Zhao Shengâs face showed no surprise, and his eyes glowed brightly as two golden lights as tangible as real objects shot out, colliding with two silver rays.
With a loud bang!
The golden light easily shattered the silver rays, and lightning plunged into the eyes of the Sneaky Old Man.
Crack, crack.
The Sneaky Old Manâs expression changed, and two lines of bloody tears welled up from the corners of his eyes. The wooden chair he was sitting on suddenly shattered into countless wood fragments, nearly causing him to fall to the ground in disgrace.
Even though only a single move had passed, Luo An was utterly shocked, realizing that his opponentâs strength far exceeded his expectations.
"Haha! Since the main character isnât here, we wonât intrude any further. Weâll take our leave for now. The mountains are high and the rivers long, and we are bound to meet again." The Sneaky Old Man suddenly laughed out loud, abruptly stood up, cupped his hands slightly towards Zhao Sheng, and then walked out.
Luo Shuangquan, seeing this, naturally hurried to catch up.
Zhao Sheng watched the two leave, his eyes deep and seeming to ponder something.
Just then, a figure flashed by, and the chief steward Chen Fu appeared beside Zhao Sheng, whispering: "Master, in this old servantâs opinion, those two will not give up easily. It would be best for the young lady not to go out, to avoid any unforeseen accidents."
"Hmph, hmph, let the two of them live for a few more years. Weâll find an appropriate time later to send those two old fools on their way." Zhao Sheng waved his hand and said with an indifferent tone.
With the Sneaky Old Manâs kind of personality, he certainly wouldnât give up easily, but he didnât want to strike while the iron was hot as soon as they left.
After all, the Luo Family was powerful. He himself was not afraid but didnât want to bring any more trouble to the Chen Family and his wife and children.
Chen Fu bowed slightly: "Master, you are wise. The Luo Family relies on having a Divinity Transformation True Monarch in the world, and they have always been arrogant and domineering. We should bear it for two hundred years, and wait until that True Monarch ascends before seeking revenge."
"Hmm, you can leave now! I know what to do." Zhao Sheng glanced at Chen Fu, nodded thoughtfully, then waved him away.
Chen Fu bowed again and then quietly withdrew from the living room.
Zhao Sheng watched the disappearing figure of the chief steward, shook his head with a wry smile, and then his figure suddenly disappeared.
...
A Qingyun Flying Boat sped into the Cloud Sea, quickly moving away from the Chen Familyâs Divine Tree range.
In the cabin on the topmost deck, Luo Shuangquan had just sat down and angrily complained: "Great Ancestor, that Chen Xi brat is simply too outrageous. If we do not seek revenge for this humiliation, where is the face of our clan, and the Luo Familyâs prestige?"
The Sneaky Old Man slowly sat into the Jade Chair but remained strangely silent.
When Luo Shuangquan looked up, he noticed the anomaly and asked anxiously: "Great Ancestor, you..."
Pfft~
Before he could finish, he saw the Sneaky Old Man suddenly spew a mouthful of blood, his face turning deathly pale in an instant.
Luo Shuangquan, witnessing this scene, leapt up from his chair abruptly, grabbed the Sneaky Old Manâs arm, and shouted in panic: "Great Ancestor, how did you get injured? Could it be that littleâ"
"Stop talking."
Halfway through his sentence, the Sneaky Old Man suddenly interrupted him and quickly wiped away the blood at the corner of his mouth.
Luo Shuangquan trembled all over, but he dared not defy the Sneaky Old Manâs command and reluctantly shut his mouth.
Just then, the Sneaky Old Man suddenly swung his hand and slapped Luo Shuangquan heavily across the face.
Luo Shuangquanâs body instantly flew out like a ragdoll, spewing blood from his mouth, losing a few teeth, and his body landed heavily on the ground, rolling a few times.
"Because of your manipulation, I, not only suffered severe injuries to my Divine Soul but also lost my last sliver of hope for a breakthrough. If you werenât my grandson, I would have crushed you with one palm. Luo Shuangquan, you deserve death!!" The Sneaky Old Manâs face twisted savagely, and his right hand condensed into a huge stone hand, slapping harshly on various parts of his chest, abdomen, and back,
Luo Shuangquanâs bones emitted a teeth-grinding sound of cracking, as if they were about to break open in the next moment.
"Great Ancestor... spare me..." Luo Shuangquan screamed in agony, begging for mercy, but dared not gather True Yuan to resist.
He knew very well that the Great Ancestor was always ruthless and petty, and if he couldnât let him "vent" in time, his fate would be even more miserable.
The Sneaky Old Man, after shattering most of Luo Shuangquanâs bones, finally let him go and coldly said: "Chen Xi is really peculiar. This kid is clearly less than a hundred years old, yet can severely injure me, his Divine Sense as powerful as a Nascent Soul. Unless heâs a once-in-ten-thousand-years cultivation genius, heâs probably some old monster who seized a body to rebuild.
This is a serious matter, it must be reported to the familyâs Nascent Soul Ancestor immediately when we return, and quickly!"
Luo Shuangquan groaned as he struggled to get up from the ground, limped over to the Sneaky Old Man, and curiously showed a sinister smile: "Great! This kid is so strange, he must be hiding a great secret. If we capture him, and use Soul Extraction and Refining to force out the great secret behind him, wouldnât we be doing a great service to the family!"
"You fool!"
The Sneaky Old Manâs eyes blazed with anger, and he kicked Luo Shuangquan hard, sending him flying a dozen feet, accompanied by a clear sound of bone cracking.
Luo Shuangquan screamed in pain, his body once again smashed heavily to the ground, rolling over a few times, and lay limp, unable to get up.
The Sneaky Old Manâs expression slowly calmed down after kicking Luo Shuangquan, his eyes glinting coldly as he said gloomily: "Fool, do you think the Chen Familyâs people are all idiots? Feihong, Bai Mei, Zheng Jue, which Nascent Soul high cultivator among them isnât a thousand times smarter than you. Chen Xiâs peculiarity canât escape them. As long as Chen Xi remains within the Divine Treeâs domain for a day, no one in the world can do anything to him. So capturing Chen Xi must be planned meticulously to ensure itâs foolproof!"