Chapter 38: The Stratagem of a Cicada Shedding its Skin, Just as Feelings Grow Over Time

# 38 The plan of escaping from the shell, just in line with the long-term love

The footsteps outside the courtyard were approaching; besides Lin Qiuhan, there were others.

Lin Tian 's face was deathly pale, and his body was trembling slightly.

His heart kept sinking.

What should he do at a time like this? Charge out? Or surrender without a fight?

However, his condition was poor; his Origin was damaged, leading to a severe backlash.

He couldn't even walk steadily, so how could he run?

At this moment, he couldn't help but feel a sense of despair.

It was just like back when he broke through space for his Ascension, about to head to the Upper Realm, only to encounter a spatial rift halfway there.

That same sense of despair and helplessness welled up in his heart once again.

Was he truly doomed to die tonight?

"I am not reconciled! After finally living another life, I have yet to return to my Peak, so how can I fall again?"

Lin Tian roared frantically in his heart at this moment.

At this moment, it was as if the heavens had heard his roar, or as if there was a glimmer of survival destined in the dark.

A glimmer of hope suddenly flashed through Lin Tian 's mind.

"Feigned death! That's it!"

To make his death look realistic, Lin Tian acted even more ruthlessly; he simply severed his own heart pulse and used a secret technique to protect his remnant soul, hiding it in the deepest part of his Sea of Consciousness.

Unless it was someone with heaven-defying means, no one could see through his secret technique.

After all, the original Lin Tian 's Divine Soul had long been subjected to Possession, and now that only an empty shell remained, once the heart pulse was severed, there would naturally be no signs of life.

The strength of this secret technique lay in the fact that after three days, when the technique wore off, he would automatically wake up and repair his damaged heart pulse.

By then, even if he were discovered by the Lin Family, he could use amnesia as an excuse to muddle through it.

Lin Tian quickly figured all of this out.

He did not hesitate.

With a "wah" sound, he spat out a mouthful of blood, rolled his eyes, his body trembled, and he collapsed directly onto the ground.

With a "thud!" at that moment, the courtyard door was pushed open.

"Xiaotian, what's wrong with you?" " Lin Tian..."

The scene before them immediately made Lin Qiuhan and the others turn pale with shock.

...

The next day. The sky was barely light.

Gu Changge opened his eyes, awakened by the commotion outside the great hall.

After devouring a large number of Outer Realm Heavenly Demons and that wisp of Lin Tian 's Lifespan Origin last night, his Primordial Spirit power had been strengthened.

That wisp of Lifespan Origin, strictly speaking, belonged to the original Lin Tian, who was in the Divine King Realm.

It contained quite a significant amount of Lifespan energy.

After Gu Changge digested it, he had slept very soundly.

After all, he was not like other Cultivator s who needed to stay awake and sit in meditation to Cultivate at all times.

With his "adding points" method of rapid breakthrough, why would he suffer needlessly?

" Young Master, many people seem to be waiting for you outside the hall."

Su Qingge was already dressed neatly, her black hair smooth. Her face was delicate and flawless, shimmering with a moving luster. As she called out to Gu Changge, she looked outside the hall with some curiosity and confusion.

What exactly happened last night while she was fast asleep? Gu Changge hadn't told her. She actually wasn't very clear about it herself.

So why were all the Lin Family Clan Members, including Elder Ming, looking so terrified, waiting respectfully there? Judging by this, they seemed to be waiting for the Young Master.

"It seems they have caught the person." Gu Changge stretched and said casually.

Su Qingge was by his side serving him as he got up. Hearing this, she couldn't help but ask curiously, " Young Master, who are you referring to?"

"Naturally, it is the person who wanted to kill me last night," Gu Changge replied casually.

Under the Lin Family 's layers of blockade, even if Lin Tian grew wings, he wouldn't be able to escape. Gu Changge was very confident about this point.

"I can't believe something like that happened last night, and I didn't feel anything at all."

Hearing this, Su Qingge was stunned. Did she sleep that soundly? She didn't even know such a big thing had happened.

Or was it that the Young Master had deliberately kept the commotion to a minimum so as not to disturb her? Thinking of this, Su Qingge felt moved once again.

A person of Gu Changge 's status, high and mighty, should naturally do as he pleased without a care in the world. Why would he care about other people's feelings and thoughts? Yet he was so thoughtful towards her; how could she not feel it?

But it was precisely because of this that she was sinking deeper and deeper.

Gu Changge, however, didn't know that Su Qingge was thinking about these things at this moment. How could he possibly grasp a woman's thoughts so clearly?

It was the System that notified him that his Fortune Points had increased significantly; it seemed Su Qingge 's submission to him had deepened another layer. It was just as the old saying went, "feelings grow over time."

"You slept like a pig last night, so how could you possibly know?" Gu Changge teased her casually and walked out of the hall.

Su Qingge snorted softly with her nose, then asked curiously, "Could it be that the person who wanted to kill the Young Master last night was that youth named Lin Tian?"

"How did you guess?" Gu Changge was slightly surprised.

"After all, based on the conversation between Miss Lin Qiuhan and the Young Master, I could also sense that there was something very wrong with that Trash youth named Lin Tian," Su Qingge explained.

"You are quite clever. I haven't pampered you in vain," Gu Changge praised.

It was just that Su Qingge was still somewhat puzzled. Why would that youth named Lin Tian be so desperate as to come and kill the Young Master? Wasn't it better to just live?

Sometimes, ignorance and jealousy really can get people killed.

Soon, Gu Changge had arrived outside the hall. Looking out, there was a large crowd of heads before him; they were all Lin Family Clan Members.

" Young Master, this old slave has failed in his discipline, and I hope the Young Master will punish me." Elder Ming stood at the front, his face full of guilt, and stepped forward, preparing to kneel and beg for forgiveness.

"Has the person been found?" Seeing this, Gu Changge 's Divine Power surged, and he supported him with a gesture of his hand, though his expression remained plain, making it impossible for anyone to tell if he was happy or angry.

At this moment, he was naturally asking a question he already knew the answer to. After all, the problem did not lie with Elder Ming.

It was likely that no one in the Lin Family had expected that a seemingly ordinary Trash would actually do something like this.

But on the surface, he certainly had to act as if he were unaware; after all, it would be much more interesting for the Lin Family to discover Lin Tian 's true identity than for him, an outsider, to expose it.

"Reporting to the Young Master, the person has been found, but..." When Elder Ming reached this point, his face grew even more guilty.

And the Lin Family members were even more terrified, not daring to even breathe loudly. The Lin Family Head was even worse; his forehead and back were drenched in cold sweat, and his legs were weak.

Once this Young Master became enraged, it wouldn't just be him who was implicated; the entire Lin Family, and even their ancestors, would suffer.

Everyone felt the same way, their hearts filled with fear and unease, as if waiting for an emperor to order their punishment.

Among them, Lin Qiuhan was also pale, looking somewhat incredulous, as if she had not yet recovered from the shock of last night.

"Oh, what happened to him?" Gu Changge asked, quite interested.

He wanted to know what other tricks this Lin Tian could pull. He couldn't escape, so would he offer an excuse? Pretend he didn't know?

"Last night..." Subsequently, Elder Ming, feeling somewhat self-reproachful and guilty, began to explain...

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