Chapter 111 - 86: Flood Dragon Arms Together, Bow Like a Full Moon, Hundred Stones, 12,000 Jin! You Should Call Me... Boss Ji

Chapter 111: Chapter 86: Flood Dragon Arms Together, Bow Like a Full Moon, Hundred Stones, 12,000 Jin! You Should Call Me... Boss Ji

After all, he’d already offended them that night at Feiyan Tower.

Since a rift had already formed, it was best to ’cut the weeds and dig up the roots.’

’It definitely wasn’t because I saw all the Lin Residence’s shops and properties.’

And in any case.

He had righteously saved Lin Ruxue when she was severely injured and unconscious. What’s more, he and Lin Ruyue shared a bond of deep appreciation. In the face of such friendships, wealth was merely a bonus!

’I just wonder... if I really can take all this, how many Secret Medicines could I get for it to help me break through to the True Flood Dragon Bone?’

This thought suddenly popped into Ji Xiu’s head just before he set off.

...

The Lin Residence.

A dense crowd of figures—guards, handymen, tenant farmers, servants, cooks—stood in neat rows, their eyes filled with apprehension.

At their head, Lin Du, dressed in brocade robes and a sable coat, gazed down at them all as if taking a leisurely stroll. He couldn’t help the surge of emotion, clenching his fists secretly beneath his sleeves.

’This day... I’ve waited for this for so long.’

The old man didn’t want to pass the family enterprise on to him, and because he feared his eldest daughter from the Little Five Decline Sword Sect in Jiangyin Prefecture, he had kicked him out of the family to fend for himself.

’I thought that was it for me in this life.’

’But...’

’He never expected that I would worship at a Divine Shrine, receive a god’s favor, and come under the banner of the Central Yellow Sect, did he?’

That Altar Master Wei Changjiao of the Grand General Altar in Anning County even said my talent for cultivating the Central Yellow Myriad Spirits Scripture was exceptional. Given time, I was destined to become a pillar of the Sect.

’Therefore... he dispatched two Skin Refining Martial Artists to act as my Dharma Protectors, flanking me on my left and right. He ordered me to come into the city last night to seize control of the Lin Residence, so that I could secretly spread the doctrines of the Central Yellow Sect throughout the County and recruit Believers.’

At first, he had been worried about the potential trouble from Lin Ruxue.

But when he heard that Lin Ruxue would be ambushed by a Qi Cultivation Grandmaster after leaving last night, he was able to completely put his mind at ease.

Although his old dad, Lin Zhenhai—whose legs he had broken before imprisoning him in the back courtyard—refused to relent and give him the family deeds, just calling him ’crazy, crazy’ over and over, Lin Du decided, for the sake of their many years as father and son, to grant his old dad a ’fatherly and filial’ dignity.

’So what if I don’t have the Land Titles or the authority over the shops?’

’In name, they belong to the Lin Residence. As long as I’m the one showing up, who could possibly fight me for them? They’ll be mine sooner or later.’

’In a few more days, I’ll just find some random family to marry my second sister off to. Then, I’ll use a casual excuse like she ’caught a cold’ and send her down to be reunited with our dear eldest sister...’

’And just like that, everything will be settled, won’t it? No one will be left to challenge me.’

’These are all necessary sacrifices to spread the doctrine of my Central Yellow Sect and save all living beings! It’s absolutely not because I, Lin Du, want to settle a personal score and reclaim my former glory and wealth!’

A smile appeared on his face as he clasped his hands behind his back.

"From this day forward, I am your new ’Boss.’"

"I don’t know what the rules were for the Lin Residence’s businesses and shops before."

"But from now on, all account books and silver coins are to be brought to me. If anyone dares to embezzle..."

Lin Du savored the feeling of lecturing his subordinates. It gave him a sense of dominance, a feeling of finally being able to vent the frustration of living under the shadow of his two sisters for all these years.

But before he could finish speaking, a voice interrupted, "Without the deeds, without Boss Lin’s personal instructions, and without the seal of the Government Office, how can the Lin Family’s assets in Anning County possibly be considered yours?"

’Who is that!?’

The untimely, light laugh made Lin Du’s face flush with anger. "I am standing right here! I am the rules!"

"My father is ill and needs to rest. My eldest sister has left, and my second sister is unwell. Besides me, who else in the Lin Residence can take my place? Whose claim is more legitimate than mine!?"

"I am!"

"And who are you?"

Everyone turned to look.

There they saw...

At the main entrance of the Lin Residence.

A youth in tight-fitting clothes was mounted on a Jade Deer, a Profound Iron Great Bow slung across his back. He shone brightly under the midday sun.

With one hand resting on the hilt of his saber, he laughed heartily.

"Before Master Lin became ’unwell,’ he had already entrusted the family enterprise to me."

"The shops, the deeds—they are all with me. They have even been signed and sealed by the Government Office. When it comes to legitimacy..."

"Third Young Master Lin."

"You should be calling me ’Boss Ji.’"

Ji Xiu’s expression suddenly turned serious.

Lin Du was stunned for a moment, then laughed in anger.

"Ji Xiu, you..."

However, his words had barely left his mouth.

WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!

Figures suddenly appeared on the walls surrounding the Lin Residence from all directions. There were dozens of them in total, every one clad in armor and armed with a Powerful Crossbow.

The words caught in Lin Du’s throat. Even the two previously calm and composed Skin Refining Martial Artists at his side...

...paled in an instant.

"Anning County Soldiers, in heavy armor with Powerful Crossbows!?"

In an instant, the two straightened their backs, their Jade Skin tightening as their Qi and Blood surged. They were about to draw their weapons...

「The next moment.」

The youth took the great bow from his back. His two Flood Dragon Arms coiled and swelled, explosive Force surging endlessly into his five fingers. With a loud TWANG—

Ji Xiu pulled with all his might. The bowstring became a full moon. In an instant, with a thunderous crack of the string, two arrows carrying the Dusk Crows Arrow Stance shot toward the two Skin Refining Martial Artists, as if breaking some kind of signal!

At once, the servants in the courtyard scattered in a panic. In the next instant... the County Soldiers’ Powerful Crossbows all locked onto the three men.

"By order of Magistrate Zhao."

"Exterminate... the Central Yellow Remnants!"

A slight smile touched Ji Xiu’s lips as he watched the arrows tear through the air, completely at ease.

But Cai Ling’Er, who stood behind him—as frail as a sheet of paper, with dark circles under her eyes, so weak it seemed a gust of wind could blow her away—

...was staring, utterly dumbfounded.

"No..."

"Impossible!"

"I forged this bow! It has a draw weight of a Hundred Stones! You’re only at Bone Tempering, how could you possibly have the arm strength of ’twelve thousand jin’???"