Chapter 58: Truly a Fine

In the private room on the second floor.

Lin Xiu sat in his wheelchair, uneasy, his pale fingertips gripping the hem of his clothes so tightly they lost even more color.

He felt a sense of despair, as if waiting for judgment.

Qu Guan, as his subordinate, was even more nervous than he was, wishing he could shield him.

There were quite a few people in the private room.

Besides Lu Ren, there was Feng Wuyou.

Everyone knew these two were natural allies.

Then there was the Beast Taming Sect Master, Weisheng Yucheng, who looked honest and loyal but was sweating like rain.

Yet Qu Guan knew that this man only looked honest; in reality, he was more cunning than anyone.

They had been swindled by him before.

As soon as Old Ox squeezed in, he occupied a significant amount of space in the room; his massive frame was exceptionally eye-catching, even though he was thin as a rail.

It was Old Ox who spoke first.

He angrily performed a tap dance in the private room, his four hooves flying everywhere, his ox face pulled so long it was almost turning into a donkey's face.

"My poor nephew!"

No one knew how a white wolf had become his nephew.

Weisheng Yucheng hurried to soothe him: "The wolf's leg is still there; as long as it's preserved well, it might still be reattached."

This earned him a surprised look from Qu Guan, who frowned and said: "So that white wolf was yours?"

He glared at Weisheng Yucheng with hostility.

This was one of the rare failures in his career, and he didn't know what kind of talent that white wolf had to be able to tear through the void and escape, especially since its cultivation realm wasn't high, and it was a one-eyed wolf at that!

Bad luck!

"Knock, knock."

Lin Xiu tapped the armrest of his wheelchair, pulled out a handkerchief to cover his lips while coughing, and said in a muffled voice: "Enough, the medicinal pills have already been recovered, so let's not dwell on it; that white wolf was also acting against its will."

Master-Servant Contract.

Truly vicious.

"Oh?" Lu Ren suddenly smiled and picked up the conversation.

"Then are you also acting against your will?"

Lin Xiu's expression stiffened.

He rubbed his index finger in distress, and after a long while, he said with embarrassment and awkwardness: "Second Brother..."

"Second Brother?"

"Second Brother?!!"

"Moo?"

Everyone present, except for Feng Wuyou, let out sounds of shock.

Qu Guan was even more so.

His eyes widened in disbelief.

What Second Brother? Where did this Second Brother come from?

How come he didn't know there was a Second Brother?

How did Lu Ren become his master's Second Brother? Who am I, where am I, what am I doing, am I dreaming?!

"Second Brother, Little Sister," Lin Xiu began to smile bitterly, clenching his fists tightly and calling out in a low voice.

"I didn't want to come."

If it weren't for his subordinates at home taking matters into their own hands, dragging him here, and even knocking him unconscious to smuggle him in, he would never have wanted to reappear.

"What is going on here?" Feng Wuyou pursed her lips and demanded sharply in a delicate voice, "Who beat you into this state, Third Brother? Why are you unwilling to tell us? Even if you don't tell me, you should at least tell Second Brother!"

"I just don't want to implicate you all," Lin Xiu sighed in a low voice.

"You cannot beat him."

He lowered his eyes, looking weary with a sense of listlessness.

Weisheng Yucheng, however, was truly smiling bitterly on the side.

He had miscalculated.

Had he known there would be such a turn of events, he would never have come up here; even if he were kicked to death by Old Ox, he would rather have died downstairs.

Who could have predicted that the master of Fate Severing Life would be a natural ally of the Dayu Imperial Dynasty and Wanren City.

How was this Lu Ren so good at hiding? If he hadn't luckily gotten in today, this secret would probably have been kept from him until he died.

Weisheng Yucheng's eyes were somewhat dazed.

Fate Severing Life...

A killer organization that spanned the eastern and western continents.

Their mission completion rate was over ninety-five percent. As long as they were paid, they would kill anyone.

But no one knew that the head of Fate Severing Life was already dying and had little time left.

It was even said that his enemies, even combined with Wanren City and the Dayu Imperial Dynasty, could not kill him.

Just what kind of terrifying ancient family must he have provoked? Tsk.

Weisheng Yucheng regretted it a thousand times, ten thousand times, from the bottom of his heart.

Had he known he would face such a catastrophe, he would never have come to join the fun.

"Cannot beat him?"

Lu Ren frowned slightly, stood up, walked to Lin Xiu's side, and looked down at him, the strange emotions in his heart rising even higher.

Lin Xiu is the third eldest of their Jueyi, the most gentle and upright gentleman; although he is taciturn, he is cold on the outside but warm on the inside, not at all like a killer.

He has terrifying talent and astonishing aptitude in the way of alchemy; in his teens, he created his own techniques, using his physical body to contain Strange Fire, and completely stepped onto the path of alchemy.

His Dao is named Forgetfulness.

He basically never experiences the emotion of fear; if a killer were to feel fear, then surely...

Lu Ren's brows sharpened, his strike as fast as lightning, grabbing Lin Xiu's wrist, which caused Lin Xiu to struggle in great alarm.

"No, let go...!"

Qu Guan almost made a move, but barely suppressed it, gritting his teeth as he stepped back to prevent himself from starting a fight.

Besides, he couldn't beat him anyway...

Lu Ren's divine sense probed into Lin Xiu's pulse, ignoring his resistance as it circled through his body, and his heart skipped a beat.

His expression was heavy; he released Lin Xiu's hand and slowly spat out two words.

"Who is it?"

Who ruined Lin Xiu's Dao?

And even ruined his spirit root? No wonder Yuanshengmie spent all his family wealth to purchase a Life-Prolonging Pill for him.

If he does not take the Life-Prolonging Pill, Lin Xiu would only have a few more years to endure before he would die and vanish silently like an ordinary mortal.

It might not even take a few years! "Don't ask, I..." Lin Xiu smiled bitterly, wanting to push him away, but Lu Ren gave him no chance to refuse at all.

Lu Ren looked straight at Qu Guan.

"Who is it?!"

Qu Guan was just worried that no one would ask him; seeing Lu Ren speak, he immediately ignored Lin Xiu's eye signals and spilled the truth without hesitation.

It was an extremely bizarre young man who injured Lin Xiu and severed his immortal path.

And also...

Because of a woman.

"It was a marriage arranged for our master by the Lin Family Family Head," Qu Guan said, dissatisfied and aggrieved, "The master hadn't even met the other party, how would he know she had a former fiancé?"

"She was supposed to break off the engagement to climb up to the Lin Family, but who knew that the brat would transform from a piece of trash, and not only win the beauty, but also treat our master as an enemy, irreconcilable."

"His techniques are crude, but his Qi Luck is bizarre; not only did he luckily injure the Family Head, but the killers we sent out couldn't kill him either."

"Not only that, whenever he is wounded, he always suddenly encounters some treasure, and even when forced into a dead end, he manages to be luckily saved; he is simply... as if he cannot be killed!"

"With no other choice, I could only find a way to take the master to seek another path to survival."

Although it was just a few short sentences, everyone could hear the absurdity in these words.

What kind of unprovoked grudge is this? Especially...

Lu Ren's expression was a bit strange.

Engagement.

Breaking off an engagement.

Fiancé and fiancée.

Qi Luck.

Cannot be killed.

Put together, why does it sound so much like...

A protagonist template for a "breaking off the engagement" story?

The more he thought about it, the more he felt, but his face remained extremely calm as he asked, "What is that person's name?"

"Long Tian'ao, his name is Long Tian'ao."

Lu Ren:...

Truly a fine Long Tian'ao.

Just hearing the name, one can tell what kind of person he is.

(End of chapter)