"Lin Xiao Tian, if you want them to be safe, then give me my demon core fragments. At this time in three days, I want to see my demon core fragments in the Kunlun Valley," Luo Ping said with a cold laugh before leaving.
Lin Xiao Tian's face was filled with rage, and at the same time, a sense of guilt arose. Both women were his. Although Bai Xue had betrayed him, she had loved him. Lin Xiao Tian didn't want anything to happen to her, and later Bai Xue had cooperated with him to trick Fang Wen Hua, so Lin Xiao Tian didn't hold much resentment towards her. Compared to Lin Xiao Tian's other women, neither of these two was pregnant. Although the old lady looked down on women other than Qin Yu Xiang, she would still send people to secretly protect them if they were carrying Lin family children. Therefore, everyone else was safe, but only Xue Zi Yan and Bai Xue were in trouble.
If the Apostle's demon core fragments were handed over, Lin Xiao Tian would lose the opportunity to obtain a Core Formation stage demon core. Without the demon core, he would be unable to break the curse that the Flood Dragon had placed upon him. Thinking of this, Lin Xiao Tian found himself in a difficult predicament. Handing over the demon core would save Xue Zi Yan and Bai Xue, but this would only be temporary. No one could guarantee that the Apostle would not attack him again. However, if he didn't hand over the demon core fragments, the Apostle would clearly not let them go. After much thought, the best solution was to find Xue Zi Yan immediately. Both Xue Zi Yan and Bai Xue's residences had surveillance. Lin Xiao Tian decided to have people investigate thoroughly, hoping for a discovery. With this in mind, Lin Xiao Tian immediately called Xiao Ming, briefly explained the situation, and asked him to check the surveillance. After hanging up the phone, the long wait began.
A night passed, and Xiao Ming called. Lin Xiao Tian quickly answered the phone. "How is it?" "Young master, we didn't find where they were taken. The other party was very clever. The cameras were destroyed, and they were very skilled." After speaking, Xiao Ming sent Lin Xiao Tian a video. In the video, Xue Zi Yan's last moment before disappearing was to vanish into thin air within the frame. Lin Xiao Tian slowed down the video speed, but the result was the same. Xue Zi Yan simply disappeared on the spot. A normal person certainly could not do this. It was obvious that only cultivators could achieve this. Lin Xiao Tian immediately contacted Wang Xiang, who knew a lot about cultivators. As expected, as soon as Lin Xiao Tian sent the message, Wang Xiang replied. "Young Master Lin, there has indeed been a major operation recently. The Xu family gathered quite a few cultivators not long ago. I don't know if it was to deal with you, because the employer of that group of people is probably not a hidden family. If it's not a hidden family, who would dare to mess with you?" Lin Xiao Tian frowned, "How do you know they are not a hidden family?" "Just by the money given. Hidden families are generous with their payments, starting at seven figures per person. If it were to deal with someone like you, it would be at least eight figures. But the last time I heard those cultivators say, each person only received five hundred thousand." "Can you find out the employer's identity?" "You'd have to ask the Xu family." "Alright!" Lin Xiao Tian said, and then prepared to have someone contact the Xu family. In his opinion, the Apostle must have hired the Xu family this time. The Apostle, being a beast, didn't understand human affairs well, and its earning potential wouldn't be strong. It was reasonable that it couldn't afford to hire assassins. Thinking of its intense animosity towards Lin Xiao Tian, it was highly likely that the assassins were hired by the Apostle.
The Lin family moved quickly and contacted the Xu family. However, Lin Xiao Tian did not choose to have a friendly conversation with them. Hidden families had more reliable ways to deal with these smaller families. At this very moment, in the courtyard of the Xu family. An elder of the Xu family lay in a pool of blood. He had lived for two hundred and forty-nine years and was only a few days away from his two hundred and fiftieth birthday, but he might die today. In the courtyard lay over a dozen corpses; they were the people who had attacked him. As a cultivator, dealing with ordinary people was more than enough. Unless they had guns! Moreover, the opponent was using sniper rifles! The Xu family elder looked at the Xu family members before him. His left hand was slightly raised. Fortunately, he was still alive. "Elder!" The younger generation in the hall cried out in pain. Several older Xu family members looked at the severely injured elder before them with helplessness in their eyes. "Elder, they injured Great-Grandfather. I'm going to fight these assassins to the death!" a young descendant said angrily. "Calm down! Don't go to your death for nothing. The other party has guns. We can kill one of them, but we can't kill so many. The number of assassins outside the Xu family now is more than ten times the number of our Xu family members combined!" an elder of the Xu family stopped him. "Who exactly is it? Why are they attacking us?" a Xu family member said angrily. "Damn it, they injured so many of our clansmen. This matter cannot be let go like this!" a Xu family member roared. Everyone present was filled with righteous indignation. Just then, a young man walked in. "Everyone, calm down. The Xu family is probably going to perish today. From now on, we'll save who we can." The person speaking was none other than Xu Jia Hui. "Jia Hui, when did you become so cowardly? It's just that they have more people than us. We can still escape, can't we? The Xu family won't perish!" Xu Jia Hui sighed. "This time it's different. The ones who are taking action are a certain hidden family." "Hidden family?" "Which hidden family?" "If I'm not mistaken, it should be the Lin family!" Upon hearing this, the Xu family members gasped. If a hidden family like the Lin family were to take action, the Xu family would indeed be finished. "Why would a hidden family attack us?" a young descendant asked with a crying voice. Even though his family members were seriously injured, he couldn't help but feel scared when he learned that the other party was a hidden family. In history, when hidden families treated a family in this way, it often meant the family was about to be destroyed. They were likely to die! Several elders of the Xu family looked rather uncomfortable. They knew why the Lin family was attacking them. As the future heir of the Xu family, Xu Jia Hui also knew why, but he couldn't say it. "Let's run!" "The Xu family is finished." "From now on, there will be no more Xu family." As Xu Jia Hui's words fell, an explosion sounded from outside. A rocket launcher reduced the backyard of the Xu family to ruins. The Xu family was different from ordinary families. About eighty percent of their clan members were cultivators, and they had many means of escape. It was not difficult to force their way out. In the eyes of the Xu family members, they also thought so. "Everyone, although the Xu family is gone, we cannot let this hatred go unavenged!" Xu Jia Hui transmitted his voice to all the clan members. His words greatly boosted their morale. At this moment, the Xu family members were prepared to die, with only hatred for the Lin family in their hearts. "If we don't avenge this hatred, we swear we are not Xu family members!" the voices of the Xu family members echoed. These voices were transmitted to the ears of the Xu family members, and ordinary people could hardly hear them. But at this moment, a different voice sounded. "Not bad, you do have spirit!" This suddenly appearing voice startled everyone in the Xu family. It was obvious that this voice did not come from within the Xu family, because all the Xu family members were gathered within the encirclement, while the owner of the voice was outside the encirclement. Transmission had the advantage of allowing one to locate the other party by following the sound. At this moment, the Xu family members almost simultaneously looked towards the owner of the voice. It was a young man. He was handsome and dressed in a casual suit. "My name is Lin Xiao Tian!" "I am a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator." Lin Xiao Tian didn't say much. But these simple words struck the Xu family members like a thunderbolt.