37: Family feud

Lin Siqi was very dissatisfied with Zhou Luo's words.

She looked at him, and the good impression she had accumulated plummeted.

Zhou Luo feigned panic and said: "Miss Siqi, I was just stating my opinion. If I have caused you to have Life Qi, please do not blame me."

Lin Siqi remained silent.

She was thinking.

She was thinking about whether the guy in front of her had understood her intentions.

At this moment, Lin Zhishou outside the door saw through everything.

He understood that Zhou Luo was rejecting her.

So he appeared at the hall entrance at the right time: "How is the chat going?"

"Master." Zhou Luo stood up.

Lin Siqi's expression was very unpleasant.

"Siqi, you go back first." Lin Zhishou didn't say much and let Lin Siqi leave temporarily.

Lin Siqi pursed her lips, glared at Zhou Luo, and left the hall.

After she left, Lin Zhishou sat back in the main seat. He glanced at Zhou Luo and said: "Sit."

Zhou Luo sat down respectfully.

Lin Zhishou's voice sounded again: "Are you not satisfied with my granddaughter?"

Zhou Luo jumped up again and quickly denied: "Master, I do not."

"Why are you so excited? Sit down. If you are not satisfied, then you are not satisfied. Your Master will not punish you." Lin Zhishou waved his hand and said.

Zhou Luo sat down again, looking apologetic: "Master, it is I who am not worthy of Miss Siqi."

Lin Zhishou sipped his clear tea, ignored his words, and said to himself: "Just because she wants to be the primary wife?"

Speaking of this, Lin Zhishou's eyes darkened, and a hint of gravity flashed across his aged face. He asked: "Do you know something?"

"What?" Zhou Luo looked confused.

"It's nothing. Since you don't like her, then forget it. Focus on Alchemy in the future." Lin Zhishou didn't say any more and skipped the topic.

But this piqued Zhou Luo's interest.

He suddenly remembered that he hadn't asked the other party about the Family conflict.

So he deliberated for a moment and said: "Master, do you know about the Family conflict?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Zhishou's movements paused. His right hand holding the teacup stopped in mid-air, and it took a while before he slowly put it down.

He sighed and said: "Sigh, Master can only tell you that this matter was arranged by the Family Head. Are you sure you won't consider it?"

Hearing this, Zhou Luo's heart trembled.

Was the Family Head trying to recruit him into his own camp?

To be honest, this did move Zhou Luo a bit.

Compared to his father-in-law Lin De, the Main Family seemed to be safer.

If he really had to choose, he was actually more inclined towards the Main Family.

After all, he did not know about the other faction that Lin De spoke of.

But he really couldn't meet Lin Siqi's requirements.

Although he could have tricked her into coming over first, Zhou Luo disdained to do such an immoral thing.

"Master, I am just a small character." Zhou Luo looked at him sincerely and said.

A hint of hesitation flashed in Lin Zhishou's eyes, and in the end, he didn't say anything more, only saying: "You are my Disciple, Master will certainly not let anything happen to you. You can just focus on your cultivation."

With these words, Zhou Luo felt much more at ease.

Regardless of anything else, his Master was, after all, the Family's only First-Order Top-Grade Alchemist, so his words should still carry a lot of weight.

Next, the two Master and Disciple discussed some Alchemy techniques.

It was mainly Lin Zhishou teaching, and Zhou Luo pretending to listen.

In the afternoon, after he returned to Zhou Garden, he sat on a chair in the main hall of the main building, silent.

Lin Feiying brought him a cup of Spirit Tea and placed it silently to the side.

"Feiying, what do you think would happen if I went against the Main Family?" Zhou Luo asked out of the blue.

Lin Feiying's body trembled. She looked at Zhou Luo in disbelief, her expression terrified, and her voice trembling: "Husband, you..."

Seeing this, Zhou Luo smiled faintly: "I was just joking."

Lin Feiying breathed a sigh of relief and reminded him: "Husband, please never make such jokes again in the future. It would be troublesome if the Main Family heard it."

"I know." Zhou Luo nodded.

After Lin Feiying left, he sighed and muttered to himself: "That's right, the Main Family is the sky of this Lin Family."

Just at this moment, Lin De suddenly appeared in Zhou Garden.

Dressed in fine brocade clothes, he came to the main building with his hands behind his back.

"Father-in-law, why have you come?" Zhou Luo stood up to welcome him.

Lin De looked around and said: "I came to take a look. Your place is actually much better than my courtyard."

"If you like it, Father-in-law, you can move over." Zhou Luo said with a smile.

"That won't do. That would break the rules." Lin De sat in the main seat and said.

After a while, Lin Qinghan brought others to the hall.

"No need to be so formal. I just came to chat with my son-in-law. You all go down." Lin De waved his hand and said.

Lin Qinghan and the others left.

Zhou Luo sat on Lin De's left side and asked curiously: "Does Father-in-law have something to instruct me?"

Lin De nodded slightly. He looked at Zhou Luo and asked: "Is your Master trying to arrange a woman for you?"

Zhou Luo's expression paused.

The other party already knew about something that happened just this morning?

Could it be that people from the other faction have been secretly monitoring him?

Thinking of this, Zhou Luo felt a chill down his back.

He quickly said righteously: "Father-in-law, rest assured, I have already refused Master's kindness."

Regarding this, Lin De did not continue to press. He only said: "I know you have many confusions. After I went back that day, I thought about it carefully and still felt that I should tell you the things behind this."

Hearing this, Zhou Luo's body shook, and he couldn't help but sit up straight: "Father-in-law, please speak."

"This matter is actually nothing strange; it is nothing more than the struggle between the Family Head and the Grand Elder." Lin De said indifferently.

The Lin Family is ruled by the Main Family, with other collateral branches assisting.

Besides that, for some major matters, the Family also established an Elder Council.

The role of the Elder Council is to discuss and make decisions on important Family matters, and it is composed of ten Elders.

These ten Elders are the heads of the Family's various important industries.

For example, Zhou Luo's Master Lin Zhishou is currently the main person in charge of Alchemy, and is also called the Sixth Elder by the Family Disciples.

But he does not like the title of Elder, so usually everyone calls him Grandpa Shou.

And the Grand Elder mentioned by Lin De is the person in charge of Formations.

On the Elder Council, the Family Head Lin Tianxiong holds the highest power, and below him is the Grand Elder.

Both possess their own supporters.

Among them, a total of five Elders belong to the Family Head's faction, and the other four belong to the Grand Elder's faction.

Precisely because the Family Head's faction has more people, the Main Family has always occupied the dominant position in Family affairs.

But now it is different.

Because Zhou Luo has become Lin Zhishou's Disciple.

As everyone knows, Lin Zhishou is a First-Order Top-Grade Alchemist and the representative of Alchemy for the entire Family.

But he is really too old.

Even with the help of Spirit Pills that prolong life, if he does not make a Breakthrough to the Foundation Establishment Realm, he can live for at most another twenty or thirty years.

Once he dies, Zhou Luo will naturally become the actual controller of Alchemy.

But Zhou Luo does not belong to the Family Head's faction.

Because Lin De is in the Grand Elder's faction, and Zhou Luo, who married his daughter, is naturally in the Grand Elder's faction.

In this way, once Zhou Luo inherits everything from Lin Zhishou, the Family Head's advantage in the Elder Council will completely disappear.

It might even shake Lin Tianxiong's position as Family Head.

That's right, the selection of the Family Head can also be decided through the Elder Council.

Originally, the Main Family intended to let the talented Lin Nian inherit Lin Zhishou's mantle, but unexpectedly, this guy was squeezed out by Zhou Luo.

If Zhou Luo is allowed to grow, the Main Family will lose the support of one Elder, thereby losing power in the Elder Council.

So they hope to recruit Zhou Luo.

Lin Siqi's appearance is an example.

If it weren't for the obstruction of the Grand Elder's faction, and Lin Zhishou being soft-hearted...

It is very likely that there wouldn't have been today's so-called "blind date"; Lin Siqi would have been directly arranged for him, replacing Lin Qinghan's position as the primary wife.

From this perspective, Lin Zhishou is actually already very good.

After all, one is the Disciple he appreciates, and the other is his favorite granddaughter. After seeing that the two could not get together, he did not choose to force Zhou Luo.