Chapter 2: Peeping at the Dominant Girl's Bath, Knocked Unconscious?

  Just as the two girls were at a loss, not knowing what this young master was going crazy about again, Lin Fan suddenly burst out in wild excitement: "Damn it, I really did cross over! The legendary thing actually happened to me, hahaha, hahaha!"

  "Master, what's wrong with you?" The two girls asked in a low voice, their faces pale and trembling as they stared at the master who was going crazy before them.

  Not caring about the two girls at all, Lin Fan was overjoyed and suddenly seemed to have thought of something, he hastily pulled down his pants and saw that an extraordinary tool was still there, only then did he let out a long sigh of relief.

  Crossing over is not scary, but what's terrifying is if there aren't even any birds left. If that were the case, Lin Fan would be so desperate he'd cry without tears, and his cries for help would go unanswered by both heaven and earth.

  Just as Lin Fan was overjoyed, a surge of heat suddenly appeared on his chest, and his heart trembled violently. Lin Fan thought to himself, "What's going on? Could it be that I just crossed over, and now something unexpected has happened again?"

  Not giving him any time to think, a piece of information suddenly appeared in his mind, "Nine turns of life and death, one turn to ascend to heaven, one turn to be reborn, not entering the Yellow Springs, Heaven and Earth are unkind, treating all things as straw dogs..."

  It seems like a cultivation mantra. As a top-tier otaku of the 21st century, Lin Fan has read no less than a thousand xianxia novels and is extremely familiar with their storylines. Could it be that his luck is really this good? He had just transmigrated and now he's being handed a cultivation technique on a silver platter? His good fortune was truly unstoppable.

  With a clear mind, Lin Fan suddenly remembered that the place he was in now was still a completely unfamiliar world. Without any further hesitation, the memories that had just flooded his mind when he woke up seemed to be left by the poor guy who had occupied his body.

  As Lin Fan's memories merged with those of the original owner of this body, he discovered that the original owner was also named Lin Fan, the young master of the Lin family in Luocheng City, who had been idle and useless since childhood and grew up to be a complete wastrel.

  Moreover, from Lin Fan's memory, he learned that the world he is currently in is called Dongxuan Continent. The cultivation on this continent is martial energy, and the levels of cultivation are: Martial Artist, Martial Master, Great Martial Master, Martial King, and Martial Emperor. Each level is further divided into primary, intermediate, and advanced stages. On the Dongxuan Continent, there are four major empires, and Lin Fan's current location, Luori City, is one of them, a city under the Dragon Heaven Empire.

  But the original owner of this body, Lin Fan, hadn't even reached the level of a primary warrior. This made Lin Fan, who had transmigrated here, feel extremely depressed and wondered how this guy had managed to survive. It's worth noting that on this Eastern Xuan Continent, being a warrior was equivalent to having an ID card. Without it, no matter where you went, you wouldn't be recognized by others.

  As for Lin Fan's family background, it was quite good, one of the six major families in Luoshen City, with a reputation that shone brightly. However, all of this was in the past tense. Nowadays, the Lin family has been declining gradually, from being the leader of the six major families to becoming the last one. Now, with Lin Fan's generation, the Lin family is at risk of being kicked out of the six major families at any time.

  Perhaps it was fortune not coming in pairs and misfortune not traveling alone, as the ninth generation of Lin family's sole heir, Lin Fan was originally the last hope for the Lin family. However, no one expected that Lin Fan would be a spoiled child from a young age, neither excelling in literature nor martial arts, and at twenty years old, still hadn't reached the level of an elementary warrior. This accelerated the other five families' efforts to kick the Lin family out of the six-family alliance.

  Knock, knock, knock... The knocking sound started again, and then two more lovely girls came into the room. Looking at the young master who had already woken up but was still in a daze, the girl's eyes showed some disdain as she said: "Young Master, the old master said that if you wake up, go to Wú Shuāng Gé (Unparalleled Pavilion) and he has something to say to you."

  Woken up by the girls, Lin Fan finally had the chance to take a good look at the four girls in front of him. Each girl was beautiful and charming, wearing blue, red, yellow, and white clothes respectively. The four girls were Lin Fan's personal maids, named Chunju, Xialian, Qiuye, and Dongmei. However, the four little maids seemed to be very dissatisfied with their master, after all, Lin Fan's laziness was notorious.

  The one who just came to speak was Xia Lian, one of the four maidservants. The "old master" in Xia Lian's mouth was Lin Fan's father, Lin Wushuang, the head of the Lin family, one of the six major families in Luoricheng.

  It seemed that there was something unusual in his heart, because in his previous life he didn't have parents, from childhood to adulthood it was all his grandfather who raised him, now after crossing over, Lin Fan really hadn't thought that he would actually have a cheap old dad.

  He nodded slightly, Lin Fan didn't say much, the excitement of having just crossed over still hadn't completely dissipated. He jumped down from the big bed, came to the door, pushed it open and stepped out. The bright sunlight filled the ground, two old servants who were trimming flowers bowed and said: "Young Master is well."

  Lin Fan nodded slightly and continued walking, having accepted all the memories of his original body's owner. He was extremely familiar with everything here, and as for his father's Wu Shuang Pavilion, it was simply a well-trodden path.

  As they watched the young master disappear into the distance, the four maidservants had different expressions. Akane's face was filled with pity as she said, "The young master is really pitiful, he was beaten up yesterday and now he has to go listen to the old master's lecture."

  "Hmph, it's his own fault, who told him to peek at others while they're bathing?"

  "I don't know why, but I always feel that Master has changed somehow since he woke up this time. He seems to have become much more indifferent than before. In the past, Master's gaze on us four was always filled with desire, but now..."

  "This is called luring by pretending to release, have you guys ever heard of a dog changing its habit of eating feces?"

  Outside the courtyard, listening to his personal maid scolding him like this, Lin Fan could only smile helplessly. Who was to blame for all of this? That unlucky guy whose body he had occupied was indeed a bit too lecherous, and it was normal for people to look down on him like that. But did I, Young Master Lin, provoke anyone or offend anyone? You should know that the one occupying this body now is me, not the lecherous young master you're talking about.

  Lin Fan rolled his eyes and didn't want to argue with the four little girls anymore. As the saying goes, "It's hard to deal with women and petty people." He patted the dust off his shoulder and continued on his way.

  Passing through the fish pond, circling around the flower pool, and walking along the two rows of green trees for almost ten minutes, Lin Fan finally arrived at the Wú Shuāng Pavilion. He gently pushed open the door and stepped inside quietly. Behind the desk, Lin Wú Shuāng was holding a book, looking at it intently. When he saw his son enter, he put the book down on the desk in front of him.

  Lin Wushuang, over forty years old, had a resolute face that was etched with the vicissitudes of life. Looking at his own son standing there listlessly and lethargically, the master of the Lin family's face was filled with helplessness.

  The Lin family was once a prominent family in the city of Luojing, ranking first among the six major families. However, by the time it reached this generation, they had already declined to the bottom of the list. They thought their son would have some accomplishments, but who could have imagined that their own son would be so incompetent? He was neither good at literature nor martial arts, and he didn't know how to do anything except fight crickets and chase after girls.

  "I heard that you peeked at the tyrant's daughter while she was bathing yesterday and ended up getting beaten to death?" Lin Wushuang asked calmly, putting aside his inner feelings.

  "Huh?" He was somewhat dazed, but soon Lin Fan recalled from his memories that yesterday he had indeed sneaked a peek at a beauty taking a bath, and ended up getting beaten half to death by the beauty until the guards arrived to save his life. Although his life was saved, he had also fainted from the ordeal.

  He slammed his hand on the table, and thinking that his own son had done such a ridiculous thing, Lin Wushuang's anger was uncontrollable. His excellent genes had given birth to such an incompetent thing.

  Lin Fan stood silently on the spot, he knew everything about yesterday's events. The reason Lin Fan went to peek at the beauty bathing was completely because he had been deceived by others.

  The Lin family has been in decline since its downfall, and several newly-promoted families in Luoricheng want to replace it. The young masters of several small families joined forces to deal with Lin Fan, and coupled with the fact that Lin Fan is a fool himself, a tragic event occurred.

  Seeing his son standing still, Lin Wushuang was somewhat surprised. If it were usual, his son would have already stood up to refute him, and wouldn't be quietly listening to his teachings like this.

  He let out a faint sigh in his heart. His wife had died giving birth to Lin Fan, so Lin Fan had never experienced motherly love since he was young. And as for him, the father, he had always been too busy to spend time with his son. Thinking about it, it was probably also his fault that his son had turned out like this.

  His voice was somewhat calmer as he said, "Let's just forget about that matter. Seven days from now is the Sunset City's triennial Family Competition, where all families in Sunset City will participate. In the past, I could have protected our family ranking, and even if we didn't do well, we wouldn't have fallen out of the top six families. But this year's competition is different from previous years - they intentionally want to make things difficult for my Lin Family. Since each family's current generation direct descendants will be participating in the competition, it's clear that they want to kick us out."

  Lin Fan still didn't speak, and regarding the Sunset City's triennial family competition, he had received very little news, because in the past, that Young Master Lin didn't care about anything except for flirting with girls and fighting crickets every day.

  Looking at his weak and frail son, Lin Wushuang let out a deep sigh again, saying somewhat helplessly: "Your father won't force you, whether or not to go to the family competition three days later is up to you to decide, even if you don't go, your father won't blame you, you can go down now, I want to rest."

  "En", replied faintly, seemingly not caring at all how Lin Fan came in or went out. He gently closed the door and looked up at the bright moon hanging high in the sky. Lin Fan muttered to himself: "In seven days' time, at the family's grand assembly, I will definitely make the Lin family stand tall again."

  Since I've crossed over and taken over your body, I'll definitely help you protect this family, whether you like it or not. This is what I owe you. It seems like he's talking to himself, yet also speaking to Jiutian Haoyue. Lin Fan's tone was exceptionally resolute at this moment.

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