"Teacher Li, Teacher Li... stop hitting me! I was wrong..."
Xiao Feng's wails rang out through the courtyard.
"What did you do wrong? Aren't you something, going straight out to steal someone's child?"
The lightning-attribute energy in Xiao Li's hand gathered into a crackling whip of electricity, which he lashed viciously across Xiao Feng's body.
The blows left blackened patches all over him.
Xiao Li had created this whip himself specifically to punish disciples of the Xiao Lin Lineage who broke the rules. Xiao Yan had named it the Pinecone Broad Bean Lightning Whip.
Although Xiao Li had no idea why Xiao Yan had chosen such a bizarre name, he had adopted it anyway. He had always doted on his younger brother.
"Second Brother, why are you beating Xiao Feng again? What did the brat do this time?"
At the sound of Xiao Yan's voice, Xiao Li's hand paused, and delight immediately spread across his face.
"Little Yanzi, you're back." Smiling, he put away the lightning whip and looked at Xiao Yan warmly.
When he noticed Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin beside Xiao Yan, he froze for a moment before a peculiar expression crossed his face.
"You've brought back another two sisters-in-law?" His lips moved slightly as he transmitted his voice directly into Xiao Yan's ears.
After all, saying "another" aloud to their faces would not be very tactful.
"Ahem." Xiao Yan coughed softly and introduced Xiao Yi Xian. "This is your sister-in-law, Xiao Yi Xian."
"And this is the younger sister I've just taken in. Her name is Qing Lin."
For now, Xiao Yan regarded the little girl Qing Lin only as a younger sister. After all, her background was far too pitiful.
Of course, if Qing Lin grew a little older and started harboring improper thoughts about