"Why do you say that?" the Second Elder asked, confused.
"I suspect..." Jin Feng wanted to tell the Second Elder about Xiao Man's act of blowing up the Patriarch's main courtyard, but after some thought, he changed his words. "Since she entered the Jin family, she has been at odds with the First Elder and the Fifth Elder, and even forced the Patriarch to deal with the Martial Arts Hall and the Intelligence Hall. She's trouble."
"She is indeed trouble," the Second Elder said with a smile. "If you interact with her more, she will surely know the whereabouts of the Eldest Young Master."
"Why are you so sure she knows the Eldest Young Master's whereabouts, Grandfather?" Jin Feng asked, puzzled.
"You only know that the seven-leaf pattern on her finger is related to the Eldest Young Master, but you don't know that this seven-leaf pattern is closely related to the Eldest Young Master's life. I see that the seven-leaf pattern on her index finger is bright, which means the Eldest Young Master is well," the Second Elder said faintly. "However, this matter cannot be known to others, especially not to that woman and the Second Young Master."
"Only a few people in the vast Jin family know about the seven-leaf pattern. She has been able to stay safely in the Jin family, so I guess no one has discovered the seven-leaf pattern."
"I don't know about others, but the Fifth Elder is the elder of the Intelligence Hall, and he should know," the Second Elder said slowly. "Has he encountered Lan Xiao?"
Jin Feng nodded. "It's all over the mansion. The Fifth Elder was taken down by her as soon as they met. He lay on the ground, unable to move. The Fifth Elder hates her to the bone, and I'm afraid he wants her dead even more than the First Elder."
"If that's the case, they haven't had close contact, otherwise she would have discovered the seven-leaf pattern on her finger long ago." The Second Elder couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. "Go and remind her to try not to meet with the elders of the mansion, let alone the Patriarch."
"Will the Patriarch kill her?" Jin Feng asked hesitantly.
"He could abandon his own son if he wished, what else would he not do?" the Second Elder sneered. "A noble aristocratic family, yet willing to debase themselves to be dogs, truly a loss of the integrity of an aristocratic family."
"Who told you the Heavenly Sword Sect is now the head of the Four Great Sects, and the only sect with a God Transformation stage expert? The Patriarch admires strength. I understand his desire to be a dog," Jin Feng said with a cold laugh. "I just want to live as a person, not as a dog!"
"Feng'er, do you think the Eldest Young Master will return?"
"Your grandson doesn't know."
As night fell, a disciple sneaked into the Alchemy Hall from the south.
Another person sneaked into the Alchemy Hall from the north. Both of them simultaneously snuck to Xiao Man's room, pushed open the window, and were about to climb in when they saw someone else climbing in from the opposite side.
Both of them discovered each other at the same time and attacked each other without hesitation. The two uninvited guests fought recklessly in Xiao Man's room!
Xiao Man lit the candle by the bed, but as soon as she lit it, a gust of wind blew out the oil lamp.
Xiao Man's expression was a bit helpless. She took out a luminous pearl from her Qiankun bag to illuminate: "You two are too reckless. This is my room!"
The two who were fighting fiercely refused to stop, but they tried their best not to make loud noises to avoid attracting others. They ignored Xiao Man's words.
Xiao Man gritted her teeth. A moment later, she moved. She had been sitting by the bed one second, and the next she was beside the two, kicking the entangled pair to the ground.
"Lan Xiao, what are you doing? This brat snuck into your room in the middle of the night. He clearly has ill intentions."
"It's you who has ill intentions, isn't it? You're also sneaking into her room in the middle of the night!" the other person retorted, unwilling to be outdone.
"What are you doing sneaking into my room in the middle of the night?" Xiao Man glanced at the other person, then landed on Jin Feng. "Did you come just to fight?"
Jin Feng looked at the person he was fighting with. This person was a stranger, likely a disciple of the family, but he had never seen him before. "You're not asking him, you're asking me?"
"I called him. Why are you here?"
"You called him?" Jin Feng then seriously sized up the person who had climbed in through the window with him, his gaze like that of a prisoner being interrogated. "Who is he?"
Xiao Man got up, made a pot of tea, and invited the two to sit down.
"You still haven't said, who is he?"
"Senior Brother Jin Feng, why are you acting like you've caught someone in bed? Anyone who doesn't know would think you have feelings for me."
"Who has feelings for you? Stop talking nonsense, I'm asking you, who is he?"
"Him." Xiao Man glanced at him and said unhurriedly, "Aren't you looking for him all the time?"
"What do I want to find him for?" Jin Feng retorted. He wanted to find the Eldest Young Master, not this person. "Are you tricking me?"
"Rebirth, am I tricking him?"
"Rebirth?" Jin Feng frowned. "Your name is quite strange."
"Junior Brother Jin Feng, don't you think my name is very fitting?" Rebirth said slowly. "After all, I returned from a fiery rebirth."
Jin Feng suddenly stood up, looking at Rebirth with disbelief. After a moment, he reached out and felt Rebirth's face carefully. There were no traces of disguise, this face was real!
"You... you are the Eldest Young Master?"
Rebirth nodded slowly: "It's me."
"Impossible, your face, you're not disguised!"
"If I were still wearing my old face, I would have been murdered by Jin Yao and that woman long ago," Rebirth said unhurriedly. "In the Land of No Return, if I hadn't met her, I would never have survived coming out of the Land of No Return."
"How did you do it?" Jin Feng curiously touched Rebirth's face, and found a trace of disguise.
"I peeled off someone else's face and put it on his."
Jin Feng's hand froze, and he quickly withdrew it, even wiping his hand on his clothes. This action made Xiao Man laugh.
"Senior Brother Jin Feng, I'm teasing you!"
"You brat will get beaten to death when you go out sooner or later!" Jin Feng said angrily. He deeply understood the Fifth Elder's feelings. It was a good thing the Fifth Elder didn't erupt on the spot and beat her to death!
"With me here, I won't allow anyone to trouble her," Rebirth said as he tidied his clothes. "Junior Brother Jin Feng, why did you sneak into her room in the middle of the night?"
Jin Feng was stunned for a moment, and seemed a bit slow to react. He stared at Rebirth for a long time before asking suspiciously, "Are you really the Eldest Young Master?"
"When you were ten, you said you wanted to see the auction house. I secretly took you there. As a result, at the auction, you... caused trouble for Patriarch Jin. Whatever he bought, you bid it up, and then we were caught. I took the blame and received a good beating for you."
Jin Feng's eyes lit up: "It really is the Eldest Young Master!"
"It is indeed me, the genuine article." Rebirth rolled up his sleeves, revealing the scars on his wrist. These were the scars left by his tendons being severed. Even though the wounds had healed, the scars remained.