Chapter 1494: Absurdly Dramatic
They say old people are cunning, and old horses are slippery. This old creature Wang Xingkong entered the underground palace at over a hundred years old, so by calculation, he is now… over five hundred years old?
If he’s not a monster, then what is he?
Knowing he was going to fall this time, Lin Tian straightforwardly said, “You say you won’t live long, I believe that, after all, you’ve already surpassed the human limit. But asking me to protect the Wang Family for you, haha, you don’t believe that yourself, right? Just say it, what are you going to use to threaten me, poison me, or use something else to coerce me.”
Wang Xingkong smiled, shook his head, and said, “The strongest relationships in the world aren’t maintained by those things, but by the human heart.”
“…” Lin Tian said nothing, waiting for the old man’s next words.
Wang Xingkong continued, “Let you join my Wang Family, eventually have a child or two, you’d be considered part of the Wang Family too, there would be some connections naturally. Don’t look at this old man like that, you’re not losing out by doing this. The Wang Family has stood strong for hundreds of years, growing deeper in foundation, enough to match you.”
Lin Tian found it amusing, this method is truly… a laugh and cry moment.
“I know you have a few close female friends, some even pregnant, the Wang Family won’t trouble them, it’s normal for a man to have three wives and four concubines. I despise the low means of attacking women and children. But one thing I must declare, if you marry a Wang Family girl, she must be the primary wife, the others would be concubines.”
“…” Lin Tian was once again speechless. He felt like there was a gap as wide as the Great Rift between him and the old man. Primary wife and concubines? Isn’t this feudal thinking from centuries ago?
Taking a breath, Lin Tian asked, “Which one do you intend for me to marry? If she’s ugly, you can forget it.”
“How about Sijing, that girl? Isn’t she pretty enough? Plus, she’s got wide hips, seems perfect for bearing children.”
“Cough cough…”
Lin Tian choked unexpectedly, coughing. He widened his eyes and said irritably, “Are you crazy? She’s only been married for less than a month, and you want her to marry me?”
Lin Tian was almost about to jump in frustration. This was too much melodrama, hell, he may not fancy Zhou Chenghang, but he didn’t plan on stealing his wife…
Sitting in the chair, Wang Xingkong looked at Lin Tian with irritation and slowly uttered four words: “Much ado about nothing.”
“…”
“Sijing’s talents may not match yours, but in the entire ancient martial family circle, who else has formed a Golden Core at this age? So this old man thinks you two are a match made in heaven. As for that Zhou-named fellow, hehe, a guy reeking of copper, not even fit to support Sijing, what right does he have to be her husband? A commoner not even a novice martial artist, yet he can marry her. What kind of nonsense is Mr. Wang thinking?!”
Wang Xingkong was genuinely angry, and his words were forceful and resonant.
Lin Tian listened with great enjoyment, especially the last sentence, with which he agreed very much.
However, agreement or not, the idea of marrying Wang Sijing… just thinking about it gave him the feeling of being worse than dead. That mother tyrant isn’t to be provoked so easily, and having a child with her, with their hatred, it’s a wonder she wouldn’t stab him in his sleep.
“Senior, I think this is very improper. This is the Wang Family’s business. I don’t want to get involved.”
Wang Xingkong glared and coldly said, “I didn’t ask your opinion, you have no power to choose. What’s wrong with Sijing for you? Although the girl is married, she hasn’t been touched, she ran to the underground palace the night of the marriage and later kept mourning for her father. She’s still pure; you can rest assured.”
“Did you ask Wang Sijing’s opinion? She probably wouldn’t be willing, in her eyes, I’m the enemy who killed her father.”
“No need to ask her, when she married the Zhou family, wasn’t it the same without consulting her? For the sake of the Wang Family’s descendants, she has no right to refuse. As for the grudges between you and her, I don’t care.”
Knowing talking to the old man wouldn’t work, Lin Tian couldn’t be bothered anymore. In such matters, Wang Sijing would surely be more troubled than him.
“You plan to keep me here until Wang Sijing is pregnant with my child?” Lin Tian asked irritably.
“You can understand it that way, but you won’t be bored here every day. I still have one more thing that needs your help.”
“Heh, this is really a joke, a grandmaster of the Grotto Heaven Realm needs my help?”
“Kid, stop being sarcastic. This old man knows you’re talented and proud, but it’s easy for me to kill you. Then I’ll still be able to keep the Wang Family standing for centuries.”
At this, Wang Xingkong produced a bulging yellow cloth bag from somewhere and placed it on the table.
By the outline, Lin Tian could tell, inside was a Luban lock.
Wang Xingkong opened the mouth of the yellow cloth bag and pulled it down, presenting the Luban lock in front of Lin Tian.
“This old man heard from Xiaoqi that you kid can solve one or two mechanisms just by looking remotely. This old man doesn’t care how you learned this skill, as long as you can help me unlock this Luban lock. Otherwise…”
“Otherwise?”
“Don’t even think about keeping your life.”
Lin Tian’s eyes widened, what the old man said earlier wasn’t like this!
“Consider this your military order. If you can’t solve it, you won’t even qualify to marry Sijing.” After saying this, Wang Xingkong stood up, flicked his sleeves, and was about to walk out.
“Wait a moment.” Lin Tian called him. “You want me to open it barehanded, without any tools? And don’t think I’ll be scared of you just because you’re strong. I don’t have to obey you; release my friends, or don’t expect me to do anything for you.”
“I said you have no right to bargain with me.”
“Heh.” Lin Tian sneered, “Then no more bargaining. I can see the contents of this Luban lock are very important to you. Why don’t I just smash it with a punch, destroy it, then what’s inside gets ruined too? Do you think I’m actually afraid of you?!”
Wang Xingkong’s thick eyebrows twitched several times, his heart ablaze, fueling his anger.
Wang Xingkong’s qi cultivation was very good, and trying to anger him with a few words was difficult. Yet, Lin Tian managed it, almost breaking the old man’s efforts.
Wang Xingkong also realized, Lin Tian wasn’t joking around; he had the guts for mutual destruction.
Gradually, Wang Xingkong’s expression calmed down, and instead, he laughed loudly, pointing at Lin Tian, “Good, good, good, this old man finds you more agreeable the more I look at you, you’ve got guts. Okay, I’ll have your two friends released. You can rest assured in this room, I’ll have Xiaoqi bring the tool soon.”
With that, Wang Xingkong left, a wave of his sleeve closing the door automatically under the surge of inner strength — so majestic.