Wang Sijing really hadn’t expected that this stab would actually hit.

Her current mood is difficult to describe, and can only be expressed as being overjoyed.

"Even if I die, I’ll take someone down with me!"

Finishing with a laugh, she added more strength to her hand, thrusting the short knife forward fiercely.

Lin Tian stepped back, but his expression didn’t change.

Wang Sijing’s eyebrow suddenly raised, sensing something was off.

What was wrong?

She looked down at Lin Tian’s stomach; there was no blood, but the short knife had clearly gone in...

Whoosh~

A breeze swept by, and the short knife in Wang Sijing’s hand was casually taken away by Lin Tian.

"Haha, this knife is good, but unfortunately, not sharp enough." Lin Tian smiled lightly, flicking his arm, tossing the short knife onto the ground.

"You’re unharmed?"

Wang Sijing’s mood worsened, even a bit depressed.

This kind of ups and downs, who can handle it?

"Have you heard of the Golden Bell Shield and Iron Cloth Shirt?"

"Nonsense!" Wang Sijing replied irritably.

This martial art in the ancient martial arts of the Celestial Dragon Continent is a very familiar Hard Qi Gong.

When perfected, it can prevent drowning, withstand fire, hold breath indefinitely, and stave off hunger, let alone being immune to blades and bullets.

"Do you know it?" Wang Sijing looked at Lin Tian with a change in her eyes.

These two martial arts had long been lost, and even if they existed, they’d be kept as treasures by sects, not leaked to the world.

"If I didn’t, how could I have been buried under snow for so long, and still easily taken your two hits?" Lin Tian said, winking at Wang Sijing.

Of course, Lin Tian didn’t really know the Golden Bell Shield, let alone Iron Cloth Shirt. He relied on the bulletproof vest given to him by Bai Shishi.

If it could stop bullets, how could it not handle a short knife?

The reason he said so was mainly to amplify his image, making truth and falsehood indistinguishable.

"Heh, you’d only fool a three-year-old with that talk. These two martial arts need to be practiced from a young age to be effective, and all your data shows you only started training this year."

Lin Tian laughed: "I think your intelligence is like a three-year-old. If I only started training this year, how could I have the strength of a Golden Core?"

"..."

"Hearing is deceiving, seeing is believing. Those so-called data, you can’t trust them completely."

"Are you done talking? If so, step aside."

"You stabbed me twice, and you want me to just step aside like that? Isn’t that too cheap for you?"

"Don’t I still have your dark energy in me? That makes us even!"

"Do you think this is child’s play? Saying it’s even doesn’t make it so." After speaking, Lin Tian’s expression suddenly turned serious, "If this dark energy erupts, your meridians will be severed. I can help you solve it, but you should at least give me some benefit."

"What do you want?"

"Your Wang Family has some businesses, right? Give me two of the bigger ones, and I’ll remove the dark energy for you. Is your life more valuable, or those two businesses, you decide."

Wang Sijing wanted to curse; was she a calamity to their cornfield in a past life? How did she meet him in this life! Is there anyone else who extorts like this?!

"Half of my family’s business has been swallowed by yours, and now you have Qiansimei and the Bai Family, the Liou Family, you’re taking a big slice of Kanyue City’s commercial pie, isn’t that enough for you?"

Lin Tian smiled: "You’re quite right, but who thinks they have too little money?"

"Aren’t you afraid of bursting from it?"

"That’s still better than starving."

Wang Sijing huffed heavily, bypassed Lin Tian, and said without looking back, "My Wang Family has many masters, lots of talent, why ask for your help? It’s just dark energy, you’re too confident in yourself."

Lin Tian shrugged, too lazy to argue with her.

This girl is a bit too naive.

Wang Sijing wasn’t too worried about dark energy erupting inside her because she used all her Inner Strength to lock it, though it’s a very tedious task, she’s confident she can hold it until the dark energy dissipates.

Wang Sijing left, and the battered Zhou Chenghang was also helped down the mountain by two of the Wang Family’s experts.

A group that came with such fanfare, left somewhat disgracefully.

Fortunately, this spot wasn’t particularly crowded, otherwise, the confrontation just now would have attracted a lot of attention; Lin Tian didn’t want to become a trending topic because of this.

After Wang Sijing and the others left, Lin Tian didn’t pursue them. How could his dark energy be so easily dispelled?

...

By the time Lin Tian returned to the Liou Family, it was already evening.

He had left at noon, taking a bus for six and a half hours, with more than three hours stuck in traffic. There’s nothing to be done; Kanyue City now has too many people and cars.

The next day, Lin Tian got busy again.

His busy task was carrying big bags, with pockets full of hefty red envelopes, visiting relatives and elders for the New Year.

He had stayed in the Five Pure Ones Temple for a few days but hadn’t yet celebrated the Lantern Festival; visiting during this time is a courtesy.

Lin Tian first took Liou Qingcheng to visit the Lin Family relatives and then visited the Liou Family relatives.

A golden couple, handsome and beautiful, naturally received many blessings. Though tiring, it was quite fulfilling.

Finally, they needed to visit an elder’s house. Their teacher, Zhao Xuefeng.

Zhao Xuefeng, besides his school dormitory, had two other well-located properties in Kanyue City.

But his favorite was always the teacher’s dorm at school.

It’s winter break now, so the school was almost empty, and on the way to the teacher’s house, Lin Tian didn’t encounter anyone he knew.

Caring large bags, he rang Zhao Xuefeng’s doorbell, and soon, Mrs. Xu Wan opened the door.

Xu Wan still chased trends; last time she had yellow curls, but now had long straight black hair, with a slanted fringe that looked quite intellectual.

"Happy New Year, madam." Lin Tian smiled and handed over the bags in his hands.

Liou Qingcheng also smiled, "Wishing you to remain youthful, madam."

Xu Wan took the things from Lin Tian with a smile, "Alright, alright. Also wishing you a long and happy life together. Don’t stand outside, come in."

Alas, her granddaughter wasn’t bad either, if only she’d met Lin Tian earlier, that grandson-in-law wouldn’t have gotten away.

This period, Xu Wan was still worrying about her granddaughter’s partner, but with Lin Tian as a template, even those originally excellent men seemed lackluster.

Not to mention, those men didn’t know medicine, and even if they did, they weren’t as capable as Zhao Qingtang. If they married, there’d be no common language, it would end sooner or later.

Lin Tian couldn’t read minds, he followed behind his teacher’s wife and lightly asked, "Madam, where’s my teacher?"

Xu Wan pointed upstairs, saying, "In the study, Qingtang is also there, but it seems like they have something going on, the atmosphere isn’t right, be careful when you go up."

"Thank you, madam, I will," Lin Tian nodded with a smile, then led Liou Qingcheng upstairs.