What a Wonderful Chance to Show Off!

"Real?!"

Lin Mingyue and the other two shouted almost simultaneously, their eyes wide open, their faces filled with unbelievable joy.

Lin Jin was so excited that she grabbed Lin Ling's arm and shook it vigorously, as if to make sure she hadn't misheard.

"Thank you, brother-in-law!"

Seeing Lin Mingyue and the other two cheering with joy, Lin Ying felt a little helpless. She glanced at Lu Yang beside her, but couldn't help but smile slightly, "You... you're too gentle with them."

Lu Yang reached out and gently brushed the back of his fingers across Lin Ying's cheek, leaving a warm feeling on her slightly cool skin. He chuckled softly, "After all, she's your younger brother and sister."

Lin Mingyue was smiling when her gaze inadvertently swept over this scene.

She couldn't help but bite her lower lip, secretly shifting her gaze away, her heart filled with envy.

As a young woman in the prime of her life, Lin Mingyue naturally had fantasies about love.

She even particularly enjoyed reading storybooks.

In those legendary tales, divine couples slay demons and monsters together, savor tea and discuss philosophy, and ultimately ascend to immortality hand in hand.

This is her ultimate dream.

The male protagonists in the storybooks are all handsome, talented, and very charming.

She used to think it was just a beautiful dream woven by writers, but now that she has met her brother-in-law in person, she is surprised to find that what was written in the stories was actually a bit conservative.

He was incomparably handsome, had such a powerful background that even Golden Core cultivators were merely his servants, and was incredibly gentle and considerate towards his dao companion...

Such male cultivators actually exist!

And he's even her own sister's dao companion!

Even though she had always admired Sister Yingying, a bittersweet jealousy welled up in her heart at this moment.

As for Lin Ling and Lin Jin, they naturally lacked Lin Mingyue's delicate sensibilities.

The two men exchanged a glance, chuckled, and looked smug.

I just felt that my brother-in-law was incredibly good to my sister.

As the younger brothers, they were naturally happy from the bottom of their hearts.

Lin Ling clenched his fist, his cheeks flushed slightly with excitement. "With a big shot like my brother-in-law backing us up, we can finally hold our heads high when we go out!"

Lin Jin smiled and nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes!"

Upon hearing this, Lin Ying's eyebrows furrowed immediately.

She looked at the two of them and said sternly, "If you dare to use your brother-in-law's name to bully men and women or do evil deeds, don't blame me for being impolite!"

Lin Ying is usually very gentle and speaks softly, like a spring breeze in March.

But now, with a stern face and sharp eyes, she really looked quite the part, exuding the authority of an elder sister.

A gust of wind swept through the courtyard, causing her skirt to flutter and adding to her air of dignified authority.

The two younger brothers shrank back in fright and nodded repeatedly.

"Don't worry, sister, we know what's important!" Lin Jin said, looking frightened.

Lin Ling quickly chimed in, "Yes, we just don't want to be bullied."

Upon hearing this, Lin Ying's tense expression gradually relaxed, and her gaze softened again.

She turned to look at Lu Yang, her eyes full of tenderness, a smile playing on her lips, and said, "Let's go, Junior Brother Lu, I'll show you around."

Lu Yang nodded. "Okay."

This was, after all, the place where Lin Ying grew up, and every inch of this land was imbued with her past, so Lu Yang was quite curious.

The two walked side by side out of the courtyard gate and onto the bluestone path in the Lin Household mansion.

The moss among the pebbles gleamed moistly in the winter sun. Several clumps of unknown medicinal herbs grew on either side, their leaves still adorned with dewdrops that rolled off silently into the soil when the wind blew.

The outline of the Taibai Mountain Range in the distance was faintly visible through the thin mist.

Lin Jin and Lin Ling originally wanted to follow along, but as soon as they took a step, Lin Mingyue grabbed them by the back of their collars.

"Sister Mingyue, why are you stopping us?"

Lin Mingyue glared at the two of them, then tapped Lin Jin on the forehead, saying irritably, "Don't you two have any sense?! Sister Yingying definitely wants to be alone with her brother-in-law! What are you doing following her?"

Lin Jin and Lin Ling then realized what had happened, nodding repeatedly with lingering fear on their faces.

"Mingyue is so smart! If we make Sister Yingying angry, we might not be able to go play."

At this point, the three exchanged a glance, all looking excited.

Lin Jin smiled broadly, pulled a token from his waist, weighed it in his palm, and said with a grin, "I've informed that bastard Deng Xian. Doesn't that guy always say his grandfather is a second-tier Alchemist and highly regarded at the Miraculous Miaoshou Pharmacy? Let's send him there later and see his reaction!"

Lin Ling and Lin Mingyue also smiled knowingly, their eyes filled with anticipation for a good show.

All three of them possessed Low-Grade Spirit Roots, so naturally they couldn't join a major sect like the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect.

The sect the three joined was the One Qi Sect of the Taibai Mountain Range.

The One Qi Sect is Foundation Establishment sect, but its sect leader and supreme elders are both at the Peak Foundation Establishment, and there are dozens of Foundation Establishment cultivators in the sect.

If a cultivator can break through to the Golden Core Realm, they can instantly become Golden Core sect.

Their strength naturally far surpasses that of the Lin Household.

There are several small sects similar to the One Qi Sect within the Taibai Mountain Range.

In fact, most of the scions of the Aristocratic Clan in this region have joined these sects.

The younger generation of the Lin Household is no exception.

Lin Mingyue and her two companions had friends within the sect, but naturally, they also had people they disliked.

For example, Deng Xian came from the Deng Household.

The Deng Household and Lin Household were business rivals and often clashed with each other.

To be honest, the Deng Household is stronger than the Lin Household, but because Lin Ying is a disciple of the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect, the Deng Household doesn't dare to go too far.

Although the Deng Household dared not openly break ties, whenever members of the two families encountered each other in the sect, the Deng Household members would make sarcastic and sarcastic remarks, or even find excuses to attack.

Lin Mingyue and her two companions had been bullied by Deng Xian and several other Deng Household cultivators more than once.

Deng Xian once publicly declared that his grandfather, as a second-level Alchemist, held a prestigious position in the Miaoshou Pharmacy, far surpassing Lin Ying's, and that Lin Ying might not be able to catch up in the future.

These words left Lin Mingyue and the other two quite frustrated. Unfortunately, Lin Ying was only at the Qi Refining Realm and hadn't even broken through to the Foundation Establishment yet, so even if they wanted to refute her, they couldn't find any grounds to back down.

But things are different now.

My brother-in-law is the owner of Miaoshou Pharmacy!

Even if his grandfather, a second-tier Alchemist, is powerful, could he possibly be more powerful than his brother-in-law?!

Just imagining the expression that would soon appear on Deng Xian's face made the three of them smile.

They couldn't wait to see how Deng Xian would react after learning the truth.

This is my residence.

Lin Ying pushed open a carved wooden door and led Lu Yang into a quiet courtyard.

The Pill Furnace in the Alchemy Chamber still bears the marks of years of fire, and the air faintly carries the bitter aftertaste of aged herbs and wood.

She pointed to an ancient bronze array plate on the ground, a look of nostalgia in her eyes. "This is Pill Flame array plate that my great-grandmother commissioned to be made for me at great expense. Before I joined the sect, I used to refine pills here. Back then, I wasted quite a few herbs..."

As she finished speaking, her pretty face flushed slightly, as if she were a little embarrassed.

The two continued along the path, passing a flowerbed enclosed by a fence.

Several Spirit Plants stretched out their leaves, emitting a faint fluorescent glow.

"This is a place I used to play a lot when I was a child."

Lin Ying stopped in front of an old tree and looked up at its thick branches.

The tree canopy was lush and verdant, blocking out a large part of the sky.

She reached out and touched a faded sword mark on the tree bark, her fingertips tracing the texture slowly. "Look at that tree, there's still a sword mark I carved when I was five years old... Back then, I thought this tree was so tall, but now it doesn't seem so tall anymore."

She smiled and led Lu Yang around a small pond. The water was crystal clear, and several spirit carp lazily swayed their tails.

A plain blue stone stands by the pond, its surface covered with fine moss.

"I used to have a kitten," Lin Ying said softly, crouching down in front of the bluestone. "Once, a Demon Beast broke into our house and killed it. I held a funeral for it, right here..."

She raised her hand and brushed aside the vines covering the stone surface, revealing shallow carvings underneath—the two characters "Little White."

That was the name of the kitten she had painstakingly carved out when she was a child.

Lin Ying led Lu Yang on a leisurely stroll through the Lin Household.

She pointed to various corners of the Lin Household and recounted various things that happened to her from childhood to adulthood.

There were happy moments, like when he successfully refined a batch of pills for the first time and ran around the yard with joy; there were also sad moments, like the funeral and the guilt he felt after failing to refine pills and wasting herbs.

Her tone was gentle yet passionate, as if she wanted to lay bare everything about herself to show Lu Yang.

Sunlight filtered through the layers of tree shadows, falling on her profile and outlining a soft, beautiful silhouette.

Lu Yang listened quietly, occasionally asking for details and sometimes making jokes about her embarrassing childhood stories, which made her face turn red.

Sometimes she gazed tenderly, sometimes she was nostalgic and sad, sometimes she lowered her eyes shyly, and sometimes she puffed out her cheeks coquettishly.

Perhaps because the Lin Household was a familiar environment for her, she had a more girlish air about her than when she was at the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect, and she was more lively and agile than before.

Even her steps became much lighter, her skirt trailing behind her in a graceful arc.

The two walked slowly, as if savoring a pot of aged spiritual tea.

The Lin Household cultivators he encountered on the road all nodded warmly to Lu Yang, their eyes filled with awe.

It seems that everyone in the Lin Household knows that Lin Ying has brought back an exceptionally noble young master.

After exploring nearly half the area, Lin Mingyue jogged up to catch up, calling out, "Brother-in-law, Sister Yingying! The Ancestor has prepared the Spirit Cuisine! She wants me to invite you over for dinner!"

Lin Ying was still somewhat reluctant to leave. She stopped, smiled gently, raised her hand to brush aside the strands of hair that had been ruffled by the valley wind, and tucked the unruly stray hairs behind her ear.

She looked at Lu Yang and said, "We can take you to see the rest of the sights when you have time later."

Lu Yang smiled and nodded, "Okay!"

The two then followed Lin Mingyue to the restaurant.

The restaurant was brightly lit, with four large tables arranged neatly.

A number of Lin Household cultivators stood around Lin Donglin and Lu Mian, chatting and laughing.

Lin Donglin and Lu Mian had smiles on their faces, their cheeks flushed with excitement.

As soon as Lu Yang stepped through the door, everyone looked at him.

Lu Mian warmly pulled Lu Yang to sit down at the main table, next to Lin Qiaohua.

Beside Lu Yang, Lin Ying sat down, her sleeve occasionally brushing against him as she silently sat under the table.

Lin Qiaohua, beaming with joy, laughed loudly, "My great-grandson-in-law has arrived! I'll bring out the Spirit Cuisine!"

She took out plates of Spirit Cuisine from her Storage Bag at her waist. The rising steam turned into wisps of white mist under the lamplight, spreading out with a rich Spiritual Qi.

It must be said that the Spirit Cuisine dishes on the main table were quite abundant, with a total of nine dishes, each with an enticing color and a fragrant aroma.

Lu Yang was somewhat surprised; he hadn't expected Lin Qiaohua's Spirit Cuisine to look so good.

Lin Qiaohua smiled gently, "I had some fortuitous opportunity before and can cook a few Spirit Cuisine. However, I haven't cooked them for many years, so they might not suit your taste."

Lu Yang smiled sincerely and said, "Great-grandmother is still as sharp as ever! This Spirit Cuisine smells delicious; it must be wonderful!"

Lin Qiaohua was amused by Lu Yang's words, her face beaming with smiles, and the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes smoothed out. "Then eat quickly, eat more!"

As she spoke, she enthusiastically served Lu Yang food while introducing the ingredients and cooking methods of the Spirit Cuisine as if it were a treasure trove of knowledge.

Which medicinal herb grows where? Which spirit beast meat needs to be simmered over a low flame for how long?

She spoke with great relish, her tone brimming with pride.

Not only Lin Qiaohua, but Lin Ying and Lu Mian also kept picking up food for him.

Lu Yang's bowl was piled high with food, but he couldn't eat as much as the others were picking at his plate.

It must be said that Lin Qiaohua of Spirit Cuisine is indeed quite good.

Although it wasn't as meticulously prepared as the professional Spirit Chefs of the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect, it had a unique, rustic flavor.

With a group of people enthusiastically serving him food, he ate until his stomach felt like it was about to burst.

Throughout the meal, it seemed like everyone else was just watching him eat, which made him a little embarrassed.

After a satisfying meal, Lu Yang, Lin Qiaohua, and the others chatted for a while about everyday things.

Lu Yang then stood up, smiled, and bid farewell to Lin Qiaohua and the others. "Great-Grandma, I'm taking Senior Sister Lin to the market. I'll bring her back when I'm done."

"No problem! No problem!" Lin Qiaohua with a smile.

She actually hoped that Lu Yang could bring Lin Ying back to the Lu Household for a visit.

But she couldn't bring herself to say it, and she wasn't sure she was right either.

After all, the Lu Household is clearly a top-tier aristocratic Aristocratic Clan. With such a prestigious background, Lin Ying might not be welcomed there.

However, Lin Qiaohua did not show her anxiety on her face, and her smile remained kind and proper.

Lin Mingyue couldn't contain herself any longer and jumped up with a grin. "Grandma, let's go!"

Lin Ling and Lin Jin laughed in unison, "Goodbye, Ancestor!"

Lin Qiaohua and the others were all taken aback.

Lin Mingyue's father frowned first and asked in a stern voice, "Where are you going?"

Lin Mingyue proudly raised her chin, her eyes crinkling into crescent moons with laughter. "My brother-in-law said he'd take us to Miaoshou Pharmacy to broaden our horizons, hehe~"

As soon as he finished speaking, the restaurant fell silent.

The Lin Household members stared wide-eyed at the three of them.

The other younger members of the Lin Household, in particular, were green with envy.

Holy crap?!

These three bastards actually want to come along to the Miaoshou Pharmacy?!

What a great opportunity to show off!

These three bastards didn't tell us???

Lin Qiaohua reacted immediately, looking at Lu Yang with a hint of probing in her voice. "Lu Yang, this..."

Lu Yang smiled slightly and said gently, "Yes, Great-Grandma, don't worry, I'll bring them back later."

Lin Qiaohua's smile immediately brightened when she heard Lu Yang say that.

Her gaze towards Lin Mingyue and the other two became more fervent, with a hint of re-examination in her eyes.

We would be more than happy if a noble young master like Lu Yang were willing to take these three little ones to see the world!

Who would have thought these three unremarkable children possessed such abilities?

Lin Qiaohua's mind raced. It seemed that the Lin Household would have to be handed over to them from now on.

Lin Qiaohua.

Since Lu Yang treats the three of them with such kindness, if they were to take power in the Lin Household in the future, Lu Yang might very well offer them even more assistance.

This is an incredible fortuitous opportunity!

Thinking of this, her gaze grew even more kind, and she said gently, "You three must listen carefully to your older sister and brother-in-law!"

This was the first time Lin Mingyue and the other two had ever seen their ancestor treat them so gently.

In the past, only Lin Ying could elicit such an attitude from the ancestor.

The three exchanged a glance, their eyes filled with surprise and delight.

"We understand!" the three replied in unison.