187: The Chen father and daughter were filled with deep regret!

Chen Shui was in a daze, muttering to himself.

His mind was a complete blank.

He was unwilling, and did not dare to believe, this cruel fact that made him unable to breathe!

However.

The sky-shaking, mountain-and-sea-like cheers from outside the house were heartlessly reminding him.

All of this was true!

"Hahaha! A True Dragon has emerged from our Jinling City!"

"Marquis Wuan! Our Jinling City's Marquis Wuan!"

"..."

Those voices, every single word, were like a heartless heavy hammer, ruthlessly smashing against his heart!

Smashing him until his heart and liver split, and his internal organs shifted!

"Pfft—!"

He could no longer hold it back; a mouthful of old blood sprayed out violently!

"Father!"

Seeing this, Chen Meng turned pale with fright and hurriedly stepped forward to support him.

"I, I!"

Chen Shui pointed at his own chest, opened his mouth, but couldn't say a single word.

Scenes from the past uncontrollably surfaced before his eyes.

He remembered the thin, silent look of Li Qing when he first arrived at his home.

He remembered how he had taken him in with a high-and-mighty, charitable attitude.

He remembered how he had kicked him out without hesitation after his daughter joined the Fierce Wind Martial Arts Hall.

He still remembered the words he had said at the time.

"In the end, you and I are not of the same path."

"..."

Regret!

Endless regret, enough to completely submerge him!

Like the most malicious poison, it spread frantically through his limbs and bones!

What exactly had he done back then!

He had personally pushed a future god, a True Dragon capable of shaking the entire Dynasty, out of his home!

What had he missed?

A heaven-sent Opportunity that could have allowed the Chen family to soar to the sky and bring honor to their ancestors!

If only he had been slightly better to him back then.

If only he hadn't been so snobbish and short-sighted.

Then now, the ones enjoying that supreme glory wouldn't just be the City Lord's Manor and the Iron Bone Martial Arts School!

There would also be his Chen family!

His daughter might have even become the Marquis's wife!

But now... everything was too late.

"I, I was blind!"

Chen Shui let out a shrill wail, his eyes rolled back, and he actually fainted from anger.

"Father! Father, wake up!"

Chen Meng held her unconscious father, crying heart-wrenchingly.

But in her heart, wasn't it also filled with endless regret and bitterness?

She remembered how she had looked down on that youth back then.

How she felt he wasn't worthy of her, feeling he was a burden.

She remembered her ridiculous and laughable self-consolation when she heard he was given a pre-selected slot at the Lingxiu Hall.

It turned out that the clown had been herself all along.

The Talent she was so proud of, the Opportunity she had worked so hard to get, seemed so laughable in front of that youth.

She thought she was a Phoenix spreading its wings to fly high.

But she never expected that he was a True Dragon soaring through the Nine Heavens!

The gap between the two was already as different as clouds and mud.

No.

Even the difference between clouds and mud couldn't describe it.

It was a Mortal versus a God.

"Why..."

"Why did it turn out like this..."

The young girl's crying echoed in the small courtyard, filled with endless regret... Iron Bone Martial Arts School.

The afternoon sun lazily spilled into the dilapidated courtyard.

"Heh!"

"Ha!"

Several half-grown children, bare-chested, were in the courtyard practicing the basic Stance Work of the Iron Body Art with great precision.

Though their movements were immature, their eyes were filled with determination.

Since Big Brother Li went to the Royal Capital, the atmosphere of the entire martial arts school had changed.

Xiao Chen no longer taught boxing just for survival like before.

He began to demand of himself and these children with almost harsh standards.

Because he knew that Big Brother Li had opened a door to a new world for them.

They had to work harder.

They had to become strong!

At least, they couldn't lose face for Big Brother Li!

"Everyone, stand firm! Sink your Horse Stance! Sink your Qi into your Dantian!"

Xiao Chen stood in the middle of the courtyard, hands behind his back like a little adult, patrolling back and forth, occasionally speaking up to correct the children's movements.

He was now also at the Late Stage of the Body Tempering Realm.

All of this was thanks to the Vicious Beast meat and Medicinal Pills Big Brother Li had left behind.

Just then.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

A series of urgent and rough knocking sounds abruptly rang out!

Immediately after, a voice like a drake's quack, full of excitement and ecstasy, came from outside the door!

"Great news! Wonderful news!"

"Open the door! Open the door quickly!"

In the courtyard, the children who were practicing were startled by this sudden voice, and their movements faltered.

Xiao Chen's brow furrowed sharply.

Ever since Big Brother Li showed his Divine Might in Jinling City and even Duan Tianba of the Jingtao Martial Arts School came to the door to apologize with a rod on his back.

It had been a long time since anyone had come to the Iron Bone Martial Arts School.

What was going on today?

And great news?

He was puzzled but waved his hand, signaling the children to continue practicing.

He himself walked forward quickly and opened the dilapidated wooden door that had been repaired several times.

Outside the door.

The blinding sunlight made him instinctively squint his eyes.

When he saw clearly who was standing outside, his whole body was instantly struck by lightning, and he stood there in a daze!

The City Lord!

The City Lord of Jinling, City Lord!

At this moment, this big shot who called the shots in Jinling City was flushed red, looking at him with an excited, almost fawning smile.

That gaze was even closer than seeing his own father!

And behind City Lord, there stood a valiant Martial Artist wearing golden armor with a long saber at his waist, his aura as steady as a mountain and deep as an abyss, clearly a top-tier powerhouse!

The sharp aura emanating from that Martial Artist made Xiao Chen, who was in the Late Stage of the Body Tempering Realm, feel his heart skip a beat!

"This, this..."

Xiao Chen's mind went blank.

He instinctively went to kneel and pay his respects.

"Ci, City Lord Lord..."

"Hey! You mustn't! You mustn't, Hall Master Xiao!"

However, before he could kneel, City Lord rushed forward and firmly supported him!

The force was so great it almost lifted Xiao Chen right up!

Hall Master Xiao?

Xiao Chen was dazed.

The City Lord was calling him Hall Master Xiao?

Didn't he always call him 'Xiao Chen'?

"Hall Master Xiao! You've truly acknowledged a good Big Brother!"

City Lord held Xiao Chen, incoherently excited, his old face smiling like a blooming chrysanthemum.

"No, no, no, it's your Iron Bone Martial Arts School that produced a True Dragon! It's my Jinling City that produced a True Dragon!"

"City Lord, what... what are you talking about?"

Xiao Chen was made dizzy by this series of actions, completely unable to make head or tail of it.

Could it be that something happened to Big Brother Li in the Royal Capital?

At the thought of this possibility, his heart instantly sank to the bottom!

His face also turned somewhat pale.