14: Chapter 14 The Wang Family's Wrath, Hidden Dangers

Inside the main hall of the Wang Family residence, the sandalwood scent from high-quality calming incense was mixed with a heavy medicinal odor and a faint, lingering smell of blood, creating an exceptionally oppressive atmosphere.

The Family Head was sitting upright in a grand armchair, holding a white jade teacup, slowly skimming the foam.

He was around fifty years old, with a refined appearance and a neatly groomed goatee. He didn't look like a local tyrant who ruled with an iron fist, but rather like a well-read country gentleman.

Suddenly, a chaotic sound of footsteps came from outside, accompanied by the pig-like squealing of his only son, Wang Tianba.

"Dad! Dad! My hand! My hand is broken!"

The Family Head's action of skimming the tea paused slightly, and his brows furrowed in displeasure.

Soon, several servants hurriedly carried the still-wailing Wang Tianba in on a door panel.

Wang Tianba's face was deathly pale, his head covered in cold sweat, and his left arm hung at a strange angle, clearly broken. Upon seeing his father, his tears and snot flowed uncontrollably, and he cried out, giving an exaggerated account of what happened in the market.

"...It was that old undead from the Gu Family! He didn't die, and he even rejuvenated! Dad, he knows sorcery! With just one finger, he..."

The Family Head listened quietly, his expression unchanging.

He simply placed the teacup in his hand slowly back onto the table.

The surrounding servants and maids were so frightened that they held their breath, not daring to make a sound. They all knew that the calmer the master was, the more intense the anger in his heart.

In the entire main hall, only Wang Tianba's miserable wailing remained.

"Dad! You must avenge me! I want him dead! I want his whole family dead! And that little bitch, I want to capture her and play her to death right in front of the old man!"

The Family Head finally raised his eyelids.

He didn't look at his useless son, but instead turned his gaze to the servants who had fled back from the market.

"You lot, tell me what happened, word for word, again." His voice was very flat, revealing no joy or anger.

The servants, scanned by his gaze, trembled all over and quickly knelt on the ground, recounting the scene exactly as it happened in a jumble of voices.

They particularly emphasized Gu Yan's terrifying methods of "injuring people from a distance" and "shattering bones with a single finger."

When he heard "he sent a person flying seven or eight meters with a single finger from a distance," the hand the Family Head used to lift the teacup paused in mid-air again.

When he heard "with a light tap of his finger, the Young Master's arm shattered," a flicker of emotion finally appeared deep in his eyes.

He slowly brought the teacup to his lips and took a light sip.

Crack...

A faint, crisp sound.

The white jade teacup in his hand was actually pinched by him until a clear crack appeared.

Scalding tea seeped out along the crack, burning his hand, but he seemed not to notice.

"Immortal Master..."

The Family Head put down the teacup and squeezed these two words through his teeth.

He was not a fool like his son.

In Luoyun Town, he had climbed from a street thug to his current position, and it was definitely not just by being ruthless.

Injuring people from a distance, releasing True Qi.

These are methods only a cultivator who has entered the Qi Refinement Stage can possess!

No wonder...

No wonder the old man didn't die and could even rejuvenate. It turns out he had struck gold, obtained an immortal opportunity, and became a high-and-mighty "Immortal Master"!

Wang Tianba was still wailing on the ground, clamoring for revenge.

The anger in the Family Head's eyes, however, strangely subsided at this moment.

Replacing it was something deeper and more burning.

It was greed.

Revenge?

Killing the old man?

That would be too easy on him!

A secret that can make someone rejuvenate, a Cultivation Technique that can make someone an "Immortal Master"...

The value contained in this was ten million times more precious than his son's one hundred arms!

If this secret could be obtained by his Wang Family...

The Family Head's breathing involuntarily became a bit hurried.

He seemed to have already seen himself becoming young, becoming powerful, leading the Wang Family out of this godforsaken place, to a vast world, and establishing an immortal foundation!

Compared to this huge temptation, the pain of his son's broken arm seemed insignificant.

"Someone, come." The Family Head's voice returned to its usual steady tone.

"Take the Young Master down, invite the best doctor in town, and use the best medicine!"

"Dad! I don't want treatment! I want revenge!" Wang Tianba roared unwillingly.

"Shut up!" The Family Head drank lowly, his voice carrying unquestionable authority, "I have my own plans for revenge. What you need to do now is to recover properly!"

Wang Tianba was frightened by his father's gaze and dared not say more, only to be sullenly carried away.

In the main hall, soon only the Family Head and his most trusted subordinates remained.

The Family Head stood up, walked to the window, hands behind his back, looking at the lush old locust tree in the courtyard.

Half of his body was hidden in the shadow of the eaves, and his expression was unreadable.

After a long while, he finally spoke slowly, his voice ghostly, as if it came from the nine netherworlds.

"Go, take a high-quality ginseng from the warehouse, and prepare a generous gift."

The trusted steward was stunned: "Master, this is..."

"Tomorrow morning, you personally take people to the Gu Family." The Family Head turned his head, his eyes in the shadow flashing with the light of a poisonous snake, "Just say, hearing that Old Master Gu has recovered from his serious illness, our Wang Family has specially prepared a small gift to visit."

"Remember, keep a low profile and speak nicely. No matter what the other party says or does, do not cause conflict. Your task is only one — to probe."

"I want to know what kind of fortuitous encounter the old man actually had. How far his strength has reached."

"Yes, Master." The trusted steward immediately responded.

"Also..." The Family Head's voice lowered even further, "Send someone sharp, with heavy money, to leave the city overnight and go to Heifeng Mountain outside the city."

Hearing the words "Heifeng Mountain," the trusted steward's body trembled violently, his eyes revealing deep fear.

Heifeng Mountain was a fierce place around Luoyun Town, occupied by a gang of bandits.

Ordinary bandits naturally wouldn't be taken seriously by the Wang Family.

But the leader of Heifeng Mountain, known as "Chief," was rumored to be someone who could scale walls, kill without trace... an Immortal Master!

The Family Head looked at the horror on his trusted subordinate's face, and a cruel arc hooked at the corner of his mouth.

"Tell Chief, just say I, the Family Head, have a big deal and want to invite him to act."

"After it's done, all the industries of the Gu Family in Luoyun Town will belong to him."

"In addition, I will offer... five thousand taels of silver!"

The trusted steward gasped.

This offer was not small.

It seems the Master is really serious this time!

He didn't dare to neglect, immediately bowed to take orders, and quickly retreated.

In the study, only the Family Head was left again.

He slowly walked back to the desk, looking at the cracked white jade teacup he had pinched, as well as the tea and fragments scattered on the table.

He stretched out his finger, dipped it in the tea, and slowly wrote the character "Gu" on the table.

Then, he used another finger to draw a heavy cross over the "Gu" character.

"An Immortal Master who can rejuvenate..."

He murmured lowly, the greedy light in his eyes almost turning into substance.

"The secret on you is..."

"...much more valuable than Tianba's arm."