Family Cultivation: I Am the Guardian Beast of the Clan

Lin Zhongba's words were calm, but they sent a slight chill through the hearts of those around him.

In the next moment, Lin Zhongba raised his hand, and three rat masks appeared in his grasp. A strong sense of unease filled the hearts of the three brutes.

"Run!"

Among the three, the chubby old man shouted, turned, and dashed away at full speed. The other two also fled in different directions.

Seeing this, Lin Zhongba smiled faintly, and with a slight movement of his mouth, he said, "Don't underestimate this old man's mobility."

As his words fell, a strange fluctuation appeared, instantly spreading throughout Hongshan County. The fleeing brutes' figures froze in place, as if they were held in stasis.

The three rat masks in Lin Zhongba's hand also vanished. The next moment, they reappeared on the faces of the three Peak Foundation Establishment cultivators without warning. In the terrified gaze of the crowd in Renhuai County, the three pinnacle Foundation Establishment cultivators had been turned into three rats.

Moreover, they were pitiful rats covered in wounds, with not a single patch of intact flesh on their bodies. The chubby and thin old men had all their limbs broken, and their faces looked extremely aged and feeble.

The three of them were in such a state, but Lin Zhongba's actions continued without pause. A silver needle appeared in front of him, and with a casual wave, the needle transformed into a streak of light, shooting toward the three rats in the air.

Pitiful rat cries filled the ears of every cultivator in Renhuai County. However, all they could see was a silver radiance. A quarter of an hour later, the silver light disappeared, and what appeared before the crowd was an embroidery.

It was 1.2 meters long and wide. On the embroidery were three pitiful and lifelike rats, with eyes that seemed just like a real person's, sending shivers down the spines of those who looked at them.

Lin Zhongba waved his hand, collecting the embroidery, and then he turned to look at the numerous cultivators around him, his smile warm and pleasant.

With just one look, in an instant, all the cultivators retreated a mile away. Their eyes were filled with fear as they watched Lin Zhongba, afraid to become his next target.

"Wooden man, Paper-cutting Art, Shepherd's Art, Face-changing Art, Embroidery Art! Grandpa just used five of them in a row. It seems that Grandpa is truly angry this time," Lin Ran murmured quietly.

"Everyone, if you ever want to bully the Lin family in the future, just come find this old man. With this old body, protecting our clan is still doable," Lin Zhongba's voice was gentle, but it resonated throughout the entire Hongshan County's territory. All the cultivators who heard it unconsciously nodded in agreement.

Seeing this, Lin Ran couldn't help but smile. "Two more have been added!"

Beside her, Lin Qing'er and Lin Ran were naturally curious. "Little Sister, how can there be two more when it seems like nothing has been used?"

Hearing this, Lin Ran's face lit up with a smile, and she sent a message through their divine sense connection. "Big Sister Qing'er, Grandpa has indeed added two more techniques, but these two are a bit more subtle.

"The first one can be noticed upon closer observation. It's called Shadow Puppetry! It's just like the shadow puppet shows in the mortal world, but in Grandpa's hands, it's basically the ability to control every action of others, like puppets. So these guys nodding along are partly doing so willingly, but there's also the influence of Shadow Puppetry at work.

"As for the second one, it's just a child's plaything, 'Pinkie Promise.' If you 'Pinkie Promise' for a hundred years, you can't break it. Big Sister Qing'er, you've probably heard of it before. Despite being a child's game, it's one of the most terrifying abilities in Grandpa's hands.

"As long as the other party shows some form of agreement with Grandpa's words, then it's considered a contract. As long as it doesn't exceed the limit of the contract's power, one must act in accordance with the terms, or face death.

"Currently, Grandpa's 'Pinkie Promise' has some limitations on Golden Core cultivators, and it works in conjunction with Shadow Puppetry. It's nearly unstoppable.

"Of course, Grandpa's Shadow Puppetry is a little weak and it can't control Golden Core Cultivators at present, so 'Pinkie Promise' is also subject to limitations."

Lin Qing'er was almost dumbfounded. Could a Foundation Establishment cultivator really possess such abilities?

And where did Shadow Puppetry weaken? In the blink of an eye, it could control the actions of a hundred thousand cultivators in Hongshan County. Even if it was a simple nod, to control a hundred thousand cultivators simultaneously in performing complex actions was undoubtedly an impossible task.

But even so, this Shadow Puppetry was already terrifying beyond words, and it was supposed to be weaker!?

Just as Lin Ran explained, in a brief moment, the minds of the hundred thousand cultivators in Hongshan County awoke. In their minds, the silent contents of a contract emerged.

They suddenly realized that they had been silently controlled a moment ago, and a contract had been established without their knowledge. Cold sweat dripped from their foreheads. This old man was just too sinister!

"Boom!"

At that very moment, in the sky above, the Rainbow Sea that covered a thousand miles suddenly roared to life. Countless lights began converging at the center of Hongshan County.

A colorful cocoon, two meters in size, appeared in the sky. In that moment, the territory within a thousand miles of Renhuai County fell into complete silence.

All attention was drawn to the colorful cocoon. They knew that the Golden Core Realm Rainbow Maiden was about to be born!