WU DONG QIAN - KUN
Chapter 53: Steel Wood Manor

The next day, about forty riders exited the main entrance of the Lin Family plantation in an orderly manner. Sitting on a horse all the experts from the Lin Family and the two riding gracefully at the head of this procession were Lin Xiao and Lin Ken. For this mission, the Lin Family had sent two Heavenly Yuan Stage practitioners. From this, one could see the importance of surgery.

Within the group of horses, the flaming red shadow was especially striking. With an awe-inspiring aura, this was naturally Little Flame and currently, Lin Dong was sitting on his back. Little Flame's current physique was almost the same size as a normal tiger, more than enough to be ridden as a horse. And his leg strength and speed were much better than that of an ordinary horse. After all, even though Little Flame was young, it was still a Demonic Beast.

“Since this little boy is also interested, you should bring him too for the experience and treat this as an exercise. However, remember that nothing can happen to him or you two can forget to come back to see me!” Just outside the entrance, Lin Zhentian first looked towards Lin Dong, who was burdened on his tiger back, before turning his gaze to Lin Xiao and Lin Ken as he firmly warned them.

"Don't worry dad." Lin Ken smiled. With the protection of the two Heavenly Yuan Stage experts, within a fifty kilometer radius around QingYan City, no one could injure even a single hair on Lin Dong.

“OK, remember to keep in touch and be careful. I will also pay attention to the Lei Family in front of this. ” Lin Zhentian nodded as he said in a low voice.

"Yes." Yeah." Lin Xiao and Lin Ken both acknowledged by nodding their heads and then counting the number of their men. Without any more delay, they instantly raised their horse whips and turned around to rush towards the outskirts of Qingyang City.

"Little Fire, follow."

Seeing that the operation had begun, Lin Dong also lightly patted Little Flame. The latter let out a deep and low growl and stepped forward with all four legs before swiftly catching up to the group.

As this striking mountain crossed Qingyang City, it undoubtedly caused a disturbance. The gaze that looked towards the two was filled with envy.

…

Steel Wooden House. A quite famous noble house around Qingyang City. Steel Wood is produced here in large quantities and this type of Steel Wood is the same as quality steel. It is resistant to water and fire plus thick and strong, it is suitable for weapons manufacturing and construction purposes. Therefore, this type of Steel Wood had a relatively high price, coupled with the fact that the Steel Wood Manor was the only source of Steel Wood within a radius of 50 kilometers. Therefore, all along, the Lei Family had grown extremely wealthy from the Steel Wood Manor.

If the Lin Family managed to take over this Steel Wood Manor, their profits for this year would at least double. On the other hand, losing one Steel Wood Manor would cause some significant losses for the Lei Family.

It was a half-day trip to reach the Steel Wood Manor from Qingyang City and after an entire morning of riding, Lin Xiao and the others finally reached the edge of the Steel Wood Manor by noon.

…

From behind the tiger, Lin Dong stared down the slope. At the end of the road, an extremely spacious manor stood up. With just a single glance, it was impossible to see where the manor ended up, yet, in the distance, several large black trees were faintly visible. It is a unique resource of Steel Wood Manor, Steel Wood.

"The main entrance is tightly closed, it looks like this will not go well ..." Lin Ken narrowed his eyes at the door of the manor that was securely closed as he said indifferently.

Lin Xiao lightly nodded in response before waving his hand. The Lin Family members behind him quickly stood by. The sound of 'Qiang qiang' could be heard as cold steel was pulled on the horse. With a cold expression, the atmosphere surged with killing intent.

At this scene, Lin Dong's fist involuntarily tightened until his fingers turned white. This is the real world. All the fights he had in the past were child's play compared to this actual life or death situation. In this scene, there is no compromise with words, it's your death or mine…

"Qin Ying, take two people and protect Dong-er, move!" Lin Xiao shouted in a low voice before taking out his horse's whip and immediately ran forward as the yellow ground flowed into the sky.

“Da da!” (Slatch the horse's hoof)

After Lin Xiao rushed forward, dozens of traces of yellow dust also followed. Within minutes, they appeared in front of the tightly shut manor door.

“Those who came, stopped. This is the Lei family home. Without permission, no one can enter! ”

“Let the person in charge here get out. Today, our Lin Family is here to take over the Steel Wood Manor!” Lin Xiao shouted in a low tone, using his powerful Yuan Power to amplify his voice until it boomed throughout the manor.

“Heh, isn't your Lin Family too impatient? If you want us to hand over the manor, first go to the Lei Family residence to complete the procedure before returning here. On the wall of the manor, two figures suddenly appeared and a somewhat mocking voice sounded.

“Lei Nuo and Lei Ying.”

Looking at the duo above the manor wall, Lin Xiao and Lin Ken's eyebrows slightly raised. Both of them were core members of the Lei Family and they were both at the Early Heavenly Yuan Stage. It seems like the Lei Family is also on guard.

“Haha, Brother Lin Xiao and Brother Lin Ken, since our Lei Family have said that we will hand over the Steel Wood Manor to your Lin Family, we will naturally do so. Why do you all have to be so worried? How about this, wait another five days and our Lei Family will officially hand over the Steel Wood Manor to all of you, without any further delay. How does it sound?” From the top of the manor wall, a man in gray clothes who had a rather long nose chuckled.

“Brother Lei Ying, you've been dragging this for a month. Your words are almost unbelievable now.” Lin Ken replied.

“It seems there is another motive behind this delay?” Behind the group, after Lin Dong heard the Lei Family quarrel, his brows involuntarily fused together. He looked at Lei Ying and Lei Nuo and discovered that when the two spoke, they could not help but glance at the inside of the manor from the corner of their eyes.

"Uncle Qin Ying, it seems like something is wrong, come with me."

Lin Dong's eyes slightly flickered as he suddenly spoke to his guardian in a low voice.

"Young master Lin Dong ..."

Hearing these words, Qin Ying was stunned. Just when he intended to tell Lin Dong that it was better to just keep quiet, he glanced at Little Flame and remembered that the youngster before him was neither a stupid nor naive child. After hesitating for a moment, he waved his hand and secretly gestured for his other two comrades to follow behind Lin Dong as they quickly walked into the forest to one side.

"Uncle Qin Ying, do you know of any other way to enter the Steel Wood Manor?" As they entered the forest, Lin Dong asked gently.

“Yes, Steel Wood Manor is too big, they are impossible to fortify every part of it. To my knowledge, there are some places where we can sneak in. ” Qin Ying muttered in response.

“Go, let's go inside the manor to lurk. Be prepared to signal to my father and others at any time. ” Lin Dong firmly instructed.

“This... alright.”

Hearing that Lin Dong really intended to infiltrate the palace, Qin Ying was slightly surprised. However, when he thought about it, the two current Heavenly Yuan Stage experts were both stuck at the entrance of the manor. With their party's current strength, defending themselves wasn't a problem. Furthermore, since they were very close to the main force, as long as they fired a signal, Lin Xiao and the others could easily strengthen them. So Qin Ying nodded in agreement as he led the party and so on.

A group of four men and one beast quickly traveled through the forest. Moments later, they managed to cross the unmanned part of the wall and jump into the manor.

Inside the manor, everything seemed quite peaceful. Lin Dong scanned the surroundings before silently running towards the area where the Steel Wood was planted.

Steel Wood was all planted in the designated area of the Steel Wood Manor. However, when Lin Dong and his group sneaked into the area, they could not help but pale face upon seeing the scene reflected in their eyes.

"These bastards ..."

As they stared at the scene before their eyes, Qin Ying gritted his teeth and cursed furiously from beside Lin Dong.