Xiao Lin with a Broken Dao Heart

Chen Yingyin felt uneasy as she looked at the suddenly activated power supply.

She put down her flashlight and raised her service weapon, carefully approaching the detention room where Xiao Lin was being held.

Just moments ago, she had heard a loud noise coming from inside the room.

Looking at the nearby detention room, Chen Yingyin swallowed hard, then slowly moved along the wall.

The power suddenly going out, followed by the loud noise from the detention room, combined with what Gu Yan had said about Xiao Lin's unusual background.

It was hard for Chen Yingyin not to suspect that these connected events had something to do with Xiao Lin.

She pressed against the wall, gripping her gun tightly, took a deep breath and quickly rushed forward.

"Don't move!"

Chen Yingyin raised her gun, aiming into the detention room.

But the scene before her left her stunned.

She saw Xiao Lin with bloodshot eyes, one fist smashed into the concrete floor which now resembled a spider's web.

"What happened here?"

"Xiao Lin, what did you do?"

Chen Yingyin didn't lower her gun, instead becoming even more vigilant.

Her eyes darted around uncertainly, taking in the chaotic scene inside the detention room, as if a fierce battle had just taken place.

Hearing her voice,

Xiao Lin raised his head, revealing a violent gaze.

Chen Yingyin's heart sank, she had seen this kind of look many times before.

It was... the look of someone who wanted to kill.

Xiao Lin saw Chen Yingyin pointing her gun at him, and seeing her expression made his mood worsen.

If he hadn't been arrested and brought here, he wouldn't have encountered that mysterious group.

His jade pendant wouldn't have been taken away.

All of this, all of this was because of this woman's mistake!!

He stood up, looking at Chen Yingyin with murderous intent, his arm beginning to glow with a strange light.

"!!"

Chen Yingyin's heart jolted as she saw the change in Xiao Lin's arm.

What was this? Magic? An illusion?

Regardless.

Chen Yingyin suppressed the fear of the unknown in her heart and scolded, "Xiao Lin! What are you trying to do? Do you want to make things even worse!?"

As Chen Yingyin spoke, her heart was racing so fast she felt like she could barely hold her gun steady.

People are always afraid of unknown powers, especially when that power is right before their eyes.

Xiao Lin stared intently at Chen Yingyin, his mind flashing back to the teachings of his masters on Dragon King Mountain.

[Xiao Lin, your power is not for killing, but for protecting people. You must remember this when you leave the mountain]

[Take the half dragon-shaped jade pendant on your chest and find the Bai family to get the other half. When the two pieces are joined together, you will be able to lead all the people of Dragon King Palace!]

[You are the key to saving this world. Finding a way to control your power is your top priority, and Dragon King Palace will assist you.]

In an instant, Xiao Lin closed his eyes and took a deep breath. The glow on his hands slowly dissipated.

He lowered his arms helplessly and hung his head, his eyes showing intense frustration and unwillingness.

Frustrated that he had allowed himself to get angry with someone from the mundane world.

Unwilling because his jade pendant had been taken from him. That pendant was given to him by his master and was the biggest secret of his cultivation path.

Normally, no one would even know of the pendant's existence, so why did those people today seem to know it was around his neck?

Damn it... why?

Who exactly was targeting him?

Seeing Xiao Lin lower his hands and retract his killing intent,

Chen Yingyin felt a cold sweat break out on her back, her mind recalling what Gu Yan had said about the man's unusual background.

Could it be that this young man who came to Jianghai to work really did have some earth-shattering secret?

Just as Chen Yingyin was about to investigate some information about Xiao Lin,

The next second.

"Sister Yingyin! Are you alright?"

A concerned voice rang out from outside the door.

Xiao Lin seemed to have an instinctive reaction, suddenly raising his head.

His eyes fixed intently on the source of the voice at the door.

"Gu—Yan!!"

Xiao Lin almost roared out the name.

He couldn't believe he would encounter the other man here.

Chen Yingyin's expression changed, and she moved to block Gu Yan: "Xiao Lin! What are you trying to do? This matter is over!"

She recalled Gu Yan's earlier words about Xiao Lin wanting to kill him, which she hadn't fully believed at the time.

But seeing the current situation, she had no choice but to believe it now.

Gu Yan pretended to be pale-faced, his eyes filled with fear as he cowered behind Chen Yingyin, his voice trembling as he spoke: "Brother Xiao Lin, I have no quarrel with you, why do you insist on killing me?"

"Is it just because you disapprove of me picking up Sister Yulan?"

Xiao Lin looked at the fearful and panicked Gu Yan, and although he felt a sense of satisfaction in his heart,

This couldn't dispel the anger in his heart: "Shut up! You deceived Yulan and caused me to hurt her, leading to this misunderstanding!"

"You're clearly a scoundrel! Someone like you staying by Yulan's side must have some ulterior motive!"

Hearing these words, Chen Yingyin frowned slightly. She had thought there must be some major issue that would make Xiao Lin want to kill Gu Yan.

But from the looks of it, it seemed more like a lovers' quarrel.

At that moment, she lost all sympathy and pity for Xiao Lin.

To want to kill someone over something like this.

Such a person deserved whatever punishment they got.

Hearing these words, Gu Yan pretended to suppress his fear, his eyes gradually becoming more determined.

He walked to Chen Yingyin's side, looking fearlessly at Xiao Lin, as if the other had said something laughable.

Gu Yan's voice also rose slightly, showing none of his previous weakness: "Motive? Yes! I do have a motive!"

"My motive is to help Sister Yulan shoulder some of her burden! Did you know her mother is lying in the hospital? Did you know the daily medical expenses are astronomical?"

"Did you know Sister Yulan works four jobs a day? Did you know her physical abilities have deteriorated to below that of a normal person because of this?"

"You know nothing! You're just an ignorant youth who just arrived in Jianghai City!"

"Besides using your fists to kill and hurt people here, what else can you do!"

"Sister Yulan's mother was my teacher, that's why I'm helping Sister Yulan, and you! Apart from sending Yulan, who's already struggling to make ends meet every day, to the hospital!!"

"What else have you done to help her!"

"I don't know what I've done to cause this misunderstanding! But... I do know one thing."

Gu Yan took a deep breath, looking mockingly at Xiao Lin: "People should be grateful. I'm grateful to Sister Yulan's mother for teaching me, so I help her daughter."

"And you, Sister Yulan found you a place to stay, but you repaid her kindness with enmity by hurting her. Did you even visit Yulan in the hospital?"

"I even covered the medical expenses. What have you done?"

"Oh, right..."

Gu Yan looked disappointedly at Xiao Lin, whose face was gradually turning pale: "I heard you killed several more people, causing families to be torn apart."

"Someone like you......"

"Gu Yan! Don't say anymore!"

Chen Yingyin, seeing Xiao Lin's body starting to tremble, stopped Gu Yan from continuing.

She was afraid he might say something else to provoke the man further.

Hearing this, Gu Yan took a deep breath, as if extremely angry at Xiao Lin's actions. He sighed: "Even in the hospital, Sister Yulan told me."

"Not to hate you, she said you're a good person, that you had helped her before."

"But I had already called the police before she said that. I wanted to withdraw the report, but I never expected you would do such a thing at Tianye Pharmaceuticals."

"Xiao Lin, you've really disappointed both me and Sister Yulan."

Boom!!

As these words were spoken,

Xiao Lin's mind instantly went blank.

The anger in his heart was overwhelmed by endless remorse.

Thud!

He fell to his knees, his eyes glazed over.

What... what have I done....

"Aaaaargh!!"

Without using any of his cultivated powers, he smashed both fists into the ground repeatedly, causing them to bleed profusely.

Xiao Lin's eyes were red-rimmed, tears streaming down his face.

He sobbed chokingly.

Even at the end, Sister Yulan still believed in me, still spoke well of me.

But I, I did such things!

Under the double blow of losing his pendant and hurting Wang Yulan,

Crack!

It was as if something had shattered, and a bone shard was forever buried in Xiao Lin's heart.

Witnessing this scene, Chen Yingyin closed her eyes and sighed, "Well, may you be a better person in your next life."

But what no one noticed was that Gu Yan's previously angry expression gradually faded away at this moment.

Instead...

She revealed an extremely vicious face.