Chapter 353: Sister Qin, I’ll Protect You from Now On!
"Grandpa Jinfu, are you alright?" Qin Luoli ran over and helped Jin Fu to his feet, her face unable to conceal her shock.
Grandpa Jinfu actually lost? And he was sent flying by a single punch!
"COUGH, COUGH. I’m fine." Jin Fu coughed twice, wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth. He stared at Shi Potian with a solemn expression. "Kid, who in the world are you?"
At that moment, Jin Fu was utterly shaken. Although he was old now, in his youth, back in that place teeming with countless experts, he had been considered a prodigy, with no one able to stand against him. Yet now, in a small place like River City, he had been felled with a single punch. It would have been one thing if his opponent were a great master who had practiced martial arts for many years, but this was merely a boy, not even twenty years old.
This filled Jin Fu not only with shock but also with a faint, growing dread.
Could this person have come to cause trouble? The Qin Corporation is getting bigger and bigger, so ordinary people wouldn’t dare to stir things up. My only fear is that he’s from *that* place.
His expression hardened and his tone sharpened. He even moved to shield Qin Luoli behind him.
If this youth is truly from that place, then the Young Miss must not fall into his hands, no matter the cost.
"Old grandpa, I already told you, I’m here looking for a big brother," Shi Potian said earnestly, his shy smile making him seem harmless.
"Then tell me his name. And how do you know him?" Jin Fu, of course, did not believe a word of it.
"I..." Shi Potian paused, realizing he seemed to have forgotten the man’s name. However, he did remember something. Didn’t Third Master and the others call him Venerable Master?
Shi Potian scratched his head. "I don’t know his name. I only know that everyone respectfully calls him Venerable Master. He looks very young, and he’s a very kind person."
Everyone was stunned by his words.
Venerable Master? Does the Qin Family have someone like that?
"My apologies, there is no such person in the Qin Family. You’ve come to the wrong place," Jin Fu said seriously, feeling a wave of relief mixed with a hint of disappointment.
However, Qin Luoli, who was standing beside him, seemed to recall something. "Do you know Lin Mu?" she asked suddenly.
"Lin Mu?" Shi Potian’s face lit up. "Yes, I think that’s his name!"
He had been asleep for more than half a year and had forgotten most of what had happened at the bar. During his deep slumber, he only remembered an indistinct silhouette speaking to him. But he had been sleeping too soundly to make out the words. No matter how he tried to listen, the voice seemed to be whispering right next to his ear, yet at the same time, it felt as distant as the horizon.
"Young Miss, are you saying he’s looking for the son-in-law?" Jin Fu was also taken aback. This kid knows the son-in-law?
Qin Luoli shook her head. "I’m not sure, but before Lin Mu left, he told me someone would come to the Qin Family looking for him. He said that when they arrived, I was to give them something."
"What is it?" Jin Fu asked, his curiosity piqued.
Qin Luoli’s expression was odd. She didn’t answer Jin Fu but instead looked at Shi Potian. "Your name is Shi Potian?"
Shi Potian was instantly overjoyed. "Pretty sister, you know my name? Did the big brother tell you?"
Hearing Shi Potian’s form of address, Qin Luoli felt a flicker of fondness for the boy. She nodded. "That’s right."
"Oh, I remember now! You’re the big brother’s wife, right?" Shi Potian chuckled.
Qin Luoli smiled and nodded back. "Yes. But Lin Mu isn’t home right now, so you won’t be able to see him."
"Ah?" Shi Potian was crestfallen. He had come specifically to thank his big brother in person. It was a shame he wasn’t home. Does this mean I won’t get the answers I’m looking for?
"Pretty sister, do you know where the big brother went?" he asked with a hopeful look.
"I’m not sure," Qin Luoli said. "However, before he left, he asked me to give you something."
With that, Qin Luoli rummaged through her pockets and produced a letter.
Good thing it wasn’t lost.
She handed the letter to Shi Potian. "This is what Lin Mu left for you. Go on, take a look."
"A letter from the big brother?"
Curiously, Shi Potian took it and opened the envelope. An overwhelming surge of Evil Qi instantly billowed out from the paper.
"Protect the Young Miss!" Jin Fu’s face drained of color. He grabbed Qin Luoli and frantically pulled her back, his heart pounding in his chest. This aura... it’s terrifying!
The other Qin Family security guards couldn’t withstand the pressure. They were thrown back, spitting mouthfuls of blood as they flew through the air.
In the eye of the storm, Shi Potian stood stunned, the letter clutched in his hand.
Within the letter were just eight large characters, written with powerful, sharp strokes: Supreme Dao Body, Forged to Slay Gods and Demons!
The moment he saw these words, a roar thundered through Shi Potian’s mind. They were the exact same eight words the figure in his memory had repeated to him over and over. And now, he could finally see the figure’s face clearly.
He was as tall and mighty as a god, his head touching the heavens and his feet planted on the earth, radiating an undying will to battle across the Ten Thousand Realms. The heavens wept blood over a land strewn with corpses. His body was covered in ghastly, shocking wounds. That fierce battle intent, unyielding even in the face of a thousand deaths, shook Shi Potian to his very core.
"I am the foremost war general under Emperor Zun... Shi! Po! Tian!"
「The Qin Family’s Old Residence.」
Shi Potian stared at his now-empty hands, feeling a hollow ache inside, as if he had lost something precious beyond measure. His eyes reddened, and tears began to stream down his face.
"Sigh." Qin Luoli slowly approached him, gently patting his head. "If it hurts, just let it all out."
Looking up at the beautiful big sister before him, Shi Potian could no longer hold back and burst into heartbreaking sobs.
"WAAAH! Sister, my heart hurts so much..."
Jin Fu and the others watched, dumbfounded and utterly speechless. What... what is happening?
However, none of them said a word or asked a single question. They knew that within the Qin Family now, anything related to the son-in-law was not to be questioned, not to be discussed, and certainly not to be interfered with.
Watching the two of them sitting on the doorstep, Jin Fu turned to his guards and warned them. "Not a single word of what happened today gets out!" His expression was grave, and his eyes grew incredibly sharp as he spoke in a low, stern voice, "If any of you dare to breathe a single word of this, don’t blame this old man for forgetting our past ties!"
The guards didn’t need Butler Jin Fu’s reminder. Knowing the matter involved the son-in-law, they wouldn’t have dared to speak anyway and hurriedly nodded in agreement.
Shi Potian sat on the threshold, his chin propped in his hands as he looked at Qin Luoli. "Sister, you’re so beautiful."
Qin Luoli smiled, pursing her lips. "You sure know what to say."
"Pretty sister, can I keep calling you that?"
"Of course, you can."
"When will the big brother be back?" Shi Potian asked sullenly.
Qin Luoli gazed toward the horizon. "Hmm... He should be back soon, I think."
Shi Potian’s eyes lit up. "Heh, that’s great! Until the big brother returns, I’ll protect you!"
"Really? Then I’ll have to trouble you."
Shi Potian puffed out his chest. "No trouble, no trouble at all! I’m really strong!"
"Haha, of course. I know you’re very strong."
And later, when the Qin Corporation faced a great crisis, and countless experts gathered in River City to destroy the family, it was this very youth who stood before her. With his bare fists, he fought a bloody battle to protect her, never taking a single step back.