Chapter 61: Are Sect Rules Against Destroying Entire Sects?

Lin Chen did not hurry back. Instead, he found a restaurant and ordered a few small dishes.

Gazing out the window, he ate while trying to calm his turbulent emotions.

With the Zhao family completely wiped out, there should be no more enemies left in the entire Lihuo City.

"Sigh, I just want to live a peaceful life. Is that really so hard?"

Lin Chen took a sip of wine and sighed lightly. "I only hope that before I possess sufficient strength, no more unexpected complications will arise."

He did not enjoy killing; it was life that forced him onto this path of bloodshed!

Take Zhao Peng, for instance!

Had he not broken the taboo and dared to lay a hand on his elder sister, would he have brought the fate of total annihilation upon his entire family?

Lin Chen was not afraid of people coming after him; his only worry was Lin Ning'er!

His sister possessed no cultivation; she was just an ordinary person.

If those bad guys were to target her, it would be a disaster.

Everything he did had a pure and simple motive—to protect his family.

To put it another way, was there anything wrong with protecting one's family?

After finishing the meal, Lin Chen left behind some money and walked toward the sect.

He planned to go into seclusion for a long period to continue pushing for a higher realm.

After all, Su Huanxue was exceptionally talented, and her strength was growing increasingly formidable.

Wanting to kill her would be no easy task.

And then there were Feng Yu and Feng Bumie!

He had to cultivate with all his might and break through to the Heavenly Spirit Realm as soon as possible so that he would qualify to contend with them on equal terms!

When Lin Chen arrived at the sect's entrance, the faces of the two mountain-guarding disciples instantly turned as pale as sheets, as if they had just laid eyes on a malevolent ghost.

*What is going on?*

Lin Chen raised an eyebrow slightly.

They were perfectly fine when he left, so why were they reacting so violently all of a sudden?

"He... he's back..."

One of them was trembling all over.

"Whoosh!"

Two figures suddenly rushed out from within the sect, swift as lightning.

One was Yan Lin, and the other was Liu Yuan.

The two inner sect elders swiftly arrived before Lin Chen, surrounding him from left to right.

"Elders, what... what is the meaning of this?"

Though Lin Chen guessed in his heart that this must be related to his slaying of Elder Zhao, he certainly could not let it show on his surface.

"Lin Chen, Elder Zhao's corpse was discovered in the back mountain. Did you kill him?"

Yan Lin's expression was complicated. On one hand, he simply could not believe that Lin Chen possessed such combat prowess; on the other hand, even if the culprit truly was Lin Chen, he did not feel that Lin Chen was in the wrong.

After all, it was Elder Zhao who had tried to wipe out Lin Chen's family first!

Lin Chen's expression first showed astonishment. "Yan Elder, what... what are you saying? Elder Zhao died in the back mountain?"

"Hah, I only heard yesterday that Elder Zhao was severely injured while executing a mission outside and had no choice but to rush to the back mountain to recuperate. Could it be that his injuries were too severe, and he succumbed to them?"

At this point, Lin Chen's expression carried a hint of shock and a trace of joy.

In the eyes of the two elders, Lin Chen's reaction had zero flaws.

First of all, he and Elder Zhao were mortal enemies locked in a life-and-death feud.

Regardless of whether Zhao Peng was killed by Lin Chen or not, Elder Zhao firmly believed that he was!

Just yesterday, Elder Zhao had rushed to the Great Cang Kingdom and slaughtered Lin Chen's entire family.

Upon hearing the news of Elder Zhao's death, it was only human instinct for Lin Chen to feel a sense of joy.

"No, two elders, since Elder Zhao is dead, you should be investigating the cause of death. What is the meaning of... surrounding me like this?"

Lin Chen pulled back his gaze, his expression bewildered.

"We suspect that you sneaked into the back mountain and killed Elder Zhao."

Liu Yuan frowned, staring intently into Lin Chen's eyes, trying to catch any emotional fluctuations.

However, aside from bewilderment and shock, Lin Chen showed nothing else.

"I... I killed him? You must be joking. I am only at the sixth layer of the Earth Spirit Realm, a mere inner sect disciple. How could I possibly fight an inner sect elder? Even if he was severely injured, he could wipe me out with a single hand!"

Lin Chen shook his head, indicating that the matter was utterly absurd.

Liu Yuan frowned slightly, wanting to press further, but Yan Lin chimed in, "That is what I think as well. From any angle, it is impossible for him to be Elder Zhao's match, and... look at him, he doesn't have a single injury on his body, completely unharmed. Even if he really killed him, could he possibly have slaughtered Elder Zhao without breaking a sweat?"

Hearing this, no matter how much lingering suspicion Liu Yuan held in his heart, it completely crumbled.

Even for himself, facing Elder Zhao, it would be impossible to come out completely unscathed.

In reality, was Lin Chen truly uninjured?

Yesterday, the sword marks on his body numbered at least in the dozens.

Especially the one across his ribs—it was horrifying!

Fortunately, the Myriad Woods Flourishing Body possessed terrifying regenerative capabilities. Within a single night, every single wound had fully healed.

Even if outsiders examined him, they would not be able to detect the slightest anomaly.

"Where did you go just now?"

Liu Yuan asked, as if recalling something.

"Me? I took a trip to the Zhao family. I heard that they had been lording it over Lihuo City for a long time, oppressing others in all sorts of ways and committing unforgivable crimes, so I wiped out their entire family. That's all."

Lin Chen's expression was calm, as if he were speaking of a trivial matter that had nothing to do with him.

Liu Yuan's pupils constricted. "The dozens of people in the Zhao family—you wiped them all out?"

"That's right. Over the years, they provoked the wrath of both gods and men, and many people wanted them dead; I was simply the only one who put it into action."

Lin Chen scratched his head and smiled with honest simplicity. "What, does our Lihuo Sect have a rule forbidding the extermination of entire families?"

Yan Lin: "..."

Liu Yuan: "..."

Was there such a rule?

There truly wasn't!

Besides, Elder Zhao had made the first vicious move!

"If Elder Zhao's death has nothing to do with you, why did you go and slaughter the Zhao family early this morning? Weren't you afraid of Elder Zhao's retaliation?"

Liu Yuan narrowed his eyes and asked.

"He was busy recuperating his injuries, why would I be scared of him!"

Lin Chen answered as if it were only natural. "After finishing the killings, I hurried back to the sect. Bound by the rules, he couldn't make a move against me inside the sect anyway. Once my strength surpasses his, I'll just step out again."

This reply somehow seemed completely logical?

"I will investigate this matter thoroughly..."

Liu Yuan reached out to massage his temples; it would take him a while to process all of this.

How old was Lin Chen?

Eighteen!

He had just shed his childishness and reached adulthood.

At this age, shouldn't he be pursuing young maidens and engaging in petty rivalries with others?

If people did not see eye to eye, they would challenge each other in the arena to determine superiority.

Look at Lin Chen by comparison—he directly went out and exterminated an entire family!

Although the sect had no rule against wiping out families, this method was far too ruthless.

"Let's wait until I investigate clearly before drawing any conclusions."

Liu Yuan sighed. In truth, there was a high probability that this was indeed what had happened.

Zhao Peng had been killed, and Elder Zhao had died under murky circumstances.

The only certain thing was that the Zhao family had been exterminated by Lin Chen.

However, the Lihuo Sect did not have a rule against killing people, let alone a rule against wiping out families!

Coupled with the fact that Lin Chen's actions were purely acts of vengeance, he stood entirely on righteous ground!