Young Master, Don't Show Off - Chapter 53

[Chapter 53 Breakthrough]

Bang!

Just then, a firework exploded in the sky. Lin Xiu didn’t hear Xue Ning’er’s words clearly, so she asked, “What did Miss Ning’er say just now?”

Xue Ning’er shook her head and said, “Nothing.”

She was feeling a little complicated at the moment.

At first, she just regarded Lin Xiu as a tool, a tool that could help him defeat Zhao Lingjun, but these days of getting along with each other made her a little shaken in her original idea.

The happiness and pleasure she felt when getting along with Lin Xiu were something she had never experienced before.

His humor was sometimes mixed with some teasing that she didn’t dislike. What he said was always what she wanted to hear, and even the gifts he gave her were so ingenious…

If she could be with such a person, she would definitely be happy every day, right?

It’s a pity that even such a man who understood her mind the most would eventually be snatched away by Zhao Lingjun.

This made her jealous even deeper, and at the same time strengthened her initial belief.

Even if he was Zhao Lingjun’s man in the end, the person Zhao Lingjun got was the one she didn’t want first.

Yes, she wanted Lin Xiu to fall in love with her, and then reject him when everyone in the capital knew about it.

Xue Ning’er silently said sorry to Lin Xiu in her heart, and left Lin Xiu with a guilty conscience, using the excuse that she had guests to entertain.

Watching Xue Ning’er leave, Lin Xiu breathed a sigh of relief. Judging from Xue Ning’er’s performance, his gift was not wrong, and it was worth his time to spend so much effort on her.

Lin Xiu had done in-depth research on women’s psychology.

If Xue Ning’er was not the pearl of the Duke’s Mansion, but just a child of a poor commoner, then whether it was jewelry or fireworks, it would not be as effective as giving silver directly.

But she had a prominent family background and was not short of expensive gifts, so fireworks were naturally better.

Not only romantic.

But also cheap.

This fireworks show that attracted the attention of the whole city only cost Lin Xiu a few dozen taels of silver. Although it was still beyond his budget, it was still within the price he could afford psychologically.

If he ate a little more, he might be able to eat back the cost.

For this reason, Lin Xiu didn’t eat much during the day. When others were flattering Xue Ning’er, only Lin Xiu was eating attentively.

An hour later, the banquet finally ended.

The guests left Xue’s house one after another. When Yang Xuan, the son of Yongping Marquis, and his servants were about to leave, a figure came from behind and stood side by side with him.

Yang Xuan glanced at Lin Xiu and said, “Brother Lin’s gift is really unique. I can see that Miss Ning’er likes it very much.”

Lin Xiu smiled, turned to look at Yang Xuan, and lowered his voice and said, “There is no one else here. Actually, you don’t have to pretend like this.”

Yang Xuan’s expression froze slightly, and suddenly he laughed again, and said, “Why don’t I understand a word Brother Lin is saying?”

Lin Xiu chuckled and said, “Don’t pretend. You were the one behind the Tianxiang Tower incident. It was also your instruction that Tian Wangwei challenged me. By the way, was it your intention that Qin Cong once caused trouble for me?” Yang Xuan

shrugged and said, “I really don’t know what you are talking about.”

“If I don’t know, forget it.” Lin Xiu shook his head, strode out of the Xue Mansion, then turned back and smiled at Yang Xuan, and whispered, “The plan is good, but the person you found is not very reliable. Keep working hard in the future. In fact, I quite like to see the way you can’t stand me but can’t get rid of me…”

Looking at Lin Xiu’s back as he turned and left, Yang Xuan’s expression was calm, his fists in his sleeves were clenched, and his joints made a crisp sound.

He looked back and said in a deep voice: “How did he know!”

As for the matter of Qin Cong, it was obvious that the two of them had a grudge first, and he just hinted at Qin Cong a few words; the pressure from Tianxianglou was ostensibly caused by ice making; Wang Wei’s martial arts class was secretly ruthless, and he did it more obscurely. Everything had a reasonable cause and effect reason. How did Lin Xiu find out about him?

An attendant behind him thought for a moment and said, “Although the arrangements made by the young master are very clever every time, most people will not easily suspect you, but if you are willing to investigate, it is not difficult to find out the relationship between the Qin family, the Wang family, and Tianxiang Tower and us. This son of the Earl of Ping’an is probably not as stupid as the intelligence says…”

“I really underestimated him.” Yang Xuan’s expression calmed down, and soon he said, “I originally planned to let him live happily for a while. Since he is looking for death, let him do it…”

The attendant hesitated and said, “Young master, if the situation happens again, and the palace blames him…”

Yang Xuan snorted coldly and said, “His ability was a little useful to the palace before, but I have asked someone to investigate. The palace has not summoned him for a long time. This time, I wonder who can save him?”

The attendant asked, “Young master, have you made arrangements?”

To deal with a small person, but he made mistakes again and again. Yang Xuan originally planned to stop for a while and make a detailed and thorough plan to hit the target.

But Lin Xiu’s active provocation tonight made him change his mind.

He didn’t want to wait any longer, he just wanted to solve this worry as soon as possible.

He said coldly: “Let Dongcheng Ling do it this time, let him do it more cleanly, this time, I will make sure that this person will never be able to turn over!”

After leaving Xue’s house, Lin Xiu returned home not long after. The

Lin family’s new house is in the most prosperous area in the east of the city, not far from the palace, and also very close to Xue’s house.

The mansions of these powerful families in the royal capital are actually gathered together. This area is extremely well guarded, with a guard every five steps and a sentry every ten steps. It is the safest place in the royal capital except for the palace.

Here, you don’t even need to bring guards when you go out at night.

Except for the assassin whose ability is to hide, almost no assassin would choose to act here.

That is why Lin Xiu did not bring Sun Dali with him, but asked him to prepare the fireworks tonight.

Not long after Lin Xiu returned home, Sun Dali also came back. As soon as he entered the door, he asked, “Master, how is it, did I mess it up?”

Lin Xiu nodded and said, “Yes, how is the other thing I asked you to do?”

Sun Dali handed a jade box to Lin Xiu and said, “Master, don’t worry, I have bought it.”

Lin Xiu opened the jade box, and there were ten translucent diamond crystals in the box. The size of this crystal was much smaller than the one Lin Xiu saw in Xue’s house tonight, but slightly larger than the ones he used in the palace.

The Yuan crystal provided by the palace for him to restore his Yuan power came from a first-level alien beast. The one Xue Ning’er received was a fifth-level alien beast Yuan crystal. The Yuan crystal in front of Lin Xiu belonged to a second-level alien beast.

The Yuan Crystal of a first-level exotic beast costs about ten taels of silver each. The price of each higher-level Yuan Crystal is ten times higher. The Yuan Crystal of a fifth-level exotic beast has reached as high as one hundred thousand taels, and there is still no market for it. The real transaction price is probably more than one hundred thousand taels. The

son of the Duke of Qi spent a lot of money to pursue Xue Ning’er.

Lin Xiu asked Sun Dali to buy these ten second-level exotic beast Yuan Crystals, which cost him a total of one thousand taels, which was very painful.

But for his plan, Lin Xiu had to awaken again in a short time, and he couldn’t care so much at this moment.

In the month in the palace, Lin Xiu absorbed more than two hundred Yuan Crystals, which was equivalent to more than two hundred days of practice under normal circumstances. In addition to the extreme pressure of Lingyin on him in the past few days, I am afraid that the short two months he came here is almost equivalent to a year of practice.

At this time, the growth of his Yuan force in his body has been extremely slow, and even stagnant, which means that he has encountered a bottleneck. The

bottleneck is the precursor to another awakening.

At this time, the Yuan Crystal of a first-level exotic beast has no effect on his practice.

What he needed was a higher-level Yuan Crystal.

Relying on his own Yuan force to attack the barrier was possible, but it would take a long time, and Lin Xiu had no time to wait any longer.

He returned to his room alone, closed the door, sat cross-legged on the bed, took out a Yuan Crystal, held it in his palm, and then exerted a little force.

The next moment, a Yuan Force that was ten times larger than what he had felt before, poured into his body from his palm.

Lin Xiu groaned, and his body shook uncontrollably, but he finally stabilized by force.

His body was far superior to that of an ordinary person, and he had been squeezed by the limit of Lingyin so many times, so this level of pain was bearable.

A quarter of an hour later, Lin Xiu slowly opened his eyes, exhaled lightly, and said with some regret: “Failed…”

The Yuan Crystal of a high-level alien beast can increase the chance of a breakthrough, but it is not 100%, but only 10% success rate. Lin Xiu still has nine chances. From a probability point of view, as long as his luck is not too bad, there will always be one chance of success in the remaining nine.

Lin Xiu took out another Yuan Crystal and held it in his hand.

…

It was late at night.

Lin Xiu hadn’t slept yet.

He sat cross-legged on the bed, looking at the last Yuan Crystal in his hand, speechless in his heart. What about the one-tenth probability? Isn’t this too dark? There is only one

Yuan Crystal left. After using it up, if there is no breakthrough, Sun Dali will have to go out to buy it tomorrow. The Yuan Crystal of the second-level beast is relatively not rare. As long as there is silver, ten or eight can still be bought.

After a while, Lin Xiu held the last Yuan Crystal in his hand, hopeful, and closed his eyes again.

A night passed quietly.

In the early morning, after a few crisp cocks, Da Huang in the doghouse slowly opened his eyes.

Looking at the big bones beside him, Da Huang swallowed a mouthful of saliva. Although many days have passed, every time he thinks of these days’ experiences, he still has a feeling that his dog life is like a dream.

Since he was born, he has been wandering on the streets. Not only does he have to endure wind and rain, but he also has no food for the next meal. It is common for him to be full for one meal and hungry for three days.

At that time, he never thought that one day he would have a nest of his own, and there would be endless meat and bones to chew every day. He felt that his dog life had reached its peak.

At this moment, a voice suddenly reached his ears.

“Da Huang, come here.”

Da Huang raised his head suddenly, his two ears stood up, and the expression on his dog face was extremely alert.

He didn’t hear it wrong, he seemed to hear a dog talking just now.

Is there a second dog in the yard?

He turned around and looked around, but didn’t find any other dogs in the yard. Only the owner was standing in the yard. Lin Xiu looked at Da Huang without moving his lips, but a voice sounded directly in Da Huang’s mind.

“Don’t look for it, I’m here.”

Da Huang finally realized something, looked up at Lin Xiu, and his dog eyes suddenly widened.

(End of this chapter)