Chapter 860: The Grand Elder Was Controlled
Bai Shishi doesn’t have a very good impression of her uncles.
Since she was young, their image in her mind has been that of people who would do anything for profit. Their management and handling methods are laughable, and if the Bai Family were left in their hands, it would truly be headed towards ruin.
As for Bai Shishi’s two aunts, both became sacrifices to arranged marriages within the family, long since married off to other prominent families, rarely talking about friendship, only cooperation.
Originally, Bai Shishi was also destined for an arranged marriage, given the male-dominated hierarchy in the Bai Family.
Before marrying, she asked her family for the almost worthless ’Xianglong Tea House’, and personally made it thrive.
She has the potential to be a Patriarch and can bear that responsibility.
In the past, no matter how outstanding she was, Bai Tianlong wouldn’t let her inherit the position of Patriarch, after all, she was a daughter who couldn’t hold up the position.
Later, Lin Tian appeared, and Bai Tianlong saw in him a reflection of his younger self. Capable, responsible, and most importantly, he was merely a grassroots boy. If Bai Shishi married him, the Bai Family would also belong to Lin Tian, and he had to make the Bai Family larger and stronger!
This is the reason Bai Tianlong agreed to let his daughter marry that brat.
"Also, remember this, among the children you bear, one must have the Bai surname."
Bai Shishi’s eyes were filled with tears, making her father’s face seem blurry.
"Dad, why don’t you just give the child a name first."
Bai Tianlong smiled, "I’ve thought about this long ago, let’s call him Jingxing."
"Jingxing? What does it mean?"
"Lofty and majestic, Jingxing xingzhi. Hopefully, he will be as lofty as a mountain making the world admire him, and like a great road, wide-reaching."
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Lin Tian remembered parking his car at the entrance of the Bai Family, since at that time the large door of the Bai Family was closed and couldn’t be entered.
But now, reaching the entrance, still not seeing Mei Ruyan, Lin Tian’s nerves tightened.
Ideally, with Bai Tianlong’s current injury, it couldn’t be delayed, Mei Ruyan should have brought the medicine back first. If she still hasn’t returned now, the only possible explanation is that something happened on the way!
Lin Tian sped up, like an eagle diving from the sky, sprinting rapidly to the Bai Family entrance.
Gradually, Lin Tian felt something was amiss. There was a strong aura of killing intent around.
Killing intent is invisible and abstract, it’s a feeling that can’t be expressed, but Lin Tian knew it really existed.
Soon, Lin Tian discovered the source of this killing intent. It was actually the Grand Elder of the family Alliance!
This old man stood under a tree, holding that powerful Hidden Dragon Sword in his hand.
If Lin Tian’s eyesight wasn’t good, combined with the Bai Family’s streetlights, he wouldn’t have spotted this old man.
Ten meters away from this old man stood another person, Mei Ruyan!
What puzzled Bai Tian was that these two looked like two immovable pillars, not budging at all. A scene of a duel between peak masters appeared.
"What’s wrong with this old man? He has a murderous intention yet doesn’t act? If he wanted to kill Ruyan, it should be as easy as a child’s play, right?" Lin Tian thought to himself but didn’t intend to disturb them.
He didn’t want to act like they did, standing like a wooden person.
So... he lightened his steps, hunched his body, like a flower thief about to swipe pearls, absorbing all his aura, slowly approaching the Grand Elder.
When Lin Tian was less than two meters away from him, the old man still showed no signs of action, really just like a wooden man.
Ideally, for a Golden Core expert like him, he shouldn’t be unable to detect someone so close, right?
Although Lin Tian felt puzzled, he didn’t think too much of it. Instantly, he exerted strength in his legs, throwing a punch aimed at the Grand Elder’s left waist.
Lin Tian’s punch was powerful enough so that even a young strongman would have to lie in the hospital for a while after being hit.
Bam!
The Grand Elder’s body spun like a top after two rotations, then fell to the ground, his breath somewhat weak.
"Ouch! Old man’s waist!" The Grand Elder lay on the ground, clutching his waist, pointing at Lin Tian and cursing: "You wretch, don’t you see how old an old man I am? How could I take such a punch from you? My waist is going to fall apart!"
Lin Tian directly ignored his words, instead sprinting to Mei Ruyan’s side.
Just at the moment the Grand Elder fell, for some reason, Mei Ruyan also collapsed to the ground, looking exceptionally exhausted.
"Ruyan! What’s wrong?" Lin Tian helped Mei Ruyan up, only to find her mouth bleeding and her face pale.
Mei Ruyan blinked her eyelids, and when she saw Lin Tian, she even smiled slightly, "I suddenly feel so sleepy... I want to nap for a bit..."
Saying this, Mei Ruyan fell into Lin Tian’s embrace, her eyes closed, as if she really fell asleep.
Lin Tian was startled, quickly checking her pulse, finding nothing abnormal besides her body’s fatigue.
Lin Tian wanted to probe with Spiritual Qi to see what injuries she sustained, but when Spiritual Qi entered her body, it dissipated silently like a clay ox entering the sea.
Soon, Lin Tian discovered something unusual about Mei Ruyan.
Her Sea of Qi contained no Spiritual Qi, completely empty, and even showed signs of damage.
Lin Tian frowned instantly, clearly remembering that Mei Ruyan’s body was once filled with abundant Spiritual Qi, how did it disappear now?
"Old man! What did you do to her just now?" Lin Tian asked while glaring at the Grand Elder.
The Grand Elder rubbed his waist, gritting his teeth from pain. Hearing Lin Tian’s question, he couldn’t help but curse, "What the hell! Are your eyes blind? I was standing here for so long without even touching her, what could I have done to her?"
Lin Tian sneered at that explanation: "As a Golden Core expert, hurting an ordinary person should be easy, yet you dare not admit it!"
"You’re spitting blood in anger! The one in your arms is no ordinary person! She has an innate charming trait! I just wanted to kill her but she controlled me with her Charming Skill, losing my senses. Otherwise, do you think you could have easily landed a punch on me?"
"She grew up in the secular world, when has she learned any Charming Skill? Are you trying to fool me like a child?"
"What the f*ck do you know! I said she’s innately charming! Learning Charm Technique would be inferior for her, spoiling her charming trait. If she were truly an ordinary person, I wouldn’t have thoughts of killing her!"
Hearing him say this, Lin Tian understood immediately. It seemed Ruyan fainted because her charming trait exhausted all the Spiritual Qi from her body, even depleting some, causing Mei Ruyan to bleed from the mouth and feel utterly drained.