The Arrogant Immortal
Chapter 310 - 309: Whom the Lin Family Seeks to Marry

Chapter 310: Chapter 309: Whom the Lin Family Seeks to Marry

Xie Jiuniang dragged the Broken Sword and squatted outside the cave dwelling, now it all depended on the abilities of Little Fatty.

Little Fatty truly had great abilities.

Just like Xuanyuan You’s Netherworld Cat, he was able to ignore the array barrier.

Under Xie Jiuniang’s gaze, Little Fatty passed through the array barrier, and his figure disappeared inside.

After waiting for a while longer.

The formation at the entrance of the cave dwelling closed.

Xie Jiuniang quickly slipped inside and saw Lin Wangchen, who was unconscious on a cushion, and immediately signaled Little Fatty to reactivate the formation.

Not far from the outside of the cave dwelling.

Someone looked at the cave dwelling with curiosity.

"Lin Laowu, did the Young Master’s cave dwelling open up for a bit just now?" That person scrutinized the cave dwelling over and over again.

The person named Lin Laowu woke up from his meditation and also looked at the cave dwelling with doubt, "Did you see anyone come by?"

"No." How could he admit that he had not been paying attention just now?

Both were from a side branch of the Lin Family, assigned by the clan to take care of Lin Wangchen. With only Foundation Establishment level cultivation bases, they could not see through the anomalies that just occurred.

They circled around outside the cave dwelling.

Not detecting any abnormalities, they went back to their original positions.

Jian Lingyan reported the situation, "Dog owner, those two disciples saw the cave dwelling’s formation close for a moment and came to investigate."

"Oh, did they find anything unusual?"

"No, they are back to their original places, but they are still watching this side."

"The sounds inside the cave dwelling can’t reach outside, can they?"

"They are blocked from probing."

"That’s good then."

Xie Jiuniang took one step at a time, walking toward Lin Wangchen.

The memories of her past life gradually became distant.

For someone to achieve a certain goal, they could pretend to be deeply affectionate for over a hundred years, which she found quite admirable.

If she hadn’t experienced a whole lifetime, who could have seen through such tactics? This lifetime, she had wanted to deal with the Lin Family for a long time, but had never found the opportunity.

She had never expected that the Lin Family would become impatient before she made her move.

The Lin Family in her previous life did not come to propose marriage so soon, so what caused them to change this time?

Confirming Lin Wangchen was still unconscious.

Xie Jiuniang took out the Time Leaf and started the Time Retrospection.

[Lin Wangchen was sitting cross-legged on the cushion, meditating and cultivating.

Fast forward by half an hour.

Someone came to tend to Lin Wangchen’s medicine and also reported the message from the family: "Young Master, the old ancestor plans to personally go to Yunmu City to propose marriage on your behalf, seeking to marry Xie Yue for you."

"Who is Xie Yue?" Lin Wangchen asked.

That person replied, "She is from the legitimate branch of the Xie Family, the second daughter."

...]

Xie Jiuniang was so angry that she interrupted the retrospection.

Others might not know what the Lin Family was up to, but having lived through one lifetime, she was very clear about their goals.

In this life, she and those aristocratic families had torn off any pretense of civility.

With someone backing her, the Lin Family knew that they could not get their way with her, so they turned their target to Xie Yue.

Xie Yue belonged to her great-uncle’s branch, a direct descendent, the second in line, a natural-born Water Spirit Body, but publicly claimed to have a Water-Wood Spiritual Root, so her fortune must have been good, otherwise the Lin Family would not have taken notice of her.

With the aggressiveness of the Lin Family, and the fact that a person at the level of Divinity Transformation personally went to propose, the Xie Family, having no Divinity Transformation at present, would probably be hard-pressed to refuse, however reluctant they might be.

"They really deserve to die!"

The more Xie Jiuniang thought about it, the angrier she got.

The fury in the depths of her heart surged endlessly upward.

She didn’t have much sense of belonging to her family.

However, she still didn’t want someone who had once shown her kindness to be thrown into the fire pit.

Approaching the unconscious Lin Wangchen, Xie Jiuniang raised her leg and started kicking him, aiming deliberately for his face, crushing his once familiar handsome features into a bruised and swollen mess, resembling a pig’s head.

Even so, Lin Wangchen remained unconscious.

This demonstrated just how potent Xie Jiuniang’s self-made sleeping drug was.

While beating him, she didn’t use a shred of spiritual power, always stepping on the very edge of activating the jade token.

"This man is quite badly injured," Broken Sword flitted about nearby.

Xie Jiuniang stopped her assault, "The injuries I inflicted are only skin-deep."

"Not the ones you inflicted, it’s his internal injuries. His foundation for cultivation is damaged," said Jian Lingyan.

This remark reminded Xie Jiuniang.

In her past life, Xie Jiuniang knew that Lin Wangchen had been seriously injured and had recovered for a hundred years, but she wasn’t clear about the specifics of his injuries.

In this life, he was injured again.

Seizing the pulse on Lin Wangchen’s wrist, Xie Jiuniang sent a wisp of divine sense into his body.

Apart from several weak spots in his meridians that could heal over time, here in his dantian, one of his spirit roots was actually damaged, as if a piece had broken off.

"Karma, huh? Can this injury even heal?" Xie Jiuniang gloated over the misfortune.

Jian Lingyan replied, "It would be very difficult to recover."

"No wonder he has to conceal his injuries. If his clan found out, they would definitely abandon him. However, he does have a good grandfather, a good ancestor," Xie Jiuniang, having been married to Lin Wangchen in a past life, knew a bit about these matters.

The Lin Family’s old patriarch was Lin Wangchen’s direct ancestor.

Powerful individuals do not readily abandon their bloodline, and unless it’s a situation of utter desperation, they generally would not easily give up. In the past life, despite being gravely injured, Lin Wangchen had still managed to reach Core Formation.

Xie Jiuniang considered ending Lin Wangchen’s life several times.

Thinking of the furious shouts of the Fafeng powerhouse she foresaw, not wanting her ears to suffer, she decided against it.

Then she repeated the harsh treatment, resolutely without using spiritual power, the kind that wouldn’t endanger his life.

She humiliated him in every way she knew how.

By this time, Lin Wangchen had changed so much that even his parents wouldn’t recognize him, and only then, with Little Fatty and Broken Sword in tow, did Xie Jiuniang feel ready to leave.

But after a few steps, she hesitated.

"The traces we’ve left here are quite obvious. Could they be traced back to us?" Xie Jiuniang thought of the Discipline Hall Master’s methods. "If Lin Wangchen has no shame and reports to the Discipline Hall, we’d be in big trouble. Little Jianjian, think of something quickly."

Jian Lingyan then turned and clapped towards Little Fatty, "Hurry up and think of something."

"Eeya, leaf leaf."

Little Fatty waved his chubby hands.

Xie Jiuniang understood; he was telling her to use the Time Leaf.

But she didn’t know how to use it. She took out the Time Leaf and poked it with a finger, "Little Fatty said you could solve this, so hurry up and do it. Make it so not even someone using Time Retrospection can find traces of us."

The Time Leaf lay quietly in her pale, tender palm.

It didn’t move, playing dead.

Xie Jiuniang scoffed, "Little Fatty Leaf, you’re not moving, do you think I can’t manage you? Do you believe I’d lock you up in Small Tortoise Shell? Keep you out of the Sea of Consciousness?"

Suddenly, a gleam of silver light flickered on the Time Leaf.

The silvery light was gentle, like the luminescence of a night pearl, not blinding at all. Slowly the silver light grew stronger, in an instant illuminating the entire cave.

Xie Jiuniang quickly stowed away Broken Sword.

She then put Little Fatty into Small Tortoise Shell, donned a cloak over herself to hide her true appearance, and reactivated the Invisibility Talisman.

The light vanished shortly after.

Without waiting for her master to react, the Time Leaf zipped back into her master’s silver Sea of Consciousness, hiding deep within.

It was showing a bit of temper.

Xie Jiuniang quietly slipped out of the cave dwelling.

The traces were meticulously erased, leaving no hint even to those capable of using Time Retrospection to find her.

Once she escaped Fafeng, she immediately activated a Teleportation Talisman, instantaneously returning to her cave dwelling on Zhengyang Peak.

At the same time, the Locating Talisman in the cave dwelling turned to ash.