Martial Universe: The Eyes That Determine the Fate

Chapter 4 Lin Hong

The henchmen lay sprawled on the ground, their faces deathly pale, not daring to utter a sound.

Lin Changqiang had just run over from behind when he saw this scene. His round body froze on the spot, his mouth agape wide enough to fit an egg.

"This...this..."

Qingtan was also stunned. He looked at Li Yi's back, then at Lin Shan lying on the ground, and finally tears fell down his face.

Li Yi bent down, picked up the Crimson Sun Grass, walked to Qing Tan, and handed it to her.

"Give."

Qingtan took the medicine blankly, looked at the boy in front of her, her lips moved, but she didn't know what to say.

"Th-thank you."

"Hmm." Li Yi nodded in response and turned to walk back.

Lin Changqiang caught up from behind, his round body shoving close to Li Yi's side, his eyes shining: "Brother, what was that step you just took? You practically cracked the ground! What level of martial arts are you practicing? That's incredible!"

Li Yi did not answer.

Lin Changqiang wasn't embarrassed and continued, "My name is Lin Changqiang, what's yours? From now on, we're brothers!"

"Li Yi".

"Hehe, from now on I'll call you Brother Yi!" Lin Changqiang scratched his head and laughed.

"Can."

After saying that, he walked back the way he came.

Lin Changqiang watched Li Yi's retreating figure, and was about to chase after him to say something more when Lin Dong walked over, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Alright, don't ask too many questions."

Lin Changqiang paused for a moment, then asked in a low voice, "Lin Dong, is this person from our Lin family? I've never seen him before."

"A friend of mine," Lin Dong said casually, "has just arrived in Qingyang Town."

Lin Changqiang said "Oh" and didn't ask any more questions. His round body followed.

Li Yi had already walked more than ten meters and was standing at a fork in the road, seemingly hesitating about which way to go. He first took a step towards the left, then pulled back, turned to the right, and then stopped again.

Lin Dong looked at Li Yi, and his lips twitched.

"Li Yi! Over here!"

Li Yi turned around, looked at Lin Dong, then at the two paths in front of him, paused for a moment, and then walked towards Lin Dong expressionlessly, as if nothing had happened.

Lin Changqiang leaned close to Lin Dong's ear and whispered, "Lin Dong, does Brother Yi... not know the way?"

"Shut up." Lin Dong glared at him.

"Oh." Lin Changqiang obediently shut his mouth, but he couldn't suppress the smile on his lips.

Qingtan followed behind them, looking down at the Crimson Sun Grass in her hand, then secretly glancing at Li Yi, her little face flushed.

Lin Dong walked at the front without saying a word.

He recalled that when he rushed out earlier, he thought that if all else failed, he would fight Lin Shan and beat him up first.

As a result, they didn't even have a chance to make a move.

Li Yi solved everything in one step.

Is there really such a big difference between the fourth level of Body Tempering and the sixth level of Body Tempering?

Or is it... not a matter of level of understanding, but a problem with Li Yi himself?

Lin Dong couldn't figure it out, so he simply stopped thinking about it.

The four of them had just reached the foot of the mountain when they encountered a group of people.

The leader was a boy of about fifteen or sixteen, dressed in white, with a handsome face and a faint smile on his lips. Behind him were two people who seemed more composed than Lin Shan's gang of followers.

Lin Dong paused for a moment.

Lin Hong.

Lin Shan's older brother, a very outstanding member of the Lin family, who had already reached the sixth level of Body Tempering at the young age of fifteen.

Lin Changqiang's expression changed slightly when he saw the person who came, and he moved closer to Li Yi.

"Cousin Lin Dong." Lin Hong walked over with a smile, his gaze sweeping over Lin Dong, then looking at Qing Tan, and finally landing on Li Yi.

"I heard someone just hit Lin Shan?"

"He started it," Lin Dong said, looking at Lin Hong. "He stole Qingtan's medicine."

"Oh?" Lin Hong raised an eyebrow, his smile fading slightly. His gaze fell on Qing Tan, and a strange glint flickered in his eyes.

"Qingtan, it's been quite a while since we last saw each other."

Qingtan's delicate eyebrows furrowed slightly, and she took half a step behind Lin Dong without replying.

Lin Hong didn't mind, smiled, and said, "If you need any spiritual herbs, just come to me. A first-grade spiritual herb like Crimson Sun Grass is just too low-class."

Qing Tan's lips moved, but due to the other party's strength, although she was somewhat displeased, she did not utter a rebuttal.

Lin Changqiang leaned close to Li Yi's ear and whispered, "Damn it, this guy is awful. Yi-ge, beat him up."

Lin Dong heard it too, but he ignored Lin Changqiang's mutterings and said, "Thank you for your kindness, Cousin Lin Hong, but we still prefer to do it ourselves. It's not easy for the family to earn money, so it's always good to save a little."

Upon hearing this, Lin Hong's smile faded considerably, and his gaze returned to Li Yi.

"Lin Shan is my brother. I'll deal with him when we get back for whatever he did, but for an outsider to hit him..."

He paused, his gaze falling on Li Yi.

"That's a different matter."

Li Yi didn't say anything, and didn't even look at Lin Hong.

He stood there, his eyes half-open and half-closed, as if he hadn't heard anything, or as if he didn't care about anything.

Lin Hong's smile vanished completely.

When has he ever been ignored like this among the younger generation of the Lin family?

"I'm asking you a question!" Lin Hong took a step forward, releasing the aura of a sixth-level Body Tempering cultivator.

"Cousin Lin Hong." Lin Dong took a step forward and stood in front of Li Yi. "He is my friend. He just came from out of town and doesn't know the rules. I was the one who handled Lin Shan's matter. If you have any problems, come at me."

Lin Hong glanced at Lin Dong and sneered.

"you?"

He shook his head, his gaze passing over Lin Dong and landing on Li Yi.

"What? Is that all the guts you have? You dare to hit someone but not admit it?"

Li Yi finally glanced at him.

It wasn't a glance; it was turning my head to look directly at him.

"You want to fight?"

Lin Hong paused for a moment, then laughed, a smile tinged with disdain.

The next second, he couldn't laugh anymore.

As Li Yi's double pupils opened and closed, Lin Hong froze, as if frozen in place by something. Those eyes were so deep, so unfathomable, as if they wanted to suck his very soul in.

But he had already cultivated the seed of Yuan Power, something Lin Shan and his group couldn't compare to. The stiffness lasted only a moment before Lin Hong suddenly bit his tongue, the sharp pain allowing him to break free from the invisible pressure.

"Playing tricks!"

Lin Hong roared, stomped his foot, and shot out like an arrow.

The Eight Desolate Palms is the most powerful palm technique of the Lin family. He practiced it for three years and could shatter bluestone with a single palm strike.

Those eyes were terrifying, so he didn't hold back.

Li Yi did not dodge.

He didn't even move.

Just as Lin Hong's palm strike was about to hit his face, Li Yi took a step forward.

Qilin Step.

It wasn't the step that shattered the ground on the back mountain; he only used 30% of his strength for that step. This step, he used 50%.

The ground didn't just crack; it exploded.

Rock fragments flew everywhere, and the shockwave was like a knife, sweeping outwards from Li Yi. Before Lin Hong's palm strike could even touch Li Yi, it was cleaved in two by the shockwave and dispersed to both sides.