"Thrown out? Who was it that threw you out?" Anger darkened Chu Feng's face as he pressed for answers.
"Forget about it, it was so long ago. No point bringing it up." Grandpa Luo offered a faint smile, unwilling to dwell on the matter.
"It was a bastard who calls himself Master Yang." But Luo Lian refused to let it go and continued, "He's a tyrant in White Stone City, much like the Zhao Family Bank in Jinhua City."
"Not long after Grandpa and I moved there, he tried to take me as his concubine. When I refused, he colluded with the powerful people in the city, and they all banded together to push us out."
"Life became unbearable, so we sold our property and left White Stone City for a neighboring town. But that Master Yang just wouldn't let up — he even sent people to forcibly seize me."
"Fortunately, I had just broken through to the Heaven Martial Realm at that time, so I managed to escape."
"After that, Grandpa and I moved back here to avoid more trouble. After all, we thought the Hidden Blood Sect was gone and Jinhua City had been massacred, so it should be relatively peaceful here."
"But after we returned, we discovered that even though Jinhua City had been wiped out, the people from the Zhao Family Bank were all still alive — they had faked their deaths."
"Moreover, precisely because the other forces had been destroyed, the Zhao Family Bank had become the sole power. Not only did they dominate all of Jinhua City, but they also recruited soldiers and expanded — their influence was greater than ever."
"Zhao Shaoqiu found out we had come back and came looking for me. When I ignored him, he pestered me repeatedly and even had people secretly watching us, not allowing us to leave."
"We really are cursed — no matter where we go, people bully us. I—" At this point, Luo Lian began to choke up, and then tears streamed down her face as she cried bitterly.
At that moment, Grandpa Luo said nothing more. He truly felt helpless — it was his own inadequacy that had allowed his granddaughter to suffer so many injustices.
"Luo Lian, take me to White Stone City. I'd like to see what gives this Master Yang the right to be so overbearing," Chu Feng said.
"Alright, I'll take you." Luo Lian nodded vigorously, as if she had been waiting for exactly those words from Chu Feng.
"Chu Feng, let it go. Show mercy where you can," Grandpa Luo urged.
Whoosh—
But before Grandpa Luo had even finished speaking, he realized that Chu Feng and Luo Lian had already vanished without a trace.
"This..." At that moment, Grandpa Luo was left stunned. He realized that in just over a year, Chu Feng's cultivation had reached an incredibly terrifying level — far more frightening than before.
In just over a year, Chu Feng had made such enormous progress that it truly exceeded anyone's imagination — his rate of advancement was far faster than anyone could have predicted.
"Don't overthink it. Chu Feng sees you as family — there's no way he'll let this slide. This isn't just your Luo Family's business anymore; it's Chu Feng's business. If something like this happened and he didn't teach those people a lesson, that wouldn't be like him at all."
Just then, a figure suddenly appeared out of thin air. It was Hong Qiang.
When Grandpa Luo saw Hong Qiang, his face changed dramatically, and he was too frightened to speak.
Although he was no longer a Martial King, he had once traveled across the Martial Sacred Land and had seen his share of powerhouses.
And so, upon seeing Hong Qiang, he didn't even need to probe — one look was enough to tell that this was an extraordinarily powerful existence.
And thinking back on Dantai Xue, who had healed him earlier — she had wielded Emperor-level barrier power, clearly an Emperor-robed Spirit World Master, another formidable existence. These were all extraordinary individuals.
At that moment, Grandpa Luo — already shaken to his core — felt as though a storm was raging inside him. In such a short time, Chu Feng had not only dramatically improved his cultivation but had also befriended such powerful figures. How on earth had Chu Feng managed all of this?
These emotions persisted for quite a while before Grandpa Luo's shock gradually subsided, replaced by joy — a joy he had never experienced before. It truly felt like a dream. He believed he had stumbled upon incredible fortune, having unknowingly befriended someone as extraordinary as Chu Feng. Though Chu Feng had come from the Southern Seas, he was without doubt a dragon among men.
However, not long after his emotions had settled, a streak of light flashed in the distance, and two figures landed in the courtyard. It was Chu Feng and Luo Lian — they had actually come back.
"What? Changed your mind? That's fine too — it's better to show mercy when you can. Besides, that Master Yang didn't actually do anything too terrible to us. There's no need to go after him." Grandpa Luo assumed Chu Feng had changed his mind halfway, which was why he had returned so quickly.
Whoosh—