Lin Zhuyu was naturally satisfied. She lowered her head and said, "Third Elder, there's no need. I am already content."
Fang Ming didn't care about the environment, and Lin Zhuyu didn't object. Thus, this courtyard was settled and belonged to Fang Ming.
After arranging everything, the Third Elder seemed to have completed his task. After a period of pleasantries, he left. m..oΓg
Fang Ming and Lin Zhuyu then settled down in this courtyard.
...
"What? You're saying that brat actually crippled Lin Yang? How could a good-for-nothing like him have such great ability?" a sharp voice rang out.
A young man, who looked about twenty years old, said to a servant with a dark expression.
This person was Lin Yao, the son of the Second Elder, and the mastermind behind Lin Xuan's oppression.
If he hadn't interfered, those servants wouldn't have dared to bully Lin Xuan. At the very least, even if they dared, it wouldn't have been so blatant.
As the son of the Second Elder, Lin Yao had, in a sense, controlled Lin Xuan's fate.
He could be called the source of all evil.
"Young Master Lin Yao, Lord Lin Yang's cultivation was not entirely crippled. He only had one spiritual vein broken by the Third Elder, causing his cultivation to regress."
The servant corrected him.
"The Third Elder showed mercy. The broken spiritual vein is still connected, not completely beyond recovery, nor truly severed. Lord Lin Yang only needs to recuperate for a year or two, and he should be able to reconnect this spiritual vein."
Although the servant said this, Lin Yao's face remained grim.
Lin Yang was his top lackey. Hitting Lin Yang was equivalent to hitting him.
Even if mercy was shown and his cultivation wasn't completely destroyed, if he could recover in one or two years – wasn't that still a slap in the face? To have his cultivation regress in public, wasn't that a severe blow to his pride?
The servant added, "Young Master Lin Yao, besides Lord Lin Yang's cultivation regression, there is another matter."
"The Third Elder crippled the cultivation of those few staff members. Our influence in the Salary Hall is basically destroyed. It will be difficult to insert our influence there again!"
The servant looked indignant.
Inserting their influence into the Salary Hall was neither easy nor difficult. The situation they had previously achieved was the result of years of effort.
Now, with Lin Xuan's actions, their influence was completely eradicated, which was understandably frustrating for the servant.
Of course, the servant knew that the most furious person was not him, but Lin Yao.
"Lin Xuan's strength..."
The servant thought about the information he had gathered within the clan today. "Perhaps he obtained a treasure left by a powerful cultivator! Or he went to some ancient ruin for inheritance. Although he has no magical cultivation now, he can completely defeat Lord Lin Yang. His body refinement strength has likely reached the peak of the sixth layer of the Meridian Condensation realm, or even the seventh."
Lin Xuan had encountered a fortunate encounter; this was the unspoken thought of everyone in the clan, including the elders. A person with a naturally weak physique could not possess such body refinement strength without a reason; he must have had a fortuitous encounter.
Of course, they didn't consider something as far-fetched as reincarnation or soul possession. Soul possession was something only powerful cultivators of the Soul Transformation realm could achieve. In a thousand years, no one in the clan had even reached the Golden Core realm, so how could they imagine soul possession?
Their imaginations weren't that wild.
Their imaginations weren't that rich.
They only vaguely understood that Lin Xuan had likely obtained some kind of inheritance.
In the cultivation world, although such situations were rare, they did exist.
Moreover, the probability of this was far greater than soul possession.
The rarity of cultivators in the Soul Transformation realm and the rarity of ancient ruins and inheritances were naturally different.
Cultivators in the Foundation Establishment realm, or even the Meridian Condensation realm, could set up ancient ruins and inheritances if they wished.
After the servant finished explaining everything, Lin Yao paced back and forth, constantly turning in circles.
The servant was familiar with Lin Yao's habits and knew that Lin Yao, who was constantly pacing, must be filled with rage!
He was already extremely angry, hence this behavior!
The servant continued to listen to Lin Yao speak.
"Body refinement at the sixth layer of Meridian Condensation..."
"At most, the seventh layer of Meridian Condensation..."
"And can it compare to my seventh layer of Meridian Condensation, achieved through both magical and physical cultivation?"
"How dare you cripple my subordinate's cultivation, Lin Xuan, you must be tired of living!"
"I'll go out and kill you right now!"
Lin Yao's feet surged with magical power, and he was about to rush out the door.
He had been pampered since childhood, and no one had dared to slap him in the face like this. Especially being slapped by someone he used to look down upon as a cripple, this blow had severely stimulated his nerves.
He was already furious.
He was already beside himself with rage!
He no longer intended to consider the consequences!
This was the fury of being overwhelmed!
The servant saw Lin Yao's anger and his impulse to rush out.
"Young Master, stop, stop, stop! The Second Elder said you're not allowed to go out!"
The servant quickly stopped Lin Yao, preventing him from leaving.
I should have known that Young Master Lin Yao had no brains. Lin Xuan was currently under the attention of the clan elders. If he openly went out and killed him.
How would the Patriarch explain it?
The Second Elder wouldn't be able to justify it to the Patriarch!
At that time, the Patriarch's anger would inevitably be directed towards the Second Elder, and the Second Elder, upon receiving the Patriarch's reprimand, would vent his anger on his impulsive son, Lin Yao. However, ultimately, he was his son, and he wouldn't suffer any fatal harm.
And during this process, the Second Elder would definitely remember that it was because he didn't stop Lin Yao's actions that these consequences occurred.
At that time, the servant didn't know what punishment Lin Yao would receive, but he knew that he, who had not stopped him, would definitely be subjected to the Second Elder's wrath, and at that point, he would only have death!
Lin Yao's impulsive mistake, and yet he himself wouldn't die, but the servant, for not stopping him, would die.
This sounded like a joke, but it truly reflected the hierarchical status between servants and masters.
It was precisely because of this hierarchy that even though the servant knew he had the strength of the second layer of Meridian Condensation, and that if Young Master Lin Yao became angry, he could kill him with a single slap, he still had to step forward to stop him.
Because by stepping forward to stop him, although there was a possibility of being directly killed by the enraged Lin Yao, there was still a chance of survival.
But if he didn't do so, once Lin Yao killed Lin Xuan, he, the servant, would definitely be personally killed by the Second Elder! The mortality rate would be one hundred percent!
Knowing the danger, he still had to step forward; this was the sorrow of a servant.
And in fact, it turned out just as he had expected.
"What, you want to stop me too?" Lin Yao looked at the servant blocking his path, his anger surging. He was already blinded by rage. After being slapped by a cripple, if he didn't retaliate, how would the clan members look at him in the future?
He had already made up his mind. If the servant dared to block him again, or say anything he was displeased with, he would kill the servant with a palm strike right here!
There was a distinction between superiors and inferiors. For a young master to kill a servant would at most result in a scolding from his father, or perhaps not even that.
Lin Yao naturally dared to do so.
He even intended to kill Lin Xuan, who was a direct disciple.
Naturally, he felt no fear of the consequences of killing a servant.