"You insolent pest! How dare you attack my son so viciously?" Cane Cotton roared furiously. How dare a city pest attack his only son like that. Even though his son was at fault, the other party ought to wait and die, then they could compensate for his worthless life.
"Are you blind or stupid, old man?" Lin Zhenkang had long lost his smile and was beyond angry now. He looked at the Cane Cotton and pointed at his son—"Your dog son used an attack talisman on me. You are lucky I didn't kill him."
Cane Cotton was madder than a bull. He had never been belittled like this in public before. But now a vile son of a cow dared to call him stupid.
"I don't know where you got your guts, but even if you have the backing of Human Knights, I will kill you." Cane Cotton said slowly as he walked to the stage.
Lin Zhenkang wasn't nervous or scared. He stood on stage waiting for Cane Cotton to make a move. When the latter arrived, he smiled at him and asked: "Are you sure you want to attack me? Can you afford it?"
"You bastard, see how I tear your head off." Cane Cotton punched with a bare hand. As soon as the hand arrived at Lin Zhenkang's head, with a shriek, Cane Cotton flew away.
"How insolent. I heard that Crimson Fire Sect was evil, but I never thought their elder would attack a kid for avenging his dog son." A female voice arrived. It was neither angry nor joyous.
A beautiful woman appeared in front of Lin Zhenkang. She had forest green eyes and silver-blonde hair. Her ears were pointy.
"An elf?" Ezio gasped with surprise. He had never seen an elf with his own eyes before, but read and heard their description and talents many times. He could identify her immediately.
"Greetings, Master." Lin Zhenkang said with a bow.
"Hmm." The elven beauty nodded slightly without looking back. Her sharp eyes were locked on Cane Cotton.
Cane Cotton flew back and the hand he used to attack was covered with blood. Probably amputated from the wrist. His face was crumpled with pain. His breath was heavy.
"Who are you?" Cane Cotton asked with a painful gasp. He was in great agony and felt terror for the first time after a long time.
"Why do you need to know?" The woman asked indifferently. "You dare to attack my disciple to steal his weapons and techniques. They are gifted by me. If you dare, come and take it."
"I wouldn't dare." Cane Cotton said gnashing his teeth. He knew that the other party was a lot stronger than him.
"What about you two?" The same voice asked the other two leaders.
The Sect Leader Lynx shook his head in negative. How could he dare to make a move when the other party was a lot stronger.
"Greetings, Wu of the Gu River," Abbot said with a smile.
"You know me?" asked the woman with a surprise.
"I recognized the technique you used. It is stronger than the one I had seen before." Abbot said with a sigh. He once met an elf using the same technique.
"Oh, what was his name?" The elven beauty asked with squinted eyes.
"HER name was Yrasilla Wu," Abbot said with a smile.
"And, what happened to her?" The woman asked, obviously surprised.
"I killed her," Abbot said openly. It seemed a foolish thing to say to the woman, but Abbot didn't mind at all.
"Hmm. You did a great service to the Wu Family of Gu River. When I return to my family, I will make sure my father learns of it." Elven beauty said with a smile.
The technique she used was special to females. When she asked what the name of the person was, she asked with 'his' to test Abbot. The latter emphasized 'Her' to show the elf he really knew what was going on.
And when Elven beauty learned the person's name, she asked what happened to her. Because that person was a traitor of the family and had a bounty on her head. If Abbot was friendly with her, she would act friendly to learn her whereabouts. But she was killed, so it was great merit, thus she would notify his father and reward Abbot.
"I thank Patriarch Wu in advance."
"I will not hold you responsible for what happened before, but from now on you should all know that Lin Zhenkang is my disciple, and the Lin Family is under my protection. If anything happens to them, the Wu Family will look into it." Elven beauty said domineeringly.
"Very well. How about the strife between the two families. As the guardian of the city, we are commissioned to keep the balance between the two families. If the Lin Family wants to destroy the Sun Family, I cannot explain this to the palace." Abbot asked. If the Lin Family was protected by the Wu Family, there was little he could do. So what if the Lin Family wanted to take all of the city to themselves. He couldn't just let the Lin Family destroy the other party.
"Let me explain this, Master Wu." an old man walked from behind. His hair and beard were white, and his face was wrinkled. "We came to an agreement with Sun Family, and we are joining our families with marriage in two months. Abbot can be at ease, there will be no fight between two families."
"I couldn't hope for anything better." Abbot clasped his hand but actually was distressed. If two families stopped fighting and the Cleansing Buddhist Sect couldn't limit their cultivation, not long from now their cultivations would reach Qi Crystallization Realm. At that point, there wouldn't be anything he could do.
"Since everything has settled, let this feast end. Tomorrow you can continue with your activities." Elven Beauty said and went away with Lin Zhenkang.
"Take care of Master Cane!" Patriarch Lin ordered his men to treat Cane Cotton's injuries but Cane Cotton jumped on his feet and left in anger.
Ezio has long seen it coming, and Leaders were also aware of these possibilities. But they couldn't control their greed. Ezio could tell that Lin Zhenkang was smart, and still went on stage to display his prowess. Then showed his weapon to increase the greed in Leaders. He wanted them to attack him to justify his Master's intervention. Because now that his Master showed herself and made him and his family basically untouchable.
"Such a shrewd young man." Ezio was smart, smarter than his age because of his previous life. Thanks to television and the internet he had witnessed countless schemes and conspirations. Lin Zhenkang was only 11 years old, yet he was a lot smarter than his peers.
I don't have any enmity with him anyway.
Ezio shook his head and left the feast area. The next day there was going to be an auction before the younglings left for the expedition. Luckily he was able to earn some gold in the last few months and could buy some things.
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