Beauty and the Bodyguard

Chapter 586 – Master of House Zhao

And so, it was very possible that Lin Yi had an extremely powerful noble house backing him up- just which hidden house was he from?

In order to deal with Lin Yi, he had to make sure he understood who he was dealing with. If he were to act recklessly and just get rid of Lin Yi, things would turn very sour if his guesses about Lin Yi’s hidden family turned out to be true. If he really were a master nurtured by a hidden house then it wouldn’t be surprising if they had pushed away all consideration and went all out against his own house!

Mystic at twenty? The potential there was infinite- the boy could very well go into the earth class or even become a sky class master! The house Lin Yi belonged to would lose their minds if the Zhaos just killed him off.

But there was still the possibility that Lin Yi had just gotten lucky. Maybe he’d eaten some miracle pill, or maybe he’d managed to breakthrough under some coincidental circumstance- if that were the case, then killing Lin Yi off was the optimal solution. Keeping him around living for any longer was too much of a threat.

It was the first time Cihua heard the master use a tone like that, but he replied normally nontheless after a brief pause, “Alright, understood.”

The ambulance arrived, and Cihua helped Uncle Zhu and Master Bing get to the hospital simple medical procedures first. Then it was up to Yaowang to personally come treat them properly.

Guangyin put down his phone and sighed. A moment later, he stood up and quickly walked outside his room, his face solemn as he headed for a solitary villa.

“Young master, you’ve come.” An old man appeared all of a sudden, just as Guangyin reached the door. His words were courteous, but there was no sign that he would let Guangyin enter the villa at all.

“Elder Bi, I’m here to see my father,” Guangyin didn’t react negatively at all, treating the old man with respect instead. After all, Elder Bi was one of the few masters in the Zhao family, their last line of defense. He had fought with Guangyin’s father shoulder to shoulder to make it to where they were now, but he hadn’t married, nor did he have kids. Now Elder Bi only accompanied Guangyin’s father, loyally acting as his right hand man.

“Please wait for a moment, young master. I’ll inform the master,” Elder Bi nodded and entered the villa, leaving Guangyin standing there respectably and completely unmoving.

He came out a while later and nodded to Guangyin, “Young master, the master asks for you to enter.”

In actuality, Guangyin was already the master of House Zhao. Elder Zhao had retired from the position a couple years ago, pouring all of his heart into reaching a higher plane.

But in Elder Bi’s eyes, Elder Zhao would always be the master, and Guangyin, the young master.

Guangyin didn’t think much about what Elder Bi chose to call him. After all, while he may already be the master of the house, there were still things he needed his father’s counsel on. He may have the authority to use the mystic masters in the family, but earth class masters like Elder Bi were above his control!

Guangyin walked in respectably and saw that Elder Zhao had already seated himself in the living room, quietly enjoying a cup of tea in his hand. Guangyin bowed to greet his father, “Father!”

“Mm. Did you need something?” Elder Zhao had been focusing on his training, searching for ways to break out of the earth class- he very rarely concerned himself with the house’s affairs.

Guangyin would only interrupt him if it was something very important.

In truth, hidden houses didn’t concern themselves with the surface world at all. Although they may have some companies or representatives on the outside, and even descendents, none of those would be as powerful as the great houses and small houses!

The great houses and small houses were there to earn money for their family in the first place, and the hidden families never really had very high materialistic standards. Along with the inheritances from past generations, they didn’t even need companies on the outside to sustain themselves.

The functioning companies on the outside weren’t just for nothing- the profits they earned were all given for the sustenance of the family, and were not to be used in meddling with the foundations of their ancestors’ businesses if possible. This would guarantee the noble house’s prosperity.

The main point was that there was an agreement among the hidden noble houses that they wouldn’t involve themselves with the surface world’s affairs. Everything would fall into chaos if the place was filled with Wulin masters- the other noble houses wouldn’t be able to do anything if that were to take place.

What they were truly after was the peak of martial arts- they wanted a long life, immortality and strength. In comparison to the colors of the outside world, towards the outside world, they didn’t hold much motivation nor interest.

“Father, Bing’s legs have been destroyed, and Mister Zhu is heavily injured…” An event this big had to be reported to the Elder.

“Oh?” Elder Zhao’s eyes turned cold. “Zhu is a mystic, isn’t he? How was he injured? Who else could have a master like that, other than the House Yu branch?”

Elder Zhao’s words gave Guangyin a sudden thought- his own wife was from the Yu family! Did she find out about his bastard son and sent someone against Qibing?

His face changed at the thought, showing a little nervousness. “Could it be the Yu family? Did Yu Xiaojin’s learn about Bing?”

Xiaojin was Guangyin’s wife, a Yu, the family’s youngest daughter. Elder Yu especially loved her- it was very possible that Xiaojin would make that move.

“Xiaojin knew of Bing a long time ago- she never did anything because she understood the big picture. As long as you didn’t bring Qibing home, she’d have one eye shut regarding the whole thing. She wouldn’t send anyone against Bing,” Elder Zhao said, “Unless Bing’s existence threatened her son’s position- your youngest son’s position.”

“So it isn’t the Yu family?” Guangyin paused, not realizing that his wife had known all along! He smiled bitterly at the thought. The Yu women were really quite something.

It was but an alliance marriage, but she’d given so much on her part these past years, taking care of him and living under the same roof together. It was hard to imagine that she was once a young miss of the Yu family.

“I dind’t say that. Elder Yu is someone who would never take a loss, and Jin was his favourite. It’s possible he’d send someone against Bing for her sake,” Elder Zhao shook his head, “Don’t put too much hope on the boy- I don’t have faith in him. He’s but a boy playing prince. Naturally, we Zhaos wouldn’t just take this insult without a response… I know what to do- spread the word and list the man as wanted. We’ll think this over if one of the families claim him as their own, but if no one speaks up, it’ll mean that he’s not from a hidden house!”

Guangyin paused, impressed by his father’s methods. It was true- if this Lin Yi really did belong to a hidden house then they would come out against the Zhaos to defend him.