You're Calling Yourself an Immortal?

Knowledge and experience always have their limitations.

For instance, no matter how well a person plans, they can never account for things that lie outside their perception.

Lin Shu stared intently at the young girl before him.

Clearly, this humanoid creature exceeded his understanding.

She had a delicate and sweet appearance, dressed in strange yet magnificent clothing, looking like a young lady from a wealthy family.

Yet, the Feathers that fluttered slightly on her cheeks and arms, growing directly out of her flesh, sent an inexplicable chill down his spine.

A shrill screech erupted in the courtyard.

A thought that did not belong to him abruptly appeared in Lin Shu's mind.

It was as if someone had pried open his skull with a knife and forcibly shoved a sense of protection and tenderness inside!

"..."

Lin Shu suddenly lowered his guard, feeling an urge to hide this monster away and cherish it with care.

Once he realized this, the chill in his heart intensified.

The creature could actually influence his thoughts!

He gradually recalled the Old Woman.

That was likely the exact situation she had been in when she mistook this monster for her own grandchild.

"Ah!!!"

The screeching continued, growing increasingly high-pitched. Beyond the venting of rage, it added a sense of majesty that compelled submission!

It was an inherent arrogance, as if she were naturally superior to all others.

At the doorway.

Yun Niang was not the target of the screech, but merely being caught in the wake of its power caused her knees to buckle instinctively toward the ground.

She bit down hard on the tip of her tongue, and only under the stimulation of the sharp pain did the haze in her eyes barely recede.

In her line of sight, the young man and the girl stood in opposition.

The child who had slept for many years was now radiating a nobility that made one afraid to look directly at her.

She remained with her eyes tightly shut, her chin slightly lifted.

It was as if she didn't need to do anything; by simply standing there quietly, she could force the young man before her to bow and submit!

"Hah!"

Lin Shu pursed his lips, his mouth parched.

Perhaps because his thoughts had already been influenced by her, he actually understood this sharp, noisy sound.

Protect my path!!

This concise and irresistible command struck his mind like a heavy hammer!

Lin Shu slowly closed his eyes, his thoughts gradually blurring.

He had spent over twenty years struggling since childhood, only to have his hard-won, modest success suddenly snatched away, replaced by a walking corpse of a body with a broken heart.

It was as if a noose had been tightened around his neck, dragging him along as he scrambled to prolong his life.

Anyone would find such a massive disparity impossible to accept.

What offset this emotion were the interesting things in this world that he had never encountered before.

There were martial arts and immortal techniques here, and rumors of a true Immortal Family.

After working himself to the bone these past few days, he had finally managed to extend his life.

Lin Shu had thought he could finally have some time for himself, to slow down and ponder these novel things.

But now, this thing had suddenly jumped out.

Without a word, it had brought out another dog leash to slip around his neck!

Thinking of this, a surge of irritation suddenly welled up in Lin Shu's heart.

It was a hidden danger left behind by the Evil Coin, mixed with complaints that had nowhere to go, which he had simply been suppressing all along.

But now, he suddenly did not want to suppress them anymore.

Lin Shu wanted to use this rising murderous intent to dispel the body's natural fear of the girl.

In truth, her identity was not hard to guess.

If something looked like gold and weighed like gold, then it was, in all likelihood, gold.

By the same token.

Something that was alive, moved, was so arrogant, and radiated the aura of an Immortal Family—what else could it be?

Lin Shu opened his eyes abruptly, his pupils suffused with a surging red mist.

His breathing became hot and heavy again.

The maiden realized Lin Shu had guessed her identity, so she confidently lifted her chin even higher.

However, she did not receive the imagined subservient kneeling of a servant, but instead a foul mockery.

"You fucking... cough... you call yourself an Immortal?"

Accompanied by an extremely hoarse, contemptuous sneer, black energy surged from Lin Shu's fingertips.

Like raging flames, it swept across half his body along his arm at a visible speed.

He fiercely swung his arm, lashing out at the Green Feather Maiden's delicately raised face.

Slap!

Under that terrifying force, the Green Feather Maiden didn't even have time to react. Her small body was sent flying backward, crashing to the ground like a tattered sack.

She closed her eyes, unable to form an expression on her face.

But the slight trembling of her shoulders revealed a very obvious helplessness.

The Green Feather Maiden moved slowly, trying to get up from the ground.

But the slightly frail figure in the long gown had already quietly appeared before her, carrying surging black mist.

Lin Shu leaned down expressionlessly, his palm gripping her throat, and slammed her back to the ground, pinning her down.

He clenched his other hand into a fist and, without hesitation, rained blows upon the maiden's flying-feathered cheeks like a storm!

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The Ghost Moon Bone-Splitting Hand, having already reached the fifth grade, was empowered by spiritual energy that disregarded consumption.

Each punch could easily shatter the head of a Great Martial Master!

The shrieks in the courtyard became fragmented and panicked, even tinged with a hint of crying.

Protect my path... protect my path...

She seemed incapable of fighting; the influence on her mind was her only means.

Amidst this clamor, Lin Shu raised his palm, the image of that broken sack appearing in his mind, and the blood-stained old face faintly visible at its opening.

"Take her place, let you devour everything, and then be killed by you?"

His handsome face showed no emotion. His right fist fell swiftly, a dull thud exploding as the maiden's head sank halfway into the ground.

But it was also at the moment she heard these words.

The whimpering cries in the courtyard suddenly stopped, then transformed back into furious shrieks.

"Ah!!"

The shrieks continued to change, and besides anger, there was a hint of urgency.

Finally, they morphed into somewhat unskillful, but understandable, childish roars.

"You are shameless! You have no face!"

Although she didn't know why, she was clearly anxious, so anxious she had started speaking human language.

"I harmed her? I devoured everything?"

"She lost her son back then, alone, and had already gone mad.

"If I hadn't nourished her body with Immortal Power and regulated her mind, she, a crazy old woman holding wealth, would have long been stripped to the bone and had her marrow sucked out. Could she have lived another seven or eight years in this city?"

The Bluebird Maiden completely ignored the heavy punches of black mist landing on her face.

She seemed to have suffered a great injustice and insisted on arguing with Lin Shu.

"I even found her a daughter-in-law to serve her, changing her diapers!"

"Moreover, I am an Immortal Scion, breathing in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. I don't need to eat or drink. Even that useless medicinal soup was because she saw me sleeping and mistakenly thought I was ill."

"But that was because my young body was not yet formed, and I couldn't get up! I couldn't get up!!"

The childish voice in the courtyard grew more indignant, as if it wanted to turn into steel blades to gouge the other party's heart.

"You are the murderers!"

From the maiden's perspective, Lin Shu and the others first deceived and killed the old woman she had nurtured.

Then they broke into this courtyard and arrogantly dismantled the Breath Concealment Array she had painstakingly woven.

Considering she was no match for them, She could only grit her teeth and endure these things, trying her best to hide herself despite her grievances.

But today, the other party was even trying to scare away the only remaining Little Widow, and was increasingly brazenly destroying more than half of the array.

It was like robbers breaking in, killing for wealth, setting fires, leaving no way out!

She was pushed to her limit.

She was forced to expend more than half of the foundation she had accumulated over the years for the growth of her immortal body, only to gain a chance to awaken.

Unfortunately, she was still no match for them. And these cruel and despicable robbers even slandered her!