Chapter 301 Lan Family 1

North sunrise.

As early as when the Kuang family sent people back to renovate the old house, the royal family and dignitaries of Beixu had already turned their attention back to the Kuang family.

However, even though the Kuang family had once again attracted the attention of the royal family and dignitaries in Beixu, the distance between Beixu and Dazhao was too far, and the news was not smooth.

Even if they sent people out, the Kuang family was not worth sending too many people. Therefore, the time for each family to get the news was naturally delayed a lot.

By the time the royal family and the aristocratic families of Beixu finally received news of the Kuang family's migration team, the Kuang family was already not far from Beixu's capital.

The return of the Kuang family has certainly been greeted with joy and anticipation by many of their relatives and old friends.

However, there are also many rival families who once took advantage of the Kuang family's misfortune; or some families that are not as good as the Kuang family, but after the Kuang family's decline, they felt they could step on the Kuang family and actually trampled on the Kuang family, and there are malicious waiting for them.

Those people with malicious intentions all thought that the Kuang family had only recovered a little bit of their vitality and couldn't wait to come back. They all guessed that the current Kuang family must be incomparable to the past. Therefore, many people were looking forward to giving the Kuang family who returned to Beixu another severe blow.

They all hoped maliciously that this show of force would once again cause the Kuang family to fall into despair.

Among these families, the Lan family has the greatest malice towards the Kuang family.

Everyone knows that the ancestors of the Lan family had received favors from the Kuang family. With the support of the Kuang family, the Lan family gradually gained a foothold in the capital of Beixu and grew stronger step by step.

However, few people know that the truth is that the ancestors of the Lan family were actually slaves of the Kuang family. Because of their meritorious service in saving the master, they were released from their indentures and later received great support from the Kuang family.

It was with the support of the Kuang family that the Lan family gradually began to become a large family.

However, as the Lan family had more and more descendants and became more and more successful, and the family prospered and grew, the Lan family began to become dissatisfied with the Kuang family, their former master.

There is no other reason.

It is because the existence of the Kuang family will only constantly remind them of the past when their ancestors were humble, crawling at the feet of the Kuang family, and needed to rely on the Kuang family to survive.

If the Kuang family becomes stronger and stronger, and becomes so powerful that the Lan family cannot catch up, then it is fine. But facing a strong person, a strong person that they cannot shake, the Lan family will not be ashamed to submit to him.

But the Kuang family fell into decline - the declining Kuang family became a piece of fat meat in the eyes of the Beixu royal family and the powerful, and naturally made the Lan family covetous.

Back then, the Lan family's betrayal was unexpected to the Kuang family. The Kuang family was caught off guard and the Lan family bit off a large piece of their flesh, and then stepped on hard by the Lan family.

The Lan family's move accelerated the decline of the Kuang family, but it also made the Lan family rise rapidly from then on as if they had luck.

Now the news has come that the Kuang family is going to return to Beixu. Upon hearing the news, Lan Junliang, the current head of the Lan family, who is of the same generation as Old Master Kuang, could not wait to summon the clan elders and his two sons to discuss the matter.

"I never thought that I would see Kuang Hetai bragging about being rich and running back from that poor and remote place of Dazhao in a panic."

As soon as he opened his mouth, Lan Junliang mocked the Kuang family with ill intentions, saying, "Since he dared to come back without knowing his own limitations, he will naturally dare to take another big piece of meat from the Kuang family. Let the family fortune they have accumulated with great difficulty over the past few decades add more bricks and tiles to our Lan family."

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 302 Lan Family 2

Lan Junliang showed a greedy look on his face: "I have regretted it all these years. You said that the opportunity was so good back then, it was the best time to swallow up the entire Kuang family in one gulp.

It's a pity that we were still a little afraid of them at that time. Otherwise, why did we miss such a good opportunity?

Alas, in the end, I can only blame myself for being young. I was not brave enough and I was not ruthless enough. That's why I let the Kuang family escape by mistake."

Lan Junliang licked his lips and said this, with a fierce and greedy look on his face.

He laughed complacently, "I have thought about chasing after Dazhao over the years, but unfortunately, Beixu and Dazhao are too far apart. The people of the Kuang family are cunning enough. They know that only if we are far away will it be difficult for us to find them again."

"Father, now that they have fallen into the trap, you don't have to feel regretful anymore." Lan Junliang's eldest son Lan Ci'ui smiled and agreed with Lan Junliang.

His second son, Lan Cirong, rolled his eyes and said, "Father, we are not at a loss. You think we have given them these decades of time to survive out of kindness? It is not necessarily in vain, right?"

Lan Ciyi was stunned for a moment, and before he could figure out what he meant, Lan Junliang had already reacted and laughed, "Yes, I gave them these few decades out of kindness to let them survive and catch their breath.

Look, they are so impatient to send us money again? Haha, you are really smart, just like your mother."

He looked at his second son with undisguised admiration. Lan Junliang was extremely satisfied with his second son, who had been exceptionally intelligent since childhood. He praised him generously in front of several elders and the eldest son, and even praised his mother.

Thinking of the girl who was the apple of his eye, who was perfect in every way except that her background was slightly inferior, Lan Junliang couldn't help but reveal a look of pity on his face.

It was a pity that his son could only be a concubine's son because of his low birth. But the Lan family was the most rule-abiding family, and there was no precedent for a concubine's son to inherit the family business, even if the concubine's son was stronger than the legitimate son.

Lan Junliang was sighing inwardly, totally unaware of the thoughtful looks on other people's faces as he was so unabashedly optimistic about his illegitimate son and concubine's actions.

He did not even notice that the illegitimate son Lan Ci'an was looking very smug, while the legitimate son Lan Ci'rong lowered his head with an indignant and gloomy look on his face.

Being biased and not distinguishing between legitimate and illegitimate children, raising a illegitimate child's character is the source of family chaos.

The Lan family was not without some knowledgeable elders who could not stand Lan Junliang's partiality. However, since Lan Junliang was stubborn and self-willed, they knew that it was useless to speak out, so they just kept silent and pretended that they saw nothing.

All that happened in the Lan family did not escape the eyes and ears of the Kuang family. If we were to ask who the Kuang family hated the most, it would be no surprise that the Lan family ranked second.

Even the current emperor of Beixu forced the Kuang family to be involved in the fight for the crown prince, and the royal family that was forced to leave could only rank behind the Lan family.

So decades ago, even after the Kuang family left, they did not forget to plant spies in the Lan family.

After that, when Mu Qingyin found a technique that could conceal her cultivation and play the fool, the Kuang family spared no effort to place more low-level warriors, or even ordinary warriors, in the Lan family.

Those people, both men and women, mingled everywhere in the Lan family.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 303: The Kuang Family's Confidence 1

In addition to the personnel they had planted, the Kuang family had also turned many of the Lan family's original servants and clan members, and even clan elders. The Kuang family now had too many cards to play, and even the clan elders of the Kuang family could not help but be tempted.

Therefore, in the Lan family today, even if the master sneezes, the Kuang family will know about it before the head of the Lan family, Lan Junliang. Not to mention that Lan Junliang has called together the elders and his children to discuss such a major event for the Kuang family.

The news soon reached the Kuang family and was presented to Old Master Kuang and Kuang Zhihai. Old Master Kuang couldn't help but sneer at this.

He smiled, but the smile didn't even reach his eyes as he said, "This Lan Junliang is really arrogant. He really thinks that I, Kuang Hetai, and the Kuang family are easy to bully? Did he really think that he could have tricked us once and swallowed us up in one go? Haha, if it weren't for us, we would never have thought that they would be so ungrateful and ruthless. How could they succeed so easily?"

With a heavy slap on the table, Old Master Kuang smashed the entire table into pieces.

His voice was very sharp: "Want to swallow up my entire Kuang family? Haha, aren't you afraid that the wind will blow your tongue away when you brag like that? In this case, let Lan Junliang open his dog eyes and see who will win in the end?"

"That's right. We should settle this account with the Lan family. We will get back what the Lan family owes us this time."

Kuang Zhihai and Old Master Kuang have been brooding over the Lan family's betrayal over the years. The closer the two families were when they were friends, the more hostile they became to the Lan family.

So Kuang Zhihai nodded in agreement with what Old Master Kuang said, and the fierce look in his eyes was almost exactly the same as Old Master Kuang's. He said with a chill in his body, "We were going to deal with the Lan family anyway, and now we use it as an example to scare the monkeys, so that no one will really think that we, the Kuang family, are all good-tempered."

"Then it's settled. The date will be the night we step into the upper country. Let them see the strength of our Kuang family first. Then they will give up and hand over all their property obediently."

Stroking his beard, Old Master Kuang was thinking about the reaction that everyone would have when they saw clearly that all of their guards were warriors, including quite a few high-level warriors, so he laughed out loud.

The more he smiled, the more proud he became: "We don't need to show off too much. The little bit of strength we have shown is enough to make them realize what it means that fortune changes every ten years.

Haha, if those people who took advantage of our family's misfortune could have known better and voluntarily spit out what they had eaten and then pay interest, we would have let it go and not pursue the matter any further.

If they don't know what's good for them, they will have to wait for us to come and collect the debt in person. Humph, then let's not be polite. We will pay them back a hundred times for what they did to us. Who can say anything about this tit-for-tat thing?"

"Dad, in that case, should we show out a few more high-level and perfect warriors to make it more deterrent?" Kuang Zhihai asked excitedly.

When it comes to a family's confidence, in addition to the number of "immortals" in the family, it is also necessary to compare the number of high-level warriors and high-level perfect warriors.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 304: The Kuang Family's Confidence 2

Because the secular world does not have spiritual energy for "immortals" to cultivate, staying there for a long time will cause the "immortals" to regress. Therefore, if there is no major event, "immortals" usually will not stay in the secular world for a long time. They will not easily interfere in the affairs of the secular world too much.

It can be said that unless it is a matter of life and death for the family, they will not easily return to the secular world to support the family. Therefore, what each family compares more is the number of high-level warriors.

The more high-level warriors there are, the stronger the family is. If there are one or two high-level warriors who have reached the Great Perfection, no one will dare to provoke that family easily.

At present, there is no other innate warrior in the Kuang family except Mu Qingyin, but there are a lot of high-level and perfect warriors.

Not only have most of the Kuang family's own clansmen already cultivated to the high-level Great Perfection, but even among the guards there are quite a few who have cultivated to the high-level Great Perfection.

The Kuang family now has 30,000 to 40,000 guards privately, among which the proportion of warriors who have advanced to the high-level Great Perfection is not large, only about a thousand people. However, warriors in the early, middle and late stages of the high-level account for the majority, with as many as 270,000 to 280,000.

In the Kuang family today, no matter if it was a clan member or a guard, no one who appeared had a cultivation level lower than the middle stage of a high-level warrior. Those who had not yet reached that level were either training in secret places in the Endless Forest or were still training hard in the family's secret training ground.

If the Kuang family's strength is fully revealed, can you imagine how shocking it would be? Even if they have the support of the "immortal world" big sect, the current Xuanyuan royal family of the upper country does not have to worry that the Kuang family will really dare to usurp the throne of their Xuanyuan clan. The people of the Xuanyuan clan will probably be wary of them and will not tolerate them.

It would be hard to say at that time whether they would take the initiative and lie that the Kuang family had ulterior motives and find an "immortal" to deal with them?

Therefore, the Kuang family never considered fully revealing their true strength.

There are skills that can conceal one's cultivation level. Nowadays, both the Kuang family members and the Kuang family guards have long been accustomed to hiding their true cultivation level.

Just like the three thousand guards who escorted the Kuang family back to the upper country this time, the strength they showed was only one thousand low-level warriors, fifteen or sixteen thousand middle-level warriors, and three or four hundred high-level warriors.

However, among the members of the Kuang family, the proportion of mid- and high-level warriors is much higher.

Especially Old Master Kuang and the brothers Kuang Zhihai, Kuang Zhifeng and Kuang Zhihong, as well as the women in the backyard. Except for Old Master Kuang and Kuang Zhihai who were high-level great perfection warriors, everyone else also showed that they were high-level early, middle, and late stage warriors.

This arrangement was not just for showing off and being proud in front of others. It was also because the Kuang family had just returned and was only a commoner. When they wanted to meet the royal family and the dignitaries, they didn't have to perform etiquette against their will, so they had to reveal their identity as high-level warriors.

"No need. There are two of us who have reached the high level of perfection. There is one from the clan and one from the guards. That's enough. If there are too many, more people will be scared and unable to sleep."

Facing Kuang Zhihai's question, Old Master Kuang laughed sarcastically and shook his head: "Anyway, if we really need it, don't we still have a lot of high-level late-stage warriors? It would be normal for some of them to 'break through' by then, right?"

"That's right." Thinking that what Old Master Kuang said made sense, Kuang Zhihai didn't insist.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 305 Welcoming

The Kuang family's convoy was moving at a leisurely pace, and when it was time to set off to return to the Northern Xu Kingdom, the Kuang family members were not in a hurry. They did not have the kind of urgency to return home, and they did not wish they could have a pair of wings and fly directly to the Kingdom.

On the contrary, along the way, whenever they came across scenery, landscapes, customs and food that were different from those in Dazhao, they would inevitably stop and were not in a hurry to continue. It was more like they were sightseeing and inspecting their own properties along the way.

Because the Kuang family has businesses in various places, there are people who make all the arrangements in advance wherever they go. In addition, the pace is not fast as we stop and go along the way, so we don't feel tired while walking.

However, the distance from Dazhao to Shangguo Beixu is already far, and as they walked slowly like sightseeing, the journey was infinitely prolonged. It took them nearly two years to walk.

Although two years seemed like a long time, the Kuang family was still not satisfied and only regretted that the journey could not be longer. Unfortunately, no matter how slowly they walked, they had already reached their destination.

When the Kuang family's convoy finally arrived outside the capital of Beixu, many people were already waiting outside the capital. The most conspicuous and grand among them was the eleventh prince Xuanyuan Changxu, who had been waiting anxiously for a long time.

This time he came to represent not only himself, but also his father.

Since returning from the Endless Forest, Xuanyuan Changxu did not hide the fact from his father and mother that he had been saved by Mu Qingyin and that he was in love with her.

Although in his father's eyes, the Kuang family and Mu Qingyin were not worth mentioning. But for the sake of his son, he reluctantly agreed not to embarrass the Kuang family when they arrived, to give them a little face, and to give them another chance to serve as officials in the court.

Of course, it would be a dream to regain the same official rank as before.

Perhaps it was because even Xuanyuan Changxu, who was favored by the emperor, came in person, and represented the emperor. Many old friends and relatives who had contacts with the Kuang family or were good friends with them, who originally did not want to come, changed their minds and came to welcome them.

Most of them came not to give face to the Kuang family, but to give face to the Eleventh Prince and the Emperor. Therefore, most of them did not come to greet them personally, but sent their sons and nephews to come.

In addition to them, those who had old grudges against the Kuang family, those who had taken advantage of the Kuang family's misfortune, those who had stood idly by and watched, and those who had no dealings with the Kuang family but were simply collecting information also sent people.

However, the ones they sent were not proper masters, but spies and informants...

Regardless of who was coming, when the Kuang family's mighty convoy approached, most people were shocked by the Kuang family's 3,000 guards, who were neatly dressed, clearly disciplined, and composed entirely of warriors.

Especially when they saw clearly that most of the guards were mid-to-high-level warriors. There were even mid-to-late-level high-level warriors, and even high-level great perfection warriors among them. Everyone was stunned and couldn't believe their eyes.

If the Kuang family's guards were only low-level and mid-level warriors, everyone could still understand it. At most, they would think that the Kuang family was indeed wealthy and powerful, and they spent a huge amount of money to keep so many warriors just to show off.

You have to know that most families, even the aristocratic families, have guards made up of warriors. The number of warriors usually does not exceed two thousand.

But a high-level warrior?

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 306 Warrior Badge

It is well known how rare high-level warriors are. If there is no large amount of resources, relying on oneself, it is not possible to find a high-level warrior among thousands of warriors.

Even if they are members of a large family, if they are not direct descendants and do not have good roots, they cannot even think about getting such a large amount of cultivation resources to be favored.

Therefore, even among the major families of Beixu, there are not as many warriors in the early high-level stages as outsiders imagine.

Scarcity makes things valuable, so it is understandable that high-level warriors have the privilege of not having to perform formalities even when facing the Emperor.

In order to distinguish warriors of different levels and prevent ordinary people, warriors and low-level warriors from accidentally colliding with them, all warriors can go to the capital of each country in the Qingcang Continent to receive a special uniform badge for warriors.

The warrior badges are divided into extremely detailed categories. As long as a warrior wears it, people can tell at a glance whether he is a low-level early-stage warrior or a high-level, perfect warrior.

High-level warriors in Qingcang Continent have always been highly sought after wherever they go, and are treated as honored guests. Therefore, even warriors at the early stages of high-level rarely condescend to serve as guards.

What family would not respectfully invite a high-level warrior in and treat him as an elder or honored guest when they encounter him? But what about the Kuang family?

Except for Xuanyuan Changxu, everyone's expressions were uncertain.

They all discovered that, in addition to the leader of the Kuang family's guards who was wearing the badge of a high-level great perfection warrior, there were at least a few hundred people who were just ordinary guards judging by their clothing, and they were also wearing the badges of high-level early, middle and late stage warriors.

This is too unbelievable, isn't it?

Could it be that the Kuang family is so bold that they even dare to forge the badge of a high-level warrior?

Many people couldn't help but say this in their hearts. However, no one dared to say it out loud without absolute evidence.

After all, the recognition of high-level warriors and the issuance of badges by various countries are not so casual. The badges of high-level warriors are specially made and require the warriors to input their own energy regularly. It is not so easy to fake it;

Secondly, if someone is found pretending to be a high-level warrior and dares to wear the badge of a high-level warrior, it is a serious crime that will lead to the abolition of cultivation and exile.

In one breath, hundreds of people were allowed to pretend to be high-level warriors? The Kuang family shouldn't be stupid enough to risk the world's condemnation and do such a stupid thing that could be easily exposed, right? But if this is true...

Many people who were hiding on the side and secretly observing the Kuang family's convoy had their eyes flickering. Most of them immediately put away their contempt for the Kuang family. They all began to re-examine the Kuang family in their hearts. Even the relatives and friends who came to greet the Kuang family were very excited and surrounded Xuanyuan Changxu to greet him.

Someone came to greet them, and the leader was the prince. Although he wanted to take advantage of the situation, he did not like the prince, and it was impossible for the old man and others to sit in the carriage.

The entire convoy was ordered to stop, and Old Master Kuang personally brought Kuang Zhihai, Kuang Zhifeng, Kuang Zhihong, and the warrior in the clan who had also broken through to the high-level great perfection to appear in front of the crowd for the social event.

Needless to say, the appearance of these few people and the warrior badges they wore caused shock on all sides - it was not surprising that they were all high-level warriors, but three high-level warriors who had reached the great perfection stage and two high-level late-stage warriors?

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 307: Shock

When did high-level late-stage warriors and high-level great-perfection warriors become so common?

Just the Kuang family alone, they had four high-level great perfection warriors and too many high-level late-stage warriors to count? What was going on behind the scenes?

How many more cards does the Kuang family have behind the scenes? Will there be any high-level martial artists? Everyone was secretly shocked by such speculation. However, Xuanyuan Changxu, who had seen Mu Qingyin's wealth and generosity far exceeding that of ordinary people, was not surprised by this.

Even though he knew that the women would not show up in public, Xuanyuan Changxu still looked eagerly at the motorcade behind Old Master Kuang and his entourage, then stepped forward to introduce himself, bowed respectfully to Old Master Kuang and said, "Thank you for your hard work along the way, Old Master."

"I am so frightened that I dare not say it is hard work. It is the Eleventh Prince who personally came out of the city to welcome you as a prince who is hard work."

He looked at Old Master Xuanyuan Changxu with an extremely harsh, critical gaze, and while returning the greeting, he responded with a forced smile.

Xuanyuan Changxu didn't take it seriously when Old Master Kuang's smile was clearly insincere. He pretended not to notice and continued to greet everyone in the Kuang family. He then personally presented the visiting card and said sincerely, "Back in the Endless Forest, it was fortunate that Qingyin risked her life to save me. I was in a hurry that day and didn't have time to thank you. I will definitely come to your house and present you with a generous gift when the time comes."

"Eleventh Prince, there is no need to do this."

Speaking of the word "reward", Old Master Kuang suddenly thought of the treasures that Mu Qingyin brought back, and his expression softened a little: "Qingyin told her family about this when she came back, and she was just doing a good deed at the time.

Haha, our Qingyin is the kindest. We do so many good deeds every year, saving countless people, even cats and dogs on the street. If everyone came to thank us, we would have no time to do anything else. "

Smiling, Old Master Kuang finally couldn't hold back his disdain for Xuanyuan Changxu. He couldn't lose face for him in front of everyone, so he wouldn't look bad if he didn't accept his invitation. If he did, he would lose face for the Xuanyuan royal family.

But even after accepting the invitation, Old Master Kuang felt uncomfortable. He felt uncomfortable and didn't want to make Xuanyuan Changxu feel good, so he naturally wanted to find a way to stab him.

"It is not too much to repay the life-saving grace with a spring of gratitude. What's more, it's just a small gift?"

Xuanyuan Changxu could tell that Old Master Kuang was obviously not very satisfied with him. Not only Old Master Kuang, but also Kuang Zhihai, Kuang Zhifeng and others standing behind him all had indifferent expressions, and it was obvious that they didn't like him either.

Alas, it was all because Qingyin was too good. She was so good that the people in the Kuang family couldn't bear to part with her, so they all joined forces to boycott him. It seemed that it was not easy for him to marry Qingyin.

But he was not afraid. As long as he worked hard, he could grind an iron rod into a needle. He would never give up Qingyin no matter what.

Xuanyuan Changxu, who had secretly made up his mind, was not discouraged. In the face of Old Master Kuang's disgust, he still maintained a good-tempered smile and responded, then bowed and said goodbye without giving Old Master Kuang a chance to speak.

After Xuanyuan Changxu left, others gathered around him.

The first person to rush forward was Old Master Kuang's brother-in-law, Chang Hongzheng, the head of the Beixu Shangguo Han family. Hanging on his chest was the badge of a high-level mid-stage warrior.

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Chapter 308 Brother-in-law

Chang Hongzheng, who was originally somewhat proud of his status as a high-level mid-term warrior, had his smile stiffen when he saw the badges worn on the chests of Old Master Kuang and his group, showing that even the juniors were at least high-level late-term warriors.

While Xuanyuan Changxu was talking to his former brother-in-law, Chang Hong's expression gradually returned to normal.

Seeing Xuanyuan Changxu leave, he hurried forward and called out to Old Master Kuang, "Hetai."

Old Master Kuang had a calm expression and only nodded slightly at him, obviously not addressing him. He also had no intention of introducing him to his three sons and clan members.

Chang Hongzheng was a little embarrassed, but he quickly put it aside and said with great emotion to Old Master Kuang with a flattering smile: "It has been decades since we last met. I never thought that we would see each other again after so many years.

I never expected that when we met again, not only was your cultivation level higher than mine, but even your nephews were like sons of a tiger father. Dazhao is indeed the ancestral land and blessed land of the Kuang family, and it can still protect the descendants of the Kuang family to this day."

As Chang Hongzheng spoke, his eyes turned red and he burst into tears: "If I had known this earlier, I would not have stopped your elder sister and Shou'er from following you back to Dazhao even if I was reluctant. Otherwise, they might not have gone so early."

"Big sister——"

When Chang Hongzheng mentioned this, Old Master Kuang immediately thought of his beautiful and gentle elder sister who always had a smile on her face. It seemed as if the memory of the elder sister personally enlightening him was right in front of him.

His eyes suddenly turned red, and he managed to hold back the tears from bursting out.

Quickly controlling his emotions, Old Master Kuang looked at Chang Hongzheng with a flash of extreme hatred in his eyes. Then he looked behind him and saw that there was no one else there except the guards and attendants.

He couldn't help but frown and asked, "As far as I know, the eldest sister left behind a grandson, why didn't I see him today?"

"Anfu has been weak and sickly since childhood, just like his father. He caught a cold a few days ago and hasn't recovered yet. So we don't dare let him go out to get some fresh air."

Chang Hongzheng promised with a flattering smile and a helpless look on his face: "When he gets better, I will bring him to meet you."

"Okay, after I've settled down here in a few days, why not let him stay with me for a few more days and I'll help him recover."

Although Chang Hongzheng was his brother-in-law and one of the closest people to his family, Old Master Kuang showed no respect for him at all. His attitude was cold and his voice was full of strong command.

Old Master Kuang had such an attitude not for any other reason, but because he thought about the fact that his eldest sister had just entered the Chang family for less than a year, but this so-called brother-in-law in front of him ignored him and married his childhood sweetheart, the widowed cousin, as his concubine with great fanfare.

He married her, but the key point was that he repeatedly made his elder sister feel wronged and sad for his second wife. As a result, his elder sister was depressed during her pregnancy and gave birth to a nephew prematurely.

At that time, the Kuang family was busy with their own affairs and did not pay much attention to the eldest sister. The eldest sister gave birth prematurely, and the Kuang family thought that she was just as the Chang family said.

She was the one who committed suicide in order to gain favor. Not only did she ruin her own health, but she also implicated her children. The eldest son and grandson of the Chang family were sickly since they were born, and they needed the help of their wet nurse and medicine to keep them alive.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 309 Past Events

Thinking of this, Old Master Kuang clenched his hands, thinking about how shameless the Chang family was back then, and that they had even launched a large-scale attack on the Kuang family to punish them.

At that time, the Kuang family had already decided to leave Shangguo and return to Dazhao. The eldest sister thought about returning home with the children and following the Kuang family back to Dazhao.

But seeing the decline of the Kuang family, the Chang family became unusually strong. Even though the Kuang family repeatedly gave in and was willing to pay a huge price just to take their daughter and grandson away, the then head of the Chang family agreed and took the benefits. But Chang Hongzheng insisted on playing tricks, arguing that their family only agreed to a divorce and did not agree to let the child leave.

Chang Hongzheng kept saying that the child was his eldest son and would inherit the Chang family in the future. But in fact, everyone knew that if the child was separated from his mother, he would not live past the age of three in the backyard.

In the end, for the sake of the frail and sick child, his eldest sister could only stay with tears in her eyes.

In the early years, the Kuang family was powerless and could not take care of the eldest sister at all. But after these years, the Kuang family finally recovered and Old Master Kuang sent someone back to investigate.

He was furious after the investigation. Although decades had passed, the people he sent had spent a lot of effort to find out that whether it was the premature birth of his elder sister or the illness of his nephew, or even the early death of the two, it all showed that Chang Hongzheng's childhood sweetheart cousin, who had been promoted from a concubine to a legal wife, was not innocent.

The weakness of his elder sister and nephew was not due to jealousy, but because they were poisoned. As expected, the poison was administered by Dong.

However, the poison was extremely rare, powerful and hidden, and could hide in the human body for twenty years, slowly weakening the person and eventually causing death from the torment of illness.

Doctors and imperial physicians who have never seen this kind of poison cannot diagnose it at all, and even if they do, they have no solution.

What's even more terrifying is that this poison will also affect the next generation. The reason why Chang Anfu, the only grandson left by his eldest sister, was born weak and sickly was also because of the poison.

Unless the poisoned person can practice and advance, at least become a high-level martial artist, he can suppress the poison and extend his life span by a few decades, so that the poison will not continue to harm the next generation.

If one wants to completely detoxify, then one needs to advance to the innate level and become an "immortal".

But once this poison is applied, the person will be too weak to practice martial arts. If they can't even practice martial arts, how can they advance to become a high-level martial artist who may not even appear once in a hundred thousand? And becoming an "immortal" is even more ridiculous?

When the news reached back to Dazhao, Old Master Kuang burst into tears.

Old Master Kuang did not let go of Chang Hongzheng's childhood sweetheart cousin. He had someone give her a taste of her own medicine, using the same poison in a larger dose to treat her and her children and grandchildren, so that they could also taste the harm caused by the poison.

As for the Chang family, Old Master Kuang did not hold back. Since the Chang family was so high and mighty when facing the declining Kuang family, now let them also taste the feeling of being looked down upon by the Kuang family.

Thinking of his elder sister who passed away early, even though Old Master Kuang avenged her, he still felt uncomfortable, especially when facing Chang Hongzheng. He couldn't even give him a good face on the surface.

Too much time had passed, and even Old Master Kuang's people were unable to find out whether Chang Hongzheng had participated in it. But Old Master Kuang insisted that even if he had not participated, he definitely had connivance.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 310 It's Too Early to Be Reassured

Old Master Kuang has thought about this more than once. If Chang Anfu were not still young, he would not have the energy to deal with other things before his cultivation reached the high-level great perfection of a warrior.

The Chang family now still needs the head of the family, Chang Hongzheng, to deal with those clan members who are eyeing the family covetously, watching the family decline but not making any efforts to make progress, and working together to overcome difficulties, but instead only want to get more benefits from the family.

If it weren't for Old Master Kuang's intention to let Chang Hongzheng's cousin Dong, who was the apple of his eye, watch helplessly one day. Watching her plan come to nothing in the end.

Seeing that the entire Chang family would end up being lost to her, her children and grandchildren, the family would be inherited by the bloodline of her eldest sister.

If it weren't for Old Master Kuang's desire to severely strike the Dong family, how could he continue to endure it? He would have already taken ruthless action against Chang Hongzheng and let him taste the power of the poison.

It's really a bargain for him.

Old Master Kuang thought somewhat unwillingly, raised his head and stared coldly at Chang Hongzheng, waiting for his answer.

"good."

Old Master Kuang's gaze was too fierce and contained pressure. How could Chang Hongzheng, whose cultivation was lower than his, withstand it? Even though he was unwilling in his heart, Chang Hongzheng had to nod his head.

"It's settled then."

The goal was achieved, and Old Master Kuang was not afraid that Chang Hongzhi would go back on his word. He nodded coldly and ignored him, instead smiling and greeting the other people who came forward.

Old Master Kuang was indifferent to Chang Hongzheng. The three brothers Kuang Zhihai, Kuang Zhifeng and Kuang Zhihong who followed him, as well as the high-level martial artist of the Kuang family who had reached the great perfection, also ignored Chang Hongzheng.

Without the introduction of Old Master Kuang, the few people thought Chang Hongzheng didn't exist. Not only did they not greet him, they didn't even glance at him. They just followed Old Master Kuang and passed him by without even looking away.

Chang Hongzhi was embarrassed and angry about this, but when he thought about it, the present was different from the past. The Chang family had been in trouble for the past few years and was declining rapidly. They were actually following the same path as the Kuang family.

But the Kuang family is different. No one knows what kind of luck they had, but they have recovered and are now thriving.

Before coming here today, Chang Hongzhi still had a glimmer of hope, hoping that the Kuang family was not really getting better.

But when he saw the Kuang family's guards, and then saw the cultivation levels of his former brother-in-law Kuang Hetai and his sons, who were all at least high-level late-stage warriors, he no longer dared to complain about the Kuang family's lack of respect for him.

Chang Hongzhi knew very well that he had no confidence to argue with the Kuang family now, just like the Kuang family had no confidence to argue with the Chang family back then.

He also had to pray in his heart that after so many years, the Kuang family had already forgotten the dirty deeds of the two families. Otherwise, if the Kuang family held a grudge, the Chang family would not have the slightest resistance.

Thinking of his first wife who died young, Chang Hongzheng sighed. There is no room for two tigers in one mountain. If it weren't for Dong Shi in his early years... Well, it's not Dong Shi's fault. If you want to blame someone, you should blame her for being short-lived and unlucky.

If she could hold on for a few more years, how good would it be if she was still alive? For her sake, why would the Kuang family hate and treat her so badly? With a complicated look, he looked at the warm smile on Old Master Kuang and his three sons, who were very familiar with them. Thinking of their displayed cultivation, Chang Hongzheng shuddered, and suddenly felt very fortunate that he still had a grandson with the blood of the Kuang family.

Now he didn't dare to ask for more, he just hoped that the Kuang family would keep a face with his family for the sake of this grandson. Thinking of this, Chang Hongzheng finally felt relieved.

But he didn't know it now, it was too early for him to let go of this worry.

(End of this chapter)