Chapter 728: Songbirds and Swallows
The scene at Yongxing Bridge was the most painful incident Lin Tian had ever hidden in his heart.
The surrounding wind, the blood on Liou Qingcheng’s face, the cultivators behind him, everything around was so real.
Seeing this scene, a rage surged instantly within Lin Tian.
The Spiritual Qi overflowed from his Sea of Qi, flowing through his blood to every part of his body.
Whoosh...
It was as if a gentle breeze brushed across his eyes, and the Yongxing Bridge and Liou Qingcheng in front of him disappeared completely.
When he opened his eyes again, he was back in the Xu Family’s conference room.
Xu Yutang’s smile slowly froze on his face, and soon he realized something was off, pointing at Lin Tian and shouting, "You... you’re actually fine?"
He was so shocked that his voice cracked.
Lin Tian rubbed his ears and said with a hostile look, "Congratulations, you made me see something I least wanted to see. So you’re going to be unlucky!"
Cold sweat immediately broke out on Xu Yutang’s face.
Lin Tian had clearly been under his Charming Skill just now, and now his hostility also proved that he must have been hallucinating.
But now, he seemed just fine?!
The only explanation was that this person’s strength was very high, and much higher than his own.
Spiritual Qi slowly circulated and finally gathered in Lin Tian’s eyes. He glared, and a beam of Spiritual Qi shot out and went straight into Xu Yutang’s eyes.
"Ah~" A miserable scream echoed out, and Xu Yutang only felt his head ache and eyes swell as if they were going to explode.
At the last school event, Wang Sicong was also glared at by Lin Tian and was directly bedridden for three days.
If not for Xu Yutang’s own trained eyes, he might have ended up a fool now.
Looking at his painful expression, the person beside Xu Yutang quickly asked, "What did you do to him?"
"Nothing much, just giving him a taste of his own medicine. You’d better run your energy to heal him, it should pass in about ten minutes, or he’ll be in pain for a whole day," Lin Tian said indifferently.
If it weren’t for this being the Xu family, and not wanting to make things difficult for Miaoqiu, Lin Tian’s approach would have been far harsher.
Hearing Lin Tian’s words, those guys didn’t linger any longer, and left with their tails between their legs. None of them expected that Lin Tian, who looked so young, would be so terrifyingly powerful. Although it was just a glare, it was much stronger than their Charming Skill.
Facing an overwhelmingly strong opponent, most people choose to flee and wait for another chance to take revenge.
Seeing those guys leave, the remaining beauties also wore peculiar expressions, it was the first time they’d seen those guys so humiliated in front of peers.
Lin Tian tilted his head towards Miaoqiu, taking in her unique fragrance while asking, "Why aren’t those beauties leaving? Aren’t they on the same team as those guys?"
Miaoqiu couldn’t help but laugh at this guy, who was filled with killing intent just moments ago, yet turned so roguish at the mention of beauties.
"Our Xu family has stood for hundreds of years, so inner conflict within the family is quite normal, isn’t it?" Miaoqiu replied with a smile.
Lin Tian suddenly understood, realizing there were two factions, which explained why the beauties earlier had been speaking up for Mei Ruyan.
"Alright, stop standing and come over to sit," Miaoqiu waved to the beauties, signaling them to come over.
"Sister Miaoqiu, this handsome guy must be that viral master of ancient medicine on the internet recently, right? I think his name is Lin Tian."
"Right, right, I also remember, it’s him! I didn’t think Sister Miaoqiu was so mighty to win over such a handsome and capable young man."
"Of course, Miaoqiu is a direct descendant of our Xu family, her Charming Skill is way better than ours."
A group of beauties strode over with cat-like grace, chatting and teasing, the topics revolving around Lin Tian and Miaoqiu. Occasionally, they’d throw a flirtatious glance or a hint at Lin Tian.
These women were all from the Ancient Martial Xu Family and had mastered the Charming Skill, so this way of talking and acting was part of their training.
Miaoqiu laughed and chided, "You flirty bunch, always looking at people through colored glasses. Lin Tian and I are just very, very proper friends. Not my man, I’d be rejected even if I shamelessly pursued him."
"Hee hee... rejected even if pursued? Handsome, it seems you’ve got high standards. What do you think of me, though? Although not as good as Miaoqiu, I’m definitely better in certain aspects."
"Handsome, I heard you’re a famous doctor, and I just happen to need a check-up, how about you see me?"
Surrounded by a group of beauties trained in the Charming Skill, teasing him one after another, their gazes filled with aggression like female wolves wishing to devour Lin Tian whole on the spot.
What does it feel like being in such an environment?
Lin Tian only felt it was agonizing, able to look but not touch.
Sitting neglected on the side, Mei Ruyan watched coldly as Lin Tian was surrounded by women, and a surge of anger welled up with her.
After a few jokes, Miaoqiu said, "Alright, alright, sisters, have a seat. We’ll have plenty of time these coming days to interact. Let me introduce, this is the famous doctor brought by Ruyan to treat my father, with a very high level of cultivation, but he is not affiliated with any Ancient Martial families."
Speaking is an art. Miaoqiu’s sentence contained a lot of information.
First, it particularly clarified the relationship between Lin Tian and Mei Ruyan. Given Lin Tian’s considerable strength, it was unlikely anyone would provoke Mei Ruyan without tact.
Hearing this, the group of beauties was abuzz, "What? Not affiliated with an Ancient Martial family?"
"Then he’s a Loose Cultivator?"
"How is that possible? Loose Cultivators have no resources, nothing, they can’t cultivate at all, how could he be so powerful?"
"Could it be that he inherited from an ancient, declining martial family? But that’s impossible; those families were looted long ago."
Everyone discussed back and forth, and from their conversation, Lin Tian understood that now all the cultivation resources, Heart Methods, and many things related to cultivation were monopolized by the Ancient Martial Families, which resulted in no one outside of these families cultivating.
The country naturally favored this situation; otherwise, if everyone were cultivating, wouldn’t chaos ensue?
Therefore, everyone became even more curious about Lin Tian, but since he was unwilling to elaborate, they refrained from asking further.
In cultivation, unless in a master-disciple relationship, probing too deep was a taboo.