Oh Mr. Arrogant Man Come Here

Thinking it would be fun, Lin Lanyu quietly approached Ning Zheng.

Nuna: Oh god no. I feel a misunderstanding coming along. (╥︣﹏᷅╥)

Lin Lanyu: Hehe. This gonna be hilarious.(๑✧◡✧๑)

Ning Zheng: Fishy come here. Nooooo come back. I wonder when the Second Young Master will be done.( ͡◡ ͜ʖ ͡◡)

Jumping out of his hiding place Lin Lanyu tackles Ning Zheng into the koi pond while screaming in delight. Hearing all the commotion, many disciples that were just outside the residence doing daily tasks rushed in showing little to no courtesy or etiquette thinking their dear Second Young Master was in danger. However, upon arriving many faces paled and shivered as they believed that they may have interrupted something private. They had come across their beautiful Second Young Master stripping down to his undergarments(A/n: Referring to a pair of trousers and a shirt.) and was with another similarly dressed disciple that was much less liked.

The reason that Ning Zheng was so disliked among the sect was the fact that his cultivation was both low and he wasn't skilled in many areas except for catching animals. Meaning that most disciples did treat him with respect as he was both favored by the Lin Lanyu and was also a relatively influential individual when it came to worldly matters. Many disciples of the Lin Sect were born and raised in the relative seclusion of the mountains in which the peaceful groves that the Lin Sect ruled their territory from were located.

The mountains in which the Lin Sect was situated was the source for a great many rivers that fed across the great grasslands and forests of the South, often acting as a natural barrier in defense from the rest of the continent. Thus when it came to worldly affairs such as rebellions and emperors who else would be more proficient than one of the few disciples that was born outside the sect? Although disciples were allowed to travel out of the sect, during the first years of their lives when they were most impressionable they were brought up in a safe quiet environment completely shielded from the world. Disciples also live in the Flowering Groves and very rarely went into the world for extended periods. Although there were countries and the such across the continent none would be able to hold a candle to a large sect much less one of the top five sects, though many also acted as subsidiaries or protectorates to one of the five sects, whether it was a mid-size sect or a mortal country that reached across thousands of kilometers.

And here the disciples came across one of the most influential young masters in the world half naked with a disciple that was known as a placeholder. This refers to the point in time when Ning Zheng would lose the favor of the Lin Clan. Now seeing that Ning Zheng was not only very intimate with Lin Lanyu but was also just found half naked with him. Although according to the Lin Sect's rules and morals, it was wrong to hold animosity toward a fellow disciple, at this point it was almost impossible not to see the envy and jealousy of the disciples toward Ning Zheng unless one was incredibly dense.

Nuna: Perfectly describing both the host and the suitor. Aya! I need a break from these idiots, I'm losing processing power just from watching them.

Jealous Disciple 1: "What happened!? Second Young Master are you alright!? Should we escort Elder Brother back to his room?"

Lin Lanyu: "I'm fine. Although since we are both soaked wouldn't it be better for him to rest here for a while until his clothes dry."

Hearing this Nuna almost coughed up blood. At the same time, the disciples had just gone from 0 to 10 in the period of Lin Lanyu speaking. Faces practically glowing with envy and hate they all turned to Ning Zheng.

Nuna: Wow host is good. He won't even have to kill Ning Zheng himself. At this rate, Ning Zheng will be a corpse within the hour. Nevertheless, you should never trust host with anything important. 'Host, don't you still need to meet up with your grand-uncle?'

Lin Lanyu: 'Ohhh right. Ok.' "Well, I need to meet with Master first and discuss something with him. Either way, could you all help Ning Zheng dry off and hang his clothes? Thanks!"

Nuna: Wait a damn minute! What the heck! Dumb host I was trying to keep you from digging Ning Zheng into a deeper pit. At this rate, Ning Zheng is going to be the center of all the resentment in this sect.

Rushing back to his room Lin Lanyu hurriedly put his wet clothes on a drying rack while changing his undergarments and drying his own body off. Putting on another light blue robe, Lin Lanyu chose one with a flower pattern embroidered on it. Now some may refer to said clothing as girlish but Lin Lanyu was a very cheerful person with what the people in this era respectfully call interesting tastes or in a less respectful way girly or useless interests(A/n Both old and new Lin Lanyus are homosexual and also oblivious. However not many people knew about either.). In fact, some of the other young masters of the more powerful sects even speculated that with Lin Lanyu's looks, he might have been female. Of course, all this was completely dropped when a young master of a large sect got his hand cut off by the Patriarch of the Lin Clan, Lin Lanyu's Grandfather when he attempted to court his grandson. All is well though as he was compensated by Lin Lanyu's uncle with a pill that could regrow said hand, but just the idea that much of the Lin Clan was unafraid of going to war over Lin Lanyu kept most of the braver young masters at bay.

Thus Lin Lanyu paid very little mind to the flowery pattern finding it slightly cute, even if he was unaware of what flower it was. Moving to sit down he took the jade serpent from his hair and started combing his long inky black hair. Of course, this lasted quite a while as he found with all the jumping and going through bushes he had made quite a mess of his hair. Finishing he took a portion of his hair and repinned it with the jade serpent.

Throwing the door back open the disciples on the other side were shocked. Not only were they surprised by the fact that it took less than 10 minutes for him to clean up but also the fact that he had never worn his girlish clothes outside his residence since the incident with his Grandfather being overprotective. Although that wasn't uncommon, the Lin Clan though small was very powerful in both cultivation and influence and their number one goal was to protect the baby of the clan, Lin Lanyu. So when put in perspective it was pretty mild when the Patriarch only cut off a hand and didn't slaughter their whole clan. As in Golmin if you offend the wrong people it is okay for those people to end your family line.

Of course, none of this was in Lin Lanyu's mind as he rushed past the disciples and out of his residence practically skipping to his grand-uncle's residence. The reason...

Lin Lanyu: 'Ahh. This boy has got the best family they always give him desserts when he visits. Yes please.'

Nuna: 'First off you gonna be here for a while so I suggest getting in character before you slip up idiot. Second off if they have any jelly tarts grab them.'

Lin Lanyu: 'Ehh. Why would I do that?'

Nuna: 'Because they're really good and also your favorite.' Haa! You think you can trick me, Idiot.

Lin Lanyu: 'Touche and stop going through my head.' Tsk, no privacy I tell ya!

Throwing the door open with little to no courtesy of what exactly his grand-uncle was doing. Although as soon as he walked in he had wished he didn't. Why because then he wouldn't have a sword flying toward his head. Instead, it would have hit the spiritually inforced door and bounced right back. But as of now, an unfamiliar sword from an unfamiliar owner was flying straight at his head.

Lin Lanyu and Nuna: 'Oh Shi-'

With wide eyes, Lin Lanyu had practically thrown himself to the side, and like any sensible person would do he had thrown himself at the side. Meaning bashing his head off the door frame he crumpled to the floor. The original objective was accomplished however and the sword had missed him and went flying into the bushes.

Now while holding his aching head and standing up Lin Lanyu sees a very handsome man standing over him. Tsking this mysterious young man walked back inside while summoning his sword back.

Lin Lanyu: 'Boy if I had brought my sword with me I could've easily beat you! Imma hit him Nuna. I'm gonna grab his head and bash that arrogant face into a table.'

Nuna: 'Host, you aren't always the brightest, but this new idea of yours seems wonderful. Did you see how he clicked his tongue at us? I'd beat his a-... umm anyway back on topic. We should go greet our dearest grand-uncle.'

Whilst both were internally cursing the young man who was arrogant enough to be tossing a sword at a main door. Lin Lanyu walked into the residence and nursing the growing bump on his head. When Lin Lanyu walked into the main hall both his and Nuna's curses fell away because sitting there was the whole of the main Lin Clan which only included 7 people as well as 5 people wearing robes awfully similar to the man's robes. One of the five was also said man but Lin Lanyu couldn't bash his face in especially if the whole of the Lin Clan deemed it worth all of them to be here to greet them. As all eyes turned to Lin Lanyu who had just arrived the arrogant man tsked.

Arrogant Man who may be in a lot of danger: "Servant what are you waiting for serve some tea."

Lin Lanyu: 'What did he just call me? Sir, you are courting death!'

Nuna: 'Agreed I mean have you seen how dark the Lin Clan's faces are? Clearly he isn't very welcome here.'

Grandpa and Grandma Lin: I'm sorry I must be getting old but what did you just call my grandson!? (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻

The middle-aged man that was sitting next to the young man had paled and looked as if he were about to throw the man out the window, probably for his own safety. Turning to the young master on his right he was about to say something when a pissed Patriarch Lin turned his head ever so slightly so now he was glaring straight at the two who sat to the side and below the raised platform. Various members of the Lin Clan sat opposite them, most making eye contact with each other at the approaching deaths of the visiting cultivators.

Grandpa Lin: "I apologize to the Young Master Huo but I must be getting too old and misheard what you said to the Second Young Master of the Lin Clan..."

Nuna: As if! 'Host you didn't even need to do anything and a face slapping is being carried out for you!'

Everyone in the room was a cultivator so they all knew that out of everyone in this room Patriarch Lin was powerful enough to eavesdrop on a whispered conversation all the way across the grand-uncle's residence. The middle-aged man, most likely a member of the enormous Huo Clan stood, offering a salute to the patriarch.

'Uncle' Huo: "I apologize on behalf of my Young Master, he is not familiar with many of the Young Masters of the other clans, so it seems he did not recognize one of the talents of the Lin Clan."

Lin Lanyu seemed to puff up at the praise, glaring straight at the Young Master Huo, who by this point seemed to have given up pretending to be respectful and had rested his head on his hand. Lin Lanyu was a prodigious genius... even if he hadn't been the one to actually cultivate to where he was, he was still the holder of that power.

Most of the 'Uncle' Huo's were of a lower position of Young Master Huo, simply treated as his escort and nanny, as the Young Master Huo, Huo Baofu was the Huo Sect's heir. The most likely reason why the Patriarch of the Lin Sect hadn't kicked them out yet was because they were far richer than any of the other top sects and also controlled a massive amount of the central area of the continent. Even if the Lin Sect was in the top five sects, it still had to be wary of offending the others, just as they were wary of offending them. Though this was Lin Sect territory, it was well-known that many of the southern countries had been negotiating with the Huo Sect to allow trade to reach the other regions, the Northeast, the Northwest, and the West, all controlled by the three of the great sects.

Nuna: 'These people think they're all that just because they have more money!'

Lin Lanyu: 'Wait why do they have more money? Don't we both control quite a bit of territory?'

Nuna: 'Oh. My. Gosh. Idiot! They are a worldly sect that is literally located in the heart of the continent where we are a seclusive sect that lives in the mountains! Any trade done by our subsidiaries has to pass through the central region and the Huo Sect likes to tax everything.' Wow. Just wow. I shouldn't even be surprised anymore. Truly one of a kind. I've never met a system host who is so dense.

Moving to sit down and trying to avoid the awkward silence that had enveloped the room Lin Lanyu had sat down at the nearest seat only then realizing that exact action brought everyone's attention back to him. Nuna's metaphorical jaw had hit the underworld at this point because Lin Lanyu was not only dense but very single-minded. He was focusing on avoiding the argument that he just made it worse because he had sat a tier below the guests. Realizing this Nuna started screeching out instructions causing him to discreetly move up a tier. It was indeed discreet and wouldn't have been noticed had it not been for the fact that everyone's eyes were already on the youth.

Grandpa Lin started to think hard and when he thinks too hard he starts to overthink. Thus he started assuming that the arrogant man had lowered his precious grandson's self-esteem. Quick to action he cleared his throat, drawing eyes back to himself. His wrinkled face stretched into a serene smile before he looked towards the two Huo's.

Grandpa Lin: "After deep consideration, we have decided we will not be in need of any assistance in this subject from the Huo Sect. We sincerely apologize."

Nuna: What deep consideration? What sincere apology? What is happening?

Absently nodding Master Huo stands and salutes Patriarch Lin before mumbling a thank you and shuffling out along with Huo Boafu and the disciples that accompanied them. On the way out any Lin Sect disciples who saw them glared at them quietly, rumors had already spread, highlighting the guests who had forced the Second Young Master to throw away his dignity and sit below them in the seating. Master Huo could only sigh he knew that merely making the mistake of bringing this arrogant nephew of his along would be a disaster. Aiyah what will he tell the Sect Leader, "Sorry your son called the Lin Clan's Second Young Master a servant and so the Patriarch kicked us out and if it weren't for the fact that the Huo Clan Patriarch was once very good friends with the Lin Clan Patriarch most likely would have cut Huo Baofu's tongue out." Huo Baofu was too arrogant and didn't understand that they were here to offer their services because they also needed the Lin Sect for their own problems.

Back in the grand-uncle's residence, all was silent as they watched them leave. When suddenly Lin Lanyu's Elder Brother, Lin Shemu, whips around and runs out of the room returning with multiple plates of desserts. As soon as Lin Lanyu saw the desserts all negativity had disappeared and was replaced by a smiling giggling Lin Lanyu. Having skipped not only breakfast but also lunch the atmosphere quickly changed to a warm bubbly one with Grandma Lin playfully chiding Lin Shemu for feeding Lin Lanyu desserts before dinner and so Lin Lanyu's precious desserts were kidnapped and held hostage until Lin Lanyu had eaten his dinner. Thus the whole of the Lin Clan had an enjoyable family dinner.

******

Finishing the family dinner Lin Lanyu was actually in a very good mood. Not only did he enjoy the food he also enjoyed being the center of attention after all the orphanage was sadly very understaffed with never enough Nuns to take care of the children. Yes, the children's basic needs were covered but their emotional needs were never really fulfilled.

Returning to his courtyard he saw that Ning Zheng and the other disciples had long since vacated the premises. Practically skipping to his bedroom with his plates of desserts he opened the door and slid it shut again before setting the plates on the table.

Nuna: 'Alright so I've completed a schedule for tomorrow. First, you get up and we teach you cultivation. Then you go outside and practice with the martial arts skills you already know. After which we then go into your room and decide whether we want to complete a cultivation technique or martial arts. After that depending on what time it is we then move on to the library in the sect and get you up to date on everything.' Maybe pick up on some of the juicy gossip on the way there.

Lin Lanyu: 'Martial Arts.'

Nuna: 'Huh?'

Lin Lanyu: 'I've decided on martial arts so take that off the list.'

Turning away from his desserts he opened his status screen and he urged the Hidden Execution Needle Technique to be completed. However, instead of completing itself 8 glassy pieces appear on the table. Of these 7 were clear while one looked like it was trapping a purple fog. Taking a chance he pushes all 7 pieces towards the purple fog one when they start melding together slowly until it forms into one spherical piece the size of a medicinal pill.

Nuna: To be honest I am mildly impressed. 'Now swallow it.'

Lin Lanyu: 'Swallow!? Do you see that thing I'm all for pills but the hell that thing is huge! I'd choke on that.' The audacity!

Nuna: 'Fine just set it in your mouth.' I wished you choked.

Lin Lanyu hmphs before picking up the pill and placing it on his tongue. Like water it trickled down his throat but before he was able to spit it out he got a rush of knowledge into his mind leaving him in a daze.

Lin Lanyu: 'You know what Nuna. Re-add the complete the techniques thing because I am not doing that again tonight.'

Nuna: 'Yessir!' Oh this is going to give me infinite enjoyment.

Then a thought dawned on Lin Lanyu.

Lin Lanyu: 'Wait one minute. Do I even have needles to use?'

Nuna: 'No I would recommend going to get some with the excuse of hunting for evil beings. That way we can also practice your techniques in a life-and-death environment. That would make your mastery better quicker.'

Lin Lanyu: 'Emm... Ok. You won't let me die right.'

Nuna: 'Naa. You just need to use a corpse summoning talisman.'

Lin Lanyu: 'So you will let me die.'

Nuna: 'Of course not and even if I did do you think your clan would let you die. Ha no.'

Moving to the bed Lin Lanyu lays down and closes his eyes. Forgetting that he was still in his clothes and that his hair was still up. Without a doubt, his hair would be a knotted mess in the morning.

(A/n: He didn't really have a reason to open status so here is his profile)

Status

Name: Lin Lanyu

Cultivation Realm: Golden Core Mid Stage[25935/28400]

Demonic Cultivation Realm: Nothing[I'm sure I don't need to say anything. -Nuna]

-Demonic Cultivation Techniques-

[(Incomplete|6 More Fragments for Completion)Black Blood Seven Orifices Cultivation Technique(Mastery: Unranked(0/6000))]

[(Incomplete|12 More Fragments for Completion)Dark Armageddon Art(Mastery: Unranked(0/35000))]

-Corpses-

None

-Martial Techniques-

[Lin Sect Sword Technique(Mastery: Master(19324/20000))]

[Guqin String Arts(Mastery: Master(18329/20000))]

[Lin Family Twin Swords Technique(Mastery: Exceptionable(14395/15000))]

[Wind-Shot Archery Technique(Mastery: Exceptionable(14983/15000))]

[(Incomplete|4 More Fragments to Completion)Ancient Elegant Behemoth Technique(Mastery: Unranked(0/5000))]

[Hidden Execution Needle Technique(Mastery: Unranked(0/5000))]

-Ability Talismans-

[Mastery Talismans(x1000), Technique Completion Fragment(x8), Corpse Summoning Talisman(x5), Random Treasure Case(x10)]

-Treasures-

[Azure Deep Water Spiritual Sword(Grade: 6th Tier/10 Tiers)]

[Azure Mountain Wind(Bow)(Grade: 5th Tier/10 Tiers)]