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50. 50. On Shandong Road, a heavy snow was drifting down for half a month on an inconspicuous hillside. The mountainside was covered in layers of snow, and in the far distance, one could faintly see bare tree trunks covered in thick cotton clothing, just like giants standing in the mountains.

Actually, this hillside was very unremarkable. However, the most famous one was the clan on the hillside that was remembered by all the martial arts sects and families for a generation. The residence was right here. Legend has it that the clan is the descendant of the Zhao Family's daughter Lin Xiangru during the Warring States Period. Lin Xiangru was highly valued by the Zhao Family because of her wealth, but at the same time, she was also deeply remembered by the people of the world and future generations. Lin Xiangru and Lian Pang, one of them was helping Zhao Wang, managing the country in a neat and orderly manner. The dukes of the world did not dare to bully them. However, the decline of the State of Zhao could not be changed by the sincerity of a sovereign and the loyalty of several ministers.

Only a few decades after Lin Xiangru's death, the power that the State of Zhao improved a bit due to Zhao Wuling's reforms was completely destroyed by the appearance of a person called Zhao Qun. What was left was to wait for the State of Qin to wipe out the rest of the country. The State of Zhao was destroyed by the State of Qin in 229 BC, and from then on, all that people remembered of the State of Zhao was the story of the return of all the wealth to the State of Qin.

After the meeting between Lin Xiangru and Zhao, Lin Xiangru had acknowledged Lin Xiangru as his superior. He was very dissatisfied with Lin Xiangru's attitude and had always been embarrassed by him. However, seeing that the two of them worked together, Lin Xiangyu endured it from every point of view from the general situation in the country of Zhao. Finally, Lian Pang realized his mistake, so he carried the brambles on his back and begged for forgiveness.

If Lin Xiangru was gentle and elegant when it came to dealing with people, then he was meticulous and upright when it came to handling court affairs. Lin Xiangyu was an upright, honest and frugal man. He had offended many influential families at home and abroad during the reign of the State of Zhao. Even though he was in the imperial court, his enemy was already out of the world. People were afraid of being famous, while pigs were afraid of being strong. Lin Xiangru had jumped from Bu Yi to become Zhao in just a few years. Naturally, there were many conflicts between her and others.

Fortunately, the protection of Lin Xiang, the king of Zhao, was safe. However, with the death of the old king, Lin Xiangyu was not accepted by the new king. She slowly lost her power and enemies came knocking on his door one after another. After Lin Xiang died, his enemies became even more unscrupulous. They came one after another to provoke him, and sometimes even came together in groups. They completely wanted to exterminate Lin Xiang like his family and his descendants.

The Lin family had no choice but to change their surnames to protect their families. Furthermore, they carried heavy responsibility and hatred with them. As for the sect, it was the Lin family under an assumed name!

The Lin family, led by Lin Ru, were all favored ministers and ministers of the King of Zhao. Although most of the people in the Lin family were talented people, most of them held civil servant positions. The Lin family thought about it and felt that the reason they were always bullied was mostly because there were no hanger-ons in their family. When crisis struck, it was usually a large group of people who came up with a lot of good ideas, but none of them carried it out.

After thinking it over and over again, the Lin family decided that it was most suitable for them to follow RongRong's lead. Firstly, there was a lack of generals in the State of Zhao. The Lin Family members could set off for the country and not fear the strong enemies. Secondly, they could recruit servants to protect the family courtyard. Since then, the Lin Family elders no longer hurried to teach their children the Four Books and Five Classics, and instead paid more attention to martial skills. Not only that, the Lin family also invited many martial arts experts to live in Handan and accept many disciples. Gradually, the family took shape, and with a batch of people with excellent kung fu skills, the Lin family's reputation rose to prominence in the martial arts world, and quickly became the overlord of a region that could not be underestimated.

However, for some reason, after the destruction of Zhao, the hundreds of people in the Lin family disappeared overnight without a trace. On the night of the destruction of Zhao's capital city, the king's palace was looted by a group of robbers. All the precious items within the palace were stolen, which was intriguing. After a few years of time, a martial arts family — a sect — rose in the Lu land.

The sect was located deep within the valley. Ordinary people only knew of this place, but most people didn't know its exact location. Although the sect was a newly established aristocratic family, it was extremely mysterious. Legend has it that the ancestor of the sect who invented this sword technique was called Qing Xi. He was one of the earliest Patriarchs of the clan, and his skills were both elegant and free, as beautiful as dance when he came out. Although the Listening Stream Sword Art only had seventeen moves, each and every move was extremely profound, capable of attacking and defending at the same time. When it came to letting go, it was even more perfect. Ordinary practitioners of the martial arts world, not to mention harming others, even thinking of touching a little bit of their clothes was delusional. They used the Listening River Sword Technique to make their name known in the outside world, and it was very loud!

Although the sect was established a bit earlier, it didn't develop as much as the Karakorum Faction did. Most martial arts teachings were after all only done on the basis of the clan, and very few people with a different surname could learn it. Secondly, the sect was created by Lin Xiangru's descendant, who had been passed down as an ancestor for hundreds of thousands of years. As for what the important task of the sect was, only the clan leader knew. Even though the sect had experienced thousands of years of hardships, their lives were peaceful and peaceful. The third reason was that the sect was always at the heart of several great dynastic uprisings. Whether it was the peasant uprising at the end of Qin Dynasty, the yellow cloth uprising at the end of Han Dynasty, or even the first fire of the uprising at the end of Sui Dynasty, they were all burning up in Lu. In order to avoid the rebel army and officials' attention, the sect had always kept a low profile and cleverly avoided the flames of war.

Even so, a large clan like this would still attract the attention of some people. Apart from Wu Lin's people who knew about the existence of the sect, even the rebel army of Sui Mian, the Wagang Army, also came to invite them. They hoped that the sect would offer some strong people to help them build their army, but they were all rejected by the sect. The clan was no different from an ordinary family now. Gradually, they were forgotten! s