His consciousness felt like a thick sludge; Lin Fan was dreaming again.
In the dream, he was still back at the Lin Family estate.
As a young boy, his lack of physical constitution made it impossible for him to cultivate, so his older brothers would beat and kick him at will. He would go to his father, thinking he would act as the voice of justice, but the result was only to be reprimanded as a piece of trash, someone not of the Lin Family bloodline. Through all four seasons, he was kept imprisoned; if not for the kindness of the servants, he would have long since lost track of the passage of time.
Chapter 16