The Lin's Patriarch is weird.

Chapter 147: 147. Rising Dragon Courtyard.

The familiar voice had barely faded when a figure slowly emerged from the shadows between the trees.

Moonlight filtered through the forest canopy, revealing Lin Xuan’s face.

His expression was unusually stern, Lin Zhaoyue blinked in surprise.

"Father?"

Lin Xuan strode toward her without another word.

His eyes swept across her from head to toe with astonishing speed, carefully checking every part of her body.

Only after confirming that she had not suffered a single injury did the tightness in his chest ease ever so slightly.

Then his expression darkened once more.

"What are you doing out here?"

His voice was low, yet it carried an unmistakable trace of anger.

Lin Zhaoyue instinctively shrank her neck.

"I... I was chasing the woman who escaped from the treasury."

Lin Xuan frowned.

"And you chased her all the way into the forest?"

Lin Zhaoyue nodded.

"I couldn’t let her escape."

"You couldn’t let her escape?"

Lin Xuan repeated before letting out a cold laugh.

"What if she had led you into an ambush? What if a Nascent Soul cultivator had been waiting for you? What if I had arrived one step too late?"

Each question carried more weight than the last.

Lin Zhaoyue opened her mouth to explain.

"But Father, what if she had stolen the—"

"Beh, beh, beh."

Lin Xuan immediately raised a hand, cutting her off before she could finish.

"Not another word."

Lin Zhaoyue looked at him in surprise but after a brief pause, she quietly closed her mouth.

Seeing his daughter’s silence, Lin Xuan let out a slow breath.

The anger in his eyes gradually faded, replaced by lingering concern.

He reached out and gently rested a hand on her head.

"Please promise me that you’ll never do something like this again."

His voice had become much softer.

"I can’t risk anything happening to you."

Lin Zhaoyue slowly raised her head and met his gaze.

The concern in her father’s eyes was so sincere that, for a brief moment, she found herself at a loss for words.

In the end, she simply nodded.

"...I understand, Father."

Only then did Lin Xuan quietly release the breath he had been holding.

The tension that had been weighing on his heart since receiving the system’s revelation finally eased, if only a little.

Lin Xuan bent down and lifted Lin Zhaoyue into his arms.

Before she could react, a flying sword shot out from his storage pouch and hovered quietly before them.

He stepped onto the sword while carrying her and with a gentle wave of his hand, the sword rose into the air and slowly glided back toward the Lin Family estate.

The forest beneath them gradually disappeared into the distance as the cool night breeze brushed past.

After a moment of silence, Lin Zhaoyue looked up at her father.

"Father, shall we go back and refine more pills now?"

Lin Xuan’s eyelid immediately twitched.

Goblin.

Even at a time like this, the first thing on her mind was still making money.

He let out a quiet sigh.

"Not this month, we need to focus on training instead."

He couldn’t bring himself to tell her about how he had lost the ability to refine pills after all.

Lin Zhaoyue’s eyes immediately brightened.

"Training? Yes, Father! Let’s do that as well."

She smiled with genuine anticipation.

"I’ll show you how I am training my juniors."

Lin Xuan glanced at her before giving a small nod.

"Alright, then."

Lin Zhaoyue turned her gaze toward the horizon to notice that the moon was already sinking beyond the distant mountains.

At the same time, the first rays of dawn were beginning to illuminate the eastern sky.

"In that case..."

She quietly calculated the time before speaking again.

"Let’s go now. It should be about time they wake up."

Within the Lin Family, the younger generation had their own accommodations.

For the sake of better training, separate dormitories had been prepared for the male and female disciples.

Living there, however, was entirely voluntary.

Those who chose to stay in the dormitories and train together with everyone else received additional monthly benefits from the family.

The dormitory system had originally been proposed to the elders through an anonymous suggestion.

At first, every elder had been prepared to reject the idea.

Maintaining a residence solely for the younger generation would require additional manpower and consume a considerable amount of the family’s resources.

However, everything changed after they learned that Lin Zhaoyue was willing to personally fund the monthly rewards for those who chose to live and train there.

With the financial burden removed, the proposal was approved without further objection.

Not long afterward, the Rising Dragon Courtyard was completed.

Although many of the younger disciples had arrived with reluctant expressions, the generous monthly benefits eventually persuaded quite a number of them to move in.

Lin Xuan had a strong suspicion that the anonymous proposal had come from only one person, Lin Zhaoyue.

Before long, the flying sword descended into the center of the courtyard.

The Rising Dragon Courtyard consisted of two elegant two-storey buildings arranged in an L-shaped formation.

The open space enclosed by the buildings had been transformed into a spacious training ground.

Weapon racks, wooden training dummies, and broad stone platforms were neatly arranged across the courtyard, leaving ample room for sparring and group exercises.

The first light of dawn had only just begun to brighten the sky.

Most of the windows remained shut.

Lin Zhaoyue took a deep breath.

Then, with a grin, she cupped her hands around her mouth and shouted at the top of her lungs,"Wake up, lazy bones! The sun’s about to shine on this place! Anyone who’s late, will go for a second round!"

Bang!

One of the doors immediately flew open, followed by another.

Within moments, the quiet dormitory erupted into chaos as children poured out of both buildings like ants fleeing a disturbed nest.

They rushed toward the training ground with astonishing urgency, as if their lives depended on it.

Before long, the once-empty training ground was filled with rows of Lin Family children.

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