40: The strange clouds

Clatter! Crash!

Heavy porcelain shattered.

The many people outside the manor glanced at each other and silently lowered their heads, pretending they hadn't heard a thing.

"Useless!"

"You're all useless!"

Huang Qisheng was fuming with rage, constantly smashing everything around him.

"Sob... sob..."

He whipped his head around, his bloodshot eyes glaring at the woman on the sofa who was covering her face and weeping.

"Cry, cry, cry!"

"Is there anything else you can do besides cry?"

The woman looked up, her tear-streaked face filled with coldness.

"Huang Qisheng!"

"Don't act so tough at home!"

"If you have the ability, go and bring back the murderer who killed Li'er!"

Huang Qisheng gritted his teeth, but before he could speak—

The woman continued.

"If you can't handle it!"

"I'll go back and ask my family to handle it!"

"I refuse to believe that just because he's the principal of some newly established First-Class University, he can cover the sky with one hand in Magic City!"

"You..."

Huang Qisheng was about to explode in anger.

The woman stood up abruptly, getting right in his face, and screamed at the top of her lungs.

"Me what?"

"I was truly blind to marry into your Huang Family."

She pointed to the silent young man sitting in a wheelchair nearby.

"Back then when Le'er's legs were broken, you said it was the Ye Family of the Jiang Residence."

"Fine."

"I swallowed that resentment."

"What about this time?"

"A First-Class University principal and some brat who hasn't even grown his hair out yet."

"You want me to endure this too?!"

"You might as well just slap me to death and be done with it!"

Huang Qisheng stared at the familiar face that was nearly touching his, his lips trembling slightly.

A long while passed.

He let out a sigh.

"That kid is the strongest freshman in the Dragon Kingdom's Golden Age."

"Do you think the state isn't watching him?"

"We have to wait for the right opportunity."

The woman was relentless.

"Opportunity? What opportunity?"

"You know how terrifying his talent is."

"Are we going to wait for him to grow up and pull us out by the roots?"

Perhaps he was feeling annoyed.

Or perhaps he didn't know how to answer the question.

Huang Qisheng waved his hand irritably and walked toward the loft.

"If you want to find your family, then go."

The woman shot a hateful glance at his back before turning toward the main door.

"Someone, come here!"

"Take good care of the Eldest Young Master."

"Then prepare the car."

"We're going to the Jing Family!"

The manor gradually fell silent under the night sky.

Huang Qisheng sat alone in his study, smoking gloomily.

Suddenly.

His expression shifted slightly, and he snapped his gaze toward the balcony, his eyes turning sharp.

"Who's there?"

He was about to call for his men.

"Heh heh."

"Huang Qisheng."

"Don't get excited."

A figure in a black robe stepped slowly into the study and removed their hood, revealing the face of a middle-aged man.

Huang Qisheng's eyes narrowed as he leaned back coldly in his chair.

"Tian Ying."

"Running to my place in the middle of the night."

"Aren't you afraid you won't be able to leave?"

Tian Ying sat leisurely opposite Huang Qisheng.

Click.

He lit a cigarette.

"Since I dared to come alone, I naturally am not afraid of being unable to leave."

Huang Qisheng's gaze turned chilly.

"Then let's test that."

He was about to make a move.

Tian Ying held up a finger.

"Shh...!"

"I know you're very anxious and annoyed right now."

"Calm your mind."

"Hear me out."

Huang Qisheng snorted and sat back down.

"Spit it out already."

Tian Ying flicked some ash, a smile on his face.

"I want you and me—"

"The Huang Family and the Tian Family—to kill that kid together."

"As for Duan Tiancheng, you don't need to worry."

His voice trailed off.

Huang Qisheng sneered and lit a cigarette of his own.

"I don't know where you got the news first that the kid is Lin Yan."

"But don't think I don't know what you're plotting."

"Arranging for Tian Rang to deliberately give us information during the day."

"Then coming here at night to tell me you can handle Duan Tiancheng."

"You want to use this to lure our Huang Family into your trap?"

"I bet once we agree, our Huang Family will be the only ones sent to our deaths, right?"

"Tian Ying, you're going to make me die of laughter."

"Is your brain filled with shit? Or do you think I, Huang Qisheng, am as brainless as you?"

Tian Ying smiled indifferently at his malicious mockery.

"It seems..."

"...that my nephew Huang Li died in vain."

He stood up and put his hood back on.

"Then just pretend I was never here today."

After speaking, he walked straight toward the balcony.

"Idiot."

Huang Qisheng cursed. Just as he was about to flick his ash, his pupils suddenly constricted as he looked at the man's back, his movements freezing for an instant.

On the back of the black robe...

...was a Golden Exotic Beast Pattern.

Bang—!

Huang Qisheng stood up abruptly and slammed his hand on the table.

"Wait!"

"You...!"

Tian Ying seemed to have expected this reaction.

He turned around with a smile.

"That's right."

"It's exactly what you're thinking."

Huang Qisheng's expression shifted.

Tap... tap tap... Light footsteps sounded from the balcony.

Several figures in black robes appeared behind Tian Ying.

Whoosh—!

Huang Qisheng's face instantly turned pale.

Tian Ying's voice rang out again.

"Now, you have two choices."

"One: Die quietly in this study."

"Two: After we finish this, I'll arrange for your entire family to leave the Dragon Kingdom."

...Magic City, Northern Suburbs.

"Young man, we've arrived."

The taxi driver glanced at the figure in the rearview mirror.

"Further ahead is a high-incidence Secret Realm area, you'll have to go on your own."

"Alright."

"Thank you."

A Youth in Black carrying a travel bag stepped out of the car.

He glanced at the occasional passing teams, took off his baseball cap, and followed their direction.

"Eh?"

The driver, about to leave, stole another glance, his eyes filled with confusion.

That youth...

...looked a bit familiar.

Which celebrity was it? Or was he a Prodigy?

He shook his head and drove the hovercar away... Inside several fast-moving luxury hovercars.

"Zuo Zhu."

"I've been asking you out for so long, and you're finally willing to come out."

"I knew it."

"Mention the Yellow-Tier Secret Realm and you'd definitely show up."

"A favored daughter of heaven like you just loves challenging things."

Jing Pengtian spoke with a face full of flattery.

"This time, I've brought along our Jing Family's best team."

"After entering the Secret Realm, they'll definitely give you an unparalleled experience."

After he finished, he looked expectantly at the exquisite side profile of the girl leaning her chin on her hand and looking out the window.

One second, two seconds, three seconds... The black-clad bodyguard in the driver's seat kept his eyes straight ahead.

A flash of embarrassment crossed Jing Pengtian's eyes.

"Cough.."

"Of course."

"Compared to your family, it's certainly far inferior."

"But after all, it's just yellow extreme..."

Zuo Zhu watched the teams that were already faintly visible outside the window and spoke softly.

"I heard yesterday."

"Lin Yan is already able to solo sweep a Yellow-Tier Secret Realm."

"He's really amazing."

Jing Pengtian's breath hitched.

He clenched his fists, a forced smile appearing on his face.

"Some media outlets nowadays just love to spread rumors and exaggerate information."

"How long has it been since the Great Competition?"

"How could he possibly have that kind of strength?"

"I think..."

Zuo Zhu slowly turned her head.

"I also heard."

"Someone framed him for murder in a Secret Realm."

"Coincidentally."

"You know those people too."

"Haven't you heard?"

Jing Pengtian's face stiffened.

"Beep beep.. beep beep..."

Zuo Zhu glanced at the soundproof partition between the front and back rows as it was slowly lowered, then shifted her gaze back to Jing Pengtian.

"Haha.. haha..."

"There seems to be something like that..."

"Isn't that your aunt?"

"I heard she went back to your house last night."

"Uh... uh uh uh..."

"Last.. last night... I was Cultivating."

"When Aunt came back..."

"Do you think we'll run into Lin Yan later?"

"If we do, are you going to rely on your background to make a move against him for your aunt?"

Jing Pengtian, his face turning slightly pale, looked into the indifferent eyes of the person beside him and swallowed hard.

"I.. I just simply wanted to ask you out."

"It... it won't be that coincidental, right?"