Yu Songnian's emotions became somewhat complicated for a moment.
Back then, when he fled Lin City, he was as frantic as a stray dog.
Not to mention his father's belongings, he nearly failed to even preserve his own life.
At the time, he thought it's merely good luck that allowed him to escape to Tianxing Sect.
But thinking about it now.
Back then, it must've been master secretly protecting him. Otherwise, his past self would've already died on the road.
All these years.
Yu Songnian hadn't dared to add trouble to his sect and had always kept silent about the matters of Lin City.
He had clearly never mentioned these things to his little junior sister.
Yet the first time his little junior sister went down the mountain to carry out a mission, she came to Lin City.
She obtained a treasure like the sword tomb, and the very first thing she wanted to do was actually to help him reclaim his father's belongings.
Yu Songnian's heart completely softened.
This is his little junior sister.
Many people said she's high-profile, said she's relentless once she had the upper hand, but that's toward enemies. Toward the people she cared about, little junior sister was incomparably considerate.
Yu Lin was stunned for a moment. He glanced at Yu Songnian, then hurriedly said, "That's simple enough. The former patriarch's belongings are all in his room. I can take you there at any time."
Hearing that it's only such a small matter, Yu Lin even felt as if he had let out a sigh of relief.
Now that Yun Jin could chat and laugh with people from the four holy lands, and even the people of Yuehua Sect didn't dare provoke her, how could he dare target Yun Jin?
At this point, Yu Lin practically wished Yun Jin would hurry up, take Yu Songnian to retrieve the items, and then quickly leave the Yu Family.
"Lead the way," Yun Jin said.
Yu Lin hurriedly went ahead to lead them.
Yun Jin and Yu Songnian calmly followed.
Very soon.
Yu Lin led the two of them to the front of a room.
This house was clearly abandoned for many years. Once it was opened, what greeted them was years' worth of accumulated dust.
Yu Songnian fell silent, his eyes beginning to slightly redden.
This was the room his father had lived in during his lifetime. After his father met with misfortune, he didn't even have time to grieve before he was targeted and excluded, forced to flee.
He hadn't even seen his father one last time.
Yu Songnian's body trembled slightly.
Yu Lin looked uneasy and said in a low voice, "The former patriarch's belongings are all here. No one touched them. You can look for whatever you want."
"No one touched them?" Yu Songnian turned his head, his gaze suddenly becoming sharp as he stared at Yu Lin. "My father loved collecting weapon-type artifacts. Where are the artifacts he collected? Where is the storage ring he specifically used to store pills? Don't tell me my father, an expert of at Fusion Stage, and patriarch for many years, had no possessions at all!"
Cold sweat began to form on Yu Lin's forehead, and he silently cried out in misery in his heart.
The pills and what not had long been divided up by everyone.
As for artifacts and talismans, those that were suitable had already been distributed, those that weren't were placed in the Yu Family's artifact treasury. How could he possibly take them out now?
Yun Jin glanced at Yu Lin indifferently, "Whether in the mortal world or the cultivation world, it's only natural that when a father dies, the son inherits. Since the former patriarch was my Third Senior Brother's father, his belongings should naturally be inherited by my Third Senior Brother."
Yu Lin forced a flattering smile, "That may be so, but back then Songnian wasn't in the clan. These matters were already decided by me and distributed to everyone."
"Decided by you?" Yun Jin let out a cold laugh. "How could you decide such a thing! Patriarch Yu, since it was you who distributed the former patriarch's belongings, now that my senior brother has returned, you should return everything to its rightful owner."
Yu Lin's expression changed slightly.
"Unwilling? That's fine," Yun Jin said calmly. "For every day you do not return the items, I will stay one more day in Lin City. I have plenty of time to wait. I just wonder whether the disciples of the four holy lands can afford to wait."
Yu Lin's pupils suddenly contracted.
He had also been watching from the sidelines earlier.
Although he didn't know what the Wushuang Sect secret treasury was, anything that could draw all four holy lands into action at once was certainly an extraordinary treasure.
The impatience of the four holy lands' disciples to open the secret treasury had already been made very clear.
If they found out.
That because of the Yu Family, Yun Jin was refusing to open the secret treasury…
Yu Lin didn't even dare imagine the consequences.
His heart instantly filled with regret.
If he had known earlier, he should've been more ruthless back then. Even if it left traces, he should've eliminated that little beast, Yu Songnian, at the first opportunity.
If it had been like that, how would he be facing all this trouble now?
"Will you return them, or not?" Yun Jin directly asked.
Yu Lin gritted his teeth, "I will. I'll return them."
Yun Jin nodded, "Very good."
Yu Lin said with suppressed frustration, "Then I'll go prepare the items first. You can take your time looking around."
"You should be quicker. The people from the four holy lands don't seem to have much patience," Yun Jin said.
Yu Lin clenched his teeth and hurriedly withdrew.
Yu Songnian was somewhat worried, "Little Junior Sister, right now the people of the four holy lands just want you to open the secret treasury as soon as possible. But if the treasury truly opens, will they really be able to watch you take away the greatest benefits? With profits in front of them, anything is possible."
Yun Jin revealed a crafty smile, "What's the rush? They don't dare touch me yet, and they still have to coax me properly. We might as well use the banner of the four holy lands and first do everything that needs to be done."
Yu Songnian couldn't help but smile indulgently.
This little junior sister of his was still as bold and reckless as ever.
"Third Senior Brother, let's look around first and see if uncle left anything behind in this room," Yun Jin said.
"My father did indeed leave something for me. It's just that all these years, I never had the chance to come and retrieve it," Yu Songnian said, as if he had a clear goal in mind.
He looked around carefully, then touched here and felt there.
Suddenly, the wall of the room opened, revealing a hidden chamber.
Yu Songnian entered the chamber and, not long after, took out a small sandalwood box.
"Senior Brother, what's inside?" Yun Jin asked curiously.
This time, her main purpose in coming was to find clues related to her third senior brother's bloodline.
She didn't know whether the item in this box was related to that.
Yu Songnian shook his head, "I don't know either. My father once told me that if I worked hard to cultivate to Fusion Stage, he would give me something. But I fell ill with that strange condition early on, how could I ever reach Fusion Stage? Later, Father gradually stopped mentioning it. On the day he was killed, he seemed to have sensed something was wrong. He specifically gave me a blueprint, and on that blueprint was drawn the method to open this hidden chamber. This box is the only item inside the chamber."
"Shall we open it and take a look?" Yun Jin asked, somewhat curious.
Yu Songnian nodded and tried to open the box.
However.
No matter how much strength he used, the box didn't move at all.
Yu Songnian showed a thoughtful expression, "Father said that the item he would give me after I reached Fusion Stage was most likely this box. Could it be that this box can only be opened with cultivation at Fusion Stage?"