Old things possess an ancient charm, making people reminisce and reflect.
The mottled rust seems like the marks of a thousand-year-old history, imprinted on the once-glorious yet now faded ancient door.
Lin Dapao stood in front of the door, his eyes seemingly traversing the river of ti; the image of his childhood self picking up a ball at the doorstep gradually turning into the young man reciting poetry, the youthful spirit and heroism, and the calm, capable deanor of middle age.
The figures in his mories continuously overlapped, and finally, as if in a dream, returned to the present. Lin Dapao felt that the bluestone slabs beneath his feet were sowhat familiar, still so recognizable.
Looking up at the Lin Family gate, it gave one the sense of an old man returning to his hotown.
"It's been so many years in jail; unfortunately, things remain in a constant state of change. The massage parlor on the street next door run by Hong has long since closed. Back in the day, I even owed money for two nights' stay there, alas."
"I can no longer savor the amazing skills Hong had back then."
Throwing away the cigarette butt and stamping it out on the ground, Senior Dapao sighed at the sky, but... the deanor of a senior expert was promptly shattered.
If Lin Hai and the others were here, they would absolutely be spitting blood in shock.
Then, Lin Dapao turned around and leapt, entering the Lin Family's ancestral house at a speed ordinary people could not see.
Strolling casually through the corridors, Lin Dapao estimated the ti; the chief had only given him three hours of leave.
"Who are you?"
A perplexed voice ca from behind.
Lin Dapao turned his head to find a young man in a suit, a hint of arrogance from soone in authority on his face, frowning slightly as he stared at Lin Dapao.
"This is the Lin Family. How did you sneak in? What do you want?" The young man, noticing it was just an old man seemingly at death's door, couldn't help but feel angry. Are the Lin Family's watchdogs eating shit? They let even an old man slip in so easily.
"I'm coming ho." Lin Dapao looked at this descendant he did not recognize and smiled warmly, showing his teeth.
Simultaneously, he felt a hint of appreciation inside. Nice, the young man's physique seems to have a touch of the Little Golden Muscle Jade Bone, a worthy descendant to cultivate.
As for the youth's arrogance, he didn't mind. Lin Family's descendants should be arrogant enough to crush the descendants of Yanjing's other super families. If they aren't a bit arrogant, can they be considered Lin Family descendants?
"Coming ho? Are you sure you haven't gone senile?" The young man frowned even deeper.
Lin Dapao paid no mind and with a slight smile, countered, "What is your na?"
"Old man, what do you want, sneaking in here? This is the Yanjing Lin Family, not a place for you to stay. Get out imdiately, or don't bla for crippling your legs."
The young man clenched his fist, poised to punch Lin Dapao to death.
"Quite the temper, but the strength is decent." Lin Dapao said with a smile.
"You're courting death!"
As the young man's voice fell, he swiftly punched towards Lin Dapao's knee joint, preparing to cripple him directly.
However, in the blink of an eye, without seeing Lin Dapao move, the young man's fist landed lightly in the empty air, and his entire body lost strength.
"What's going on!" A hint of horror flashed in the young man's eyes.
"Young man, what is your na?" Lin Dapao asked with a calm smile.
"Senior, I don't know which expert you are, why you ca to my Lin Family. I, I am the first elder's grandson, my na is Lin Shixuan."
Cold sweat beaded the young man's forehead. He knew this old man whose strength was unreadable must be a high-level figure.
"Lin Family's First Elder? Who's that? I rember Lin Dapao should be the First Elder, right?" Lin Dapao frowned, as he had stepped down from the position of Family Head back in the day, shouldn't he be the First Elder?
"Senior, you may not know, Lin Dapao is outdated, and his lineage is increasingly incompetent. Now, the Family Head is Lin Xiangyun, but currently, it's our Mountain Faction and Wind Series that rule the Lin Family. My grandfather is the current First Elder, Lin Wangshan."
The young man replied, with a slight tone of pride, his current position in the Lin Family being quite high.
Lin Dapao's brows furrowed deeply.
His own line of descendants has fallen?
According to the Lin Family's ancestral rules, only the Direct Lineage could lead the Lin Family.
When did it co to the point where the side branch leads the Lin Family?!
"So the current Family Head of Lin Family is just a figurehead?" Lin Dapao asked again.
The young man smiled with pride, "Senior, Lin Xiangyun is just for show. If he hadn't knelt before my grandfather back then, he couldn't have beco Family Head."
Lin Dapao began to feel anger.
His own lineage, needing to bow to the side branch?
"Has the Lin Family's Direct Lineage fallen so low?" Lin Dapao muttered to himself.
The young man heard, and proudly boasted, "Heh heh, old senior, you might not know. Back then, Lin Dapao and his three brothers acted recklessly. Lin Renwang caused huge trouble, severely damaging Lin Family's strength. If not for my grandfather and others turning the tide, Lin Family could hardly keep its super family status."
"So, due to rits, the main line doesn't deserve to be Family Head anymore."
Lin Dapao's forehead furrowed into a deep trench, and he questioned, "Do you know the truth of those tis?"
"I don't know, but that's what everyone says. Actually, the Lin Family main line has been rubbish for years. My grandfather and the others have also obtained many precious dicinal materials, and now our side branch produced several Little Golden Muscle Jade Bone experts."
"It's said those dicinal materials were initially selfishly prepared by Lin Dapao for his descendants. But alas, mud can't stick to walls, it's better used on us." The young man smugly added.
Lin Dapao was utterly furious inside.
The dicinal materials painstakingly found to establish a foundation for the descendants were instead called selfish!
If it weren't to preserve the Lin Family back then, why step into the Heavenly Prison?
With Lin Dapao's skills, what prison in this world could hold him?
At the ti, when families wanted to swallow the Lin Family, the side branch compromised to be dogs. If it weren't for the three brothers killing till all were terrified, could the Lin Family remain?
How did everything change today?
The gifted future generations of his line, so many died in that super family battle, talent dwindled, yet they were suppressed by the side branch.
The sacrifices of the main lineage for the Lin Family, now twisted into being selfish, useless?!
Lin Dapao was possessed with a murderous intent.
"Senior, please let go of , you must be like the previous senior experts, here to discuss important matters with my grandfather, right?" the young man asked with a smile.
"No, I'm just here to go ho." Lin Dapao shook his head and walked forward, following his mory, towards the Family Head's courtyard.
"Senior, don't joke, please let go of quickly." The young man's voice called lightly.
Lin Dapao did not look back, his voice cold, "I am not your senior, my na is Lin Dapao, I ca ho today to have a look."
The young man froze upon hearing the na "Lin Dapao," then inhaled deeply, a flash of disbelief in his eyes.
"Lin Dapao... But, didn't Grandpa say he could never appear again in this lifeti? Why, why has he returned?"
"Grandpa said he once single-handedly killed over twenty Legendary experts in an allied ambush, he had slaughtered entire clans, once called Mad Slaughter, how could he still return!"
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