After Mad Dragon was released from prison, I shocked the world!

"My legs are my own, I can sit whenever I want."

Lin Li poured himself another cup of tea and said lazily, "But you guys were fighting near my house in the middle of the night, keeping me awake. I haven't settled that score with you yet."

"you!"

Ye Yaojia was furious. She had kindly helped this person fight off the group of masked men, but he hadn't even received a thank you!

The woman's smile deepened as she looked at Lin Li's nonchalant demeanor.

"So alike, so very alike."

She sighed softly, her voice gentle and melodious, "This fearless and reckless attitude is exactly the same as that old man's when he was young."

Old man?

Lin Li paused slightly in the hand holding the teacup.

Could the old man this woman was talking about be his master?

There aren't many people in this world who dare to call him "master" like that, and judging from his tone, this person seems to be very familiar with his master.

"What? You know my master?"

Lin Li put down his teacup, stared at the middle-aged woman, and deliberately said, "My master has a long list of romantic entanglements; which one are you?"

"presumptuous!"

The young man in the blue robe finally couldn't hold back any longer and roared, "How dare you speak disrespectfully to Great-Grandma! You're asking for death!"

After saying that, the boy flashed forward, his five fingers forming a claw, aiming straight for Lin Li's throat.

"Little brat, you haven't even grown all your hair yet and you're already trying to fight?"

Lin Li sat on the sofa without moving until the boy's hand was about to touch his throat, at which point he suddenly raised his right leg.

boom!

"ah--"

The boy screamed in pain, his knees buckled, and he knelt down in front of Lin Li, clutching his calves with both hands, sweat beading on his forehead from the pain.

"Oh, so you're kneeling down already?"

Lin Li withdrew his foot and said jokingly, "Although I'm older than you, you don't need to bow so deeply, do you? I didn't prepare a gift for our first meeting."

"You...I'm going to kill you!"

Seeing his brother injured, another young man in a blue robe immediately drew his soft sword and rushed forward.

"stop!"

The woman suddenly spoke, her voice not loud, but the sword-wielding youth stopped in his tracks.

He looked at Lin Li with resentment and said urgently, "Great-Grandma, he injured Ling Feng!"

"If you're not as skilled as others, whose fault is it?"

The woman glanced at the boy and said rudely, "Step back."

The boy gritted his teeth and could only help his brother up and step aside.

The girl also looked at Lin Li with a shocked expression.

Although Ye Lingfeng was not old, he was considered one of the best among the younger generation of the family. How could he be crippled by this hooligan with just one kick?

She stared at Lin Li and suddenly said, "Hey, didn't I just tell you that we are from the Ye family of Liancheng?"

"The Ye family of Liancheng?"

Lin Li looked at the girl and scoffed, "Never heard of some third-rate family that popped up out of nowhere?"

"you!"

The girl was furious, never expecting that this person didn't even know the Ye family!

"Our Ye family of Liancheng is an ancient martial arts family! We've been passed down for hundreds of years! What do you know, you bumpkin!"

"An ancient martial arts family?"

Lin Li curled his lip. "Then how come there isn't even a decent one? You, you, and you!"

He pointed at the girl and the two boys, saying, "You must be quite skilled to have been brought out like this, but you couldn't even withstand a single move from me."

As he spoke, he deliberately shook his head with a regretful expression.

"I...I was careless just now!!"

Ye Yaojia instantly recalled the scene from before and wished she could immediately engage Lin Li in a three-hundred-round battle: "If you have the guts, then fight me again!"

"Alright, Yaojia."

The woman spoke again, stopping her great-granddaughter from about to go berserk.

"Young man, you've really mastered the art of being sharp-tongued."

She sighed and slowly said, "Did your old master ever mention a name to you?"

Lin Li asked casually, "What's your name? Cuihua? Xiaohong? Or Ruhua?"

The woman ignored his teasing and uttered three words, one after another: "Lonely, solitary, and beautiful."

The moment those three words were uttered, the expression on Lin Li's face vanished instantly.

Dugu Yan!

The old man once said that he had had many women in his life, but he only had one wife whom he formally married and who was with him through the wedding ceremony.

That's Dugu Yan!

but……

Lin Li looked the woman up and down, then hesitated and asked, "You...you are Dugu Yan? My master's wife?"

The woman looked at Lin Li and gave him a bittersweet smile.

"It's rare that the heartless old man still remembers my name."

Ye Yaojia and the two young men in blue robes looked at their great-grandmother with disbelief.

Master's wife?

This Lin Li, who doesn't look much older than them, actually calls them Great-Grandma and Master's Wife? Doesn't that mean this kid is several generations older than them?

"impossible!"

Lin Li forcibly suppressed his shock and said, "If you were Master's wife, how could you be so young?"

Judging from the master's age, if this woman is indeed his master's wife, she should be over ninety years old.

Even with her master's help, this woman shouldn't look this young!

"She just has the secret to staying young, what's so special about that?"

Dugu Yan looked at Lin Li and said calmly, "Since you have inherited his mantle, don't you know that practicing martial arts to its peak can slow down aging?"

Of course, this is only one reason; the more important reason is one she does not intend to explain to this younger generation.

Lin Li frowned.

Indeed, some cultivation techniques, when practiced to a certain level, can make a person look younger than their actual age, but it's impossible to be that exaggerated.

"Since you call yourself my teacher's wife, I have a few questions to ask you."

Lin Li knew this woman was hiding something, but he wasn't particularly concerned. Instead, he asked, "Why did you leave your master back then?"

Although his master was a smooth talker, he could tell that the old man still harbored resentment about Dugu Yan.

"leave?"

Dugu Yan gave a bitter smile. "It's not that I want to leave, it's that I'm forced to."

"Back then, He Zhilian died because of Luo Zhengting's scheme. Your master was unwilling to come forward and explain, so I had no choice but to leave."

"He Zhilian? Luo Zhengting?"

Lin Li pressed further, "Who are these two people?"

"He Zhilian is your master's lover, and Luo Zhengting is your master's younger brother."

Dugu Yan glanced at Lin Li before continuing, "He Zhilian is also Luo Zhengting's wife."

Holy crap?!

Did he mishear?

Lin Li was momentarily stunned. His master's lover had actually married his master's younger brother?

"He Zhilian was a well-known beauty in the martial arts world at that time."

Dugu Yan sighed, "It's not surprising that your master and Luo Zhengting both fell in love with her."

Lin Li's lips twitched: "This plot... is a bit melodramatic."

Moreover, although his master's wife is somewhat old, it is clear that she must have been an absolute beauty in her youth.

If even she acknowledges someone as beautiful, then how beautiful must they be?