“Ah!”
Caught off guard, Han Yan screamed again. Just as the light orb was about to strike her head, a black figure suddenly rushed out from the shadows, grabbed Han Yan, and narrowly dodged the light orb’s attack.
“I, Han Yan, will remember this grudge over my disfigurement today. Trash, just you wait! If I don’t slaughter your entire family one day, I’ll take your surname!” Han Yan’s furious screams echoed through the corridor, followed by a hurried series of footsteps.
“Whew!” After confirming that Han Yan had left, Lin Ye finally let out a slow sigh of relief. His legs gave way, and he collapsed onto the floor.
“Ding!”
“Congratulations, host, on completing the ‘Defeat Han Yan’ mission. System Upgrade Progress: 200/5000.”
“Older brother, save me.” The drug had already blurred Lin Xue’s senses. She was like a fish desperately thirsting for water, her delicate body collapsing onto Lin Ye as her two small hands uncontrollably slipped beneath his clothes.
Looking down at Lin Xue’s dazed eyes and flushed face, Lin Ye’s eyes filled with intense pity and inner struggle.
Lin Xue was the person the original owner valued most, even more than his mother. From the moment Lin Ye saw the original owner’s memories, he had secretly sworn that he would take good care of them both.
Perhaps then he would no longer be as lonely as he had been in his previous life, and would not lose his reason to live again. But why? Was obtaining the familial affection he desired really so difficult for him?
At this thought, Lin Ye abruptly raised his head. A savage, bloodthirsty light appeared in his eyes as he shouted toward the front, “Han Yan, I, Lin Ye, swear that if I don’t kill you, I’m no man!”
That chilling voice echoed through the space, causing everyone in the surrounding rooms to feel their hair stand on end and shrink involuntarily.
After a moment, Lin Ye calmed down. Looking at Lin Xue, limp in his arms and possibly on the verge of death at any moment, he struggled inwardly for a long time before finally gritting his teeth and preparing to undo his clothes and relieve Lin Xue of the deadly aphrodisiac.
After all, even if the original owner and Lin Xue were related by bloodline, that was still better than letting her die. Besides, he was not truly Lin Ye, so he did not feel too burdened by the thought of having relations with Lin Xue.
However, just as Lin Ye lowered his head, the corner of his eye happened to catch sight of a small white porcelain bottle in the corridor.
The instant he saw the porcelain bottle, Lin Ye’s heart began pounding violently. He slowly but firmly freed himself from Lin Xue’s entanglement, hurried to the metal pillars, reached his arm outward with difficulty, and finally seized the small porcelain bottle.
Lin Ye impatiently pulled out the stopper and lightly sniffed the medicinal pill inside.
When the medicinal pill’s fresh fragrance drifted into Lin Ye’s nose, the dimness in his eyes suddenly brightened. He immediately rushed back to Lin Xue and fed her the white medicinal pill from the bottle.
In less than a moment, Lin Xue’s complexion gradually returned to normal, and the scorching heat in her body also began to dissipate.
Only after seeing Lin Xue slowly return to normal did Lin Ye finally let out a sigh of relief.
Thank goodness, thank goodness Han Yan had brought the antidote and dropped it in the corridor in her panic. Otherwise, even if Lin Xue had survived, her entire life would probably have been ruined.
“Older brother? Where is this? What happened to me just now?” After a while, Lin Xue’s spiritual consciousness finally returned to normal. She looked at Lin Ye in confusion and asked.
“This is the detention room of the Card Duel Arena. How did they capture you?”
“Older brother Lin Feiyang said he knew where you were and brought me here to find you. After I left the Lin Family, I lost consciousness.” Lin Xue slowly explained. Seeing Lin Ye’s expression gradually darken, she lowered her little face further as she spoke.
“Lin Feiyang, when I return, I, Lin Ye, will tear someone limb from limb!” A cold, bloodthirsty light flashed in Lin Ye’s eyes as he clenched his teeth and spoke.
“O-older brother?” Lin Xue’s little heart pounded several times as she asked cautiously.
Lin Ye’s words had clearly frightened her. In her heart, Lin Ye had always been humble, submissive, and unwilling to resist. She had never seen him reveal this side of himself.
Unexpectedly, though, she found this version of her older brother even more captivating!
“I’m fine. How is mother?” Lin Ye took several deep breaths, slowly calming himself before asking.
Lin Xue’s eyes dimmed, and she said sadly, “mother fell seriously ill after learning that you had been captured. I pawned the bracelet father gave mother back then to hire a doctor to treat her, but the doctor said… said mother won’t survive more than three days.”
“What?” Lin Ye cried out in shock.
Was one of the two people closest to him since arriving in this world really about to leave him like this? No, he absolutely would not allow such a thing to happen.
If he remained alone in this world, what difference would being reborn once make from dying? Even if he reached the peak stage, what joy would there be in it?
“System, System, is there any way to increase my cultivation in a short time?” Lin Ye hurriedly asked in his mind.
As long as he could return to the Lin Family, with his medical skills ranked among the top three in the Huaxia World, his mother might still be saved.
“Ding!”
“The System can convert spirit card essence into spiritual power, but this will cause unstable spiritual power, which may threaten a martial artist’s foundation. Furthermore, after the conversion, if the host cannot find the Marrow-Washing Flower, the host will never be able to enter the martial master realm.”
“Remaining spirit card essence: 200 points. Host, do you agree to consume all spirit card essence and raise your cultivation to a three-star martial artist?”
“I agree!” Lin Ye immediately replied in his mind.
As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Ye felt a surge of pure spiritual power enter the spiritual power orb inside his dantian.
“Ding!”
“The System has raised the host’s cultivation to the three-star martial artist realm. System Upgrade Progress: 0/5000.”
After his cultivation increased, Lin Ye comforted Lin Xue for a while before directly entering spiritual power cultivation.
A day passed in the blink of an eye. After a day of cultivation, Lin Ye’s cultivation rose by another star, advancing to the four-star martial artist Realm.
“Clang!”
Half an hour after Lin Ye advanced, the guard opened the cell door again.
“Xue’er, wait here. Today, older brother will take you out of this place.” Lin Ye rose and followed the guard out of the room, speaking to Lin Xue, who had just awakened from her sleep.
“Older brother, be careful,” Lin Xue said worriedly. Having understood their current situation, she naturally knew where Lin Ye was being taken.
Lin Ye nodded slightly and followed the guard out of the room.
Ten minutes later, Lin Ye was once again escorted by the guard to the bustling Card Duel Arena.
“The kid is finally out!”
“Today, I’m going to see whether he’s really as incredible as the legends say.”
“I came here especially for him. I hope he doesn’t disappoint me today!”
After Lin Ye came out, the spectators could not restrain themselves from discussing him loudly.
However, Lin Ye clearly had no intention of responding to them. Without looking to either side, he walked straight toward his opponent for this match, not even sparing a glance at the little Lan Yue.