The power structure of Tear City is actually much simpler than that of other cities in Northern Province.
Lin Qinghen understood very clearly that the Yin family was indeed the number one family in this run-down little town. There were four other heavenly-rank people in the family, including Yin Hengxie.
If these four Heavenly Ranks fight to the death, Yin Hengxie has the highest martial power, but his old injury is a big drag, and he is an unexpected factor that is difficult to control. Yin Miao is a little weaker, but after the last family disturbance, he still stands firmly on Yin Hengxie's side.
Yin Miao is a man of some brains. Lin Qinghen has come into contact with him. In fact, this man is smarter than Yin Hengxie and is quite loyal. As long as Yin Hengxie is controlled, then Yin Miao, a Heavenly Rank master, can be controlled.
Xu Yaoyang is the only one in the family who is capable of fighting with Yin Hengxie. Without Yin Miao, he would not dare to act rashly alone. There is also an elder named Ye, who usually does not stand out, but he does not take sides and is a sly old man.
Apart from the Yin family, the Alchemist Association is the only one with some power in the city. The City of Tears once suffered devastating damage, and there are many deficiencies in the city. The Equipment Refiner Association is not a force to be reckoned with, and other groups have little say.
The Alchemist Association has two combat-oriented heavenly-level priests.
Before Yu Yinyin came, these six heavenly masters were the pinnacle of martial power in Tear City, and the Alchemist Association also held the lifeline of medicine supply. Only after Xu Yaoyang gained this power tilt did he dare to challenge Yin Hengxie head-on.
The significance of being a Heavenly Rank master is indeed very different. Breaking through the Heavenly Rank is a huge change for a spiritual master, and it can almost crush those below the Heavenly Rank.
In other words, by winning over a few Heavenly Ranks, there would be someone in the City of Tears who could stop Lin Qinghen.
Yin Hengxie is a person who is never tough at all. He is suitable to be led by others.
With Yin Jiuxiao here and given the current situation, Lin Qinghen is not afraid that he will not follow.
The Alchemist Association signed a one-day oath, and Yu Yinyin naturally listened to Lin Qinghen. As for choosing five out of seven, Lin Qinghen didn’t care what the other two Heavenly Ranks of the Yin family thought. He didn’t need to care.
One day is enough for him.
In fact, there was no need for Yin Hengxie to call for help. With such a big incident, many people would have rushed over upon hearing the news.
The younger generation in this family who bullied Yin Jiuxiao were very angry, and some of Xu Yaoyang and another elder Ye's men were taken away.
Elder Ye was his usual cunning self. On his way here, he stirred up Xu Yaoyang's anger and asked others to step forward.
Sure enough, when these two people came, we only heard their voices but did not see them.
"Who did this? Who dares to act wildly here?"
Xu Yaoyang immediately displayed his spiritual marrow. His marrow was a sword. Lin Qinghen stood there and felt two silver sword beams coming towards him, but Yu Yinyin was not a person who would just sit there and wait for nothing. She stood in front of him and blocked them.
But Yu Yinyin alone could not completely stop Xu Yaoyang, and could only support him for a short while. The alchemist association's priests were holding people down, so they could not move.
Lin Qinghen turned around and looked at Yin Hengxie. The head of the family was obviously in a panic.
He didn't know what to do now, so he froze there without moving, until he felt Lin Qinghen's gaze, and then he whispered: "Qinghen, Lin Qinghen, stop making trouble at home."
"I will never stop until I finish what I want to do today," Lin Qinghen said in front of him, pulling Yin Jiuxiao to his side. The two stood together, very close to each other. "Yin Hengxie, Master Yin, you and Jiuxiao are in this relationship now. He has a share in everything you do. If you get hurt, he won't be able to recover. If you die, he won't be able to live."
Then Lin Qinghen pointed meaningfully at Xu Yaoyang who had taken action.
Yin Hengxie cannot be an ostrich, he must make a choice at this time.
Yin Hengxie originally had a very good impression of Lin Qinghen, thinking that he was gentle and virtuous, but he never expected that this impression would undergo a drastic change.
"You, you are threatening me with Jiuxiao?"
"It's up to you how you interpret it," Lin Qinghen said, "Now, between Xu Yaoyang and Yin Jiuxiao, you make your own choice."
Based on Yin Hengxie's personality, Lin Qinghen was still very confident, but he didn't expect Yin Jiuxiao to speak at this time.
"It's not a threat. Qinghen's intention is your intention," he said. "Uncle, you know what you went through at home. It's because you don't have the ability to protect yourself. I don't blame you. As the head of the family, I have my own difficulties. But now there is finally a Qinghen who is willing to vent his anger for you. Do you want to stop him? Did your uncle expect you to suffer like this forever, being tortured and bullied in places you don't know?"
Yin Jiuxiao knew very well what was the most important thing in Yin Hengxie's heart.
He stood there, looking in Yin Heng's direction with his lifeless eyes.
"How are you going to explain this to my father and my dead grandfather?"
Yin Hengxie's head was buzzing.
He stood there for a while, but time did not wait for him. Seeing that Yu Yinyin seemed to be unable to hold on any longer, Xu Yaoyang's sword light had already reached her. Yin Hengxie got hot-headed and stepped forward to stop him immediately.
When Lin Qinghen saw his action, he knew that he had made the right bet.
He thought that Yin Jiuxiao would say those words, which were almost the same as what Lin Qinghen was planning to say.
The only strong point of Yin Hengxie was that he insisted on keeping Yin Jiuxiao as the young master and refused to accept anyone else.
He is so indecisive, but he is obsessed and feels guilty. As long as you grasp this point, he will be very easy to control.
As soon as Xu Yaoyang saw him start to fight, he knew he couldn't beat him anymore. After he stopped, his expression was clearly incredulous: "Is the head of the family just letting them mess around?"
"I'm sorry... I'm sorry Jiuxiao, I'm sorry for what my father and elder brother have entrusted to me. It's you who has the ability." Yin Hengxie whispered, and finally confirmed, "Qinghen, if you don't hurt their lives, you won't hurt their talents, right?"
Lin Qinghen nodded and said, "Of course."
It is wrong to make others suffer.
Yin Hengxie closed his eyes and sighed, "Every wrong has its perpetrator, Lin Qinghen, I underestimated you. Today, I can no longer control you."
It was indeed not a good choice for him to confront Lin Qinghen at this time. Lin Qinghen knew what he would choose—to stand aside and do nothing.
Given the situation, Yin Hengxie made the decision just as Lin Qinghen had expected.
However, in this situation, he just did nothing and let Lin Qinghen do it.
Xu Yaoyang realized that the situation was not good, so he stopped and stood there, breathing heavily. Lin Qinghen felt that he was staring at her, and that gaze was like a knife, as if he wanted to cut her to pieces.
He probably thought that a person with such low spiritual power would not dare to step on his head.
"What are you in such a hurry for?" Lin Qinghen made the right bet. Now was the time to feel at ease. He looked down at him with a smile on his face, "I still miss you."
He spoke those last words quietly, so that he was the only one who could hear them.
The Discipline Hall was gradually filled with people, some of whom were angry, but after seeing the previous scene, no one dared to take action.
Tianjie was standing on Lin Qinghen's side, so how could they dare to do anything
The whole scene was filled with an eerie silence, and almost everyone was staring at Lin Qinghen on the stage.
It's windy.
This man had a large blue scar on his face, which made him look a bit scary. The wind blew two strands of hair on his forehead, matching the faint smile on Lin Qinghen's face.
Lin Qinghen's spiritual power was obviously very low, but at this moment he had a very strong sense of fright, as if he were some evil ghost.
"It's not an unprovoked attack."
Lin Qinghen spoke at this moment, and he raised his voice a little so that everyone present could hear it clearly.
"God is fair, every family has its own rules. Jiuxiao is the young master of the Yin family. He was appointed to a position by the ancestral hall, but he has been bullied everywhere since he was seven years old. He almost lost his life several times," Lin Qinghen said. "The Yin family is in chaos and has no rules. It has been like this for more than ten years, which is why some people are so bold that they rebel against their superiors and bully their master at will.
Now, I will settle all these matters one by one in front of the Discipline Hall, in front of your Yin family’s ancestors, and establish a set of rules.”
The Discipline Hall is located just opposite the Yin family's ancestral temple. From where Lin Qinghen was standing, he could see the main entrance of the temple. It was a bit dilapidated, but one could still vaguely see how majestic it was in the past.
"First, let's ask everyone kneeling in front. I hope someone can answer honestly."
"The burn on Yin Jiuxiao's neck still leaves a scar. Who caused it?"
"If you can't provide it, then we'll all be punished together. Anyway, we have plenty of time today, I'm just afraid that you can't hold on."
"So everyone, just be honest and answer whatever I ask you."
Lin Qinghen didn't know what Yin Jiuxiao had experienced in the past. Yin Jiuxiao himself might not remember it clearly, but these people would tell him.
In the face of strong pressure, no matter how indestructible the alliance is, it will be exposed sooner or later.
Besides, these juniors were still young, and Lin Qinghen thought they spoke too slowly, so he dragged out the two inattentive guards in Yin Jiuxiao's yard, forced them to kneel together, and gave them a thorough scolding.
There was another very important reason why Lin Qinghen chose to cooperate with the Alchemist Association at that time.
The spiritual essence of one of the priests is a whip with barbs on the tail. The spiritualist's recovery ability can be strong, but the pain will not be reduced. The whip of that priest is particularly easy to use.
With each whipping, pain spread from the spine to the whole body, leaving blood and flesh all over the body, unable to make a sound.
After a few whips, everyone in the room looked at Lin Qinghen with devilish eyes.
He did promise Yin Hengxie that he would not harm their lives. A spiritual master's talent could not be damaged so easily.
The priests of the Alchemist Association have signed an oath, so they have to listen to him today. Anything they do secretly will be considered a breach of contract.
So Lin Qinghen said lightly, and the whip came down, cutting off a piece of flesh and blood. Even if someone kowtowed and begged for mercy, he would not listen until he was satisfied.
This sudden reckoning made everyone silent.
Lin Qinghen looked like he had gone crazy, and he seemed to be doing this without considering the consequences. At first, some people were planning to take revenge, but later on, they were so scared that they didn't even have any other thoughts at all.
Lin Qinghen has heavenly-level masters around him, and those people in the Alchemist Association listen to him so much, the head of the family doesn't dare to say anything.
There were more than the dozen or so people being tortured in front of the Discipline Hall at the beginning. As they confessed, more and more people were dragged out, and there were dozens of people kneeling.
Yin Heng looked sideways and listened to how those people had bullied Jiu Xiao in the past, and how there were many things he didn't know about.
He felt sad, but he also saw blood dripping from below, and the blood was even flowing on the floor tiles, which was almost invisible. Although he knew that it was probably a flesh wound, it would not heal without rest for a year or two.
He pulled Lin Qinghen and whispered, "Qinghen, Qinghen, it's almost over, the Yin family, the Yin family is already like this, so..."
He unconsciously used a pleading tone towards a junior.
Lin Qinghen turned around and looked at him.
He had already beaten the man to death, and he laid out all the so-called revenge of Yin Jiuxiao one by one for everyone to see, telling everyone in the Yin family that he had a legitimate reason to do so. However, almost everyone present thought that he had gone mad because of a momentary rage, including Yin Hengxie.
It was not until now that he realized that Lin Qinghen's eyes had always been calm and rational.
"Yin Hengxie, do you think you are just venting your anger? Do you think you are just seeking revenge for the bullying you and Jiuxiao suffered? Is that all you can do?"
Lin Qinghen told him: "The Yin family, and even the entire City of Tears, has too many problems. It's because of your incompetence and the chronic illness that has not been treated for a long time. If you don't dig out the bones to cure the poison, learn from the painful past, and re-establish the rules, the Yin family will never be able to regroup. Do you hear me?"
Who do the younger generation like Yin Rongyu think they are
Lin Qinghen didn't come here for them today at all.