Chương 13: Outburst

The slap landed so hard that Lin Ke's right cheek was immediately swollen.

Red finger marks could be seen clearly on his cheek.

"What did I tell you? Did I not instruct you to wait for my order before proceeding?"

The village head, Ho Fu, fumed and pointed his pipe at Lin Ke.

Lin Ke held his hand to his cheek, spat out some blood from his mouth.

He turned and started to shout at Ho Fu, "You old fool!

"You think I don't know what you're up to?

"Letting us wait here and be cannon fodder while you allow Liu and my precious nephew to stay away from danger.

"Speaking of which, you…"

Lin Ke walked up to Lin Fan, pointed at the injury on his chest and then continued, "You unfilial nephew. Your own uncle is injured yet you are tending to someone else."

The villagers all shook their heads at Lin Ke.

What was he even talking about?

Didn't he instigate Lin Fan to go to the open fields alone?

They'd only seen Lin Ke say bad things about Lin Fan, like how Lin Fan was always trying to cheat money from him, but when they thought about it, Lin Fan didn't exhibit those behaviors.

The last time they saw Lin Fan say anything to Lin Ke was when Lin Ke refused to help Lin Fan with food.

Lin Ke had used a broom to chase him out of his house.

Other than that, nothing.

When they recalled all the things Lin Fan had gone through, they looked at Lin Fan pitifully.

What a misfortune to be relatives with someone like Lin Ke.

"Hmph."

Lin Fan couldn't stand it anymore.

Sometimes when a mosquito keeps buzzing at you, you have to swat it to death.

If not, it will keep coming at you for more.

Lin Fan stood up, patted his clothes and dusted off the dirt on him, then he looked at Lin Ke, "Unfilial?

"Well, if you're so sure, why don't we let the folks judge for themselves whether I'm unfilial.

"When grandpa died, you begged for him to let you have his bigger house and fertile fields.

"My father, seeing that you had a bigger family, agreed.

"And what did you do?

"You spent time enjoying yourself, asking my father to help tend your fields.

"And what did my father get in return?

"No help from you when he got terminally ill.

"When I was hungry and asked for your help, you refused.

"Seeing that I did better all by myself, you even had the gall to spread lies about me trying to cheat you."

Lin Fan's outburst shocked all the villagers and Lin Ke.

"You…You liar!"

All Lin Ke could do was stammer as he couldn't find the words to refute Lin Fan.

The villagers moved away from Lin Ke, not wanting to have anything to do with him.

They then started to chastise Lin Ke.

"Yew. Lin Ke, I didn't expect you to be so rotten."

"How do you even face your father after what you've done?"

"Your ancestors would be ashamed of you."

Lin Fan smirked and shook his head at the villagers.

They were all such gullible folks without a mind of their own.

How they behaved throughout this event made Lin Fan much more convinced he must join one of the Sects and get stronger.

It was the only way for him to transcend and get away from all these gullible folks.

"Enough!"

Ho Fu stopped everyone.

He rubbed his temple and then said to Lin Ke, "Get out of my sight now. Don't let me see you bothering or spreading lies about Lin Fan again."

Lin Ke, seeing that everyone was now against him, turned and ran away, cursing out loud as he got further and further away.

"Those who can, help those injured back to their homes.

"I will need to report back to the magistrate in Feng Shou town.

"Lin Fan, help Liu back to his place then meet me at mine after that."

Lin Fan nodded and helped Uncle Liu up on his feet.

Uncle Liu, with his hands over Lin Fan's shoulder, could feel how muscular Lin Fan was.

All that power and strength hidden underneath the oversized cloth.

Uncle looked at Lin Fan and asked, "When and how did you get to be so powerful? Answer me honestly."

Here it came.

Lin Fan expected this.

Luckily, he already had an answer to it.

First, confess to a lie, then start your next lie; this had always worked for Lin Fan.

"I lied to you when I told you that wolf had died, and I found it.

"It was me who finished it off.

"All this because I found this manuscript."

Lin Fan took out the manuscript titled 'Flowing Cloud Sword Style' and passed it to him.

"Maybe I got lucky trying out the cultivation techniques written inside," Lin Fan said.

"You what? Keep this manuscript, don't let anyone know. And since you have the talent for cultivation, try and get into the Qing Feng sect with Ho Ming."

Uncle Liu motioned Lin Fan to keep the manuscript a secret.

He was glad that Lin Fan had talent in cultivation.

This was going to be such a life-changer for Lin Fan.

"I will work hard and get into the Qing Feng sect with Ho Ming," Lin Fan nodded and replied.

"That reminds me, next time, keep more meat for yourself.

"You need all the nourishment to prepare for the ability test.

"I heard Ho Ming had been on pills and elixirs getting himself ready.

"If only I made enough money…", Uncle Liu sighed at the difficulty of getting into cultivation as a commoner.

As the saying goes in Quan Dynasty, a Martial Arts Fighter is born out of money and pills.

"Don't worry about me, Uncle Liu. I can take care of myself; you have Lin Han and Aunty Mei Fong to worry about," Lin Fan appreciated the kindness from Uncle Liu.

When they got back to Uncle Liu's place, Mei Fong screamed at the top of her lungs.