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Southern Xinjiang.
The green mountains overlap one another, like the undulating waves of the sea, turbulent and majestic. Among the mountains, there are also chickens that stand out, covered with a layer of light veil, shadowy, far and near in the misty clouds and smoke, as if they are far away.
It's like a few strokes of light ink smeared on the blue sky.
In the Gu world, one hundred thousand miles of mountains constitute the southern border of one of the five domains. Among these famous mountains and rivers are located groups of large and small families, and countless mortal villages are attached to these Gu master families.
It is early spring, and most of the southern border is lush and green, but the thousands of mountains and forests have different shapes. Where the Jianxi and Shaowu rivers meet, there is a mountain called Jianjin.
This mountain stretches for a long time, with clouds and mist lingering among the mountains. Birds singing and fairy music are exciting. Green pines and jade trees are inlaid with blue stones, and the world marvels at the miraculous craftsmanship. The fog is high in the mountains, clouds are in the sky, and ancient pines emerge from the cliffs. Green cypresses stand on the top of the cliffs, and strange peaks
Strange rocks surround the clouds and smoke.
Jianjin Mountain can be said to be full of "strange" and "qiao". The foot of the mountain is surrounded by large and small mortal villages, and there is only one road leading to the mountain.
This mountain road bifurcates and extends on the mountainside, leading to the east and west sides respectively. The Gu Master family in the pine forest on the east side is the Fanfeng Lin family, and the Gu Master family in the jade forest on the west side of Jianjin Mountain is the Shi family.
Halfway up the mountainside, ancient and simple buildings with four courtyards stand in rows and are closely connected to form a huge building community. These buildings are solemn and simple, elegant and restrained, showing a kind of beauty of rationality and moderation.
Looking closer, each courtyard house is made of blue bricks and gray tiles, simple and elegant. The roof ridges are straight, with only the corners of the eaves rising. The tall horse head walls are staggered and undulating, forming a stepped rhythm.
Before entering this building complex, you will pass by a gatehouse. It is entirely constructed of strips of stone. The wall plaques, pillars, beams and xumizuo are all exquisitely carved with figures, birds, curly grass, flowers and other patterns, and are composed of overlapping brackets.
The plaque in front of the gatehouse reads one word: Lin.
Lin Family Ancestral Hall Courtyard, the ancestral hall faces the northeast and faces the southwest, covering an area of more than 1,000 square meters and a building area of more than 600 square meters. The plane is in the shape of "gold", and the two lotus ponds on the left and right are like the two points of the word "gold".
The roof is gray tiles, the ridge is high, and the floors of the halls and corridors are paved with square bricks. Tall wind and fire walls are built around and between the courtyards. Each hall is connected by a corridor door, and the layout is rigorous.
The horizontal lintel of the main door of the ancestral hall reads "Lin's Ancestral Hall", and the couplets in the hall of the ancestral hall read: Loyalty and filial piety are heard throughout the world, and there are countless virtuous descendants in ancient and modern times.
In the Lin's ancestral hall, the head of the Lin family is middle-aged, with frost-like temples. He is dressed in brown and yellow solemn clothes. There are embroidery-like laces on the collar, placket edge, lower edge, and cuff edges. There is also embroidery on the belt. The clothes are decorated with clouds.
Pattern and eye pattern.
The head of the Lin family wears a high crown on his head, with the crown rolled back and downwards. Facing the ancestral tablets arranged in front of him, he sincerely prays: "Bless us, our ancestors, and hope that more people will emerge in this enlightenment ceremony."
Produce young people with excellent qualifications to add new blood and hope to the family!"
Behind him, there were also more than ten people kneeling. They wore red sacrificial robes that were simpler than the clan leader. These people were the elders and talkers in the family, and they were in charge of all aspects of authority.
During the spring rain, this scene happened repeatedly in every Gu Master family in the mountains of southern Xinjiang. This time was the annual Gu Master Awakening Ceremony, and the qualifications of the new generation were also completely determined on this day.
After the solemn ceremony ended, noisy discussions also arose among the crowd. Those who hold various powers in the Lin family each have their own factions, and they are all looking forward to how many good ideas will appear tomorrow and how they should fight for them.
"I think Lin Hui, Lin Ying, Lin Yue, and Lin Guang are quite outstanding among their peers this year and should be paid attention to."
"Indeed, it's a pity that these people all belong to one another. What are the goals that can be achieved this year?"
"The Quexia lineage has a surviving son, Lin Zhong, but the other members of the Quexia lineage are still there. The Jiumu lineage also has a surviving son, and the number of people is sparse... Let's see how many good seedlings there are then."
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When the morning light first shines, there is a thick layer of clouds and mist between the mountains. Only the tops of the mountains can be seen, but not the foot of the mountains. When the breeze blows, the mist rises gently, and the milky white gauze covers the dense mountains.
Separated, only the green peaks are left. The exposed rock walls and cliffs are dyed red by the morning light, and gradually turn into bronze, contrasting with the green trees and green fields.
More than a hundred 15-year-old boys and girls are gathering in front of an ancient house. This ancient house is the residence of the clan leader. It has finely carved stone and wood components and a large red dome. There are earthen walls around or on the left and right sides of the house.
The saddle-shaped wind and fire walls are built, and some of the peaks are decorated with flying dragons and phoenixes, flowers, birds, fish and insects, as well as figures and scenery.
The school master took these young people outside and came to a pine forest behind the patriarch's residence. The white trunks and lush green pine leaves prevented the sunlight from penetrating and shining on the ground. There was a slight coolness in the pine forest, and the forest
There is a clear pool of water, which is tens of meters wide. You can feel the coolness even more when you get closer.
In fact, this pine forest is the frost pine specially cultivated by the Lin family, so it is no wonder why the coolness comes from it. Looking closer, the pool water is very shallow, about knee-deep, and little white lights can be seen vaguely among the frost-white tree trunks around it.
"Listen to me and sign up. The people I call will step into this pool of water and go to the other end. They can walk as far as they can. Of course, the farther the better. Do you hear me clearly?" the school master said at this moment.
"It's clear." The teenagers agreed one after another. In fact, before coming here, they all heard from their family members or seniors that the farther they go, the better their qualifications and the greater their achievements in the future.
"Lin Rui."
Lin Rui followed the school elder's call and stepped into the pool. Suddenly he felt an invisible pressure, as if there was an invisible wall in front of him, blocking his progress.
The white spots of light around him seemed to be attracted by something, and poured into the boy's body. Only then did he feel the pressure lessen, and he continued to move forward. Unfortunately, after taking a few difficult steps, he could no longer move forward.
This means that the young man named Lin Rui does not have the qualifications to become a Gu Master. Not everyone has the qualifications to practice. Generally speaking, if five out of ten people can practice, it is already good.
A young man with B-level qualifications requires the family's investment. He often has to be trained as a future family elder. In six or seven years, he can become a third-level Gu master, a member of the upper echelon of the family.
As for Grade A qualifications, even if there is one, it is the luck of the entire family. With careful attention and allocation of resources, one can become a fourth-level Gu Master in about ten years, and then he can compete for the position of clan leader.
"Lin Hui."
The young man spotted by the school master was calm and calm, without any panic, and strode into the pool. Step by step, he moved forward, attracting more and more white spots of light.
"Thirty-six steps, second-class qualification."
When Lin Hui came back, the master of the academy put his hand on his shoulder, closed his eyes and examined it carefully, then took back his hand, nodded, and wrote down on the paper: "Yuanhai 66%, Grade B, can be cultivated vigorously."
Some of the family elders who were paying close attention had expressions of joy on their faces. It was obvious that Lin Hui was the new generation of their lineage. But other family elders' expressions were not very good-looking.
Half an hour later, half of the teenagers had stepped into the pool, and many people with C and D level qualifications appeared. Of course, almost half of them had no qualifications.
The remaining teenagers looked at the light spots that appeared during the assessment and were extremely nervous. Until now, many of their former playmates were destined to be mortals for life, and none of them wanted to be one of them.
Every point of light is a Gu, named Hope. When a mortal gathers enough Hope Gu, it can open the orifice, and the orifice opened is called Kongqiao.
The empty orifice is mysterious and unusual. Although it is placed in the Gu Master's body, it is not in the same space as the internal organs. You can say it is infinitely big, or you can say it is infinitely small. Some people call it Zifu, and some call it Huachi.
.But more people call it Yuanhai Kongqiao.
The entire hollow orifice is spherical, and white light flows on the surface of the hollow orifice, which is a layer of light film. It is the layer of light that condenses when the hope Gu explodes in the body. It is precisely because of this layer of light film that the hollow orifice is supported.
, will not collapse.
The empty orifice contains the Yuan Hai, which has just opened. The sea water is as smooth as a mirror, showing a green color, but it is extremely thick, with the luster of copper. It is commonly known as the Bronze Yuan Sea.
If Yuan Hai occupies 20 to 30% of the aperture, he has a D-level qualification; if he accounts for about 40 to 50%, he has a C-level qualification; if he accounts for 60 to 70%, he has a B-level qualification; and if he accounts for 80 to 90%, he has an A-level qualification.
"Three second-class qualifications... the Jinzi lineage will flourish for hundreds of years."
So far, more than half of the opening ceremony has passed. What surprised everyone was that the three young men with second-level qualifications, Lin Hui, Lin Ying, and Lin Guang, all came from the Jinzi lineage. This made other factions extremely jealous, but there was nothing they could do about it. After all,
The prerequisite for the fight between their factions is that the overall interests of the family cannot be harmed.
"Lin Jin." The school elder continued his task, calling the boy's name.
A young man with sword-shaped eyebrows and starry eyes came out. He was obviously handsome, but his lowered eyebrows and restrained hands made this young man seem insignificant in the eyes of others.
The young man named Lin Jin stepped into the pool and walked forward cautiously. But to his own surprise and everyone else's surprise, he became more relaxed as he walked. When he reached forty-five steps, he had already walked.
He was about to reach the other side of the cold pool, and a large number of hope Gu light points merged into his body.
“First-class qualification!!!”
Anyone who saw this scene, whether it was a young man who had just finished his awakening or a superior family elder, couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. Even the leader of the Lin clan stood up from his chair in excitement.
As for the exclamations from the outside world, young Lin Jin could not hear anything at this moment. He only felt that the light ball between the two kidneys in his abdomen had accumulated to its limit and suddenly exploded.
My mind suddenly became empty, and my whole body felt limp, as if it had fallen into the top of the clouds. My heartstrings relaxed, my hair became smooth, and all the pores in my body opened.
When Lin Jin came back to his senses, he found that he had successfully opened his orifice. When he looked into his body, he found that an orifice had appeared out of thin air in the center of his two kidneys, below his belly button.
The bronze primordial sea in the Kong Qiao is about to fill the entire Kong Qiao. It is estimated that it is about 95%. There is no doubt that he has first-class qualifications!
It is impossible for Lin Jin not to know what a first-class qualification means. This young man who has been cared about and paid attention to since he was a child has seen his bright future and can't help but lose his composure and cry and laugh at the same time.
While laughing, a feeling of palpitations came to his heart, and he thought of the story of someone who suddenly died due to great joy or great sorrow. Then he rolled his eyes and fainted.
The old patriarch of the family who was still fighting for Lin Jin's ownership noticed the sudden situation here. The patriarch quickly raised his hand and dragged Lin Jin to the front with soft vines, and took him back to take care of him.
Naturally, the other elders couldn't compete with the clan leader, but they felt unwilling to do so and followed. Although the opening ceremony was not over yet, no one cared about the outcome unless another young man with first-class qualifications showed up.
There are five lines in the Lin family of Fanfeng. Fanfeng was the surname of the Lin family before they moved here, and now it is only kept as a souvenir. The strongest line of the Lin family now is the Wufeng line where the patriarch is.
If there are no teenagers with first-class qualifications, the Jinzi lineage with three second-grade qualifications will rise up next; the second is the Youyang lineage that has been a backbone for a long time; and the Quexia lineage has been weakened in the past ten years.
; Finally, there is the Jiumu lineage, which is sparsely populated and about to be merged.
However, the current situation is that the Jiu Mu lineage has a first-class qualified Lin Jin. Even if the current Lin clan leader is prepared to teach him personally, it will be very easy for Lin Jin to revive the Jiu Mu lineage when he grows up in the future.
"What's going on now?" Lin Sha, the elder of the Jinzi clan, just went to specifically tell the three young men of his own lineage who have B-level qualifications and a C-level qualification. Then he came to the clan leader to check on the future of their Lin clan.
Hopefully, it will be much later than others.
When Lin Sha came to the medical hall, he found that the atmosphere was a bit solemn. The patriarch of the Lin family was speaking seriously to Lin Yin, who was in charge of treatment. Lin Yin shook his head frequently, and their patriarch Lin Mao sighed helplessly.
He looked at the young man lying unconscious beside him with regret and sympathy.
After listening to the whispers of others, Lin Sha understood the situation. Lin Jin, a young man with a first-class qualification, didn't know whether he was too excited when he opened his orifice, or for some other unknown reason, cracks appeared in his orifice.
The sea of true energy in the hole is constantly leaking out. Now it looks like a first-class qualification, but in fact it is not much better than a third-class qualification. Moreover, the recovery speed is a bit slower.
The patriarch Lin Mao asked Lin Yin if he could be cured, but the result was obviously negative. How could they have the ability to cure this kind of problem? Only those super big families would have such a method.
Originally, he was worried about the pressure on those in his lineage, but now Lin Sha doesn't have to worry. This genius who was just born is already dead.
And these elders sighed and left. They failed to win over Lin Jin. But the emergence of first-class qualified geniuses will only increase the overall strength of the Lin family, which is what they all hope to see. But now there is no chance.
As the elders of the family left, the news that the first-class genius had fallen like a meteor also spread to the Lin family. The prudent people felt sorry for him, while the envious people ridiculed him, with different expressions.
Lin Jin, who was still in a coma, was also sent back to Jiu Mu's old house. There were still three or two untaken gifts in the yard. Maybe he left them here because he felt they were pitiful and not valuable.
When people leave, the tea is cool, but that's all.
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"Humans are the spirit of all things, Gu is the essence of heaven and earth... Southern Xinjiang, Jianjin Mountain Lin Family... Ha! Sure enough, good people will not have bad luck." Lin Jin sat up from the bed, rubbing the corners of his eyebrows and mouth.
There was a curve that looked like a smile but not a smile.
He slowly accepted the memory of "Young Lin Jin". The front was unremarkable. A down-and-out orphan of the Jiu Mu family. His parents had no inheritance left, so no one was willing to adopt him. He relied on the support of relatives of the same family to survive.
Opening Ceremony.
"Young Lin Jin", who held a glimmer of hope and wanted to change his destiny through the enlightenment ceremony, really grasped that glimmer of hope. But fate played a trick on him, with a mix of sorrow and joy, and the ups and downs of young Lin Jin could not bear the emotional impact.
The magnitude of the change did not survive.
Lin Jin said here that the death of this young man really had nothing to do with his arrival. When his soul occupied this body, there were no other souls in the body.
If the cracks in the Kong Acupoint and the existence of Class A qualifications in name only were attributed to him, he would have nothing to say. But the death of "Young Lin Jin" definitely had nothing to do with him.
Lin Jin recalled the information about the world he came to, and he felt powerless and a little bit happy at the same time. What made him feel powerless was that this was a cruel world, full of life threats and intrigues.
As long as Xinxi is strong enough, nothing can't be changed. And there are countless heroes and monsters waiting for him to meet and defeat them. There is no end in sight, nothing remains the same... wonderful things are waiting for him.
You compose it.
"Perhaps a good person like me may not be adaptable to this world, but I like this world very much." Lin Jin showed a rare smile from the heart.
On the surface, he had first-class qualifications, but cracks appeared in his aperture and he was reduced to a third-class qualification. Lin Jin actually didn't know what was going on. According to the description in the novel he had read, it seemed that the world of Gu was very interested in the outside world.
There are some stereotypes in the city.
Gu Yue Fang Yuan's aptitude was only level C at the beginning, as well as Zhao Lianyun from the Zhao family in Beiyuan, one of the Five Domains, and even the Thieving Demon Lord, their aptitudes were very low after enlightenment.
And these people all have one thing in common, that is, they were all in an unawakened state when they traveled to the Gu world. Lin Jin, on the other hand, occupies the body of a young man with the same name who has successfully opened his mind and has first-class qualifications.
The arrival of the devil from outside the world cannot escape the attention of God. Could it be that God's will, which rejects the devil from outside the world, does not allow Lin Jin to have a body with first-class qualifications, so he commits such a murderous attack?
Lin Jin was not sure why he didn't just destroy the hole directly if he could carry out such a vicious attack. Could it be that he originally wanted to do this, but when his soul took over the body of the boy with the same name, he became half a demon from outside the world, and God's will could only have half of the impact.
But God's will can only suppress him slightly, and it is not a serious attack. Only Ju Yang, the venerable one, has deep malice towards the devil from outside the world.
No matter what the reason is now, it cannot change that Lin Jin's real situation is not much different from that of C-level qualification.
"There will be times when strong winds and waves break, and sails will sail across the sea..." Lin Jin leaned on the edge of the bed, narrowed her eyes, and sighed softly. The drop in qualifications did not affect Lin Jin's mood at all.
He is also half a demon from outside the world, and he also has poor qualifications. Not to mention that Gu Yue Fang Yuan had providential support in the early stage, but the Thieving Demon Lord also went through hardships and climbed to the top of the tower.
Lin Jin has never been afraid of difficulties on the road. He has always hated the fact that one person's power cannot change anything.
In my previous life, 95% of my life had been determined within rules and regulations. I always emphasized that I should use the remaining 5% of my efforts to leverage the 95%. What I could really do was not
to one ten thousandth.
He once worked hard towards this one-ten-thousandth goal, but unfortunately he was killed and cut off halfway, as if fate had played a joke on him. He quite liked this world, and there was a more exciting life waiting for him. As long as he was strong enough.
, if fate wants to make fun of him, he has to "think carefully".
Standing up from the bed, Lin Jin felt this body. He was very young and healthy. He couldn't help but smile again. He hadn't felt so comfortable in a long time.
Then Lin Jin looked at his current residence. The only inheritance left by this body's parents was this house of little value.
The furniture is a bit old, but not much damaged and can still be used. Lin Jin, who received the memory of "Young Lin Jin", also roughly knows the current situation of the Lin family.
Before the enlightenment ceremony was completely over, the crowds in his house had completely reversed. In an instant, the building was deserted. Only relatives from the same Jiu Mu lineage came to see him twice and left in a hurry.
This situation was a common phenomenon even in the previous life, let alone in the Gu world.
Lin Jin's mood was not affected at all. After looking at his future residence, he returned to the bedroom and immersed his mind in the void.
With 95% of the first-class qualification, the bronze Yuanhai in the Kongqiao should fill the entire Kongqiao. But at this moment, Lin Jin's Bronze Yuanhai seems to be less than half of the Kongqiao. If you look closely, you can find that the layer supporting the Kongqiao
Slight cracks appeared on the wall of the light film orifice, which not only caused the true energy in the bronze ocean to flow outward bit by bit, but also made the air orifice more fragile.
Even though Lin Jin had already understood his current situation, now that he looked at the past carefully, he still couldn't help but frown. Under such circumstances, the Lin family would definitely not tilt their resources towards him. His status is similar to that of a normal C-level qualification.
.
Moreover, his first-class qualifications in the previous enlightenment ceremony shocked everyone, but in the end he turned out to be a useless person. Many young people who are not mentally mature enough will definitely come to him to cause trouble, looking for a sense of superiority.
Just when Lin Jin was immersed in thinking about how to stay in the Lin family and strive for the third rank, a strange change appeared in the aperture, attracting Lin Jin's attention.
The cracks on the wall of the hollow orifice began to expand, and the Bronze Yuan Sea continued to stir up waves, and the entire hollow orifice was trembling. The cracks were getting bigger and bigger, and there were more and more at the same time, gradually spreading throughout the entire hollow orifice wall.
"..." Lin Jin could only watch like this, he had no choice. At this moment, his hollow seemed to be broken at any time.
At this time, the culprit that caused this scene finally surfaced. A palm-sized snow-white hairy spider emerged from the bronze sea. It had four red agate-like eyes on its head, and there were no patterns on its snow-white body.
The word "immortal Gu" instinctively came to Lin Jin's mind. The level of Gu corresponds to the Gu Master, and is divided into nine levels. Levels 1 to 5 are all mortal Gu, and from level 6 onwards, the poison is Immortal Gu.
And there is only one Immortal Gu. The corresponding Level 6 Gu Master is called Gu Immortal.
Gu Immortals often exist, but this kind of Immortal Gu does not often exist. Many Gu Masters, after turning six and transforming into immortals, still use mortal Gu, and may not have a single Immortal Gu in their hands throughout their lives.
Lin Jin felt that his time travel was related to the snow-white haired spider, and it could not be a mortal Gu. But if it were a normal immortal Gu, his aperture would have been exploded in an instant.
There is a high probability that it is an Immortal Gu that is in abnormal condition. However, it is in better condition than Gu Yue Fang Yuan's Spring Autumn Cicada, so it did not explode Lin Jin's aperture in an instant, but it also left his aperture full of holes, which could appear at any time.
May crash.
Lin Jin's memory of the content of the original novel had no information about this kind of Gu, and he didn't know what effect it had. Not surprisingly, this snow-white agate spider was the same to him as Gu Yue Fangyuan's Spring and Autumn Cicada.
The natal Gu.
Unlike Gu Yue, Fang Yuan used Spring Autumn Cicada in his previous life, knew the specific effects, and verified the authenticity. He also could not activate this unknown Gu insect, and could not understand the effect, and there was no famous Gu insect in his memory that matched the name.
No matter what effect this Gu has, in terms of the aura it emits, it is definitely an extraordinary Gu. Then the aura deterrent effect on low-level Gu is present, which allows Lin Jin to save the process of overcoming the consciousness of the wild Gu and directly refine the fifth level.
The following low-level Gu insects.
This gives Lin Jin a certain advantage in the early stage. Well... the premise is that his current aperture can be stabilized and not collapse.
Lin Jin's thoughts were connected with the snow-white haired spider, and it turned out to be his natal Gu.
"White Spider, White Spider, if there is no other way, then I have to sacrifice you." Lin Jin stared at this unknown Immortal Gu. Even if it is an Immortal Gu, Lin Jin has just awakened and cannot be called a Gu Master.
Guy. One thought can still make Immortal Gu self-destruct.
If there was no other way, Lin Jin could only bear the pain and destroy this Immortal Gu. If the Gu Immortal in the Gu world knew that a small first-level Gu master was actually planning to abandon an Immortal Gu and destroy it, he would probably go crazy on the spot.
But this is a very simple multiple-choice question. If there is no other way, you can either keep the Immortal Gu and have your body shattered and become a complete useless person; or you can give up the Immortal Gu and retain your qualifications to practice.
There seemed to be two options, but Lin Jin knew clearly that there was only one. Without the hole, the Immortal Gu would be useless. Exposing it to the outside world would be the only way to die, and the only option was to destroy the Immortal Gu.
Does Lin Jin feel distressed? It definitely feels distressed. Even if he doesn't know what kind of Gu it is, it is still an Immortal Gu. And will he hesitate? No, there are many Immortal Gus in this world, and he only has this one.
The snow-white haired spider seemed to feel that it was in a life-and-death crisis, protruding out extremely thin, transparent spider threads, constantly sewing the walls of Lin Jinkong's orifice like mending clothes.
A quarter of an hour later, Lin Jin's hollow was still full of cracks, but these cracks were sewn tightly with transparent spider silk. The true essence of the Bronze Yuanhai would no longer leak out, which meant that he had returned to the true first-class state.
Qualifications.
And because of this operation, the Snow White Spider, which was already in a bad state, became even more depressed. The pressure in Lin Jin's aperture instantly decreased a lot.
"Is it a humane immortal Gu?" Lin Jin was speculating on the genre of this Gu based on the operation of the Snow White Hair Spider. It can repair the damage of a person's hollow orifice. It may be a humane Gu, but the Snow White Hair Spider just forcibly removed it.
Just stitching the cracks together doesn't count as a repair.
Giving up guessing the role of the White Spider Immortal Gu, Lin Jin refocused his thoughts on his restored first-class aptitude. The White Spider was hidden in the void, and it was impossible for a mortal Gu Master to discover it. He could fully demonstrate his talent again, allowing
The Lin family invested resources in themselves.
And you can also make up a mysterious story to explain how you regained your qualifications. Such legends and stories can be found everywhere in the five regions of the Gu world. There is no story about the rise of the legendary Gu master.
This mysterious story will only make the head of the Lin family and the elders more convinced that he, Lin Jin, is their hope for the rise of the Lin family.
"But there's no need to be so anxious about exposing yourself." Lin Jin looked calmly through the window at the brightly lit buildings and smiled.
