This Absolutely Won't Do!

Above the Chen Manor, a surge of martial energy gathered in the air, lingering for a long time, waiting for the guy on the ground to absorb it. However, the idiot on the ground was sitting with a mummy and didn't even glance at him.

In an instant, the martial fortune grew heavier and heavier, like a dark cloud covering the Chen Manor.

Normally, this martial energy could directly rush into his body and be forcibly absorbed, but the problem was that the Fist Aura in this house was too heavy, and this martial energy didn't dare to get any closer.

Meanwhile, many of the guys who had already placed their bets were staring intently at the sky above the Chen Manor, watching to see whether Jiang Lin would absorb or disperse the martial fortune.

But a quarter of an hour later, the martial spirit was still in the sky...

"What is Jiang Lin doing? Is he scattering it or absorbing it? Give us a straight answer."

Do you think Jiang Lin might be torn between these two options?

"That's possible. Jiang Lin might really want to absorb all this martial energy, but he's worried that doing so would be a bit embarrassing."

"That kid's afraid of losing face? His integrity is the least valuable thing he has. He's probably calculating the odds right now."

"Oh right? What are the odds now?"

At this moment, in the pavilion of the Chen Manor, watching Chen Huo slowly pull out his undergarment from under the white cloth with his hand wrapped in what looked like Big Pig Trotter, Jiang Lin wiped his face deeply... then leaned forward to snatch the undergarment. However, Chen Huo leaned back in time to avoid Jiang Lin.

Jiang Lin, what do you want to do?!

"Nonsense, it was recycled back then!" Jiang Lin was on the verge of tears.

"That won't do. I bought this bellyband with my own money, why are you taking it back?"

"Uncle Chen, if your wife finds out, we're all doomed!"

"Don't worry!" Chen Huo whispered, "My wife won't find out."

"That undergarment in the study?"

"Well... it was an accident... an accident..."

"No, Uncle Chen, I still need to take this undergarment back. I'll need Madam Chen to advance to the Martial Warrior Second Realm."

"Jiang Lin, you're looking down on me, aren't you? Do you think my Martial Warrior Realm are inferior to my wife's?"

"Um?"

Jiang Lin looked at Chen Huo, who had suffered multiple fractures throughout his body, with disdain...

"That's because a good man doesn't fight with a woman. I, Chen Huo, never beat my wife."

"No, I still won't agree! I still want them back, or I'll tell Madam Chen that you've secretly kept two more bellybands!" Jiang Lin straightened up, his righteous and indignant demeanor making him look like a brothel dealer, not a bellyband seller.

"That's a real shame. I was planning to buy a few more. Since it's come to this, Brother Jiang, you should take them back..."

As he spoke, Chen Huo took out a Mid-Grade Spirit Stone from his Storage Bag, sighed helplessly, and made as if to put it back in the Storage Bag.

Just as the spirit stone was about to go into the Storage Bag, the spirit stone in Chen Huo's hand flashed by and was wiped by Jiang Lin and put into his own Storage Bag.

"Little Brother Jiang, what's this all about?"

Jiang Lin rubbed his eyes, looking quite troubled. "After thinking about it, I realize that the customer is king, and I have no reason to refuse a king's request."

What is God?

"Oh, you can hear it as 'god'."

"So, what does Brother Jiang mean?"

Jiang Lin snapped his fingers, setting up Isolation Array in the pavilion. Martial Warrior are not cultivators, so even if Madam Chen is powerful, she wouldn't be able to hear it.

Jiang Lin then took out colorful and patterned bibs and placed them on the stone table, smiling as he said:

"This is the Peony Dudou from the Wine-selling Lass; this is the latest style from West Village Widow Wang; this one is the lily-patterned bodice from the female Sword Cultivator in the east; and this one is the chrysanthemum-patterned bodice from Chrysanthemum Peak next door. These are all newly arrived goods, absolutely genuine, or ten times your money back!"

"Hmm? And what about this one?"

"Oh, this was worn by a Female Giant Python from South Side Ten Thousand Snake Peak. Since she hasn't yet developed legs and crawls on the ground every day, it's quite worn out."

"I'll take them all!" Chen Huo took out a High-Grade Spirit Stone from his Storage Bag.

"Uncle Chen, I'm a man of principle. I don't have change for your High-Grade Spirit Stone."

"Keep the change, please."

"Um?"

Jiang Lin narrowed his eyes slightly; there was definitely something fishy going on here!

Uncle Chen is definitely henpecked, yet he still supports my business. Not only that, he even gave me a nearly High-Grade Spirit Stone. There's definitely something wrong with that.

Seeing Jiang Lin's expression, Father Chen chuckled and said, "Jiang Lin, don't worry, we are all members of the Demon Sect, and we are the most honest of all."

"..."

"Alright, to tell you the truth, I, Chen Huo, see that Brother Jiang is a dashing and promising young man with a bright future ahead. You've even mastered the Shattering God Fist of our Chen Family. I'd like to become sworn brothers with you. What do you say?"

Chen Huo looked at Jiang Lin with sincere eyes, without the slightest hint of evasion, his gaze full of genuine affection.

[Just kidding, as long as I become sworn brothers with Jiang Lin, then Jiang Lin will be Little Jia's uncle, right? I could even have Little Jia recognize Jiang Lin as her godfather! Then he can't possibly marry Little Jia, can he?]

At the same time, Jiang Lin, looking into Chen Huo's sincere eyes, also fell into deep thought.

Uncle Chen certainly didn't become sworn brothers with me for that reason. Although I don't know Uncle Chen's real purpose, what benefits would I get from becoming sworn brothers with him?

While nothing tastes better than dumplings, nothing's more fun than...

After becoming sworn brothers, Chen Jia could call him uncle, and he could even have Chen Jia call him "godfather."

But Jiang Lin's strong will to survive told him that he couldn't become sworn brothers! If he did, something very serious might happen!

And most importantly, I suddenly have an older brother! From now on, I have to Chen Jia Chen's dad "Onii-chan"?!

Holy crap! No way! This absolutely won't do!

"Uncle Chen, you're too kind. How could I possibly acknowledge you as my elder brother? I wouldn't dare."

"What's there to be afraid of? We feel like old friends, like old acquaintances despite our age difference. Isn't this perfectly normal?"

"No, no, no, this isn't normal."

"Normal."

"This is abnormal."

"Normal."

"Okay, that's normal."

"No, that's not normal."

"..."

Just as the two were refusing each other's offer and then falling silent, the pavilion suddenly trembled, and a moment later, Jiang Lin's Isolation Array was shattered by a single punch.

In their haste, Jiang Lin and Chen Huo couldn't put the undergarments into their Storage Bag in time. Instead, they rolled up their arms, gathered the undergarments into a ball, and pounced on them together.

"What are you doing?!"

Chen Jia looked at her father and Jiang Lin, who were slumped over the table, their limbs moving as if swimming. Her brows furrowed beautifully. Beside Chen Jia stood her Mother Chen, her eyes narrowed and her smile on her face.

"Um... Uncle Chen is teaching me how to walk on a table like a log."

"Yes, yes, this move of lying on the table while practicing Fist Posture was created by me. Young Master Young Master Jiang learned it very quickly."

"Haha, it's all thanks to Uncle Chen's excellent teaching."

"No, it's Young Master Young Master Jiang who's good at it."

"Alright, Jiang Lin, all the luck has run away."

"Hmm? Military luck?"

Jiang Lin, who had been lying on the table, raised his head like a tortoise, only to see the martial energy dissipating in all directions...

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