Chapter 27: Bonds and Sentiment Settled

Liu Xun's old face darkened.

He had thought this trip to the Lin Family would go smoothly, but it ended up like this?

"My Liu Family isn't worthy?" Liu Xun said in exasperation. "Lin Clan Leader, are you really going to disregard the bond between the Liu and Lin Families?"

"What kind of thing are you, to dare question me?"

Lin Feng's tone turned cold, and a fierce blast of Qi pressed down.

In an instant, Liu Xun's pupils shrank, and his legs began to tremble.

He was at the Wu Dan Ninth Layer—how could he be suppressed by Lin Feng?

Seeing he was about to be forced to his knees, Liu Xun roared, "Lin Clan Leader, are you going to strike me?!"

Lin Feng scoffed, "From the moment I walked in, you've shown me no respect, throwing your weight around in my Lin Family—and you call that the bond you keep talking about?"

Every member of the Lin Family wore a cold look.

Give me an inch of respect, and I'll return a yard.

At this moment, Lin Xuan was grinning as she hid behind Lin Feng. Having the Clan Leader backing her felt great.

Lin Zhengshang also breathed a sigh of relief; he had never wanted to marry his daughter off to Liu Yao, but it wasn't his place to say so.

"Grandpa, I must have her!" Liu Yao blurted out anxiously.

A glint of greed flashed in his eyes as he stared fixedly at Lin Xuan.

A top-grade piece like this—Kong City didn't have any.

"Everyone in Kong City knows how you bully men and dominate women. I would never marry you." Lin Xuan said with contempt.

Lin Feng gave a cold laugh. "You hear that? Your Liu Family people aren't any better. You think you're worthy of marrying my little Xuan'er?"

Liu Xun fumed, his beard bristling. "Back when the Lin Family was in trouble, suppressed by the Three Great Families, it was my Liu Family who gave everything we had to help."

"Now it's only a marriage alliance, yet you keep making excuses—utter ingratitude!"

With that, Liu Xun grabbed Liu Yao and left.

At this point, what more was there to say?

Liu Yao's background had already been thoroughly investigated, and the Liu Family had no grounds to force the Lin Family.

"Grandpa, I'm not leaving!"

Liu Yao was completely smitten; he simply couldn't bear to leave.

"Slap!"

Liu Xun slapped Liu Yao across the face, scolding in frustration, "You disgraceful wretch—is one woman worth all this?"

"Yes!" Liu Yao said, aggrieved.

Seeing this, the Lin Family members all burst out laughing; they'd never seen someone so consumed by lust.

Liu Xun's old face had been thoroughly humiliated today.

He gritted his teeth and snarled, "Idiot—she doesn't even want you!"

"I don't care, I'm going to marry her!"

Liu Yao was dead set; today he would force the Lin Family to compromise.

Saying so, he stepped before Lin Feng and spoke imperiously: "Lin Feng, even if you won't acknowledge the bond between our families, the Liu Family has still aided the Lin Family plenty over the years. Hand it all back."

"Otherwise, marry Lin Xuan to me, and the old debts are wiped clean!"

Hearing this, Lin Feng didn't even need to speak.

Lin Zhengshang's face lit up. "It's a deal—no going back!"

As soon as his words fell, he pulled out an abacus and started clicking away, and in no time had tallied up an account.

"Over the years, your aid to the Lin Family totals thirty thousand Spirit Stones. Wouldn't have known otherwise—turns out you haven't given much at all." Lin Zhengshang frowned.

He had awakened Emperor Grade Comprehension, all reflected in his business talent; when it came to accounting, he was no joke.

Hearing this, the Lin Family members were stunned—they had thought the Liu Family's contribution was far greater!

"And you still talk to me about bonds?"

Lin Feng's mouth twitched. "Third Elder, pay them back three times over. My Lin Family owes them nothing."

At these words, Liu Xun's old face flushed crimson.

Even as a sworn-brother alliance, the Liu Family had always harbored more schemes than sentiment, while the Lin Family had always remembered their old bond.

Lin Feng said contemptuously, "If you'd been polite, I would have given you face."

"Since you've thrown away all shame, the bond between our two families is severed here and now!"

Liu Xun was momentarily speechless; he truly looked down on Lin Feng.

So young and already Lin Family Patriarch—he didn't look like someone with real tricks up his sleeve at all.

Ziyun City had been in turmoil lately, and Liu Xun had assumed it was because Elder Lin Hai had broken through, allowing the Lin Family to sweep all before them.

"Hmph! In that case, let the ties be cut!" Liu Xun said, forcing himself to appear calm.

But inwardly he was overjoyed.

Receiving ninety thousand Spirit Stones in one go would solve the Liu Family's pressing needs.

"Let's go!"

Liu Xun strode out quickly; if he stayed any longer, he feared Lin Feng might change his mind.

Liu Yao ground his teeth in fury—the duck about to fly into his mouth had gotten away.

"Lin Feng, you bastard ruined my plans—just you wait!"

"Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west—never look down on a young—"

"You dare curse at me?"

Lin Feng's gaze darkened, and he stepped forward half a pace at once.

Before his voice even arrived, the slap landed first—*crack*—Liu Yao's whole body flew backward, spurting a mouthful of fresh blood midair before crashing heavily to the ground.

Running his mouth right in front of him?

Asking for death!

"Yao'er!"

Liu Xun's eyes bulged, and Spirit Qi erupted from his entire body.

Lin Zhengshang sighed helplessly. In the end, he still had to make a move—the Liu and Lin Families had thoroughly fallen out.

At this moment, Lin Feng stood with his hands clasped behind his back, his gaze sharp as a sword.

"Lin Feng, the affection between our two families has already been settled. Why would you strike such a vicious blow against my grandson!"

Liu Xun's fury blazed sky-high, a wisp of killing intent sweeping out.

The Lin Family members in the great hall all stiffened, their gazes turning wary.

If it came to a fight here, the Lin Family was not afraid.

"Now it's my turn to settle the score."

Lin Feng gave a cold laugh, looked down at the two below, and said, "My Lin Family owes you nothing more, but your Liu Family's debt to me isn't finished yet!"

"What?" Liu Xun was stunned, utterly baffled.

"Insulting the Lin Family Patriarch—that charge alone is enough!"

Lin Zhengshang strode out quickly. He had long been fed up with Liu Yao, and now he'd finally caught his chance.

Liu Yao clutched his face, wanting to cry but having no tears left.

How could he have known Lin Feng would dare strike outright?

"Lin Feng, my grandson merely spoke without thinking. To strike so viciously—are you deliberately making things difficult for my Liu Family?" Liu Xun's face was ashen, his words ground out through gritted teeth.

"Everything one does comes with a price!" Lin Feng said with a cold smile.

The Liu Family had been using the friendship of their forebears to pressure the Lin Family at every turn.

If they didn't show some backbone, the Liu Family would really think the Lin Family was easy to bully.

"What 'thirty years east of the river, thirty years west'—shouting slogans in front of me, do you think your surname is Xiao?" Lin Feng mocked.

"I never expected your Lin Family to be so vicious. It seems my Liu Family has given you too much face!"

"If I don't teach this junior a lesson today, you'll never know the might of my Liu Family!" Liu Xun's face darkened, his tone chilling.

In an instant, Liu Xun hunched his body, hiding his hand inside his robe.

Then he threw a punch, blasting force raging wildly.

But just as that blast of force came crashing in, Spirit Qi surfaced around Lin Feng's body.

A vast, overwhelming aura surged forth, locking directly onto Liu Xun before him.

Lin Feng even took a step forward, his eyes flashing.

With just a single glance, Liu Xun's technique was broken, and he retreated step after step.

At this moment, his scalp went numb and a chill ran down his spine.

"Wu... Wudao Realm?"

Liu Xun sucked in a sharp breath, his expression shifting again and again. Finally unable to bear the pressure, his legs gave way and he dropped straight to his knees.