Chapter 229

Chapter 229: Shady Tactics

Bing State, the new residence of the Lin family.

Lin Jiang and Lin Die entered Lin Dongyan’s Magical Herb Garden, and in an instant, countless insects swarmed towards them like a swarm of locusts. There were so many of them, it’s no wonder someone with a fear of crowded places would die on the spot.

"Dongyan, what’s going on?"

"See for yourself."

Lin Die asked, and Lin Dongyan’s expression didn’t look good either.

Lin Die forced Lin Dongyan to do something he didn’t like, and yet Lin Dongyan, who was the most talented disciple in the Lin family when it came to alchemy, being already a fifth-order Alchemist and also proficient in Spiritual Farming, was not blamed by Lin Die.

Lin Jiang came up with a sneaky plan to destroy the foundation of Qing State by using a plague of insects. He asked Lin Dongyan to help breed new spirit insects, but Lin Dongyan immediately refused. It was Lin Die who used some methods to force Lin Dongyan to agree.

"Doing something you don’t like can be really unpleasant, but let it go, Third Auntie."

"Everyone in the cultivator world does things they don’t like. Do I enjoy killing people? Does my father enjoy seeking revenge? Do those people from the Lin family like dying in Anhua City?"

"As elders, isn’t it normal for us to protect and support our descendants?"

"The East generation is also older generation."

"Really? Isn’t the East generation the younger generation?"

"Alright, alright, stop being so mysterious. Didn’t I already do it?"

Lin Dongyan couldn’t accept this mysterious behavior and walked over with a cold face, saying.

"Lin Dongyan, what’s the matter with you disrespecting your Third Ancestor? Where were you when your Third Auntie risked her life for the family? Did your Alchemy just fall from the sky?"

"I…"

"Stop with the ‘I’, give me a smile."

"You…"

"I am the third generation of the Lin family, so technically I’m your great-uncle. Don’t make me lecture you, I’ve even lectured your grandfather."

"Lin Wu, be quiet."

Lin Die still cares about Lin Dongyan. He hasn’t experienced much. The Lin family protects him well, so it’s normal for him to struggle with his emotions.

"I’m sorry, Third Auntie."

"No need, it’s our incompetence that forces us to resort to this tactic."

"Third Ancestor, please don’t be like this. I’ve already done as you instructed. These demonic locusts have been cultivated from over thirty different types of demonic locusts from the cultivation world. They are even more poisonous, less intelligent, and more drawn to spiritual energy."

"Can we do better?"

"Yes, but it will take time for cultivation."

"How long will it take?"

"About twenty years. I need to use poison to cultivate the mother locusts, making them immune to conventional toxins and also poisonous themselves."

"Twenty years is too long, we don’t have time."

Lin Jiang shook his head. The four big families took control of Qing State last year, and in these twenty years, they have firmly established their territory in Qing State.

"Then let’s use this group, Dongyan. Can these demonic locusts chew through the formation?"

"If no one stops them, ten thousand demonic locusts can eat through a second-level formation shield in just two hours. But this is only a theory, we haven’t actually tested it."

"No need for experiments, let’s do it this way, Dongyan. You can continue researching. If you’re busy, you can ask other disciples for help. We have used deceitful tactics many times before, as long as it still works, we’ll keep using it."

Lin Jiang said. A fresh move can be successful. As long as it is effective, it doesn’t matter if the technique is old.

"Lin Wu is right, let’s do it this way. Dongyan, how many of these demonic locusts do we have in this batch?"

"Getting tens of thousands of insect eggs is not a problem. If there is enough food, new demonic locusts can hatch within three months. We can multiply their numbers by tens of thousands in a year."

"Very good. How long do you estimate it will take for others to develop a cure to counter these demonic locusts?"

"It’s hard to say, it depends on the other person’s level."

"Let’s try it out first, we’ll probably take away most of these insect eggs and adult bugs. Third Auntie immediately arranged for someone to send them to Qing State, in batches of at least ten, so they won’t all be taken away at once."

Lin Jiang said that since the Divine Kingdom incident, he has become even more ruthless. He doesn’t know how many cultivators will suffer from this move, especially the ones at the bottom who will have greater losses.

"People and horses, pack the Spirit Beast Bag and make sure everything is ready within three days. Dongyan is preparing here."

"Yes, Third Ancestor."

"You go ahead and busy yourself, we’ll leave first."

Lin Die nodded and then left the Spiritual Herb Garden with Lin Jiang.

"Lin Wu, how effective is your move? It shouldn’t be a problem for cultivators to handle some formation issues."

"It has a significant impact. Right now, I’m not worried about it not working, but I’m afraid of opening Pandora’s Box."

"What magic box?"

"A metaphor, an uncontrollable danger."

"It’s not that serious, don’t underestimate the advanced cultivator."

"Let’s hope so, but we should also be prepared. Since we’re going dark, let’s start stocking up on spiritual paddy and low-level spiritual medicine."

Lin Jiang said. Once the Qing State faces a large-scale demonic locust outbreak, the damaged resources will be the spiritual paddy and low-level spiritual medicine, while the truly valuable items are heavily protected. Nothing to worry about.

But it’s like this, it will only bring a heavy blow to the four major families. When that happens, the basic resources in Qing State will definitely experience a skyrocketing price, and the Lin family can take advantage of the opportunity for speculative activities."

Furthermore, this move can test the ruling capabilities of the four major families. As long as they can’t resist the temptation even a bit, they will follow suit and reap independent cultivators and disciples of smaller factions."

But independent cultivators and disciples of smaller factions are the lifeblood of a region. Once they suffer too much damage, the market will become depressed, ultimately affecting the four major families."

The simplest example is when prices in several major cities in Qing State become too high, independent cultivators will leave. Without people in the cities, who will bring them wealth, who will exploit them?"

When the time comes, we will go outside and ask the followers of the four great families for help. Will the four great families agree or not? If they agree, the spirit stones will flow away in a loud noise. If they don’t agree, how can we gather people’s support? This is a huge test for Lin Jiang and the four great families.

"I know what to do. I will stock up, but the Lin family won’t show up."

"Smart. The Lin family needs to hide now and not show themselves."

Lin Jiang said. Making a profit is just a side effect. It’s important to disrupt the rule of the four great families.

After discussing the details, both of them went their separate ways. Now, Lin Jiang is the clever strategist of the Lin family. He is responsible for coming up with ideas but won’t personally carry them out. There are others who will carry out the plans. The Lin family has hundreds of descendants and they can’t just eat without doing any work.

Lin Jiang returned to his room and took out spirit stones to replace the empty ones in the Spirit Gathering Formation. The spiritual veins in the Lin family’s territory are very low, not enough for everyone to cultivate. They rely on spirit stones for support.

Lin Jiang is not short of money. His business with the Five Elements Sect is still going on. Every year, tens of thousands of spirit stones are brought over, enough to support his cultivation.

"I haven’t slept since the Divine Kingdom appeared."

Lin Jiang sighed. During those ten years in the Divine Kingdom, he couldn’t cultivate and he got used to sleeping again. But after coming out, he hasn’t slept again.

Busy with many things every day, ensuring a minimum of forty hours of practice each day. Picking up the lost art of drawing symbols again, the symbolic water slightly improved.

Every day now is extremely fulfilling. Without realizing it, Lin Jiang feels even more exhausted than studying for exams and working a 996 schedule.

"Transmigrated into a different world, still need to practice until the top of the cultivation world to be able to relax."

Lin Jiang shakes his head and sets a small goal for himself, striving to become the number one in the cultivation world. After swallowing a pill for cultivation, he will have a laborious life. He decides to change his name to Lin Laborious.