Lin Xun finally gave up on hitting Xin Wenbin because he could take his life if he continued.
This wasn’t the time to stir up trouble and anger Xin Rutie.
He turned around and saw Xin Rutie's livid and exasperated face.
The high and mighty commander of the Imperial Army of Forbidden City was an illustrious powerful figure with impressive military achievements. He had never thought that he would run into an arrogant and daring youngster outside of Kill Blood Desert.
The youngster beat his son unconscious in front of him. He would become a laughingstock if this matter were to spread to Forbidden City!
Xin Rutie was filled with murderous rage, but he showed not a hint of this on his face.
He knew very well that he couldn’t do anything to the youngster as long as the powerful cultivator was still on the dilapidated treasure ship.
However, he knew there would be an opportunity in the future!
“Let’s leave.” Suddenly, the old man’s kind and gentle voice sounded again.
Lin Xun sighed inwardly, knowing that the old man’s limit was allowing him to beat up Xin Wenbin. The old man wouldn’t tolerate him or stay quiet if he were to personally deal with Xin Rutie.If possible, Lin Xun really wanted to completely get rid of Xin Rutie and his son. Unfortunately, that wasn’t possible.
This was the limit of a fox bullying people using a tiger’s might. He could take advantage of another person’s power to bully people but there was a limit. He didn’t have a say on whether his enemies could keep their lives
“You took away Old Mo last time but I will make you personally bring him back.” Lin Xun drew a deep breath, calmly glanced at Xin Rutie, and turned away.
“Little trash, you admit that you’re a fox exploiting a tiger’s might. But I wonder how long you can survive without the tiger!” Xin Rutie muttered as he watched Lin Xun leave. His voice was filled with hatred.
……
“Boy, you’re too naive. That’s not how the fox uses the tiger’s power to bully people.” As Xue Jin stepped on the shabby treasure ship, he sighed, as though looking down on Lin Xun.
Lin Xun was taken aback. “Then what should I have done?”
Xue Jin’s rough and drunken face was alight with triumph as he said, “Watch!”
As he was speaking, the shabby ship unleashed a beast-like roar and he steered it into the sky.
Boom!
Then, like an arrow fired from the bowstring, the ship changed direction and charged towards the grand battleship at full speed.
Lin Xun was aghast. Could he be trying to ram the treasure ship into it?
Xue Jin’s drunken red face looked crazy, and he constantly chuckled strangely.
With a loud boom, the shabby ship fiercely rammed into Prestige Battleship’s incomparable tough surface and pierced right through it!
It left a ghastly hole in Prestige Battleship and a huge mess on the ground, causing people to scream in panic.
In the cabin, Lin Xun swayed and stumbled. He almost fell to the ground but that didn’t quell his shock
Xue Jin was too fierce!
Prestige Battleship was an intermediate-grade battleship in the empire with incredible defense. Not even Spirit Sea cultivators could shake it yet Xue Jin crushed it by steering a shabby ship into it.
“Hahahaha, little guy, see, this is an example of bullying. Your little tricks won’t vent any anger at all.” Xue Jin burst into laughter. He took several sips of his alcohol, looking triumphant.
Lin Xun smiled wryly. He had to admit that he was indeed inferior.
The hole blasted into Prestige Battleship meant that the rune arrays were damaged or destroyed and it would cost a lot of money and materials to repair them.
Most importantly, the battleship belonged to the empire. In other words, the damage would not only anger Xin Rutie and his son, but the empire.
Lin Xun thought that he was already very brave but he realized that he was nothing compared to Xue Jin.
Of course, Lin Xun knew very well that Xue Jin did so not because he was taking advantage of a tiger’s might but because he wasn’t worried about the revenge he would have to face!
That was the key!
What Lin Xun was most surprised about was that Xue Jin’s shabby treasure ship remained undamaged after crashing into the Prestige Battleship. He realized that the ship wasn’t as simple as it looked.
……
Xin Rutie was completely stunned and in disbelief.
An old shabby treasure ship dared to destroy the imperial Prestige Battleship without the slightest scruple?
Xin Rutie felt unprecedentedly helpless as he looked at his son who was knocked unconscious, saw the battleship with a hole blasted into it and heard the panic filled screams echoing from the battleship. Who is the owner of the broken ship? How would they dare act so unscrupulously?
A gust of wind swept over the area, bringing a cloud of sand that transformed into Xu Sanqi’s thin, spear-like figure.
He scanned the ghastly scene and roughly understood everything that had happened. The worry in his heart faded and was quickly replaced by delight.
“Who is it that took away Lin Xun?” Xin Rutie asked, his low voice sounding gloomy.
“Do you remember the person I told you about when you took Old Mo away?” Xu Sanqi asked in response.
Xin Rutie looked blank and then his expression dramatically changed. “The driver of the Queen of Darkness from the Black Glory Sacred Hall?”
His heart pounded violently. He felt glad as he cast his mind back to the terrifying power contained in the gentle and kind voice!
He knew that he would have become a corpse if that person truly wanted to deal with him!
There were many drivers in the world, but only one driver could always follow the Queen of Darkness from the Black Glory Sacred Hall!
“It turns out to be him…but how could it be him? Could Lin Xun have some sort of relationship with the Black Glory Sacred Hall?” Xin Rutie muttered, his emotions roiling about and unable to settle.
“I advise you to give up on getting revenge on Lin Xun. Otherwise, even if the Black Glory Sacred Hall doesn’t care, I won’t ignore it!” Xu Sanqi coldly left those words before he turned around and disappeared.
Xin Rutie’s face grew overcast. “You didn’t come all the way here to stop me, did you?”
“That’s correct.” Xu Sanqi’s voice sounded from a distance.
“He isn’t a student of Blood Kill Camp anymore!” yelled Xin Rutie.
“As long as he holds the Blood Kill Badge, he is always a member of Blood Kill Camp!” Xu Sanqi had disappeared before his voice died away.
“So annoying!” Xin Rutie uttered through gritted teeth, his expression altering constantly.
After a long moment, he drew a deep breath and his gaze turned determined. He lifted up Xin Wenbin who had lost consciousness and headed toward the Prestige Battleship.
Anyone familiar with Xin Rutie would know that he wouldn’t leave the matter at that!
……
In the cabin.
“Using other people’s power to bully people only brings temporary relief, but it will bring a lot of trouble to yourself. Why did you do that?” The old man looked at Lin Xun with a kind face but there was an unfathomable look in his deep ocean-like eyes.
“I didn’t think about it too much. I just wanted to vent,” Lin Xun explained after a thought. “If you weren’t here, they would have taken me away. I would have suffered unimaginable humiliation and torture so I wanted to vent in advance.”
The old man seemed a little surprised as he only said ruminatively after a while, “You never seem to be afraid of the disaster brought about by your actions.”
Lin Xun shook his head. “I am not a reckless person. I only did what I thought I should do.”
The old man nodded and said nothing.
Then, he took out an exquisite white jade letter and handed it to Lin Xun. “This is from the little girl Xia Zhi.”
Lin Xun inwardly quivered. He inhaled deeply, received it, and quickly looked through it.
He was only disappointed that there was only a very simple paragraph on the letter. “I’m well, but I occasionally feel lonely. Remember what I said before: you must live well before I come back to find you.”
The little paragraph was simple like a conversation in daily life and had no strong emotional words but Lin Xun still fell into a daze.
For a split second, he seemed to see a black-robed little girl raise her beautiful and tranquil face and gaze at him seriously.
Only after a long while did Lin Xun silently and carefully put away the letter like it was a piece of treasure.
“You don’t suspect that it's fake?” asked the old man.
Lin Xun took a deep breath, trying hard to shake off the rambling thoughts in his mind. Then, he said with a smile, “It’s not fake. I know it.”
“Then you should know that you still can’t see her, at least for now,” the old man said warmly.
Lin Xun nodded with difficulty.
“Is there anything you want to say?” The old man asked as though he couldn’t bear to see him like that.
Lin Xun smiled. “Elder, I just want to know where you are taking me now.”
From the moment he set foot on the shabby ship, he knew that he couldn't choose the path to embark on.
He hated that feeling, but he knew he had to accept it.
This was because Xia Zhi was still in their hands. Even if she hadn’t been kidnapped and threatened, Lin Xun still found it hard to let go of the matter.
“Haze City, the capital of the Southwest Province,” the old man unexpectedly answered, surprising Lin Xun.
It was unexpected because Lin Xun had already planned to head there!
This was because Instructor Xiaoke had given him the prefectural examination pass certificate back when he was in Blood Kill Camp, so his first thought after leaving the camp was to head to the southwest province to participate in the provincial examination.
Once he passed the provincial exam, he could participate in the national examination in Forbidden City and, if successful, he could enroll in Qinglu Academy.
Lin Xun believed that, as long as he could enter Qinglu Academy, he could find out something valuable.
For example, information about the innate talent Grand Abyss Heaven Devourer that he was born with and whether something related to that innate talent had happened in the empire fourteen years ago. If he could find out that information, he might be able to learn the truth about his Origin Aeth Artery being taken away!
He could also find out about the Black Glory Sacred Hall and Old Mo’s whereabouts.
This was the extraordinariness of Qinglu Academy. It was a first-class academy in the empire, where the most outstanding talents in the world gathered, and so it had unimaginable resources and power.
Once he entered Qinglu Academy, it would be much easier to find out about any matter!