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Chapter 1922 - 1926: Yin Family Crisis (Part 3)

"Susu, then do you have feelings for Lin Feng?"

Hearing Yin Susu’s words, Madam Yin chuckled and asked back.

In fact, seeing her daughter’s blushing face, she had already stepped right onto the answer.

You had to know, when Madam Yin was desperately trying to match Yin Susu with Luo Tianming back then, Yin Susu had never been this shy. By comparison, as Yin Susu’s mother, Madam Yin could easily tell that Yin Susu liked Qin Tian.

"Mom... y-you... how can you ask me that... I’m going back first."

Amid everyone’s laughter and teasing, Yin Susu was so embarrassed she wished she could crawl into a crack in the ground. She covered her face, turned around, and quickly left.

"Hahaha... So Susu actually has times when she gets this shy." Madam Yin chuckled, all the displeasure from the Luo Family withdrawing the engagement swept clean away.

She even felt it was a blessing in disguise. Who would’ve thought there was actually a young man in her own house who was even more outstanding than Luo Tianming.

"Come, come, Lin Feng, let’s go inside and talk..."

Madam Yin was warm-hearted and wanted to pull Qin Tian into the house for a private chat.

Qin Tian waved his hand at once and said solemnly, "Madam, could this matter perhaps wait? There’s something important I need to discuss with Master first, regarding the Luo Family joining forces with the Fifth Peak’s Cao Family."

As soon as he heard what it was about, Yin Qingshan’s expression changed slightly; he too understood how serious it was.

Everyone fell silent. Yin Qingshan pointed toward a side courtyard and said, "Come with me, we’ll talk inside."

In the room, only Qin Tian and Yin Qingshan remained.

Yin Qingshan went straight to the point. "Lin Feng, are you worried that the Luo Family and Cao Family will team up to cause trouble for the Yin Family?"

"Exactly," Qin Tian said.

"I’m worried too," Yin Qingshan said.

"Then why didn’t you, Master, just go all the way and kill Luo Jing earlier? If you let a tiger return to the mountain, there’s no way it won’t bite. I can guarantee they will definitely seek revenge. And once they succeed, the Yin Family is very likely to face... annihilation!"

Qin Tian hesitated for a moment, but still voiced those four words. Yin Qingshan’s face changed drastically. "That serious?"

"Of course it is. I don’t know the Luo Family and Cao Family very well, but I’ve run into Luo Tianming a few times before. I can see that the Luo Family is an extremely arrogant clan. This time we went against them and even blunted their momentum; Luo Tianming was almost crippled by me. Do you think they’ll just let that go?"

"I’ve thought about it too. I guessed they’d come and negotiate with us. At worst, in the end I’d just hand over the Medicine Garden in East Mountain Valley to settle it... You’re saying they might join forces to wipe out my Yin Family—surely not?"

"When it comes to the life and death of a clan, you can’t afford wishful thinking. Let me just ask you, Master: if the Luo Family allies with the Cao Family to besiege the Yin Family and decide to exterminate us, do you have any countermeasures? Can you repel them?"

Facing Qin Tian’s question, Yin Qingshan almost didn’t even think before shaking his head. "If those two families really join hands and decide to destroy the Yin Family, the Yin Family will have no power to fight back. The Luo Family and Cao Family are both stronger than the Yin Family; we’re no match for them."

After hesitating for a moment, Yin Qingshan said, "The reason I let Luo Jing go earlier was precisely because I was afraid of completely tearing our face with the Luo Family. With Luo Jing’s strength, we probably can’t kill him. As long as he escapes back, they’ll ally with the Cao Family, maybe even with an even stronger power. By then, once the Luo Family and Yin Family become irreconcilable, our Yin Family could be wiped out just as quickly."

"But even if you let Luo Jing go, do you really think, Master, that the Luo Family won’t go ally with those powerful forces?"

At that question, Yin Qingshan was stunned for a moment.

"It does seem... that’s true. But the Yin Family isn’t a match for the Luo Family. I truly have no better choice."

Yin Qingshan fell into contemplation at this moment. Qin Tian’s reminder made him realize how serious the problem actually was.

The current Luo Family had people like Yin Yue Demon Venerate backing them. As long as they truly wanted to make a move against the Yin Family, Yin Qingshan would have no way to respond.

"We let the tiger back into the mountains; now the initiative is no longer in our hands."

Yin Qingshan said dejectedly, "Today, whether we acted against Luo Jing or not, we might still end up facing this outcome. Hmph, once the Yin Family and Luo Family fell out, this ending was bound to come."

Seeing Yin Qingshan’s bitter smile, Qin Tian pondered for a while and said, "Given the current situation, we can’t just sit here and wait to die. We have to strike first to gain the advantage."

"Heh, and how are we supposed to strike first? The Yin Family doesn’t have the strength or capital for that." Yin Qingshan shook his head.

He thought for a moment and sighed. "Ever since I refused the Luo Family’s proposal to join forces, I had a bad feeling. Now, we really are out of options and can only pin our hopes on the Luo Family still having a bit of conscience..."

"That’s unrealistic. They’re not going to be soft-hearted."

Qin Tian was also racking his brain for a good plan and asked, "As far as I know, Master, you fell out with the Luo Family because you refused to lead the clan down the mountain?"

"Yes, that’s our ancestral rule."

"But times have changed. In reality, the Myriad Demon Mountain Range and the world outside it are one and the same world. Why are you so insistent, Master? I’ve heard that quite a few of the great families on the Fifth Peak of the Myriad Demon Mountain Range have secretly gone down the mountain to travel..."

"I’m aware of that."

"Master, besides going up and down the mountain via the First Peak, are there any other routes to leave or enter the Myriad Demon Mountain Range? I came up through the First Peak, and that Heavenly Punishment Forest is truly something fierce. Those people from the Myriad Demon Mountain Range who sneak down couldn’t possibly be going through the Heavenly Punishment Forest every time they come back, right?"

"Of course not. The Heavenly Punishment Forest was what stopped Long Jun of the Tianyuan Dynasty from invading, back in the day... I know there are quite a few people sneaking up and down the mountain... Hmph, naturally they’ve found other paths..."

As Yin Qingshan spoke, he suddenly realized he’d said too much and hurriedly cut himself off. "Sigh, in any case, if the Luo Family really does come to exterminate us this time, Lin Feng, I only hope you can do me one favor."

"Look after Susu?"

"Yes. I, Yin Qingshan, have three wives and only this one daughter. I don’t want anything to happen to her."

"But Master, if the Luo Family and Cao Family join forces to destroy the Yin Family, tell me, even if I get Susu out, where can we run to? If we don’t leave the Myriad Demon Mountain Range, within these nine peaks we probably won’t be able to escape the Luo Family’s grasp..."

"If it truly comes to that, you can take Susu and leave the Myriad Demon Mountain Range together. The farther the better. As long as you can stay alive, take good care of her for me."

Qin Tian was speechless. "If we can leave then, why can’t we leave now?"

"Heh, I understand what you mean. In the end you’re trying to get our Yin Family to escape in advance, aren’t you?"

"Master, that’s not..."

"I know you mean well, but as long as these old bones of mine are still here, I will never leave the Myriad Demon Mountain Range! Anyone in the Yin Family can leave, except me!"

Yin Qingshan pressed his lips together, his attitude firm.