For a whole year, Lian Fei had never forgotten Lin Xun who killed his father!

For avenging his father’s murder, he spent all his time improving his power in the whole year.

Under the support of Yao Tuohai, a great practitioner, Lian Fei obtained numerous cultivation resources and made great progress. When having reach the Human-gang Realm, he even generated a second-class Pond of Spiritual Power, which caused quite a stir throughout the Green-maple County. Therefore, he was taken as a cultivation talent.

And at that time, Yao Tuohai finally agreed to betroth his daughter Yao Susu to Lian Fei. After Lian became the son-in-law of Yao Family, his status changed dramatically.

That should be the happiest time in Lian Fei’s life, but he couldn’t cheer himself up at all, because he hadn’t killed Lin Xun to avenge his father’s murder!

Now having known Lin Xun’s whereabouts after a whole year, Lian Fei could barely control himself since the hatred having been restrained deep in his heart was totally ignited.

“Susu, he is in Mist City right now. I am gonna go find him,” Lian Fei took a deep breath and gnashed the teeth with anger.

“Fei, you are so impulsive!” Yao Susu frowned and reproached him.

“What? Susu, are you trying to stop me?” Lian Fei said with an embarrassed look on her face.

Yao Susu answered coldly, “Do you know what Lin Xun’s realm is now?”

Lian Fei said, “He could only reach the Human-gang Realm at best.”

Yao Susu said, “How could you take him as an ordinary practitioner of Human-gang Realm since he is qualified for the Province Test?”

That made Lian calm down. Indeed, he only thought of revenge, but ignored a lot of details.

“In Donglin Town, he could survive under our constant suppression. Think of it. It would be quite difficult to deal with a person like him.”

Yao Susu said calmly, “Now, having the qualification to participate in the Province Test, he would be more intractable now. In this case, are you sure that you could succeed in defeating him and avenge your father’s murder on the spur of the moment?”

Hearing the timely warning, Lian Fei now totally woke up from his hatred and said, “You are right. I was indeed too impulsive.”

Yao Susu smiled gently, looking much relieved, “Fei, your status has totally changed now. As the saying goes, rich men never need to achieve their goals by yourselves. How could you risk your life to take your revenge?”

Sitting back on his chair, Lian Fei asked, “Susu, what do you think I should do?”

“It’s quite simple. Send someone to assassinate him!”

With a cold light flashing across her eyes, Yao Susu said, “We just need to wait for the news that Lin Xun was killed.”

Lian Fei frowned, “But I want to kill him myself.”

Yao Susu sighed, “Fei, please remember your status. You are my husband, my father Yao Tuohai’s son-in-law and the core figure of Yao Family. You should now learn to see a bigger picture.”

Lian Fei was stunned, “A bigger picture?”

Yao Susu said, “Yes, a bigger picture. With your power and authority, you could let countless people work for you. With an order, you could determine whether others live or die! This is so-called ‘manipulate the life and death just as you wish’.”

Lian Fei felt his blood boiling and said, “Susu, do you think I can become such a big shot?”

Yao Susu smiled gently, “In my heart, Fei, you can make it certainly!”

“Ok. I’ll listen to you!” Lian Fei decided.

At this time, the door was suddenly open, and Yao Tuohai, with a slender figure, came in. Both Yao Susu and Lian Fei were startled and stood up to greet him.

“Susu is right,” Yao Tuohai said casually. Then he turned to Lian Fei and said, “I have learned that Lin Xun defeated Yuan Shu and Qi Yunxiao outside Mist College. If you don’t know who the two people are, you can ask Susu.”

After saying that, Yao Tuohai turned around and left, “The rest of the matter is left for you to deal with. I will only help you in the dark, but I won’t butt in.”

After Yao Tuohai left, Lian Fei could not help asking, “Who are Yuan Shu and Qi Yunxiao, Susu?”

Yao Susu looked a little suspicious as if she couldn’t believe it. After a long silence, she whispered, “Fei, Lin Xun is a little stronger than we expected.”

Then, she told Lian Fei who Yuan Shu and Qi Yunxiao were in details.

On knowing this, Lian Fei suddenly changed his face and angrily said, “How could it be possible? Just for a year, how could he improve faster than me?”

Yao Susu sighed and said, “Fei, now you should understand why we could only use the power in our hands to deal with him.”

Though feeling unconvinced, he knew it was the only way at the moment and said, “Susu, what should we do now?”

With firm eyes, Yao Susu seemed to make a decision and said, “Among the secret forces in the Mist City, there is an organization specializing in assassinations called ‘Tingyu Tower’...”

...

In Tingyu Tower.

In a clean and bright room, a wisp of smoke came out of a censer with an auspicious beast, and a man sat cross-legged, tasting the tea beside the tea table.

Outside the open window, there were green mountains, bamboo groves dancing in the breeze and birds and cicadas singing, quite refreshing.

That man in a green robe was reading an ancient book.

The man sat there casually, with a scholar’s temperament, charming and cultivated.

But his face was covered with a dark golden mask, with only a pair of black eyes as cold as ice and snow exposed, which added a touch of mystery to his temperament.

His name was Ting Yu (It means “listening to the rain” literally in English).

The name was poetic and picturesque. But in the mind of most big shots in the Mist City, it was as chilling as the Devil.

For what the name stood for was the most mysterious wirepuller in Tingyu Tower.

Suddenly, a burst of ethereal sound of an aeolian bell came.

“Say it.”

Ting Yu said, with a low and pleasant voice. Although he just uttered one word, one could not help but be attracted to it as if his voice had kind of magic.

“Master, there is a special task waiting for you to make the decision.”

Outside the door, there was a voice with respect.

“Well, tell me about it,” Ting Yu slowly rolled up the scroll, picked up the tea and gently sipped at his tea.

“Half an hour ago, someone posted a task to assassinate a young man of Human-gang Realm with a reward of 3,000 imperial gold coins. The employer asked for sending Residual Snow, Ghost Moon and Gray Mink together to do it.”

Ting Yu said “yes”, and continued, “Residual Snow is a first-class assassin of Heaven-gang Realm. He has carried out 73 missions since he came here, and never failed.”

“Ghost Moon and Gray Mink are the best co-operative assassins of Earth-gang Realm. If together with Residual Snow, they could carry out a perfect assassination. It seems that this employer is quite familiar with our condition.”

Then, he put down the teacup and looked at the bamboos dancing in the breeze out of the window. He continued, “3,000 gold coins is indeed a lot of money. But I think they are making a fuss over killing a young man of Human-gang Realm.”

“Master, we have made it clear that the young man, 14 years old, named Lin Xun, is from Donglin Town, Green-maple County. He just signed up for the Province Test this morning in Mist College.”

Someone outside the door said in a courteous tone quickly, “It’s said that he has strong power. And today, he defeated Yuan Shu, the young master of Yuan Family, and Qi Yunxiao, the young master of Azure-light Pavilion, outside Mist College.”

Ting Yu smiled gently, “No wonder they would like to pay so much. It turns out they are trying to kill a young talent qualified for the Province Test.”

“Master, there’s something you don’t know. According to our intelligence, the news that this young man defeated Yuan Shu and Qi Yunxiao in public has irritated many young masters of the great forces in Mist City. It’s expected that there will be a lot of forces trying to kill him from today on.”

“Under such circumstances, we don’t know if we should take on the task,” said that person outside the door.

Ting Yu said, “Interesting… The young man named Lin Xun is so special. So many people want to kill him although he is only 14 years old.”

As he spoke, he tapped his fingers on the tea table. It seemed that he was thinking about something. Then he said, “Sometimes, the special people are also very dangerous. Now that he dares to do so, he must have thought about the result and prepared for it. Tell the employer that we can take on the task, but we need to wait for a proper time.”

“A proper time?”

“Yes. After the great forces deal with this person, we just need to take action accordingly. If he is dead, we don’t have to meddle in this. If he’s still alive...”

After a long pause, Ting Yu continued, “If he is not dead, tell the employer if he wants us to do it, the reward of 3,000 gold coins is not enough. It should be…at least 10,000 gold coins.”

“I got it!”

The person outside the door left. Ting Yu heaved a sigh, overlooking the hill in the distance.

After a long time, he said, “It’s hard for a practitioner from a poor family to stand out. That’s quite right. Nowadays, what these great forces can’t tolerate is the challenge from those practitioners from poor families.”

His low voice reverberated in the quiet room.

Out of the window, somewhen it drizzled, such as the smoke or fog, wetting the bamboos.

...

The registration for Province Test lasted till the evening on the first day. Over 800 practitioners in total signed up.

Of course, it was just the first day. More practitioners would sign up in the next few days.

Also on this day, the news that Yuan Shu and Qi Yunxiao, young masters of Yuan Family and Green-light Pavilion respectively, both got defeated by a young man named Lin Xun spread all over the city and caused a great stir.

On hearing that Lin Xun was probably a practitioner from a poor family, most of other practitioners were astonished.

His identity was too sensitive!

Since when a practitioner from a poor family could challenge practitioners from noble families? The point was that he won!

It might be pleasing to those from poor families. But for those great forces, it was no doubt that Lin Xun had touched their bottom lines.

Many people realized that Lin Xun would be in great danger!

Disaster Was Imminent and more on Flying Lines.