Chapter 118 The Real Monsters of the Lin Clan

Chapter 118: Chapter 118 The Real Monsters of the Lin Clan

The ten returning youngsters were still staring at the three triplets in disbelief.

Peak Body Integration Realm!

And they were only eight years old!

Lin Zhen looked at the triplets, then at Lin Chen and the others, before finally pointing at the three youngsters.

"Wait a minute! You three are only eight years old, aren’t you?!"

Lin Xin, Lin Wan’er, and Lin Shiyu exchanged glances.

"Yes," Lin Xin answered.

Lin Zhen’s expression became even more exaggerated.

"You’re eight years old and already at Peak Body Integration Realm? What exactly have you been eating while we were away?"

Lin Mo shook his head.

"Why are you asking what they eat? Ask what kind of cultivation technique they practice!"

"That’s an even better question!"

Lin Qing looked at the triplets curiously.

"We knew you were training hard, but we didn’t expect you to make such a huge leap."

Lin Wan’er smiled.

"What’s so surprising about that? We’ve spent years cultivating inside the Time Tower."

Lin Shiyu nodded.

"Exactly. If we calculated our ages based on the time we’ve spent cultivating inside, we would be well over a hundred years old by now."

She paused, then added with a perfectly straight face, "So, a hundred-year-old Peak Body Integration Realm cultivator isn’t particularly impressive, is it?"

The surroundings fell silent.

Then Lin Zhen slowly turned toward Lin Mo.

"Did she just say that being a hundred years old is nothing?"

Lin Mo nodded solemnly.

"Apparently, we’re the embarrassing ones for being so young."

"That’s not what I meant!"

"Then perhaps you should explain it to your face. It looks like your face hasn’t understood either."

Lin Zhen stared at him.

"You’re becoming more annoying every day."

"And yet you keep talking to me."

Before Lin Zhen could respond, Lin Chen chuckled and turned back toward the triplets.

"Still, your progress is remarkable. You must have worked incredibly hard."

Lin Xin waved his hand casually.

"We had plenty of time to cultivate. Besides, our training was arranged properly, and the resources available to us were excellent."

Lin Wan’er nodded.

"If we had spent all that time doing nothing, that would have been embarrassing."

Lin Shiyu suddenly smiled.

"Speaking of embarrassing things, do you know what’s even more ridiculous?"

The ten youngsters looked at her.

"What?"

"The little children in the clan."

Lin Zhen blinked.

"What about them?"

Lin Shiyu’s smile widened.

"Those four little troublemakers have already reached Soul Transformation Realm!"

"What?!"

This time, all ten youngsters reacted together.

Lin Chen stared at her.

"You’re saying Lin Tian, Lin Wuji, Lin Huang, and Lin Xian’er have all reached Soul Transformation Realm?"

"That’s right," Lin Xin replied. "They’re progressing frighteningly quickly."

Lin Yu rubbed his forehead.

"How old are they now?"

"Still very young," Lin Wan’er answered. "They’re only around a year old."

For several moments, nobody spoke.

Then Lin Jue slowly lowered his head and looked at the ground as though he needed time to process what he had just heard.

"Children who are barely a year old have already reached Soul Transformation Realm..."

Lin Mo sighed.

"I suddenly feel that all the years we’ve spent cultivating have been wasted."

Lin Zhen immediately nodded.

"Exactly! We went through five dangerous trials, obtained ancient inheritances, and nearly exhausted ourselves. Meanwhile, those little children stayed at home and casually reached Soul Transformation Realm!"

Lin Qing gave him a sideways glance.

"You make it sound as though they spent the entire time sleeping."

"Didn’t they?"

"No!"

Lin Wan’er laughed.

"They cultivate too. But there’s another reason their progress has been so ridiculous."

Lin Chen raised an eyebrow.

"What reason?"

Lin Shiyu covered her mouth to suppress a laugh.

"The Ancestor doesn’t want them to advance too quickly, so he has been controlling how much time they spend cultivating. Otherwise, who knows how far they would have gone by now?"

Lin Zhen’s mouth fell open.

"The Ancestor has to restrict their cultivation?"

Lin Xin nodded.

"Otherwise, the children might advance too quickly and end up spending all their time cultivating."

Lin Mo tilted his head.

"Isn’t that what cultivators are supposed to do?"

"Not when they’re still so young," Lin Wan’er replied.

She then lowered her voice as though she were sharing an important secret.

"And there’s one child in particular who is already causing trouble."

Lin Qing immediately became curious.

"Who?"

"Lin Xian’er."

The moment that name was mentioned, the other two triplets exchanged knowing looks.

Lin Xin sighed dramatically.

"That girl has already reached Peak Soul Transformation Realm."

The ten youngsters froze.

"Peak Soul Transformation Realm?!" Lin Zhen exclaimed.

"She’s only around a year old!" Lin Yu added incredulously.

Lin Shiyu nodded.

"And she’s become a little bully."

Lin Chen looked puzzled.

"A bully? What do you mean?"

Lin Wan’er folded her arms.

"She keeps challenging the other children. Whenever they refuse to play with her, she threatens to beat them up. If they try to argue with her, she uses her cultivation to intimidate them."

Lin Xin shook his head.

"Sometimes, the other children complain to the elders, but by the time anyone arrives, she has already run away."

Lin Shiyu added, "And when someone catches her, she simply smiles innocently and pretends she hasn’t done anything wrong."

The ten youngsters stared at the triplets.

Then Lin Zhen slowly raised a hand to cover his face.

"Good heavens..."

Lin Mo shook his head.

"A one-year-old Peak Soul Transformation Realm cultivator bullying other children. What kind of world have we returned to?"

Lin Qing couldn’t help laughing.

"Poor children. Imagine being bullied by someone younger than yourself who can defeat you with a single finger."

Lin Yu looked thoughtful.

"Actually, if her cultivation continues advancing at this rate, the other children might never catch up."

"That’s exactly the problem!" Lin Wan’er exclaimed.

"She’s already convinced that nobody in her age group can defeat her. If she continues like this, she’ll become even more troublesome."

Lin Zhen suddenly grinned.

"Perhaps we should teach her a lesson when we get back."

Lin Chen immediately shook his head.

"Don’t even think about it. She’s still a child."

"She’s a child who can reach Peak Soul Transformation Realm at one year old!"

"That doesn’t change the fact that she’s a child."

Lin Mo nodded.

"Besides, I doubt you’ll be able to teach her anything. She might end up bullying you instead."

Lin Zhen glared at him.

"Whose side are you on?!"

"The side of common sense."

"There’s nothing common about this situation!"

The surrounding youngsters burst into laughter.

Even Lin Cangyuan, who had been watching the exchange with amusement, couldn’t help smiling.

The clan’s younger generation was becoming increasingly extraordinary.

However, hearing that a one-year-old child had reached Peak Soul Transformation Realm and was already bullying her peers gave him a rather complicated feeling.

He could already imagine the headache Lin Hao would have dealing with her.

Still, that was a matter for the Ancestor to handle.

Lin Cangyuan cleared his throat.

"All right, enough gossiping about the children. We should go and greet the Ancestor."

The youngsters immediately straightened.

"Yes, Elder Cangyuan!"

Lin Xin, Lin Wan’er, and Lin Shiyu also stepped forward.

"We’ll come with you," Lin Wan’er said. "We haven’t greeted the Ancestor yet today."

"Then let’s go together," Lin Cangyuan replied.

The thirteen youngsters gathered behind him.

The ten who had returned from the Primordial Sealing Ruin were still trying to process everything they had heard.

They had expected the clan to have progressed while they were away.

They simply hadn’t expected it to be this ridiculous.

Lin Zhen leaned toward Lin Mo as they followed Lin Cangyuan.

"Tell me honestly. Do you think we should pretend we haven’t heard any of this?"

Lin Mo shook his head.

"No. If we pretend we haven’t heard it, we’ll only discover something even more ridiculous later."

Lin Zhen sighed.

"You’re right. Perhaps we should mentally prepare ourselves."

"For what?"

"For whatever the Ancestor tells us next."

Lin Mo nodded.

"That might be the wisest thing you’ve said all day."

Lin Zhen opened his mouth to argue, then stopped himself.

He had finally learned when not to waste his breath.

At least, for the moment.

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Inside the Ancestor’s residence, Lin Hao was sitting comfortably in a chair, one leg crossed over the other as he leisurely sipped his tea.

The peaceful atmosphere was exactly to his liking.

After all, being the Ancestor of the Lin Clan did not mean he had to spend every moment worrying about the clan’s affairs.

He had elders to handle ordinary matters, youngsters to train, and a system that could keep him company whenever he felt like chatting.

Speaking of which, the system’s voice had just sounded in his mind.

[Host, based on the recent development of the Lin Clan’s younger generation, the clan’s overall strength has increased considerably.]

Lin Hao took another sip of tea.

"Of course it has. Have you seen how hard those little fellows have been working?"

[Host, your contribution to their development is also significant.]

Lin Hao smiled.

"Naturally. A good Ancestor must provide his descendants with sufficient resources and opportunities. Whether they can make good use of them is another matter."

[Host, are you suggesting that you deserve all the credit?]

Lin Hao nearly choked on his tea.

"What do you mean, all the credit? I never said that!"

[The Host’s expression suggests otherwise.]

Lin Hao set down his teacup.

"You’ve become quite bold lately, haven’t you?"

[The system merely speaks the truth.]

"Then the truth is that you should learn to appreciate your Host a little more."

[Noted, Host.]

Lin Hao narrowed his eyes.

"That didn’t sound sincere at all."

[The system has no emotions.]

"Exactly. That’s why you should at least pretend."

Before the system could respond, Lin Hao sensed several familiar auras approaching his residence.

His expression softened.

"Oh? They’re back."

He placed his teacup on the table and leaned back in his chair.

A moment later, footsteps sounded outside.

Lin Cangyuan entered first, followed by the ten youngsters who had accompanied him to the Primordial Sealing Ruin.

The three triplets followed close behind.

All thirteen youngsters immediately bowed respectfully.

"Greetings, Ancestor!"

Lin Hao looked at them with a warm smile.

"You’re all back. Good."

His gaze passed over the ten youngsters who had returned from the ruin before briefly settling on the triplets.

He could sense the changes in their auras immediately, but he didn’t comment on them yet.

Instead, he gestured for everyone to rise.

"Come, don’t stand there. How was your journey? Did everything go smoothly?"

Lin Chen and the others exchanged glances.

For a moment, nobody answered.

Then Lin Zhen stepped forward, his expression full of excitement.

"Ancestor, a lot happened!"

Lin Hao raised an eyebrow.

"A lot?"

He picked up his teacup again and smiled.

"All right. I’m listening."

End of Chapter 118

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