High-Martial World: System Arrives 30 Years Late-Chapter 200 - 177: Ancient Tea Epiphany, Personally Executing Lu Wan

Chapter 200: Chapter 177: Ancient Tea Epiphany, Personally Executing Lu Wan

Lin Wu?

Su Mu recalled that this was the person currently holding the temporary power of the Lin Family Patriarch. Immediately, Su Mu couldn’t help but take a few more glances; this person was most likely a Grandmaster as well.

"No wonder it’s a Martial Arts Family, a Martial Arts Grandmaster and more than six Martial Arts Grandmasters indeed unmatched in foundation."

It should be noted that even Shenjiang City only had three Martial Arts Grandmasters, which was completely insignificant in front of the Lin Family.

Passing through layers of corridors and eaves, a lush bamboo forest appeared before him. Faint sounds of streams and birds could be heard, and a winding path paved with green stones led deep into tranquility.

"The Ancestor is just ahead in the bamboo forest; I’ll leave you here."

Lin Wu smiled, turned around, and left.

"A Martial Arts Grandmaster?"

Su Mu took a deep breath; the Lin Family Ancestor would be the first Great Grandmaster he had ever encountered in his life, a realm significant enough to establish a Martial Arts Family, significant enough to glimpse its weight.

Entering the bamboo forest, he quickly saw a stream. The brook was over two meters wide, with clear water to the bottom, and fish and shrimp were visible at a glance.

"Such a rich spiritual atmosphere."

The Cloud Mountain Range, where the Lin Family was located, was a treasure land. Many Spirit Gathering Arrays were set up within the clan, and many rare spirit plants were planted, with the spiritual energy already several times that of the outside world.

And Su Mu quickly discovered that upon entering the bamboo forest, the concentration of spiritual energy here had increased exponentially again.

The stream meandered with nine turns and eighteen bends, and deep inside the bamboo forest, there was a bamboo house.

"Su Mu, my young friend, you’ve arrived. Come in quickly."

The bamboo house was bright yet simple, with only a bed, a table, a bookshelf, a tea stove, and two palm mats. By the bookshelf hung two portraits, the one on the left of a high-spirited man, and on the right, a woman with willow-like eyebrows and starry eyes, full of heroism.

"These are the two ancestors who founded our Lin Family."

By the tea stove sat an elder with white brows and beard, dressed in blue clothing, with hair like a crane but a face like a child. The elder’s demeanor was kind.

"Lin Family Ancestor." Su Mu called out. He had little goodwill towards the Lin Family, but he had some respect for this Great Grandmaster.

"Sit."

Su Mu sat cross-legged, neither arrogant nor humble, as the elder began to brew tea at his own pace. Su Mu spoke up.

"Ancestor, you said that the Lin Family wouldn’t be an enemy of mine."

"That’s correct. You can say whatever is on your mind."

"Then I shall be straightforward. More than half a year ago, I was taking the qualification assessment for the Three Cities Training Camp at the Linjiang Base of Shenjiang City. The assessment was to suppress demon cultists, among which Lu Lin, the acting City Lord of Linjiang Base, colluded with demon cultists and was cut down by my knife."

"Demon cultists and those who collude with them deserve death," the elder said with a raised brow, but with some doubt in his mind.

"Afterward, someone received a letter, roughly asking someone to act in the preliminary competition to kill me, with a down payment of a fragment of a sword momentum."

"Young friend, tell me, who in my Lin Family is such a scoundrel? I will let you personally deal with him." The Lin Family Ancestor, upon hearing this, naturally understood that person was related to his Lin Family.

Hearing this, Su Mu was slightly startled; he had underestimated the breadth of the Lin Family Ancestor’s heart, befitting someone who could advance to Great Grandmaster.

"Afterward, I had my friend from the Huangfu Family investigate the source of the sword momentum fragment and confirmed it was from the Zhejiang Martial Arts Association and identified who exchanged it."

"That was Lu Lin’s daughter, Lu Wan."

"Give me one day. Before dusk tomorrow, I will hand her over to you, young friend. If it is inconvenient for you, our Lin Family can also clean our house ourselves." The Lin Family Ancestor did not hesitate.

"Lin Family Ancestor, this Lu Wan I wish to handle personally."

"Very well."

"Young friend, if there’s anything else you want to say, feel free to speak."

Su Mu shook his head.

At this time, the teapot made a gurgling sound, the tea was boiling, and the aroma permeated the bamboo house.

"Su Mu, your teacher is Wang Shuheng, right?"

"That’s correct."

The Ancestor’s hand flashed with a spiritual light, and a delicate lotus-shaped silver metal box appeared. The moment the small box emerged, it stood out amidst the aroma of tea, exuding a peculiar fragrance.

"Your teacher, Wang Shuheng, once suffered an accident early in his years, leaving his internal organs and meridians with injuries that are difficult to heal. This box of Silver Lotus Healing Ointment is enough to cure those injuries."

Upon hearing this, Su Mu’s eyes brightened and tightened. It was his first time knowing that his teacher still had unhealed internal injuries. His teacher, Wang Shuheng, was a Martial Artist, yet his physical condition was not optimistic and appeared quite aged.

At this point, Su Mu had asked his teacher several times before, but Teacher Wang Shuheng always avoided answering.

Su Mu had actually already guessed what the Lin Family Ancestor wanted to do, and he was ready to refuse.

But involving Teacher Wang Shuheng, Su Mu couldn’t refuse the Silver Lotus Healing Ointment before him.

"Thank you, Ancestor. I will accept this Silver Lotus Healing Ointment. What does the Ancestor want me to do?"

Knowing it could heal the long-standing, hard-to-heal internal injuries, Su Mu also knew this was extremely precious.

However, the Ancestor shook his head.

"I need young friend to do nothing. Consider this a gesture of friendship, a meeting gift from an elder to a younger generation."

"The only hope is that should the Lin Family encounter difficulties in the future, young friend might lend a hand or two."

After speaking, the Lin Family Ancestor poured Su Mu a cup of tea, to which Su Mu immediately performed a tea ceremony gesture with his knuckle.

"As the Ancestor says, I, Su Mu, will definitely remember it in my heart."

"Good, with your words, young friend, I am relieved."

"This tea was personally planted by our Lin Family ancestors nearly a thousand years ago, and is only grown on the peak of Cloud Mountain. Have a taste, young friend."

Nearly a thousand-year-old ancient tea?

Su Mu’s eyes lit up slightly, and he lifted the teacup. The tea was as clear as water and, after drinking, a refreshing fragrance permeated his being, with a coolness merging into his body, insights emerging in his heart.

Su Mu’s eyes shone brightly, immediately finishing the tea in one gulp before closing his eyes. Instantly, a powerful sword momentum overflowed.

"Remarkable perception, extraordinary," the elder exclaimed, releasing an invisible force, shielding everything within the bamboo house.

Over the decades, the Lin Family Ancestor had invited many to taste the tea, but among them, only three, including Su Mu, had gained insight upon the first sip.

And among the other two, one had already reached the pinnacle of the Martial Saint realm, while the other was a strong contender in the current race for the new Martial Saint.

After a long time, Su Mu reopened his eyes, a flash of domineering glint swiftly passing through.

"Thank you, Ancestor!"

Su Mu felt a surge of joy in his heart. During his battle with Lin Peng, Su Mu’s Sword Momentum broke into Great Success, but before he could stabilize it, he was ambushed by the Grandmaster of the Lin Family.

Su Mu had to forcibly activate the Great Success Sword Momentum to slash once. After that slash, Su Mu suffered a backlash from the Great Success Sword Momentum, but he suppressed it with the Fixed Star Body Refining Technique, not showing any outward signs. However, it was clear that the Lin Family Ancestor had seen through it.

Taking advantage of the epiphany from the tea, Su Mu finally stabilized his Great Success Sword Momentum, with no more worries.

"This is because of your own astonishing understanding, young friend. The tea is just an external aid."

After a few cups of Ancient Tea, everything seemed to fall into place.

Taking this opportunity, Su Mu asked the Lin Family Ancestor, this Great Grandmaster, about the mysteries of the Grandmaster Realm. The elder Lin responded with a smile, and the two engaged in a question-and-answer exchange.

Su Mu’s eyes grew increasingly bright.

...

At the Guangshen Province Martial Arts Association, several people directly pushed open the office door.

"Who are you?" Lu Wan, inside the office, asked with a look of confusion. She was anxiously waiting for news about the Celestial Pride Battle.

"Lu Wan, come with us." The leader presented a black token.

Upon seeing this token, Lu Wan’s expression changed drastically. It was the token of the Lin Family’s Enforcement Hall, responsible for rewarding and punishing Lin Family members and handling the family’s internal affairs.

In that instant, Lu Wan felt a chill down her spine. With the Enforcement Hall coming for her with such momentum, it couldn’t be for anything good.

"I haven’t done anything wrong. On what grounds are you taking me?"

"Besides, this is the Guangshen Province Martial Arts Association. You have no right to take me. I am a member of the Guangshen Province Martial Arts Association..."

Clinging to what felt like her last straw, Lu Wan tried desperately to resist. At this moment, an elderly man approached—it was a vice president of the Guangshen Province Martial Arts Association.

"The Lin Family has already communicated with our Provincial Martial Arts Association about this. It’s a family matter."

These words were like a death sentence for Lu Wan, who showed disbelief as her face turned incredibly pale. Just as she wanted to argue further, the Lin Family’s Enforcement Hall members took her away.

In a special luxury car, Lu Wan saw her husband, Lin Qiu, looking bewildered and tied up. In that moment, Lu Wan felt utterly desolate; she realized that the secret must have been leaked.

News of the Celestial Pride Battle had not yet been released, but Lu Wan speculated that Su Mu’s performance was likely so impressive that he had gained the Lin Family’s favor.

Little did she know, Su Mu’s performance was beyond impressive. With one slash, he cut down the former Celestial Pride Lin Peng, and with the second slash, he even struck down the Lin Family Grandmaster.

But Lu Wan would never have the chance to know these things in this lifetime.

Facing death, Lu Wan was anxious. "I did it all by myself; it has nothing to do with Lin Qiu."

Yet, the Enforcement Hall members in the car remained expressionless and silent.

Moments later, Lu Wan remembered something, trembling all over. "Lin Qiu, where are Lu’Er and Xiaoxiang?"

...

"Have you investigated everything clearly?"

"Yes, it’s all clear. Lu Wan confessed. It was indeed her doing, and our investigation confirms Lin Qiu knew nothing about it."

"Good, I understand."

Lin Wu quickly conveyed the information to the Ancestor.

"You inform young friend Su Mu about this and let him handle it."

"Alright."

Lin Wu was startled. He vaguely sensed that the Ancestor held Su Mu in even higher regard after that day, much like how he once esteemed Huangfu Tian.

"A thirty-three-year-old Fifth Level Martial Artist, a thirty-five-year-old Great Grandmaster..."

Doubt flickered briefly in Lin Wu’s eyes.

...

In a quiet courtyard deep inside the Lin Family.

Piercing cries broke the tranquility.

Lu Wan knelt before Su Mu, crying her heart out.

"Su Mu, it was all my doing. If you want to kill, kill me alone. I am the one who wanted to kill you, and it’s only me..."

"And I only targeted you, not your family..."

"Lin Qiu, Lu’Er, and Xiaoxiang have nothing to do with this, and they know nothing about it. Spare them, give them a chance to live..."

Thump, thump, thump.

Lu Wan kept kowtowing to Su Mu, her forehead bleeding from the hits.

"Do they really know nothing? Look into my eyes and say it again." Su Mu asked. The Enforcement Hall members had also handed him a detailed investigation report earlier.

The conclusion from the Enforcement Hall was that Lu Wan orchestrated everything, and it was indeed unrelated to her husband and children.

Su Mu trusted that the Lin Family had no reason to deceive him at this moment, but he trusted his own eyes and intuition more.

"Su Mu, I can guarantee you that they know nothing, not one bit. It’s all me; I did it all alone, I’m begging you."

"Spare them..."

Su Mu stared closely into Lu Wan’s eyes, taking in all her expressions. After achieving Great Success in Sword Momentum, Su Mu’s intuition was sharper.

His intuition told him that Lu Wan was not lying.

"Fine, but you must die."

"Thank you, thank you."

A chilling light flashed, blood splattered, and a head fell to the ground.

A complex emotion flickered in Su Mu’s eyes, but it quickly turned into resolute determination. He did not want anyone lurking in the shadows constantly fixating on him or his family and friends. The moment she sent the Murder Letter to Wu Jun, Lu Wan’s fate was sealed. She had to die.

After taking a deep breath, Su Mu peacefully left the courtyard.

"This matter does not concern her family, but I do not want her children to become Martial Artists."

"Understood, I will ensure that all related records are destroyed as well." Lin Wu nodded. "This is a small gift from the Lin Family, as an early congratulation on your future achievement as a Martial Arts Grandmaster."

"Alright, I accept it, and please pass my regards to the Ancestor."

Su Mu already had the intention to leave and departed from the Lin Family that same day.

(Let the author add a note here, with this, the Murder Letter, Lu Wan, and this family’s affairs have completely ended, with no further follow-up.)