26: Fire-Shaking Hammer

"Clan Chief, we won't disturb you and your son any longer. You haven't seen each other in a long time, so have a good chat."

The Grand Elder smiled at Lin Xiao's father, Lin Changtian, and was about to leave, following the other Elders.

But before he could leave, Lin Xiao called out to him.

"Grand Elder, wait a moment. I have something to tell you," Lin Xiao said.

"Lin Xiao, just say what you need to say," the Lin Clan's Grand Elder said with a smile, looking to be in a good mood.

"Grand Elder, this is for you. I hope this item can be of some help to the development of our Lin Clan," Lin Xiao said.

With that, he handed the Divine Embryo Dao Scripture to the Lin Clan's Grand Elder.

Lin Yi had already completely memorized this item, so keeping it on him was useless. It was better to give it to the Family to enhance the Family's overall strength.

"Divine Embryo Dao Scripture? What kind of Cultivation Technique is this?" The Grand Elder looked at the Divine Embryo Dao Scripture Lin Xiao handed over, a little confused.

"It's nothing, actually, I don't understand it either. Senior Limitless Sage said it's specifically for young children to Cultivate, and only young children can understand it."

"Yi'er Cultivated this Cultivation Technique, which is why he has his current strength," Lin Xiao said, then pulled Lin Yi in front of the Grand Elder.

"Is that so? It seems this Cultivation Technique is quite miraculous," the Grand Elder murmured thoughtfully after carefully observing Lin Yi.

Then he looked at Lin Xiao and laughed loudly, "Hahaha, Young Lord Lin Xiao, if this Cultivation Technique you speak of is truly as miraculous as you say, then you, Lin Xiao, will be an eternal hero of our Lin Clan!"

He wasn't exaggerating at all.

The initial age for Cultivators in the Ancient Desolate Dao Domain to begin Cultivating is mostly from four years old.

Because four years old is an important stage where a human body's Foundation is basically stable.

Only by starting to Cultivate after four years old can one avoid damaging a child's bones and thus ruining their Cultivation Foundation.

If the Lin Clan's children could start Cultivating four years earlier than all other forces, the increase in strength would undoubtedly be terrifying.

After accepting the Divine Embryo Dao Scripture, the Grand Elder looked at Lin Xiao and said, "Do you have anything else? If not, this old man really must go."

"Wait a moment, Grand Elder, there's one more thing," Lin Xiao quickly said again as he saw the Grand Elder about to leave.

He pulled the nervous Feng Shangning, who had been waiting for a long time, in front of the Grand Elder.

"Grand Elder, this person is a maid I took in from Qingyun Realm. Her Cultivation talent is very good, so I thought..." Lin Xiao chuckled at the Grand Elder.

"You little rascal, you're full of tricks. Don't worry, I'll help you take good care of your future wife," the Grand Elder said with a laugh.

As soon as he spoke, Feng Shangning's face instantly turned crimson.

She still said nervously, "I... I... I'm not his wife, I'm just his maid."

"Alright, alright, she's a maid," the Grand Elder said with a smile, then pulled Feng Shangning and disappeared from the spot.

After the Grand Elder left, Lin Xiao carried Lin Yi and came to his father's side.

"Father," Lin Xiao said.

"Xiao'er, have you condensed a Dao Heart?" Lin Changtian asked.

"Nothing can escape your Dharma Eye, Father," Lin Xiao said with a helpless smile.

He had clearly used a secret technique to hide it very well, but he didn't expect his father to still discover it.

There was no other way, he could only confess now, "Yes, Father, I did condense a Dao Heart."

"When I was training in Qingyun Realm, I inexplicably had an Epiphany, and then when I broke through the Lightning Tribulation, my Dao Heart was already condensed."

Lin Xiao answered truthfully and simply, without any embellishment.

"You little brat, do you think a Dao Heart is like a common cabbage, that you can condense it with just a few words?"

Upon hearing Lin Xiao's words, he immediately became angry, his forehead full of black lines.

If a Dao Heart was really that easy to condense, then he, Lin Changtian, would have become a Saint long ago.

He would be one of the Lin Clan's Old Ancestors, Cultivating every day, strolling around, and teaching Disciples, and wouldn't be stuck in this broken Clan Chief position?

But very quickly, he calmed down.

"Don't be angry, don't be angry. No matter what, he's my own child. If I beat him to death, I'll only have one son," Lin Changtian repeatedly thought to himself.

Then he looked at Lin Yi and found an excuse to send him away.

"Yi'er, since you can Cultivate now, hurry up and Cultivate. Father has something to talk about with your brother right now."

"Okay, then Yi'er will leave first." Lin Yi nodded and quickly ran out. He had wanted to go out and play for a long time.

After Lin Yi left, Lin Changtian turned his gaze back to Lin Xiao.

"Xiao'er, since you've already condensed a Dao Heart and your Cultivation has reached the King Seal Realm, I have something I want to tell you."

"Is it about the Golden Flourishing Age, and about the Family's sequence battle in a dozen days?" Lin Xiao asked.

"That's right, it seems you know some things."

Lin Xiao was speechless internally. This Golden Flourishing Age was initiated by your son, me, so how could I not know? ... "Due to the Family's Old Ancestor's premonition of the Golden Flourishing Age's arrival, the Heavenly Dao Law has opened wide, and the path to becoming a Saint has begun."

"Therefore, the Family council discussed and decided to hold a Family sequence battle fifteen days later to select the five strongest Prodigy sequences of the Family."

"So I want you to..."

Before Lin Changtian could finish speaking, Lin Xiao interrupted, "Compete for the first sequence?"

"Exactly!"

"Isn't that a very simple matter?"

"You little brat!" Lin Changtian cursed angrily, immediately becoming furious.

He said a string of words: "You little brat, I know you are very strong now, currently firmly holding the position of the strongest among the younger generation of the Family."

"But 'currently' is just 'currently'. When the Ancient Prodigies within the Family's Seal awaken in a few days, your position as number one won't be guaranteed."

"At first, I only planned for you to compete for the fourth sequence of the Family. There's no need to clash head-on with those monsters."

"But now that you have a Dao Heart, and your Cultivation has reached the King Seal Realm, I now want you to try and compete for the top three Family sequences."

As soon as Lin Changtian's words fell, the System's voice immediately sounded in Lin Xiao's mind.

[Ding, detecting the Host's current situation, now giving the Host two choices!]

Immediately after, a blue light screen appeared.

[Choice One: Agree to your father's request, go compete for the top three Family sequences, and obtain the top-tier Sacred Artifact: li huo shocking heaven hammer!]

[Choice Two: Reject your father's request, do not compete for the top three Family sequences, and obtain the Great Dao Treasure Arts: Great Defense Art!]

"Does that even need asking? Of course, I'll choose one," Lin Xiao thought to himself.

Then he looked at his father, Lin Changtian, and said, "Father, do you mean that your precious son, me, can't even defeat these ants who barely survived from the old era?"

[Ding, choice successful! Congratulations to the Host for obtaining the top-tier Sacred Artifact: li huo shocking heaven hammer! li huo shocking heaven hammer burns the heavens and shakes the firmament!!!]