Chapter 843: The Punishment Wine Isn’t Strong Enough
Tang Feng opened the prison cell door, then smiled ingratiatingly at the three, Li Shan, as if he were a lapdog.
Li Shan glanced at him indifferently, then directly shoved him aside, and the three strode in.
"You can leave now," Tang Zong said to Tang Feng.
"Yes," Tang Feng replied, nodding in agreement, then gave Lin Tian a gloating look before leaving.
Lin Tian leaned against the edge of the bed, looked at the three in front of him, and said with a smile, "Are you here for those rare medicinal herbs?"
The three were all taken aback. Then Yue Rong burst into laughter, saying, "You do have some skills. That’s right, we’re here for those herbs. You took our stuff, so shouldn’t you return it?"
"Your stuff? Was your name written on it?"
"..."
Lin Tian looked Yue Rong up and down and said, "You must be from the Yue Family, right?"
"How did you figure that out?"
"Don’t worry about how I figured it out. I’m just saying, you, no, your Yue Family is really shameless, aren’t you? Last time, we had agreed with the Wang Family and the Xu Family to steal herbs together. In the end, your old man wanted to keep them all for himself. He even shot Wang Shi, that old bastard. If I hadn’t been quick to escape, I would’ve been another one of your Yue family’s victims. And now you have the nerve to come ask for them."
Lin Tian pointed at Yue Rong’s nose and insulted, "For a big family like the Yue Family, how can you be so shameless?"
Then, Lin Tian looked at the other two, shaking his head. "Seen what happened to me? I feel sorry for you guys, cooperating with such a family, it’s like seeking skin from a tiger."
Yue Rong was furious, practically apoplectic!
Being insulted was a slap in the face for any family, especially an ancient martial family, how could Yue Rong not be angry?
Tang Zong patted Yue Rong on the shoulder, saying, "Brother Rong, it’s not worth getting angry. We can all see, this kid is trying to sow discord."
Li Shan grinned, stepped forward two steps, and sat down with Lin Tian. He placed his hand on Lin Tian’s shoulder, smiling, "Since you know why we’re here, let’s skip the nonsense and hand over those herbs. It’ll save us all some trouble."
Li Shan’s hand on Lin Tian’s shoulder gradually increased in pressure. Internally, he used his inner strength, intending to make his force explode suddenly.
Unfortunately, the scene Li Shan expected didn’t occur. Lin Tian didn’t cry out in pain, nor did his expression change at all; he looked completely unbothered.
Suddenly, Li Shan’s smile froze. The hand he placed on Lin Tian’s shoulder was feeling burnt, as if placed on a red-hot iron plate.
"Hiss~" Li Shan quickly sucked in a breath of cold air and withdrew his hand. He subtly circulated his inner strength to neutralize the burning pain.
Li Shan stared at Lin Tian, and after a while, said, "You’re interesting."
Lin Tian looked at him and shook his head, "You’re not interesting. That strength is too weak, are you giving me a massage?"
Li Shan’s face turned red; his pride was in his strength, and here he was, being ridiculed!
"Heh heh, just a small trick, nothing to be proud about." Bald Tang Zong looked at Lin Tian, smiled, and said, "No matter how capable you are, this is still a prison! Do you know how you wound up in here?"
Lin Tian leaned against the wall and lazily asked, "Should be because of you guys, right? Otherwise, you wouldn’t be here."
"Hahaha, exactly. In everyone’s eyes, you’re a murderer. Even if it’s not intentional homicide, you could still rot here for years, right?"
Lin Tian slightly lifted his head, looking at him as if he were an idiot, and said, "Want me to rot here for years? Are you guys stupid? Don’t you know any legal basics? That guy stabbed me with a knife, threatening my life, and I punched him. Even if he died, it’s justifiable self-defense, no legal liability whatsoever. Believe it or not, I’ll be out today."
This point of justifiable self-defense was exactly the most embarrassing part for Li Shan and the others at that moment.
They never expected that, under such circumstances, Huang Shitou didn’t succeed in stabbing someone! It gave Lin Tian a justifiable self-defense excuse, damn it, wasn’t it ridiculous?
If they had framed it as Lin Tian deliberately attacking him, wouldn’t the evidence be solid now?
"And so what? You really don’t understand the power of families. Even if it’s self-defense, if I want you to rot here for years, you will! No one can save you!" Tang Zong laughed, looking at Lin Tian. "Do you want to know how Huang Shitou really died?"
"I’m really curious, how did you manage to kill him without leaving a trace?"
Tang Zong laughed, "Heh heh, because I’m from the Tang Family."
With just that one sentence, Lin Tian understood. The Ancient Martial Tang Family, renowned for alchemy and poison-making, for them to kill an ordinary person without a trace—is child’s play.
Luckily, he had his precautions. He had put some medicine in Huang Shitou’s body. When the autopsy report comes out, everyone will find that the guy was poisoned, cutting all links with himself.
"Alright then, enough chit-chat. Shouldn’t you hand over the herbs you stole? Otherwise, you might never get out. Don’t underestimate the power of the families. Even Bai Shishi and Zhao Xuefeng can’t help you."
Lin Tian leaned against the wall, still carefree, and said, "I truly do look down on the power of your families. I reckon it won’t be long before I’m out."
"Hahaha, what a naïve guy!"
After laughing, Li Shan also stood up from the bed, tilting his head, and looked at Lin Tian with a sneering smile, "Kid, you’d better take the toast rather than be forced to eat the penalty wine."
"What exactly is the penalty wine? I’d like to try it," Lin Tian also looked at him with a sneering smile.
Li Shan hated this expression of Lin Tian, or rather, he loathed it. It looked too smug, too cocky!
"Penalty wine is... we beat you to a pulp first and then talk!"
As his words fell, Li Shan suddenly turned his head, swung his fist as big as a sandbag, and with all his strength, aimed for Lin Tian’s face.
This punch was ferocious and swift.
People from ancient martial families have been practicing martial arts since childhood; one could say they grew up on the stage. Their simplest, most brutal method is to solve problems with their martial prowess!
Some might say it’s the most foolish way, but to them, it’s also the most effective!
Feeling Li Shan’s punch, Lin Tian judged the guy’s strength to be at the level of a mid-tier Martial Artist—considered decent among the younger generation—but unfortunately, he ran into himself.