81: Chapter 81 With me, Lin Yun, in the Lin family, no one can bully us.

Wang Shouyi said somewhat sourly, "Late Stage of the Second Stage... how long has it been?"

"Apart from our three families, I'm afraid no one else in Jiangcheng is openly his match."

"And with that Third Stage Wen Yan by his side..."

He didn't finish his sentence, but the meaning was clear.

Wu De was even more smug, "Hahaha, of course! You don't even look at whose son-in-law he is!"

Feng Zhenbang, however, could not sit still and paced back and forth, "No, no! Old Wu, this move by Old Li is a warning to us, but it's also an opportunity!"

"With this momentum, Lin Yun's future achievements will be limitless! We must speed up our pace!"

"I must hurry back and have a talk with those girls in the Family who have good looks and Aptitude, and make sure they find a way to marry Lin Yun as soon as possible!"

He suddenly remembered something and turned to Wu De, "By the way, Old Wu, how is your daughter Qingya's cultivation level now? It should have improved quite a bit, right?"

Wu De stroked his non-existent beard and feigned indifference, "Oh, it's alright. First-Stage Perfection. It's far worse than my son-in-law."

"What?!" Both of them exclaimed again, even more shocked than when they heard Lin Yun was at the Late Stage of the Second Stage just a moment ago.

Feng Zhenbang urged, "Wasn't your daughter only at the Early Stage of the First Stage when she married over there?"

"It's only been a little over a year, and she's already at Perfection?!"

"Even if the Lin Family has abundant resources and she has been taking Medicinal Pills, this speed is... too fast, isn't it?!"

He and Wang Shouyi looked at each other and saw a burning light in each other's eyes.

This certainly wasn't just the credit of the Medicinal Pills!

Lin Yun's special Physique, the Fertility Holy Body, likely has an incredible boost to the cultivation improvement of his spouses during Dual Cultivation!

This realization made their desire for an alliance even more urgent.

The newly risen Li Family was wiped off the map of Jiangcheng overnight, and all their industries fell to the Lin Family.

Two traitorous executives within the Lin Family also died "accidentally."

The ordinary public and small-to-medium families who didn't know the truth discussed it fervently, making all sorts of guesses, only feeling that this young Family Head of the Lin Family had thunderous methods and was not to be trifled with.

As for the upper-class figures who knew part of the inside story, they were all shocked by Lin Yun's clean, decisive, benevolent-yet-stern methods that left no future trouble.

They realized that this new Family Head of the Lin Family likely exceeded the late Family Head, Grandfather Lin Zhentian, in his tactics and decisiveness.

He declared with his actions: With me, Lin Yun, here, no one can bully the Lin Family!

After this incident, no one dared to easily scheme against the Lin Family again.

On the contrary, many people began to think about how to get closer to this young new Family Head who possessed both strength and excellent methods.

As for the three great families of Wu, Wang, and Feng.

In order to persuade the proud and arrogant, or those single-mindedly pursuing martial arts, eligible women in their families to "condescend" to marry Lin Yun, who already had six wives.

During internal communications, they inevitably "leaked" the fact that Lin Yun possessed a special Physique, the Fertility Holy Body, and that this Physique had great benefits for his spouses.

They originally intended to increase the bargaining chips and attraction for marriage alliances, but they didn't expect that this news would grow wings and spread rapidly within the true top circles of Jiangcheng.

Although the details might be vague, the core information that "the young master of the Lin Family possesses a special Physique, and taking a wife can rapidly improve the cultivation of both parties" was enough to ignite the topic.

For a time, undercurrents surged in Jiangcheng, and the winds and clouds rose again.

But the direction of this surge was completely different from any previous business war or conflict.

Every household, as long as they had unmarried women with decent looks and Aptitude, the elders' minds became active.

Even some who were already married were secretly regretting it.

After tea and meals, in private boudoir talks, the topic quietly changed to:

"I heard that the young master of the Lin Family's special Physique..."

"If our Family's XX could marry over there..."

"Hurry and go find out, what kind does Young Master Lin like?"

"Betrothal gifts? What's there to discuss about betrothal gifts! As long as Young Master Lin fancies her, we are even willing to provide a dowry!"

The entire upper society of Jiangcheng set off a secret and fanatical "trend of marrying off daughters," with the target being the new Family Head of the Lin Family—Lin Yun.

Everyone wanted to send their own pearls into that manor, which was now at the height of its power in Jiangcheng.

In hopes of climbing this future towering tree and sharing the great benefits brought by that mysterious Physique.

The threshold of the Lin Family Manor seemed to have become hot and sought after without anyone noticing.

And Lin Yun, who was at the center of the storm, was not yet fully aware of this; he was immersed in the interweaving of grief over losing a loved one and the busyness of welcoming new life.

At the same time, he also keenly felt that it seemed more eyes were focused on himself and the Lin Family.

...

Feng Zhenbang was completely dumbfounded.

He had exerted all his efforts, appealing to emotion and reason, and even promised a generous extra dowry.

Only then did he manage to persuade his proud and arrogant grandniece, who was single-mindedly focused on martial arts.

He hopefully hired the most prestigious matchmaker in Jiangcheng, bringing carefully prepared profiles and portraits, and went to propose marriage in a grand manner.

As a result, when the matchmaker returned, she had a troubled expression on her face and brought back Lin Yun's clean and decisive refusal.

"Old Master Feng... I did my best. It was indeed the Family Head of the Lin Family himself who politely declined."

"He... after he finished looking at the Young Miss's profile and portrait, he was polite for a few sentences, but his attitude was very clear; he had no intention of marrying."

The matchmaker carefully chose her words.

"Lin Yun refused? It wasn't his wives who screened for him?"

Feng Zhenbang could not believe it; he thought Lin Yun was young and romantic, so things like taking wives were mostly done according to his wives' wishes, or screened by them first.

The matchmaker nodded affirmatively, "It was indeed the Family Head of the Lin Family himself."

"I spoke to him personally, and he replied directly after looking. Judging by his expression, he seemed... not very satisfied with the Young Miss's conditions."

This was said very tactfully.

It wasn't just Feng Zhenbang who was dumbfounded.

Those who were similarly encouraged by Lin Yun's successive "achievements" of taking wives.

Families that had brought the profiles of their own outstanding daughters and granddaughters to the door one after another also quickly received similar refusals.

The reasons varied, but the result was the same: the Lin Family Head politely declined all marriage proposals.

Everyone was stunned.

"Didn't you marry very fiercely before? You married six beautiful wives and concubines in just over a year, why have you suddenly 'turned over a new leaf' now?"

"Have your standards become higher? That shouldn't be, right? Where is my daughter (granddaughter) lacking?"

Various discussions and guesses spread in the upper circles of Jiangcheng. Many people felt puzzled after hitting a wall, and some were even somewhat dissatisfied.

But hindered by the Lin Family's current prestige and Lin Yun's own strength, they only dared to mutter in private.

Lin Yun actually didn't expect things to develop like this.

He rubbed his brows, looking at the mountain of "candidate" profiles piled up on his desk, feeling somewhat helpless.

To be honest, many of the women who came to propose marriage these days really had good conditions.

Family background, appearance, character, and even Martial Arts Talent were considered top-notch in Jiangcheng.