Hearing Lin Xiao Tian's question, the old woman shook her head.
"I'm not sure, but very likely."
Lin Xiao Tian looked at the photo in his hand. "Now even Li De Ping has identified this person as someone close to Fang Wen Hua. With Fang Wen Hua's caution, he wouldn't be unable to control his own vice president, would he? Everything this person did was definitely on Fang Wen Hua's orders."
"These are just inferences. Even if Li De Ping recognized the person's identity, there's no definitive evidence. What if there's someone else behind it? What if Fang Wen Hua also makes a mistake?"
Lin Xiao Tian rubbed his chin. Although the old woman said so, based on his understanding of Fang Wen Hua, he felt that Fang Wen Hua would definitely not make such a low-level mistake.
"Inferences are still inferences; they cannot be used as evidence. Even if Li De Ping stood in front of the vice president of Fang Corporation and identified him as the one who contacted him, the other party could pretend not to admit it. Do you understand what I mean?" the old woman looked at Lin Xiao Tian.
Lin Xiao Tian nodded. "We lack decisive evidence."
The old woman smiled slightly.
Then she looked at Lin Xiao Tian and continued, "Xiao Tian, what kind of person do you think Fang Wen Hua is?"
Lin Xiao Tian thought for a moment. "He's very smart and ambitious..."
"Yes! He's an ambitious person, so I have one request for you. If you become the head of the Lin family in the future, you must get rid of him."
Lin Xiao Tian frowned. It wasn't that he was overly kind, but Fang Wen Hua hadn't done anything to harm him yet. Lin Xiao Tian couldn't bring himself to do it. Even if he asked Li De Ping to monitor him, there had been no substantial action from Fang Wen Hua's side.
"I know you will hesitate, but you have to do it. Li Wen is weak and listens to Fang Wen Hua in everything. In the future Lin family, Fang Wen Hua's influence will grow stronger. You haven't been in the family since you were young, and the Lin family members have low awareness of your existence. It will be difficult for you to command respect."
The old woman, from the perspective of the entire family, began to explain the pros and cons to Lin Xiao Tian.
"Actually, I don't really want to inherit the position of the Lin family head," Lin Xiao Tian said honestly.
Life is like a transient existence, like a plant in autumn. Lin Xiao Tian didn't want to be too tired, and the path of cultivation also required more time. If he dealt with these matters every day, Lin Xiao Tian wouldn't be able to focus on his cultivation.
Hearing Lin Xiao Tian's words, the old woman fell silent for a while.
Lin Xiao Tian knew she must be very angry now.
"Grandma, I won't inherit the head's position, but I promise to contribute my strength to the Lin family."
This was the first time Lin Xiao Tian addressed the old woman as a family member. The old woman's tense face relaxed instantly.
She sighed, not knowing what else to say.
"You are truly detached from worldly affairs. But do you know what others are thinking?"
The old woman shook her head, got up, and walked out, leaving Lin Xiao Tian alone in the room.
In the evening, Qin Yu Xiang's cultivation also came to an end.
As a single-element spiritual root, Qin Yu Xiang's cultivation speed was very fast. She was naturally talented, and with Lin Xiao Tian's guidance, her strength improved significantly in just one day.
The former Qin Yu Xiang was a frail woman, but the current Qin Yu Xiang could even contend with Xiao Ming.
Of course, such rapid progress was also thanks to the elixirs refined by Lin Xiao Tian.
If Lin Xiao Tian had had these elixirs back then, his cultivation speed would have been very fast.
But Lin Xiao Tian had a triple-element spiritual root, which required more spiritual energy for cultivation. In this spirit-energy-scarce Earth, his cultivation speed would naturally be much slower.
After meditating, Qin Yu Xiang was obviously very hungry and started eating ravenously. Lin Xiao Tian couldn't help but laugh watching her.
"Scoundrel, you just laugh at me." Qin Yu Xiang stuck out her tongue.
"Haha, I won't laugh anymore. Eat slowly."
"I'm not eating anymore. You make fun of me, and I've lost my appetite." Qin Yu Xiang put her hands on her hips, looking angry.
"Alright! I was wrong, okay?" Lin Xiao Tian leaned closer to Qin Yu Xiang.
But he saw Qin Yu Xiang's sly smile.
"Are you sure you were wrong?"
"I'm truly wrong."
"Then an apology isn't enough. I'm still not appeased."
"Then how do you want me to compensate you?"
"How to compensate?" Qin Yu Xiang stared intently at Lin Xiao Tian. "How about... a physical repayment?"
Lin Xiao Tian swallowed.
Even after spending so much time together, Qin Yu Xiang was still endlessly captivating. Coupled with the lingering feelings from Bai Xue earlier in the day, seeing the alluring Qin Yu Xiang before him, Lin Xiao Tian could no longer resist.
Qin Yu Xiang responded to Lin Xiao Tian. After her cultivation, her body was no longer as fragile as before.
After an unknown amount of time, accompanied by Lin Xiao Tian's roar, their passionate union reached its conclusion.
Qin Yu Xiang was already exhausted, and Lin Xiao Tian was also satisfied for once.
Lin Xiao Tian carried Qin Yu Xiang to bed, then began to tidy up the room. The room was now filled with traces of their intimacy, and clothes were scattered everywhere; it was truly messy.
Qin Yu Xiang also wanted to help, but the recent exertion had left her too tired. She just watched Lin Xiao Tian for a while before falling asleep from exhaustion.
After cleaning the room, Lin Xiao Tian took a qi-gathering elixir and then lay down to rest.
The Shen Nong cultivation technique was very convenient to use. Even while lying down, Lin Xiao Tian could enter a state of cultivation.
The next few days passed peacefully.
Every few days, Lin Xiao Tian would go to Black Mountain to collect some millennium-old herbs.
Each time he entered Black Mountain, Lin Xiao Tian was followed by a little shadow.
This little shadow was none other than the little white snake.
Ever since Lin Xiao Tian fed it a demon core last time, the little white snake had tasted the sweetness. Every time Lin Xiao Tian went into the mountains, it would follow.
At first, it would maintain a distance of tens of meters from Lin Xiao Tian. As soon as Lin Xiao Tian looked back at it, it would immediately run away.
But with Lin Xiao Tian's feeding, the little fellow realized Lin Xiao Tian was accommodating and completely dropped its aloofness.
Now, as soon as Lin Xiao Tian entered the mountain, it would simply coil up on his body.
Initially, the little fellow tried to steal the demon cores from Lin Xiao Tian, but after being disciplined by Lin Xiao Tian, it was angry for several days and engaged in a fifty-meter cold war with Lin Xiao Tian again.
Finally, finding Lin Xiao Tian indifferent, it had to obediently run back.
However, it had developed a good habit. The little fellow was now submissive, no longer seeking trouble, and even helped Lin Xiao Tian.
Unlike ordinary white vipers, the little white snake possessed dragon energy. Many beasts and demon beasts in Black Mountain actively avoided it when they saw it.
This saved Lin Xiao Tian a lot of trouble when entering the mountain. In the past, Lin Xiao Tian had no choice but to fight some unruly demon beasts, but now it was completely unnecessary.
Demon beasts below the Foundation Establishment stage were terrified just by smelling the little white snake's aura. This made Lin Xiao Tian suspect what kind of dragon lineage the little white snake had inherited.
After all, ordinary descendants of dragons, without a level advantage, could not exert such a deterrent force. Yet the little white snake, not even at the Qi Refining stage, could make demon beasts at the Foundation Establishment stage fear it!