Chapter 93: 093: Return to Unmatched City

Chapter 93: Chapter 093: Return to Unmatched City

General Wang had become completely immobilized there, as if someone had cast a paralyzing spell on him, motionless, his eyes filled with terror.

“Utterly lawless! General Wang, they must be extremely vicious felons. Arrest them immediately!” a clan elder said angrily with a stern voice.

“Arrest them? Wouldn’t that let them off too easily? Killing so many guards and still wanting to live?” a family head said angrily, his eyes slightly squinted, filled with the intent to kill.

“General Wang, they disregard human lives; I’m sure they are Empire’s major offenders! Such felons should be beheaded on the spot!”

“Exactly! General Wang! Kill them! The women may be spared death!”

“They must die! With such felons, if we don’t kill them now, more people will die at their hands in the future! They are the Empire’s major offenders!”

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The three young masters grew increasingly smug, their mocking gazes fixed on Feng Wuchen and Liu Qingyang, as if they could already imagine their dire fates.

However, they seemed not to notice the terror in General Wang’s eyes nor did they realize that General Wang was so stiff he couldn’t move at all.

Just when everyone thought General Wang was about to take down Feng Wuchen and Liu Qingyang, what happened next terrified them to their cores.

Suddenly, General Wang dropped to his knees with a thud, exclaiming in terror, “This lowly commander pays his respects to the Grand Commander!”

“The… the Grand Commander?” General Wang’s actions immediately turned the three major clans’ top brass pale with fear.

All the soldiers were initially stunned, then quickly knelt down one after another, “We pay our respects to the Grand Commander!”

The soldiers were profoundly shocked; who would have thought that the young man before them was the Empire’s Grand Commander!

The Emperor’s bestowment of the Grand Commander had long spread throughout the Empire, they just didn’t recognize who the Grand Commander was. They only knew it was Master Feng!

If the man before them was indeed the Grand Commander, then he was definitely that Master Feng.

“He… he is Master Feng!” The three young masters’ legs went weak with terror.

“We pay our respects to the Grand Commander!” The people on the streets all knelt down in succession; the Grand Commander, who led the Black Flag Army and the Sky Shadow Cavalry, held a status equivalent to that of the Great General, and they dared not show disrespect.

The crowd of onlookers was astonished; the name of the Master Feng, renowned in Yunzhou, had obviously spread to Tianzhou.

“Do you recognize me?” Feng Wuchen asked coldly, looking at General Wang with an expressionless face.

“The Great General has already issued orders and sent someone with the Grand Commander’s portrait, instructing this lowly commander to respectfully await the Grand Commander’s return to Tianzhou,” General Wang answered tremblingly.

At this moment, General Wang wished he could kill the three young masters on the spot. Whom else but the Empire’s Grand Commander had they offended!

General Wang certainly knew what the three young masters were planning; they clearly intended to make a move on Ling Xiaoxiao and Miao Qingqing. Similar incidents had been done by the three young masters in Wangyun City many times before.

“You’ve got guts, knowing that the Grand Commander himself is present and yet daring to commit such an act of insubordination. I think you’ve all grown tired of living!” Liu Qingyang said coldly, looking every bit like a favored person by the Grand Commander’s side.

“This commander dares not! I was unaware of the Grand Commander arriving! I beg the Grand Commander to forgive me!” General Wang was so scared that his soul nearly fled.

Although it was his first time seeing Feng Wuchen, he had already heard about how fearsome Feng Wuchen was, let alone that he led the Empire’s most elite troops!

“This lowly one has eyes but failed to recognize Mount Tai. I beg the Grand Commander to forgive us!” the seniors of the three major clans all knelt down, you can’t even imagine how panicked they were.

Offending the Grand Commander was a capital offense!

The three young masters were audaciously reckless, not only daring to intercept the Grand Commander’s path but also brazenly trying to take the Grand Commander’s women!

“Bind those three up for me and hang them on the city gates until they faint,” Feng Wuchen said expressionlessly. Feng Wuchen could see that General Wang had some sort of relationship with the three major clans and thus did not trouble him too much.

“Yes!” General Wang did not dare to hesitate even a little, hastily commanding the soldiers to bind the three young masters up.

The top brass of the three major clans didn’t dare make a sound! No matter how unwilling they were in their hearts, they could only accept it.

Feng Wuchen not charging them with insubordination was already fortunate for them.

“You’re lucky that I have important matters to attend to. General Wang, if they dare to offend again, kill them on the spot!” Feng Wuchen spoke coldly.

“Yes! Your will shall be thoroughly obeyed, Grand Commander!” General Wang said respectfully.

Feng Wuchen couldn’t be bothered with them any further, and afterwards, the four of them left Wangyun City.

“We bid farewell to the Grand Commander!”

General Wang and the seniors of the three major clans all breathed a sigh of relief, bearing their humiliation with heavy burdens.

The incident of Feng Wuchen being hunted which alarmed the State Preceptor and the prince, others may not know of it, but General Wang was very clear about it.

Feng Wuchen was definitely not someone these minor generals could afford to offend.

“In the future, watch your three sons carefully! If there’s another offense, don’t blame this general for not showing mercy! Humph!” General Wang shouted angrily. Thankfully Feng Wuchen hadn’t pursued the matter; otherwise, General Wang would have really suffered by their fault.

The three family heads were stifled and miserable, yet didn’t dare to say anything more.

“You can’t begin to imagine the terror of the Grand Commander. Now that he is returning to Tianzhou, you will have plenty of opportunities to learn of the Grand Commander’s fearsomeness!” General Wang shouted angrily, casting a severe glance at the three family heads before storming off in wrath.

After General Wang took the soldiers and left, the people on the street remained in shock.

Feng Wuchen and his company left Wangyun City, quickly making their way toward Unmatched City.

Feng Wuchen didn’t have the heart to quarrel with the three major families of Wangyun City. His sole desire was to return to the Feng residence, to see the current strength of his family, and understand the situation they were in.

Before he had left, he wondered if what he’d left behind had helped the Feng family grow stronger.

He was eager to know whether the Tianyan Academy had kept its promise to protect the Feng family for a year, whether the Mo family and Huangfu family had secretly taken action, and whether the Tianyun Sect had gotten involved, among other things.

In short, Feng Wuchen wanted to know everything related to the Feng family.

“What’s the matter that has Brother Feng so anxious? Brother Feng seems very worried,” Liu Qingyang frowned and muttered to himself. He had noticed throughout their journey that Feng Wuchen was distracted, though he didn’t know what was on his mind.

Miao Qingqing could also tell, but neither of them had asked.

Ling Xiaoxiao obediently followed right behind Feng Wuchen, without the slightest worry. No matter what they faced, she would not leave Feng Wuchen’s side by half a step.

After traveling non-stop for three days, the four of them finally arrived at Unmatched City.

The familiar city walls, the familiar environment, the familiar gates, all imprinted themselves in Feng Wuchen’s eyes.

“Almost a year has gone by. I’ve finally returned. I wonder how father and mother are doing?” Feng Wuchen’s heart was filled with excitement, and a flood of memories welled up.

“Is this the place where Brother Feng grew up? This Unmatched City is quite similar to our Luan Tian City,” Liu Qingyang mumbled as he looked around.

“Very lively,” Miao Qingqing nodded with a smile.

“Brother Feng, you haven’t been back for a year, you must have missed it a lot, right? Let’s go into the city,” Ling Xiaoxiao said with an excited smile.

Almost a year had passed without any changes to Unmatched City; it was still the same as before.

The city remained unchanged, but Feng Wuchen, who had been out training for nearly a year, had changed a lot. His mentality had matured, he had become more stable, and he had lost the childishness of a year ago. He now had more tenacity and confidence.

Standing in front of the city gate, he suppressed the excitement and anticipation in his heart and took the lead into the city, with Ling Xiaoxiao and the others following closely behind.

“Hey, did you see that? That looked like the third young master of the Feng family! And that beautiful girl, isn’t she Miss Ling who used to be with the third young master?”

“It does look like him, but could it really be the third young master?”

“The third young master of the Feng family? Where? I didn’t see him,”

“The third young master of the Feng family has been gone for a year; you might have been mistaken.”

Walking on the streets, many people felt that Feng Wuchen looked very much like the third young master of the Feng family, but they weren’t sure.

A few minutes later, Feng Wuchen and his companions arrived in front of the Feng family’s mansion.

“Brother Feng, is this your house? It’s not bad,” Liu Qingyang said with a laugh.

“The strength of the Feng family has really grown a lot. Father and the others are safe,” Feng Wuchen thought to himself. Through their vital energy, he could tell that Feng Zhengxiong and the others were safe, which finally gave him some peace of mind.

In front of the Feng family’s mansion, two guards inadvertently saw the group of four, and when they took a closer look, they were stunned.

“Is… is that the third young master?” one guard said hesitantly.

“It looks like it! And Miss Ling too!” the other guard said in shock as he nodded.

“It’s true! It’s the third young master! He’s back!” the guard exclaimed excitedly, running up, “Third young master! Is it really you? Am I seeing things?”

Feng Wuchen said with a happy smile, “It’s me, I’m back.”

“It really is the third young master! The third young master has returned!” The guard at the door was ecstatic, rushing into the mansion and shouting, “Family Head! Madam! The… the third young master has returned! The third young master is back!”

In the Feng family’s hall, Feng Zhengxiong’s face looked very grim, and so did Feng Qianyang and several elders.

“Mo Kun, that old scoundrel, just wants to force our Feng family to act. Once we do, the Mo family and Huangfu family will take the opportunity to annihilate us. But if we don’t act, Wanbao Pavilion won’t last, and Brother Yu will get dragged down as well,” Feng Zhengxiong said angrily.

Feng Qianyang said in a grave voice, “The Yang family targeting the Lin family is surely Mo Kun’s doing. If Wanbao Pavilion falls, our Feng family won’t last much longer either. That old fox, with the backing of the Huangfu family, is getting more and more presumptuous!”

“We have less than a month left. Even if we do nothing, once time’s up and the academy’s protection is gone, the Huangfu and Mo families will still act against us. The academy won’t withstand the pressure from the Tianyun Sect,” Feng Yunshan said helplessly with a sigh.

This left the Feng family in a perilous situation with no way out.

Amidst their anger and worry, an excited shout from a guard came from outside the hall.

“Chen Er is back?” Feng Zhengxiong’s face changed instantly, filled with joy. He hurried out of the hall.

“Has the third young master returned?” Feng Qianyang and the others followed him out.

“Little brother has returned! That’s great! Little brother is back!” Feng Zhan and Feng Yuan rushed out of their rooms, ecstatic.

The guard’s shouts echoed throughout the Feng mansion, and everyone rushed out, including the younger generation of the same age.

“Chen Er!” Xiao Qingqing cried tears of joy as she ran and called out.

In less than a minute, the whole Feng family had gathered in the large courtyard!

Feng Wuchen and his group had also entered through the main gate by this time.