C1 The Anniversary of My Mother's Death

Chu Dynasty had been peaceful for two years, at the side of the Vast River in B City.

"Mother, today is the three-year deadline that you and your son have agreed on. For the past three years, no one in C City has not heard of the Lin family. Only the bastard son Lin Xiao, who married into the Chiang family, is an idiot."

"When I was born, the experts of the Divine Capital once said that my son had the fate of the heavens and that his extraordinary fate would definitely be coveted by despicable people. In order to save my life, you let me marry into the Lin family after you passed away. For the next three years, I kept a low profile, and I did all of that."

"Mother, I came here today to tell you that in the past three years, I have been looked down upon by the world and the Chiang family. Now that three years have passed, I don't want to endure any longer!"

Lin Xiao knelt in front of the grave by the river. In front of him was a fruit offering, and under his hand was yellow paper money.

As he spoke of his feelings, two lines of tears quietly rolled down his determined eyes.

"I have already refined all the medical books you left behind. Mother, from now on, I have three things to do. First, I want to make the Chiang family look at me in a new light. Second, I want the Lin family to give me and my mother justice. Third, I want to find the murderer who killed my mother that year!" Lin Xiao clenched his fists tightly, his dark eyes filled with unwillingness and resentment.

Rustle!

Suddenly, the sound of grass rubbing against each other could be heard.

This part of the Vast River was desolate and rarely visited, so the moment he heard the sound, Lin Xiao retracted the sharp glint in his eyes and looked towards the grass that was half a person tall in front of him.

It was close to night, and he could barely make out the figures of an old man and a young man. They were supporting each other as they escaped from the grass.

The old man was over fifty years old and wore a brown robe. The young girl was no more than twenty-eight years old and was dressed in a female outfit. The moment she saw Lin Xiao, the girl's expression turned from sadness to joy.

"Big brother, my grandfather and I are from C City. My grandfather was stabbed by an enemy. Please be merciful and save us!" The young girl's eyes were filled with tears as she looked at Lin Xiao with hope.

Seeing that it wasn't the Lin family, Lin Xiao felt slightly relieved. He reached out and pulled the weeds in front of the grave, turning a deaf ear to the girl's words.

"Shuang... Don't make things difficult for the innocent. Hurry up and leave. This place is less than five kilometers away from B City. I'll hold them back. As long as you can safely enter B City, there won't be any problems. Quick...!" The fifty-year-old man covered his wound and said weakly.

The wound was so deep that it reached the bone. It was bleeding non-stop and had already soaked through his clothes.

From the old man's yellow face, if he wasn't treated soon, he would probably die.

"Shuang won't leave. Grandfather, Shuang will never leave you behind!" Although the girl's eyes were filled with tears, her expression was abnormally determined.

"Silly child, why are you doing this? Hurry up and leave. If you don't leave now, it will be too late. Child, you don't have to die with grandpa!" The old man said anxiously.

A strong enemy was just inches away from him.

Even so, the girl was still determined not to leave alone.

"Big brother, you must have heard of the Xiahou family in C City. My grandfather is the patriarch of the Xiahou family. As long as you are willing to take my grandfather away, no matter what conditions you propose, the Xiahou family will agree to them!" The young girl looked at Lin Xiao again. Xiahou was a big clan in C City, and B City was a subsidiary city of C City. Anyone who had any knowledge should have heard of the Xiahou Clan.

The eldest son of the family was the patriarch.

Moreover, his grandfather was the patriarch of the Xiahou family!

She didn't expect this man to save the two of them. As long as he could take his injured grandfather away, it would be fortunate.

But to the girl's surprise, Lin Xiao remained silent, as if to him, the clan of C City was not even comparable to a weed in front of the grave.

Was he not moved?

The girl was anxious to the point of tears, but in the face of life and death, she had no right to give up.

"As long as you can take my grandfather away, I will give you ten thousand gold!"

"Shuang, there's no need to say anything else. Don't waste any more time. Hurry up and leave!" The old man was so excited that he wanted to get up. Just as he moved, another stream of blood gushed out from his wound.

Hearing the old man's painful groan, the young girl gritted her teeth and stared at Lin Xiao.

"Since you don't want money, then you can choose what you want. As long as my Xiahou Clan can do it, there will be no objections."

"I only beg you, take my grandfather away immediately!" The girl's eyes were filled with tears.

At this moment, Lin Xiao finally spoke.

"Leave immediately. If you disturb my mother's spirit in heaven, all of you will die." Lin Xiao looked at the girl indifferently.

Their eyes met, and the girl was deeply shocked by Lin Xiao's gaze.

Cold!

What had this person experienced to make him have such a cold gaze?

"But..."

The girl still wanted to say something, but the sound of dense footsteps suddenly arrived.

More than a dozen people were chasing after them. Each of them held a blade, and in just an instant, they had surrounded the girl and the old man.

Lin Xiao frowned.

These dozen or so people held their sabers in a uniform posture. Their hands were covered in heavy calluses, and their discipline was extremely strong. Their movements were also extremely fast. It was obvious that they were not ordinary servants. Instead, they were more like soldiers or Death Soldiers raised by large clans.

"Xiahou Boshang, you are already at the end of your rope. Just surrender." The leader of the men said disdainfully.

"Even if I die today, C City will still shine!" The old man spoke out brazenly, the anger in his eyes did not decrease, "If the heavens have eyes and let me, Xiahou Boshang, survive this calamity, I will clear out C City and exterminate your entire clan!"

"If you take Xiahou Boshang's head, you can exchange it for two hundred gold coins!"

"Kill!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

In an instant, the sounds of more than ten people fighting filled the air as they raised their blades and charged forward.

The old man was heavily injured and had no strength to fight back. Even though he saw the blade in the slayer's hand asking for his life, he did not show any fear on his face.

"I was a hero in my life and I died as a ghost. What's there to be afraid of? Hahahaha..."

The old man's words landed on the ground and he looked at the slayer like a tiger.

His eyes alone were enough to scare away ordinary thieves, but unfortunately, it could not change the fate of the old man and the young man who were about to die. The slayers only paused for a moment before they raised their swords again and slashed at the old man.

"Don't hurt my grandfather!"

The young girl's face was full of heroic spirit as she yelled and fearlessly stood in front of the old man.

At the same time, the cold blade had already arrived in front of her!

At this critical moment, a faint cold light suddenly flew out from between Lin Xiao's fingers and accurately pierced into the old man's neck.

In the next second.

The person in the lead seemed to have been struck by lightning as he froze on the spot, unable to move.

"What's going on?"

"It's that person, it's him!"

The dozen or so people turned pale with fright. They stood where they were and did not dare to move forward. They looked at Lin Xiao, who had already stood up from the grave, with fear.

"You kicked over the offerings and disturbed my mother's peace. All of you deserve to die ten thousand times!" Lin Xiao looked at the offerings that had been kicked to the ground by the dozen or so people, his eyes filled with killing intent.

"When working in C City, not to mention kicking over the offerings, even if I kill you, you will die for nothing!" The leader narrowed his eyes and waved his hand, ordering, "Kill him!"

More than a dozen people rushed over with their blades, but Lin Xiao did not move. Cold lights flew out from his fingers one after another.

Anyone who was hit by the Flying Needle would be frozen, unable to move at all!

In the blink of an eye, everyone fell silent.

The dozen or so men all stood still, and only the sound of waves and insects could be heard by the river.

"This kind of skill is hard to come by in a hundred years!" The old man exclaimed, "Thank you for saving me, which expert did you come from?"