If truly paying with his life could resurrect his family and parents, why would he let those people from the Nangong family live?
From the moment he knew the Nangong family were the masterminds, their lives were forfeit.
But, resurrection?
He couldn't do it.
No one in this world could.
Therefore, he had no choice but to let it go. He was now the War God of Long Country, and he would protect the nation.
Nangong Wentian looked at Lin Xiao, but still refused to rise.
"Senior Nangong, please get up. If you continue to kneel, it will truly become a joke, for both of us." Lin Xiao shook his head and extended his hand, helping Nangong Wentian to his feet.
These old guys were shrewd veterans. This gesture clearly meant they wanted him to let go of past grievances with the Nangong family.
What else could he do but go along with them?
"Now, esteemed elders, can we discuss the main issue?"
More than that, Lin Xiao was curious why these elders had all appeared at nearly the same time, and why their target was him.
Hadn't he just found that five-clawed golden dragon from the cold jade? And after using it once, he was completely exhausted, clearly a technique beyond his current capabilities.
"Lin Xiao, it's like this." Gu Qianfan finally spoke. "Your ancestors once said that if one day, someone could summon the Nine Heavens Dragon Roar, it would signify the emergence of a new generation of Divine Realm experts."
"And you summoned it," Zhao Yuanchao patted Lin Xiao's shoulder. "A hero emerges from youth!"
"Therefore, in the future, you will be the new Divine Realm expert."
It was impossible for these old men not to feel envy. Hadn't each of them spent decades in pursuit, waiting for a breakthrough? And what was the result? They could only watch as a junior summoned the Nine Heavens Dragon Roar, and they could only come to investigate.
Especially when this junior was a descendant of the Lin family, they had no other choice.
"Me? A Divine Realm expert?"
Lin Xiao pointed at his nose, looking at them with confusion. "You're not tricking me, are you?"
"Of course, besides you, no one else has achieved it," Gu Qianfan continued.
"But, wasn't that Gu family's cold jade? Why did I summon it?" Lin Xiao remained confused.
This was the Gu family's property. Why did he summon it? Even if he did, shouldn't it have happened when he took the item, or three years ago when they were all on the brink of death?
Instead, it only happened when he encountered this Gu family's cold jade.
"This cold jade... although it is the Gu family's heirloom, it was not passed down through our Gu family from ancient times," Gu Qianfan explained. "As far as I know, our Gu family's ancestor and your Lin family's ancestor came from the same sect."
"The same sect?"
Lin Xiao felt he was learning a lot of things he never knew before today.
"Not just the Gu family, in fact, all families with Divine Realm experts come from the same sect."
Nangong Wentian said at this moment, "Legend has it, they originated from a sect called the Misty Immortal Palace."
"Misty Immortal Palace?" Lin Xiao felt that the more he listened, the more fantastical it sounded. Everyone came from the same sect?
"Otherwise, how could our families be compared to the Celestial Masters Sect and Wudang?"