Twin Dimension Yin-Yang Mirror: Attaining immortality through the martial path
Chapter 89 - 86: The Loved One, The Pain in the Heart, Eyes Behind

Chapter 89: Chapter 86: The Loved One, The Pain in the Heart, Eyes Behind

"Little Jiu’er, come down, don’t cling to your Brother Ping’an, you still need to practice your sword."

Just as they reached the corner.

A crisp voice could be heard, carrying a cold tone.

The chirpy and cheerful noise from Little Jiu’er all of a sudden weakened.

As if she had encountered her natural predator, even the hairs on the back of her neck stood on end.

Poor little thing.

Zhou Ping’an couldn’t help but want to laugh.

It was just like in modern society, where all primary school students dread adults catching them to do homework.

A burden as heavy as a mountain, pressing down so hard that no one can breathe.

All the adults would claim it’s to prevent their children from falling behind at the starting line.

Then, fighting tooth and nail, they would guide them with tears and snot, full of earnestness and good intentions.

Who would have thought that this world also showed such signs?

"Sister, I’m just going to listen to a little story, after that, I’ll let you have Brother Ping’an."

Little Jiu’er was extremely wronged.

Tears whirled in her eyes.

She thought to herself, it’s been such a long time since I’ve seen Brother Ping’an, and the Little Monkey is still pressed under the mountain.

"What do you mean ’let me’?"

Lin Huaiyu was a bit flustered by the little one’s bold words, barely managing to keep her composure: "Alright, you can only delay for a little while, you can’t fall behind on your daily lessons."

"Definitely not, Brother Ping’an can also count with tally sticks, he does it so quickly and well, he even knows about several chickens, several rabbits..."

"Ahem."

Zhou Ping’an quickly interjected.

He thought to himself that Little Jiu’er was really too simple, the more entertaining you describe it, the less she’ll let you have fun.

What helicopter parent doesn’t know what this is really about? He had been through it himself, it’s not about letting you have fun, they worry it might lead you astray.

He quickly handed over the Ghostly Shadows Step to Lin Huaiyu, smiling and saying, "I’ve memorized this stepping technique and gained some insight into it, it’s really a great complement to sword techniques.

You should learn it as well, attacking high, defending strong, it’s not as good as being able to flee quickly, which can save your life."

"I’m not one to have prejudices against different families, of course I’ll learn.

The Lin Family’s Wave Subduing Blade is good for head-on confrontations but not for movement techniques. Unfortunately, we can’t learn the Drifting Cloud Steps from the Cloud Water Sect’s Floating Cloud Lineage just yet, which is truly top-notch."

As expected, as soon as the conversation turned to matters of martial arts, the Third Miss immediately shifted her focus.

She took over the Ghostly Shadows Step and flipped through it thoughtfully on the spot.

Zhou Ping’an didn’t bother her, knowing that though Lin Huaiyu said nothing and showed no reaction afterward, she had been greatly shaken watching him previously use the eighth level of the Ghostly Shadows Step in the Baicao Hall.

Now that she had the secret manual, she couldn’t take her eyes off it.

Her behavior was completely different from when she first got her hands on the book.

It wasn’t so much a sudden respect for the value of the manual, more like a bit of competitiveness.

You learned so fast and I am learning so slowly, isn’t that embarrassing?

Most likely that was what she was thinking.

It’s human nature.

Taking advantage of Lin Huaiyu’s distraction from monitoring her sister, Zhou Ping’an gave Little Jiu’er a knowing look, and the two of them tiptoed towards the East Cross Courtyard.

"You just spoil her."

Lin Huaiyu’s eyebrows curved slightly as she looked up, murmuring a sentence before bowing her head again to delve into the Ghostly Shadows Step.

"It doesn’t make sense, how can he grasp the eighth level, Shadowless Under the Sun, within the duration of an incense stick, while I’m struggling at the third level to deduce it further?"

"Could it be that my talent is that much inferior?"

...

After Zhou Ping’an and Lin Huaiyu exchanged a few joking words and everyone dispersed, the East Cross Courtyard returned to its previous quiet.

In the herbal garden.

The white-haired, white-bearded old man seemed even older, his hearing even more diminished.

He stopped working with his medicine hoe, looked up blankly, and mumbled before bending down to work again.

...

Twenty yards away, Lin Ziqi sprawled before the window, gripping his fingernails into the palm of his hand until blood seeped out.

But he felt no pain at all.

Staring blankly at the healing Jade Ginseng Pills sent by Lin Huaiyu through Xiao Xue, he was about to smash the medicine bottle to the ground when suddenly his expression changed, and he tucked the bottle back into his chest.

The door creaked open, and a burly young man burst in, his head dripping with sweat.

"Commander, we triumphed over Baicao Hall today, guess what?

Even that sneaky and malicious Baicao Hall’s Master Deng Yuanhua was cut at the waist on the spot, dying a most miserable death."

The young man grew more and more excited as he spoke.

How could he not be excited?

Wei Hu was one of the elite Protectors who followed Zhou Ping’an to Ghost Cry Cliff today.

Seeing the situation turn dire, not only did Deng Yuanhua launch a surprise attack, but also Black Mountain Bandit Gao Jin lay in wait, possessing astonishing strength.

A man’s name, a tree’s shadow.

When these two joined forces, they intended to slay the Third Miss Lin of the Lin Family and, at the same time, eliminate the newly appointed Supplicant, Zhou Ping’an.

It wasn’t an impossible task.

At least on paper, the two of them were even stronger, and a little more famous.

Wei Hu’s heart had just risen to his throat, and he even thought about whether to run back to Guangyun County and inform his family to retrieve the Miss’s body and seek revenge.

Yet, unexpectedly, the situation at the cliff bottom drastically changed three times...

The Third Miss and Zhou Ping’an displayed extraordinary abilities simultaneously.

Moreover, fighting side by side, their swords moved together in sync, they managed to slay the Hall Master of Baicao Hall as well as the boss of the Black Mountain Bandits on the spot.

It was incredibly swift and decisive.

It was as if, they had laid a trap in advance, and were just waiting for the enemy to come to them.

"Are you saying that the boss of the Black Mountain Bandits, Gao Jin, is also dead? The one known as ’Earthshaking Hammer’?"

Lin Ziqi’s voice sounded faint and uncertain, he himself did not know what he was thinking.

After collaborating with the Official Government to capture Black Mountain Bandit Sixth Leader Ghost Hand Wu Tian, he had been worried about retaliation from Black Mountain.

Indeed, that night, several bandit leaders did attack.

At first, he thought it was a disaster he had brought upon himself.

Later, he realized that was not the case.

It was actually Baicao Hall’s plot.

But even so, Lin Ziqi was still worried about Black Mountain’s boss Gao Jin coming for revenge.

The man was too powerful; he had heard that even the county soldiers from the neighboring three counties had been repelled by him.

If he truly came, who could deal with him?

How would he face him when the time came?

He had barely started to fear the thought in his heart when he heard that the man was already dead.

And his death hadn’t even made a sound.

"Yes, Supplicant Zhou split him in two from head to groin with a single stroke of his blade, cleanly, I saw it with my own eyes..."

Wei Hu didn’t notice the change in Lin Ziqi’s expression, and while laughing, he suddenly sighed.

Apparently he was thinking about the setback at Baicao Hall afterward.

"Now that both the Black Mountain Thieves and Baicao Hall have been wiped out, our Lin Family’s power will naturally surge, and we’ll have even more men at our disposal to get things done.

Have the herbs not been gathered yet? Don’t worry, take your time; we’ll find them eventually."

Lin Ziqi asked casually.

"It’s not about the herbs... While taking over Baicao Hall’s foundation, we clashed with the City Guards’ Tian Shouyi, and I heard that a managing Elder from the Lishan Sect was there too. A fight broke out, and in the end, we had to withdraw.

But, I heard from a fast-footed brother that Supplicant Zhou dominated County Magistrate Tian, a single stroke of his blade forced Lord Tian not to order his troops to attack, he could only watch as the Miss and her companions swaggered back to Lin Residence..."

"Alright, I’ve got it."

Wei Hu was in mid-speech, excited, when he was suddenly interrupted upon seeing Lin Ziqi appearing to be in pain from his wound due to moving around, looking very pale.

"Ah, look at me, I forgot, you haven’t fully recovered from your injury yet?

That damned Wei Dazui, betraying and ambushing his own leader, and even kidnapping Ninth Miss.

It’s a pity that I, Wei Hu, lack the strength; otherwise, I would have joined Supplicant Zhou and Tang Priest in their action and personally cut him to pieces."

As Wei Hu spoke thus, he prepared to take his leave.