Chapter 80: You don't just lack a brother, you lack a father and mother too!

All sorts of thoughts eroded Long Tian'ao's mind.

What he found most unbearable was that as soon as he turned his head, he saw Lin Xiu sitting in a wheelchair not far away.

Lin Xiu was watching this side quietly.

He did not know when he had arrived, nor did he know how long he had been watching.

Only those eyes were profoundly silent.

When Long Tian'ao was stared at by those eyes, he felt as if magma were exploding and churning in his mind.

It burst open all at once! "Lin Xiu, you still dare to come out?!"

Long Tian'ao gritted his teeth and shouted, and without hesitation, he turned his body to charge at Lin Xiu.

Lu Ren raised his eyebrows slightly: "Truly, you remember the taste of food but not the pain of the beating..."

He casually blocked the path Long Tian'ao was taking toward Lin Xiu, and with a flick of his sword tip, which was overflowing with green light, he knocked away the ordinary Spirit Sword that Long Tian'ao had pulled from his Storage Bag.

Even the weapon Long Tian'ao usually used was no match for him.

Let alone a weapon pulled out at random?

Even seeing Long Tian'ao charging over, Lin Xiu remained calm.

Ahead was his second brother.

Beside him was his little sister.

This was still his second brother's territory.

Lin Xiu only felt a deep sense of security.

He pushed his wheelchair casually, the wheels rumbling as he moved to Lu Ren's side, and looked at Long Tian'ao, who was clutching his arm that had gone limp from the force of his weapon being knocked away.

Then, his gaze transitioned very smoothly to Feng Ruyan not far away.

Lin Xiu suddenly smiled, and a very profound aura radiated from around his body.

Long Tian'ao did not notice.

Ji Shisi was quite interested, but after closing his eyes slightly to sense it for a moment, he looked away, having lost interest.

Enlightenment.

But it was different from his own Dao.

Those with different Daos cannot make plans together.

Lu Ren also noticed Lin Xiu's current state.

After observing carefully, a smile spilled from his lips.

As expected of his third brother.

To have actually rebuilt his Dao Foundation in such a short time.

Although it was not yet stable.

It already had a prototype.

Presumably, given time, as long as he kept solidifying his foundation, he would be able to return to his peak.

"What are you looking at?" Long Tian'ao roared with some irritation.

He secretly formed a seal, and unstoppable killing intent filled his heart.

And he told himself simultaneously in his heart.

It was just a moment of embarrassment! Just endure it! If he looked down on himself because of this, that would be a huge mistake! Lin Xiu shook his head.

He said: "I am laughing at your naivety."

"And laughing at your utter stupidity."

The young man in white slowly rose from his wheelchair, and Qu Guan followed closely behind, hurriedly draping the long, silver-white fox-fur cloak over Lin Xiu.

Lin Xiu's complexion was slightly pale, but it was just right.

Almost the moment Feng Ruyan saw him looking like this, she felt a buzz in her mind.

It was Lin Xiu.

He was Lin Xiu...

He was the heaven-favored child in her memories, the head of the largest assassin organization in Dongzhou, Yuan Shengmie, who had attained Enlightenment in his youth, whose path of Truth was smooth, truly a gentleman as clear as the bright moon, with pure white snow covering his body.

Lin Xiu, twenty-third on the Hundred-Year Ranking, twelfth on the Heroes Ranking.

He had guarded the Teleportation Array from Dongzhou to the Northern Province single-handedly for several years, and it had never been damaged.

When he was heavily injured by Long Tian'ao and dying with no cure, someone else had to take his place, but only a month later, the Teleportation Array between the two provinces was destroyed.

From then on, Dongzhou completely severed its connection with the Northern Province.

A wisp of clarity like smoke suddenly flashed through Feng Ruyan's heart, shrouding her sea of consciousness.

What had she actually done? To pass over such a heaven-favored child, a gentleman as elegant as jade, and choose Long Tian'ao, who came from a grassroots background and lacked both foundation and cultivation? But this clarity only lasted for a very short time; turbidity covered her sea of consciousness once more, and Feng Ruyan's eyes fluctuated for only an instant before returning to normal.

——Perhaps it was normal.

She was not wrong.

Lin Xiu was a loser to Long Tian'ao! If he hadn't interfered, perhaps she and Long Tian'ao would have already been married, instead of having to fight so many women for Long Tian'ao's heart.

It was all Lin Xiu's fault! Lin Xiu did not notice Feng Ruyan's gaze. Or rather, even if he had noticed, he would not have taken it to heart.

He smiled as he looked at Lu Ren, his handsome face slightly thin, yet exceptionally full of spirit.

"Many thanks to Second Brother for protecting my Dao all these days. Although I am not fully recovered, I now have the strength to protect myself and no longer need Second Brother to worry for me."

"And thank you, little sister."

After speaking, Lin Xiu chuckled as he looked at the disheveled Long Tian'ao, "Come to think of it, I must also thank you."

"Thank you for letting me put down my ridiculous pride."

When he realized he was no match for Long Tian'ao, the only reaction Lin Xiu had made was to bear it head-on.

He held on until he was severely wounded, held on until the Fate-Born Extinction was nearly shattered to pieces.

It was not that Lin Xiu did not have a good relationship with his other Jueyi brothers; it was precisely because it was too good that he did not want to trouble them.

Moreover, even as a Jueyi brother, he had his own pride.

But now.

Lin Xiu deeply realized that his so-called pride was useless.

Since they were Jueyi.

Then he should fulfill the oath they made at the time of their Jueyi.

To live and die together.

To share the same boat and help each other.

Lin Xiu's thoughts were smooth, yet he had no intention of explaining to Long Tian'ao.

Long Tian'ao did not understand his meaning, only gritted his teeth and said, "Lin Xiu, if you still count as a man, then have a one-on-one fight with me!"

The reason he was still holding on here despite being injured was not because Long Tian'ao was stupid.

He naturally had the confidence to escape and believed he had the power to flip the table; at this moment, he was merely feigning weakness, and the moment his array took form would be the time for everyone's burial.

——Long Tian'ao thought viciously in his heart.

Therefore.

He was stubbornly persisting here in such a sorry state, racking his brains to think of rhetoric to provoke the others and keep their attention elsewhere.

Lin Xiu, however, did not intend to respond to his words as Long Tian'ao had expected.

"One-on-one?"

Lin Xiu sneered with disdain.

He shook his head and retreated directly behind Lu Ren.

"I still have my second brother by my side, why would I want to go one-on-one with you?"

"I am not a fool."

Qu Guan shuddered.

He looked at his own master in disbelief.

Wait.

Had their master not been swapped by someone else?

Since when was his swan-like master, who would hold his neck high even if his wings were broken, willing to act like a goose and lower his arrogant head?

How strange!

Long Tian'ao was also choked into silence for a moment.

After a long while, he finally squeezed out: "Lin Xiu, you, you, you are acting like a villain!"

Lin Xiu shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly.

"So what?"

Having said that, he suddenly smiled.

"I know." Lin Xiu's voice was soft and gentle, like a spring breeze brushing the bank, like a winter jasmine, recklessly radiating his own tenderness and goodwill.

However.

This was a flower with thorns.

The words he spoke were far from gentle.

"You don't have a brother, so you have no one to rely on."

"Unlike me."

"It is fortunate that I have a brother."

"I almost forgot."

"Not only do you not have a brother, you also don't have a father or mother."

"No wonder you want to go one-on-one with me, how truly pitiful."

(End of chapter)