I've never felt happy to become an immortal.

Chapter 127: King Yun: The Advantage is in Me (6k)

Lin's residence.

As a prominent family in Langya, the Lin family's house is very large.

There is no need to count the exact number of acres of land, but it is clear that there are thousands of people living in the Lin family's mansion alone, and more than ten thousand people are directly or indirectly serving the Lin family.

One characteristic of a prominent family is that it has a lot of people.

A prominent family is an aristocratic family. Aristocratic families themselves have many branches and side branches... There is competition among these branches. Whoever is stronger and more capable can take the position of the head of the family, and the descendants of the head of the family will become the direct line.

Therefore, there is no such thing as the funny thing about legitimate emperors and illegitimate emperors.

Even the concept of the divine religion of legitimate and illegitimate children, which is revered as a guiding principle, is rather ridiculous in a prestigious family like the Lin family.

If you count a few generations back, who isn't a bastard?
Therefore, even though Lin Jiaolu is the only legitimate daughter of Lin Chongxiao, the head of the Lin family, there is no such thing as no one to inherit the Lin family after she gets married.

On the contrary, because Lin Jiaolu is Lin Chongxiao's only daughter, he will definitely have to choose a descendant from one of the other branches of the Lin family to inherit the position of head of the family in the future.

Because he doesn't have to plan for his son's future, he can be relatively fair, which in turn makes Lin Chongxiao's position as the head of the family more stable to a certain extent.

The Lin family has the support of Lin Bu'ren within the family, and Lin Aiyu in the court. Lin Chongxiao himself is in the top ten of the Earth List. It can be said that his position as the head of the family is extremely stable. Not to mention ten or twenty years, even after another thirty years, no one would dare to say anything to him in this position.

Not having to fight for the position of head of the family means that the pressure of internal competition is relatively small, and each branch of the Lin family can behave themselves. Even if they have some small calculations, it will not affect the overall situation.

In this way, the forest banana deer can have a fairly happy childhood, and can be said to have grown up in grace and honey.

This is also what her mother and father want to see. They both hope that their daughter can live a happy and carefree life.

But ever since what happened in Wu County, Lin Jiaolu began to practice martial arts diligently.

The cultivation level of her personal maid was similar to Lin Jiaolu's at first.

But after these two months, the personal maid named Feixue found that she was gradually unable to keep up with the young lady's progress.

Feixue was carefully selected by Lin Jiaolu's mother from among a thousand orphans.

Originally, she was destined to live in the shadows as a dead warrior all her life, but it was Mrs. Lu who brought her into the sunlight and gave her an identity.

The maid Feixue is not only a maid and playmate, but also a bodyguard, a substitute and a assassin.

If necessary, she would die for Lin Jiaolu.

The last time I didn't go out with Lin Jiaolu for half a year, I was actually secretly receiving training as a death squad.

Therefore, Feixue's realm is always higher than Lin Jiaolu's.

But after Lin Jiaolu started to practice martial arts seriously, she easily surpassed Feixue... This was not due to any assistance from elixirs or treasures. It was purely her solid foundation and her excellent talent that allowed her to make rapid progress.

Family background, talent, hard work... when these three words are combined, there is an amazing space for improvement.

Only two months had passed since they parted ways, and Lin Jiaolu had already leaped from the second level of body forging to the peak of the third level, and had stepped half a foot into the realm of Zhixuan.

This is almost equivalent to several years of hard labor for an ordinary warrior.

Feixue held the lunch box in her hand and looked at the young lady who was waving the famous sword "Luoxia" in the bamboo forest, feeling a little distressed.

At this moment, footsteps were heard from behind. Feixue came to her senses and saw a young woman. The woman lowered her eyes and asked, "Miss, have you eaten yet?"

"The lady didn't listen."

"She practices swordplay like an obsession," the woman sighed softly. She was Lu's personal maid and Lin Jiaolu's wet nurse. Seeing her daughter's hands so raw and bleeding from practice, how could a mother not feel pity? "Sometimes, I wish she could be like before, either lazing around in the pavilion basking in the sun or running off to the back garden to catch butterflies."

Feixue didn't say anything.

She couldn't stand as an elder and look at the young lady, but should stand on the side of the young lady. Since the young lady was so insistent, she shouldn't go against it.

"But this sword technique..." The woman was slightly distracted: "It doesn't seem to be the sword technique of the clan, right?"

"It certainly doesn't belong." Feixue shook her head.

The Lin family has an astonishing collection of books, with more than a thousand martial arts books alone.

Lin Chongxiao's wife, Lu, although her cultivation was ordinary, had a photographic memory. At the age of eighteen, she was praised by the old Taoist priest of Wudang Sect as "a person with a wealth of knowledge and a collection of ten thousand volumes of scriptures."

As the daughter of the Lu family, Lin Jiaolu could easily learn any top-level martial arts from either the Lin or Lu families, but the swordsmanship she displayed at this moment clearly did not belong to either family, nor did she show any trace of any school.

"Could it be that Miss created this?"

"I don't know... Miss has to practice this sword technique hundreds of times every day." Feixue said as she stepped forward and called softly, "Miss, let's eat first."

Lin Jiaolu finished another sword dance. Hearing this sound, he let out a long breath, threw the Luoxia Sword in his hand, and it fell accurately back into the hanging scabbard.

He walked over, opened the food box, and was about to pick up a piece of dessert and put it in his mouth.

"Wash your hands first." The woman grabbed her wrist and stared at her small, bloody hand. "Let me apply some ointment on you."

"Nurse, it doesn't hurt." Lin Jiaolu was used to it. She withdrew her little hand and giggled.

"You can practice swordplay if you want, but why are you working so hard? It makes your parents so worried." The woman complained, "Fifth Master is really cruel. He keeps saying something to provoke you, but why should you pay any attention to him?"

"Uncle Wu came to urge me on. It was my request." Lin Jiaolu wrapped the handkerchief around her palm. "I was also worried that my enthusiasm would be short-lived... But after persevering, I actually felt a slight difference."

She sat on a nearby stone, biting into a delicate steamed bun, chewing it slowly. "In the past, I always felt that swinging the sword was too frivolous and too easy. But after swinging the sword over a thousand times, I can now feel the lightness and heaviness of the blade. I can't help but want to replicate the sword dance I once saw..."

In the Sorrow Cloud Mountain that was burned by the fire, in that temple.

Lin Jiaolu had witnessed Bai Xuan's sword dance with her own eyes. From then on, no matter how she practiced sword, she would always involuntarily recall the scenes she had seen. When she came to her senses, she had little interest in other sword techniques and just blindly imitated and reproduced... his sword techniques.

Because she felt that the sword had a height that she could not reach, the pinnacle that swordsmanship could reach, and it was close to the ultimate in restraint and release.

Just by constantly savoring the exquisite swordsmanship, her realm began to advance by leaps and bounds, and now she is even about to enter the realm of Zhixuan.

Once she grasps the secret, she will be able to make light things seem important and turn the simple into the complex.

Feixue was curious about something else: "Why does Miss always use Luoxia? Didn't you prefer Guwu's sword before?"

Luoxia and Guwu were both swords belonging to the sword master of the previous dynasty. They were a pair of swords. After the sword master's death, the pair of swords were lost to later generations. Hundreds of years later, the Lin family obtained one of the swords, Guwu.

Because Lin Jiaolu loved the sword "Guwu", Mrs. Lu, who loved her daughter very much, specially mobilized her own connections and spent a lot of energy to search for the whereabouts of the sword Luoxia.

About a year ago, it was learned that Luoxia had fallen into the hands of another prominent family, the Ruan family, decades ago. This famous sword had been forgotten in the Ruan family warehouse until it was discovered after a recent inventory.

The reason why the Luoxia Sword was discovered was also because of the eldest daughter of the Ruan family... She was extremely talented and the most beautiful in the state, but she was a love-brained person. One day while on a boat, she came across the Suzaku Sword, which was ranked eleventh on the Sleeping Dragon List. She fell in love with it at first sight and began to pursue it madly.

This Luoxia Sword is a gift given away.

Of course, this swordsman ranked eleventh on the Sleeping Dragon List did not accept the Ruan family's legitimate daughter, nor did he accept any gifts.

Daughter Ruan was dejected.

Later, the Luoxia Sword was secretly bought back by the Lin family. Because this sword was disliked by the Suzaku Sword, the price was kept very low.

Lin Jiaolu said, "The Lone Duck Sword is actually not suitable for me. It's too long and too wide. Instead, the Falling Cloud Sword is more suitable. It's light enough and more suitable for my sword style."

Feixue was silent. When a swordsman realizes what weapon suits him, he has already begun to walk his own path.

"Guwu Sword, I plan to give it to someone." Lin Jiaolu continued.

Feixue certainly wouldn't ask such a stupid question as who it was given to at this time.

Instead, the woman quietly warned him, "Don't be like that Ruan girl... What if you fail to deliver the sword?"

"You know, the best time to give a sword to a swordsman is when he doesn't have a good sword yet."

Although Jiang Baichuan had been hiding his identity for fifteen years, he was still listed on the local list.

Just for this reason, Jiang Chengzi can be ranked among the famous swords in the world, and its value is higher than the "Guwu" of the previous dynasty's sword leader.

"No." Lin Jiaolu shook his head confidently.

She remembered Bai Xuan saying that he could also use dual swords.

The woman was still a little worried because she didn't want Lin Jiaolu and Ruan's daughter to become a laughing stock in the world.

This will severely undermine one’s self-confidence.

Zhuque Sword did not accept the pursuit and gifts of Ruan's daughter, which caused the latter's reputation to plummet, and even Ruan felt ashamed.

The daughter of the Nguyen family stayed indoors and refused to go out. Rumor has it that she cried all the time and even left the Nguyen family to recuperate elsewhere.

Now the Lin family is secretly building up momentum, and rumors are flying all over the world. The fact that Lin Jiaolu and Bai Yueguang are already engaged has long been a hot topic.

There are many people in the world who secretly compare Lin Bai and Zhu Ruan.

There is also mutual deception and competition among prominent families. Although they will not and cannot fight directly, they will inevitably make up for themselves and fight for face.

The Lin and Ruan families are equally prestigious, but Bai Xuan's ranking is actually higher than Suzaku Sword.

Doesn’t this mean that the eldest daughter of the Lin family has better vision and is more accurate in judging people?
In the imperial court, Lin Aiyu and Minister Ruan of the Ministry of Rites also used the same sarcastic remarks when they were arguing with each other.

——My niece has good taste. She fell in love with Bai Yueguang, who was not famous at the time, at first sight and handed over the marriage certificate directly.

——So what if you are a daughter of the Ruan family?

——He had his eyes on the already famous Suzaku Sword, but the other party ignored him completely. He was so scared that he rushed to Jiangling in a hurry and returned within a day.

——Look at this, what is the value of a thousand-year-old family? (leaning back.JPG).

- What do you mean your Ruan family is also a thousand-year-old family? Don't you know that my Lin family has been around for eighteen years longer than yours?

Many members of the Lin family did not know the inside story, but the wet nurse knew it quite clearly.

This marriage certificate is both real and fake.

Before the agreement is officially completed, the marriage is not completely confirmed.

The wet nurse did not have any ill feelings towards Ruan's daughter. Instead, she felt a little sympathy. The girl was brave once in her life, but failed so completely. The incident became known to the whole world. She lost all her reputation and did not end up with a good result.

She saw the lesson from the past and didn't want Lin Jiaolu to repeat the same mistake. She herself didn't trust human nature. How could the person before and after fame be the same?

Southern Chu attached great importance to the imperial examination, so it was inevitable that many people chose the path of literati. There were many people who were able to pass the imperial examination and get their names on the list of successful candidates. The status of officials was higher than that of ordinary people, so naturally, the phenomenon of catching a son-in-law from under the list of successful candidates came into being.

Some scholars will turn their backs on their parents after graduating from high school. They will simply cancel their previous engagements and marry the daughters of wealthy businessmen and high-ranking officials.

The current emperor is Empress Jiang Wanyue, so naturally he would not reuse a heartless man who abandoned his beloved wife. Therefore, these things have hardly been seen in the past decade or so, but they were common twenty or thirty years ago, and even in the previous dynasty.

Most of the heartless people are scholars, but does that mean that people in the martial arts world are not materialistic?
The woman sighed inwardly, thinking that rare goods are worth keeping.

If he had not yet become famous throughout the world, the status of Lin's legitimate daughter would indeed be very high, but she is no longer the unknown boy she used to be. She has gained a great reputation and saved the current Prince Yun... The current Prince Yun is a woman!
Not to mention the rumors in the martial arts world that there was something unclear about the two of them, just the relevant intelligence obtained by the Lin family showed that Prince Yun Jiang Lianxing and even Empress Jiang Wanyue valued Bai Xuan so much that they directly set aside their past grudges and allowed Ning Jianshuang to inherit the position of Duke.

He was even allowed to spend the night in the palace.

what does this mean?
The woman made an outrageous guess.

Maybe she has even slept with Prince Yun. (She didn't guess wrong about the matter, she just guessed wrong about the person.)
But this doesn't mean there's something wrong with him.

After all, Bai Xuan himself didn't even know about the engagement.

Faced with the two sisters of the Empress Yun Wang, which man can resist such temptation?
Just nod your head slightly, and you will be greeted by an unprecedented peak of power. How can you not be arrogant?

Therefore, the wet nurse felt unhappy when she looked at Lin Jiaolu.

The more she practiced sword fighting attentively, the more it proved that her feelings were not the natural blossoming of love, nor were they simply blinded by a single leaf, but were the seriousness of a lifelong love at first sight, and the sincerity that could withstand the test of hardships and difficulties without changing.

Who can say that Guo Xiang’s love for Yang Guo is just an illusion and not real?
It is not a good thing to meet someone who is too amazing when you are young.

How hurtful would it be if practicing sword skills so hard didn't lead to a good outcome?
What should we do then?
The woman suddenly thought of a sect with the words "Loser Shelter" written on it, and her scalp suddenly went numb.

……broken!
...This, this, this, could this be bad luck for the Baimei School?
...It seems that the Ruan girl is going to the Baimei School for further training?

...a woman who never marries and combs her hair?

...Don’t do that kind of thing!
The woman's expression alternated between pale and blue, which was quite fascinating.

Feixue didn't think that far ahead, but she was a little curious about what kind of person Bai Yueguang, whom the young lady often mentioned, was, because if the young lady married him, she would definitely have to follow him and serve as a dowry maid.

The three of them each have their own ideas.

"Miss! Miss!"

Suddenly, a cheerful voice rang out, and a maid with long, lanky hair came running over, calling out breathlessly, "Miss, there's good news!"

"Hmm?" Lin Jiaolu raised her innocent and cute little face. "Is it that Aunt Six is ​​pregnant for eighteen months and is finally going to give birth?"

"No, no," the maid said, "it's my son-in-law."

"My uncle is about to give birth?" Lin Jiaolu tilted her head. "Which sister's uncle is this?"

"It's your son-in-law!" The maid finally said clearly: "Your son-in-law has come to Langya!"

When——!
The dishes in his hands fell to the ground, and Lin Jiaolu opened his round eyes wide: "You, are you serious? He came to Langya!"

"It's absolutely true, young lady! Just two quarters of an hour ago, my son-in-law decisively defeated the guest elder from the Blue Whale Villa in the Blue Whale Tower!" The maid boasted about the news she had heard from somewhere. "He just drew his sword, and before he could even make a move, the other party was so frightened that he knelt down and begged for mercy!"

Lin Jiaolu hadn't reacted yet and asked in a silly and cute way, "What kind of building is Bijing Building?"

The woman said, "I've also heard about the conflict between Bijing Villa and Juyi Pavilion, but the Lin family rarely interferes in martial arts... I originally thought it was just a minor conflict. I remember that guest official was probably at the third level of Xuan Realm cultivation. How could he be frightened to his knees by a drawn sword?"

Lin Jiaolu was startled: "Quick, prepare the carriage, I want to go see him."

She took two steps and then stopped: "No, I need to go wash up first, and then take out my new clothes. Feixue, hurry..."

"Miss, calm down." The woman restrained Xiaolu, who was about to go berserk. "It's obvious that the news is exaggerated. Whether it's true or not is still unclear. Let's find out first. Besides, it's getting late now. If you go out now, you will disturb the other party's rest, and you won't be able to say much. Why not meet tomorrow?"

Lin Jiaolu listened to her nanny's words very much. She looked really shabby at the moment, so she didn't feel comfortable going to see her lover. She nodded obediently, "I understand. I'll go get some rest now and see him tomorrow morning... Feixue, go take the Lonely Wook Sword to the Hanging Sword Hall and have them give it a good full-body treatment. Also, go get some elixirs. I need to take a medicinal bath tonight. And... "

After saying that, he pulled Feixue and ran away.

"This child..." the woman sighed softly, "She is truly moved."

His smile faded slightly, then turned serious. He said to the side, "Go find out what happened and report everything to the mistress."

The secret guards left quietly.

The woman cleaned up the unfinished dinner, picked up the food box, and whispered, "I hope you won't let Xiaolu'er down. Otherwise, even if you are the top of the Crouching Dragon List, I, as your mother, will never let you go."

……

Beijing.

Forbidden city.

"Haven't you rested yet?" Jiang Wanyue looked at Jiang Lianxing who was working at the desk.

The latter suddenly retracted her hand and covered the table unnaturally: "Sister, why are you here..."

Jiang Wanyue approached quietly: "What are you hiding?"

"No, no..."

"Um~ take your hands away."

"..." Jiang Lianxing raised his hands helplessly. On the table was an unfinished painting. In the painting, a man was riding a warhorse and galloping in a sea of ​​fire.

"Is this the scene where he rescues you?"

"Yes." Jiang Lianxing stroked the scroll, "But what's shown in the painting is ultimately not even one ten-thousandth of what you see with your own eyes."

Jiang Wanyue chuckled: "If you can't bear to let him go, why do you have to let him go to the Jianghu? And let him go to Langya."

"Sister knows too?"

"It's hard for me not to know about Lin Aiyu's attitude." Jiang Wanyue snorted coldly with discomfort in her heart. Lin Aiyu kept calling "my son-in-law" left and right, which made the empress very angry. Later, she simply made him stand outside the door for half an hour on the pretext that he entered the room with his left foot during the morning court session.

"Don't worry, sister. I have my reasons." Jiang Lianxing smiled. "Jian Shuang has already told me about the Lin family's engagement. Although she made it without thinking, it won't happen right now... The Lin family is just bragging and spreading rumors. They have no legitimate reason to force Bai Xuan to get married."

Jiang Wanyue finally felt relieved after hearing this: "So that's how it is. But what Lin did was a bit excessive."

"I did this on purpose," Jiang Lianxing whispered. "The Northern Zhou Dynasty is keeping an eye on him. If he's out in public, with this engagement, the Lin family will definitely protect him. Furthermore, with the added reputation and status of a prominent family, he'll be even more intimidating to the Jianghu people."

Jiang Wanyue then realized that her sister was using the influence of the family to pave the way for Bai Xuan, and was enduring public opinion for this.

Prince Yun looked at the person in the scroll.

——As long as I can defeat him within two years, everything will be fine... I have the advantage!
……

Langya, a sparsely populated residential area.

Bi Dongyou climbed out of the dry well in the yard, pushed the door open and walked in with a grim look on his face.

"Are you feeling sad?" Scarface sneered.

"That's my man." Bi Dongyou snorted coldly, "He's injured this time, and he'll need at least half a year to recover. A guest official at the third level of Zhixuan, do you know how much resources I have to spend?"

"It's your business to settle the score. I don't care. I can only say that his sacrifice was worth it."

The mouse crawled in from the hole and climbed into the palm of the young man with a scar on his face, making a squeaking sound.

His eyes flickered a few times: "Bai Yueguang's residence has been found."

Bi Dongyou said irritably, "He lives in Langya Hall. Do we still need to look for him?"

Scarface continued, "I mean, I even know which house he lives in."

"So what if you know? Do you dare to go in and kill people?"

"It's definitely not possible now." Scarface said expressionlessly, "Once he's alone, there will be plenty of opportunities... My little one has memorized his scent. From now on, his whereabouts will be completely known to us. Are you still worried about not finding a chance to kill him?"

Bi Dongyou closed his eyes and did not refute. He also knew that he had to wait for a better time.

……

"Brother, after completing this order, we can make a lot of money."

"For ten years, you won't have to worry about food and clothing...you can even buy precious medicine. You and I will have the opportunity to impact the exterior scene."

"But this target may not be easy to achieve."

"Be calm, I've seen his sword today. Although it's powerful, it's not completely flawless!"

"What flaw?"

"First, he has too many enemies. If we stir them up, we'll have a chance. Second, he's too soft-hearted. He didn't kill him. He must be inexperienced!"

"Brother is wise!"

"Be low-key!"

The evil tiger and leopard duo have been lurking quietly.

……

at the same time.

The brother and sister from Luoying Jiange barely made it to the capital, exhausted from the journey.

Kagura worked so hard that she gained two kilograms.

Finally I came here to ask.

"What? Not in the capital anymore!"

"What did you mean?"

(End of this chapter)