Chapter-2[Lin Yun]
Lin Zhenren shook his head, 'That was nothing more than a dream, don't think too much about it. It had already been two years since I dreamed about it, and cherish the emotions that you had left.'
It had already been two years since he dreamed again about living in that world. Even though his emotions started to return normal and he started to feel love and other feelings, but on the inside, he was already broken.
But today, hope rose in him. He looked at the screen hovering in his sight with expectancy in his eyes. This screen had been in front of his eyes since the morning. And from the dream, he knew that this was a system, and what was showing in front of him was a system interface.
He had the hope to become strong again after he got to know about the system but it also made him fearful.
Were those dreams that haunted him were real or were they just fiction?
Were they created by the system? Then Why?
He always thought about that.
Lin Zhenren extended his hand and picked the small ointment bottle and opened it. This was given to him by his sister, the only family member who hadn't discarded him like his family.
"Urghhh..." He groaned as he felt the burning feeling coming from his wounds as he applied medicine to his wounds.
But Lin Zhenren continued to apply the medicine to his body. This much pain was nothing to him who endured getting beaten by others on daily basis.
After applying for medicine, Lin Zhenren looked at the system interface again,
[Time Left- 2:17 hours left]
'I am getting excited...huh...but to think that this world is a world of cultivation like those novels, then...are those words from the novels that I saw in the dream were real or just fiction...'
Lin Zhenren then closed his eyes. The outside was evening, and the sun was about to set down in an hour or so.
Today was tiring for Lin Zhenren as he was forced to do the work that was given to the other disciples of the family but they passed it to him. He could have neglected it but knowing that only more beating waited for him, there was no point in doing that.
He had also thought of running from this family, but the outside world was crueler than this family. And, he understood this.
And, with his little sister being in the family, he can't leave. His little sister was the reason why he was able to stay calm.
Even though he hadn't met her that much nowadays as she was indoor cultivating to reach the next stage and participate in the selection team that would be coming from the Main Branch of the Lin family.
He also wants his little sister to pass that and become a member of the Main family as she should be able to get more resources with that, and he would be able to leave this family.
An hour later, Lin Zhenren opened his eyes and saw his condition. All of his wounds were already healed, there was not a single scar left.
He sighed, "How expensive was this ointment?"
He asked himself as he picked the small ointment bottle. Only those made with expensive herbs would be able to heal this easily making him sigh at the care of his little sister.
Suddenly, knocking sounded making Lin Zhenren alert and curious.
'Who would knock on my door?' Lin Zhenren thought.
There was not a single member in the family who cared for his privacy or anything. If someone wanted to see him, or more like beat him, they would directly enter his chamber.
But after thinking for several seconds, he spoke, "Enter."
He knows the basics of living in the world even though he was not taught much but his dreams did teach him way more than what he learned in this world.
The door of the room opened and an ethereal beauty wearing a snow-white robe entered. The girl had her black hair tied in a ponytail. Her eyes looked around the room curiously, her lips curled into a smile when gaze stopped at Lin Zhenren.
The girl was around 168 cm, and she appeared to be around 15 or 16 years old with beautiful black eyes on her round mouth and a sharp nose, giving her a sense of cuteness and bewitching charm.
The girl ran towards Lin Zhenren and hugged him as he came forward a little.
Lin Zhenren looked at the girl with a confused expression as he patted her head and asked, "What happened, Yun'er?"
The girl was his little sister, Lin Yun. She was the most prodigious child of the family right now, and not only the family but the whole Floating City. She was someone who was known throughout the whole city and she was favored by many young masters of other families too, but she never battled a single eye to them.
Lin Yun lifted her head that was buried in Lin Zheren's chest and a sweet smile appeared on her face.
"Brother, I reached Peak of Foundation Building!" Lin Yun excitedly informed her big brother about her accomplishment.
Lin Zhenren smiled hearing that and spoke sweetly while patting her head, "Congratulations, it seemed like Big Brother will have to rely on you in the future."
He had never doubted her talent, after all, she was born with mutated spiritual roots. Her cultivation speed was 3 to 4 times that of the normal cultivator.
Lin Yun smiled even more brightly hearing her Big Brother praising her, but suddenly, a frown crept on her beautiful face. She lifted herself from Lin Zhenren's arms and looked around the room making Lin Zhenren curious and startled.
Lin Yun sniffed the air, and the aroma of medical herbs hit her nostrils. She turned her eyes towards the ointment bottle and saw the cap being loosely closed.
She quickly turned her head at Lin Zhenren and sniffed his whole body, making her sure of her guess.
"Big Brother! Did they hurt you again?!" Lin Yun asked loudly after lifting her head.
She cared for her brother! And how dare they do something like this to him?!
Lin Zhenren shook his head and placed his hand on Lin Yun's shoulder to calm her down. His sister had already helped him way too many times about the bullying but it was already inscribed in the bones of others in the family to bully him. And, he didn't want to make things more difficult for her, especially when the Main Family was going to visit in a month.
He wanted the best for the only relative he considered his family.
"Don't worry. There is not a single wound on my body, you could see that too right?" Lin Zhenren calmly spoke but to Lin Yun, it sounded desperate.
She lowered her head and buried it in her big brother's chest. She hated that feeling.
In the whole family, only Lin Zhenren made her feel like she was a real person, she was Lin Yun, not just a piece of meat that was full of benefits. To them, she was a rising star that will bring the family prosperity and make the family rise to become strongest in the Floating City.
Her feelings were never taken into consideration. Only her big brother treated her for what she was.
Lin Zhenren shook his head, how could he not see what was going through his little sister's mind but he wasn't going to say anything. He knows the general situation of the family but not too much.
How could he even know? He was never even allowed to go near any building in the clan. No one even shared any kind of news with him except his sister and another person.
Lin Zhenred continued patting and spoke in a soothing tone, "Don't worry..."
But he wasn't able to finish his words as the door opened and a maidservant entered the room.
The maidservant was wearing a simple robe but there was arrogance on her face when she entered the room.
When the maidservant's eyes landed on Lin Yun, with her head still buried in her brother's chest and her body leaning against him, anger formed on Maid servant.
How could a cripple touch Young Miss like this?!
"Release Young Miss!! How dare your filthy hands touch Young Miss!!" The maidservant screamed over the top of her lungs.
Lin Zhenren stayed silent, but inside, he boiled with anger. The only thing he liked to do in this family was to spend a little time with his little sister but hearing the servant, he felt anger rushing through his head. But before he could do anything, Lin Yun separated herself from his arms and walked towards the maidservant who had a smile on her face seeing her Young Miss coming towards her.
'I helped Young Miss! I kept the cripple away from her...I wonder, would Young Miss give me any reward?' The maidservant excitedly thought at the prospect that she helped her Young Miss.
Lin Zhenren shook his head at the smile on Maidservants' face. He knows his sister best in the family, and he knows what is going to happen now. Even though he wanted to do it himself, he know that if he did something, then it would be like giving his clan an opportunity to punish him.