At the same time that Shrek and the others left Soto City,

In a luxurious mansion in the middle of Soto City,

A man in the uniform of a city guard slowly exited the house and closed the door.

There were two men in the house, one old and one young, who looked like each other.

The younger one is the city lord of Soto City, and he is also the deputy hall master of the Martial Spirit Hall of Soto City, named Lin Lie.

Lin Lie has a slender figure, thick eyebrows and big eyes, a little anger on his face, a martial soul gilded snake spear, and a seventy-first level soul saint.

Not far from Lin Lie, the old man who was sitting on a chair and drinking tea was his father, named Lin Xiong.

Compared with his son, Lin Xiong is thin and short, his hair is half white, but his face is very gentle, his eyebrows are kind, and his martial soul is also a gilded snake spear, an eighty-four-level Contra Douluo.

Lin Xiong is not from Soto City, but a native of Heaven Dou City, and his hometown is in a small mountain village around Heaven Dou City.

Because of his excellent cultivation talent, approachable personality, and great sense of justice, Lin Xiong's career in the Martial Soul Hall was very smooth, and in just thirty years, he went from a deacon to an elder, and then to the current deputy hall master of the Heaven Dou City Martial Soul Temple.

He has many disciples under his name, and now he has already made a name for himself and has made a name for himself.

Except, of course, for the last registered disciple he accepted, Li Long.

Because of the relationship between his daughter-in-law and his son's plea, he reluctantly accepted Li Long as a registered disciple at the beginning, and arranged him into the Martial Spirit Temple and gave him a deacon position.

Otherwise, with Li Long's martial soul and qualifications, he would not be able to enter his eyes at all, let alone be qualified to serve as a deacon in the Martial Spirit Temple.

Lin Xiong had received the news of the Li family's destruction a few days ago, and the Li family usually used his name to bully and oppress civilians, and his reputation in Deakin City was extremely bad.

This made him very disgusted with the Li family from the bottom of his heart.

But no matter how you say it, it's also your own family,

There is also a registered disciple of his own.

Now that the Li family has been destroyed, how can he sit idly by?

Because of this incident, Lin Xiong came to Soto City to meet his son at his son's repeated requests.

At this moment, Lin Lie was frowning and pacing back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, looking preoccupied.

"Father, now Xiu'er doesn't know the news of the destruction of the Li family, and I'm afraid that she will have a fetal gas, so I haven't told her all the time. But the paper can't hold the fire, and if you can hide it for a while, you can't hide it for a lifetime, if you kill that kid named Xu Ran, forget it, and give Xiu'er an explanation, but I really can't think of such a good opportunity tonight, why don't you let me make a move, is it because of the two soul saints who are following him? ”

Lin Xiong took a sip of tea lightly, his voice was as calm as water, "Lie'er, let me ask you, if there is no relationship with Li Xiu, what do you think will be your attitude towards a family like the Li family, which cares about people's lives?" ”

"Father, what ifs, I know you have a lot of opinions about me marrying Xiu'er at the beginning, but ......"

Lin Lie opened his mouth to refute, but was interrupted by Lin Xiong without saying a few words.

"Answer my question."

"I ...... I ......"

The usually majestic lord of a city has now returned to his childlike appearance in front of his father, and he is speechless.

Lin Xiong snorted coldly and got up from his seat with a teacup, "I grew up in the village, at that time, my family was poor and didn't have enough to eat, and I often went to other people's houses to eat, and the clothes were all worn by others, although they were not new, there were few patches. Eating hundreds of meals, wearing hundreds of clothes, and even my tuition fees were made up little by little by the villagers. It can be said that without them, I would not be where I am now. Although these ordinary people living in the village are unable to cultivate their soul power, their attitude towards life is extremely simple, they have very few hearts, they are well fed and clothed every day, and they have both children and daughters, but that's it. But ......"

Speaking of this, Lin Xiong's words changed, his face was covered with frost, and the teacup in his hand was even more broken by him, "But that day I was on the streets of Deakin City, but I saw a rich kid dig out the child in the belly of a pregnant farmer because of a quarrel!" Those are two living lives, and one of them even ...... before he even had time to look at the world. Ay! ”

"Such a frenzied behavior has completely annihilated human nature, I wanted to shoot that rich kid to death, but I didn't expect the other party to say that he was the Li family."

"At that time, considering that your marriage contract with Li Xiu was about to be held, I thought about it and endured it."

"Lie'er, I have taught you earnestly since I was a child, teaching you to be kind, for fear that you will go astray, but why don't you understand the truth that those who are close to Zhu are red and those who are close to ink are black, and you have found me such a notorious in-law?!"

Seeing that Lin Xiong's face was angry and disappointed, Lin Lie hurriedly explained, "Father, Li Xiu and I really love each other, don't generalize, the bad is just a part of the Li family, and it has nothing to do with Xiu'er." Besides, everything has happened, even if you don't think about us, you have to think about your grandson who is about to die. If he knew that his grandfather's family was wiped out in the future, but he stood by in the face of the murderer's grandfather and father, what would he think? If we let outsiders know that we let go of the murderer, where will the face of my city lord's mansion be? What is the face of you, the deputy hall master of the Martial Spirit Temple? ”

Knock knock!

There was a sudden knock at the door, Lin Lie frowned, and the expression on his face returned to its previous seriousness.

"Come in."

With a creak, the door was pushed open, and the city guards, who had just left, returned.

"Lord of the City, the target has left the city, and the movement speed is very fast, if you want to continue to track, you need to dispatch the soul master."

"Don't follow, you go down first."

Without waiting for Lin Lie to speak, Lin Xiong took a step forward and said.

Although Lin Xiong is not the city lord, his identity is well known in the city lord's mansion.

It can be said that compared with Lin Lie, Lin Xiong's words have more weight.

The city guard bowed in answer and turned to leave.

"Father, you ......"

Facing Lin Lie, who looked unwilling, Lin Xiong said, "Do you know that some time ago, the Martial Soul Temple received an application letter to apply for the position of Martial Soul Protégé, and the applicant is this Xu Ran. ”

"What a gut, the deacon who killed the Martial Soul Hall dared to apply to join the Martial Soul Palace!" Lin Lie gritted his teeth a little, and then his face changed, "Father, you won't really let him pass, right?" ”

For him, Xu Ran does not have any background and power at present, and he is alone, so it is easy to deal with.

But Xu Ran's top-level martial soul and cultivation talent are there after all, if he really becomes a martial soul protégé, he will inevitably be fully cultivated by the Martial Spirit Palace.

The Martial Soul Hall has always attached great importance to potential soul masters, and even if he is the deputy hall master of the Martial Soul Hall in Soto City at that time, he will never dare to do anything to Xu Ran again.

In Lin Lie's uneasiness, Lin Xiong's next answer surprised him a little.

"No, that old man Layton dismissed it on the spot."

"Rejected?"

"Skipping the level to absorb the soul ring, that kid doesn't have a few days to live." Lin Xiong sighed, his tone full of regret, "It's a pity to be able to withstand the pressure of the 10,000-year soul ring and not die." ”

"Skip the level of absorption?"

Muttering to himself, Lin Lie showed a sudden expression of realization on his face.

Immediately, a sneer crept up the corner of his mouth.

……