122: Tragic story, what can I do? (500 yuan reward plus more)

“Grandpa, tell me about him.”

“Chen’er, it’s a long story. It’s like this, blah blah blah…”

Lin Chen quietly listened to his grandfather recount those old events, growing angrier the more he heard, and he finally understood why his grandfather treated him like an outsider.

The whole story was a cliché, but simple to summarize.

It was the story of a scumbag who abandoned his wife and child, lived a carefree life, and ultimately, due to his external relationships, missed the opportunity to save his original wife and child, leaving behind two orphans.

Those two orphans were Lin Zhen and Lin Yuan, who were raised by the family. During their upbringing, Lin Lie merely provided some resources and then left them to their own devices, as he had more intimate descendants elsewhere.

When Lin Lie was in school, he and the commoner genius Liǔ Báizhǐ fell in love. In the eyes of outsiders, they were a match made in heaven, a golden couple. Their aptitudes were very high, and their luck was also quite good; they were both beings who could be evaluated as Foundation Level prodigies within the Human Race Territory.

Liǔ Báizhǐ had always believed this. When they reached seventy years old, their cultivation entered a stable transitional period, and they chose to marry. The following year, they had a son, and this son was Lin Jie, the father of Lin Zhen and Lin Yuan.

All changes began five years after their child was born.

The peaceful life made Lin Lie somewhat unaccustomed, so he chose to leave the Human Race Territory and venture into the outer regions for exploration. This time, he did not bring Liǔ Báizhǐ, who was at home with their child, but set off alone.

A year later, Lin Lie returned, but his attitude had changed too much. His demeanor towards Liǔ Báizhǐ and their child was neither warm nor cold. Liǔ Báizhǐ didn't suspect anything, merely assuming Lin Lie had an unsuccessful exploration outside and was in a bad mood.

However, the very next day, Liǔ Báizhǐ found Lin Lie's farewell letter and a large pile of resources.

Yes, he had abandoned Liǔ Báizhǐ and his own child.

For the next decade or so, Lin Lie never appeared again.

After their child went to university, Liǔ Báizhǐ immediately embarked on a journey to the outer regions. She wanted to find Lin Lie and ask him why he had left without a word.

After several centuries, she finally found Lin Lie, but at this moment, Lin Lie had a multitude of wives and concubines, had single-handedly built a vast Human Race Territory, and was acting as a local emperor.

And within these few centuries, their child Lin Jie was also searching for them. Finally, Lin Jie followed the path his mother had taken and, one after another, found Lin Lie's location.

Lin Lie welcomed his original wife and child upon their arrival. Both Liǔ Báizhǐ and Lin Jie were very disappointed with Lin Lie, and they realized that the person they had been searching for all these years was living such a good life, making the hardships they endured on their search for family seem somewhat ridiculous.

Therefore, the two chose to leave. Lin Lie's empire was vast, but there was no place for them, so why should they stay there?

Returning to Blue Star, Lin Jie chose to become Dao Companions with Bei Minghui, the girl who had searched for his family with him. Having gone through so much together, they had long since developed feelings for each other.

When Lin Jie got married, Lin Lie even came back to attend, but no one paid him any mind. Later, he felt bored and left.

This time, he had to stay on Blue Star for a period due to some matters, and he happened to witness the birth of his two grandsons.

He was quite fond of the two children, but it was merely out of curiosity.

Heaven has unpredictable storms, and people have unforeseen misfortunes.

A Star Gate suddenly appeared, encompassing the city where Lin Jie's family lived. The power of the death rule within the Star Gate World erupted, and in just a single encounter, countless people died tragically.

Liǔ Báizhǐ, Lin Jie, and Bei Minghui were all Ascension to God of the Fourth or Fifth Order. They used their life essence to protect Lin Zhen and Lin Yuan, preventing them from being stripped of their lives by the death rule.

At this time, Liǔ Báizhǐ sought help from Lin Lie, who was already a Ninth Order Gods. However, Lin Lie received news that his empire was under attack and his empress and concubines were in trouble.

Therefore, Lin Lie ignored Liǔ Báizhǐ's plea for help and left Blue Star directly to save his empress and concubines.

Later, a Ninth Order Gods, a prodigy who cultivated the Dao of Death, entered the Star Gate and quelled the rule riot within the Star Gate at the fastest speed, but only saved the two children.

Liǔ Báizhǐ and the other two exhausted their essence to protect Lin Zhen and Lin Yuan's lives, but both were still eroded by the death rule, causing their own aptitudes to decline.

On the other side, Lin Lie, who had already left Blue Star, received news that his empire was safe and sound. His empress and concubines had fabricated some false news about trouble to make him return.

There's nothing more to say about the later story. It was simply that Lin Lie felt some guilt, so he treated Lin Zhen and Lin Yuan reasonably well, but he ultimately loved his empire more, and he loved his empress and his multitude of concubines more.

“Grandpa, he is the source of this tragedy. If it weren't for him, with Great-Grandma and Great-Grandpa and Great-Grandma's aptitudes, they would never have fallen to the point of having insufficient cultivation and dying in the Star Gate World.”

Lin Chen finally understood. His grandfather's tragedy was all caused by Lin Lie. If they hadn't wasted so much time on the search for family, Great-Grandma would definitely not have been inferior to Lin Lie, and the same went for Great-Grandpa and Great-Grandma.

“It's him, but he lives very well, even becoming a god, enjoying all the good things.”

Lin Yuan's voice was a little low, and tears flickered in his eyes.

“I can change all of this!”

“Chen’er, don’t do anything foolish.”

Lin Yuan looked at Lin Chen, who had pulled out the destiny ring stone, and immediately stopped him, not wanting him to do anything dangerous.

Changing all of this requires contending with numerous Daos such as time, destiny, and causality. Those who changed the past never came to a good end.

History is already a foregone conclusion, and any reckless actor will suffer backlash, leading to a tragic outcome.

“Grandpa, I won’t do anything foolish.”

“I just want to change the beginning of this story.”

Lin Chen had never been so determined to do something.

His grandfather's story was a tragedy, and he didn't want to see a tragedy. Coincidentally, he had the ability to change the tragedy.

Even if rewriting this causality would cause the destiny ring stone to collapse and he himself would be disliked by time and destiny, he still wanted to do it. He was willing to pay this price.

When a gun appears in a script, that gun is bound to go off.

Lin Chen obtained the destiny ring stone, and the destiny ring stone was also bound to break. This was the destiny of the destiny ring stone.

“Senior Jiuyue, protect me.”

“Do you need my help? To change the past, the Dao of Time is more adept.”

Jiuyue had arrived beside Lin Chen at some unknown point. She casually asked Lin Chen, offering to help.

“Thank you, Senior! I can't owe you any more favors. If I owe any more, I'll have to offer myself in marriage to repay the debt.”

“Tsk, I don't even fancy you.”

Jiuyue said no more. Lin Chen began to mobilize the power within the destiny ring stone. Causal lines manifested around him. With the destiny ring stone as protection, his consciousness passed through continuous causal lines, constantly moving towards the past.

The commotion here attracted the attention of the Ninth Order Gods and gods in the main venue. Anyone who could cause a rule riot on Mount Xuankong was worth their attention.

“Stop.”

“Excuse me, Senior, what is my junior doing? Why is my cultivation unstable?”

Lin Lie was very anxious at this moment. The divine spark that had been stably suspended in his sea of consciousness was now showing illusory cracks, and his cultivation also became unstable at this moment.

“Nothing much, just changing the past.”

Jiuyue responded casually, but Lin Lie's scalp tingled at this moment. He looked at Lin Chen, who was tracing causality, in shock, and unconsciously shouted,

“It's more than that!”

At the same time, above Mount Xuankong, various gods watched everything happening in the venue.

Grandmaster Kongwen's position was very strategic; he occupied the space in the area where Lin Chen was, opening up an independent space on the stable Mount Xuankong.

The surrounding gods did not express any opinions on Grandmaster Kongwen's actions; even the Lin family's gods dared not say much.

Although Grandmaster Kongwen was only a Space God of the Upper Tier, his combat power was comparable to a Main God, and he was even more proficient in the Dao of Space than Mount Xuankong itself.

As Lin Chen traced causality for longer, the causality became more turbulent. The various Foundation Level existences of the Federation felt something and cast their gazes towards Lin Chen, the source.

“Old Lin, what is this junior of yours doing? Why is he changing your family's history? He's truly too filial.”

“Old Shen, do you want a beating?”

“This child is good.”

“He is very good. He will be one of us in the future. This is a future Dao Companion. Show some respect, especially you, Old Lin.”

“…………”

The atmosphere among the Foundation Level existences was very relaxed. The fluctuations caused by rewriting history within a thousand years, even if something unexpected occurred, they could easily handle it.

“Found it.”

Lin Chen muttered, and Lin Lie's aura immediately dropped by a large margin, with one of the cracks on his divine spark turning real.

“Stop! I told you to stop!”

“Stop, I am your elder, you unfilial child, you cannot do this!”