True Solution of the Sword Dao

"Sorry, the house is a bit small. We were actually planning to move to a bigger new house, but we’ve been busy and haven’t had the time," Jiang Feng said with a smile as she brought out some candies and seeds.

"It’s okay, auntie, it’s actually us who have troubled you by all showing up at once. We are extremely sorry," Luca said, her little braids flicking playfully, making her look very cute and polite.

"Not at all, since you are all Lin You’s friends, how could it be troubling? Just please take good care of my Lin You when you’re abroad," Jiang Feng sat down and glanced at her watch.

"Now it’s Lin You who takes care of us, you can totally be at ease," Luca said with a sweet smile.

They sat on the sofa, turned on the TV, and started chatting casually.

Jiang Feng continuously asked about Lin You’s studies abroad with a concerned expression.

Lin You’s dodgy attitude made her quite suspicious.

Fortunately, the group helped cover up with white lies, making Jiang Feng half-believing.

Lin Jianguo parked the car and came up early, joining in the casual chat.

"Ah, I almost forgot, today Xiao Ke and Yuanyuan were supposed to come over. We had agreed earlier to go shopping together," Jiang Feng exclaimed, clapping her hands.

"Since they are coming over, why not go out to eat together?" Lin Jianguo suggested.

Sitting opposite Lin You, Tironis, a large black man, suddenly reached for his right ear and frowned.

"There’s a situation," his fingers shifted, making a quick gesture.

Sitting beside him, Tika’s expression changed slightly, recognizing her brother’s hand signal.

She quickly made eye contact with Lin You.

Lin You felt a jolt in her heart and a flicker of worry crossed her eyes. She quickly replied,

"No need, my friends came specially to visit my home, eating is just a secondary matter. We mainly came to see you all. By the way, has Nannan sister gone out? It’s not necessary; I... I haven’t seen Nannan sister in a long time, I have a lot to talk to her about... hehe..." Lin You quickly made up an excuse, "I’ll go find her and pick up brother too." 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

She stood up and hurried to the door, heading out.

Lin Jianguo and Jiang Feng had no chance to speak before they saw Lin You disappear into the staircase.

"This child, why is she in such a hurry? With so many friends and classmates here, and she just runs off alone."

"It’s nothing, auntie," Merrill stood up, "We just came to visit, and we each have other matters to attend to later. You don’t need to entertain us."

"Yes, yes," Loa quickly joined in, noticing the change too, "In that case, we all have things to handle, so we’ll take our leave now. We’ll come and disturb you again when we have time in a few days."

Lin Jianguo and Jiang Feng tried to persuade them to stay, but they couldn’t dissuade the group.

They could only let everyone leave.

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Lin You stood between the buildings in the residential area with a grave expression, occasionally glancing around anxiously.

She had also noticed Uncle Tika’s look.

Merrill and the others came out from the staircase.

"How is it? What’s the situation?" Merrill asked.

"I don’t know, Uncle Tika and the others have gone to check around," Lin You said, her face looking troubled. Although she had expected this day to come, she didn’t anticipate it would happen so suddenly.

"Why don’t we go check it out as well?" Antos, the Staff of the Earth Contractor, suggested.

"No, your strength is the strongest among us here, you must protect Lin You," Merrill refused, "This is not the place to talk, let’s find somewhere more secluded first."

"Right," Lin You also noticed some strange and curious looks from the residents passing by.

The group found a more hidden corner.

Soon, Tika and another returned with grim expressions.

"The situation is bad," Uncle Tika quickly pulled out a cigarette, lit it, and took a deep drag.

"My brother’s men lost four people, all of them disappeared without any noise or signs. And they are all at the elite level, each with the strength of a top-level Special Forces soldier. To be eliminated without a sound, the attackers are not weak."

"And the trouble is, the opponents are still planning to make another move. I found signs from the surveillance cameras installed. They even deliberately left something behind," Tika took out a white piece of paper and handed it to Lin You.

Lin You glanced at Merrill before taking the paper and unfolding it.

There was a symbol on it, an oval frame with a pale gold cross inside.

"This is the symbol of the Holy Light Department, the Holy See’s Holy Light Department," Feil recognized the symbol’s origin.

"What do they mean by this?" Lin You asked in a low voice.

"About the seal, there is a legend, have you heard of it?" Tironis interjected.

"Are you talking about the legend that involves opening the seal with Holy Spirit’s Blood?" Kelan was the first to catch on, "I know that. The legend says that Holy Spirit’s Blood is the bloodline that best fits the Power of Inheritance. The strength of the Five Elements can only be fully assimilated with Holy Spirit’s Blood, without the body exploding and dying. It seems to also involve a very significant change. But I’m not clear on what that change might be."

"I’m not very clear either," Tironis nodded, "But now it seems that if it were just the opening of the seal, the Holy Light Department of the Holy See wouldn’t intervene. As one of the few major combat departments of the Holy See, the Holy Light Department is also one of the strongest. The head of the department even holds multiple Cardinal positions. To disturb such an Ancestor-level powerful department, it definitely won’t be a simple change."