Seeing Lin Xiao's rage, Lei Yi and the others were also furious. However, recalling Lin Xiao's mid-stage Tianyuan Realm strength, they instantly calmed down.
"Hey, since your Lin family is so devoted to Tiemu Manor, I'll give it to you. But later... my Lei family will return!"
Before he finished speaking, Lei Yi waved his hand and led the others away, escaping the area at lightning speed.
"Bang, congratulations, host! Side quest completed! Three chances to win the lottery."
Lin Changqiang looked at his eight chances, his heart aching with anger. It took a great effort to restrain himself from pulling out.
"These bastards!" Lincoln's face was ashen, and Lin Xiao was no better. "Let's check Tiemu Manor first and see how much damage there is."
"Yes!"
The guards responded in unison, quickly dispersing and rushing into the Tiemu Forest. They returned half an hour later to report the situation to Lincoln and Lin Xiao.
As the guards reported one after another, the expressions of Lin Xiao and the others grew increasingly grim. Lin Dong also frowned. There were still some mature ironwood trees within Tiemu Manor, but the soil was severely damaged, making it unclear if they could still be grown.
Lin Changqiang, standing nearby, showed no concern and even considered searching for Yang Yuan Stone himself.
However, he realized that without Qingtan's "Samoyed Body" and Lin Dong's ancestral stone, finding Yang Yuan Stone in such a vast manor would be a daunting task.
And even if he did find one, he wouldn't necessarily be able to defeat the two Tianyuan Realm monsters there. Even at the Tianyuan Realm, relying on the first two levels of Fire Dance Tornado to fight against beings with higher cultivation levels was already a challenge.
"Alas, let's tell Father about what's going on here. He'll probably be furious," Lin Xiao sighed helplessly. Lincoln nodded, his smile uglier than tears.
After the news reached the Lin family, Lin Zhentian personally led a large group of men and galloped all the way to Tiemu Manor. He gazed at the devastated forest, his face grim and terrifying.
Lin Changqiang, Lin Dong, and Qingtan, who had just arrived at Tiemu Manor, sat on a slope, gazing fearfully at the house below. From within, Lin Zhentian's roars echoed, evidently filled with rage.
"How terrifying!" Qingtan gently nudged Lin Dong's arm. "This is the first time I've seen Grandpa this angry."
Lin Dong sighed and stood up. "Let's go for a walk. Grandpa's anger won't subside anytime soon. Let Dad and the others bear the brunt of this."
"Who is the biological father, you or Qingtan?" Lin Changqiang stared at Lin Dong with feigned suspicion.
"You are, alright." Lin Dong rolled his eyes speechlessly.
"??? Lin Dong, you've changed. You weren't like this before. When did you learn to talk back?" Lin Changqiang's eyes widened, he couldn't believe his ears.
Qingtan, standing by, chuckled at the two, her beautiful eyes curved into crescents. Time seemed to have stopped at that moment...
Tiemu Manor occupies a vast area, and the scenery is quite beautiful. It's just a pity that the manor now almost everywhere exudes a faint scent of medicinal water.
"The unique black soil of Tiemu Manor is essential for growing ironwood. It's said that long ago, this place was a volcano, and the black soil was ejected from the ground during the volcanic eruption."
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"Now that the volcano has disappeared, the amount of black soil is quite limited. Plus, a lot of it was destroyed by the Lei family this time, so Grandpa is so angry." Walking in the quiet jungle, Lin Dong spoke calmly, a hint of sadness on his face.
"I see." Qingtan nodded casually, his eyes darting around. Then he frowned in surprise: "Brother Lin Dong, Brother Changqiang, do you feel it's hot here?"
"Huh? Really? Why don't I feel it?" Lin Changqiang's eyes suddenly lit up. The Yang Yuan Stone vein he had been looking forward to for so long was finally here!
Lin Dong was stunned for a moment, then seemed to remember something. He suddenly squatted down, grabbed a handful of black soil with his right palm, and felt it.
"The soil here actually contains a hint of Yang Gang Qi!"
"Follow me." A moment later, Lin Dong led the two of them deeper into the cave, several hundred meters in depth. He then scooped up another handful of black soil and said, "The deeper we go, the stronger the Yang Gang Qi becomes."
"Why is there Yang Gang Qi mixed into the soil? Could it be... there's some mysterious object beneath the ground, constantly releasing Yang Gang Qi, and that's why some of it has been mixed into the soil here?!" Lin Dong's heart trembled violently, as if he had uncovered a profound secret.
Lin Changqiang, watching Lin Dong's pensive expression, couldn't help but want to scare him.
"Lin Dong, how did you sense the Yang Gang Qi? Why can't I feel anything?" He deliberately frowned, tilted his head, and looked at Lin Dong with suspicion.
At that moment, Lin Dong felt his heartbeat skip a beat. He realized that he had been too obvious. He had to make up an excuse: "I've been different from ordinary people since I was a child, and my ability to perceive Yuanli is innate."
"So that's it!" Lin Changqiang was so stifled that tears were about to fall from his eyes. He clenched his right fist and pounded it against his left palm, pretending to have suddenly realized something. "Just like I was born a martial arts prodigy, right?|ω)"
"...Ah, yes, yes," Lin Dong replied with a frown. He grabbed a handful of black soil from each of the four directions and began to probe. "It seems that the further north you go, the more Yang Gang Qi the soil contains."
With that, he waved his hand and ran north with the two men and the tiger.
A large area of Tiemu Village was covered in pristine forest. It was obvious that the Lei family only focused on areas where ironwood trees could grow, paying little attention to other areas.
Every time they ran a distance, Lin Dong would stop, grab a handful of black soil, and probe its Yang Gang Qi, then continue to move deeper. This continued for nearly half an hour before he suddenly stopped.
"Brother Lin Dong, Brother Changqiang, it's so hot here!" Qingtan sat on Xiaoyan's back, her picturesque and delicate cheeks flushed and covered with fine beads of sweat. As soon as she arrived here, she felt like she had run dozens of miles in the hot summer. She was so hot that she wanted to go back long ago if Lin Dong hadn't insisted on going deep into the jungle.
Lin Changqiang looked at the breathless Qingtan and couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed. He was only concerned with finding the Yang Yuan Stone vein with Lin Dong, but he ignored Qingtan.
"Is this better?" After skillfully replacing the equipment bar with two thunder blades, Lin Changqiang silently released the Yuanli in his body. A cold Yuanli unique to the Earth Yuan Realm surged out, instantly enveloping the three people and the tiger.
"Well, much more comfortable, thank you Brother Changqiang!" At this moment, Qingtan's eyebrows were like the moon and her smile was like a flower.