Chapter 113 - Saved My Life (1/2)

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At that moment, Lin Xuanzhi suddenly had a feeling that his precious treasure was leaving him of his own accord.

Lin Xuanzhi recalled his past life: after Yan Tianhen cultivated the devil’s path, one misstep had led to his ruin — because the magic he practiced was too insidious and horrifying. He had to endure the rejection of the demonic Qi in his body every night, and thus lived a life filled with abject suffering.

Lin Xuanzhi’s mind was instantly thrown into chaos. All of the merciless and ruthless memories flooded his mind like an eruption in a barren world. His heart abruptly felt a stabbing pain, and a tear trickled down from the corner of his eye.

Yan Tianhen was wailing loudly at first, and sneakily turned around to observe Lin Xuanzhi’s reaction, but he never expected that he would see Lin Xuanzhi shed tears!

Yan Tianhen was so frightened that all colour drained from his face and he almost thought that he was hallucinating!

“Dage!” Yan Tianhen immediately crawled up from the bed and looked at Lin Xuanzhi helplessly. His lips were pursed and his face was filled with remorse as he sniffed, “I really know that I was wrong. I will never hide anything from Dage in the future, If that doesn’t make Dage feel relieved, then you can hit me a few more times.”

“It has nothing to do with you.” Lin Xuanzhi raised his hand and wiped the tears off Yan Tianhen’s face. “Just now, I was extremely angered. Ah Hen, don’t hate me.”

“How could I hate Dage?” Yan Tianhen hugged Lin Xuanzhi by his neck and leaned on his shoulder. He sniffed as he said, “I’m afraid that Dage will be so disappointed with me that you wouldn’t want me anymore.”

“I will never not want you.” Lin Xuanzhi patted Yan Tianhen’s back and used his other hand to gently wipe away that one tear drop at the corner of his eye.

“Even if I turn into a huge devil one day who’s spurned by everyone?” Yan Tianhen asked.

“A huge devil may not necessarily be spurned by everyone, unless he does something absolutely unpardonable.” Lin Xuanzhi pinched the back of Yan Tianhen’s neck and pulled him up, then narrowed his eyes as he looked at him. “Don’t tell me, you want to ma.s.sacre the Nine Lands?”

Yan Tianhen quickly shook his head, “I was just mentioning it casually, don’t take it seriously .”

Yet, Lin Xuanzhi said lightly, “Even if Ah Hen does want to ma.s.sacre the Nine Lands, it must be because the Nine Lands had let Ah Hen down. At that time, I will still stand on your side.”

Yan Tianhen was extremely moved. He looked at Lin Xuanzhi’s strikingly handsome face, “Dage, why do I feel like you’re the dangerous one who wants to ma.s.sacre the Nine Lands?”

Lin Xuanzhi, “…”

Lin Xuanzhi asked, “Ah Hen, are your b.u.t.tocks itching again?”

Yan Tianhen immediately held his b.u.t.t cheeks with both hands and shook his head like his life depended on it. “No, no. I was just really muddle-headed so I spouted nonsense. Dage, please don’t take it to heart.”

Lin Xuanzhi looked at how weird Yan Tianhen was being and lost all will to pursue the matter. He stretched his hand out to pinch his b.u.t.t, and thought it felt really good to the touch.

“Okay, go wear your pants and wash your face.”

Yan Tianhen’s face instantly flushed red. Being pinched by his Dage just now felt much more embarra.s.sing than taking his pants off and getting spanked.

Blus.h.i.+ng, he pulled his pants up and jumped off the bed. He then went to look for a basin to fetch some water to wash his face.

Just then, a knock could be heard from the windows.

Lin Yan patted his hands, “Well, you’ll have to ask your Dage about that.”

Yan Tianhen turned around to look at Lin Xuanzhi.

Lin Xuanzhi said, “Where did you hide the corpse?”

Lin Yan blinked, “Your Didi’s room.”

Yan Tianhen was stunned.

Lin Xuanzhi gazed at Lin Yan with a profound look in his eyes. .

Lin Yan laughed as he explained, “You’ll feel more at ease when it’s somewhere you can see it .”

But what he thought was actually: Since they were going to sleep on the same bed, then even if a corpse was placed in Yan Tianhen’s room, it wouldn’t be much of a problem.

Yan Tianhen was absolutely puzzled. He looked at Lin Yan who he had just been acquainted with today, then looked at Lin Xuanzhi, “Dage, did you and Lin Yan know each other from before?”

“We have met a few times.” Lin Xuanzhi said.

“No no no, you’re my benefactor.” Lin Yan quickly waved his hands as he explained, “Our family is a side branch of the Lin family. A few years ago, my parents inadvertently obtained a profound-level top-grade cultivation method, and this news was accidentally leaked, so it invited a lot of covetous people. My parents could only helplessly write a letter to the family to request for a.s.sistance, and they were willing to hand the cultivation method over to the clan. Afterwards, it was Xuanzhi Dage’s father who had come forward to help, but he was a step too late, so he could only save me.”

When he spoke up to this point, Lin Yan clearly looked a bit more dejected, but he quickly perked up.

“At first I was thinking that the item that my parents had left behind would certainly be taken away, but I didn’t expect that the Head would ask me to keep the cultivation method and cultivate it in secret. He told the outside world that it had been s.n.a.t.c.hed away by enemies, and he even brought me back to the Lin family’s main branch to stay for a while. I only left after my home had regained its peace.”

As Lin Yan spoke, he was looking at Lin Xuanzhi with eyes full of grat.i.tude.

Lin Xuanzhi said, “When my Dad was alive, he regretted it more than once for arriving too late.”

But Lin Yan had already gotten over it. He waved his hands and said, “Life and death are predestined. My parents missed their chance to escape because they wanted to protect me. As long as I can live a good life, they will be at ease.”

Yan Tianhen came to a sudden realization as he said, “So that’s what it was. Lin Yan, are you here to repay the favour?”

Lin Yan stroked his chin, “That’s not wrong. In any case, I’ll definitely stand on Xuanzhi Dage’s side. I’ll do whatever he asks me to .…, I just didn’t expect that the first thing he would ask me to do was to move a corpse!”

Yan Tianhen rubbed his nose out of guilt. “That corpse is mine.”

“I know it’s yours.” Lin Yan said, “I’ve heard about you before. You were obviously a good-for-nothing not too long ago, yet you managed to jump straight to the fifth layer of your Refining Qi stage within such a short time. If you didn’t cultivate the devil’s path, then you should’ve met a ghost.”

Demonic pract.i.tioners always advanced very quickly in the earlier stages, but their speed slows down exponentially at their higher levels.