met free Chapter 5 Lin Xia
Chapter 5 Lin Xia
He felt like he had run into a wall.
No.
It was the wall hitting him.
Lin Hong was sent flying backward, his feet carving two deep furrows in the ground. He stumbled back seven or eight steps before barely managing to regain his balance.
"Elemental power?! Sixth level of Body Tempering!"
Steadying himself up, Lin Hong looked down at his hands. His thumb and forefinger were trembling, and his entire arm was shaking. He stared at Li Yi with a serious expression and said in a deep voice.
He saw the step Li Yi had just taken, with a faint light appearing beneath his feet—clearly the power of Yuan energy!
Lin Hong's brows furrowed.
He was also at the sixth level of Body Tempering, but he knew better than anyone how much hardship he had endured, how many injuries he had suffered, and how much money his family had spent on spiritual medicine to reach that level.
But the person in front of me looks about the same age as Lin Dong, how could he possibly be... also at the sixth level of Body Tempering?
"Who exactly are you?!"
Lin Hong stared at Li Yi, his voice turning somber.
You don't deserve to know.
Lin Hong's face instantly turned bright red. When had he ever been humiliated like this among the younger generation of the Lin family?
"You...you're arrogant!"
He was about to attack Li Yi again when Li Yi appeared in front of him.
He didn't walk over; he took a single step. The two were originally several meters apart, but Li Yi covered the distance in a single step.
This is called "shrinking the earth to an inch," but with his current strength, this is the most he can achieve.
Lin Changqiang's mouth gaped open, and he could barely speak: "This...this...how did he get there?"
Qingtan also covered her mouth, her bright eyes wide open, not even noticing that the Crimson Sun Grass in her arms almost fell to the ground.
Lin Dong's hands clenched unconsciously, his knuckles turning white and bloodless. He hadn't even blinked to see what Li Yi had done; Li Yi was too fast. He knew how terrifying Li Yi was, but he hadn't expected him to be this terrifying.
Lin Hong reacted quickly. The moment Li Yi appeared in front of him, he instinctively threw a punch, the wind whistling as it went straight for Li Yi's face.
Li Yi did not dodge.
He raised his right hand and flicked it casually.
Lin Hong felt as if his punch had struck a swirling stream of water. The force surged up his arm, making his entire arm go numb, and his body involuntarily swayed to the side.
"What... what kind of martial art is this?" Lin Changqiang rubbed his eyes, thinking he was seeing things.
Qingtan didn't speak, but just stared at Li Yi's back, her eyes sparkling.
Lin Hong's body continued to surge forward, unable to stop. His pupils contracted sharply as he watched Li Yi's shoulder draw ever closer.
Li Yi turned to the side and leaned his shoulder against the wall.
Everyone felt the ground shake.
Lin Hong was hit as if by a bull. He was sent flying backward and his back slammed into a tree as thick as a bowl. The tree shook violently and leaves fell down.
"Snap!"
The tree eventually gave way and he broke it, then crashed into a second tree before stopping.
The second tree shook violently, its bark splitting open with a large gash. Lin Hong slid off the trunk, kneeling on one knee, a trickle of blood escaping from the corner of his mouth.
Lin Changqiang swallowed hard, looked at the two trees, then at Li Yi, and shrank back with his round body.
"Brother Yi...you're too amazing..."
Lin Dong stood there, looking at the blood at the corner of Lin Hong's mouth, at the tree that had been smashed and cracked, and then at the expressionless Li Yi, before taking a deep breath.
He had been shocked by Li Yi so many times today that he didn't know what to say.
He didn't even strike.
One step, one push, one lean.
They beat Lin Hong, who was also at the sixth level of Body Tempering, into this state.
Behind him, the two henchmen were pale-faced and their legs were trembling. They didn't even dare to run. There was a pool of unidentified liquid between one of their feet.
"Brother Lin Hong..."
The other one finally regained his voice, but it was trembling terribly.
Lin Hong leaned against the tree trunk to stand up, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and stared at Li Yi.
"Who exactly are you...?"
"I told you, you don't deserve to know."
Lin Hong's face flushed red with anger at those words, and his chest heaved violently, but this time, he didn't utter any harsh words or make any further moves.
It's not that he doesn't want to, it's that he's afraid; he's already terrified of being beaten.
Li Yi's double pupils were staring at him, calm as a stagnant pool, but Lin Hong was a smart man. He knew that what lay beneath that stagnant pool was something that could tear him apart.
"That's enough!"
A clear, cold female voice came from behind.
Everyone turned around, and a young girl was walking briskly towards them.
The girl looked to be about seventeen or eighteen years old, slightly older than everyone else present. She was quite pretty, with a brown ponytail that reached her waist. She had a touch of heroism between her brows, wore a smart outfit, and walked with a steady gait.
"Sister Lin Xia!"
Upon seeing Lin Xia, Lin Changqiang exclaimed in surprise.
"Sister Lin Xia, what brings you here?" When Lin Hong saw Lin Xia, the anger in his eyes subsided a bit, and his brows furrowed.
Lin Dong also greeted Lin Xia as "Sister Lin." This woman was his uncle's daughter. Although she was a girl, she was the most outstanding among the younger generation of the Lin family. Half a year ago, she had already reached the sixth level of Body Tempering, and now she could only become stronger.
Lin Xia walked over, her gaze sweeping over everyone in the room. She looked at the faint trace of blood at the corner of Lin Hong's mouth, then at the two trees, and finally settled on Li Yi.
She frowned slightly and asked, "What happened here?"
"Lin Shan got beaten up." Lin Hong pointed at Li Yi. "He was the one who did it."
Lin Xia snorted coldly and said, "Don't think I don't know that Lin Shan stole Qingtan's spiritual medicine, so he deserved to be beaten."
Lin Hong's face instantly darkened.
"Sister Lin Xia, are you showing favoritism towards outsiders?"
Upon hearing this, Lin Xia smiled slightly and said, "Outsiders? Who here isn't a member of the Lin family? How can there be outsiders?"
Lin Hong's face stiffened, his gaze swept over Lin Dong, Qing Tan, and Lin Changqiang, his lips moved, but he couldn't utter a rebuttal.
Lin Xia is right; everyone present is from the Lin family. Although Li Yi is a stranger, Lin Dong said he was his friend, so he is a guest of the Lin family. To insist that he is an outsider would only make him look guilty.
But it's too late now...
"Even if Lin Shan was in the wrong first, it's not his place as an outsider to lecture him!" Lin Hong said through gritted teeth. "This is the Lin family home, not a place for him to run wild!"
"Running wild?" Lin Xia glanced at the two trees, then at Li Yi, and scoffed, "Both are at the sixth level of Body Tempering, did he use a weapon? Or a hidden weapon?"
Lin Hong was speechless after being rebuked by those words.
Li Yi didn't use anything; even when he made a move, it was just a light flick or a lean.
He started it himself, and he was the one who got knocked away.
It's embarrassing to tell anyone.
"Alright." Lin Xia withdrew her gaze and looked at Lin Hong. "You two brothers go back to recover from your injuries. This matter ends here."
Lin Hong stared at Lin Xia for several seconds, then looked at Li Yi, his chest heaving violently. Finally, he took a deep breath and said, "Let's go."