His father was a guard in the City Lord’s Mansion.
When they had first moved to Nuoding City, his father had taken him to the City Lord’s Mansion to pay a visit to Xiao Chenyu’s family.
Because of that, Xiao Chenyu knew Lin Yuan.
If Lin Yuan simply stood by and did nothing today, there was a good chance Xiao Chenyu would hold a grudge against him later and make things difficult for his father.
After letting out a quiet sigh inwardly, Lin Yuan put on the expression of an ordinary child who had been shocked by what he had just witnessed.
Mustering his courage, he stepped forward and called out to Lin Tian.
“Brother Lin Tian, can you let Boss Xiao go?”
Before Lin Tian could answer, Xiao Wu angrily said from the side, “Lin Yuan, whose side are you on?
Lin Tian is your childhood friend…”
“What?
You want to plead for him?”
Hearing this, Lin Tian stood with his hands behind his back and narrowed his eyes slightly, looking down at Lin Yuan as though he were above him.
“My father works for the City Lord’s Mansion, and Boss Xiao is the City Lord’s son, so…” Lin Yuan lowered his head, putting on an aggrieved and helpless expression.
His strength was still too weak right now.
He still needed to rely on moral pressure to deal with his opponent.
Transmigrators were particularly susceptible to this kind of thing.
Lin Tian was no exception.
He nodded, deliberately putting on an extremely magnanimous expression.
“Very well.
For your sake and Uncle Kun’s, I’ll let him off this once.”
As he spoke, he raised his hand and recalled the lotus blades.
Then he looked at Xiao Chenyu.
“Since you’ve already lost, you should keep the promise you made to Xiao Wu earlier.”
“Of course, Boss Lin.”
Xiao Chenyu reluctantly admitted defeat.
“You still haven’t called me Sister Xiao Wu.”
Xiao Wu proudly stepped forward.
“How about it?
Not convinced?”
As she spoke, a red glow suddenly lit up around her body.
Under the faint red light, she transformed into a rabbit-eared girl.
At the same time, a single yellow 100-year soul ring rose beneath her feet.
“Another 100-year soul ring?!”
Xiao Chenyu immediately sucked in a breath of cold air and hurriedly said, “No, no!
I’m completely convinced.
I mean it from the bottom of my heart…”
“And Tang San.”
Xiao Wu hadn’t forgotten about Tang San, the only person besides Lin Tian who had ever defeated her.
“Call him too?”
A strange expression appeared on Xiao Chenyu’s face.
Lin Tian and Xiao Wu both possessed yellow 100-year soul rings, so calling them Boss Lin and Sister Xiao Wu wasn’t a big deal.
But asking him to call Tang San…
“Xiao San, didn’t you also obtain your soul ring?
Come on, show this guy what you’ve got.”
Xiao Wu walked over to Tang San and patted him on the shoulder, acting like a big sister.
Tang San smiled faintly without saying anything.
“Another 100-year soul ring, and it’s actually a Blue Silver Grass martial soul!”
After witnessing Lin Tian’s Lotus martial soul, Xiao Chenyu no longer dared to underestimate anyone who possessed a 100-year soul ring.
He immediately stepped forward and called out sincerely,
“Boss Tang.”
With the matter settled, Lin Yuan had no desire to stay any longer.
He turned around and was about to leave when Lin Tian called out from behind him.
“Lin Yuan, wait…”
“Brother Lin Tian, is there something you need?”
Lin Yuan still wore that simple and honest expression.
His appearance was remarkably similar to Sosuke Aizen before his betrayal.
On the surface, he looked like nothing more than an honest and harmless man.
“It’s nothing.
I just remember that your family runs a pharmacy now, right?” Lin Tian asked.
“Yes.”
Lin Yuan nodded.
“Then that’s perfect.
Ask your mother to keep an eye out for some whale rubber for me.”
“What’s whale rubber?”
Lin Yuan deliberately pretended not to know.
“It’s something that can strengthen a man’s vitality.
Your mother sells medicinal herbs, so when she goes out to purchase supplies next time, ask her to look around.
She should be able to find some.”
“I have a friend who needs it.
As for the money, once I become a Soul Elder and have enough soul master subsidies, I’ll pay you back all at once.”
“Of course, I could also help you hunt your soul ring instead.
With my current strength, hunting a 300- or 400-year soul beast for your first soul ring would be easy.
My own first soul ring came from a 400-year Azure Flame Lion that I hunted myself.”
As Lin Tian spoke, he once again displayed his yellow 100-year soul ring.
“Then I’ll ask around.
If I hear anything, I’ll let you know.”
Lin Yuan readily agreed.
As for what he was actually thinking, that was another matter entirely.
“Then I’ll leave it to you.”
Seeing how cooperative Lin Yuan was, Lin Tian left with satisfaction.
At the same time, he secretly thought that once Lin Yuan reached rank 10, he would hunt a 100-year soul beast for him.
That would also count as repaying the kindness his family had shown him.
‘Sigh.
I’m truly a good person who knows how to repay kindness.
I’m much better than that hypocrite, Tang San.’
As soon as Lin Tian left, Xiao Chenyu came over with the help of several close friends.
“Lin Yuan, thanks for what you did just now.”
As he spoke, he broke free from his friends’ support and limped over to Lin Yuan’s side.
He leaned close to Lin Yuan’s ear and whispered,
“Several Soul Grandmasters in the City Lord’s Mansion are currently competing for the position of Deputy Guard Commander.
When the time comes, I’ll speak up for your father.”
After saying that, he called over the two friends who had been helping him earlier and left with them. New chapters come out on g.com first.
Watching Xiao Chenyu’s departing figure, Lin Yuan smiled and shook his head.
City Lord Xiao doted on Xiao Chenyu tremendously.
Since Xiao Chenyu had said that, his father’s position as Deputy Guard Commander was basically secure.
What Lin Yuan hadn’t expected was that a single moment of quick thinking would actually help his father obtain a position equivalent to the deputy director of a county bureau in his previous life.
Fate truly was a strange thing.
…
When Lin Yuan returned home, his mother had just finished preparing a table full of dishes.
She was waiting for his father to come home from work so they could eat together.
Lin Yuan told her what had happened with Xiao Chenyu.
When his mother learned that Lin Yuan had helped the City Lord’s son and that the young master of the City Lord’s family had promised to help Lin Yuan’s father become Deputy Guard Commander, she was naturally overjoyed.
She excitedly grabbed Lin Yuan and kissed him several times on the cheek.
Finally, Lin Yuan revealed his real purpose.
“Mom, Brother Lin Tian asked me to ask you to keep an eye out for whale rubber.”
“He said that after whale rubber is melted at a high temperature, it can strengthen a soul master’s physique, allowing them to absorb a soul ring with a higher age.”
After saying this, Lin Yuan stopped talking and simply watched his mother quietly.
He knew his mother was a sensible woman.
She was also extremely tight-lipped and fiercely protective of her family.
Whenever there was something good, her first thought was always her own son.
The moment she heard that whale rubber could strengthen the body, her brows immediately furrowed.
“Did Lin Tian tell you that himself?”
“Yes.
He said he successfully absorbed a 400-year soul ring because of a piece of whale rubber.”
His mother nodded.
She turned around, reached into the most concealed corner of a drawer in the medicine cabinet, and took out a pale-yellow, translucent, jelly-like substance about the size of an egg.
She wrapped it in oiled paper and handed it to Lin Yuan.
“Then take this piece of whale rubber to him.
Make sure you watch him eat it.
If it really works, come back and tell me.”
“Also, don’t tell your father about this.
He can’t keep anything to himself.”
“I understand, Mom.”
Lin Yuan obediently nodded, secretly giving his mother a thumbs-up in his heart.
Nearly half an hour passed.
The food had already gone cold, yet his father still hadn’t returned.
His mother simply stopped waiting.
She set aside a meal for his father, and the two of them began eating first.
When they were nearly finished, Lin Yuan’s father finally rushed home with an excited look on his face.
The moment he saw Lin Yuan, he picked him up and gave him several enthusiastic kisses.
Then he excitedly said,
“Xiaojuan, Ah Yuan, I’ve been promoted to Deputy Commander!”
Hearing this, Lin Yuan’s mother smiled and quickly brought out the meal she had kept warm for him.
Lin Yuan smiled as well.
His mother had been right.
His father really was the kind of person who couldn’t keep anything to himself.
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