Chapter 40: The Lin Family's Escape (Seeking Collection and Recommendation)

  "The Qingcheng Sect is coming with a strong momentum, and my Lin family is in danger every day. Although they are not my opponents in a one-on-one fight, the Qingcheng Sect has been passed down for generations and has many masters. In case of a fight, I won't be able to take care of you and your mother." Lin Zhen Nan said anxiously: "For now, our only plan is to abandon the boat and go ashore, heading to Luoyang to seek refuge with my father-in-law."

  "It was a good thing that we had made thorough preparations when building the ship, leaving behind a secret passage in the storage room. We held our breath and escaped from the bottom of the ship."

  Lin Zhen Nan lifted a wooden board, opened the mechanism, and the three of them took a deep breath and dove to the bottom of the river.

  Lin Zhen Nan and the other two had just dived down three zhang when they were caught in a fishing net. Seven or eight Qingcheng Sect disciples, holding long swords, quickly approached Lin Zhen Nan and the others.

  Lin Zhen Nan was greatly shocked, and hastily used the sharp sword in his hand to cut open the fishing net. He clashed palms with a black-clad disciple of Qingcheng Sect who had already sneaked up in front of him. The black-clad man was sent flying out, while Lin Zhen Nan also felt a severe chest pain, almost losing his breath. Hurriedly supporting Lin Ping and his mother, he returned to the cabin.

  The three Lin family members returned to the cabin storage room in disarray, panting heavily. At this time, Lin Zhen Nan no longer had his previous heroic spirit and mentality of being highly skilled in martial arts. He could see that the Qingcheng disciple he had just fought was not an important figure, but their actual strength was not far from his own. From this, it can be seen that Lin Zhen Nan is far from being a match for Yu Canghai, the leader of the Qingcheng Sect. Previously, he had indeed overestimated his own abilities.

  His body trembled slightly, and he said dejectedly: "From this, it can be seen that the Qingcheng Sect killed all our servants, but did not attack us. It's not because they are afraid of my martial arts, but because they want to let us live in fear. This is torture."

  "Dad, what are we going to do now?" Lin Ping's young and hot-blooded, with a fierce tone, indignantly said, "We'll go out and fight them, kill one is one, kill two gain one."

  "Nonsense!" Lin Zhen Nan scolded, "These people outside are just ordinary disciples of the Qingcheng Sect. How can their lives compare to our precious ones? Forcing a fight is just the bravery of a common man. We must all escape alive."

  "But now we're trapped on this ship and there's no way to get off!" Lin Pingzi exclaimed anxiously.

  "There's another way, it was my last resort when I first prepared this. The storage room has four cabinets that contain a large amount of gunpowder. If we detonate them simultaneously, the power will be enormous, enough to destroy this big ship. Later, I'll lure the enemy over, you seize the opportunity to ignite the gunpowder, and then we dive into the water and take advantage of the chaos to escape ashore."

  Lin Zhen Nan's face turned pale and he said in a low voice: "This is our only chance!"

  It happened suddenly, Lin Ping's mother and son were all panicked and confused, chaotic, only Lin Zhennan, the head of the family, was barely calm, now they can only follow Lin Zhennan's arrangement.

  Three men arranged the gunpowder, and after adjusting the fuse, Lin Zhen Nan's face was heavy with importance. He instructed Lin Ping to follow the plan, then went out to cut off the boat's rudder, making a loud noise. Seeing 7 or 8 human shadows approaching from the water, Lin Zhen Nan made a swift decision, retreated back into the cabin, and together with Lin Ping and his mother, lit the fuse, opened the wooden cover, and once again dove into the water.

  A loud explosion shook the luxurious cruise ship, causing it to burst into flames that lit up the sky, killing and injuring countless Qingcheng disciples who were unable to dodge in time. The three Lin family members took advantage of the chaos to dive underwater and swim towards the shore, temporarily evading the Qingcheng Sect's interception.

  Before long, the three Lin family members emerged from the river bottom, struggled to climb ashore, and without resting, hastily fled deep into the mountains.

  The escape route was led by Lin Pingzhi because he had landed yesterday and knew a bit about it. The three of them rushed all the way, escaping to the vicinity of the teahouse, where they took a short rest.

  "Father, yesterday I accidentally killed Yu Canghai's son. Later, along with Wang Er and Zhang San, we buried his body here." Lin Pingzi said to Lin Zhennan, pointing at a small mound of earth.

  Lin Zhen Nan felt suspicious, so he ordered Lin Ping to dig up the soil again. Inside, there were two corpses. When they saw their faces clearly, Lin Ping was shocked and exclaimed: "Wang Er, Zhang San! What's going on?"

  In the pit were buried Lin Pingzhi's two small followers, Wang Er and Zhang San. The two faces were pale, their bodies cold, with no wounds or blood flowing out of them. After examination, Lin Zhen Nan found that both of their hearts had been shattered, undoubtedly due to being hit by Qingcheng Sect's ultimate technique, the Heart Destroying Palm.

  "The Qingcheng Sect is going to wipe us out, this place is not suitable for a long stay, let's leave quickly." Lin Zhen Nan simply buried the bodies of Wang Er and Zhang San, and then took Lin Ping and his mother away hastily.

  ……

  "Surround this place and search carefully, check inside and out, don't let the three Lin family members escape."

  A loud and clear voice shouted loudly.

  "Yes!"

  A group of Qingcheng disciples responded in unison.

  In the woods, flames lit up the sky. The Qingcheng disciples held torches and illuminated the originally dark forest. As they saw the searching Qingcheng disciples getting closer to their hiding place, Lin Zhen Nan said to Lin Ping: "Ping, wait a moment, I'll go with your mother to distract them, you take advantage of the opportunity to escape, the farther the better. Once it's safe, we'll head to Luoyang Wang's house and meet up with your grandfather."

  Without waiting for Lin Ping's response, Lin Zhennan suddenly appeared and killed a Qingcheng disciple with one sword, then escaped in another direction.

  "Come quickly, the Lin family's people are running this way! Quickly catch him!"

  A large number of Qingcheng disciples rushed past in a frenzy, with Lin Zhennan leading away more than half of the cavalry.

  Soon after, Mrs. Lin also deliberately appeared and fled in the opposite direction of Lin Zhen Nan. The remaining small half of the Qingcheng Sect disciples all rushed up and chased after him frantically.

  "Dad, Mom!"

  Lin Ping felt a deep sorrow in his heart, knowing that Lin Zhen Nan and Mrs. Lin were creating an opportunity for him to escape. However, he was a filial and pure person who would never abandon his parents to escape alone, otherwise he wouldn't have self-mutilated himself to practice swordsmanship to avenge his parents in the original story.

  He sneaked towards Madame Lin's direction, Lin Zhen Nan's martial arts were higher than his, he couldn't help even if he went over, and Madame Lin's martial arts were just ordinary, more dangerous, so he chose Madame Lin's direction.

  ……

  Lin Pingzhi hid in a lush thicket, gazing angrily at the nearby Qingcheng Sect disciples who were showing off their prowess. He had been hiding here for more than three hours already, and as the sky gradually brightened, his situation would become even more precarious once it was completely light.

  This time, the leader who captured Lin's three people was the famous Qingcheng Four Show Luo Renjie and Hou Renying. These two outstanding disciples of Qingcheng School were also somewhat impatient at this time, dealing with a small Lin family, and it took half a night to catch them, if other brothers knew about it, they would laugh at their incompetence.

  Since you're hiding and refusing to come out, don't blame me for being ruthless. According to the report from my disciples, the three Lin family members escaped separately. I'll use a trick to lure them out of their hiding spots and capture all of you at once.

  Luo Renjie, who had been severely taught a lesson by Linghu Chong several times, came up with a vicious plan. He ordered his men to bind a peasant woman, gag her mouth, put a hood over her head, and hang her from a tree. They whipped her mercilessly while shouting that she was Lin's wife, hoping to lure out Lin and his son.

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