That night, Lin Feng uncharacteristically behaved himself all night, merely holding Tang Rou as they slept, without any wandering hands, and thus slept through until dawn.
When Lin Feng woke up, he found that Tang Rou had somehow sneaked away on her own. There was a text message in his phone where Tang Rou briefly explained that something had come up at her family and Lin Feng shouldn’t worry.
Lin Feng, of course, wasn’t entirely at ease. He called Tang Rou to confirm that she was indeed with her father, Tang Zhendong, and since she seemed in high spirits, Lin Feng finally relaxed a little.
It seemed like Tang Rou really had some family matters to attend to and didn’t leave because she was disappointed in him.
Lin Feng checked the time and found it was already past ten in the morning. After doing a bit of warm-up exercise, he left the room, intending to look for something to eat in the kitchen.
However, as Lin Feng just entered the living room, he suddenly froze, his eyes drifting towards the two figures on the couch, rubbing his eyes in disbelief...
"Not seeing things after all..." Lin Feng mumbled to himself, then looked towards the living room with a bitter smile on his face, "It seems some things have happened that I’m not aware of!"
On the creamy white sofa in the living room sat two unexpected "acquaintances" of Lin Feng. One was an elderly man in a gray long robe, with white hair and beard, smiling as he looked at Lin Feng. The other was a strikingly beautiful girl in white Hanfu, her slender fingers gliding over her phone screen...
These two were none other than Lu Yuming and Lu Lu, the grandfather and granddaughter pair who had sold cultivation manuals to Lin Feng several times.
Even though they were acquaintances, Lin Feng wasn’t in the best of moods... he knew that his relationship with them wasn’t that great. As the saying goes, ’no one visits the Three Treasures Hall without a reason,’ and for this Lu Family’s grandfather-and-granddaughter pair, obviously some worldly experts, to suddenly visit couldn’t be for anything good!
"Come over here!" Lu Yuming had clearly seen Lin Feng and addressed him with a slightly cold tone, "After taking such advantage of Old Lu, you pretend not to know me now?!"
"No..." Lin Feng braced himself and approached, speaking politely, "Old Lu, you’re overthinking. I was just a bit surprised... I didn’t know what honored visit you two were paying... um, by the way, how did you get in?"
Lin Feng glanced at the villa’s door, seeing it intact, it appeared that the grandfather and granddaughter weren’t too forceful.
"Tsk, you’ve got no knowledge at all. Do you think an ordinary door could keep us out?! Making a fuss like this, it’s embarrassing... I came with my grandpa this time to get that sandalwood box back from you!" Lu Lu put down her phone, lifted her head, and lazily said to Lin Feng with a cold snort, "Brat, you didn’t touch the stuff inside that box, did you?"
Lin Feng rolled his eyes speechlessly. This girl spoke so frankly... wasn’t that sandalwood box a gift from her? Why would she ask for it back so openly? That’s a bit against the rules!
Moreover, Lin Feng had already consumed the pill inside the box, how was he supposed to return it?!
"I’ve already used up the contents of the sandalwood box..." Lin Feng wasn’t in the wrong, so he didn’t feel guilty. He shrugged at Lu Lu, speaking plainly.
"Hey, how can you be like this? That was my grandpa’s stuff, how could you touch it without permission?!" Lu Lu’s pretty eyes widened as she seriously questioned Lin Feng, "Anyway, I don’t care. You mishandled my grandpa’s stuff, so hurry up and compensate!"
Compensate? Lin Feng widened his eyes in speechless disbelief and shook his head with a bitter smile. "Miss Lu, you might be overthinking this. I don’t even know what that pill was; how can I compensate you...?"
"I don’t care! Anyway, this matter doesn’t concern me anymore. Talk to my grandpa about it..." Lu Lu said straightforwardly, then turned to Lu Yuming and shrugged, "Grandpa, you heard him, he admitted to using your Forbidden Breaking Pill, so it’s not my business anymore! Don’t bother me about this in the future!"
"Cough, cough..." Lu Yuming coughed heavily twice, his face alternating between white and green, showing a hint of indulgence and helplessness before softly saying to Lu Lu, "Alright, I understand!"
Lin Feng felt a bit embarrassed as he looked at Lu Yuming. After advancing to Innate, he had realized that the Forbidden Breaking Pill might not just be an ordinary pill, and its origins, given that Lu Lu, this carefree girl, gave it to him as a bonus. Lin Feng at times felt uneasy thinking about it, and now, he knew that what he had worried about was finally happening.
The Forbidden Breaking Pill in that seemingly unremarkable sandalwood box was indeed the treasure of the white-haired old man, Lu Yuming.
Lin Feng knew he had scored a huge bargain, and he didn’t deny this fact. He earnestly spoke to Lu Yuming, "Old Lu, about the Forbidden Breaking Pill, this junior knows I accidentally got a huge advantage; however, the pill has already been consumed by me, and asking me to spit it out is impossible. How about this? If you feel at a loss, I could provide some financial compensation. What do you think, Old Lu?"
"Financial compensation?!" Upon hearing Lin Feng’s words, Lu Yuming’s face clearly showed a hint of displeasure, "Brat, do you know my Forbidden Breaking Pill cost millions to make, using countless rare ingredients, based on ancient formulas, taking more than half a year to refine? Each one is worth several million, and you lightly mention financial compensation as if I’d just let it go?!"
Lin Feng shook his head helplessly, "Then, Old Lu, do you have a better solution in mind?"
"Hmph... I’ll tell you when I think of something!" Lu Yuming shook his head, and then said to Lin Feng, "Kid, I specifically came this time not just to talk about this. You better come clean now about who gave you the audacity to impersonate a disciple of the Tianji Sect and cause trouble at Kongshan Temple?!"
Upon hearing Lu Yuming’s words, Lin Feng finally understood why they had come...
Tianji Sect, Kongshan Temple... indeed, when he had a conflict with Wu Zhen, he had casually bragged about being a part of the Tianji Sect, and today, he was facing the consequences! Perhaps impersonating a disciple of the Tianji Sect had indeed caused trouble for Old Lu! Lin Feng looked apologetically at Lu Yuming. Although a bit embarrassed, Lin Feng didn’t think that impersonating as a Tianji Sect disciple was wrong, as it was a choice he made in a difficult situation. If he hadn’t said it, he might have lost his life.
"Impersonating a Tianji Sect disciple was indeed my doing!" Lin Feng sincerely admitted to Lu Yuming, "But it was an action born out of necessity, and I hope Old Lu can understand."
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