Chapter 571

In less than half a day, Lin Daiyu's strength had reached the Martial Saint level.

What she lacked compared to a peak Martial Saint was only her martial Dao will.

"Hm? There's an outsider in the residence?"

Suddenly, Lin Daiyu tilted her head to listen, her expression changed, and with a single movement of her body, she shot toward her father's study like a phantom.

"Lord Lin, you've blocked everyone's path to wealth, so this one is sending you on your way right now!"

Inside Lin Ruhai's study, a black-clad, masked man raised a long blade.

"Who sent you?" Even facing a life-and-death crisis, Lin Ruhai remained perfectly composed, asking in a booming voice.

"If Lord Lin wants to know, go ask King Yama in the netherworld."

The masked man laughed coldly, and as he spoke, was about to bring his blade down.

"Don't hurt my father!"

Just then, a whoosh of breaking air rang out. The masked man only felt a gust of wind at his back, and before he could react, he felt a sharp pain at the back of his head, then lost consciousness.

And in Lin Ruhai's eyes, the scene was even more horrifying.

He only heard his daughter's voice ring in his ear, and then saw a bloody hole appear on the assassin's forehead, as the man collapsed straight to the ground.

Looking up, he saw a single leaf pinned to the wall behind him.

"A single leaf can kill a person?"

Lin Ruhai was stunned.

Although the world of Dream of the Red Chamber had gods and immortals, such beings rarely appeared in the mortal realm.

Most of the time, there were only martial artists and some practitioners of strange arts.

It wasn't as if Lin Ruhai hadn't seen these people before—at most they could take on ten opponents.

Moreover, practitioners of strange arts had many restrictions when casting spells; once someone got close, they were no better than ordinary people.

Plucking a leaf to fling it as a deadly weapon—such things only existed in biographies and storybooks.

Yet today, his daughter had actually used a single leaf to kill a man from dozens of meters away.

Lin Ruhai felt his entire worldview shatter, beyond any hope of piecing back together.

"When did my daughter gain such ability?"

Though many thoughts raced through his mind, in reality only a moment had passed.

Almost the instant the assassin hit the floor, Lin Daiyu had already rushed into the study.

"Father, are you alright?"

Seeing the worried look on his daughter's face, all other emotions in Lin Ruhai's heart were flung beyond the nine heavens.

"Father is fine!"

"But my good daughter, could you tell your father just what is going on with this leaf!"