Lin Hao walked slowly through the estate.
The familiar houses, the familiar architecture, brought back many memories.
He hadn't encountered anyone from the Lin family on his way.
Lin Hao found it a bit strange. In such a large Lin family, where were all the people?
Soon, Lin Hao and Xiao Hei arrived at the Pear Garden.
It was called the Pear Garden, but in reality, it was just a few old pear trees, and next to them, a small pond covering about half an acre.
Arriving at the pond, Lin Hao couldn't help but pause.
Grandfather wasn't here.
Lin Hao knew that ever since he was little, almost every afternoon, his grandfather would come here to fish and pass the time.
So, after entering the estate, Lin Hao had come straight here.
But he hadn't expected his grandfather to be absent.
Xiao Hei also knew his grandfather's habits. Seeing no one by the pond, he turned to Lin Hao and said, "Could it be that the weather is too hot today, and the old man went to the pavilion to cool off, or just took a nap?"
Hearing Xiao Hei's words, Lin Hao wanted to say that with his grandfather's cultivation, ordinary heat and cold wouldn't affect him much.
But then he thought, his grandfather had sought nature his whole life, and perhaps he had indeed gone to find a place to cool off or take a nap.
Thinking this, Lin Hao nodded, "It's possible."
"Let's go check the pavilion."
Lin Hao said, and then walked towards the pavilion to the west.
However, upon reaching the pavilion, he still didn't see his grandfather.
Then, Lin Hao and Xiao Hei went directly to his grandfather's residence.
Lin Hao thought his grandfather might be taking a nap.
But as soon as they reached the entrance of his grandfather's residence, Lin Hao's expression immediately tensed.
His eyes were incredibly sharp, and even before entering, Lin Hao knew that the room hadn't been lived in for a long time.
Sensing no vitality in the entire house, and even a sense of decay, Lin Hao immediately felt something was wrong!
"Grandfather!"
Lin Hao called out. Although he already knew no one was in the room, he couldn't help but push the door open and rush in.
After entering the room.
Lin Hao saw that the items in the room were neatly arranged. He even saw a thin layer of dust on the table.
This room hadn't been cleaned for at least three months.
Lin Hao frowned, his bad feeling growing stronger.
But he dared not think further.
Just then, Xiao Hei couldn't help but say, "Senior Brother, why isn't the old man here?"
"Doesn't this room look like it hasn't been lived in for a long time?"
After speaking, the usually honest Xiao Hei suddenly realized something, and his expression changed.
Xiao Hei looked at Lin Hao, wanting to speak, but for a moment, he didn't know what to say.
"Let's go to the main hall."
Lin Hao said with a cold expression and quickly walked towards the Lin family's main hall.
He hoped his grandfather was alright.
If something had happened to his grandfather, he would turn the Lin family upside down!
Arriving at the Lin family's main hall, Lin Hao saw several people sitting inside, seemingly in discussion, from a distance.
Lin Hao recognized three of them.
They were his eldest uncle Lin Yuanshan, second uncle Lin Yuanqiao, and third uncle Lin Yuanting.
He had never seen the remaining two.
Walking quickly to the main hall, before he even entered, his uncles Lin Yuanshan, Lin Yuanqiao, and Lin Yuanting saw Lin Hao and Xiao Hei.
The moment they saw Lin Hao and Xiao Hei, the three of them thought they were hallucinating and rubbed their eyes.
But when they clearly saw who it was, indeed Lin Hao and Xiao Hei.
Lin Hao's eldest, second, and third uncles, their expressions immediately changed.
"You... you insubordinate wretch, why have you returned!?"
"How dare you step foot into the Lin family's gate, who allowed you back?"
"Third brother, quickly call someone to tie this unfilial son up!"
Lin Hao's eldest and second uncles immediately pointed at Lin Hao, cursing him agitatedly.
At the same time, they told their third brother, Lin Yuanting, to quickly find someone to tie Lin Hao up.
Lin Hao looked at this scene, ignored them, and instead stared at his three uncles, asking coldly, "Where is my grandfather?"
"Where is he?"
"You! You unfilial son, is that how you speak to me!?"
"Beast, you're simply a beast. You didn't even greet us upon arrival, showing such disregard for your elders, you're worse than a beast!"
"You unfilial son, do you still have any respect for us elders in your eyes!?"
Seeing his three uncles speaking agitatedly and incoherently, Lin Hao said with a cold face, "I'll ask again, where is Grandfather?"
Lin Yuanshan, Lin Yuanqiao, and Lin Yuanting looked at Lin Hao's expression, which clearly showed he didn't put them in his eyes. Lin Yuanshan immediately slammed the table in anger and shouted, "You unfilial son, is this how you speak to your elders!?"
"Guards!"
"Guards!"
As Lin Yuanshan shouted, all the Lin family members surged towards the main hall.
At the same time, three martial artists at the peak of Inner Strength also rushed over.
Lin Hao looked at the three peak Inner Strength martial artists in the crowd and couldn't help but be slightly surprised.
When did the Lin family have Inner Strength martial artists?
And at the peak of Inner Strength at that?
Lin Hao knew very well.
In the past, besides Xiao Hei, the only other Inner Strength martial artist in the Lin family was his senior brother Lin Qingnan.
However, his senior brother Lin Qingnan had left early, so Xiao Hei was the only Inner Strength martial artist in the Lin family.
Apart from Xiao Hei, almost no one in the Lin family could cultivate to the Inner Strength realm.
Of course, it wasn't that the younger generation of the Lin family had low martial arts talent.
On the contrary, several of them had quite good martial arts talent.
But these people were afraid of hardship and suffering.
Therefore, very few people in the Lin family paid attention to the path of martial arts.
After all, they could live a life of wealth and status without practicing martial arts.
Since that was the case, why bother practicing martial arts so arduously?
Sometimes, they might even lose their lives if they weren't careful.
With this mindset, over time, the martial arts tradition of the Lin family had completely declined.
Therefore, Lin Hao was stunned when he saw these three peak Inner Strength martial artists.
At first, Lin Hao thought these three were disciples of the Lin family.
But when he saw that these three were already in their thirties or forties, and after searching his memory, he found no recollection of these three people.
Lin Hao knew that these three were not Lin family members.
As for why these three were in the Lin family, Lin Hao had no idea.
Lin Hao looked at the Lin family members who had instantly surrounded the entire main hall, shook his head, stopped thinking about those messy matters, and directly looked at his eldest uncle Lin Yuanshan, saying, "I'll ask you one last time, where is my grandfather?"
Seeing Lin Hao's cold gaze, Lin Yuanshan was startled at first.
Then, he immediately slammed the table in anger and cursed, "Damn it! You unfilial son are threatening me now!"
"Tie him up and administer family punishment!"
"Yes!"
The Lin family members responded and immediately rushed towards Lin Hao.
They also recognized Lin Hao and, although they were a little afraid of him, they felt that with so many of them, there was nothing to be afraid of.