Chapter 9: A Night Out

When the heads of the Zhou and Wu families were thinking about how to reply to Li Nianchen, in an underground secret room of the Lin family, Lin Canghai, the head of the Lin family, sat proudly in a purple robe at a jade table, and a group of high-level members of the Lin family sat neatly on both sides, and there was no teenager in the entire secret room.

"The black market has urged us to give them a reply as soon as possible, time is pressing, I don't know what the head of the family and the elders think?" Family forces like the Lin family are generally under the control of the head of the family, and the Elder Hall is responsible for various affairs within the clan, and the Great Elder is naturally one of the elders of the Lin family.

At the time of the other three secret talks, similar talks were also being held in the Lin family's mansion, but only the Lin family's people were involved. The Great Elder of the Lin Family took the lead, and next, a group of people, including Lin Canghai, expressed their opinions one after another.

It didn't take long for Lin Canghai to get the preliminary result of the discussion, the four major families in Youcheng could form an alliance in a short time, and the Lin family would be in charge of all the transactions between the black market, and the distribution of benefits would be the same as before. The Lin family has a monopoly of thirty percent, and the distribution of the other seventy percent is decided by the other three families. Tomorrow, the Lin family will officially test the attitude of the other three.

If the other three agree to form an alliance, then the Lin family's plan will naturally be achieved. If the other three families disagree, the Lin family will initiate a martial arts competition between the younger generation. The results of the competition confirm the ownership of responsibility and the distribution of various benefits. Since there was no city lord to govern them, in the past, the four families used martial arts to determine the ownership of certain transactions or resources.

The Lin family's high-level meeting ended in half an hour, and half an hour later, Lin Xuanzhong and Lin Qingfeng were still enjoying dinner, and there was silence all around, so it can be said that the dinner time every day was the most comfortable time for the two of them in a day. There is no gossip from outsiders, which makes people feel extremely clean.

Half an hour later, the food was already cold, but the two didn't care at all, and chatted while drinking, like brothers reunited after a long absence, talking about the strange things written in the book. There has always been no place to talk about real life.

Another half an hour passed, and when he was full of wine and food, Lin Qingfeng began to clean up the table. At the same time, on the Li family's side, the three have already reached the results of the talks. From now on, the three families will officially form an alliance, and after the Lin family is eradicated, all the assets of the Lin family will be divided according to the ratio of four, three, and three. Because the Li family has more people, the Li family takes a large share of the benefits when distributing benefits.

In addition, in order to ensure the stability of the tripartite covenant, tomorrow the Li family will go to the door to test the overall strength of the younger generation of the Lin family, and the object of the Li family's proposal is Lin Piaoyu of the Lin family.

The master and servant didn't know anything about the Li family's plan, and after Lin Qingfeng cleaned up, Lin Xuanzhong was ready to wash and rest. A little drunk, Lin Xuanzhong just washed briefly, and then went straight to bed to sleep.

Because he was a little drunk, Lin Xuanzhong, who didn't want to move, thought that he could forget all the unhappiness and go to sleep safely, but tonight seemed to be a little different from before. For some reason, after lying on the bed, a feeling of uneasiness suddenly enveloped his heart, which directly made Lin Xuanzhong's drunkenness dissipate for seven points, and he was not sleepy at all.

Based on past experience, Lin Xuanzhong slowly realized that something bad would happen. I don't know if it's related to Qinglan, the more I think about it, the more worried Lin Xuanzhong becomes.

Without a clue, Lin Xuanzhong's immersed thoughts began to churn again, and as he considered more things, his emotions became more and more irritable.

After several deliberations, Lin Xuanzhong still didn't think of the most likely scenario, but he thought of his future.

In the Beiming Continent, most people start practicing qi before the age of ten, and after the age of ten, the mind and body gradually mature, and then contact martial arts is not conducive to later learning, so it is best to practice martial arts before the age of ten according to common sense. Although Lin Xuanzhong began to contact martial arts at the age of five, he completely lost his relationship with martial arts after the age of eight. Until today, a full twelve years have passed, and no matter how good the qualifications are, they can be wasted, not to mention that Lin Xuanzhong himself is still a waste who can't cultivate.

Various negative emotions such as low self-esteem, insecurity, distress, pain, and loss continued to emerge, which made Lin Xuanzhong's heart more and more uncalm. As he continued to consider the source of the uneasy feeling just now, even the remaining three points of drunkenness were dispelled. After the drunkenness dissipated, although he was still lying on the bed, Lin Xuanzhong's consciousness was completely awake.

"Waste, can't cultivate, scum, why don't you die?" Some familiar words kept coming to mind, Lin Xuanzhong's thoughts became confused, and the night that could have been a good night's sleep directly became the most difficult time. In the dark and boundless room, Lin Xuanzhong's inner pain and loneliness extended indefinitely.

After a long time, Lin Xuanzhong's thoughts gradually stabilized under the violent impact. When he could calm down and think about the problem, the first thing Lin Xuanzhong thought of was the agreement with Bai Qinglan. Three days have passed, and now I don't even have the slightest idea, and according to the current situation, I am afraid that the remaining two days will not be able to make a decision either.

Unexpectedly, he didn't even have the right to choose an ordinary life, Lin Xuanzhong didn't understand why his life became like this, and he was not angry at all. The extreme depression made Lin Xuanzhong miserable, and after a turn of thought, Lin Xuanzhong thought of Lin Piaoyu again, the second person to worry about in this life.

I haven't seen Lin Piaoyu for a long time, and I don't know how Lin Piaoyu has been doing recently. Thinking about the fact that the two lived in the same mansion but couldn't meet, Lin Xuanzhong's mood became more and more helpless and sad.

Speaking of which, there has always been a reason why the two can't meet. First, Lin Xuanzhong deliberately avoided the other party, second, Lin Piaoyu was restrained by his father, and third, Lin Piaoyu was busy with cultivation and had little free time. Regarding the second reason, Lin Xuanzhong has always understood it, I am afraid that there will be no pair of parents in the world who will let their baby daughter get along with a waste.

The more things he thought about, the more painful Lin Xuanzhong became, and the more he hated himself for being incompetent. It's a pity that no matter how you think about it, it's useless, Lin Xuanzhong has always known that he has no ability to change everything in front of him.

Over and over again, many questions surrounded his mind like a dream, and Lin Xuanzhong's spirit was tormented. Until late at night, Lin Xuanzhong, who was lying on the bed, still didn't feel any sleepiness, some were just the fear and pain in his heart, and those negative emotions forced Lin Xuanzhong to think about more things, so as to divert his attention from something.

Some things have become obscured because they dare not think about it carefully. Of course, there are almost no good things related to Lin Xuanzhong, and everything will be accompanied by some kind of pain to a greater or lesser extent.

When he felt tired and tired, when he came back to his senses, Lin Xuanzhong felt as if more than ten years had passed, and that special feeling made Lin Xuanzhong can't help but open and close his eyes for a long time. At some point, the moonlight poured into the room through the windowsill, and there was a silver light in front of the bed. With bursts of cool air, Lin Xuanzhong's consciousness was clearer, and his thoughts finally calmed down.

Four years ago, by the moat outside the East City Gate, a thin figure stood on the bank trembling and kept watching, looking at the river with a confused face. The water of the river below was so clear, and the young man's heart was so terrified.

After standing by the river for half an hour, the boy finally jumped forward as if he had mustered up his courage, and with a pop, the boy who had never touched the deep water seemed to have encountered the most terrible thing in the world, and kept beating the water with his hands to let himself breathe normally. It's just that the boy who doesn't understand water can't stop the sinking of his body at all, and chokes a few mouthfuls of water in a blink of an eye.

In that moment of suffocation, the boy finally forgot all the pain because of the panic, and his eyes were staring straight at the shining river.

When the boy closed his eyes calmly, there was a pop, and a thinner figure appeared next to the boy, and suddenly picked up the boy by the waist and surfaced. After surviving that time, the young man never dared to seek death again.

With a long sigh, Lin Xuanzhong, whose thoughts were gradually sobering up, no longer thought about the death search four years ago, but instead thought about the next things.

In the case that he has no right to be an ordinary person, Lin Xuanzhong understands that he has no right to choose how to live. The more he saw it thoroughly, the more desperate he became, it was better to be numb than to be sober, but at this time, Lin Xuanzhong could no longer decide whether he was sober or not.

The despair continued to spread, becoming more and more intense, constantly destroying the most vulnerable places in Lin Xuanzhong's heart. I don't know what's going on, Lin Xuanzhong's sideburns faintly have a silver light appearing, and the moonlight shining in is intertwined, constantly spreading.

Time passed little by little, and under the printing and dyeing of the moonlight, all the black hair on Lin Xuanzhong's head disappeared, and was replaced by a pale and dull white hair. When a thought moves, it turns white, and Lin Xuanzhong blooms overnight.

When a high-pitched rooster crow came, Lin Xuanzhong, who was in a trance, was shocked to realize that he had not slept all night. After lying on the bed for five hours, Lin Xuanzhong couldn't remember what he was doing or thinking in the past five hours.

The sky was getting brighter, and Lin Xuanzhong still didn't feel sleepy. After making sure that he couldn't sleep, Lin Xuanzhong got up directly from the bed and walked to the door. When I opened the door, a cool breeze blew, and the person who blew was a little cold.

The sky was already white, and it was only half an hour before dawn, so why should he sleep again, thinking so in his heart, Lin Xuanzhong went back to the house and got dressed and prepared to go out.

After a while, after taking water, Lin Xuanzhong wanted to freshen up, but inadvertently, the white hair that flashed down attracted Lin Xuanzhong's attention. When he saw it completely, Lin Xuanzhong was horrified to find that his hair had all turned white.

After confirming that his hair had turned gray, Lin Xuanzhong, who was trembling, couldn't help but think of some stories recorded in the history books, some heroes or tragic characters who were overworked or grieved overnight. I just didn't expect that to happen to me.

Perhaps the feeling of surprise was extremely strong, and when he was shocked by his changes, Lin Xuanzhong's face was unusually calm. Some self-deprecating thinking that he was not even afraid of death, and after a night of gray hair could be counted, Lin Xuanzhong's state of mind became more and more empty and calm.

After a simple freshening up as usual, Lin Xuanzhong sat quietly in the house for a while, waiting for Lin Qingfeng to come over, and then the two went out together.