Young Master, Don't Show Off - Chapter 197

[Chapter 197 Return to Beijing]

After leaving Murong’s house, Lin Xiu walked on the street and saw that the faces of the people in Jiangnan Prefecture were all filled with smiles.

The Zhang family father and son and the Jiangnan prefect father and son were all dead. They were not

killed by the Tiandao League.

They just threw the four people on the most crowded street in the early morning.

The passers-by punched, kicked, and even stabbed them with knives. They were the people who had a blood feud with them, and they did not miss this opportunity to take revenge with their own hands.

If this was not a world where strength was respected, with the influence of the Tiandao League, they could easily overthrow a country.

It’s a pity that in this world, without top strength, everything is empty talk.

Lin Xiu originally planned to go back to the capital with Caiyi first, and then come to Jiangnan to meet up with the people of the Tiandao League a month later, so as to meet A Ke.

He hadn’t seen her for half a year.

But after going to the Zhang family, Lin Xiu changed his mind.

He saw an account book in the study of the head of the Zhang family, and finally understood why the Zhang family in Kyoto had such a branch in the distant Jiangnan.

The Zhang family in Jiangnan moved here from Kyoto several decades ago.

For this reason, the Zhang family asked the royal family for a fiefdom. At that time, the Zhang family was even more glorious than it is now, and the royal family gave it a fiefdom.

Unexpectedly, not long after this branch of the Zhang family moved to Jiangnan Prefecture, they discovered a rich metal vein under the fiefdom.

The fiefdom of the powerful does not have to pay taxes to the court, and everything on the ground and underground belongs to the powerful.

This vein naturally became the property of the Zhang family.

The Zhang family took this opportunity to recruit a large number of people with the ability of gold magic, and the court could only watch. So far, the Zhang family has been operating in Jiangnan for decades. Apart from taxes, it is difficult for the court to intervene in the affairs of Jiangnan.

Mineral resources are non-renewable, and people with the ability of gold magic are very common. Therefore, as early as more than a hundred years ago, the mineral veins that have been explored by various countries on the mainland have been almost consumed. Now the few that are left are also restricted by the court and no one is allowed to mine.

Therefore, it is difficult for Lin Xiu to find a way to practice the gold magic.

This is a good opportunity.

The Zhang family’s mine is easy to find. Lin Xiu flew outside the city, stood in the sky and looked down. Everything below was in his sight.

He soon landed on a hill ten miles north of the city. This hill had been dug into thousands of holes, and there were many figures transporting carts of ore out of the tunnel.

Even if these ores are not smelted, they can be directly absorbed by the ability users of the gold magic. This is also an important reason why the Zhang family can win them over.

The moment Lin Xiu landed on the mountain, he felt the power in his body, which was unusually active and restless.

There was a kind of power that continued to flow into his body until a quarter of an hour later.

With his full absorption, it only took a quarter of an hour for the single ability to reach a bottleneck.

Unless he brought a vein of ore with him, he could only come here to practice.

Unfortunately, Lin Xiu’s space was not big enough, far from being able to hold a mine, but there was a way. He pressed his palm on the ground, and the metal elements underground were attracted up, forming crystals in his hand, and then he transferred them into the space.

This pure metal crystal has a higher efficiency in cultivation.

However, not long after Lin Xiu absorbed it, his ears suddenly moved and he turned his head to look in a certain direction.

A figure was running wildly from the front. The man jumped up and was more than ten feet away. He fell from a height and hit the ground heavily. The ground under Lin Xiu’s feet was shaking,

and the spears on his back also flew out and shot towards Lin Xiu.

Then, the rolling sound reached Lin Xiu’s ears: “Who dares to steal the mineral vein here!”

Lin Xiu was curious just now, how could such a large mineral vein not have even one guard? Now it seems that it is not that there is no guard, but that this one person is enough.

This is definitely a strong man in the upper realm of the earth level.

This kind of strong man, he is now simply invincible.

Those steel spears shot from a distance and inserted into the position where Lin Xiu was just now. If he hadn’t run fast, he would probably have been pierced through at this moment.

Lin Xiu, who was in the invisible state, flew up without hesitation. At this moment, the man had already run to Lin Xiu’s position, but there was nothing in front of him.

He frowned and looked around, but still found nothing.

At this time, he finally remembered something and said in a deep voice: “It’s them again!”

Although he didn’t care much about the Jiangnan Zhang family, he had heard about the Zhang father and son. Unexpectedly, these people not only captured the Zhang father and son, but also paid attention to this mineral vein.

Several spears on the ground flew up and stabbed back into his back.

Those people acted together every time, they could fly and be invisible. Although he was not afraid of those people, it was difficult to capture them.

After standing there for a while, he didn’t find any trace of them, so he could only turn around and leave.

At this time, Lin Xiu had returned home.

It was reasonable, but also expected that a ground-level strongman would appear in that mineral vein.

Mineral veins of that level, not to mention the Zhang family, I’m afraid even the imperial court would be jealous.

Anyone who has the ability of the Golden Art must rely on mineral veins if they want to quickly improve their strength. That is a fixed resource for cultivation. As long as there are resources, there is no need to worry about not being able to recruit people.

Even the strong men of the upper realm of the Earth Rank will bow their heads for resources.

The five great dynasties took turns to hold competitions in order to seize resources. As long as there are resources, they can continuously create strong men and directly improve the national strength. In

the following days, in addition to spending time with Cai Yi every day, Lin Xiu would fight wits and courage with the upper realm of the Earth Rank in the Zhang family’s mineral vein.

That man is an upper realm of the Earth Rank who has awakened the Golden Art. He is definitely not defeated. If he wants to run, the other party can’t catch up. After all, Lin Xiu’s combat effectiveness is not high, but his ability to run is absolutely first-class.

Moreover, he doesn’t need to sleep.

He deeply implemented what it means to retreat when the enemy advances, advance when the enemy retreats, and disturb when the enemy is tired. As long as the strong man sleeps, he will go to mine secretly. When he is found and chased out, Lin Xiu will leave immediately. When he comes back, he will come back to continue digging.

Ten days later, the man’s eyes were full of bloodshot and his face was full of fatigue. He held two steel spears in his hands and stabbed them into the ground fiercely. He said angrily: “You little scoundrel, can you only hide? If you have the ability, come out and fight me openly!”

It was impossible to fight. Lin Xiu ignored him. However, when he came again, he found that the mine was heavily guarded, and even the three earth-level strong men of the Zhang family came. It seemed that the man’s patience with him had reached the limit.

This time, Lin Xiu took a far look in the sky and left.

They like to guard, so let them guard.

The harvest these days has been enough for him to practice for a long time. When he can control a larger portable space in the future, he will move the entire mine of the Zhang family away.

Returning home again, Caiyi said to Lin Xiu: “Husband, we should go back. If we don’t go back, it will be a bit unreasonable…”

In the past half month, Lin Xiu was not only obsessed with love affairs, but he also practiced hard every day. However, Caiyi was right. They had been out for a month and almost forgot that he had a home in the capital.

To be fair, Zhao Lingjun treated him very well, and Lin Xiu couldn’t let outsiders talk about her.

Moreover, he missed the imperial concubine a little.

…

The capital, Changchun Palace.

The imperial concubine sat on a stone chair in the palace, staring blankly at something. The spirit pet in her arms was not very energetic. The atmosphere in the whole Changchun Palace was a little depressed and low.

This situation has lasted for a month.

To be exact, it was one month and three days.

The maid Linglong brought a bowl of lotus seed soup and whispered, “Madam, it’s time to eat.”

The imperial concubine shook her head and said, “Take it away. I’m not hungry.”

Linglong said with a sad face, “But Madam, you didn’t eat much yesterday. You should eat something, otherwise you will collapse.”

The imperial concubine said, “Leave it there. I will eat it when I’m hungry.”

Linglong could only take the lotus seed soup away. On the other side of the palace, several imperial doctors stood there, whispering.

“Madam, how come your condition is worse than before?”

“Although you ate less before, but not this little…”

“Could it be that Madam has anorexia?”

“This is troublesome!”

…

Both of them stood among the imperial doctors, looking at the imperial concubine who was sitting there with a dazed expression, and they were also a little worried.

At this time, a figure suddenly walked in from outside the palace.

Shuangshuang’s eyes lit up, and he walked over quickly and said, “Brother Lin, you’re back!”

Lin Xiu smiled and said, “Shuangshuang is here too, long time no see.”

The moment he walked into Changchun Palace, the imperial concubine’s expression was no longer absent-minded, and the corners of her mouth were slightly raised, which made the whole palace more colorful.

A white shadow even pounced on his shoulder and rubbed his neck.

Lin Xiu walked to the imperial concubine with a pile of boxes in his arms and said, “My queen, I brought you some pastries and candied fruits from Jiangnan. Try them and see if you like them…”

The imperial concubine stood up, but suddenly felt dizzy. Linglong hurriedly supported her.

She covered her stomach and frowned, “Why am I so hungry all of a sudden? Linglong, quickly bring me my lotus seed soup…”

I was so stuck that my mentality exploded. The second update was late. The recent updates may not be too early, but if I don’t ask for leave, there will still be no less than two updates.

(End of this chapter)