17: When I am a maid

"Yes! Ziyan accepts the order!"

Lin Ziyan did not hesitate in the slightest, bowing gracefully to Lin Chen, her cold, beautiful face filled with excitement and soaring fighting spirit!

Every one of Lin Chen's three orders resonated deeply with her heart!

Especially the second one: breaking old rules and promoting based solely on merit! For a talented woman like her, who was constantly restricted by the Old Order due to her background and gender, this was nothing short of a divine blessing!

She knew this was not just a task given to her by the Holy Son, but also a sign of trust and a test!

She turned and left, her steps firm, radiating heroic vigor.

A storm of iron and blood, sweeping the entire Lin Family from top to bottom, thus began!

...Over the next three days, the entire Lin Family fell into intense turmoil.

Lin Ziyan, taking charge of the Law Enforcement Team, acted decisively and thoroughly executed Lin Chen's orders.

Dozens of family stewards and elders entrenched with the Grand Elder Lin Cangyuan were all captured with lightning speed! The evidence was conclusive and undeniable! The minor offenders had their positions stripped, while the serious ones were thrown into the dungeon!

For a time, the entire Lin Family was filled with fear and apprehension! Everyone witnessed the ruthlessness and dominance of the new Holy Son!

Following this, new regulations were announced!

Family resources were no longer monopolized by a few high-ranking members; instead, a Contribution Point System was established and made available to all clansmen!

This measure instantly ignited the enthusiasm of all middle and lower-tier disciples and collateral clansmen!

They saw hope! They saw the hope of succeeding as long as they worked hard!

The atmosphere of the entire Lin Family changed completely! It shifted from its former stagnation to one filled with vitality and vigor!

And the name Lin Chen, which was previously associated with "trash," now became an existence like a deity in the hearts of all the young disciples!

The three Grand Elder saw all of this, yet they maintained a surprising silence.

Although they were unwilling to see power shift away, Lin Chen's methods were indeed moving the entire Lin Family in a better direction.

As the protectors of the family, they could not find any reason to object.

As for Lin Chen himself, he spent these three days incredibly leisurely.

During the day, he guided Lin Xiaoya and Lin Ziyan in their cultivation. At night, he embraced the soft, fragrant beauties, enjoying the Blessings of Having Multiple Partners, while his cultivation steadily advanced toward the Foundation Establishment Realm under the nourishment of the Bloodline Furnace.

The cultivation of the Archaic Dragon-Elephant Art never ceased.

Enhanced by the Ten Times Gravity of the black dragon bracelet, the dragon elephant particles within his body had surged from one hundred to... three hundred!

Three Hundred Dragon Elephant Power!

Every movement seemed capable of causing space itself to tremble!

He felt that even without using any techniques, just relying on this brute strength, he could pin a Half-step Golden Core cultivator to the ground and smash them!

That afternoon, Lin Chen was in the courtyard, enjoying grapes peeled by Lin Xiaoya, when Lin Ziyan hurried in from outside.

"Holy Son, people from the Bai Family have arrived." Her expression carried a trace of solemnity.

"Oh?" Lin Chen didn't even lift an eyelid. "Does that woman I divorced still have the nerve to show up?"

Lin Ziyan's expression was a bit odd: "Not just her. The Bai Family Head, Bai Fengyi, has also come personally. They... are here to apologize."

"Apologize?" Lin Chen sneered. "Let them in."

He wanted to see what new tricks this mother and daughter, who were once so high and mighty, could pull.

Soon, Bai Fengyi and Bai Ruoxue were brought into the courtyard.

Bai Fengyi was still graceful and noble, but her face held an unconcealable stiffness and humiliation. Bai Ruoxue, standing behind her, kept her head down, tightly clutching the corner of her clothes, lacking the courage to even glance at Lin Chen.

In her mind, the words Lin Chen had spoken to her three days ago, in front of everyone, constantly echoed:

"A mere Ice Phoenix Bloodline is not worthy to enter the gates of my Lin Family and bear children for Lin Chen!"

At the time, those words sounded like the most ridiculous arrogance in the world.

But now, they had turned into the sharpest, most ruthless knife, slicing into her heart again and again!

Wounding a Half-step Golden Core with a single punch!

Shattering the Deliberation Hall with a single kick!

Deciding the family's future with a single word!

Facts proved that it wasn't that Bai Ruoxue looked down on Lin Chen; rather, she didn't even have the qualification to be looked at by Lin Chen!

Regret! Humiliation! Unwillingness!

All these emotions were tearing her proud heart to shreds!

"Family Head Bai, I trust you've been well." Lin Chen asked knowingly, his tone full of mockery.

Bai Fengyi forced out a smile uglier than a cry, and actually bowed slightly toward Lin Chen, adopting an extremely subservient posture.

"Holy Son Lin, the events of the past were entirely due to my Bai Family's lack of judgment and poor guidance of my daughter, which offended the Holy Son's majesty. Today, Fengyi has specially brought my daughter to seek the Holy Son's... apology and reconciliation!"

She gritted her teeth and uttered the two words, "seek reconciliation."

For her, who had always been dominant and presided over the entire Bai Family, this was an unprecedented humiliation!

But she had no choice but to come!

News of the crippling of Wu Jun, the Young Lord of the Wolf Clan Tribe, had already spread back. The Wolf Clan was furious, vowing eternal war against the Lin Family.

But when they learned that the one who crippled Wu Jun was the "Lin Family Holy Son" who could wound a Half-step Golden Core with a single punch, the entire Wolf Clan Tribe immediately fell silent.

They didn't dare utter a single peep!

Bai Fengyi knew very well that the current Lin Family, due to Lin Chen's existence, was no longer something her Bai Family could casually manipulate. Furthermore, if the other party sought revenge, her Bai Family would never know peace!

Therefore, she could only bring her daughter and personally come to try and salvage the situation.

"Oh? Apology?" Lin Chen's gaze finally landed on Bai Ruoxue, who was still keeping her head down. "How exactly will you apologize? By kowtowing, or by severing an arm?"

Hearing this merciless humiliation, Bai Ruoxue's delicate body trembled violently, her fingernails digging deep into her palms.

Bai Fengyi's face turned pale, but she forcefully suppressed her anger and chuckled flatteringly: "The Holy Son is joking. My Bai Family is willing to offer three million Spirit Stone, as well as all the shops in the East City, as compensation!"

"At the same time..." She glanced at her daughter, hardened her heart, and continued, "My daughter Ruoxue, although divorced by the Holy Son, is Still a Virgin. She... can also be part of the compensation, to be disposed of by the Holy Son as he sees fit! Whether as a slave or a maidservant, she will have absolutely no complaints!"

"Mother!" Bai Ruoxue suddenly raised her head, looking at her mother in disbelief.

She hadn't expected her mother to say such a thing just to seek reconciliation!

Treating her like a piece of merchandise that could be given away at will?!

However, Bai Fengyi ignored her reaction.

In this Matriarchal World, the value of a powerful male bloodline far surpassed that of a so-called Heaven's Favored Daughter!

For the continuation of the family, sacrificing a daughter's dignity was, in her eyes, a worthwhile trade!

Lin Xiaoya and Lin Ziyan were dumbfounded. They hadn't expected the Family Head Bai to be so utterly subservient.

Lin Chen watched the scene unfolding between the mother and daughter, the smile on his face becoming increasingly playful.

He slowly stood up and walked step by step toward Bai Ruoxue.

The young woman was forced to raise her head and meet his gaze.

Looking at that face, still absolutely beautiful but filled with humiliation, unwillingness, and a deeply hidden trace of pleading, Lin Chen slowly reached out and gently lifted her chin with his finger.

The action was frivolous and full of insult.

"You want me to take you back?"

His voice, like a devil's whisper, sounded in Bai Ruoxue's ear.

"I can."

A glimmer of hope instantly flashed in Bai Ruoxue's eyes.

However, Lin Chen's next sentence made her feel as if she had fallen into an ice abyss.

"Kneel."

"Then, slap your own face one hundred times."

"When I am satisfied, only then can we discuss whether you are qualified to be my maidservant."