"Please show mercy!"

Just as Yu Haoran's left foot was about to crush He Zhiqiang's head and take his life, an anxious voice sounded out.

Subsequently, a young man around the age of 30, with an ordinary appearance and dressed in black clothes, walked out from the shadows at the corner of the room.

Withdrawing his left leg that had been raised up, with both his hands behind his back, Yu Haoran coldly looked at his opponent.

"Subordinate Lin Yun greets the junior family head!" The black clothed man walked in front of Yu Haoran and bowed respectfully.

"Don't, right now I'm just a servant who can't even eat three meals a day while carrying water. I'm neither the heir of a family nor the junior family head that you speak of, I can't bear such a huge gift from you."

Although the other party's att.i.tude was extremely respectful, Yu Haoran did not give him a good face, and said with an extremely indifferent tone.

"In this subordinate's eyes, the junior family head will forever be the successor to the Yu Family!"

Yu Haoran's cold and distant att.i.tude did not cause the slightest bit of dissatisfaction to Lin Yun, as his att.i.tude was still extremely respectful.

In regards to this, Yu Haoran didn't say anymore, and only coldly questioned.

"Enough, there's no need to say any more polite words. Now, you need to give me a reason, a reason not to kill He Zhiqiang."

"The clan rules!"

Lin Yun replied as he extended his hand out and released a stream of force, which immediately knocked out He Zhiqiang who was about to stand up.

Then, he asked back, "Young Patriarch, I believe you should be able to guess my background."

"Someone from the Punishment Hall, Ninth Elder's trusted aide!" Nodding, Yu Haoran replied.

"The junior family head guessed right. While it is true that I come from the Punishment Hall, I am not Ninth Elder's confidant." After saying a few humble words, Lin Yun continued to speak.

"This subordinate did not expect that the Young Patriarch's talent would be so strong, and that his strength would rise so quickly, to the point where when you were trying to kill w.a.n.g Ru, this subordinate did not have the time to stop you."

Actually, there was a sentence that Lin Yun did not say, and that was the depth of Yu Haoran's scheming, the concealment of his methods, to the point where he did not discover Yu Haoran's secret cultivation at all.

"Therefore, this subordinate will have to bear a large part of the responsibility for the Junior Clan Chief killing the clan rules that w.a.n.g Ru violated."

"At the same time, because you were anxious to save your sister and had the desire to do so, Ninth Elder can persuade the other elders to release you from your responsibility."

After saying that, Lin Yun pointed at the unconscious He Zhiqiang, and continued.

"Young Patriarch, if you kill He Zhiqiang now, it would be intentional. Moreover, you would be offending the higher ups and killing the higher ups. Even if Ninth Elder wanted to protect you, I'm afraid it would be hard to convince the ma.s.ses."

Regarding Lin Yun's explanation, Yu Haoran could not help but sneer, and asked back.

"Lin Yun, then let me ask you, if I was weak enough to be defeated by w.a.n.g Ru or He Zhiqiang and be killed by them, would you stop me?"

Hehe, Young Patriarch, ever since you were expelled from the family and demoted to a servant, the Great Elder's men have secretly attacked you dozens of times. Without directly answering Yu Haoran's question, Lin Yun asked back with a chuckle.

"That's right, the reason why I, Yu Haoran, have lived until now, is indeed because of Ninth Elder's secret protection. Otherwise, I wouldn't have shown mercy just now." Nodding his head, Yu Haoran accepted the fact that the other party was protecting him in the dark.

Actually, regarding the matter of Ninth Elder's secret protection, when Yu Haoran had returned to Yu Family and reached the peak of the Martial Master Realm in his previous life, he had personally heard about it from the Great Clan Elder and the others. He also knew that he would be able to escape his family and successfully pa.s.s the sect selection compet.i.tion to enter the sect.

He had always been very grateful to Patriarch Nine for protecting him and helping him in the dark. This was also the reason why he was willing to help most of his clansmen.

However, the only thing that made him dissatisfied was that when Yu Saiqi was forced to commit suicide by that beast Yu Haocheng, not only did he not help, he had even watched from the sidelines coldly. This was one of the reasons why he was unwilling to stay in the Yu Clan and help the Yu Family become strong.

It was because of this knot in his heart that Yu Haoran treated Lin Yun coldly in the beginning.

"Lin Yun, for the sake of you and the Ninth Elder, I can let He Zhiqiang go temporarily but for this one case, if you stop me in the future, then don't blame me, Yu Haoran, for not recognizing people by my face."

After leaving those threatening words behind, Yu Haoran immediately left the courtyard and walked towards the Yu Clan Mansion.

… ….

Looking at Yu Haoran who had turned around and left, and carefully experiencing the words he had left behind just now, Lin Yun's face revealed a trace of worry.

As the person a.s.signed by the Ninth Elder to protect Yu Haoran and his sister in secret, he knew what kind of life the other party was leading in the past year or so. He had also seen with his own eyes how much oppression and humiliation the other party had encountered, and he knew how much hatred and resentment they had acc.u.mulated in their hearts.

Originally, according to his thoughts, since he had already risked offending the Great Clan Elder to protect Yu Haoran and his sister in the dark, why not help them out a little more?

If that was the case, when Yu Haoran truly grew up and regained the authority of the clan, the people who had helped him back then could also be considered to have contributed greatly.

At that time, regardless of status, prestige, or personal treatment, it would all be greatly improved.

Unfortunately, the order that the Ninth Elder had given them was only to ensure that Yu Haoran would not die. As for the humiliation and torture that they had suffered, they would not allow him to help them.

Now, with Yu Haoran being able to defeat w.a.n.g Ru and He Zhiqiang whose cultivations were completely superior to him in a mere month's time, it was sufficient to prove that her talent was not inferior to the top talents of the sects. Her scheming ability was not inferior to those old foxes in the clan.

Talent was the foundation that determined a person's strength, but scheming was a method that determined one's strength.

And the talent that Yu Haoran possessed, was enough to show his scheming, which was enough to guarantee that he would be able to mature in the future, surpa.s.s his father, and become the first expert in the Yu Family to break through his Wu Zong realm.

Thinking about it, Lin Yun decided to advise the Ninth Elder, and let him think of a way to quickly express his goodwill towards Yu Haoran. It would be best if he could win Yu Haoran's goodwill.

If he allowed the Great Clan Elder and the others to continue persecuting the Yu Haoran siblings, then it would be a good thing for the Yu Family, for the Punishment Hall, and even for himself.