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Back Courtyard.

Lin Fan and his cousin were plotting things in secret. This matter was swift and quick, an aura like a thousand troops will not be able to stop it.

Heading forwards valiantly and being unable to be stopped.

The key was that with Father in charge, he was weak and alone. It was tough for him to go against them.

"Cousin, Uncle has already agreed. If he finds out you did this, it would be really tough to solve." Zhou Zhongmao said.

He should just let the matter rest and listen to his uncle.

"It is not easy to solve, but we need to solve it. Why do I feel like you hope that I am pushed into this flame? Whose side are you on?" Lin Fan patted on Zhou Zhongmao's head and said.

Zhou Zhongmao scratched his head and was a little helpless.

"Cousin, I am definitely on your side."

Lin Fan calmed down, "This is more like it. If you are not on my side, I would feel really hurt."

Lin Wanyi adored Li Zhixiu. Although Lin Fan hadn't married her, he already treated her as his daughter-in-law.

Lin Manor had many spare courtyards.

They directly moved into the largest one, enough to say how satisfied Lin Wanyi was of Li Zhixiu. He directly gave her the largest room in the manor to her.

Lin Fan knew about all this, but he didn't know what to say.

Within the room, Cuilan cleaned up, "Little Miss, Old Master Lin treats you really well. However, I don't think that Young Master Lin is a good person."

She held a pot of flowers in her hands and placed it by the window. The flower was fragrant, and quickly the entire room smelled good.

"Whether or not he is good isn't important. What is important is that I can control my future." Li Zhixiu said.

When they clashed with Lin Fan in the hall, she didn't place the matter much to heart. She was very satisfied with the Lin Family, and since one wouldn't be able to gain freedom from marriage, then she would choose a husband that couldn't control her.

After their first encounter, she understood that the Lin Family Young Master didn't like her. That was good. It was good that he didn't like her; it saved her a lot of work.

Cuilan placed everything there and came to Little Miss's side, "However, Little Miss, it would be really painful if you are with someone you don't like. If Young Master Lin loves Little Miss, it would be okay, at least someone will treat you well. Only now…"

She didn't know what to say.

Little Miss didn't like Young Master Lin, and Young Master Lin didn't like Little Miss. The first time they met, there was the smell of gunpowder. They still had a long time to be with one another, so how would that pass?

"My father and mother didn't meet beforehand, but didn't it end up okay?" Li Zhixiu said.

Towards these things, she didn't really care about it.

She felt much more relaxed.

She didn't need to worry about all of that.

That night.

The moon was round.

Li Zhixiu's appearance made them feel danger, especially at night. He noticed that his father treated Li Zhixiu really well and was a little cold towards him instead.

His position in the family was affected.

He had to teach her a lesson.

With the current situation, it was really tough to let his Father disagree with this marriage, and it was even close to impossible.

Then there was only one possibility.

It was for Li Zhixiu to back out and leave Lin Family and head back to Rong City.

The key problem was that he didn't know if he could beat her.

"Everything depends on tonight."

Lin Fan grabbed some black clothes on the table. He hesitated for a moment before being prepared to take the risk personally.

He took off his clothes and was prepared to change into it.

Suddenly, a gust of wind blew in from outside.

It was a little cold.

He actually forgot to close the window!

He was just prepared to close it when a black shadow flashed by. A blade landed, and he fainted.

The moment he fainted, he only had one thought.

The assassin was here.

He was dead.

A flame shone where Li Zhixiu stayed. After coming to Lin Family, she behaved normally and didn't feel homesick.

She felt like this was a new start.

The Lin Family Young Master's situation satisfied her.

Suddenly, her ears twitched. There was some movement outside. She hollered, "Who!"

When she said that, she stepped outside.

There was no one at all, but she wasn't careless. She was right; there were some soft footsteps like someone had entered.

At that moment, she noticed that a black shadow moved and appeared from the darkness behind her.

Her goosebumps rose.

The feeling of danger appeared in her heart.

A woman's sixth sense was an intuition of the unknown. She sensed the person behind her, and that feeling exploded out from her heart influenced her.

Peng!

Just as she wanted to turn her head to fight back, another blade landed. Her sight turned dark, and she fainted.

"Uncle, is this a little disrespectful to Cousin?" Zhou Zhongmao said.

"Don't bother about this. I know that you are on the same side as that unfilial kid, but as his cousin, you should think for him. Do you want him to be alone for the rest of his life?"

"Of course not." Zhou Zhongmao shook his head, "However Uncle, Little Miss Li has not agreed, isn't this a little disrespectful to a female?"

"What disrespect? She called me Father, so she is my daughter-in-law. It would happen sooner or later, so what is the difference of bringing it forward?"

Zhou Zhongmao thought about it for a moment, and his uncle's words made sense.

There was indeed no difference.

"Stop talking nonsense, quickly help."

The two of them sneakily carried them into the room and then placed them onto the bed.

Looking at the two of them not moving, Lin Wanyi felt deep regret. He should have left some female maidservants for the Lin Family to help them take off their clothes.

He definitely wouldn't strip Li Zhixiu, that was his daughter-in-law, how could he do that?

"Take off your cousin's shirt." Lin Wanyi said.

Zhou Zhongmao was shocked, "Uncle, are you serious? Won't Cousin be chopped to death the next day?"

"I told you to do so, so just do it! Why are you saying so much nonsense? Do you even listen to me?" Lin Wanyi said impatiently.

Zhou Zhongmao didn't dare to resist and agreed to whatever his uncle said. When Zhou Zhongmao was young, he was punished until he feared his uncle, so he directly took off all of his cousin's clothes.

Lin Wanyi lowered his head and looked at his son's pants, "Not bad, he has something. It should be enough to give birth to a child."

The night was silent.

There was no sound.

Everything returned to its peaceful state.

Oh, oh, oh!

The chirping of birds sounded out.

The sky was bright.

Lin Fan had a very long dream. However, luckily it wasn't a nightmare.

He opened his eyes, and there was a face right in front of him. It was a little familiar but also a little foreign.

Li Zhixiu woke up too, and the two of them exchanged glances with one another.

Lin Fan placed his hand on her chest, he instinctively squeezed. This wasn't a dream.

A bad feeling surged in his heart.

He woke up, and all his clothes were stacked on the ground. He picked them up and calmly wore them before his expression suddenly changed.

"Wow, so you all had such thoughts. To come to my room and strip me and taint my purity. How can you girls be so shameless?" Lin Fan scolded while he walked out.

Damn!

This wasn't his room!

Li Zhixiu was stunned and slowly reacted.

Her expression changed.

She bounced up from her bed.

"Lin Fan, I want your life." Li Zhixiu's face flushed red, and she hollered in anger. She stretched out, and the spear she brought flew over. She grabbed it tightly and slashed towards Lin Fan.

Rage Points +666.

"Damn."

Lin Fan fled right away.

The rage points were true; she was really serious.

　He played too much.

He really played too much this time.

Who the hell did this? It was just too much…

To strip him naked and toss him onto the bed alone with a girl. Looking at it now, maybe the girl too was kidnapped and rendered unconscious, and the both of them spent the night together.

Although nothing had happened, it was still hard to take in for anyone in their situation.

However, the rage points were still a good thing even if he was chased, he was still benefitting from what happened.

Would Li Zhixiu dare to stab him?

Without even needing to think he probably knew that she wouldn't dare to stab him. However, if he was captured he would at least suffer from some pain.

It was best if he ran.

If he faced her head-on…

Haiz.

Wasn't the one in front of him his cousin? He didn't continue running but instead slowed down his footsteps. He walked over casually, "Cousin, this girl wants to kill me, stop her."

In front of his cousin, he naturally had to be calm. With such an expert in front of him what did he have to be afraid of?

Zhou Zhongmao was stunned.

He felt guilty inside.

He and Uncle did those things yesterday. He half-expected to see his cousin being chased and attacked right now.

He came here to protect his cousin. If things got out of hand, he would still be able to save him.

Logically speaking, he should be hiding in darkness and spying on what was happening. However, since cousin was already in such a state, he couldn't take it anymore and just appeared early.

"Cousin, are you okay?" Zhou Zhongmao asked.

Lin Fan said calmly, "It's okay, however, last night, your cousin was tainted by this girl. Who did it?"

"I don't know." Zhou Zhongmao definitely wouldn't admit that he was a part of this. If cousin really found out, he would be extremely disappointed in him.

Li Zhixiu charged out furiously from a corner and was stopped by Zhou Zhongmao.

"Cousin-in-law please speak nicely and please stop waving the spear. It would be bad if someone got injured." Zhou Zhongmao consoled.

One was his cousin and one was his cousin-in-law, what could he do?

It was so complicated.

Could he beat her up?

If he really did, then wouldn't Uncle drag him and teach him a lesson?

"Cousin, what are you saying, cousin-in-law or not, smack her." Lin Fan was disappointed with his cousin's, even the way he called her had changed. Who was he calling her for?

"Stop standing there, just charge up and beat her. Let me rest at the side."

Li Zhixiu stopped, her expression was still really ugly. She definitely wouldn't dare to stab him out of anger, at most, she would just beat him up. It was just that there were flames in her heart and that she was extremely rash right now.

However, things couldn't end just like this.

Rage Points +333.

"Cousin, did anything happen last night?" Zhou Zhongmao asked.

"Is there a difference?" Lin Fan thought about it and it made sense. It was best for the girls to know how difficult it was and quickly scram out of the Lin Family, this wasn't a place where everyone could come to.

He enjoyed being a young master and now? He suddenly had a wife. This was impossible. Unless he was really stupid, he would've agreed to this marriage.

Zhou Zhongmao was solemn, "Of course there would be some difference. If something really happened, then I really can't attack her. What if I hurt my nephew?"

Damn!

What was his brain made of? His thoughts were really special and could think about everything.

"Little Miss! Are you okay?" At this moment, Cuilan ran out. She looked at Little Miss carrying a spear, as if she was about to kill Young Master Lin, she could only ask nervously.

Li Zhixiu thought for a moment and sucked in a deep breath, "I'm okay."

When she said that.

She stared at Lin Fan, before turning around and leaving.

At the distance, two people were hiding, watching the situation.

"What's going on? Why did Zhongmao come out?" Lin Wanyi was a little unhappy. To him, the two of them should fight badly, even if they tore the Lin Family into two, he would still be okay with it.

Violence was love! Scolding were emotions! If they didn't fight or scold one another, then their relationship wouldn't grow.

"Old Master, Young Master isn't Little Miss Li's opponent. It would be bad if he got hurt. Zhongmao came out naturally to deal with this matter." Old Wu said.

He didn't expect that after so long, Old Master still liked to cause problems.

He targetted Young Master.

One would even have to say that he was praying for the Young Master and hoped that he could hold on.

"What injury? What could happen? The strength and progress of a family would depend on both the male and female counterparts. If the women aren't strong enough, then the family would be gone." Lin Wanyi said with deep thought.

Old Wu stared at the Old Master.

He comprehended something.

The Old Master was like that in the past, he was used to being suppressed.

Lin Fan thought about this matter, it was so weird.

If it was an assassin, then he wouldn't have sent him here. Everything clearly pointed to someone from his own family.

The person who looked forward to this matter was only his Father, who else was the culprit but him?

"Cousin, what do you want? Cousin-in-law has left." Zhou Zhongmao said.

"I'm thinking about who is behind this." Lin Fan said.

Zhou Zhongmao's body shook like he was afraid that his cousin would find out about something. He was really nervous, "Cousin, how can it be?"

Lin Fan waved his hands, "I'm going to find my Father."

Zhou Zhongmao originally wanted to persuade his cousin from doing so, but his cousin had already left when he wanted to do something about it. He patted his face in panic. Please don't notice that I was part of it! I'm very innocent and I was just forced by Uncle!

Cousin, I have high hopes for you!

Reading room.

"Father, I have something to ask you." Lin Fan stood outside and said.

"Come in." Lin Wanyi was simply sitting when he placed down the book in his hands. He raised his head and looked at Lin Fan. "Did something happen?"

"Father, did you beat me unconscious yesterday, send me to that girl's room, and then strip me?" Lin Fan said directly.

Lin Fan clearly felt that apart from his Father, no one could do such a thing.

Lin Wanyi said curiously, "What did you say? I don't understand what you are saying."

He was acting.

Go on, continue acting.

He was acting like he didn't even know what happened.

"Father, it's like this. This son of yours will help you recall to see whether or not you did it last night." Lin Fan described what had happened.

When he said this.

Lin Wanyi sighed, "Haiz, I didn't think that it would happen in the end."

Lin Wanyi continued, "Fan'er stop speaking, I will tell you what happened. When you were young, you had an illness, I searched the world for the cure and all the doctors said that they were helpless. They said that your illness was because of the girls around you. Every time you slept, you would uncontrollably head to a girl's room and release your pure Yang energy."

"To avoid this situation, I sacked all the maidservants."

When he said this, Lin Wanyi shook his head and sighed. He didn't know what to do.

Lin Fan was stunned.

Father, are you really lying without blinking at all?

This wasn't clearly the reason, but he actually said that it was.

"Father, do you really think that I'm a fool?" Lin Fan asked.

He definitely treated him like a fool.

If not, how would he have come up with such a fake lie?

Lin Wanyi calmly said, "Fan'er, Father didn't say that you are a fool, you said so yourself."

Wow.

He wasn't able to ask anything else.

However, he was sure that his Father was the one who did it.

Other people couldn't do such a thing to him here.

After Lin Fan left, Old Wu walked out.

"Old Master, it seems like Young Master has found out."

Old Master's scheme was really amazing, it was tough for normal people to accept it. He found Young Master really pitiful.

"I know… I know… But what can he do?" Lin Wanyi said.

Old Wu was really sympathetic towards what Young Master was facing.

Just as what Old Master said.

So what if Young Master found out about it?

Could he even dare to resist?

Even if he tried, Old Master would press him to the floor and he wouldn't even have a chance to to do anything.

Back Courtyard.

Lin Fan felt that his head hurt and that danger laid everywhere. This place was just too dangerous and it wasn't much safer than the outside world.

At night one would even be whisked away by someone else.

He wanted to ask who had a more tragic life than him.

Small support system column.

Physique: 120 (Martial Path Grade Four)

Internal Strength: 150 (Martial Path Grade Five)

Heart Cultivation: Purple Sun Four Saint Scripture (Grade Three)

Cultivation Technique: Vengeful Tiger Blade Technique (Returning to True) Bug Controlling Technique (Basics) Unmovable King Body (Unlearnt) Lightning Blade Four Strokes (Mastery through comprehension) Mixed Energy Broken Jade Hand (Unlearnt)

Rage Points: 3477.

Lin Fan's current cultivation wasn't weak, he was even quite amazing. But the place he lived in was just too small, the people he faced here either didn't cultivate or they cultivated for a long time.

Everyone he met were all experts.

It gave Lin Fan a feeling that he was still very weak.

Add more points… he had to add a lot more points.

His physique value jumped as he added it bit by bit.

He consumed three thousand rage points for this alone.

Physique: 150 (Martial Path Grade Five)

His body undergoes a huge change, each increase of the Martial Path Grade felt different. His body was filled with strength and it felt like the meridians within had expanded.

He picked up a small knife in the fruit basket and casually sliced it across his thumb. If it was before, then there would have been a wound with fresh blood.

However, amazingly, there wasn't even a white mark.

"If I continued to raise his physical body's grade… Could I become impenetrable?" Lin Fan muttered. He wondered in his heart whether or not he could take a strong stab of a blade head on.

However, he didn't dare to test it out.

He was afraid of pain.

If he was really slashed open, that would really hurt.

Once he got more rage points he would raise the Purple Sun Four Saint Scripture, this would cause his internal strength's quality to improve. However, for now, he would just raise his Martial Path Grade.

After lunch.

Lin Fan was prepared to head to the city. When he passed by the drill practice area, he saw Li Zhixiu practicing there.

The spear in her hands had no form, energy was spread all about, it formed an internal strength field. In front of her stood a human-shaped wooden dummy.

Li Zhixiu glanced at Lin Fan expressionlessly. The power in her hands exploded out and she struck right at the crotch of the dummy.

'Pa!'

The human-shaped dummy was ripped into pieces. If it was a real person there instead of the practice dummy, then that area would have probably exploded too.

"Cousin, this girl is quite good, we should reward her." Lin Fan said.

Zhou Zhongmao scratched his head, "Cousin-in-Law is really strong."

What cousin…

He didn't expect his cousin to actually directly call her Cousin-in-Law, it seems like he had to brainwash his cousin again.

Rage Points +6.

Cuilan passed the Little Miss a towel. When she heard Young Master Lin's words, she felt a little unhappy. How could he say that about Little Miss? How was she only quite good? She was obviously really good.

Lin Fan really didn't know what to say about the small bit of rage points he just received.

How unassuming.

"Cousin, let's go." Lin Fan glanced before heading out.

He suddenly noticed that the one in danger here was Li Zhixiu, not him. Someone with a brain would know who did it yesterday.

But there was nothing he could do.

If one was weak, then one wouldn't be able to do anything.

"Little Miss." Cuilan saw the Little Miss still being expressionless and was worried in her heart.

Li Zhixiu didn't want to speak. She understood something that she had been mistaken about all along.

Old Master Lin was really tough to deal with.

Old Master Lin was also the one who did it last night.

Too terrifying.

He came and went without a trace, she was even unable to react before she fell unconscious.

"Cuilan, prepare some wooden boards and nails." Li Zhixiu said.

Cuilan didn't understand, "Little Miss, why prepare such things?"

"Don't ask anything, just prepare them."

Li Zhixiu felt like she was facing a huge enemy and that the true danger in the Lin Family was Lin Wanyi.

She thought about everything too perfectly.

On the streets.

Lin Fan strolled casually. the commoners all around him called out towards him respectfully.

His reputation in You City was still really good, everything he did was respected and loved by the commoners.

The sound of horse hooves spread over.

A few black horses dashed about on the streets of the city.

Many commoners were frightened.

"Move aside! Move aside!"

The ones riding the horses were all tall and muscular, they held huge sharp blades on their backs. It was as wide as a palm and wrapped with a white cloth.

Lin Fan stood in the middle of the road as he looked at the galloping horses. He showed no intent to back off.

"Move aside."

The leading person was a male that was eight feet tall with a leopard-like head, swallow chin and a tiger mustache. He had no signs of slowing down and just continued to charge forwards.

"Cousin, stop him." Lin Fan said calmly.

Zhou Zhongmao's footsteps left a deep hole. He stretched out his arms and directly grabbed the front leg of the black horse.

He hollered.

He directly went against the charging force of the black horse. He then pulled with his arms.

'Puchi!'

The black horse was directly ripped into half, water-like blood splattered all around. Many commoners were unable to dodge and were hit by it.

The male on the horse was stunned. The hindlegs of the horse flew in the air and then landed onto the ground.

'Hua!'

The people following behind all stopped. They pulled their ropes, their black horses raised its legs and stood still.

"Cousin, I told you to stop him why did you rip his horse into two?" Lin Fan was helpless.

Zhou Zhongmao turned his head and showed off his big white teeth, he smiled. "I couldn't help myself."

"Okay." Lin Fan nodded his head. That was a good reason and there were no problems with it.

"You're asking to die." The male was furious, his face and ears turning red. He was about to pull out the blade on his back, however, when he heard Lin Fan introduce himself, his hands couldn't help but retract.

Lin Fan raised his head and said, "I'm the Lin Family's Young Master. You all are riding horses on my territory, did you ask whether or not my family agrees with it?"

The brute cupped his fists and smiled, "So it is the Lin Family's Young Master. I have heard of you, sorry for the disrespect."

"Since you have heard of me, do you know what I am called?" Lin Fan asked.

That problem was a little sharp.

The male gave off an awkward expression and was stunned. They were just having a normal conversation so was there such a need to not give him any face?

Rage Points +123.

"You're already so old and are still lying, haiz…" Lin Fan shook his head and then pointed at the people at the back, "Get off the horse. How lawless, is the city a place for all of you to ride horses?"

The male waved his hand to make them get off their horses, "Young Master Lin, we just got here and don't know about the rules here. Please forgive us."

"Forget it, forget it. Since you know you are in the wrong then I won't blame you. Let's go." Lin Fan waved his hands.

He had to control this rare matter.

The male cupped his fists, "Let's go."

Instantly.

The people who followed once again rode their horses.

"Wait, what's going on? I told you all to stop riding your horses in the city and you still want to ride? Cousin, confiscate their horses."

"However, don't worry, my family is huge and I don't really care about your horses. When you leave, just come to the Lin Family to find me."

As an aristocratic family, Lin Family had to control the law and order here.

Especially towards these brutes, they didn't look like good people at all.

Rage Points +111.

Rage Points +88.

Rage Points +123.

Three sets of rage points.

It was obvious that they came from these three people.

"Since Young Master Lin said that then we will follow. We will head to the Lin Manor to get our horses then." The man cupped his fists.

How reasonable.

That was really unexpected.

The three males left.

"Cousin where do they come from?" Lin Fan asked. It was extremely rare for such people to appear in You City.

Zhou Zhongmao thought about it for a moment.

"They should have cultivated their bodies. Only the northern plains have black horses, they must have come from the north."

"I'm just asking you where they came from and what powers they are from." Lin Fan was helpless. The way that his cousin thought was a little special.

Zhou Zhongmao shook his head and simply said, "I don't know."

Lin Fan didn't ask further. He turned around and looked at the people who walked into the distance and shook his head. The horse who was ripped into two was split for the commoners.

He then got onto a black horse and strolled leisurely about in the city.

Having a mount was a good thing.