"Auntie, you're the best! How about punishing me by... making me organize your library for three days?"
Over the years, Lin Man had amassed an extensive collection in her private library, but it was protected by layer upon layer of restrictive seals. Ordinary people could not enter at all.
Lin Chen had long been drooling over some of the unique volumes inside, which recorded strange tales and secrets of divine abilities.
"In your dreams." Lin Man gently pulled back her sleeve and tapped his forehead.
"Your punishment is to copy 'Purple Extremity Sword Eye: Concentration Chapter' ten times today. You're not allowed to leave the Purple Dawn Hall until you're finished. I'll have the Shadow Guards watch you."
The Shadow Guards were death-sworn retainers personally trained by Li Buyi to protect those close to Lin Feng!
Every one of them was utterly loyal.
With Lin Feng around, they were not needed at all.
But preparedness warded off disaster. Another layer of defense was always a good thing!
"Huh?!" Lin Chen immediately wailed.
"Ten times?! Auntie, that'll write me to death!"
"Would you rather copy it, or face the wall for three days in your father's Stillness Chamber?"
Lin Man asked at her leisure.
At the thought of his father's empty Stillness Chamber, where there was nothing to do but meditate, Lin Chen immediately wilted and hung his head.
"I'll copy it... I'll copy it, okay..."
And so, a miserable little fellow appeared in a side chamber of the Purple Dawn Hall, hunched over a desk, sighing as he dawdled over copying a scripture.
The Shadow Guards watching him stood like statues, but the occasional glimmer of amusement in their eyes betrayed their fondness for the young master.
Occasionally, Lin Man glanced over from the main hall. Seeing her nephew scratching