The house purchased was a small courtyard with four bedrooms, sufficient for residence. The surrounding walls were engraved with many protective and warning runes, but most of them were long neglected and rendered ineffective.
Lin Xin gave a scroll to Ling'er and Xiao Liu, instructing them to renovate the courtyard according to the design depicted on it.
He himself made another trip to a nearby branch. He decided not to venture to the far west for the time being and resolved to stay here for a while instead.
Now that the Red Spine Sect was igniting beacons of war everywhere and the clashes with the Imperial Clan were escalating daily, it was an excellent opportunity to fish in troubled waters.
