Urban Romantic Divine Doctor Chapter 1916 - 1913: What Wind Brings You Here?
Previously on Urban Romantic Divine Doctor...
Netherworld City.
This city shrouded in darkness and mystery was like a slumbering giant beast.
Under Lin Zhen Tian’s leadership, the Lin Family was now like a solid iron plate; Lin Feng’s bloodline had been completely uprooted, and everyone obeyed Lin Zhen Tian without question.
But overall, the Lin Family’s strength had not actually increased in any substantial way.
The structure of Netherworld City was still split three ways, like a three-legged tripod, with each power checking and balancing the others.
The Zhao Family, by virtue of possessing the Nether Crystal Vein, was like someone holding the key to a treasure vault, steadily developing in the shadows, its influence snowballing as it grew.
As for the Lin Family and the Huang Family, the two constantly butted heads, like two battling bulls, neither willing to give an inch.
Today, the Huang Family Master, Huang Tianba, came in person.
He wore a black robe, like a mass of dark clouds, bringing a faint oppressive aura down upon the Lin Family.
"Huang Family Master, what wind has blown you here today?" Lin Zhen Tian sat in the Taishi Chair, a smile on his face, yet that smile was like winter frost, carrying a trace of cold severity.
Looking at the gloomy smile on Huang Tianba’s face, an ominous premonition surged up in his heart, as if an invisible giant hand were clutching his heart tight.
"Hehe, Lin Zhen Tian, you really are hypocritical. I’m here today, of course, to settle accounts!" Huang Tianba let out a dark laugh, his laughter like the screech of a night owl, making one’s skin crawl.
His words instantly stunned everyone of the Lin Family, as though struck by a bolt of lightning, frozen on the spot.
"What did you say?"
"You dare be this arrogant on my Lin Family’s territory?"
"Huang Family Master, has water gotten into your brain?"
The Lin Family crowd was completely shocked, all opening their mouths to rebuke him.
In their minds, Netherworld City was split three ways; because all Three Great Families had Disciples cultivating in the Heavenly Nether Sect, their strengths were also more or less on par.
Under such a delicate balance, though undercurrents surged in the dark, on the surface no one dared lightly break the existing structure.
Once masks were torn off, it would definitely be a grievous, bone-deep conflict; if two families fought, the third would certainly sit back and reap the profits.
That was how the current façade of calm yet secretly turbulent situation had formed, everyone on guard against one another, like hedgehogs with all their spines bristling.
Yet today, Huang Tianba actually wanted to break this delicate balance?
"Hahahaha, your Lin Family really is laughable." Huang Tianba laughed loudly, his voice dripping with mockery, as if he were looking at a group of stupid ants.
A thick look of amusement rose in his eyes, then his gaze fell on Lin Yin.
Lin Yin’s figure was graceful, her proud curves especially eye-catching under the sunlight.
To be fair, the Lin Family’s Seventh Elder, Lin Yin, had one hell of a body, like a blooming rose, lush and dripping with allure.
Huang Tianba thought to himself in secret: once I wipe out the Lin Family later, I must capture Lin Yin and thoroughly enjoy her, let this woman learn my measure!
"My daughter’s death is inextricably linked to your Lin Family. Did you really think I’d just let you go?" Huang Tianba snorted coldly, his voice tinged with resentment.
"I’m here today to avenge my daughter." Flames of rage blazed in his eyes, as if he wanted to burn the Lin Family to ash.
When Lin Zhen Tian heard this, his expression instantly turned dark, like the sky before a storm, black and frightening.
"Just you?" he said icily, his tone edged with disdain, as though mocking Huang Tianba for overestimating himself.
"Huang Family Master, you’re daydreaming. To exterminate my Lin Family, you’re not qualified!" Lin Yin stepped out on the spot, her voice crisp yet resolute, booming through the Lin Family Mansion like a great bell.
Her proud figure moved forward and immediately drew burning gazes from the Huang Family crowd, like a pack of starving wolves eyeing a plump piece of meat.
The Lin Family members refused to show weakness; they stepped out one after another, revealing their Treasures.
In an instant, the atmosphere within the Lin Family Mansion became taut as drawn bows, as if even the air were thick with the stench of gunpowder.
Everyone’s face held tension and fury, their eyes revealing unyielding resolve, as though proclaiming to the Huang Family that they would never submit easily.
"With my Huang Family alone, of course it’s not enough. But what if you add the Liu Family of Black Light City?" Huang Tianba said with a mocking tone, a trace of smugness flashing in his eyes, as if flaunting the trump card in his hand.
As his words fell, a middle-aged man in a yellow robe slowly descended from the sky, like a meteor, bringing with him a powerful aura.
The moment this person appeared, the Lin Family crowd felt their breathing grow heavy, as though a great mountain were pressing on their chests.
"Black Light City, the Liu Family!" Lin Zhen Tian cried out in shock, a quaver in his voice, his eyes filled with disbelief.
The name of Black Light City’s Liu Family was extremely resounding; the Liu Family was the overlord of an entire city, like a ferocious beast that had swept aside all other families in Black Light City, their strength extraordinary.
The Three Great Families of Netherworld City together might barely be able to contend with the Liu Family.
Now that the Huang Family had actually invited the Liu Family to help, the Lin Family simply had no way to resist!
Despair flooded Lin Zhen Tian’s heart; he had never imagined things would evolve to this point!
"Shameless—you actually asked outsiders for help?" Lin Yin shouted angrily, her pretty face full of wrath, like a flower ravaged by a violent wind.
Everyone in the Lin Family was both grief-stricken and indignant, yet also filled with dread.
They knew all too well that with the Huang and Liu Families joining hands, the Lin Family was probably truly finished.
For a moment.
Fear flickered in everyone’s eyes, their bodies trembling slightly, like leaves in a storm, on the verge of being torn away.
"Hehe, I’m no outsider." The Liu Family emissary let out a string of cold laughs, his voice as frigid as ice.
He spoke blandly: "I am the Liu Family’s Grand Elder, Liu Yaozu!" His tone carried a touch of arrogance, as if announcing his noble status to the Lin Family crowd.
"Your Lin Mo of the Lin Family has repeatedly suppressed my young master in the Heavenly Nether Sect."
"That debt is hard to settle within the Heavenly Nether Sect, but here in Netherworld City, I intend to settle it with you." After Liu Yaozu finished speaking, the faces of all the Lin Family members changed drastically.
Their eyes were full of shock and terror, as if they had just heard some dreadful news; no one had expected that all of this was trouble stirred up by Lin Mo!
As the head of the clan, Lin Zhen Tian felt a surge of ominous foreboding, yet he still forced himself to appear calm as he said, "Elder Liu, regardless of what grievances Lin Mo has with you, my Lin Family has always kept to its own, the well water not mixing with the river water. We’ve never offended the Liu Family, have we?"
"Furthermore, Lin Mo is now also a Heavenly Nether Sect Disciple. If you rashly annihilate his family, once Lin Mo learns of this in the future, he will definitely fight your Liu Family to the death."
"At that time, how will your Liu Family bear the wrath of the Heavenly Nether Sect?"