"That was roughly what happened. Even now, I had never seen what Long Lan's father looked like."
After hearing this, Fatty asked, "Your aunt knew you were being hunted too, right?"
Li Lin nodded. "Yes. She wanted me to stay home and stop running around. As long as I didn't leave the house, Long Lan's father wouldn't be able to hurt me. Though he was a great sorcerer, my aunt wasn't afraid of him. She didn't seem to take him seriously at all. It wasn't until they resorted to assassination that my aunt had no choice but to tell me to find a way out and hide somewhere safe."
Xu Qiuyan asked, "Why didn't you seek police protection?"
Li Lin gave a bitter smile. "The police already suspected that I had killed Long Lan. Besides, they could protect me for a while, but not for a lifetime. They had their own procedures too. It was impossible for them to provide twenty-four-hour protection for a nobody like me, so I could only rely on myself. My aunt said that if I had been more careful, I wouldn't have fallen for her tricks in the first place. She passed all her skills on to me. I only lacked real combat experience, so sending me out to gain experience wasn't necessarily a bad thing."
Fatty nodded. "Then your Gu poison arts must have improved a lot over these years, right?"
Li Lin grunted. "Even if I faced Long Lan's father now, I could hold my own against him. Actually, when I was only fifteen, I was already known as the Qianxi Gu King. Among the younger generation, I was considered one of the best at raising Gu. Over the past few years, I met some highly skilled people in the field and fought