All eyes were now on Lin Zhang looking forward to the answer.
Entertained by the expectant gazed, Lin Zhang faintly turned to his son Yichen and expressed livelily: "That..my son Yichen will explain it all to you. Yichen, come here and share everything..."
Yichen smirked at it and moved forth. He greeted them and the Lin clansmen.
He then cleared his throat and began to share deceptively: "Yichen was only lucky to save father's disease."
The entire Lin clansmen stood unbelievably at it. They couldn't believe that a kid with no cultivation like Yichen could cure his father's disease.
Amazed by it, the first elder, in turn, inquired him in surprise: "This...Yichen can you explain what exactly happen and how did you cure your father?"
Yichen knew that they would raise questions in suspicion and wouldn't believe him that he cured his father, therefore, he replied poker face: "Sure, the first elder.."
He cupped his fists and began his story animatedly: "That night, Yichen had a lucid dream. The figure that appeared in Yichen's dream was transparent and mighty; it was the figure of a huge bird but the face wasn't visible. It was glowing brightly and was spreading its luminous wings like an angel.
Yichen greeted it humbly and the great bird was quite pleased. It said that he knew the way to cure my father's disease that only the sky-tier yellow cactus flower can cure him and that my father must be fed with it. After saying it, the great bird God vanished and soon after Yichen woke up from the dream.
Seeing that it was the only chance to cure my father, Yichen decided to take the risk and woke up from the bed. Yichen didn't hesitate to hurry towards the clan's forest.
Since it was a late-night, everyone was sleeping, therefore, Yichen didn't bother to disturb the peaceful sleep of the elders instead Yichen shoulders the great task upon himself and marched towards the forest and searched every high and low for the sky-tier yellow cactus flower. After hours of a continuous and long search, Yichen finally found it but was under the protection of the clan's formation flag.
Luckily, Yichen happened to know the deactivation method of it, therefore, Yichen just cut a finger and deactivated the flag formation with the blood. After that, Yichen plucked those sky-tier yellow cactus flowers and soon came back.
Arriving home, Yichen boiled the yellow cactus flower like the Great bird God had instructed and then fed it to father. Soon after consuming it, my father recuperated at an astonishing rate. Happy to see the positive change Yichen went back to sleep and it was only today's morning that Yichen got to know that father was completely healed."
The Lin clansmen were left open-mouthed by such a bizarre story. They couldn't believe that Yichen would be so lucky to even dream of the great bird god and get the cure for his father to himself.
While some were trying to process his words, Yichen turned to the elders and noted cleverly: "Back then, Yichen's only intention was to cure father's disease. I am sure that the elders are quite generous enough to not hold an account for not giving prior information of taking the sky-tier yellow cactus flower?"
The elders were left taken aback by it. The kid was too smart with his mouth. Since the matter of the clan forest was all taken care of by the chief surely one would need the chief's permission to take the cactus flower.
But since Yichen had done it all to cure his father then there ain't nothing wrong with it and he need not be punished for it.
Coming to that, the first elder turned to him and spoke on the previous chief's behalf: "Haha...Yichen, you have done a good job in taking care of the matter and curing your father's disease. I am sure that your uncle Lin Zhou wouldn't mind it as well. Ain't it Lin Zhou?"
He turned to Lin Zhou with an amusing grin on his face.
With those few words, Lin Zhou would have no choice but to consent to it and the elder knew it exactly.
Lin Zhou's face fidgetted at it.
He couldn't believe that everything was freely falling onto the father and son's duo lap.
With that smooth tongue of the kid, he already had escaped from the punishment of looting the flower, furthermore, he had cured his father's disease without anyone's knowledge. The kid ain't that simple to deal with.
Even though the story was ridiculous, his position as the chief was now snatched and had no power to argue about it, therefore, Lin Zhou smiled through the bitterness and spoke with a fake amusement: "Hahaha...my nephew Yichen have done a great job in taking care of his father. Surely this Uncle wouldn't blame him for plucking the sky-tier yellow cactus flower."
Yichen knew the annoyance behind his sugar-coated words and was secretly enjoying it. He beamed at it and replied amusingly: "You are so generous, Uncle."
With a pretentious smile, he turned to the elders and noted cockily: "Since Yichen have cured father's disease and done a good deed, I am sure that father and the elders won't mind giving Yichen rewards."
Everyone stood there stupefied.
The air of the meeting hall suddenly stood still at it. Just when did the meeting turn into an award ceremony? This was the first time that had happened in the history of the Lin clan.
All unbelievable eyes stared at the brat in folly.
Yichen beamed devilishly at it and sneered inwardly, 'Heh! Look at your shocked face. This time I will take back for every wrong deed done to me and my father.'
Lin Zhang was too greatly amused by his son's comeback. He was surely getting them for the past years of evil done to them. This brat had his way of avenging things.
Having seen through his son, he smiled at it and spoke up amused: "Hahaha...son, since you had cured this father and did the thing which no one in the Lin clan can do, surely you will be rewarded. Tell this father, what do you want as a reward?"
The elders of the Lin clan including Lin Zhou were left stunned there. Being left so speechless, they only stared and look forward to what this brat's request would be?
Yichen thought for a while and replied spiritedly: "For the reward....Mn.. Yichen only wished for the red devil yang stone of the Lin clan."
He was so bold when he stated it as if they were awarding him, the crown prince.
Everyone was left dumbstruck there. The air that was filled with stupefaction was now filled with hostility, opposition and bitterness. The red devil yang stone was one expensive and rare stone; it costs around two silver cards for each red devil yang stone.
There were only two of it in the Lin clan and was kept as a reward for the genius and most promising cultivator amongst the Lin youths.
To think that this brat Yichen was asking for this rare award that all the youth of the Lin clan envies and hope for; they couldn't help but showed hatred and animosity towards him.
While they all were training day and night to improve their cultivation; aiming to get the yang stone for themselves; Yichen who was good for nothing was aiming to snatch it away just like that.
He was treating their years of efforts like some shit.
The Lin clansmen couldn't simply stand by; the request was too ridiculous and illogical.
The entire meeting hall stood still in silent bitterness and everyone was eyeing Yichen with a menacing glare.
The elders were too left uptight by it.
The red devil yang stone was meant for the future generation and was meant to gift to that Lin youth whose cultivation supersedes their fellow peers. It was for the one who had a bright future, for that one genius of the clan but this Yichen was simply a nobody and ain't even started cultivating; him asking for the clan's treasure was simply outrageous and senseless.
To put it simply, it was bizarre.
"This....??!!"
The first elder sighed at it, he didn't know what to say at the moment and was left speechless for a long while.
Yichen had done a great deed in reviving his father which was the glory of the Lin clan but asking for the red devil yang stone as a reward was too much and it will put the youths of the Lin clans in much bitterness and hostility towards him.
The kid was either too arrogant or had become too stupid to ask for the red devil yang stone as a reward.
While they were fretting over it, Lin Zhang break the silence with a hearty laugh: "Hahaha....son, this father can understand your wishes and eagerness to serve the clan. You asking for the precious red devil yang stone as a reward only meant the eagerness and determination to become the top of the youths and serve the clan. Even though you didn't even start the cultivation, your will has surpassed all the other youths. For this one reason, this father will gift you the red devil yang stone as a reward."
The elder's mouths wide-opened and their brows twitched at it. They couldn't believe what they heard just now.
Just when did coveting for extremely valuable stone becomes the will and determination of standing at the top?
Greedy is greedy and coveting is coveting, there are no hidden lines in between.
Everyone including Lin Zhou and the Lin clansmen couldn't believe their ears; just how could the Chief interprets the coveting of the red devil yang stone as a will and determination to surpass the youths. How could he just hand it over to a useless youth who had not even a bit of cultivation in him but only knew to spout nonsense?!
Surely he was favouring the brat as he was his only son. Had it been someone else, he would have denied the matter.
The entire meeting was slowly turning into a two-man show of the father and son and the Lin clansmen were raging in bitterness.