Chapter 61: The Lin Family?

“This… this!! Sigh!”

Grandfather Ling was shocked by Ling Yun’s words. His grandson was never one to make baseless claims; if he said it, there must be a reason.

Moreover, due to Little Jade, Ling Yun’s relationship with the Qilin tribe was even closer than that of Grandfather Ling, the current head of the Ling family. He had a much clearer understanding of Lumiya’s strength.

At this thought, Grandfather Ling stopped trying to dissuade Ling Yun. After all, if what Ling Yun said was true, then the side effects before Tier 6 really didn’t seem like much.

“You’ve grown up and have your own thoughts. I, as an old man, won’t say anything more. But…”

Grandfather Ling paused suddenly, let out a long sigh, and continued, “Sigh… Little Yun, your grandfather won’t say much else. You’ve grown up… you’ve grown up. Take good care of yourself.”

After saying this, the old man’s straight back seemed to bend slightly. His once-overflowing spirit appeared somewhat weary, and the sharp glint in his eyes vanished. At this moment, he was merely a grandfather giving instructions to his grandson.

Ling Yun was stunned. The last time his grandfather had called him Little Yun was during his childhood. Why suddenly…

“Alright! Since you’re ready, hurry up and pack. Look at you!”

As Grandfather Ling spoke again, his entire demeanor returned to normal. It was as if the momentary frailty Ling Yun had seen was just a trick of the eye.

Just as Ling Yun was about to ask a question, the old man kicked him out.

“Why are you dawdling? Lady Lumiya and Lin Xing might be waiting at the door. Hurry up!”

Ling Yun’s lips twitched. The old man’s face changed fast. One moment he looked like a lonely old man, and within a few breaths, he was back to normal.

However, Ling Yun didn’t dare delay any longer. He quickly vanished from his grandfather’s sight; he also didn’t want to keep Lin Xing waiting.

Once Ling Yun disappeared, Grandfather Ling let out another long sigh, returning to the sentimental old man from before. He looked up toward the Extraterritorial Battlefield, his voice filled with melancholy and relief.

“Jiahui, I hope you two are living well. Wait for Little Yun to come to the Extraterritorial Battlefield and reunite with you. Little Yun’s generation is… different.”

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After Lin Xing waited for Lumiya and Little Green to wake up and finish breakfast, he was about to leave the hotel to call a taxi when a black hovercar stopped right in front of him.

The window slowly rolled down, and Ling Yun’s face appeared before Lin Xing. He smiled and waved.

“Morning! Looks like I arrived just in time. I was afraid I’d be late.”

Lin Xing was stunned for a moment before leading Lumiya and Little Green into the car. He said, “Were you camping outside for me? That’s a bit much. No way it’s this coincidental. Why didn’t you tell me in advance that you were here?”

“No, I really just arrived. It’s just that I told the manager last night to keep an eye on you and report to me at any time. And I say, our hotel provides breakfast, doesn’t it? Why did you go out to buy it yourself?”

“How was I supposed to know? Why didn’t you tell me last night? If I’d known, I wouldn’t have stepped a foot outside!”

When he heard Ling Yun say the hotel provided breakfast, Lin Xing was speechless. He was so used to buying breakfast for Lumiya and the others that he had completely forgotten about it.

He had been dazed when he woke up and instinctively went out. Looking back, he seemed to have even rejected the service of the hotel staff.

Feeling more and more like an idiot, Lin Xing decided to change the subject.

“Where’s your Little Jade? Why didn’t you bring her?”

“Oh, Little Jade is waiting for us at our family’s Contract Hall.”

“I see.”

“Aren’t you curious? I said ‘our family’s’ Contract Hall.”

“Oh.”

Lin Xing’s response was lukewarm, showing no surprise at all.

This caught Ling Yun off guard. Logically, ordinary people shouldn’t know that Aristocratic Families had private Contract Halls. Only the children of these families were aware of this, and they rarely talked about it.

Lin Xing’s indifferent reaction was quite telling.

One possibility was that Lin Xing didn’t care at all or didn’t even know that a Contract Hall was a public facility with usually only three per city.

However, having completed his first-year courses, he shouldn’t be ignorant of that—unless Lin Xing was a failing student who didn’t pay attention, which was clearly impossible.

There was a second possibility, and it was the one Ling Yun suspected most: Lin Xing had already heard about it from an Aristocratic Family in Lincheng!

Ling Yun had seen Lin Xing chatting and laughing with the Second Young Lady of that family, appearing to be on good terms. It wouldn’t be unusual for Lin Xing to find out through her.

As for the third possibility, Ling Yun didn’t quite believe it—that Lin Xing himself was a member of an Aristocratic Family!

Looking across the entire Dragon Country, there was only one family with the surname Lin that possessed a private Contract Hall: the Lin Family, one of the Ten Great Families!

But as for Lin Xing’s performance… Ling Yun knew about it. He had heard within just a few days at the Lincheng Branch. Many people there would bow toward Lin Xing’s dormitory before their contract ceremony, all because of Lin Xing’s legendary feat!

A blind pull in the Contract Hall without a relic, resulting in an SSS Potential unknown dragon species—Lumiya!!!

While the story was exaggerated, it reflected the fact that Lin Xing had indeed performed a blind pull.

How could the mighty Lin Family, which had deep ties to the Three-headed Cerberus tribe, allow a junior member of their clan to go to another city and perform a blind pull? Thus, Ling Yun naturally dismissed that idea.

He guessed that it was the Second Young Lady of the Bai Family in Lincheng who had told Lin Xing.

“You’re quite close with that Second Young Lady of the Bai Family.”

“What Second Young Lady of the Bai Family?”

“The girl from the competition with the White Dragon Subspecies. Don’t play dumb. Didn’t you lead her to the Rest Area that day?”

“Xiao Xiao! Xiao Xiao and I are indeed on good terms. But the Second Young Lady of the Bai Family? I’ve really never heard Xiao Xiao mention that.”

“You’re in Lincheng and don’t know the Bai Family? Where are you from? To put it bluntly, the Bai Family’s status in Lincheng is equivalent to our Ling Family’s status in Yu City!”

“Xiao Xiao is that impressive! She never mentioned it. I’ll have to give that rich girl a piece of my mind when I get back!”

Lin Xing intentionally avoided the topic of where he was from, instead joking about Xiao Xiao’s identity.

Ling Yun didn’t mind; it was just a casual question. Seeing that they were almost there, he stopped talking about the Bai family and chatted with Lin Xing about games and sports to pass the time.

No one noticed Lumiya beside Lin Xing. Her face fell when she heard Lin Xing calling Xiao Xiao so intimately. She couldn’t stop grumbling in her heart.

‘Xiao Xiao, Xiao Xiao… you’re calling her so affectionately, and yet you say “on good terms.”‘

‘Is it only to the level of “good terms”? She threw herself into your arms!’

‘Does it only count as a good relationship when there’s zero distance between you two!’