usatvline Chapter 152 Family Heirloom
Chapter 152 Family Heirloom
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With a sound, the entrance to an underground passage came into Lin Tian's view.
"The Loto family was once one of the eight great families of the Golden Nether Empire, but since the empire split, the Loto family has gradually declined after thousands of years of fighting."
“When I was young, I took over the position of clan chief from my father. At that time, I was full of enthusiasm and wanted to revitalize the clan.”
"But later I contracted a strange illness, and the spiritual energy in my body gradually disappeared. I couldn't even use bloodline magic anymore. As my spiritual energy diminished day by day, the confidence of the other people in the clan in me also decreased."
"An internal strife destroyed the Loto family."
"Now, only three people remain in the entire clan."
"I've always been reluctant to accept this, but it wasn't until the moment Lonesse collapsed that I understood—the Loto family..."
"It has disappeared."
An old man named Loren led Lin Tian and the man in white through the passageway. There were some paintings hanging in the passageway, and whenever they passed these paintings, Loren would tell Lin Tian a story about the history of the Loto family.
The old man walked very slowly, making Lin Tian want to carry him along. Fortunately, the passage wasn't particularly long, and after a few minutes, they finally reached the end of the passage.
It was a secret room filled with paintings, with a miniature camel sculpture in the center. The old man led Lin Tian forward, placed his hand on the camel sculpture, and then turned it to the left.
"........."
"........."
"Can you help me?"
You should have said so earlier if you couldn't do it!
slap~
Lin Tian placed his hand on the old man's wrinkled hand, and then twisted it to the left in the direction of the old man's hand. The old man cried out in pain, and the camel statue was also twisted in response.
The two immediately let go of each other's hands. After seeing that the old man was alright, Lin Tian looked at the camel statue. The camel statue slowly sank down, and a yellow hoof emerged from it.
This is the family heirloom?
After receiving Loren's confirmation, Lin Tian grabbed the hoof, and the moment he touched it, the hoof began to change instantly.
Several golden threads emerged from Lin Tian's hand, then wrapped the hoof into a ball of threads. To Loren's bewildered surprise, the ball of threads exploded a few seconds later.
boom!
The burst of green light made everyone squint, and when the light faded, the hoof had disappeared, replaced by a bluish-green stone in Lin Tian's hand.
At the same moment, a system notification sounded in Lin Tian's mind.
[Ding! Mission complete. Reward: [Azure Dust]]
"This, this, this..."
"What did you do to it?"
Looking at the stone in Lin Tian's hand, Loren suddenly became speechless. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't figure out why his family's heirloom had turned into this state.
But Lin Tian didn't explain. He just looked at the bewildered old man and said with a smile:
"Perform a magic trick."
Seeing that Lin Tian was unwilling to tell him the reason, Loren had no choice but to give up in frustration. After all, he had already given the treasure to someone else, and what that person did with it was their business.
Lin Tian put away the stone, and just as he was about to leave, Loren suddenly called out to him.
"what happened?"
Lin Tian turned to look at Loren, wondering if the old man was going to go back on his word.
However, Lin Tian was overthinking things. Loren was very self-aware and knew that he couldn't beat Lin Tian and didn't have the ability to take back the treasure. What he wanted to talk about was something else.
"Could you please help me, sir?"
....................
"What are you doing?"
"Please, Grandpa Mouse, spare my life."
"Say 'Long live the King' and I'll spare you."
"Long live the king!"
boom!
"This isn't meant for me, it's meant for the king! I'm not the king."
"Um... May I ask who Your Majesty is?"
"You don't even know who the King is?!"
"Hey! Grandpa Mouse, have mercy! Grandpa Mouse, have mercy!"
"I'm giving you a chance to reframe your language."
"Speak! Speak to the king."
"Um... Grandpa Rat... I'm a bit slow, I can't see where the King is... Please show me."
"Foolish! You don't even know where the King is!"
"That......"
"The King is everywhere."
"What?"
By this time, the mice had already entered the city, and since they were inside, they naturally encountered the city's commoners.
Fortunately, these civilians were relatively well-behaved and did not engage in any aggressive behavior, so the rats did not indiscriminately kill innocent people.
However, he also created many hilarious situations, such as forcing others to sing praises of the king's greatness, or snatching someone's mirror and asking who is the most handsome mouse in the world.
However, as rodents, they inevitably looted the city after entering, but they didn't steal food or money because those were useless to them.
They only steal musical instruments. According to the commoners, the king they spoke of was looking for a musical instrument, so the mice ransacked the place and took anything that looked like a musical instrument.
The civilians didn't dare to resist, mainly because these guys looked too scary, with rat-like heads and bodies, shifty eyes, and most of them had bloodstains on them. They were already thankful that they could only take some useless musical instruments.
"These idiots."
"How could ordinary people possibly find good musical instruments in their homes?"
"If we're going to go, we should definitely go to a music store!"
Looking at the wide-open music store in front of him, Mouse couldn't help but chuckle to himself.
"Once I find the best musical instrument, I will present it to the king and be praised by him. You can all be envious."
"Jie Jie Jie!"
Without further hesitation, he entered the shop. Looking at the dazzling array of musical instruments inside, Mouse's mouth practically stretched to the sky.
However, just then, footsteps suddenly came from the second floor of the music store. Mouse turned his head and saw a man holding a musical instrument.
"Sigh~ This isn't it either."
The man sighed, but the mouse didn't listen to him at all; its eyes were fixed on the instrument in the man's hand.
This looks pretty good!
"Bah!"
"Put it down! That belongs to our king!"
"You'd better be smart and hand it over now!"
"The king of your family?"
Hearing the mouse's chirping, the man raised his head, which had been lowered.
"Hey! You..."
"Enough talk, take this!"
Seeing that the man refused to put down his instrument, Mouse assumed he was trying to take something from his king, so without saying a word, he kicked him.
"Xinei!"
"Knight Kick!"
slap~
"Nani!"
The mouse never expected that its invincible flying kick would be caught by this ordinary person with one hand!
"mean!"
"That doesn't count. Put me down first, and we'll start over!"
The dangling mouse looked defiant, but the man didn't let him go; he just looked at him with a mocking gaze.
"Let go now! You're finished!"
Do you know whose subordinate I am?
"You're doomed once my king arrives!"
"I advise you to put it down quickly, and I can plead for you then."
"You have no idea how powerful my king is, that's supernatural power..."
The mouse kept boasting, but the man didn't seem to be intimidated by the king he was talking about. Instead, he slowly squatted down and lowered his head to meet the mouse's gaze.
"Is it really that powerful?"
"Then..."
The moment their eyes met, Mouse felt as if an electric current had flashed through his body. His expression changed rapidly, from resentment to bewilderment, from bewilderment to confusion, and from confusion to surprise.
All his emotions converged, and finally, unable to hide his joy, he loudly proclaimed:
"Your Majesty!"