Chapter 140: Family Reunion!

  Lin Tian knew this, and it was naturally Little Ling who had searched for it on the internet! "Yao'er, don't mention these things, or else you'll get into trouble!" Lin Tian said with a smile. However, even if there was trouble, he wasn't afraid now that his boundary power was full, and his confidence was also sufficient. Even if it were an old freak from the Yuan Ying period, provoking him would result in tens of millions of boundary powers forming an attack...

  Zhou Yao nodded and replied, "Xiao Linzi, of course I won't say it out loud. By the way, Xiao Linzi, can you accompany me to a family gathering?" "Family gathering? Your family's gathering? Can outsiders attend?" Lin Tian asked.

  "It's a family gathering, every year at this time, all the relatives must rush back to attend. Even if you have a boyfriend or girlfriend, you can bring them along!" Zhou Yao said. Lin Tian chuckled and said: "Bringing them back is also a test of whether the relatives will approve or not? I reckon that many people who bring their boyfriends or girlfriends back every year will end up breaking up!" Zhou Yao's expression turned gloomy, and she nodded: "Yes, last year my cousin brought her boyfriend back, and he was quite impressive, but his family background was too ordinary. In the end, they were forcibly separated. My cousin didn't dare to see that guy again afterwards, because if she did, she was afraid it would bring disaster to him! After that incident, my cousin became a different person, very cold and distant."

  Lin Tian comforted her, saying: "Don't think about those things, they won't happen to you, trust me hehe, when do we start? I'll accompany you." "There are three days, today, tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. Usually it's today that we go back, because all relatives must attend the gathering at noon tomorrow," said Zhou Yao.

  "Everyone? Yao'er, your Zhou family has a lot of people, right? Can you all fit in?" Lin Tian asked with a smile. "Not everyone, of course," Zhou Yao replied. "Those who are too distant don't need to go back, and there are probably only about three or four hundred people." Lin Tian nodded, thinking this was reasonable. "Yao'er, what do you usually do at these family gatherings?" Lin Tian had never attended a large family reunion like this before, so he was curious. "Nothing much," Zhou Yao said. "For me, it's just eating a few meals with other relatives and paying respects to our elders. For others, maybe they also need to build relationships with each other and reassign power and interests within the family." Zhou Yao continued, "Little Lin, I have an older brother, my mother's son. He might not be easy to get along with, and...and..."

  "What's more?" Lin Tian asked, seeing Zhou Yao hesitate. "And he also has unseemly thoughts about me!" Zhou Yao said, looking at Lin Tian nervously, "Little Linzi, don't make a scene when you arrive!" "Having unseemly thoughts about one's own sister, what a talent!" A cold glint flashed in Lin Tian's eyes, "Don't worry, as long as he doesn't overstep, I won't do anything to him either!"

  "Little Lin, I'm afraid you'll be at a disadvantage. There are many masters in the family, and if things get out of hand..." Zhou Yao said worriedly. Lin Tian scratched Zhou Yao's little nose and smiled lightly: "Don't you trust your husband? Let me tell you, even if it were the entire Zhou family, they wouldn't be anything to me!"

  The Zhou family, although an ancient martial arts household, is far inferior to Shu Mountain and Kunlun in terms of strength. Even compared to Ci Hang Jing Zhai, they are greatly inferior! Lin Tian now possesses a vast amount of boundary power, and even if it's Kunlun or Shu Mountain, he dares to charge up, let alone a mere ancient martial arts household like the Zhou family!

  Even if he didn't use his domain power, Lin Tian's current cultivation at the early stage of the Heavenly Rank was already considered a top-notch expert in an ancient martial family like the Zhou family. To put it into perspective, Zhou Hong, the patriarch of the Zhou family and Zhou Yao's father, only had a cultivation level of Late Earth Rank!

  The gap between the Earth and Heaven levels is not small. A Heaven-level expert can normally handle five late-stage Earth-level experts, but Lin Tian's situation is special, and even ten or so late-stage Earth-level experts may not be able to beat him! Once entering the Heaven level, even in battle, one can absorb the heaven and earth yuanqi to replenish oneself. However, other Heaven-level experts generally can only absorb the heavenly yuanqi through the top of their heads into their bodies, which is naturally incomparable to Lin Tian's countless cells exposed on the outside absorbing it together!

  Conservatively estimated, Lin Tian's absorption speed is ten to twenty times that of an ordinary top-notch master. Such a fast absorption speed is enough to support his continuous enlargement of moves!

  After finishing dinner, Lin Tian quickly booked the ticket and boarded the plane to H Province with Zhou Yao! Along the way, it was quite calm, and there were no hijacking incidents as Lin Tian had imagined. The plane landed at the airport in the provincial capital of H Province after more than an hour.

  Outside the machine, Zhou's family sent someone to pick up Lin Tian and Zhou Yao. Zhou Yao smiled bitterly: "Little Linzi, this time I'm taking advantage of your light, I used to take a taxi back by myself!" As she spoke, her eyes had already appeared with some tears. Lin Tian grasped Zhou Yao's hand tightly, staring into her eyes: "Yao'er don't think nonsense, if you don't want to, we can still take a taxi?"

  "No, I also enjoy being picked up for once!" Zhou Yao pouted and said coquettishly.

  "Miss, Mr. Lin, please get on the car!" The driver was a middle-aged man who respectfully gave a bow to Lin Tian and Zhou Ya after speaking. Although Zhou Ya was not favored at home, it wasn't something that this small driver could afford to offend her with, so the necessary courtesy was definitely not to be neglected!

  "Hmm!" Lin Tian nodded slightly and let Zhou Yao get in first before he himself sat inside the car.

  "Miss, Mr. Lin, hold on." The driver said, starting the car. It was a good car and the driver was an experienced old hand, driving very smoothly. Lin Tian hardly felt any bumps at all, seeing Zhou Ya's eyes were somewhat dazed, he reached out his hand to pull her into his arms.

  The Zhou family's headquarters is not in the city, but in a place about 50-60 kilometers away from the city, occupying a large area of land. The house with a mix of Chinese and Western styles makes this place look like a resort villa. Near the Zhou family, Lin Tian found a big sign on the road that read: Private residence, no entry without permission!

  "Good grief, it's like a military restricted zone! Not only are there guards with submachine guns, but also several machine guns pointing this way!" Although Lin Tian was somewhat displeased at being targeted by so many firearms, he glanced at Zhou Yao and restrained himself. "Mr. Lin, sorry about that. Since it's a family gathering, the security level has been raised significantly!" The driver apologized, noticing Lin Tian's furrowed brow.

  Lin Tian said calmly, "The Zhou family has gathered many experts now. If something still happens, even if we set up a few more checkpoints and machine guns, it's probably useless!" "Sorry, this is not something I can handle," the driver said, turning his head away. At this time, the inspection was over, and Lin Tian and others passed through another checkpoint towards the inside.

  The car stopped in an open-air parking lot, and Lin Tian got out of the car. "Young lady, welcome home!" An old steward came up to greet her, smiling slightly at Zhou Yao. "Hua Bo, how did you have time to come pick me up?" Zhou Yao asked happily, "Little Lin, Hua Bo treats me very well."

  "Hello, Hua Bo!" Lin Tian had originally only planned to nod and greet him, but upon hearing Zhou Yao's words, he bowed and said, "Not bad, young man! You're called Lin Tian, right? Last time the master said you've already reached the Earth level of cultivation. Keep it up, and take good care of the young miss!" The old steward Hua Bo stroked his beard and smiled. Lin Tian smiled slightly: "I'm Lin Tian, but Hua Bo's cultivation is much more impressive than mine!" According to Xiao Ling's detection, Hua Bo had already reached the mid-Heaven level, which was a bit stronger than Lin Tian's current early Heaven level. Of course, if they were to really fight, Lin Tian might not necessarily be weaker than the mid-Heaven level!

  Hua Bo's eyes flashed with a hint of sharpness: "I'm just an ordinary butler, okay, young mistress, I'll take you to see the master and old master, they're thinking of you!" "Hua Bo, will Father think of me? Grandfather probably won't either?" Zhou Yao said faintly.

  "The old master is really missing you, as people get older, they want their younger generations to gather around them more and more!" said Hua Bo. "Also, the old master wants to see what kind of partner you've found for yourself, big sister!" Lin Tian thought to himself, "I'm afraid this is the main reason!"

  The Zhou family's residence covers a considerable area, and Lin Tian and the others walked for over ten minutes before stopping in front of an ancient wooden house. "Young Miss, Mr. Lin, the master and the head of the household are waiting for you inside!" Hua Bo said, stepping forward to gently knock on the door: "Master, Head of the Household, Young Miss and the others have arrived!"

  "Let them in!" A loud and clear voice came from inside the wooden house! Lin Tian had heard Zhou Yao's father's voice before, but this voice was quite different from Zhou Yao's father's voice. He understood that this should be Zhou Yao's grandfather's voice! "Young ladies, you go in, I'll keep watch here!" Hua Bo said to Lin Tian and Zhou Yao.

  Zhou Yao's expression was somewhat tense, and her palms were sweating. "Mid-level Tianjie cultivation, it's actually the same as Hua Bo!" Lin Tian had already let Xiaoling detect Zhou Yao's grandfather's cultivation!

  A mid-tier Heaven-stage cultivator, plus a late-stage Earth-stage cultivator, would not make Lin Tian feel any fear. He was slightly tense in his heart, but that was due to meeting the parents! "Heh, even if they refuse me and Yao'er being together, what can they do?" Lin Tian thought to himself as he pushed open the door!

  Inside was a large hall, in the middle of which sat an old man with slightly white hair on a taishi chair. Below him sat Zhou Hong, Zhou Yao's father.

  "Grandfather, Father!" Zhou Yao hastily bowed respectfully, "Uncle Zhou, Old Master Zhou, hello!" The other party being an elder, Lin Tian also bowed.

  "Yao'er, come sit next to Grandpa!" The old man pointed to the seat beside him and smiled slightly. "Grandpa, I'll just stand with him too!" Zhou Yao said, feeling a bit more at ease seeing the old man's smile. The old man's expression stiffened: "Forget it, forget it, if you want to stand then stand, it's because Grandpa didn't care about you enough in the past!"

  "Lin Tian, I'm sure you won't mind us investigating your birth? I'm curious, how did an ordinary person suddenly acquire such astonishing strength and wealth? Can you satisfy this old man's curiosity?" The old man gazed intently at Lin Tian, his aura as a top-notch expert also slightly revealed!

  Lin Tian slightly shook his head: "Sorry, can't, it's Yao'er now, and I don't understand these things either!" Lin Tian said, turning to Zhou Yao beside him with an apologetic smile. "If that's the case, I think it would be difficult for me to let my granddaughter follow someone whose bottom line is unclear!" The old man said.

  "Grandfather, do you want to interfere with us too?" Zhou Yao hastily asked. The old man didn't respond, but instead stared at Lin Tian. "Old sir, I don't want any conflict between us, that would make it difficult for Yaoyao!" Lin Tian said firmly, staring into the old man's eyes.

  "Are you threatening us?" Zhou Hong, Zhou Yao's father, said in a deep voice. "Although the identity of Long Group's special consultant is prestigious, the accumulation of the Zhou family for hundreds of years is far beyond your imagination!"

  "Uncle, don't misunderstand me," Lin Tian said. "I just hope we can have a good talk, like relatives or friends, not like this, an interrogation!"

  Silence, a long silence, it was almost December, the temperature had already dropped very low, but Zhou Yao's forehead was covered in fine sweat! Lin Tian grasped Zhou Yao's hand, a warm current flowed into her body, instantly dispelling much of her tension, and the beads of sweat on her forehead also vanished.

  "Lin Tian, it seems your strength is far greater than we imagined. A young man who dares to speak like this in front of us is truly rare!" The old man finally spoke up, "If I'm not mistaken, your cultivation shouldn't be just at the early stage of Earth Level, right? Last time, Yeo's father probably underestimated you too!"

  Zhou Hong heard his father's words and was slightly stunned. He carefully sized up Lin Tian: "Lin Tian, did you still hide your true strength last time?"

  Last time, Lin Tian was only at the Earth Level Initial Stage, but now he is already at the Heaven Level Initial Stage. The time interval in between wasn't long, so Lin Tian naturally didn't say that this was just a recent breakthrough. He slightly nodded and said: "I suppose so, leaving some room for maneuvering allows one to live a bit longer!"

  "Good boy, you actually hid your strength. Bring out your true power and let's have a match!" Zhou Hong's fighting spirit was stirred up, and he suddenly stood up. Lin Tian looked at Zhou Hong with a smile that wasn't quite a smile: "Uncle, are you sure you want me to bring out my true power to compete with you?"

  "Nonsense, go all out and use your strength to prove that you can protect Yao'er!" Zhou Hong said loudly. "Father—" Zhou Yao hurriedly stopped him, she had just seen Lin Tian take action a few days ago, those ninjas were so fierce but still died at Lin Tian's hands, she was afraid that Lin Tian would hurt her own father—although this father didn't care enough about her!

  "Don't worry, I won't hurt him!"