Chapter 993

Chapter 993 Ambushed

 

Facing the Lin family, who were much weaker than the Wang family, he had no reason to employ such a conspiracy, especially against a young girl.

Lin Zhenshu stared at Fang Yu and said: “Even so, we cannot completely rule out his suspicion!”

“What if he wants to maintain a good image in front of outsiders? Perhaps toying with us in the palm of his hand and playing with human lives is his interest?” Lin Zhenshu continued, “In any case, this person is highly suspicious.”

“So, what do you want to do?” Fang Yu asked.

“I know I’m no match for you… but as a member of the Lin family, I must stand here!” Lin Zhenshu said firmly.

Fang Yu looked at Lin Zhenshu, secretly nodding in his heart.

This young man might be stubborn, but his attitude was correct.

Fang Yu cared for the Lin family because he knew they were descendants of Lin Badian.

But on the Lin family’s side, they knew very little about Fang Yu.

At most, they knew he was someone with great power.

Under these circumstances, it was reasonable for Lin Zhenshu to have various suspicions.

The Lin family indeed needed someone like him.

However, while Lin Zhenshu’s attitude was correct, he was too stubborn and inflexible in his thinking.

This was also his shortcoming.

Nevertheless, Lin Zhenshu looked quite young. By the time he could take over as the head of the Lin family, it would certainly be decades later.

By then, he would surely have grown.

“If I were the one who attacked her, why would I specifically come here? Wouldn’t it be easier to just let Lin Zhilan die?” Fang Yu said helplessly.

“I said earlier, this might be your interest! Perhaps you want to watch Zhilan die with your own eyes…” Lin Zhenshu said.

“Then there’s nothing I can do.” Fang Yu walked forward and pulled Lin Zhenshu aside.

Lin Zhenshu was on guard and wanted to counter Fang Yu’s move.

But Fang Yu’s right hand swept him aside, giving him no chance to counter.

“Keep an eye on this dim-witted one, don’t let him come in and disturb me,” Fang Yu said indifferently, then walked through the door.

Lin Zhenshu stood there, gritting his teeth, still wanting to follow.

“Enough!” Lin Zhenxi shouted with a livid face.

Lin Zhenshu stopped and looked at Lin Zhenxi.

“You may not trust Lord Fang, but you should trust our family head!” Lin Zhenxi said, “If Lord Fang wanted to harm us, our Lin family would have been destroyed long ago!”

Seeing Lin Zhenxi truly angry, Lin Zhenshu lowered his head and said nothing more.

…

After entering the door, Fang Yu closed it behind him.

There was another layer of curtain inside the room.

Lifting the curtain, he could see a bed where Lin Zhilan lay, eyes tightly closed, her face bloodless.

She was still wearing the black clothes she had worn during practice.

Fang Yu stepped forward and placed two fingers of his left hand on her forehead.

His fingertips emitted a white light.

A moment later, Fang Yu removed his fingers and looked at Lin Zhilan with a slight frown.

The true qi in her meridians was extremely chaotic.

From this observation, it indeed appeared to be symptoms of qi deviation.

But logically… although the Heavenly Dao Sword Technique was extremely difficult to cultivate, it shouldn’t cause qi deviation.

Especially since… Lin Zhilan had just started practicing a few days ago, the possibility of qi deviation was virtually non-existent.

“This is definitely not qi deviation…” Fang Yu’s eyes flickered slightly as he released his divine sense to envelop Lin Zhilan’s entire body.

The chaos in her meridians wasn’t caused by qi deviation, so it must be due to something else.

Fang Yu’s divine sense swept through her meridians, soul, blood vessels…

Soon, he discovered the problem.

In Lin Zhilan’s blood, there was a trace of an aura that shouldn’t be there.

It was extremely subtle, but Fang Yu detected it.

“She’s been poisoned.”

Fang Yu’s eyes flickered slightly.

He couldn’t determine what kind of poison it was.

But… there were many methods to expel the poison from her blood.

Fang Yu turned around, walked out past the curtain, opened the door, and said to Lin Zhenxi who was waiting outside: “Bring me a set of silver needles.”

…

Twenty minutes later, Lin Zhilan lay face down on the bed, with seven silver needles inserted into acupuncture points on her back.

Fang Yu extended his right palm above the silver needles, slowly releasing a subtle amount of true qi.

The seven silver needles trembled slightly.

At the same time, sweat began to seep from the pores of Lin Zhilan’s body.

This acupuncture technique was called the Seven Impenetrable Needles.

This name was given by Fang Yu himself, but the technique came from an obscure healer.

Once this formation was deployed, it could expel any poison contained in the blood, and it had never failed so far.

Therefore, with these needles, one could resist a hundred poisons, hence the name Seven Impenetrable Needles.

The acupuncture process lasted nearly half an hour.

During this time, Lin Zhilan’s body continuously expelled sweat, including impurities from within.

From another perspective, this was also a form of body tempering.

But this kind of tempering was quite comfortable and didn’t cause any pain.

However, it was quite taxing for the person administering the needles.

Especially for someone like Fang Yu with vast true qi.

He had to maintain an extremely low output of true qi for the acupuncture.

If the true qi became too strong, it could easily cause serious injury to Lin Zhilan.

Half an hour later, Lin Zhilan’s body stopped sweating.

The acupuncture session was finally successful.

Fang Yu removed the silver needles one by one.

After all seven were removed, Lin Zhilan’s body trembled.

Fang Yu turned her body over.

Lin Zhilan opened her eyes and stared at Fang Yu.

“Do you remember what happened before?” Fang Yu asked.

Lin Zhilan was dazed for a moment, then said in a dry voice: “…water, water.”

The previous acupuncture had caused Lin Zhilan to lose a large amount of body fluid.

Fang Yu walked out beyond the curtain, filled a glass with water, came back, helped Lin Zhilan sit up, and let her drink the water.

Lin Zhilan drank the water in big gulps.

After she finished, Fang Yu asked again: “Do you remember what happened before?”

Lin Zhilan thought for a moment, her delicate eyebrows tightly knitted.

As soon as she tried to recall, she felt a headache.

Fang Yu looked at her and said: “It seems you need to rest. I’ll call someone in. You should take a bath first, then drink more water, and get some sleep.”

…

Fang Yu walked out the door and asked the Lin family to send two female attendants to take care of Lin Zhilan.

“Lord Fang… is Zhilan alright?” Lin Zhenxi asked.

“She’s fine now, but needs to rest for a while,” Fang Yu said.

Lin Zhenshu stared at Fang Yu from behind, saying nothing.

“That’s great…” Lin Zhenxi let out a huge sigh of relief.

“By the way, I don’t see Lin Zhengxiong. I need to talk to him,” Fang Yu asked.

“Because you weren’t here the past two days, the family head went to East City to find a famous doctor from the Wancao Sect to save Zhilan… Yesterday he said progress was good, and he should be bringing someone back today… Let me ask about it.” Lin Zhenxi said.

Just as he finished speaking, hurried footsteps approached.

A Lin family member with a pale face shouted before even reaching Lin Zhenxi: “Fifth Master… something has happened to the family head!”

The surrounding Lin family members’ faces all changed drastically.

“What happened?!” Lin Zhenxi looked at this person and asked.

“I, I just received a call from Lin Dashan, who accompanied the family head to East City. When they were returning from East City… they were attacked,” the person said.

“What’s the situation?! What’s the current situation?!” Lin Zhenxi asked with a trembling voice.

“I, I don’t know. Lin Dashan hadn’t finished speaking when I heard screams, and then the call was cut off…” the Lin family member said, almost crying.

“Did he mention the location?” Lin Zhenxi took a deep breath, trying to remain calm, and asked.

“Yes, yes… he said they had just passed through Triangle Ridge Road south of North City,” the Lin family member said.

“Triangle Ridge, Triangle Ridge…” Lin Zhenxi looked up and said, “Gather our elite forces immediately and head to Triangle Ridge!”

Fang Yu didn’t speak. He took out his phone, opened the map, and searched for the location of Triangle Ridge Road.

Then, he turned to look at Lin Zhenshu and said: “Come with me.”

Lin Zhenshu was stunned for a moment and frowned: “What do you mean?”

“To find Lin Zhengxiong.” Fang Yu said as he walked toward Lin Zhenshu.

Ignoring Lin Zhenshu’s attempt to break free, he immediately activated his spatial ring.

“Whoosh!”

Both of them disappeared from the spot.

…

Fang Yu and Lin Zhenshu appeared together on Triangle Ridge Road, far from the central area of North City.

This place was on the outskirts of North City’s border, sparsely populated, with only a single road.

Fang Yu stood still, releasing his divine sense.

Soon, he found Lin Zhengxiong’s location.

At the same time, his pupils… turned a terrifying red!