Chapter Thirty-Four: The Murong Family, Waves of Trouble Begin to Rise

  At this time, Wu Qing had already informed his father to hurry over to the Zi family. Wu Qing's father had never seen his son so anxious before, so he didn't ask much and rushed over immediately. At this moment, in the hall of the Zi family, I was still confronting Snow Two's father with a strong aura.

  "Uncle, you make the first move!" I said calmly, regaining my composure.

  "Youngster, not bad, indeed a bit arrogant. I don't know what kind of skills you have under your belt, let me teach you a lesson." Just as he was about to make his move, a deep and thick voice came in.

  "Zi Jie, long time no see." A middle-aged man in the same white attire walked in, and judging from his footsteps, he seemed to be a martial artist as well. Both I and Xue Er's father withdrew our hands at the same time.

  "Murong Runyang, long time no see, how come you have time to come here?" Xue'er's father turned around and smiled at the man.

  "It's nothing, I just heard that my dog's newly recognized big brother is here. Why?"

  "Are you saying that this person is Pingwen's older brother? No way?" Xue'er's father was filled with doubts at this moment, originally thinking that this kid didn't have any background, but now how did he get connected to the Murong family?

  "Exactly!" Listening to their conversation sentence by sentence, I seemed to have become an outsider, completely left out in the cold. Unconsciously, anger ignited within me.

  "Hold on, who is this 'Pingwen' that Uncle is talking about?" I asked. Before Snow Two's father could speak, the man spoke up.

  "Can you play 'Second Life'?"

  "What? What's wrong?" What does this have to do with the game?

  "Can you recognize a man named Wu Qing inside?" The man continued to ask.

  "I know him, but what does it have to do with this?" I wondered in my heart.

  "It matters, of course it matters. Being ruthless is just like being a beast, said Murong Pingwen."

  "Ah!" It wasn't until then that I realized it was the heartless father after all.

  "Little Dragon has seen Senior Murong before." I hastily bowed and said, after all, he was my ruthless father, and I couldn't be slow with etiquette.

  "Alright, I'll put it bluntly. Let's just call you little brother from now on, shall we? Little brother, why are you so worked up and wanting to duel the master of the Zi family?" The ruthless father said with a hint of politeness.

  "Senior, it's like this. When I first arrived in H City, I met Zixue, and Xuer and I hit it off immediately. We played games together, and Xuer and I had already promised to be with each other for life. But for some reason, today Xuer suddenly told me to forget about her. I was furious and ran over here to find out what happened, only to discover that Xuer's father had already arranged for her to marry into the Wang family, which is why all this happened."

  "So it was like this. Little brother, don't be in a hurry for now, wait for me to communicate with Zixue's father."

  "Alright." As a ruthless father, I'll give him face for now. If Purple Snow's father doesn't agree, I can always resort to forceful means later. After all, my cultivation in the Material Realm isn't for nothing. I think that in this mundane world, there won't be anyone who can be my opponent.

  "Zijie, how could you promise Zixue to that stinky brat from the Wang family? Don't you know about the reputation of the Wang family? Although they are also one of the four major families, the Wang family is now in disarray. You're pushing Zixue into a fire pit!" said Mu Rongyang, her heartless father.

  "Rongyang, sigh... you don't know the whole story, it's hard to say in one sentence. Let's go to the back hall first, and I'll tell you slowly later. Little brother, come too." Snow's father also instructed his family members to clean up the main hall. My father and I followed him to the back hall. When we arrived at the back hall, Snow's father began to speak.

  "Brother Runyang, it wasn't me who pushed Xiaoxue into the fire pit, I really had no choice. The three elders of the Wang family took our family's great elder away while he was practicing his skills. At first, I didn't know about it because the great elder's whereabouts were unpredictable, so I didn't think much of it. I thought the great elder had gone out to train, until that day when the Wang family came to propose a marriage. Initially, I didn't agree, because I also knew about the Wang family's ways. But the person who came to propose said that our Purple Family's great elder was in their hands, and if we didn't marry Xiaoxue off to the Wang family, they would kill the great elder. I really had no way out, so I agreed to this request for the sake of the overall situation. Sigh..." After hearing what Xiaoxue's father said, I finally understood the reason behind everything. Without waiting for my heartless father to speak, I spoke up.

  "Uncle, why did the Wang family resort to such a lowly tactic? Is there some hidden reason behind it that I'm not aware of?"

  "Little brother, you don't know the truth. In fact, among the four major families, only our Purple Family and the Murong Family have a decent relationship. The Wang Family has always wanted to unify the four major families. So they must be thinking of using Little Snow to subdue our Purple Family. After all, Little Snow is the heir of our Purple Family, marrying her off would be equivalent to giving away all of our family's assets to the Wang Family. That's why they went to great lengths to capture the Elder and threaten me."

  "Then, Uncle, if I can rescue the Great Elder, will you agree to let me be with Xue'er?" I asked after a moment of contemplation. Although the God of War had instructed me to temper myself in the mortal world and not get entangled in worldly affairs, for the sake of my beloved woman, I couldn't care about that anymore.

  "That's natural, actually I'm not a person who dislikes poverty and loves wealth. As long as Xiaoxue can be happy, it's better than anything else. However, little brother, do you have that kind of ability? The several elders of the Wang family have already reached the realm of Heaven and Earth Return to Truth, each with extraordinary cultivation. It's not that I'm looking down on you, but based on your cultivation, it seems a bit difficult!" Xiaoxue's father said worriedly.

  "Uncle, it seems you don't understand my true strength. Well, let me show you what I'm capable of, so you can rest assured." As I spoke, I released all the cultivation I had suppressed since arriving in this world, like a fierce gust of wind, striking the entire inner hall. The outpouring of my vital energy caused the air to flow rapidly, and an invisible force impacted everything in the inner hall. The thick walls shook slowly under the impact of this power, and the entire inner hall, the entire Zi family, even the entire earth trembled and shook. Countless small stones fell from the roof of the inner hall, as if it were the end of the world.

  "Ah!" Ao Tian let out a long, piercing cry that shattered the roof and flew into the air. It had been a long time since he felt so exhilarated. Since escaping from the Blood Prison, he had been suppressing his own strength, but today he finally released it. This unbridled and unrestrained feeling was amazing.

  At this moment, Ao Tian floated in mid-air, surrounded by a thick aura that condensed into blue light within three meters of his body. An overwhelming atmosphere pressed down on the two people outside, making them feel like they were being crushed.

  Their clothes fluttered without wind, as if they were statues. As they looked at Ao Tian, they couldn't even lift their heads, and their legs weakened, causing them to kneel down. Suddenly, the two felt like they had fallen into the ocean, while Ao Tian was a lone boat on the surface, making them feel so helpless.

  Seeing that the effect had been achieved, Ao Tian slowly withdrew his aura.

  "Now, Uncle thinks my cultivation is how?" Ao Tian stood proudly in the air, looking at the slowly standing Er Ren with a cold smile. In fact, Ao Tian never wanted to expose himself, but because of Zi Xue's matter that enraged him, and adding on Zi Xue's father treating him like that earlier, he would not give them a good face to look at out of anger.

  Upon hearing Ao Tian's words, the two of them fell silent, unable to utter a word in the face of such overwhelming power. At this moment, Zi Jie looked at Ao Tian as if he had forgotten something and hastily spoke up.

  "I... I have no opinion, let's do everything as the senior said." He saw Ao Tian's astonishing cultivation at this time and immediately understood that Ao Tian was absolutely not an ordinary human being. It might be better to live longer than his own family's great elder. At this moment, Ao Tian slowly descended from the air.

  "Uncle, there's no need to be like this. Since you've agreed to my and Xue Er's matter, from now on we're a family." At this time, the heartless father also came over and patted Zijie's shoulder, laughing and saying.

  "Zi Jie, it seems you have a powerful son-in-law." Upon hearing the ruthless father's voice, Ao Tian only then remembered that there were others present. Looking at Mu Rong Run Yang, who was covered in dust, it was clear that he had also been affected by his own released power. Feeling apologetic, he said in a low voice: "Senior, I lost control for a moment earlier, didn't I hurt you?"

  "No, no, I can still withstand this old bone's turmoil, but that last one of yours was really fierce." The ruthless father said with a smile.

  "Since Senior is fine, Uncle, I'll go rescue the Great Elder tonight. You wait for good news from me." With that, I prepared to leave.

  "Wait, aren't you going to see Xiaoxue? Ever since I told her to cut off all contact with you, she's been crying every day."

  "No, Uncle. Not until I've saved the Elder will I see her." Upon hearing me say this, my ruthless father cast a look of approval in my direction.

  "Alright then, be careful yourself."

  "Alright, thanks for your concern, uncle. I'm off." With that, I flashed out of sight. After I left, the two of them recalled what had just happened and were still shaking with fear.

  "Runyang brother, look at this..." said Zi Xue's father.

  "Heh heh, Zi Xiong, don't think too much about it. I heard from Wu Qing that this person is the number one expert in the 'Second World', and he's also a straightforward person. Little Snow will be fine with him."

  "Alas...since you've already said that, what can I say? Having said he's so formidable, if the Wang family comes looking for trouble in the future, I reckon he won't just stand by and do nothing. Why wouldn't I be happy about it? Hahaha..." Zi Xue's father laughed and said.

  "Haha, then I'll take my leave. Let's catch up another day."

  "Alright, I won't see you off. My poor house, it's still up to me to clean up. But having such a powerful son-in-law is worth losing ten houses."

  Not far from hearing their conversation, I couldn't help but laugh. It seems that people are all the same, as long as you have strength, others will respect you. Thinking of Wu Qing still waiting for me at the entrance of the Zi family, I hurriedly turned back. In a while, I'll ask about the situation of the Wu Qing royal family too. Although I'm not afraid of them, if they were to desperately kill the Grand Elder, I would definitely be in trouble.