The atmosphere in the marketplace became tense.
The Wang Family cultivators stared coldly at Lin Chen.
Lin Chen stood calmly in front of them.
Lin Qing stood beside him.
Behind them, Lin Hao watched everything with a faint smile.
He wasn’t worried.
Not even slightly.
The Wang Family cultivators looked at Lin Chen as though they were looking at someone who had just made a terrible mistake.
One of them stepped forward.
“Since you insist on interfering, don’t blame us for what happens next.”
Several Wang Family cultivators immediately surrounded Lin Chen.
Lin Qing’s expression changed.
“Chen…”
Lin Chen raised his hand.
“Don’t worry.”
He looked at the Wang Family cultivators.
“I’ll handle this.”
One of them sneered.
“You’re only at Foundation Establishment Realm Level 4.”
Another laughed.
“You really think you can fight all of us?”
Lin Chen didn’t answer.
He simply stepped forward.
The next moment—
BOOM!
His Spiritual Qi erupted.
The surrounding cultivators were shocked.
Lin Chen’s figure disappeared.
A Wang Family cultivator barely had time to react before Lin Chen appeared in front of him.
Bang!
A single punch sent him flying.
The cultivator crashed into the ground several meters away.
The surrounding crowd gasped.
“Fast!”
Lin Chen didn’t stop.
Another Wang Family cultivator rushed toward him.
Lin Chen turned sideways, avoided the attack, and struck him directly in the chest.
Boom!
The man was sent flying.
Another cultivator attacked from behind.
Lin Qing immediately moved.
She blocked the attack with her palm.
Bang!
The two forces collided.
Lin Qing pushed the cultivator backward.
“Don’t underestimate us.”
The Wang Family cultivator’s expression changed.
“Another Foundation Establishment cultivator?”
Lin Qing didn’t give him time to recover.
She stepped forward and struck again.
Boom!
The cultivator fell heavily to the ground.
Lin Chen looked toward the remaining Wang Family members.
“Anyone else?”
The marketplace became completely silent.
The Wang Family cultivators exchanged glances.
They had originally believed that Lin Chen was simply an arrogant young cultivator who didn’t understand the consequences of offending them.
They were wrong.
These two young cultivators were much stronger than ordinary cultivators at the same realm.
One after another, the Wang Family cultivators attacked.
But none of them could stop Lin Chen and Lin Qing.
Every Wang Family cultivator who had surrounded them was lying on the ground.
Some were clutching their arms.
Some were holding their chests.
Others were simply too shocked to speak.
The surrounding cultivators stared at Lin Chen and Lin Qing.
Nobody expected the situation to end like this.
Lin Hao stood behind them.
A satisfied smile appeared on his face.
Not bad.
Both of them have excellent combat ability.
He had already praised their cultivation speed.
Now he was beginning to understand their actual talent.
Lin Chen looked at the Wang Family cultivators.
“Leave.”
One of them struggled to stand.
His face was filled with anger and humiliation.
“You…”
He pointed at Lin Chen.
“Do you even know who you’re dealing with?”
Lin Chen remained calm.
“The Wang Family.”
The cultivator gritted his teeth.
“You know that we’re from the Wang Family, yet you still dared to attack us?”
Lin Chen nodded.
“They were bullying someone who hadn’t done anything wrong.”
The Wang Family cultivator’s eyes became cold.
“Tell us your family name.”
Lin Chen frowned slightly.
“What?”
“Which family are you from?”
The cultivator looked at him threateningly.
“You must have some powerful family backing you to dare behave like this.”
The surrounding cultivators also became curious.
Everyone turned their attention toward Lin Chen.
They wanted to know which powerful family had produced such talented young cultivators.
Lin Chen didn’t hide it.
“The Lin Clan.”
Silence.
Complete silence.
The Wang Family cultivators stared at him.
“The…
Lin Clan?”
One of them frowned.
“I’ve never heard of a powerful Lin Family in Azure Cloud Continent.”
Another looked confused.
“Which city?”
Lin Chen answered calmly.
“Azure River City.”
The moment he said those words—
Someone from the crowd suddenly shouted.
“Wait!”
Everyone turned toward him.
The cultivator’s expression was filled with disbelief.
“The only Lin Clan in Azure River City…”
He swallowed.
“…is the unranked Lin Clan!”
The marketplace instantly erupted into whispers.
“Unranked?”
“Yes!
There’s only one Lin Clan in Azure River City.”
“But how can an unranked clan produce two Foundation Establishment Realm Level 4 cultivators?”
The Wang Family cultivators looked at Lin Chen in disbelief.
One of them pointed at him.
“You’re from the unranked Lin Clan?”
Lin Chen nodded.
“Yes.”
The Wang Family cultivators stared at him.
They couldn’t believe it.
They had expected some powerful family from another city.
Perhaps a 2-Star Family.
Perhaps even a 3-Star force.
Instead…
The young man standing before them belonged to an unranked clan.
The humiliation on their faces became even stronger.
One of them clenched his fists.
“Fine.”
He glared at Lin Chen.
“You wait.”
Lin Chen remained silent.
The cultivator continued.
“We’ll return with our family elders.”
Another Wang Family cultivator stepped forward.
“You may be strong, but you aren’t strong enough to challenge the entire Wang Family.”
“We’ll bring our elders here.”
“And when we do…”
His eyes became vicious.
“We’ll fight your entire family down.”
The surrounding cultivators became silent.
The Wang Family members turned around and began leaving.
But before they left, one of them looked back at Lin Chen.
“Remember this.”
“You attacked the Wang Family today.”
“You’ll pay for it.”
Lin Chen watched them leave without saying anything.
Lin Qing stood beside him.
“Chen…”
Lin Chen looked at her.
“We might have caused trouble.”
Lin Hao finally smiled.
He walked toward them.
“Trouble?”
Lin Chen turned around.
“Ancestor.”
Lin Hao looked toward the direction the Wang Family cultivators had disappeared.
Then he smiled.
“Don’t worry.”
He looked at Lin Chen and Lin Qing.
“You did nothing wrong.”
Lin Chen’s expression relaxed slightly.
Lin Hao glanced around the marketplace.
Azure River City.
The unranked Lin Clan.
The 2-Star Wang Family.
And now…
Their first conflict had begun.
Lin Hao smiled.
It seemed that this walk would be more interesting than he expected.
Mortal World Cultivation Realms
Body Refining Realm → Qi Gathering Realm → Foundation Establishment Realm → Core Formation Realm → Nascent Soul Realm → Soul Transformation Realm → Void Refining Realm → Body Integration Realm → Tribulation Transcendence Realm → Mahayana Realm