As they passed through the gates of the Lin Family residence,
Zhi Xuan's gaze swept across the surroundings. Some people looked at him with strange expressions, while others stared at him with undisguised disgust.
Naturally, this made Zhi Xuan uncomfortable.
"It seems that damned woman has been spreading rumors about me," he thought inwardly.
Zhi Xuan could only let out a long sigh.
Shaking his head, he lifted it again and looked straight ahead.
After a few more steps,
they arrived before a building that stood eighty meters tall and covered an area of twenty square meters.
A name was engraved upon the plaque hanging above the entrance.
Lin Family Pavilion? Why did this old man bring me here?
As they passed through the curtain at the entrance, they entered the building. The place was far more crowded than the Gu Family Pavilion.
The first floor was occupied by hundreds of young men and several young women, all carrying indifferent expressions.
And what about the next floor?
When they stepped onto the second floor, nothing unusual happened.
However, the moment they arrived on the floor above—the third floor—both Zhi Xuan and the woman beside him instantly crashed to their knees, their kneecaps slamming heavily against the ground!
They were forced to kneel the instant they arrived!
The Magic Field on this floor was unimaginably heavy and terrifying. It felt far more oppressive than having an entire building pressing down on them!
Yet Lin Fan, who stood before them, seemed completely unaffected by the Magic Field.
His cultivation was likely at the Yuanying Realm. However, Zhi Xuan could not determine exactly which stage he was in and could only estimate that it was above the Late Stage.
Zhi Xuan swallowed hard as sweat began flowing down his forehead.
Lin Fan turned around and said,
"You two wait here for a moment. I'm going to see my father."
The eyes of the woman beside Zhi Xuan immediately lit up when she heard those words!
"Meet Grandfather? Then I want to come too!"
Lin Fan immediately rejected her.
"No. You will stay here and keep an eye on Gu Qingzhou. Don't let him escape."
The woman's expression instantly soured again.
Afterward, Lin Fan walked directly toward one of the doors on the floor. Dark aura leaked from its cracks.
As for the two of them, they descended back to the second floor.
Zhi Xuan suddenly chuckled.
"Haha, this is already the second time you've been scolded. I'm starting to doubt whether you're really the daughter of the Lin Family Patriarch."
The woman immediately threw a punch toward his face!
But Zhi Xuan easily dodged it.
"Hahaha! You're still trying to hit me? Don't tell me you're incapable of landing a single strike. Ever since that incident at the lake, you haven't managed to hit me even once!"
The woman's forehead twitched violently.
She was visibly irritated.
And the fact that she still couldn't land a single punch on him only made her even more annoyed!
She clenched her fists so tightly that they seemed capable of crushing a large boulder with sheer grip strength alone.
In short, she was truly furious with Zhi Xuan right now!
...
Inside the dark room.
Dark aura radiated from a single point and spread in all directions. Several candles illuminated the corners of the room.
At the center sat an old man.
His skin resembled the roots of an ancient tree that had already reached the point of withering away.
The old man frowned when Lin Fan arrived before him.
At that moment, he was seated cross-legged in secluded cultivation.
"What is it?" the old man asked.
Lin Fan immediately cupped his fists and knelt.
"Father... I heard that you have already reached the limit..." His face was filled with sorrow, and his heart seemed unwilling to continue speaking.
The old man smiled.
"That is fate. Everyone will die eventually. Only the gods are eternal. The destiny of an ordinary cultivator like me, who could not even reach the Kongming Realm, was decided from the very beginning."
His voice carried a trace of sadness.
Lin Fan hurriedly asked,
"Is there truly no other way to extend your lifespan?"
The old man could only shake his head and let out a bitter laugh.
"If there were, I would have used it long ago."
Lin Fan fell silent.
...
On the second floor.
Zhi Xuan and the woman were still arguing nonstop!
It was practically a fight between a cat and a dog.
Punch after punch tore through empty air.
In a short amount of time, she had already thrown over a hundred punches!
Yet despite all those attacks, not a single one managed to touch Zhi Xuan's face.
And he continued provoking her the entire time!
"Come on." Zhi Xuan pointed at his own face, clearly intending to make her even angrier.
"If you have the guts, stop dodging!" the woman shouted.
"Hahaha! What kind of ridiculous request is that? What sort of fool would agree to something like that?"
The woman concentrated half of her Spirit Qi into her palm.
The next second, she struck forward!
"This time, my fist will definitely land on your face!"
The corner of Zhi Xuan's mouth immediately curled upward into a strange smile.
Then, with complete ease, he casually jumped to the side and avoided the attack.
The punch continued forward through empty air and ultimately smashed into several bookshelves on the second floor!
Boom!
A huge hole was blasted through multiple bookshelves, while several others collapsed to the floor.
The force behind the punch created a shockwave that continuously pushed the air forward!
Boom!
Everything was destroyed!
Naturally, everyone on the second floor was shocked!
Their eyes widened as they stared blankly at the daughter of the Lin Family Patriarch.
A total of four bookshelves had been punched through, while six others had collapsed completely!
The woman swallowed hard as cold sweat dripped down her face.
"T-This..." She looked extremely anxious.
Meanwhile, Zhi Xuan merely smiled.
Then, a moment later, he burst into laughter.
Grinning from ear to ear, he revealed his teeth as he laughed.
"Hahaha! This is the consequence of disturbing this Young Master's precious cultivation time!"
The woman's head snapped toward him.
She glared at Zhi Xuan in annoyance, raising her hand and clenching it so tightly that her sharp nails accidentally pierced her own palm, causing a slight sting of pain.
"You!"
Her anger was so intense that she completely ignored the pain.
Zhi Xuan sneered.
"What is it? Want to hit me? Then come over here!"
It was an obvious provocation.
But before the woman could launch another attack,
Lin Fan suddenly descended from the third floor and asked,
"What happened?"