Lin Lei's Keen Insight

"Once your human form reached the ninth rank!"

Lin Lei: "..."

Lei Lin: "I'll also announce when I get back that, because of your father's death, you no longer have the heart to manage the territory."

"I'll say you've decided to hand the management of Wushan Town over to the Zi'ao Family and become a family retainer yourself."

Lin Lei nodded. "All right!"

Lei Lin looked at Lin Lei, paused, then continued, "Right now, the place where our family most needs manpower and combat strength is the Chaotic Territory. I'll arrange for you to go there later."

Lin Lei shook his head. "No, Big Brother Lei Lin. I want to stay in the Fenlai Kingdom."

Lei Lin: "Why?"

Lin Lei lowered his head and thought for a moment. "When we held my father's funeral, Delia came."

"She's a good girl. I want to try spending some time with her."

"So for now, I don't want to leave the Fenlai Kingdom. I don't want to leave her."

Lei Lin looked at Lin Lei for a long while before nodding. "All right. Delia's a good girl. Don't let her down!"

Then he left without hesitation. He didn't stop until he was beyond Doehring's range of perception, where he looked back at Wushan Town.

"Something's wrong. This won't be easy to cover up!"

"But at least I wasn't planning to keep it secret for long!"

"And he's willing to listen!"

Inside Baruch Mansion

Beibei stood on Lin Lei's shoulder. "Boss, since that Clyde is your enemy, let's train hard. Once we're strong enough, we'll storm the palace."

"If we run into Big Brother Lei Lin's master, Sa'er, we can just spare him."

Lin Lei stroked Beibei's little head and continued silently reading the letter in his hand.

Seeing Lin Lei like this, Doehring recalled their conversation earlier. "Lin Lei, is something wrong?"

With age came wisdom. Even though he'd spent most of his several thousand years focused on cultivation, he could still sense that something was amiss.

After all, his experience with people and the ways of the world far surpassed that of the two youngsters, Lin Lei and Lei Lin.

He'd realized that both youngsters were acting strangely!

Lin Lei kept looking at the letter. "Grandpa Doehring, there's something wrong with it!"

Doehring was puzzled. "The letter?"

Lin Lei nodded. "Yes, something's wrong with it."

"I know my father too well. Although he wrote this letter, it feels like it was written in two separate parts."

"I can sense a faint disconnect."

He pointed to the letter. "Grandpa Doehring, this is my father's final letter. Why do you think he wrote it in two parts?"

"And knowing my father, since he and my mother were both murdered, he would definitely have named the person responsible."

"Even if he was concerned for my safety, he wouldn't have kept me from knowing who my enemy was, would he?"

Doehring: "..."

Lin Lei continued, "And why does Big Brother Lei Lin want me to join the Zi'ao Family?"

"Given my relationship with him, if he needed my help with something, would I refuse?"

"Why does Big Brother Lei Lin want me to go to the Chaotic Territory?"

"If he really wants me to focus on cultivation, wouldn't Fenlai City—with its peaceful environment—be a better place for that?"

"After all, I only became a Dragonblood Warrior recently. This is exactly when I need to focus on cultivation and build up my battle-qi."

As he spoke, Lin Lei tightened his grip on the letter. "And why was this letter with Big Brother Lei Lin?"

"Did my father ask Uncle Hillman to deliver it to the Royal Capital, and Uncle Hillman happened to meet Big Brother Lei Lin first, so he gave it to him? And then Big Brother Lei Lin was just supposed to pass it on to me?"

"Does that make sense?"

"No matter what, shouldn't Uncle Hillman have given it to me himself?"

"That would make more sense, wouldn't it?!"

Lin Lei looked toward Hillman's room. "From earlier until now, I've noticed that Uncle Hillman has deferred to Big Brother Lei Lin the whole time!"

"Is that normal?"

"And..."

Lin Lei paused. "Big Brother Lei Lin probably received the letter and learned of my father's death during those few days of the Dream Awakening auction, right?"

"After all, before then, Big Brother Lei Lin and I had been in the Magic Beast Mountain Range."

"Given our relationship, if Big Brother Lei Lin had learned that my father was dead, wouldn't he have told me right away?"

"During that time, I didn't notice any unusual change in his behavior!"

"Is that normal?"

Lin Lei furrowed his brows. "There are..."

"Too many things that don't add up!"

Doehring: "So that's why you used that little girl Delia as an excuse to stay in Fenlai City."

Lin Lei nodded. "Yes. Whether it's Uncle Hillman or Big Brother Lei Lin, I believe neither of them would harm me."

"Everything they've done must be for my sake!"

"But they're definitely hiding something from me."

"I don't know why Big Brother Lei Lin is keeping my parents' deaths from me..."

"But it doesn't matter. If he won't tell me, I'll investigate it myself!"

With that, Lin Lei silently returned to the letter.

It was a final letter, and yet the more he read it, the more warmth he felt!

Days passed. His father's death had made Lin Lei much quieter.

He trained frantically, determined to kill Clyde, while secretly investigating the truth behind his parents' deaths.

Falling Leaf's refusal to take him as a disciple, the Dark Church's assassination plot, his occasional conversations with Delia, gathering the materials for Blood-Melting Poison...

Lei Lin watched every one of these events unfold.

He didn't interfere again. After all, when transformed, Lin Lei had the strength of a ninth-rank warrior and could protect himself.

He simply watched in silence.

Until...

[Head of the family, King Clyde has been attacked. The assassin's codename is "Demon." Details are being investigated.]

Lei Lin was in Hess City when he saw the message on the Communication Crystal. He sighed. "So it's begun?"

Ever since Lin Lei refused to go to the Chaotic Territory, Lei Lin had known that he would probably follow the same old path again.

And things unfolded just as Lei Lin had expected. Staying in the Fenlai Kingdom, Lin Lei spent his days cultivating and commissioned the Saber organization to investigate the truth behind his parents' deaths.

With the Saber organization's resources, it quickly determined that Lin Lei's mother, Lina, had most likely been sacrificed by the Radiant Church.

After all, the existence of Angels was no secret among the continent's upper circles.

Hogg's case, on the other hand, was harder for the Saber organization to investigate because the Zi'ao Family had helped cover it up.

If Lin Lei himself hadn't gone to them and provided some information, the Saber organization wouldn't have connected Hogg's death to Paterson's.

But once the Saber organization linked Hogg's death to Paterson and had a clear target, it quickly displayed its formidable intelligence-gathering abilities.

It soon uncovered the whole truth, living up to its reputation as a top-tier assassin organization!

After Cesar received the results, he said "Interesting" three times in a row, then personally went to the Zi'ao Family to have a long, heart-to-heart talk with Lei Lin.

The next day, Lin Lei received the Saber organization's findings: Go ask Lei Lin!

The result left Lin Lei utterly stunned!