Child Bride? Mysterious Old Man

Qian Renxue's ears suddenly reddened at those words. She punched Lin Mo hard, then pouted and muttered coyly.

"Who? Who's your wife? I'm not! I don't want to marry a bad guy like you."

Lin Mo merely smiled without saying much. Taking Qian Renxue's hand, he continued forward.

Lin Mo was now pondering another matter: why had Qian Daoliu asked him to meet the current deputy commander, a man named Lin Haosheng?

Logically, when meeting someone of that stature, Qian Daoliu himself or one of the worshippers should have gone. At the very least, an elder should have accompanied him.

If he had been sent to meet the man himself, then either he had some special connection with him, or the man wanted to see him.

Or perhaps both.

It was not that Lin Mo was being blindly suspicious. Qian Daoliu's request simply made little sense, and more importantly, this deputy commander was named Lin Haosheng.

The same surname as Lin Mo.

It was hard not to wonder whether Lin Mo and the man shared some familial connection.

Before long, Lin Mo led Qian Renxue to a martyrs' cemetery. Following the memories he had inherited, he easily found the graves of his parents in this life.

Looking at the two standing gravestones, Lin Mo's emotions became complicated, and he fell silent.

Qian Renxue seemed to be affected by Lin Mo's mood as well. She said nothing, merely resting her shoulder gently against his.

Lin Mo slowly crouched down and lightly brushed his hand over the two gravestones, his expression filled with sorrow.

"Dad, Mom... don't worry. I'm doing well now."

"When your son is strong enough, I'll definitely wipe out all the evil soul masters in the world and avenge you!"

Perhaps even Lin Mo himself had not noticed that his eyes were filled with killing intent when he said those words.

After saying this, Lin Mo remained crouched beside the gravestones, lowering his head in silence for a long while.

Qian Renxue slowly crouched as well, leaning gently against Lin Mo as she spoke to the two gravestones before them.

"Uncle, Auntie, don't worry."

"I'll take good care of Lin Mo."

"You don't need to worry about his future life either. He's my child husband. From now on, he's mine. I'll treat him well."

Lin Mo looked at Qian Renxue beside him in surprise. At that moment, her expression was serious and resolute.

Lin Mo could not help but laugh. No one had expected this girl, Qian Renxue, to say such a string of things.

But more importantly, what did she mean by saying Lin Mo was her child husband? What did she mean by saying Lin Mo was hers?

Clearly, Qian Renxue was the one who was supposed to marry Lin Mo.

"Clearly, you're the one who'll marry me someday."

Lin Mo leaned his head closer to Qian Renxue and spoke with a smile.

"Hmph, it's all the same."

Qian Renxue curled her lips, sounding a little unconvinced.

But at that very moment, Lin Mo suddenly frowned. Every hair on his body stood on end. He rose to his feet and pulled Qian Renxue behind him in one swift motion.

Then he turned toward a shadowed corner and spoke coldly.

"Who's there? Come out!"

"Hehe, such keen perception."

An aged voice came from the shadows. Immediately afterward, a figure as thin as a skeleton slowly stepped out.

The gaunt face already showed traces of bone beneath the skin, and the man's body looked incomparably old, as though he might scatter away with the wind at any moment.

Yet in stark contrast were his eyes. They were golden, radiant and bright as stars, as though they contained the light of the Great Dao.

What terrified Lin Mo most was that the person before him had vanished from his perception. Yes, vanished.

The man was clearly standing right there, yet he seemed to have merged with heaven and earth, utterly imperceptible, without the slightest trace of an aura.

Title Douluo? And not an ordinary Title Douluo, either.

Lin Mo's heart sank as he reached a startling conclusion.

After all, unity with heaven and man was not something an ordinary Title Douluo could cultivate.

In the era of Douluo One, only those three Peerless Douluo could probably achieve something like this.

Lin Mo also understood that this mysterious person had deliberately released his aura just now, allowing him to sense it. Otherwise, how could Lin Mo's perception possibly detect an expert of this level?

"Y-You, who are you?! My grandfather is the Grand Worshipper, Qian Daoliu! Don't try anything!"

Qian Renxue shouted with more bluster than confidence. Her fierce-looking eyes glared at the mysterious old man as though declaring that she was not afraid of him.

Lin Mo gently patted Qian Renxue, signaling for her to be quiet. It was a different kind of reassurance.

Sure enough, Qian Renxue listened to Lin Mo. She quieted down and stood silently behind him, watching the scene before her.

"Greetings, Senior. May I ask what your purpose is in coming here?"

"And why were you hiding in the shadows to observe us?"

Seeing Lin Mo react this way, the mysterious old man laughed heartily. He looked at Lin Mo with curiosity before speaking.

"You're not afraid of me? You should be able to sense that I'm far stronger than all of you."

"The gap between us is like that between a mayfly and the heavens."

"Why are you able to remain so calm?"

When Lin Mo heard the mysterious old man's question, he could not help but breathe a sigh of relief inwardly. It seemed he had made the right bet, at least for now.

This old man bore no hostility toward them. Of course, it was also possible that he was merely toying with them on purpose.

"Senior suddenly paid us a visit. If you truly came to harm us, there would have been no need to release your aura and let me sense it."

"You could have simply acted."

"After all, this is the Angel Legion's base in Spirit City. Experts are as numerous as clouds, and there are quite a few Title Douluo-level powerhouses as well."

"Moreover, we are within Spirit City itself, not too far from the Enshrinement Hall. Since you chose to reveal yourself now, there would be no benefit to it if you had come for an assassination."

"Since Senior chose to reveal yourself voluntarily,"

"that proves you mean us no harm. Naturally, there is no need for this junior to panic."

After hearing this, the mysterious old man suddenly burst into laughter and clapped his hands in praise.

"Good, good... As expected of Lin Ce's son. So young, yet already so composed and meticulous in thought."

Although there were still quite a few flaws in Lin Mo's reasoning, if he had truly been facing an expert who did not care about the consequences, those words would have been nothing more than his final words.

But Lin Mo was still young. To remain so calm at his age was already quite remarkable.

Thus, the mysterious old man naturally held Lin Mo in high regard.

However, Lin Mo also caught another implication. The mysterious old man before him seemed to know his father.

And their relationship did not seem distant, or else he would not have said such things.

"Forgive Lin Mo for daring to ask, but who might Senior be?"

Upon hearing this, a fleeting trace of desolation passed through the mysterious old man's eyes. But it vanished in an instant, replaced by renewed brilliance.

He suddenly laughed and spoke calmly.

"I am the vice commander of the Angel Legion, a level 98 Super Douluo."

"My title is Phoenix!"

"My name is Lin Haosheng..."