In an instant, Yin Lian released Su Yelin from her grasp and knelt down on the ground, saying:

"Sister, rest assured that I would never play pranks on you. Just now, I scared you because I really wanted to touch you. But if Sister doesn't allow it, I would never dare to kiss you... I..." Yin Lian's excitement made her words incoherent.

"Get out!" Su Yelin clutched her chest, feeling even more repulsed by Yin Lian after narrowly escaping a recent threat.

Yin Lian was rejected again, but she didn't feel disheartened. Instead, she became more determined to get closer to the happiness in her heart. So, after returning, besides asking about Mu Laola's well-being every day, she would diligently guard and clean the general's mausoleum.

The retired soldiers of the Yin family, who voluntarily left the military, formed a burial guarding team at General Ling's Tomb.

It is said that Yin Si was trapped by enemy forces for twenty days without a drop of water or grain. It was the three loyal and courageous generals who led the Yin family army to break through the encirclement and rescue Yin Si's lifeless body. Each of these leaders possessed extraordinary skills and formidable martial arts, displaying unwavering loyalty and bravery. Together with Yin Si, they were known as the "Four Sworn Brothers of the Peach Garden."

Because Yin Si is the eldest brother, even though Yin Lian lost a father, she gained three new fathers. According to the tradition, they are respectfully called "second father, uncle, third father" in order. They are also Yin Lian's mentors. In the eyes of others, being ordered to guard the tomb seems like a useless and thankless task. The salary is low, and for months and years, they are accompanied only by stone tablets and graveyards. There is truly no joy in it.

Yin Lian stole the token belonging to Yin San, the county magistrate, and endured two severe beatings in the prison cell without uttering a sound of pain. Su Yelun then securely locked her to the wall. All of this was possible thanks to her own martial arts skills and inner strength that she had cultivated. Otherwise, how could an ordinary young person accomplish such a feat?

Every morning, I start with a workout by running eight kilometers around the General's Tomb. Then, I have baozi and mantou made by myself from the Yin Family Army for breakfast while listening to my foster father's teachings. After he finishes discussing the scriptures, it's my uncle's turn to talk about mechanical skills. Once he's done, my cousin talks about cooking techniques and ingredients.

In the beginning, starting from her enlightenment, Yin Lian was always dissatisfied with these lessons. Why should she have to memorize them? She wasn't even aiming to be the top scholar. What did the words of Confucius and Mencius and the teachings of sages have to do with her? And why did she have to learn how to set traps to catch birds in a basket? Was that considered a crafty skill? What she couldn't tolerate the most was that they taught cooking, but even then, after finishing the dish, they would ask Yin Lian to learn knitting while stewing soup!

In just a few days, Yin Lian started clamoring to skip classes. The three fathers exchanged glances and squatted down together, saying to Yin Lian, "When you grow up, we won't learn those useless things anymore."

Yin Lian said sorrowfully, "If it's useless, why did you make me learn? You promised to turn me into a peerless hero with unparalleled martial arts skills. If my father were alive, he would never let you deceive me like this..."

The three fathers looked at each other with self-reproach.

Yin Lian sobbed and said,

You guys are just being lazy, not having time to teach me powerful martial arts. All of you staying behind are just for your own benefit, for those few stone tablets in my father's tomb. Wait, I'm going to the city to tell everyone that you're plotting a rebellion by studying the most powerful martial arts in the world!

Zhong, Shu, and Ji three of them covered Yin Lian's mouth and said in succession:

Lian'er can't say anything, if we say it out loud, we'll all be doomed! Lian'er couldn't learn advanced martial arts before because she was still young, but now that she has grown up, she will naturally be able to learn advanced martial arts. Starting from tomorrow, we'll all be learning advanced martial arts!

No, just today! Yin Lian pouted.

Since then, Yin Lian learned profound martial arts in this desolate general's cemetery: a mishmash of unnamed obscure martial techniques.

Perhaps the three masters were obsessed with the profound skills engraved on the stone tablet, to the point that they forgot what they were teaching while instructing Yin Lian. This is the consequence of the masters not preparing their lessons.

However, Yin Lian knew that her second uncle was proficient in the martial arts of various prestigious sects, her uncle was skilled in the mysterious skills of divination and escape, and her third uncle possessed profound and unfathomable knowledge in poison. As for herself, she was the culmination of all three!

Now Yin Lian looked at the withered grass and fallen leaves inside the solemn and cold general's tomb, feeling ridiculous about her childhood self. How could she become a world-renowned hero? First of all, she was a woman, concealing her gender and living a free and unrestrained life, disregarding etiquette and morals. Meeting a woman she liked, enjoying the happiness of companionship, was definitely more satisfying than being a world-renowned hero!

As a result, Yin Lian, under the pretext of seeking medical treatment, went to Zhengxin Hall every day, but her real intention was to see Su Yelin.

In the first chapter, Yin Lian pretended to have a headache and a fever by covering his head with his hands. Su Yelin had no choice but to check his pulse and observe his symptoms. Then he coldly said:

"You're not sick, so please leave and don't delay the other patients."

In the second chapter, deliberately cutting open a two-inch wound on my hand, I went to Zhenxin Hall, only to be driven out by Su Yelin, who said:

"He can handle such minor injuries himself, no need for a doctor."

So on the third attempt, intentionally twisting his hand, he still had some concerns about not being able to see Su Yelin. However, as soon as Yin Lian entered the main hall and explained his injuries, Su Yelin unexpectedly said:

"I don't know how to set bones. You'll have to ask my father about this."

Yin Lian had no choice but to go back and pick it up herself.

Yin Lian, feeling lost and disoriented, decided to drown her sorrows by downing a bottle of Crane Crown Red wine and stumbled her way out of the Zhengxin Hall.

Su Yelin looked at Yin Lian in surprise, and after feeling her pulse, he was almost speechless. It took him a while before he slowly said,

"I can't cure this poison, you have to seek my father's help," he said.

Yin Lian shook her head and asked:

"What are you capable of then?"

"Minor illnesses will be treated with medicine, while major illnesses will be treated with amputation." Behind Su Yelin, there was indeed a man whose arm and leg were struggling, barely hanging on and on the brink of death.

Yin Lian sighed and said,

"I've tried it before, and based on my constitution, I can't even catch a minor illness. If I were to fake being sick, you would see right through it. There's no way I could really take off one of my arms, right?"

Su Yelin encountered a lunatic for the first time who was determined to seek medical treatment for their injuries. Could it be that they were doing this just to amuse themselves at her expense? But who in their right mind would intentionally break their own hand and ingest a deadly poison... a deadly poison!?

Su Yelin couldn't help but be surprised again and suddenly stood up, saying,

"You've taken the poison and yet you're still so leisurely. Don't you care about your life? I'll go ask my father for the antidote!"

Yin Lian grabbed her and said,

"I have the antidote, here you go." He said and took out a small gray bottle, shaking it before pouring the antidote into his mouth. Then he happily laughed and said, "Sister, you look so beautiful when you're concerned about me."

Su Yelin let out a sigh, sat down and placed his hands on his chest. He turned his head and said,

"I won't bother caring about an annoying guy like you. I'm just afraid you'll die in Zhengxin Hall and bring bad luck!"

Yin Lian, however, said, "..."

"Sister, if you're afraid of me dying, I absolutely won't die. I will live with you."

Su Yelun knew that the more he argued with Yin Lian, the more he would indulge in his own excitement and become less receptive to Su Yelun's intended message. Therefore, he called for Su Yecheng to see the guest off while he himself went to attend to his own affairs.

Su Yecheng slammed his hands on the table and glared fiercely at Yin Lian, warning, "—"

"Stay away from my sister, or I'll pound you!"

Yin Lian proudly smiled and said,

Being that you are my future brother-in-law, I won't bully you... But if anyone dares to bully you in the future, just mention my name."

Su Yecheng immediately became annoyed, especially when he stood up for his elder sister and confronted another young man head-on. In such situations, he would double his display of masculine qualities. So, he pointed his index finger in front of Yin Lian's face and said,

Why you? Sister said you're a hooligan, but I think you're just a toad!

Yin Lian firmly grasped Su Yecheng's index finger and smiled, saying, "But your sister will have to sleep with scoundrels and toads every day in the future. Now, let me teach my brother-in-law the first rule: which is not to point at me with your finger!"

Su Yecheng wanted to break free from Yin Lian's tight grip on her index finger, but no matter how hard she struggled, she couldn't escape. Filled with alarm, she could only say, "..."

"If you have some skills, if you're capable of defeating me, then you can enter the main hall of the Zhengxin Hall as you please!"

Yin Lian immediately made a firm decision: "Deal." This competition was her chance to get closer to Su Ye Lin, something she had been longing for. However, she couldn't help but add with concern, "Can you make the final decision on this?"

Su Yecheng immediately patted his chest and solemnly declared, "In the future, when my father is no longer here, I will be the head of Zhengxin Hall. How could I not be able to make decisions?"

"Oh..." Yin Lian thought to herself, "If you can become the master of Zhengxin Hall in the future, then my Lin'er won't need to be a doctor anymore. It's not very good to have daily contact with all kinds of strange men."