Chapter 912
Young Lin Xiao
"Lin Xiao, you're just a piece of trash, you know that? You're not good enough to fight me!"
"Lin Xiao, I'm warning you again, stay away from Princess Yan'er, or I'll break your legs."
"How dare you, the son of a sinner, covet the position of Palace Mistress Yan'er? What a joke!"
A boy was cornered by several other boys and subjected to a brutal beating, but the boy being beaten remained silent throughout.
The beating lasted for more than ten minutes before the boys finally left, satisfied.
The boy who was beaten sat on the ground with disheveled hair, his eyes filled with resentment and unwillingness.
"I, Lin Xiao, will one day make you all pay the price. My mother is absolutely not a sinner of the empire!"
After scoffing at himself, Lin Xiao stood up and walked in another direction.
Lin House.
The Lin residence appeared extremely desolate at this time, with the plaque on the main gate teetering on the verge of falling off at any moment.
The two characters "Lin Mansion" on the plaque also subtly convey a sense of sadness.
Lin Xiao entered the Lin residence and looked around.
"Uncle Yang, I'm back."
"Young Master, what's wrong with you? Did you get into a fight again?"
An elderly man with gray hair walked towards Lin Xiao, and looking at the injuries on Lin Xiao's face and his slightly disheveled clothes, asked him with concern.
"It's alright, Uncle Yang. It's just a fight. As long as no one dies, it's fine."
"Young Master, you can't do this! Your body can't handle this. If you continue like this, something bad will definitely happen. If something happens to you, how will I explain it to Master and Madam!"
The man called Uncle Yang looked on with lingering fear as he examined Lin Xiao's injuries.
Lin Xiao simply waved his hand optimistically at this.
"It's nothing, it's nothing, it's just a small problem, Uncle Yang. My goal is to reach for the stars and the sea. I'm determined to become someone like my father and mother. What's a little injury?"
After Lin Xiao finished speaking, he disappeared in a flash, leaving Uncle Yang standing there with a helpless expression.
Lin Xiao walked through a rockery and a small bamboo grove, arriving at a secluded and quiet courtyard.
He immediately sat down to meditate, but the progress of his internal energy was extremely slow. After meditating for three days, the progress was negligible.
"If things continue like this, how can I catch up with my father and mother? How can I investigate the reasons for their disappearance? How can I clear their names?"
Lin Xiao opened his eyes, his gaze filled with resentment. He was extremely unwilling. His father and mother were both renowned talents in the empire, but why did he inherit no talent at all and instead become a useless good-for-nothing?
"Maybe they're right, I really am a piece of trash, a complete and utter piece of trash!"
Lin Xiao looked up at the sky and gave a bitter laugh.
"What? Kid, have you given up on yourself like this?"
Suddenly a voice rang out, startling Lin Xiao so much that he jumped up and looked around, but couldn't see a trace of anyone.
"Who is it? Who's speaking? Come out now!"
Lin Xiao looked around nervously.
"Hehe, little one, no need to look anymore, I'm right on your neck."
The sound came again, and Lin Xiao was slightly taken aback before looking at the small white pagoda hanging around his neck.
Lin Xiao obtained this small white tower by chance. He felt it was exquisite and exceptionally sturdy, so he simply made it into a necklace and hung it around his neck. Who would have thought that this small tower could actually talk?
Lin Xiao tore off the small pagoda and placed it on the stone table, his eyes filled with curiosity. Suddenly, a beam of white light shot out, so bright that Lin Xiao couldn't open his eyes and quickly closed them.
After the white light disappeared, Lin Xiao slowly opened his eyes and saw a figure standing in front of him, or rather, floating in front of him.
The figure was dressed in white brocade robes, with long, white hair, and was extremely handsome, just like himself.
"Who are you!?"
Looking at the person in front of him, Lin Xiao felt a sense of fear and dread—a fear of the unknown.
"Don't be afraid, I'm not the kind of person who would harm you. My name is Lin Xuan, you can call me Elder Xuan or Elder Lin."
Lin Xuan had a faint smile at the corners of his mouth, giving people a rather friendly feeling.
"Elder Lin? Elder Xuan?"
Lin Xiao looked at the white-haired old man in front of him with some curiosity. Not only did the old man look exactly like him, but he also shared the same surname.
"Who are you? Why are you inside this pendant?"
Lin Xiao still looked at Lin Xuan with wariness in his eyes, after all, someone of unknown origin was hidden in his necklace.
"Hehe." Lin Xuan chuckled lightly, his gaze towards Lin Xiao carrying a hint of amusement.
"Kid, do you know what that necklace you've been wearing around your neck for over ten years is?"
"What do you mean?" Lin Xiao asked, puzzled, looking at Lin Xuan with confusion.
Lin Xuan smiled and shook his head, floating and swimming in the courtyard. With a flick of his finger, the Eight Immortal Towers floated into his hand.
Lin Xiao was also somewhat anxious when he saw that Lin Xuan had taken away his little tower.
"This little tower was originally called the Eight Immortal Tower. It was the artifact that made the Eight Immortal Venerables famous. It was also a genuine top-grade innate fortune treasure with the power to seize the heavens. But you, kid, used it as a pendant and made it into a necklace. Hehe, if those Immortal Kings and Immortal Emperors knew about it, they would definitely say that you are wasting a precious treasure."
"A top-grade innate destiny spirit treasure?"
"The artifacts that made the Eight Immortal Venerables famous?"
Lin Xiao was shocked to hear these two titles. His gaze towards the small tower changed, and he even felt a little annoyed. It was as if a treasure was right in front of him, but he couldn't seize the opportunity.
"And you, who are you?"
Lin Xiao immediately suppressed all the distracting thoughts in his mind and looked at Lin Xuan to ask.
Lin Xuan glanced at Lin Xiao with amusement. This young man was interesting. Although he knew he had missed a great opportunity, he was able to immediately calm himself down.
“I have already told you my name. You can call me Elder Xuan. As for my other identity, I am the current master of these eight immortal towers.”
Lin Xuan chuckled as he played with the Eight Immortal Pagodas in his hand.
Lin Xiao stared at Lin Xuan in shock, never expecting that the person before him had such an identity.
"Then why did you..."
Lin Xiao looked at Lin Xuan with some suspicion.
As the owner of a top-grade innate destiny spiritual treasure, why has he been hiding in this treasure for so long without showing himself?
This was a problem, and Lin Xiao quickly came to this conclusion as well.
"We'll discuss this later, kid. You have a golden opportunity now; it's up to you how you seize it." (End of Chapter)