Clearing the Fang's Treasure Vault.

The stuff about taking in disciple is guaranteed but his reputation level still remained the same as before. Should he just show off his real cultivation level?

No way, that will actually do him nothing good. If someone of the same level as him challenged him, he still could run away but if it was someone of stronger level than him, how is he supposed to fight them while protecting himself? Even running away is impossible because as one cultivation level rise, the gap between the lower level and higher level gradually increases.

To him, blindly show off his real strength is an awful method to raise a reputation. He might as well get a dumb reputation.

At this right moment, Yuan Lin sat in the hall with Jiang Li, his soon-to-be disciple's father.

Without even a need to ask, Jiang Li knew that the possibility of his son wounded by the Jun family is higher than being wounded by natural causes. He is afraid that it did not stop at just wanting to hurt his son. The man dodged his head upward and saw the master is nibbling on the cookies. 'If not for this master, I would lose my son.'

He had lost his wife a few years after the boy is born. He loved his wife so much but the love transfer to his son after his wife died. He spoiled his son to the brim, provided the boy with high-quality medicinal herbs and elixir even though it cost him a fortune. When his son was still a kid, he protected the boy from every other influence and tutor the boy by himself. As the boy grows up, he realized that he could no longer keep the boy under his wing and has to let the boy spread his own wing even though they were torn up.

Even if his son has a trash innate talent, he still cannot keep the boy under his wing forever. The boy has a pride and his pride will suffer if he heard that other people talk about him still being protected by his father as a grownup.

He can afford to lose his son but not the look of respect in his son's eyes.

"Master Shui, although my son is lacking in every corner, I wish you can take him as your second disciple."

Yuan Lin heard this and almost choke on the cookies he ate. He drinks the water and looked at the middle-aged man who seems to age even more. He saw the seriousness, concern, and helplessness in the man's eyes. After a while, he smiled and spoke in neither loud or soft tone. "It is a fortune for me to be able to take in such a talented disciple. My first disciple is long gone so after a long time, I really do want to take in another disciple. As long as Jiang Chen is willing, I will take him as my disciple." He bluffed without batting an eyelid.

When Jiang Li heard this, he is not reassured because the possibility his son wish to remain in this town still exists. He is not worried his son not getting any stronger but he is worried that his son is willing to lose the opportunity of exploring the outside world just to stay with his father to spend time with his family. Although he loved his son, he does not wish to implicate his son's future.

About four days later, Yuan Lin is frantic as there is only one day left before the due time of the quest. If he still cannot find a solution to this problem, he will use the stupid method he had in mind earlier on and ran away as far away as he can before the enemy finds him. Today, he went to the Spatial House and bought a new spatial bag while giving away the three spatial bags from the Jun Clan. He may not have the skill to delete the trace of the Jun Clan on the bag but Spatial House does. Although he had wanted to give away the spatial bags for free, the manager of the spatial house still paid him about nearly a hundred thousand silver coins which are equal to one thousand gold coins.

Since the other party insisted, he naturally didn't reject it. After all, more money will give him more benefits.

Jiang Chen still locked up in his room without any hint to step out of the water. Jiang Li managed his pill house and other business as per usual.

As Yuan Lin stepped out of the Spatial House, he saw the people murmuring to each other and some even ran while carrying water buckets in their hands. He does not even need to ask and just by listening to the crowd conversation at the side, his face immediately turned dark and he rushed straightaway back to the Jiang mansion.

"Apparently, the Fang family has a new backer now. I heard the maid from Fang family says that their new backer is the Jun Clan."

"There's no doubt about the rumor but Fang family is too much now. They actually set the mayor's Pill House to fire and caused chaos in Jiang other business as well as chases away their workers."

"What can I say? The Fang has always eyed the mayor's position in this Prosperous Wind town."

Yuan Lin was silent as he flew straight toward the mansion. He saw the middle-aged man slumped on the ground with a devastated expression on his face. Without even asking, he knew right away that there is no saving for the man's businesses. He turned his face toward the steward and asked in a straightforward manner.

"Where is the Fang family residence?"

The steward jolted when he realized the master was talking to him. He quickly pointed toward a direction and Yuan Lin simultaneously vanished from their sight.

He reached atop of the huge mansion's most center roof and spread his consciousness over the whole area. As his consciousness slipped into the main hall of the Fang family, he smiled and flew to the front gate of the Fang manor. At first, he still had his doubt as to whether the Fang really seek trouble or they were implicated by others. After he finds out that the Fang family's head is talking with someone from the Jun family with such a good mood and heard the connection between the two families plotting against the Jiang family, his doubt is gone.

The men guarding the Fang front gate noticed that among the crowd, someone is walking toward their direction with a warm smile on his face. They couldn't figure out why they feel chill when they saw the smile but then, they immediately realized what happened.

"Fang and Jun, I gave you chance to come out of your hiding or you better not regret it if I destroy your whole manor!" His voice is loud and clear. They reached the ears in the main hall and the people soon came out to see who dares to find trouble with two large families at once. They thought that perhaps Jiang Li sent people to defeat them but they realized they were wrong when they saw only a man clad in the black robe stood in front of their front gate with a warm smile on his face.

Before they were able to speak, Yuan Lin spoke as his eyes gradually darkened. "My disciple went to secluded cultivation and someone already tried to harm his family. I couldn't believe it that when I was away for about a few hours, things like this slipped in and caused so much problem. However, even if I was too late to stop you, it is not too late for me to crush you." He said the few last words casually but they were like grenade threw onto the people listening. His powerful aura scared the onlookers.

"Presumptuous!" A middle-aged man from the Fang rushed forward by taking out his sword to attack the man.

"I shall not waste my time with losers." Yuan Lin said and casually extended his right hand. Water swirled around the Fang family head and frost.

The frozen middle-aged dropped onto the ground and shattered into pieces. Before Yuan Lin froze him, he managed to take the man's spatial bag without them noticing. He looked at the man from the Jun family and spoke in a soft tone. "I do not care about the Jun Clan but this time, they have done too much."

As soon as the last words reached the Jun family member, his realized the man vanished from his sight. Afterward, who knows what happen and he died.

Similar to how the Fang family's head died, the Jun family member also died from the same method used on the other man. Yuan Lin could read from the system information to know who is related and who is not related to the scheme of destroying the Jiang family. He let the none related live while everyone related is not spared by him. He killed them and rob them.

After thoroughly clean up the Fang family, he went to their treasure vault and took whatever the system said rarely. He left their money behind for Jiang Li to start a new business but every rare item is taken by him. Just as he about to leave the treasure vault, he noticed a dull looking stone between the piles of other precious things. When he saw the description for the stone, he was shocked.

[Emperium Heart - A spiritual vein roots. If planted deep in the earth, the proximate area of one hundred miles. If planted on top of the mountain, the top of the mountain will have the highest condensed spiritual energy and gradually less condensed as it is farther from the center of the spiritual vein root. If planted in a flat area, the area where the vein root is planted will have the most concentrated spiritual energy and gradually less concentrated as it gets farther from the spiritual vein root.]

'Jackpot.'