After some time, Wu Linbei was granted permission to leave the Lineage and develop elsewhere, taking a group of men to establish himself in a Lineage city.
Many aristocratic houses marveled at his good fortune. That insignificant concubine-born son had been sent far away to spread branches and leaves; after several decades or a century, he could become the head of a house. Wasn't that far better than bowing and scraping before the main branch?
It seemed the medicine he had presented that day had worked well. The Sealed Lord was very pleased!
Yet only a small number of people knew the price Wu Linbei had paid to reach this point.
The medicine had been presented, but everything that followed had been fraught with peril at every step.
The Three Lords did not intervene, nor did the Governor of Maijing Prefecture interfere. However, that legitimate son serving as a study companion relentlessly oppressed Wu Linbei, intending to force him to hand over the cultivation method for condensing Impermeable Ginseng Marrow, as well as the whereabouts of the alchemist who refined the Origin Sustaining Life Pill.
Because of this, Wu Linbei's birth mother had been driven to "die of illness," the maid who had accompanied him since childhood had thrown herself into a lake, and even among his personal guards, two had defected and three had died.
If Wu Linbei dared to fight back, not only would he lose all hope of leaving, he would also be dealt with under some pretext and reduced to a prisoner.
He endured it with blood in his mouth and teeth clenched, becoming increasingly vicious and twisted within. He even sought Zhou You's approval to secretly contact Yin Hen, a similarly situated "Minor Shang," providing him with support and driving a nail into the aristocratic