there are tens of thousands of direct descendants alone. How much consumption does it take every day for people and horses to eat and drink?"

Li Lun didn't directly say the place where prominent families consumed the most, but Shen Lin could guess.

It was the cultivation needs of those descendants.

Just like the young man standing aside at this moment, cultivating him to join the Demon Quelling Marquis and reach his current cultivation level cost a lot of resources.

And where do these resources come from?

There are stipends issued by the imperial court, tributes from officials below, and offerings from merchants who rely on prominent families.

More comes from the industries under the names of these large families.

Spirit stone mines, spirit herb plantations, all kinds of industries.

Speaking of this, Li Lun took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "Originally, the lives of us prominent families were not bad. But now, our days are getting harder and harder."

"Zhang Qiuji, his appetite is too big!"

Hearing this, Shen Lin suddenly understood Li Lun's meaning.

After Prime Minister Zhang came to power, he changed many previous practices.

For example, the stipends that the imperial court issued to prominent families every year were cut off!

Not a single one!

The businesses of prominent families that were originally exempt from taxation must pay taxes.

Moreover, they had to pay at the highest rate, and the profits from the businesses generally had to be handed over to the imperial court.

Although the prominent families were dissatisfied at the time, they saw that Great Wei was thriving under Prime Minister Zhang's governance, and the country's annual income was increasing little by little, so they endured it.

Because with these prominent families taking the lead, others naturally couldn't escape.

Even those sect taxes that couldn't be collected in the past were collected.

They originally thought that these were just growing pains, and that Prime Minister Zhang was playing the trick of returning the money of the gentry in full.

But they didn't expect that once the money entered Prime Minister Zhang's hands, it wouldn't come out!

So many years, Prime Minister Zhang was like a Pi Xiu, only taking in and not giving out.

Countless cultivation resources and mountains of spirit stones disappeared after being handed over to him.

After enduring for so many years, the prominent families were finally going to flip the table.

After Shen Lin understood this, he smiled and said, "So, the chaos you're talking about is that you're going to rebel?"

"No, no, no!"

Li Lun waved his hand, with a hint of inexplicable smile on the corner of his mouth, "It is Zhang Qiuji that fellow who is disloyal to the country."

"What we want to do is to eliminate the villains around the emperor!"

Shen Lin said "Oh" and asked curiously, "I remember, the current emperor took a woman from your Li family, right? It seems to be your granddaughter."

"You're related by marriage, can you bring yourself to do it?"

Li Lun was stunned for a moment and said subconsciously, "We are eliminating the villains around the emperor, what can't we bring ourselves to do?"

Shen Lin curled his lips and said, "If you don't eliminate the emperor, what do you mean by eliminating the villains around the emperor?"

Li Lun opened his mouth wide, speechless.

He thought he was already a big traitor.

But he didn't expect that Shen Lin's words were even more rebellious than his.

Shaking his head, Shen Lin said directly, "Then you don't have much chance of winning. As far as I know, that world's number one great general supports Prime Minister Zhang."

"Not only him, but also that Mr. Gao, the commander of the Demon Suppression Division."

"These people are all supporters of Prime Minister Zhang."

"How many Dharma Aspect Realm experts do you prominent families have?"

Li Lun chuckled and waved his hand, "We have a plan, these people should have already left the imperial capital at this moment."

"Oh, at this time, they should be far away."

Hearing this, Shen Lin was stunned for a moment and couldn't help but smile, "You have good calculations."

Just now, he was still curious, this guy was inviting him to dinner and babbling a lot.

He was committing the typical villain's problem of dying from talking too much.

Logically speaking, Li Lun, who was able to reach his current position, shouldn't have made this mistake.

He didn't expect that it was just to delay time.

Which means that even if he made a big commotion here now, Yuwen Fengxian and the others wouldn't be able to rush back in time.

Perhaps, it's not just himself...

The Zhang Xiang side may also have arranged manpower.

Thinking of this, Shen Lin slowly stood up and moved his neck, "Then, let's not waste time."

"By the way..."

Before making a move, Shen Lin casually said, "What did you use to transfer Yuwen Fengxian and the others away from the imperial capital?"

"I still have some things to talk about with them."

Li Lun didn't seem surprised by Shen Lin's attitude.

After all, which genius like Shen Lin would willingly be a dog?

There was bound to be a fight.

He waved his hand, letting the surrounding Mixed Origin Realm experts surround him, and casually said:

"The Myriad Demon Kingdom is invading on a large scale, they must..."

"What?"

Shen Lin widened his eyes and directly interrupted his words.

Seeing this, Li Lun smiled and said, "We have an agreement with the Myriad Demon Kingdom that this time we won't fight to the end. Their actions are just to create opportunities for us..."

"Bullshit!"

Shen Lin directly cursed and turned to leave.

Shen Lin didn't really care about the Li family's collusion with the Myriad Demon Kingdom, or the Li family's so-called actions.

What he was anxious about was that many people would die when the war started.

Those demon clans, dying on the battlefield like this, was simply...

A waste!

"Stop! You think..."

Seeing that Shen Lin didn't take himself and the others seriously at all, and wanted to leave as he pleased, Li Lun's face sank, and he directly reached out to grab Shen Lin.

He was also a Mixed Origin Realm completion cultivator, Shen Lin was too arrogant.

He actually left his back to himself...

But just as his palm, which had gathered the strength of the Mixed Origin Realm completion, was about to land on Shen Lin, a golden light flashed.

Golden wings appeared behind Shen Lin. With a flap, Li Lun's arm was severed.

"Splatter!"

Li Lun stared blankly at his right arm, from which blood was gushing. Only when the belated pain arrived did he react.

"Ahhh!"

He clutched his right arm in agony, shouting, "Seize him! Damn it, activate the formation and seize him!"

At his command, the seven Primordial Realm cultivators immediately surrounded him, each exuding a powerful aura.

The lotus flowers on the nearby lake trembled incessantly, emitting rays of spiritual light that connected with each other.

A lotus flower phantom instantly enveloped the Li Mansion, appearing unchanged from the outside.

The auras of those Primordial Realm cultivators inside did not leak out at all.

At the same time, the lotus flower phantom slowly rotated, and sharp blades shot towards Shen Lin like a violent storm.

Each blade was enough to kill a Primordial Realm martial artist in the early stages.