Chapter 38 - Curse
The two red words "Lin Family" glistened on the green board. This board had been brought back from the imperial capital, it represented the Lin family"s honor and glory. Even though the Lin family wasn"t a big family, their influence was nothing to be looked down upon. The big green door was shut and this was obviously because they didn"t want anyone to visit.
Seeing the state of their house, Lin Haoxue looked at Lin Ruoxue and saw there was bitterness on her face as well. Sighing, she knocked on the door. After quite a while, the door finally opened a little. A head poked out searching the surroundings. When this person saw Lin Haoxue, her face immediately turned from depressed to happy and the door opened widely. She jumped out and almost fell on Lin Haoxue and her sister.
"Two young miss, you"re finally back!"
"Cui Lan, what"s wrong with grandfather?" Lin Ruoxue asked Cui Lan not noticing that Cui Lan"s behavior was a bit abnormal. Lin Haoxue noticed something from Cui Lan"s action which seemed to be almost warning about something. However, she didn"t ask anything since she was more concerned about her grandfather.
"Grandmaster is still in a coma." Cui Lan spoke in a low voice and immediately frowned. Her happiness from seeing the two of them immediately disappeared.
"What exactly is going on? Tell us all of the details." Lin Haoxue asked while walking. Grandfather always loved her dearly so he was very important to her. She wouldn"t allow anything to happen to her grandfather.
"That day, grandmaster was doing fine. He had even gone to the martial arts practice arena to supervise and watch the guards practice. However, at night he became sick and couldn"t eat much of his dinner. Afterwards, he went into a coma. I"ve had many people come to look at him, but none of them knew exactly what was wrong. Now it has been more than ten days."
"There wasn"t anything odd before grandfather pa.s.sed out?"
"No, it was just a normal day."
"Sister, let me go check on him." After hearing what Cui Lan said, Lin Haoxue was even more anxious. She didn"t dare stay and talk more, instead, she ran all the way to her grandfather Lin Geng"s bedroom.
Lin Ruoxue was anxious too, and she had never seen her sister so nervous before so she followed her to his room.
Lin Geng"s bedroom was the master bedroom of the Lin family"s mansion and more than thirty guards had surrounded it. When those guards saw Lin Haoxue, they all looked emotional. Back then when Lin Haoxue and He Long fought in their backyard martial arts practice arena, Lin Haoxue"s skill in that battle gave them a profound impression of their young miss. But now Lin Haoxue wasn"t in the mood to make small talk, she walked directly to her grandfather"s room.
Inside the bedroom, there was only Lin Haiyue by his side.
"Uncle Haiyue!" Lin Haoxue quickly greeted Lin Haiyue then looked at Lin Geng, who was laying with his eyes closed. Lin Geng laid on the bed with both his hands on his chest, and he looked normal. He looked calm and his breathing was even as if he were just asleep.
"Grandpa" Lin Haoxue knelt down and used her hands to hold her grandpa"s that were filled with wrinkles and put them on her cheek. She called him faintly, but Lin Geng still laid there without moving.
"Grandpa, what"s wrong with you?" Suddenly, Lin Haoxue"s eyes were red and tears fell down on her cheeks rapidly. For the past few months, she had been through a lot. In the Demon Beast Forest, she almost died, but no matter what happened, she never felt depressed or even the urge to give up because she knew that grandpa was always there for her. Therefore, she wanted to be stronger, to protect her grandfather and her family.
But now, what had kept her going collapsed. Seeing her grandfather not move at all, she couldn"t help but cry out loud. Lin Geng who was lying there quietly in front of her reminded her of her previous grandfather Lin Xiaoyun. The scene of her grandfather laying on the ground as his blood flowed outwards showed up in her mind, and so she could no longer control her emotions. Finally, she let out her emotions and cried out loud.
Seeing Lin Haoxue who had always been brave crying so hard, Lin Haiyue just sighed and shook his head to Lin Ruoxue who had just rushed in signaling that she shouldn"t stop her. He thought that it wasn"t a bad idea to let her vent her emotions. Lin Ruoxue stood there quietly, but her eyes started to turn wet and red as well.
Lin Haiyue watched Lin Haoxue grew up. He thought that Lin Haoxue had been very lovable, but because her profound veins hadn"t awoken, she had always felt inferior. However, ever since she was beaten up by the Wu family and went into a coma, she had seemed to become a whole different person when she woke up. Even when the He family from the imperial capital came to challenge them, she crazily fought against them and actually managed to defeat the He family by herself. But no matter how strong she seemed to be, she was after all a child.
When Lin Haoxue let out all her emotions and cried out loud, she didn"t notice that her nerves which always been drawn tight had relaxed. Now, at this moment, the small black dragon in her dantian had also relaxed as well. Its curled-up body faintly stretched outwards, and at this moment, when it was stretching a black halo overflowed from its body. It went up along her meridian channels and eventually went into Lin Haoxue"s knowledge sea.
After crying for a while, Lin Haoxue calmed down and saw her sister who was also crying.
"Hum?" Suddenly, Lin Haoxue was startled. She felt a familiar aura coming from Lin Geng"s body. To her surprise, it was an incantation"s aura! When she had just entered, she didn"t feel anything but now she did. What was going on? Could it be that her willforce had suddenly improved?
Now she was able to figure out the reason why her grandfather had gone into a coma, and this was good news for her.
Lin Haoxue immediately held her breath and concentrated. She thoroughly checked Lin Geng"s body paying special attention to his profound veins. After checking for a while, she was relieved. She asked Lin Haiyue: "Uncle Haiyue, do you know why grandfather"s strength has diminished so much?"
"Your grandfather was harmed badly ten years ago which put him into a coma. When he woke up, his strength had decreased quite a bit. Why are you asking about this all of a sudden?" Lin Haiyue thought for a bit and answered.
"He was beaten up? Grandfather wouldn"t just lose his strength from a beating, something else must have happened. Can you tell me the details, Uncle Haiyue?" Lin Haoxue looked at Lin Haiyue firmly. Earlier her eyes had been inflamed from crying so hard, but now she looked as if she hadn"t cried at all: determined and very confident. Such a strong girl made Lin Haiyue love and admire her dearly.
"Ten years ago, an extremely powerful cultivator came to our Lin family"s residence. Even though he didn"t cover up his face, we didn"t know who he was. He said he was here for your father, but back then your father was wandering around outside so we really didn"t know what was going on. Your grandfather didn"t know either, but when that person heard that your grandfather didn"t know where your father was, he seemed a bit impatient. After hearing this, he suddently attacked your grandfather sending a golden beam of light shooting towards him. This was the attack which sent him into a coma. After more than ten days your grandfather"s strength had decreased by quite a lot. He went from a Peak Profound Saint realm to a Profound Ancestor realm cultivator. As for that person, he had already left the town."
"And then?"
"Afterwards, your grandfather"s strength was too weak for us to keep our place in the imperial capital, therefore we had no choice but to come back here, to his home, Taixing town."
"So you"re saying a mysterious person harm grandfather?" Lin Haoxue frowned.
"Yes. Even though that person was alone, his or her strength was immense."
"But if this is true then this shouldn"t have been the outcome! If that person really wanted grandfather"s life, grandfather would never have been left alive. Why did he use such a method?" Lin Haoxue didn"t seem to understand and kept asking: "Uncle Haiyue, think about it more, was there anything else which happened afterwards?"
"Nothing I remember. Back then the Lin family was a big family and our reputation was quite good. Therefore, after your grandfather was harmed, a lot of people came to visit..." When he talked to here, Lin Haiyue seemed to think of something, "If you"re forcing me to think of something odd… Could it be that the Chen family had something to do with this?"
"The Chen family? Why do you think that?" Lin Haoxue seemed to notice something.
"Here"s the thing. The Chen family was originally a subordinate family to our Lin family. Therefore, when your grandfather was in a coma, the most diligent person who came to visit was the Chen family head. Back then I never thought there was something wrong with their actions. It was just that after our Lin family left the imperial capital, the Chen family took our place as the fourth biggest family. So the Chen family had become the newest member of the four big families in the imperial capital."
"Who is the Chen family head? Is he an incantation master?"
"No, their family head was merely a profound cultivator. Even though back then he was at the Profound Saint realm as well, but he was merely at the Early-stage. No matter what he shouldn"t have had the strength to lead one of the big families."
"So was it only him that visited grandfather?"
"Mostly it was him alone. There was only one time that he brought his daughter."
"His daughter?"
"Right, his daughter was a cultivation genius. It was said that when she was young, her face was injured accidentally, therefore she wore a face mask all year round. Almost no one had seen her true appearance."
"If that"s true, then everything is clear now. It must be that the Chen family did something."
"Haoxue, what exactly is this about?" This moment, Lin Ruoxue heard what Lin Haoxue said, she asked immediately.
"Grandfather was cursed," Lin Haxoxue said.
"Cursed?"
"Right. To sum it up, it"s an incantation. Grandfather was cursed with an incantation, but the person who did it wasn"t very powerful. So I think that it shouldn"t have been that mysteriously strong person who did such a thing as if he ever wanted grandpa"s life, n.o.body could have stopped him. He is unlikely to go so far as to use such a method."
"So you"re saying the person with the covered face who Chen family head brought with him wasn"t his daughter? She was an incantation master in disguise?" Suddenly, Lin Haiyue realized the truth of the matter.
"Right, this is what I think. Even though I don"t have evidence, the Chen family is the most suspicious one. I will investigate this issue. It seems that grandfather"s curse has been agitated again, so I need to urgently dissolve grandfather"s curse incantation."
"Dissolve the incantation? You?"
"Yeah, me." Lin Haoxue"s sorrow had disappeared. Now she was smiling and looked confident.