Chapter 9: The Reward Arrives as Promised

Xianxia: Establishing an Immortal Clan Through Simulation 

Chapter 9: The Reward Arrives as Promised

As soon as Lin Shoucheng finished speaking, Lin Weiquan immediately reprimanded him, clearly displeased with his attitude. If Lin Shoucheng were not already the Clan Leader of the Lin Clan, Lin Weiquan probably would have given him a beating.

“Thank you for your guidance, Father. Shoucheng understands.”

After hearing his father’s explanation, a trace of shame appeared in Lin Shoucheng’s eyes.

When it came to life experience, he was still far too inexperienced compared with his father.

Lin Weiquan did not say anything further. He knew his son’s abilities very well. In summary, there were only thirteen words to describe him:

“More than capable of defending the family, but lacking in expanding its territory.”

The Lin Clan was, after all, merely a third-rate force. Both its strength and foundation placed it near the bottom of the Qianyuan Kingdom. Moreover, because of what had happened more than twenty years ago, Lin Shoucheng had developed a deep-seated grievance.

Now that he had finally established a connection with a legendary Origin Return Realm powerhouse, it was understandable that, eager to prove himself, he wanted to use the prestige of his son’s master to develop the Lin Clan.

…………

Lin Zichen had no idea what had happened in the forbidden area of the rear mountain.

After bidding farewell to his father and grandfather, he returned to the small courtyard where he lived.

“I’ve done everything that needed to be done. Now I just have to wait for the rewards.”

“I wonder whether the rewards the real family gives me will be any different from those in the simulation?”

“But they probably won’t be. After all, what I did in reality hasn’t changed…”

Thinking this, Lin Zichen was already sitting cross-legged on a large bluestone in the courtyard. He began circulating the family’s inherited cultivation technique and continued cultivating.

Ever since he had reached the Acquired Realm, he no longer needed to sleep.

Whenever he felt physically tired, he would circulate the cultivation technique and cultivate his true qi. By the time dawn arrived, he would feel refreshed, his body full of vitality.

Gradually, the time he once spent sleeping was replaced by cultivation.

Time passed quickly, and soon night fell.

By then, the various Lin Clan elders who had finished dealing with the spirit field matters had once again gathered in the main council hall.

However, this time they were not discussing the Lin Clan’s future development. Instead, they were imagining what the future would hold. Every person had a smile on their face, as though the burdens they carried had suddenly become much lighter.

“The Master-Reaching Pills have already been delivered. Within a few months, our Lin Clan will have Master Realm experts protecting it.”

“Master Realm… After more than a hundred years, our Lin Clan is finally going to produce Master Realm experts again. Good, good, good…”

“With Master Realm experts and a Mid-Grade Spirit Field, our Lin Clan is about to enter a period of rapid development. But everyone, remember this: We must never reveal our true situation to outsiders. We still need time to turn these foundations into actual strength.”

“Rest assured, Clan Leader. We understand.”

“Reveal one generation, conceal one generation, cultivate one generation. We all remember the ancestral motto passed down to us.”

“……”

When the Lin Clan was first established, its founding ancestor, Lin Juntian, was also a renowned Master Realm expert.

However, because he had been too high-profile, he became the target of others and eventually fell.

On his deathbed, he left behind a nine-word maxim warning future generations. Then he entered a secret chamber in the forbidden area of the rear mountain and never came out again.

The Lin Clan subsequently declined.

Even now, it has yet to fully recover.

In the eyes of outsiders, the Lin Clan had been declining day by day.

It had fallen from second place among the Ten Great Families to its current seventh-place position. If things continued this way, it would be forced out of the ranks of the Ten Great Families within a century.

But was that really the truth?

If one compares only the highest-level combat power, the current Lin Clan was indeed inferior to the Lin Clan of the past, when it had an ancestor guarding it.

But if one compared its overall strength, the current Lin Clan was actually far stronger than the Lin Clan of that era.

A considerable portion of that strength had simply been concealed, remaining unknown to outsiders.

“All right. We only need to celebrate once. From now on, none of you are to mention this outside the clan. Now, we should discuss how to reward Chen’er.”

Just as everyone was laughing happily, sharing their joy with those beside them and looking forward to the future, Lin Shoucheng, the Clan Leader of the Lin Clan, brought the discussion back on track.

As soon as he said this, the expressions of the various Lin Clan elders immediately became serious.

Among them, First Elder Lin Shouchang was the first to stand up.

“Everyone, although the Master-Reaching Pills and the ten mu of Mid-Grade Spirit Field were voluntarily handed over to the family by Chen’er, our Lin Clan has always followed the principle that merits must be rewarded and faults must be punished. My opinion is simple: We absolutely cannot let our greatest contributor become disappointed in the family.”

“Exactly. Chen’er may not care about the trifling rewards we can give him, but we can’t simply take everything he has given us for free. Whatever benefits he deserves, give them all to him.”

“In my opinion, there’s no need to wait until his eighteenth-birthday coming-of-age ceremony. We can designate Chen’er as the Young Master of our Lin Clan right now.”

“Agreed.”

“I second that.”

“…”

Perhaps because he wanted to avoid any suspicion of favoritism, Lin Shoucheng merely sat quietly and listened to the discussions among the various Lin Clan elders.

With everyone enthusiastically offering suggestions, the proposed rewards for Lin Zichen were all over the place. Some even suggested giving him women.

Lin Shoucheng’s expression immediately darkened.

His son was only sixteen years old!

That suggestion was simply outrageous.

Absolutely not. He would never agree to that.

“All right. Since everyone agrees with this proposal, Chen’er’s rewards will be implemented as follows.”

“First, Lin Zichen will officially be designated as the Young Master of the Lin Clan.”

“Second, he will be rewarded with one hundred low-grade spirit stones.”

“Third, he will personally receive ten percent of the profits generated by the ten-mu Mid-Grade Spirit Field.”

………

The night passed uneventfully.

Early the next morning, Lin Zichen woke from his cultivation. The first thing he noticed was several wooden boxes placed in front of him, along with a note.

Apparently, after Lin Shoucheng had finished the meeting, he had brought over the rewards unanimously approved by the clan’s senior members and intended to give them to Lin Zichen.

Unexpectedly, Lin Zichen had been cultivating.

So Lin Shoucheng had simply left the rewards behind and quietly departed.

“As expected. As long as I don’t alter the conditions preceding the simulation, the outcome doesn’t change either.”

“If that’s really the case, then the Immortal Clan Simulator is practically heaven-defying.”

Looking at the rewards in his hands, Lin Zichen was both surprised and delighted.

This was essentially the equivalent of knowing the future in advance.

Once a person possessed such an ability, they could almost be said to be invincible.

And when the Young Master of a clan—its future Clan Leader—possessed such an ability, then as long as he didn’t deliberately court disaster, it practically meant that sooner or later, the clan would reach the pinnacle of the world under his leadership.

“No. I can’t draw that conclusion so soon. I need to experiment a few more times…”

Lin Zichen forcibly suppressed his excitement.

For the sake of caution, he did not immediately confirm that this was indeed how the Immortal Clan Simulator worked.

His experience from his previous life told him that if something like this happened once, it could very well be a coincidence.

Only if it happened repeatedly could he confirm that this was the correct conclusion.

Therefore, he decided to run several more simulations before reaching a final judgment.

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Note:

Cultivation Realm:

1, Body Refining Realm

2, Acquired Realm (Lin Zichen is here, at the eight level, in chapter 1 he’s in the third level)

3, Innate Realm

4, Master Realm

5, Grandmaster Realm

6, Deva Realm

7, Origin Return Realm