"You really are timid as a mouse!" The effeminate voice continued, dripping with mockery. "A grown man hiding in a pitch-black cave, too scared even to stick his head out. And you call yourself a martial master? You do not even have this much courage. What a disgrace to the Lin Family!"
"Who exactly are you?" Lin Taichu's pupils contracted as his gaze turned blade-sharp and icy.
Those words put Lin Taichu on guard. Unable to tell friend from foe, he first needed to determine the other party's intentions.
"Hahaha, what? Are you scared?" The sinister voice in the darkness laughed wildly. "Do not worry. I am not interested in you for the moment."
"If so, please show yourself and speak," Lin Taichu said in a deep voice.
A rustling sound came from the darkness.
Soon, a handsome young man in purple robes slowly stepped out.
His skin was delicate and fair, his features exquisite, giving him an unusual beauty and allure.
"Who are you?" Lin Taichu frowned.
The young man before him radiated a gloomy aura that made Lin Taichu deeply uncomfortable.
The Lin Family was one of the foremost great clans in Nanyang Prefecture, yet Lin Taichu had never seen this purple-robed young man before.
Doubt rose in his heart.
"You are not worthy of knowing who I am!"
The purple-robed young man cast him an indifferent glance. "Hand over what you have on you, and perhaps I will spare your life! Otherwise, you will suffer a hundred, a thousand times more pain!"
As he spoke, undisguised brutality and savagery filled the purple-robed young man's eyes!
"What the hell are you, to dare threaten this old man?" Lin Taichu flew into a rage. "Are you courting death?"
The purple-robed young man's gaze instantly turned frigid. "You refuse a