170: Chapter 170 Old Monster Luo's Former "Friend"

Previously, Luo Yunkai hadn't been in the mood to think about Bai Ji's background.

Perhaps it was nothing more than a situation like Ye Fan's mother, where some fleeting romance led to a child being brought into a marriage.

He hadn't expected it to be him!

"Bai?" Luo Yunkai chuckled low, "How did I not know that Brother Ankang's surname was Bai?"

Bai Ankang's suspicious gaze landed on Luo Yunkai. After scanning the face exposed outside his white beard for several breaths, his expression suddenly shifted, his voice nearly cracking, "Old Freak Luo!"

Old Freak Luo?

Such a distant form of address.

Luo Yunkai's eyes grew dazed for a moment.

Then, staring at Bai Ankang with a half-smile, he said, "Brother Ankang, it's been a long time. I trust you've been well."

Bai Ankang was startled by Luo Yunkai's gaze, but remembering they were in the city, his expression immediately changed.

"Heh, I didn't think we'd meet again after our parting back then. Old Freak Luo, your Aura is just as it was before, but your face looks much older."

Bai Ankang even began to nitpick Luo Yunkai.

He was feeling secretly delighted!

Didn't expect that, did you, Old Freak Luo? Your seed brought me prosperity, turning me from a mere Marauding Cultivator into the respected head of the Bai family in Qingyun City!

And you, you're still just a Marauding Cultivator, white-haired and decrepit. Tsk tsk, you probably can't even afford a Face-Preserving Pill anymore, can you?

Unlike him—that fake son of his was truly filial; as long as he had the mother go and plead with him, there would be Spirit Stones and Medicinal Pills for everything.

Thinking this, Bai Ankang's gaze toward Luo Yunkai grew increasingly fervent. Knowing full well that Luo Yunkai knew nothing, he deliberately wanted to show off.

"Old Freak Luo, you don't know, do you? My son has a Heavenly Spiritual Root!"

"He is the Personal Disciple of the Qingyun Sect Sect Master. He hasn't even reached adulthood yet, but he already has a Golden Core cultivation."

"My son is also exceptionally filial. Look at my cultivation, the ninth level of Qi Refinement—it was all piled up for me by my son saving his own Cultivate Medicinal Pills and Spirit Stones."

"And my appearance—my son couldn't bear for his father to grow old, so he specifically sought out a Face-Preserving Pill to keep me looking as I did in my youth."

"This son of mine..."

Luo Yunkai listened with a smile, nodding from time to time as if he were truly happy for his old friend.

Bai Ankang grew more and more excited, looking as though he might boast to Luo Yunkai for three days and nights without stopping.

Luo Yunkai could tell; Bai Ankang and even this Bai family were blood-sucking parasites living off his son.

Recalling Bai Ji's eyes, which held no desire to live, Luo Yunkai's gaze fell darkly on Bai Ankang.

Just what had he experienced in the Bai family to make his son wish for death?

"Speaking of which, as friends for many years, I only told you my surname was Luo, but never told you my name."

Bai Ankang waved his hand, "Ha, I also only told you my name and didn't say my surname was Bai. Old Freak Luo, did you always think my surname was An? Hahaha..."

"My surname is Luo, and my name is Yunkai." Luo Yunkai announced his name.

"Luo Yunkai? Old Freak Luo, your name sounds quite famil—"

Bai Ankang's face changed drastically, his voice trembling, "Luo, Luo, Luo..."

"Luo Yunkai." Luo Yunkai's eyes were calm.

Bai Ankang suddenly went silent.

His mouth hung open as if he wanted to say something, but no sound came out.

Luo Yunkai laughed, the mirth not reaching his eyes, "So you've guessed it."

"That's right, I've come for my son."

Bai Ankang suddenly recoiled several steps, tripping over the high threshold. As if a ghost were chasing him from behind, he used both hands and feet to scramble inside.

Luo Yunkai's figure blurred, and in the next instant...

"Crack!"

A foot stepped on Bai Ankang's spine, snapping it cleanly.

"Ah!" Bai Ankang screamed in pain.

True Monarch Qingyun instinctively wanted to intervene; after all, that was his Disciple's biological father.

True Monarch Changhong grabbed him.

"Let—"

True Monarch Changhong's hand was trembling with excitement, "Don't you understand? Bai Ji might be this person's son!"

True Monarch Qingyun's eyes widened, "How... how can that be?"

Yin Qiu's eyes lit up, however. Completely ignoring the dangerous Aura currently radiating from Luo Yunkai, she ran over.

"Senior, are you really Brother Bai Ji's biological father? Brother Bai Ji has gone missing. Please, I beg you to help find him. I'm very worried about him."

True Monarch Changhong saw Luo Yunkai turn around, his gentle and loving gaze falling upon his daughter, and he swallowed the reprimand that was about to leave his mouth.

Good daughter!

Luo Yunkai looked at the girl staring at him without blinking. After a few moments of silence, he said in a slightly hoarse voice, "I... have found him."

Yin Qiu was not stupid. Her hand gripping Luo Yunkai's sleeve loosened, and large tears began to roll down.

"No, it can't be. Brother Bai Ji won't be okay... he clearly agreed to marry me. He promised me. He wouldn't have an accident. Liar, you're a big liar!"

The smile on True Monarch Changhong's face froze, and his heart skipped a beat.

He hurriedly flew to his daughter's side, pulling her back and offering an apologetic smile, "My daughter is being disrespectful. Fellow Daoist, please do not take offense, considering she is doing this out of concern for Bai Ji."

Luo Yunkai certainly wouldn't blame Yin Qiu. If anyone was to blame, it was...

"What are you laughing at?" Luo Yunkai's cold gaze fell on Bai Ankang.

Blood seeped from the corner of Bai Ankang's mouth, "No... nothing. I believe Bai Ji is a man of great fortune. Old Freak Luo, did you see his corpse? If not, then there's still..."

Luo Yunkai narrowed his eyes. This fellow's reaction was very strange.

From his system space, he brought out Bai Ji's body.

"Brother Bai Ji!" With a cry full of sorrow, Yin Qiu threw herself forward.

Bai Ankang stared fixedly at Bai Ji's corpse, his eyes vacant.

"Dead? How... how can that be? Then what about my son? Where is my Shaoer?"

He struggled to crawl toward Bai Ji, not even noticing when Luo Yunkai had removed his foot.

"Shaoer, Shaoer..." He fumbled blindly at Bai Ji's body until Yin Qiu slapped his hand away.

"Get away! This is my Brother Bai Ji, not some Shaoer!"

"No! No! My Shaoer!" Bai Ankang suddenly looked at Luo Yunkai and crawled toward him, his blood-stained hands grabbing Luo Yunkai's hem.

"Have you seen my Shaoer? My Shaoer, he... he..."

Luo Yunkai slowly crouched down, staring into Bai Ankang's eyes, and said word by word, "When I arrived, your son's body had been drained of blood. He had been dead for who knows how long."

Boom!

Bai Ankang felt his head ringing.

"No! No! You're lying to me! Shaoer won't die, he won't die!"

"What did you say? What happened to Shaoer?" A shrill female voice cut in.

A purple figure lunged forward, and Luo Yunkai stepped aside to avoid her.

Xu Xiu threw herself onto Bai Ankang. Her body stiffened for a moment, then she began tugging at Bai Ankang's collar as if nothing were wrong, "Where is my Shaoer? Give me back my Shaoer!"

"Did you listen to that damned Cultivator of unknown origin? Did you believe his nonsense about swapping Shaoer's and Jier's bodies? How could such an evil technique as body-swapping exist in this world? Why wouldn't you believe me!"

"Bai Ankang, you've ruined both of my sons!"

"I want you dead!"

Xu Xiu's hands surged with spiritual energy as she struck Bai Ankang violently.

"Pfft!"