"The formation was deactivated?! This...this....?!"
Lin Zhou glanced at the guard frighteningly. He couldn't believe his ears.
The flag formation of the Lin clan and its deactivation method was the clan's secret; no one outside of the clan knew of it. Does it mean that someone from their clans had robbed it? Even though it was unbelievable it was likely the case considering the situation.
It was more plausible that they stole it to use it for their personal use or to gain some money by selling it.
To think that the clansmen would do such dirty tricks, Lin Zhou furrowed his brows and interrogated the guard infuriated: "Are you sure about that? The formation flag had been deactivated and not blown?"
The guard replied in confidence: "Yes, it was indeed deactivated, chief. Here's the proof."
He then handed him the flag which had a blood stain on it.
Lin Zhou took the flag and was left startled by it.
The guard was indeed saying the truth! The formation flag had been shut off using the clan's blood. There was even a blood stain on it which was to say it was indeed someone from the clan who had deactivated the formation and stolen it.
Incensed by it, he clenched the flag and roared in animosity: "Who dares?! Who dare to rob the sky-tier flower right under my nose?!"
"Quick! Summon all the clansmen in the hall for an emergency meeting! I will uncover this unfaithful mouse myself!"
He breathed in fury as he instructed.
"Yes!"
The guard replied with a serious face and hastily left to heed the order.
As soon as he left; Lin Zhou was left unsettled by it, the sky-tier yellow cactus flower was important to him. He was waiting for it to be fully bloomed so that he could sell it to the Red sun guild; the only merchant association of the entire earth continent.
It was the guild where all the important and pricey deals were made and were directly under the rule of the famous three sects of the Earth continents: The Gold sect, the Glorious sky sect and the Autumn sky sect.
In this guild, the famous three clans of the Earth continent; the Gao clan, the Hu clan and the Lin clan would usually go to do good deals either for import or export.
Furthermore, the famous three sects would usually make the guild sell their valuable elixirs here and the three clans would often covet the treasure made by these sects.
This time, the Glorious sky sect happened to make the guild sell their fifth-rank sky-tier beginner's pill. It was said that this pill would make a cultivator at a Qi collection realm jump upto three levels.
Lin Zhou's son, Lin Bo happened to be at the Qi collection realm 7 level, he was eyeing this beginner's elixir for a long time. Initially, he planned to sell the sky-tier yellow cactus flower for a good sum and bought the beginner's pill for his son. This way, his son Lin Bo would be able to make a breakthrough and enter the founding stage easily.
While he had planned it all; everything was crumbling down because of that sneaky mouse.
"Hmph! Let's see who dares to steal the flower and ruin my plan."
He anticipated with a furious expression on his face.
While Lin Zhou was fretting over it; the guard on the side headed straight towards the tower of the Lin clan where the clan's big bell was. Arriving there, he did the hand signs and soon directed his prowess and caused the bell to ring.
As soon as it rang; the sound of the huge bell immediately transmitted to the entire area of the Lin clan. It spread farther to the forest area, the market, the banks, the clan's training hall, and each corner of the Lin clan household.
Only the Lin clan member was able to hear the sound of their ancestor's bell. It was the bell that is used to summon every one of the Lin clan.
Once the ancestor bell rang, they are to obey it and were to quickly withdraw from their work and arrived at the clan's meeting hall. No one was to ignore the summon of the bell.
Fearing that something big might had happened for the chief to summon them; the Lin clansmen immediately withdrew from their work and headed towards the meeting hall.
Every child, every youth, every elderly, and sick person all hurried towards the hall.
Lin Zhou on the side was seating on his Chief's seat with a temperamental expression. He was impatiently waiting to uncover the mouse who ruined his plan.
The Lin clan's meeting hall was one big hall like an indoor stadium with a capacity of 15,000 people. It was protected by a barrier, therefore, no one outside of the hall would be able to see or hear things that are going inside. It was to protect the clan's secret meetings from the eyes and ears of the outsiders.
This was the clan's comfort place to hold ceremonies, banquets or any important meeting and official meetings.
Shortly a while later, people started to gather at the clan hall.
They were panicked by the sudden call of the emergency meeting. It's been ages since the last emergency meeting was held. Now, this sudden call, what could be the reason for it?
Everyone was looking forward to it.
They were a bit tense too. After all, the entire clan meeting happened after ages.
Hearing the loud commotion outside, Yichen too woke up from his bed.
As soon as he woke up, his half-awake eyes saw his father Lin Zhang standing on the side with his hands on his back.
He was staring at those clansmen who were heading towards the clan hall in hurry. This time, the father that Yichen saw seemed kind of different.
He was neatly tying his long black hair with a pin, his dress was too changed to an elegant maroon and black robe. The aura that exudes from his father was much gentler and calmer. This was not the usual impression he saw.
'Is father back for real?!'
Yichen's eyes were widened by it. Thrilled to see him, he jumped down from the bed and clamoured out in excitement: "Father!"