I'm listening

"You lowly thing! I told you to keep a good watch on the courtyard. Can't you even handle something this simple?"

"This bastard discovered our secret. What if we let him get away?"

"Bastard!!!"

Second Young Master Bai cursed furiously as he swung the long whip in his hand, lashing it down with sharp cracks onto the servant.

The servant's flesh was torn open, and he could no longer cry out. All he could do was let out weak, muffled groans.

The moment Shen Lin walked in, he saw this scene and understood why Qianqian had been the one to open the door for him just now.

The servant's miserable state stirred no reaction in him. After all, when the man had helped the monsters run rampant and throw their weight around, he should have been prepared for this.

Beside them, severed limbs lay scattered across a long table.

A head lay sideways there, its eyes wide open in death.

Shen Lin had seen that face only yesterday.

It was the farmer who had come to the Bai Family to ask where his younger sister had gone.

It seemed Sun Zhi's words yesterday had not made him give up. Instead, they had driven him to make up his mind to find the evidence.

The man had sneaked in during the night. As an ordinary mortal, he naturally could not evade the monsters' detection, and the Bai Family had caught him red-handed.

Naturally, he had not been able to survive.

The smile faded from Shen Lin's face as he silently gazed at the head with its wide-open eyes.

His younger sister, Yu Niang, had been devoured alive by the Bai Family's little whelp. Now even her elder brother had been dismembered and was about to become this household's food as well.

In this world, why was it so difficult for ordinary people to stay alive?

Shen Lin strode forward, his face dark as he approached.

Second Young Master Bai had naturally noticed him. His tormenting of the servant had been, in part, a provocation aimed at Shen Lin.

Old Master Bai had said this fellow possessed extraordinary talent. But when it came to talent, Second Young Master Bai only respected one person—his elder brother!

How could this lowly Human Race fellow be worthy of the old master's praise?

Now, seeing Shen Lin walking toward him with an unfriendly expression, he showed no fear. Instead, he stretched his mouth into a cruel grin and said, "What? You want to stand up for your fellow—"

Before he could finish, Shen Lin had already brushed past him.

Shen Lin walked straight to the table. Ignoring the bloodstains on the head, he picked it up and adjusted it so that its round, wide-open eyes faced the small courtyard.

"Since you died with your eyes open, then watch properly..."

After a thought filled with emotion, Shen Lin turned around and walked straight toward the Bai Family's study.

"Hey! You bastard..."

Second Young Master Bai stared blankly at Shen Lin's actions. Only then did he react.

This fellow had actually dared to ignore him?!!

A blazing fury surged from his heart. He reached out and was just about to attack Shen Lin when someone shouted him down.

"Second Young Master! Do not be rude! He is my guest!"

Old Master Bai had appeared at the doorway at some point. After stopping Second Young Master Bai, he smiled at Shen Lin and said, "Little Friend Shen, I didn't expect you to move so quickly. Where is Captain Sun?"

"He was injured. He's outside."

"Is that so..." Old Master Bai's eyes flickered as he looked Shen Lin up and down, taking in his perfectly normal movements. Then he said loudly, "Come, come, let's go inside and talk."

"There's no need to go inside." Shen Lin chuckled and handed over all the banknotes he had just searched from Sun Zhi.

"As we agreed before, is this amount enough?"

Sun Zhi's wealth was considerable. Even after exchanging quite a lot of valuables for the Meridian Opening Secret Art and the Meridian-Opening Pill, he still carried more than a thousand taels' worth of banknotes.

Old Master Bai took the banknotes, counted them, and returned several of them.

He's fairly particular. He didn't take extra.

Shen Lin's expression remained unchanged. He accepted the banknotes and tucked them into his robes before saying, "Now that the transaction is complete, it's time to take care of the next matter."

Old Master Bai paused, then smiled. "Little Friend, don't be so impatient. Even if you want information from me, this old man will need some time to make inquiries."

Shen Lin shook his head, his expression serious. "Why go to all that trouble? Aren't there... five monsters right here?"

"Hm?"

Old Master Bai failed to understand for a moment.

But in the next instant, a flash of cold light streaked past.

Clang!

The long blade left its sheath. Shen Lin slashed once, sending Old Master Bai flying straight into the room, where a clatter of tables and chairs rang out.

When the noise subsided, the small courtyard fell exceptionally quiet. Only the servant's occasional muffled groans could be heard.

"Father?!"

"I'll kill you!!!"

Second Young Master Bai abruptly came to his senses. With a roar, he charged straight at Shen Lin.

Behind him unfurled a snow-white fox tail taller than he was. His fingers became sharp claws, fangs sprouted from his mouth, and he pounced viciously.

Shen Lin merely turned around slowly. He raised the long blade and its sheath separately, blocking the other man's hands with perfect timing.

Boom!

A shockwave erupted, halting Second Young Master Bai's charge.

His sharp claws nearly touched Shen Lin's face, but no matter how he struggled, they could not advance another inch.

Whoosh!

A black shadow shot from his shoulder and stabbed toward Shen Lin's head.

Yet Shen Lin seemed to have known it was coming. He tilted his head slightly and dodged the attack.

Second Young Master Bai's fox tail coiled together, its tip becoming incredibly sharp. Like a scorpion's stinger, it stabbed directly into the doorframe behind Shen Lin.

Seeing that the attack had failed and that his hands were completely pinned by Shen Lin, Second Young Master Bai hardened his heart and bit down.

His fangs flashed with cold light. Like iron teeth, they could easily crush bone.

But before he could bite down, Shen Lin drove a knee into his abdomen.

"Ugh..."

The powerful impact bent Second Young Master Bai over. The intense pain left him unable to breathe for a moment.

But Shen Lin did not stop there. He kicked out again.

Bang!

With a muffled thud, Second Young Master Bai's body flew backward, his feet carving two furrows into the ground.

He vomited a mouthful of blood with a loud retch and dropped helplessly to his knees, clutching his abdomen with a pained expression.

Shen Lin walked over expressionlessly, saying as he went, "Arrogance requires strength as its backing. You're this weak, so why did you act so wildly?"

"You..."

The word weak seemed to stir some emotion within Second Young Master Bai's heart. He raised his head while enduring the pain.

But Shen Lin's next kick came straight at him.

Bang!

Second Young Master Bai's body rolled several times. His head spun, and he could no longer stand.

In the next moment, he felt the scene before his eyes shift as his body slowly left the ground.

Shen Lin seized the fur at his neck and lifted him up, facing him toward the front.

"Look at him!"

Across from him was a head staring straight into his eyes—the farmer he had just dismembered.

"Cough, cough, cough..."

Second Young Master Bai coughed several times and tried to say something, but the pressure on his chest made even breathing difficult, let alone speaking.

"Don't rush. Once you get down there and see him, you'll have plenty of time to talk."

Shen Lin's calm words sounded icy cold in his ears.

The next moment, a steel blade pressed against his throat.

"Stop!"

A furious roar rang out, and Old Master Bai appeared once more.

His face was gloomy. Through the torn clothing at his chest, armor shimmering with silver light was visible.

"You insolent brat!"

"Shen Lang... please let go of my second brother..."

"Uncle... let go of my uncle!"

Such a great commotion naturally drew the other fox demons over as well.

They stood in the small courtyard, surrounding Shen Lin.

"Shen Lin, you possess extraordinary talent and will certainly become a powerful martial artist in the future. Why turn against us over these mortals?"

Old Master Bai's voice softened somewhat as he urged, "If you bring that blade down, my Second Young Master Bai will certainly lose his life. But how could you possibly leave here alive on your own? Those who understand the times..."

Splurt!

Blood sprayed high into the air.

With one slash, Shen Lin severed Second Young Master Bai's head. He carried it in his hand and smiled at Old Master Bai.

"You were saying! I'm listening."

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