Profound Heaven Soul Sovereign

Lin Bo sneered, "What council of elders? Back when the family was condemning my grandson for wasting too many resources, Liuliu, you spoke up too, didn't you? If I recall, you were one of the loudest critics."

The core elder known as Liuliu looked a bit awkward. He coughed twice and said, "Wasn't I just confused back then? Really, you... We've been brothers for so many years. Can't you spare me some face in front of the younger generation?"

"Alright, alright, Lin Bo. You're a core elder of the Lin family. How could we let you leave?"

"That's right. Hasn't Lin Tian's cultivation recovered? With his talent, he's definitely a prime candidate for the Lin family to cultivate. Who knows, in a few decades or a century, this family might need your grandson to support it."

One by one, the core elders all began to try and persuade him to stay.

Before, Lin Tian was a piece of trash. They hadn't paid much mind to what the younger generation did. But now that Lin Tian had recovered his talent, how could they possibly let him leave the family?

Even though Lin Tian hadn't progressed for four years, now that he had suddenly broken through, he was once again one of the family's top geniuses.

Didn't you hear what he just said? As long as he has enough Profound Qi, he's confident he can break through to the Tier Six Third Layer within a month.

Once he breaks through, as a twenty-year-old Tier Six Third Layer Martial Venerable, he would be on par with Lin Ming, a twenty-one-year-old Tier Six Triple Peak Martial Venerable.

After all, Lin Tian's talent back in the day had far surpassed Lin Ming's. He was the undisputed number one in the family.

Lin Tian, who had been nearly forgotten by everyone and labeled a piece of scrap, had instantly become the apple of the family's eye after breaking through with the Venerable Pill.

Lin Bo was just trying to save face; he wasn't actually planning to leave the family. After being persuaded by a few of the core elders, he snorted coldly a few times and said no more.

However, Lin Bo Xiong and Lin Ming, who was watching from a distance, had ashen expressions.

'Damn it. It took so much effort to cripple his talent back then, and now he's actually made a comeback. It's all because of that Venerable Pill. Damn it all to hell.'

Lin Ming's eyes were filled with venom, and his fists were clenched tight.

Watching this farcical scene unfold, Lin Tian remained silent off to the side. But inwardly, he was more excited than anyone, his blood surging with emotion.

He quietly raised his head, trying his best to hold back his tears. He spoke silently to some unknown place in the sky.

'I can finally... I can finally stop being looked down on. I can finally stop being ridiculed and humiliated by the people in my own family. I can finally hold my head high. And more importantly, I can finally climb to greater heights in the Martial Dao that I love.'

'Profound Light Pavilion, I don't know which power you belong to, and I know you only offered the Venerable Pill to trade for materials. But it's all because of you that my destiny has changed. Thank you.'

'If I have the chance in the future, I, Lin Tian, will definitely repay you for the grace of changing my fate.'

Lin Tian's heart was filled with gratitude for the Profound Light Pavilion.

No one knew the pressure he had endured for the past four years, and no one could understand his current elation. Lin Tian believed he would never forget this feeling of being reborn from desperation for the rest of his life.

Of course, Ye Xuan and the others had no idea that the decision they made to build the Profound Light Pavilion's reputation would have such consequences.

「At this moment.」

In the Celestial Capital Prefecture's trading hall, all sorts of rumors were circulating.

Trading treasures worth over two hundred thousand Lower Grade Profound Stones for a single Sixth Grade Pill worth only a few tens of thousands had put the Lin family right in the eye of the storm.

Some well-informed individuals even spread the news that the Lin family's upper echelons were about to expel Lin Tian.

This made many of the disciples from other families who were present incredibly excited.

Although the Celestial Capital Prefecture was extremely peaceful, it wasn't a monolithic block.

Disputes and conflicts often arose between the major powers and families. Therefore, if the Lin family were to lose all face, it would naturally get a rise out of many other families.

This also made the trading center exceptionally lively, with everyone probing for information, waiting to see the Lin family make a fool of itself.

But just as everyone thought the Lin family would act decisively to expel the "trash" Lin Tian and prove their standing, a shocking piece of news came from the Lin family.

Not only did the Lin family not punish or expel Lin Tian, but they announced that he had become a core figure for the family to cultivate and would be put in charge of some of their businesses in the Celestial Capital Prefecture.

When this news came out, everyone waiting to laugh at the Lin family was dumbfounded.

This wasn't in the script at all.

That piece of trash, Lin Tian, wasted so many of the Lin family's resources, yet he wasn't punished? Instead, his status did a complete one-eighty?

Had the Lin family gone crazy, just like Lin Tian? Or was there some hidden story behind it all?

Just as everyone was astonished and baffled, another piece of news spread from within the Lin family.

Within two hours of acquiring the Venerable Pill, Lin Tian had broken through the Tier Five Martial Sect Realm that had held him back for four years, stepping into the ranks of a Tier Six Martial Venerable. Furthermore, he had broken through all the way to the Peak of Tier Six Second Layer, once again becoming one of the Lin family's top geniuses.

Lin Tian's sharp eye and daring character had won the admiration of the Lin family's upper echelons.

A family's progress is like rowing a boat upstream: if you don't advance, you fall behind.

As one of the few great families that had stood in the Celestial Capital Prefecture for thousands of years, the Lin family placed great importance on the vision and character of its disciples.

A family disciple who acts with stability, is cautious in all things, and strives for perfection is certainly appreciated by the family.

But a genius who, at a critical moment, could burn their boats and risk everything on a single gamble, was even more capable of giving the family immense resilience in a crisis. It ensured the family would not be eliminated in a place like the Celestial Capital Prefecture, which was teeming with powerful and fiercely competitive forces.

When this outcome was announced, everyone was dumbfounded, stunned as wooden chickens.

The news of Lin Tian's breakthrough, in particular, sent shockwaves through the entire Celestial Capital Prefecture.

Who was Lin Tian? Few in the entire Celestial Capital Prefecture hadn't heard of him.

The young man who had risen like a comet only to fall like a meteor; the genius once envied by countless family disciples who became a universally known piece of trash. He had been the laughingstock of the younger generation in the Celestial Capital Prefecture for years.

For Lin Tian's sake, the Lin family had once visited nearly every renowned Seventh Grade Medicine King in the Celestial Capital Prefecture.

The answer they received was always the same: Nothing can be done!

One Seventh Grade Alchemist had even declared: Lin Tian will be stuck at the Tier Five Martial Sect for the rest of his life, unable to advance a single step further, because his path forward has been severed.

Yet now, this result, which had seemed like an axiom, had been shattered by a single, tiny Pill.

The Venerable Pill!

This Pill, which had previously been a laughingstock to all, immediately resurfaced in everyone's minds.

No one could have imagined that the effects described for the Venerable Pill were actually completely true. If even a cripple like Lin Tian could use it to break through—and leap two entire levels in the process—then who could possibly fail to break through after taking it?

Many people were filled with regret, cursing themselves for being blind and failing to recognize the Pill's incredible power.

But the ones who felt the most regret were actually the young disciples from some of the great families.

According to the description of the Venerable Pill, any Tier Five Third Layer Martial Sect could achieve a breakthrough after taking it. How important was that to a genius?

Normally, these great family disciples were not short on Pills, but it would still typically take them one to two years to cross from the Tier Five Third Layer to a Tier Six Martial Venerable.

But with this Venerable Pill, they could instantly save themselves those one or two years of bitter cultivation.

One or two years might not seem like much.

But for a young disciple from a great family, those one or two years represented two completely different tiers of status.

A twenty-one-year-old Martial Venerable versus a nineteen-year-old Martial Venerable—one could only be considered a genius, while the other was a prodigy.

Those short two years could even represent twenty years of future cultivation, or two entirely different levels of achievement in the future.

In an instant, regret flooded the heart of every young genius.

Just moments before, they had been unscrupulously mocking Lin Tian as trash, as an idiot. Yet in the blink of an eye, fate had played a huge joke on them. Everyone realized that they were the fucking idiots.

Just as everyone was drowning in regret and sorrow.

Another piece of news spread from the trading center: a second Venerable Pill had appeared in the sales area. The rules were the same as last time—it was still for trade in materials—only now there was no longer a minimum requirement of three Tier Seven materials, and the trade deadline had been changed to three days later.

Furthermore, a note below this Venerable Pill stated that this was the final one.

And the seller was, once again, the Profound Light Pavilion.

This time, the seller didn't spend any money to advertise in the trading center, yet the commotion it caused was countless times greater than before.

In a short amount of time, the trading center was swarmed by a massive number of family disciples. Everyone scrambled to the service desk with their materials, fearing they'd be left behind. The entire trading center became a sea of people, instantly packed to the bursting point.

Because the seller's rules didn't limit the quantity or grade of materials, all sorts of items began appearing on the trade list.

Of course, due to the trading center's privacy policies, only the tier and quantity of the submitted materials would be displayed, not their specific names.

Then, an absurd scene occurred: someone actually submitted over a thousand Tier Five materials in an attempt to trade for the Venerable Pill. It was enough to make one not know whether to laugh or cry.

Most of the offers, however, were for Tier Seven materials.

The trade for the previous Venerable Pill had made everyone understand that the Profound Light Pavilion seemed to be more interested in High Tier materials.

Thus, a large number of Tier Seven materials began to appear on the trade list.

A huge number of disciples from the great families, each refusing to give way, surrounded the service desk, unwilling to be left behind. They mobbed the counter so tightly that not even water could pass through.

The scene was incredibly lively and intense.

After one family disciple submitted three types of Tier Seven materials, it wasn't long before another great family disciple submitted four.

Two hours later, an offer of five types of Tier Seven materials appeared.

Trading five types of Tier Seven materials for a single Sixth Grade Pill—it was a price that was simply beyond comprehension.

For a time, the sale of this Venerable Pill didn't seem like a consignment at the trading center at all. Instead, it had turned into the grand finale of a major auction, with everyone bidding frantically.