No keeping it hidden anymore

The events that occurred on Misty Cloud Mountain had spread throughout the entire Jia Ma Empire and even to other parts of the Northwest Continent within just a few days.

After all, the appearance of Dou Zun expert, and the ensuing battle, is an extremely rare occurrence!

However, the protagonist of this incident was neither Yun Shan, the newly promoted Dou Venerable, nor Qing Hai, the mysterious Dou Venerable who came to the Misty Cloud Sect to cause trouble, but Xiao Lin!

Before this, apart from the people of the Jia Ma Empire, very few people knew about Xiao Lin.

Come to think of it, how far could the reputation of a mere patriarch of a Dou Wang Family possibly spread?

Even within the Jia Ma Empire, many people didn't know him before!

However, after news of what happened on Misty Cloud Mountain spread, his name began to spread rapidly in all directions.

At the very least, those major forces that were fortunate enough to ascend Misty Cloud Mountain should know about Xiao Lin.

In the past, Xiao Lin might have been troubled by this, because it didn't align with his "humble" mindset.

However, now, Xiao Lin is becoming increasingly indifferent.

Xiao Lin even considered that if he really had nowhere else to turn, he would lead the entire Xiao Household family to hide in the Ancient Emperor's Cave!

He simply refused to believe that those Hun Clan fellows could possibly chase him into the Ancient Emperor's Cave.

If this were true, Xiao Lin would absolutely welcome it.

With the strength of the old Dragon Emperor Zhu Kun, anyone from the Hun Clan who enters, except for the Hun Tiandi, will die!

Even the Nihility Devouring Flame can't escape!

This is the escape route that Xiao Yan prepared for the Xiao Household.

With a way out in place, Xiao Lin was no longer too worried about being exposed.

While the outside world was discussing what had happened on Misty Cloud Mountain, Xiao Lin himself had already received all the information after the illusory soul figure dissipated.

However, Xiao Lin did not choose to go back immediately.

After all, if he went back now, the number of people coming to visit him would probably wear down the threshold of the Xiao Household!

Xiao Lin was someone who disliked trouble, so naturally he didn't want to return to the Xiao Household at this critical juncture.

But he didn't intend to drag it out for too long.

It was about two weeks later that Xiao Lin finally decided to go back.

The Xiao Household Ancestral Residence of the Xiao Imperial Capital in the Jia Ma Empire.

Because he himself had too many questions that he wanted to get answers from his father, Xiao Zhan led some of the Xiao Household members back to their Ancestral Residence after leaving Misty Cloud Mountain half a month ago.

Although Xiao Lin had not yet returned, Xiao Zhan and the others stayed there temporarily instead of returning to Wutan City.

In addition, Yun Shan was probably worried about the safety of his disciples, so he simply came along as well.

During the past two weeks, people like Jia Xing Tian, Fa Ma, Hai Bodong, Nalan Jie, and Mu Chen have visited the Xiao Household several times.

They all wanted to see Xiao Lin.

Besides them, many other people also sent Calling Cards to the Xiao Household.

Clearly, they share the same goal!

Just as Xiao Lin had predicted, if he had come back immediately at that time, he would probably have been driven crazy by the annoyance!

It can only be said that Xiao Lin wisely anticipated the current situation.

Since Xiao Lin had not yet returned, all those who came to visit naturally had to leave disappointed.

"Buzz~"

On this day, a Spatial Passage suddenly opened in the courtyard of the Xiao Household Ancestral Residence, which belonged to Xiao Lin.

Immediately afterwards, Xiao Lin stepped out from within.

Soon after, news of Xiao Lin's return reached the relevant members of the Xiao Household.

Xiao Zhan and Yang Xiyue, a married couple, rushed over immediately.

When the couple stepped into the courtyard, they saw Xiao Lin, dressed in a blue robe, with his hands behind his back.

"Dad! x2"

Two excited voices rang out almost simultaneously.

Looking at his simple-minded son and obedient daughter-in-law, Xiao Lin smiled.

"What's wrong? You've seen me before, why are you suddenly so agitated this time?"

Xiao Lin made a joke about his son and daughter-in-law before speaking.

Faced with her father-in-law's teasing, Yang Xiyue just smiled helplessly and didn't say anything more. Xiao Zhan, on the other hand, had a resentful look on his face.

"Dad, how dare you say that?"

Because it was his own father, Xiao Zhan never kept anything to himself.

So this time, he was very angry!

As for the consequences?

Have no idea...

"Alright, you've been married and established for so many years, your son is almost ready to get married, why do you still wear everything on your sleeve? Can't you learn from Xiyue and be a little more composed?"

Xiao Lin shook his head helplessly and said.

"I only act like this in front of you, Dad, okay?"

Seeing the disdain in his father's eyes, Xiao Zhan muttered something under his breath.

It's hard to imagine that Xiao Zhan, as the current patriarch of the Xiao Household, has this side to him!

However, just as he said, he can only let down his guard when he's facing his own father.

However, after muttering to himself, Xiao Zhan quickly realized what was going on.

This was clearly his turn to challenge his own father; how could he back down?

"Cough cough~"

Sure enough, upon hearing Xiao Zhan mention the important matter, even Xiao Lin, as the father, seemed a little guilty. That's why he pretended to cough twice to cover up his embarrassment.

However, now that things have come to this, Xiao Lin knows that some things can no longer be kept from Xiao Zhan.

Actually, it's only a tiny fraction, not much at all!

As he spoke, Xiao Lin even extended his right hand and made a classic gesture with his thumb and forefinger.

Xiao Zhan and Yang Xiyue were clearly unaware of the underlying meaning of this action.

"Real?"

Xiao Zhan looked at his father with a suspicious gaze.

Why does he always feel like his father is still fooling him?

Was it just his imagination?

"What are you saying? When have I, as your father, ever lied to you?"

Xiao Lin's words were unreasonable, yet he was full of bravado!

However, to be fair, Xiao Lin did not lie to Xiao Zhan; he simply didn't tell him many things.

This shouldn't be considered a scam, right?

In fact, before Xiao Lin returned, Xiao Zhan had already learned a lot about his father's secrets from his teacher, Yun Shan.

For example, long ago, his own father already possessed abilities far surpassing those of his teacher.

Not only that, but even the Misty Cloud Sect's Misty Cloud Sect heritage, which had been lost for hundreds of years, was found by his own father.

There was also Sect Tournament held by the Four Great Empires a few years ago, where his father disguised himself as a Dou Zong and beat up Xie Biyan of the Cloud Empire.

Besides that, Yun Shan told Xiao Zhan about many other things as well.

Even now, half a month later, Xiao Zhan is still somewhat dizzy.

After all, he never dared to even think about these kinds of things before!

But, to my surprise, all of these things were actually orchestrated by my own father!

It's fair to say that Xiao Zhan's values have been thoroughly re-evaluated over the past two weeks!

However, even so, his teacher told him that these secrets were only the tip of the iceberg that his father had revealed.

As for what other secrets his father might be hiding, only he himself could find out.

It was precisely because the more he learned from his teacher that Xiao Zhan realized how little he knew about his own father!