Chapter 1058: Chapter 1058: Sudden Pressure Surge

The evil wind outside was still blowing, rustling the curtains in the room, making anyone who heard it feel irritable and on edge.

Miaoqiu was tightly holding Lin Tian’s hand, feeling the warmth passing into her palm; only then did that restless heart of hers find something to cling to.

"Lin Tian, what do we do now?" Miaoqiu asked.

"We’ll meet all changes by not changing. Let’s just sit tight. If any more blind wandering ghosts show up, don’t we still have a grandmaster here?" As he spoke, Lin Tian shot a glance at Xu Dongxu.

"If you want my help, fine, give me the antidote." As he said this, Xu Dongxu stretched out his hand.

Lin Tian gave a sly chuckle and shook his head. "I told you long ago: you have to gather all of Martial Sect’s souls back first."

"If you won’t, then forget it. Don’t expect me to lend a hand later." Xu Dongxu said blandly, looking utterly unconcerned.

Just then, Xu Xichao’s voice suddenly rang out from the yard.

"Lin Tian, get out here!"

The voice boomed so loudly the ground seemed to tremble three times. He was clearly here to call him to account.

Xu Xichao opened his mouth, wanting to respond, when Lin Tian suddenly flashed to his side and tapped a few acupoints on his body. He immediately couldn’t make a sound.

Lin Tian had just stuck his head out the window when a gust of evil wind blew over, almost sweeping him right out.

Bracing himself against the window ledge, Lin Tian looked out and saw only two people in the middle of the yard: Xu Beishan and Xu Xichao.

Xu Beishan was sitting in a wheelchair, and Xu Xichao still had the wounds from earlier that day on his face, looking utterly miserable and bedraggled.

The strange wind filling the yard was like a tornado, and the two of them were right in the eye of the storm, not affected in the slightest.

It wasn’t that the weird wind couldn’t blow there; it was that they had something on them that happened to ward off these sinister things.

"Yo, aren’t these Miaoqiu’s two dear uncles? Coming over so late, what for? You should go home and nurse your injuries." Lin Tian narrowed his eyes as he spoke with a smile. He had to squint—if sand from that weird wind got into his eyes, it’d be hell.

Hearing this, Xu Xichao’s face flushed with rage; all he wanted was to smash Lin Tian’s head in with one punch.

Go home and nurse injuries? Which wound on the two of us wasn’t left by you?

"Lin Tian!" At this moment, Xu Beishan, who was sitting in the wheelchair, spoke up as well. "Cut the act. You know why we’re here. Hand over my third brother and we’ll leave immediately."

Lin Tian said, "When I ran into Xu Dongxu, I’d already stabbed him through the heart with one thrust. His corpse is on the riverbank downstream of your Xu Family Stream. By now some dog might’ve dragged it off for all I know. Instead of coming here to look for him, you’d be better off looking for his body."

As soon as the words left his mouth, that strange wind rose again. Shockingly, the wind suddenly gathered into a single stream, forceful and fierce, rushing straight at him.

Lin Tian hurriedly pulled his head back in and casually shut the window.

Bang!

The window glass was smashed to pieces by that weird wind, and the shards flew straight at Lin Tian’s face.

Lin Tian swept his arm.

Flowing Sleeve Embraces the River.

All the glass shards were flung back out the window by Lin Tian; but the strange wind in his face still drove his body back three big steps before he could steady himself.

In that instant, the air in the entire room plummeted, and whether it was an illusion or not, the lights inside suddenly grew dim.

Lin Tian felt as if countless eyes were staring at him. The feeling was hair-raising, scalp prickling; all he wanted was to find a corner to hide in.

Miaoqiu could naturally sense that something was wrong as well; her charming body shrank back a little.

Xu Dongxu, on the other hand, looked completely unfazed. He couldn’t speak, but he could still move; he stepped forward and grabbed Miaoqiu by the wrist.

At this moment, Miaoqiu was at her most vigilant. Seeing Xu Dongxu grab her wrist, she instinctively started to struggle.

But to Xu Dongxu, her resistance wasn’t worth mentioning. With a hard tug, he pulled Miaoqiu behind him and used his own body to shield her from the strange wind surrounding Lin Tian.

Miaoqiu could clearly feel the goodwill in his action, her red lips parting in surprise.

Even if they were uncle and niece, with the two branches of the family already tearing each other apart like this, why would Xu Dongxu still protect her?

Miaoqiu couldn’t figure it out, but she didn’t ask. After all, even if she did, Xu Dongxu’s Mute Acupoint had been sealed; he couldn’t answer.

"Ignorant brat! Utter nonsense!"

Just then, a voice rang by his ear.

Aside from sounding old, the voice was also somewhat hoarse. The strangest thing was that even Lin Tian’s ears couldn’t tell where it was coming from. It sounded as if it were right beside his ear, yet also as if it were outside; he couldn’t make out its direction at all.

The speaker was clearly Xu Dongxu’s master. A voice this peculiar was obviously for self‑protection; if someone learned his exact location, it would be a huge threat to him.

The old voice rang out again: "Dongxu is clearly in the room! And right now, there are three hundred wronged ghosts in that room as well. I know you can protect yourself, but what about the others?"

Even if he didn’t say who "the others" were, Lin Tian knew he meant Xu Shaohui’s family of three.

Lin Tian frowned. He hated this kind of threat. But when he turned to look at Xu Shaohui and Xv Baiping on the bed, their faces looked normal; they didn’t seem too affected.

Pulling his clothes closer around him, Lin Tian started toward the window again. But with three hundred wronged ghosts around him, every step he took felt incredibly heavy, as if something were pushing him back.

"Get lost!" Lin Tian’s eyes bulged, his brows shooting up as he let out a furious roar.

Whoosh—

The pressure around him receded like a tide in an instant, though it still watched Lin Tian like a tiger eyeing its prey, locked in a stalemate.

Lin Tian reached the window and looked out, but he still saw no one other than the Xu Beishan brothers.

"Don’t you dare threaten me! If they so much as lose a single hair, I’ll slit Xu Dongxu’s throat with my own hands. I mean what I say!"

With Spiritual Qi mixed into his voice, it boomed like a great bell; loud and resonant, his aura no weaker than the other’s.

Xu Beishan lifted his head to look at Lin Tian in the upstairs window and said in a low voice, "Lin Tian, since you’ve already brought him back, yet still refuse to release him, you must want some benefits. Just say it. We’ll do our best to satisfy you. What good does it do anyone to keep this up until we both lose?"

It had to be said, Xu Beishan was a master negotiator.

Lin Tian said, "You’ve got it wrong. I don’t lack anything, and I don’t want any benefits. I just need Xu Dongxu to do me a favor. Once it’s done, I’ll let him go myself!"

"Big Brother, don’t believe a word out of this brat’s mouth." Xu Xichao said darkly, "He’s sly as a fox. If he doesn’t let him go, we’ll turn this place upside down!"

Lin Tian’s expression gradually darkened. There was no way to reason with someone this brainless.

Suddenly, another gust of wind rose, and the pressure around Lin Tian surged, as if trying to squeeze him into mince.