The Lin's Patriarch is weird.

Chapter 146: 146. Bad omen.

Lin Xuan silently stared at the system screen.

My Myth Grade Pill Refining Talent... was taken away?

For a moment, he wanted to complain.

The words had nearly reached his lips before he slowly swallowed them back down.

He gradually calmed himself.

What had he been expecting?

The moment he had been willing to hand the system over to the Qin Family, he should have already accepted that every ability it had granted him would disappear along with it.

Compared to losing the entire system, surrendering a single talent was a far smaller price.

With that thought, he reluctantly came to terms with it.

Yet this time, the system even added a comment to his thoughts.

[Oh... it looks like you’re taking it better than I thought.]

Lin Xuan’s eyelid twitched at the comment.

But nevertheless, he decided to simply ignored it, returning his attention to the Asteroid Stone resting inside the glass display case.

Almost immediately, another notification appeared.

[For the successful completion of the quest, you will now be provided with the promised information.]

Lin Xuan folded his arms and looked at the system with narrowed eyes, not forgetting to even let out a low snort.

"For all this is worth, this information had better be enough to save my skin. Otherwise, I’ll disband the Lin Family and hand you over to the Qin Family."

The system remained silent for a brief moment.

Then, one notification after another appeared before him.

[Your wife, Qin Yuxi, is the scion of the Qin Family.]

[As long as Qin Yuxi remains alive, the Qin Family cannot directly or indirectly harm the Lin Family in any way.]

[Qin Xishu is the aunt of Qin Yuxi.]

[Qin Xishu seeks the daughter of Qin Yuxi to complete her plan.]

"...That’s all?"

Lin Xuan frowned.

The information was undeniably valuable.

In fact, it was far more significant than he had anticipated.

Yet the most important question remained unanswered.

Why was Qin Xishu targeting Zhaoyue?

He wanted to curse at the system but he managed to hold himself back.

The information it had revealed was already enough to completely change how he viewed the situation.

At the very least, if the system was telling the truth, the Qin Family itself could not openly move against the Lin Family while Qin Yuxi was still alive.

Of course...

That conclusion depended entirely on whether the system could be trusted.

Lin Xuan silently stared at the floating screen before slowly closing his eyes.

When he opened them again, they were filled with resolve. There was not much to think about, he need to immediately began making his plans.

His daughter was in imminent danger.

When he had encountered Qin Xishu during the banquet, he had already sensed that she was stronger than he was.

Among Nascent Soul cultivators, even a single minor realm represented an enormous gap in strength.

If the worst came to pass, his only hope would be to force a mutual destruction.

The self-destruction of a First Layer Nascent Soul cultivator would be enough to inflict grievous injuries on almost anyone at the same realm.

He raised his head and quietly looked toward the treasury ceiling.

"Let’s hope it never comes to that," he muttered.

At the same time, the young woman who had escaped the Lin Family treasury was sprinting through the dense forest.

Branches whipped against her face as she desperately fled deeper into the darkness.

Her breathing had already become ragged.

Fresh blood continued to drip from the empty sleeve where her right arm had once been.

Behind her, a small figure chased relentlessly.

It was nothing more than a little girl.

Anyone seeing the scene for the first time would instinctively assume the young woman had nothing to fear.

That assumption, however, could not have been further from the truth.

After being sent to guard the entrance, it had not taken long for everything to go wrong.

Despite having consumed the Grade Four Concealing Spirit Pill, her concealment had been rendered completely useless.

Before she could even realise what was happening, the little girl launched a surprise attack and severed one of her arms.

The pain had nearly caused her to cry out.

Even so, she gritted her teeth and swallowed the scream.

Rather than alerting her two companions inside the treasury, she immediately turned and fled.

She had hoped the little girl would enter the treasury and attack the other two instead.

To her disbelief, the little girl ignored the treasury entirely and chased after her.

"What do you want from me?!"

She shouted over her shoulder while continuing to run.

She had truly been driven to her wits’ end.

She was a Peak Tenth Layer Golden Core cultivator.

Yet she was being chased through the forest by a little girl at only the Sixth Layer of the Golden Core Realm.

There was a difference of four minor realms between them yet the girl was perfectly fine bring able to catch up.

No matter how she thought about it, it made no sense.

She must be using an artifact. She has to be.

The thought became her only source of comfort.

As she continued fleeing deeper into the forest, another idea gradually formed in her mind.

If she could lure the little girl far enough away from the Lin Family, she might be able to turn the tables and kill her instead.

Once she succeeded, she could seize the artifact the little girl was using for herself.

The thought had barely crossed her mind when an overwhelming pressure suddenly descended upon the forest.

A terrifying Nascent Soul aura enveloped her from above.

Her expression froze and before she could even react, her body exploded into a spray of blood.

Not even a scream was allowed to escaped her lips.

At the same time, Lin Zhaoyue abruptly came to an abrupt halt.

She stared at the blood mist drifting through the forest, her pupils shrinking.

The woman she had been pursuing had been killed in an instant.

Lin Zhaoyue subconsciously swallowed and just then, a familiar voice drifted through the silent forest.

"Oh my, look who we have here."

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