A brutal beating!
A miserable scream!
Zhao Rongfei's close friend crashed heavily to the ground, more than a dozen of her teeth knocked out raw and straight by Chen Qiye's merciless slaps!
In Weicheng, Zhao Rongfei's friend was considered the daughter of a minor noble family. When had she ever suffered such violent abuse? Screaming in agonizing pain, her mind went completely blank!
"You, you..." Zhao Rongfei was stunned into utter bewilderment.
Over the years, Chen Qiang had protected her at every turn. No one around her—not even former enemies—dared to easily cross her, and she hadn't witnessed such uncompromising ruthlessness in many years.
She never expected the situation today to escalate to this point.
For the past twelve years, she had enjoyed the treatment of a princess throughout all of Weicheng!
"I, Chen Qiye, am now giving you an ultimatum: within two days, return everything my Chen family ever gave you, down to the last piece! Since we are cutting ties, let's make a clean break of it!"
"Remember this: if even a single item from the Chen family is missing within two days, I will personally visit your doorstep and slaughter your entire Zhao family! I, Chen Qiye, mean what I say!"
Chen Qiye spoke every word with chilling, uncompromising sternness.
This gold-digger had almost driven his own father to death by treating him like a subservient lapdog. Chen Qiye felt that doing this was already showing her the utmost mercy.
"Dad! Third Master, let's go home first."
With that, Chen Qiye didn't even spare the gold-digger another glance. He grabbed Chen Qiang and pulled him toward the main gates.
"Qiye, this, this... isn't this a bit too harsh? What about..." Chen Qiang looked at the tearful Zhao Rongfei, seeming still unable to bear it, and made as if to turn back to comfort her.
Yet Chen Qiye forcefully yanked his still-oblivious, villainous-lapdog father right through the gates of the Chen Family Ancestral Residence!
"Clang!"
Third Master Chen took a couple of seconds to snap out of his daze.
He clenched his hands tightly, his body tense as he let out a long breath.
So satisfying!
Second Brother is an absolute badass!
Second Brother just did what he had wanted to do for the past twelve years, but never dared to!This woman, twelve years ago, said he wasn't even qualified to be a bootlicker! Third Master Chen, when would he ever want to be a bootlicker? Third Master Chen had an iron backbone, how could he possibly be a bootlicker!
Third Master Chen had secretly given his most precious Profound-grade spirit sword to this woman back then, yet in the blink of an eye, this woman had nearly become his stepmother!
As Third Master Chen thought about this, he slammed his front door shut with a vengeance!
"Rongfei, let's go!"
"He won't live much longer. I've received definite news that people from the Yuhua Dynasty will definitely arrive today! When that time comes, this so-called genius of the Chen family will surely die! The Chen family might even be completely destroyed!"
Zhao Rongfei's close friend had her face swollen from the blows; she struggled to her feet, her eyes filled with shock and rage.
She stared viciously at the gates of the Chen Family Ancestral Residence, as if she could already foresee the horrifying fate of the Chen family about to be wiped out.
"Besides, Rongfei, Young Master Su is also coming out of seclusion today."
"Young Master Su has already awakened a divine-grade bloodline. With Young Master Su here, even if the Yuhua Dynasty doesn't exterminate the entire Chen family, Young Master Su definitely will!"
"More than half of the spiritual herbs and spiritual energy you've obtained over all these years were given to Young Master Su, anyway. He will definitely avenge us!"
Zhao Rongfei's close friend grabbed Zhao Rongfei by the hand, pulling her toward the outer edges of the crowd, and then shouted to the people ahead, "What are you looking at? Don't you know about the Yuhua Dynasty's affairs? Today, the Chen family will surely become a place of bloodshed!"
Meanwhile, inside the gates of the Chen Family Ancestral Residence.
"Qiye, weren't your words just now a bit too harsh?"
"Rongfei might not have meant it that way. She might have just been frightened by the Yuhua Dynasty. At her core, she should still be a good person."
Chen Qiang had been forcibly pulled into the house by Chen Qiye, yet his mind was still entirely occupied by Zhao Rongfei.
"Dad! It's been twelve years, and you're still completely hooked by that Zhao Rongfei like a fish on a line! How can you still not understand after things have reached this point today? That Zhao Rongfei is simply a woman who wants to fleece you for all you've got until you're ruined!"Before Chen Qiye could even speak, Third Master Chen beat him to it and blurted out.
His hand was still clenched tight, the lingering thrill and excitement of a moment ago clearly not having faded yet.
"Where is everyone in the family? Why is it so deserted here?" After stepping inside, Chen Qiye did not immediately speak with his own father.
Upon entering and seeing the house completely empty—not only missing his father and Third Master Chen who followed behind, but even Grand Uncle who usually kept watch over the ancestral hall—Chen Qiye's footsteps involuntarily paused for a fraction of a second.
"Qiye, I knew you would come back."
"But why on earth did you come back? Why didn't you run away? The people from the Yuhua Dynasty are arriving today, and you came back... Oh, why don't you hurry up and leave right now? There should still be time!"
Just as Chen Qiye spoke, a figure hurried out from the empty house.
Chen Qiye recognized Fifth Aunt at a glance. In the twelve years since he had gone off to the Qingxuan Sect, Fifth Aunt had barely changed at all. She still possessed that flawless figure, full breasts, and skin as white as jade.
After transmigrating, when Chen Qiye was just one year old, his mother had accidentally wandered into the Taichu Forbidden Area, located three hundred li southeast of Weicheng, while trying to gather a medicinal ingredient, and had gone missing thereafter. Though they called it missing, it was really just a comforting thought left behind for the living.
In the eyes of many, Chen Qiye's mother must have already died inside the Taichu Forbidden Area.
After all, very few people who went missing in the Taichu Forbidden Area ever returned alive.
After entering the Qingxuan Sect, Chen Qiye had also asked fellow apprentice brothers who went on missions and trials near the outer edges of the Taichu Forbidden Area to help look for his mother, but over all these years, there had been no news whatsoever.
After his mother disappeared, a one-year-old Chen Qiye had not even been weaned yet. At that time, because Fifth Aunt was young and had plenty of milk, Chen Qiye had grown up drinking her milk.
Therefore, among all the elders in the Chen family, aside from his own father, Chen Qiye was actually closest to Fifth Aunt.
However, as Fifth Aunt hurried forward now, her eyes were clearly filled with anxiety.
Aside from Fifth Aunt coming out, not a single other person was to be seen in the empty house.
"Second Brother, Dad had the family members leave overnight for the State of Wu first."
"The Yuhua Dynasty is a top-tier cultivation dynasty, after all. Fearing that the family would be implicated, Dad arranged overnight for Big Brother, Grand Uncle, Third Grand Uncle, and the rest to take the clansmen and flee to the State of Wu together... Fifth Aunt refused to leave and insisted on waiting for you to come back, so she stayed behind too."
Seeing Chen Qiye's confusion, Third Master Chen put on a serious face, sweeping away his previous thrill, and a look of genuine solemnity appeared in his clear eyes.
"Hmm?"
"Dad's arrangements are certainly thorough. It's just that you, Dad, Third Master, and Fifth Aunt..." Chen Qiye began, but stopped halfway through his sentence.
Chen Qiye understood what they meant, and a slight warmth bloomed in his heart.
Although his biological father was a simp, as a family head and a father, he was clearly quite competent. Having been an orphan before transmigrating, Chen Qiye used to envy those peers who had a real family whenever New Year's arrived.
That, good or bad, was ultimately home.
This was also why, after transmigrating to this world, even though Chen Qiye had always pursued a low-profile path of secret cultivation and hidden growth, he had continually sent items back to his family and frequently kept in touch with them.
Before transmigrating, on snowy days, the scene Chen Qiye loved to watch most was the silhouette of warm, cozy homes behind other people's high walls and heavy gates.
"Fifth Aunt, Dad, Third Master, it's fine. The matter with the Yuhua Dynasty has already been resolved, you don't need to be so nervous."
Chen Qiye softened his tone slightly, grinning as he saw Fifth Aunt approach.
"Crash!"
"Hahaha, what kind of nonsense are you spouting, you loser? Resolved? Whose dog gave you the guts to say you've already resolved the matter with the Yuhua Dynasty?"
Yet just as Chen Qiye's voice trailed off, the heavy gates that Third Master Chen had only just closed were violently kicked to pieces with a loud crash!