"About the elder and his son, it was I who did it," said Lin Chen, looking firmly into Lin Zhian's eyes.
Lin Zhian and Luo Yi gasped with their mouths open when they heard his son's confession.
Suddenly Lin Zhian stood up to say something, but he stopped when he saw Lin Chen's gaze.
"Chen'er did that because they hired assassins from the Shadow Pagoda to harm me." Lin Chen continued as he took out a corpse from his system inventory.
Luo Yi opened her eyes wide, not because of the corpses in front of her. However, she worried for her son's safety, which members of her own family harmed.
Unlike Luo Yi, Lin Zhian looked at the pile of corpses in front of him with an astonished look, and he repeatedly looked at Lin Chen and the pile of corpses in turn.
"Chen'er. Did you kill them?" Lin Zhian asked for sure.
Lin Chen only smiled awkwardly and nodded slightly.
"What realm are you cultivating in now?" he asked again.
Lin Chen, who knew he would be asked such a question, smiled and gave off the aura of his peak cultivation.
"Th- This aura… Is this the Heavenly Path? No, Heavenly King," said Lin Zhian and Luo Yi simultaneously.
Seeing his father and mother, who were slightly depressed, Lin Chen again withdrew his cultivation aura that had been at the Heavenly King Realm.
Lin Zhian got up to Lin Chen while patting his shoulder, "Son, I don't know how you can reach Heavenly King so quickly, and I don't want to know either." Lin Zhian said with a smile appearing on his face.
Lin Chen only smiled slightly and turned his gaze to his mother.
"Mother, I am going on an adventure for 3 months," said Lin Chen.
As if she already knew what her son wanted, Luo Yi smiled at Lin Chen, "Alright. You be careful out there, Chen'er," Luo Yi replied, walking up to Lin Chen.
"But, how about the safety of the Family?" Lin Chen asked anxiously.
Luo Yi only chuckled lightly at her son's concern. Then she released her cultivation aura, "Don't worry, it's not only your father who has attained the Heavenly Path." Luo Yi replied.
Lin Chen was silent with his mouth slightly open, even though he was already in the Heavenly King Realm. He did not expect that he could not know his mother's Realm, which was only in the Heavenly Path Realm.
After settling the matter, the three of them ate together and discussed Lin Chen's training and Lin Bao and the other three to be locked up in the dungeon.
***
The next morning, the Lin Residence Gate.
"Chen'er, you be careful. Don't forget to eat, don't forget to wear a thick blanket when outside. Don't let yourself get cold." Luo Yi said as he handed a pile of things to Lin Chen.
"Mother, I am not a child anymore. Your son can already take care of-" said Lin Chen.
"Ssshhh no matter how strong you are, in Chen'er's mother's eyes, you're still a baby." Luo Yi interrupted Lin Chen's words.
Lin Chen just stayed silent with his lips twitching and smiled awkwardly when he heard the words from his mother's mouth.
"Son, when you meet a bad person. You just beat them up," said Lin Zhian showing off his hand muscles.
Lin Chen smiled bitterly and ignored his father's words, "Father, mother Chen'er is leaving", Lin Chen said, running out of Xing City.
***
Purple Forest, Border of Xing City and Xuan City
As the name suggests, the Purple Forest is overgrown with trees, and the grass is purple. Even the roads and rocks have a harmonious colour, and it is said that a bull-shaped beast guards the Purple Forest with skin like snake scales that can emit poison.
"La la la climb the mountain through the valley," said Lin Chen, jogging on the path.
"If I'm a novel character, and someone asks 'Why doesn't Lin Chen fly?' The name adventure, of course, is by walking," muttered Lin Chen.
Lin Chen continued to walk along the path, occasionally encountering Core Formation beasts and some mountain deer. After being bored enough, a ridiculous thought occurred to Lin Chen.
"Yi'er. When I'm already at the peak stage, will I be able to have Susanoo's body?" Lin Chen asked.
[…]
"Or I could get a laser beam out of my eye. Perhaps not?" Lin Chen asked back.
[…]
"Tch not answered. It sucks," said Lin Chen, who was annoyed.
Clang!
Clang!
Lin Chen, who was running, was startled by the sound of battle. Without thinking, he ran towards the sound source to see what was happening.
A few minutes later…
Lin Chen looked at the young woman being surrounded by ten middle-aged men. A beautiful blonde-haired woman with aligned eyes knelt on one leg and propped up using her sword.
'Isn't that the woman I helped? What's his name? Yan Xue? What is this? Does she have a hobby of being surrounded by men? What a strange hobby, thought Lin Chen, observing behind the bushes.
srakk…
sraak…
"Who is there?!" Shouted the man with the wound in the eye, forming a straight line up to the lips. Who looks like the leader.
Lin Chen, who was hiding, came out slowly from the bushes, "Ehem, just a passerby? Hehehe," said Lin Chen while scratching the back of his head that didn't itch.
"Hey kid. Don't lie, hand over your valuables or you'll regret it!" Replied one of the men with spiky hair.
He was hearing the request made by the man in front of him. Lin Chen immediately covered the item under his stomach with both hands.
"..." The beautiful men and women who flock looked at Lin Chen with fish eyes.
"Hey, what's with that look? This is the most valuable item I have." Lin Chen said, annoyed.
"Kid, enough playing around. You're going to die today for messing up the Black Skull Gang's business!" said the leader as he pointed his sword at Lin Chen.
"Attack!"
"Die you kid!"
"I will dismember your body!"
10 Seconds Later…
[Ding~ Master has killed a Body Formation Stage Cultivator *9, gaining 9000 Experience Points and 900 System Points]
[Ding~ Master has killed a Body Formation Stage Cultivator *7, gaining 7000 Experience Points…]
[Ding~ Master has killed a Qi Refinement stage Cultivator…]
[Ding~ Master has…]
Lin Chen walked over to the beautiful woman after finishing collecting the items he got from killing the so-called Black Skull Gang.
"Yan Xue, are you all right?" Lin Chen asked, extending his hand.
"It's okay", replied Yan Xue, who was about to grab Lin Chen's hand, then stopped.
Yan Xue took her sword and then pointed it at Lin Chen's neck, "Who are you? How do you know my name?" Yan Xue asked warily.
Lin Chen, who saw the sword beside him, backed away and slowly raised his hands, "Woohoo, calm down, Miss. Didn't you tell me your name yourself" said Lin Chen, slowly pulling the sword away.
"Is that true? When is it?" she asked again, remembering.
"Of course. When 30 people surrounded you, I helped you from the sky," replied Lin Chen.
Hearing Lin Chen's answer, Yan Xue was shocked in disbelief. Then she asked again, "Did you save me? I thought it was an 80-year-old geezer." Yan Xue said, tilting her head.
"Hey. Look closely. I'm young and handsome. Don't call me old geezer!" Reply Lin Chen, who gave off his aura.
Yan Xue felt a pressing aura from Lin Chen, and she subconsciously took a few steps back with a look of disbelief.
'This aura is K-King H-Heavenly, like the aura of my bodyguard. How could that be? He even looks 2 years younger than me," Yan Xue thought.
"H- How did you reach the Heavenly King Realm at an age that hasn't even reached-" Yan Xue stammered.
Swoosh!
Lin Chen stood right in front of Yan Xue and put his index finger on Yan Xue's lips, "That's a secret. And let me ask you, do you have a strange hobby of being surrounded by some men?" Lin Chen said without thinking.
Yan Xue, who heard the question that came out of Lin Chen's lips, was speechless with a reddened face.
Plaque!
A hard slap lodged in Lin Chen's left cheek, leaving a mark. Lin Chen clutched his cheek sorely, "Hey you! Why did you slap me?!" asked Lin Chen, annoyed who was still holding his cheek.
"You deserve it", Yan Xue replied, puffing her cheeks which turned her back to Lin Chen.
"Ugh women are really hard to understand, did I say the wrong thing?" He muttered in surprise.
Moou!
Lin Chen and Yan Xue were startled by the voice that came from the middle of the forest. Birds began to fly away from the sound heard, and the ground shook like an earthquake.
"Th- This… This… T- The bull guarding the Purple Forest. Turns out the story was real. It is said that he is at the Heavenly Emperor level," said Yan Xue worriedly.
Lin Chen's eyes lit up when he heard Yan Xue's explanation. Doesn't that mean he can collect more Experience Points? Without thinking, Lin Chen ran into the middle of the forest screaming.
"Woohoo bull, here I come!" shouted Lin Chen, who raised his hands and ran.
Yan Xue, who saw Lin Chen running into the middle of the forest, just stared wide, her lips twitching. "Is he an idiot?"