Chapter 104: Is She That Easy To Deal With?
Looking at the three clan leaders who had come to her door together and hearing their intentions, Lin Xin only found it amusing. Was it because she usually appeared too easy to bully that they so naturally expected her to risk her life for those who slandered her?
“What? You’re not going?” He Clan Leader frowned. “It’s all for the villagers. Why shouldn’t you go?”
“Just because I don’t want to!” Lin Xin’s voice was firm and resounding, leaving He Clan Leader furious.
“Xin Yatou, look, your house is built at the foot of the mountain. If the wolf pack comes down, won’t your home be the first to suffer? If you go with everyone to deal with the wolf pack, you’ll be safe too, and the villagers will be at ease. Isn’t that a good thing?” Lin Feng didn’t put on clan leader airs in front of her; instead, he patiently persuaded her.
“Uncle Feng, by reason, I should give you face, but you know, now there’s only me and Nan Nan at home. Nan Nan is still so young. I just say what if—what if I get injured, or even more unlucky, crippled or killed? What will happen to Lin Nan then? The villagers will be at ease, but what about Lin Nan?”
“This······” Lin Feng was also at a loss for words. He thought for a moment and reluctantly said, “There are so many people going with you. If there’s real danger, everyone will help you.”
“Hehe,” Lin Xin sneered, “Uncle Feng, do you believe those words yourself? I won’t say anything else, but looking at those previous incidents, when I was slandered and defamed, did even one villager stand up to speak for me? Uncle, don’t blame me for speaking harshly, but I’m afraid that if we really encounter the wolf pack on the mountain, I should thank the heavens if they don’t push me out to block it.”
“This······” Not just Lin Feng, but the other clan leader also blushed upon hearing her words, because what she said was indeed the truth. Quite a few things had happened to her recently, and she had suffered a lot because of them. They really couldn’t say such things as “for the villagers” anymore, but He Clan Leader didn’t think that way.
“Xin Yatou, how can you be so vengeful at such a young age! Let me tell you straight, this hunt—you have to go whether you want to or not. Otherwise, don’t stay in the village! Although I’m not your Lin Family’s clan leader, if I want you gone, it’s not impossible!” He Clan Leader was tough in attitude, slamming the table and glaring at her threateningly.
Lin Xin wasn’t angry. She calmly looked at He Clan Leader until he felt chills on his back, then spoke: “Acting superior due to age won’t work here. Have you seen my father’s spirit tablet? If you really dare to do something irrational, I believe he would be very willing to have a talk with you, especially at night.”
“You, don’t try to scare me with your father. I’m not like those wastes from the Old Lin Family who get frightened by a dead person! Hmph!” Although He Clan Leader spoke boldly, all three present could see his bluster hiding fear.
Lin Xin didn’t waste words and directly activated her water element supernatural ability. A thin water chain shot out from in front of the spirit tablet, binding He Clan Leader tightly.
Then, the room door opened without wind. The water chain dragged He Clan Leader outside, around the high courtyard wall, and with a “plop,” threw him into the snow pile outside the gate, creating a human-shaped crater.
Lin Feng and the other clan leader looked at each other, seeing shock and fear in one another’s eyes. This happened right under their noses—that soft water actually bound and threw out a live person weighing over a hundred jin. It showed how angry Lin Lao Er was.
They didn’t dare say anything more. They respectfully lit three incense sticks for Lin Lao Er’s spirit tablet and slunk away from Lin Xin’s home. Even after they left, the water chain on He Clan Leader wasn’t removed; he was still flopping and struggling in the snow pile like a giant caterpillar!
Although the two were a bit afraid of Lin Lao Er, they couldn’t just leave He Clan Leader like that. They hesitated, then both reached out to pull him from the snow pile, but they had no way to deal with the water chain binding him.
“This Lin Xin has gone too far! If you ask me, it’s because your previous clan leader was too lenient with their family. You, you’ve all seen it—she was so unreasonable to me! If this continues, won’t the village become her family’s word alone? No, we need to find a way to make her yield. This absolutely can’t happen again!” He Clan Leader had just straightened up, still swaying, when he spouted a tirade.
Lin Feng and the other exchanged a glance, both seeing disbelief in the other’s eyes. What gave him the confidence to challenge a ghost? Didn’t he see the water chain still binding him? He wanted her to yield, but in the current situation, if he didn’t yield, the chain wouldn’t come off. What was he going to do?
“Aww～” Suddenly, He Clan Leader let out another miserable cry. The water chain on him was tightening continuously, and traces were already showing on the cotton clothes he wore.
Lin Feng and the other: “……” That’s what you get for speaking without restraint, for challenging a ghost, for not believing. Now she’s retaliating—what are you going to do?
In the end, under Lin Feng and the other’s persuasion, He Clan Leader uttered a few words of admission of fault, and only then did the water chain snap into countless segments with a “pop,” dissipating into the air.
“Alright, let’s go home first. The matter of entering the mountain will need long-term planning!” Lin Feng said. In a place he didn’t see, He Clan Leader cast a venomous gaze at Lin Xin’s house, not knowing what scheme he was plotting in his mind.
After a few more days of calm, just when Lin Xin thought the mountain entry matter was over, quite a few outsiders suddenly arrived in the village. Leading them was an old Daoist priest, followed by what should be his disciple, all wearing Daoist robes and putting on airs of otherworldly experts, looking down at the villagers through their nostrils.
Leading them into the village was He Clan’s clan leader, followed by the Hedong couple, and their target was precisely Lin Xin’s home.
“Bang bang bang,” the gate was knocked on. Inside the room, Lin Xin was playing a ball-tossing game with Lin Tao—Lin Tao tossed, Lin Xin caught. Beside them, Lin Nan was reciting “Young Students’ Precious Forest” with Meng Yichen. Mo Ziyuan and the other four had been grabbed as coolies by Cui Shi and were helping him grind medicinal herbs.
“Who is it?” Lin Xin caught the ball and casually handed it to Mo Ziyuan, walking out to open the courtyard gate while asking.
With a “whoosh,” a group surged in. He Clan’s clan leader hid behind the leading old Daoist, pointing at Lin Xin: “Daoist priest, it’s her, it’s her who uses demonic magic. Quickly subdue her!”
Lin Xin raised an eyebrow. It seemed last time had really scared this old man badly; he’d even found Daoist priests to deal with her.
However, a pleased arc bent at the corner of her mouth. Anyway, there hadn’t been much to do lately—being idle was boring, so why not have some fun with these Daoist priests!
Anyway, they didn’t look like they had real skills; cheating and deception seemed more likely. Plus, she needed to give He Clan Leader a profound lesson. Did he really think she was that easy to deal with?
Hmph!
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