C2 Surprise(2)

"Why is the law enforcement team here?" Lin Feng asked, his face etched with confusion.

"They've been ordered to protect the young master," Ling'er replied.

A chill ran through Lin Feng; he was effectively a prisoner in his own home.

The door creaked open, and a middle-aged man with a face as stern as a blade stepped inside. His ordinary looks were belied by an aura of overwhelming authority.

Lin Feng felt an immense weight bearing down on him, as if he were struggling to breathe under a mountain.

The man was none other than Lin Yuanshan, the head of the Lin family.

"Greetings, Patriarch!" Ling'er quickly offered a respectful bow.

"Bastard, you find time to sleep amidst this chaos?" Lin Yuanshan's icy stare seemed to lower the temperature of the room.

Ling'er turned a shade paler, realizing the depth of Lin Yuanshan's fury.

"And what would you have me do, Father?" Lin Feng met Lin Yuanshan's gaze defiantly.

He remembered all too well how Lin Yuanshan had never fulfilled his paternal duties, allowing Lin Feng to be tormented within the clan, even by the servants.

Lin Feng's words carried an edge of bitterness.

Lin Yuanshan's brow creased. His son, previously too timid to meet his eye, now faced him with a cool detachment. Where had this newfound boldness come from? His rage intensified.

"Do you realize you've brought shame upon the Lin family?" Lin Yuanshan berated Lin Feng without preamble, denying him any chance to defend himself.

Lin Feng's expression iced over, his eyes devoid of fear. "Oh, I've brought shame to the Lin family? And you bear no responsibility, Father?"

He was well aware of the incident Lin Yuanshan referred to.

Xia Qingyan had not only poisoned Lin Feng but also conspired with Loong Tianfeng to set him up. After Lin Feng's demise, she intended to sever the alliance with the Lin family, pinning all the blame on him.

Anger contorted Lin Yuanshan's features. He struck Lin Feng across the face, hissing, "Had you not barged into Miss Xia's chambers and committed acts that sullied her reputation, Xia Shanhou would not have angrily dissolved the alliance with our family!"

Lin Yuanshan possessed the cultivation of the Innate Stage, with a single slap packing the force of a thousand pounds. Such a blow deformed Lin Feng's face and sent him hurtling through the air.

Blood spurted from Lin Feng's mouth, staining his clothes and the Demon Saint Order at his waist.

"I've been far too lenient with you, letting you gallivant and stay out all night. From now on, forget about leaving this courtyard!" Lin Yuanshan bellowed, then with a flick of his sleeves, he turned and strode away.

"Lin Yuanshan, how can you slap me without so much as a question? You trust a stranger over your own son!"

A surge of intense anger rose within Lin Feng.

"If I were also at the Innate Stage, if I were a prodigy in cultivation, would Lin Yuanshan dare to lay a hand on me? Would Xia Qingyan dare to attack me so brazenly?"

"Lin Yuanshan, I may be your flesh and blood, but that doesn't give you the right to beat and berate me at will. I swear, you'll regret today's actions!"

"And Xia Qingyan, my admiration for you doesn't give you the license to kick me while I'm down and tarnish my reputation!"

"If I, Lin Feng, am fortunate enough to survive this slap, I vow to repay the humiliation I've suffered tenfold!"

Like a ferocious beast breaking free from its chains, Lin Feng's heart unleashed a roar that seemed to shatter the very sky.

Having merged with the memories, Lin Feng had fully embraced his identity as the Lin family's second young master. The day's events had left him bitterly disillusioned.

"Buzz—"

The Demon Saint Order at Lin Feng's waist suddenly glowed and vanished.

Overcome by dizziness, Lin Feng passed out.

Upon regaining consciousness, Lin Feng found himself not in his room, but in a mysterious realm.

To his left, a hellish landscape unfolded with relentless flames and the wails of countless tormented souls.

To his right, a sacred vista bloomed, where plants flourished under a mist that enveloped everything.

Before him stood the God's Shadow, flanked by thirty-six suns and thirty-six moons.

"Is this the inner sanctum of the Demon Saint Order?" Lin Feng marveled as he took in his surroundings.

Back in C Country, he had once ventured into the Demon Saint Order's inner sanctum, but it had never been as vivid as it was now. During that time, he had mastered the Swimming Dragon Scripture within this space, which catapulted him to prominence in the assassin world, earning him the rank of an S-level assassin.

"It seems my Divine Sense has entered the Demon Saint Order's inner sanctum, leaving my physical body outside."

Just then, the statue before Lin Feng began to quiver, and blood-red lines emerged upon it, resembling the meridians in a human body, pulsating with life.

Above the statue, a phrase materialized in blood-red characters: Heaven-defying Meridian Map.

"Could these blood-red lines etched into the statue represent a mysterious cultivation technique?" Lin Feng mused, his curiosity piqued as he scrutinized the intricate patterns.

After three minutes, the statue bore a hundred of these crimson lines.

The bold blood-red inscription above the statue quivered and transformed into a stream of information that flowed directly into Lin Feng's consciousness.

"The Heaven-defying Meridian Map, of unknown cultivation rank, promises to unlock a hundred martial meridians, elevating a warrior to unparalleled greatness!" Lin Feng's expression brightened with excitement as he processed the message.

"This body is already a prodigy with a hundred meridians; it's been wasted in the Lin family due to the lack of a powerful cultivation technique, unable to even break through the first layer of the Foundation Establishment Realm!"

The knowledge of a hundred martial meridians would undoubtedly send shockwaves through the outside world.

The Emperor of the Dragon Sparrow Dynasty himself had only unlocked thirty martial meridians. Yet, with those thirty, his cultivation had soared, making him the preeminent master of the Dynasty.

Lin Feng hadn't anticipated such an extraordinary windfall.

Elated, he wasted no time and began to cultivate immediately, following the method outlined in the technique that had imprinted itself in his mind...