sobbing*
"Husband, when are we going to see our son!!!" a woman cried in her bed as she inquired of her husband.
This woman resembles Jiang Chen, and despite being past her prime, she still looks stunning.
"Soon, my wife, I just heard from Shadow Guard that they finally found a lead to our son." The husband answered that he too had been longing for his son.
"Really? Where is he? Why don't we go see him ourselves?" The woman has stopped crying, and her dead eyes have recently come to life as she looks up to her husband, who is standing next to her.
"We can't do that, we can't leave, or else the kingdom will be in disarray and rebels will start moving before the kingdom removes them, and besides, we want to make a safe place for our son once he returns, or else our sacrifice will be in vain," the husband explained sadly.
The woman nodded after hearing her husband, a hint of reluctance in her eyes, but creating a haven for her son was undeniably important.
An internal conflict erupted sixteen years ago when the Wang clan began rebelling against the kingdom; the Wang clan desired the throne for themselves, so they planned the assassination of the king but failed; instead, the king's wife died in his place, and they disguised themselves as members of the Jiang clan as they devised a plan to fool the king's attention, causing the king and Jiang Clan to have conflict.
The king, enraged because his wife was murdered during the assassination, made a disastrous decision by dispatching an army to destroy the Jiang clan.
The Jiang clan was caught off guard when the royal army launched an unexpected attack, and as a result, they lacked the manpower to repel the attack.
Jiang Zuyi, the patriarch, had no choice but to send his son away, fearful that the royal army would commit a heinous act, taking a hostage in exchange for their submission.
Jiang Zuyi was able to fight the army after sending his son away, and the battle ended in a tie.
After the war, Jiang Zuyi had the opportunity to speak with the King, clearing up Jiang Clan's name. They were also able to learn who the true schemer was.
The king apologized to the Jiang clan for his error, but Jiang Zuyi's wife, Zhu Meilin, stated that "Return my son to me!! We were so devoted to the kingdom that we never considered revolting against you. "WHY!!!"
As a mother who had lost her son, she couldn't help but despise the king, although the Wang clan was the one who plotted.
The king couldn't say anything after hearing from Zhu Meilen he knew that if he had just made a rational decision, none of this would have happened, but what could he do? He had also lost his wife. So there was only one person to blame: the Wang clan.
The king and the Jiang clan had joined forces in the hope of annihilating their common enemy, but before they could move against the Wang clan, they discovered that half of the clans in the kingdom had already allied with the Wang clan.
This leaves them with no choice but to suppress their rage for the time being, as they do not want to drag the Kingdom's people into a full-fledged war.
...
A month had passed. Since Jiang Chen started cultivating, today is the day that Jiang Chen is going to move to the inner part of the Eastern Grey.
He was able to save up money through hunting as he decided to buy a house inside the inner part of the city.
He also gained a lot of combat experience while hunting as he progressed with his cultivation, breaking through to the Peak of Foundation realm while perfecting the Swift Sword Art that he obtained a month ago.
In addition, he mastered techniques from the Ancient Yin & Yang strengthening art, one of which is the Eye Of Heavenly Massage from his cultivation manual, which will allow him to perform the massage that can relieve fatigue and stress. Furthermore, Eye Of Heavenly Massage can be used to increase sex passion or sexual desire, this can also be used for medical purposes.
....
Jiang Chen was putting away his clothes from his drawer because he planned to throw them all away as soon as he moved into his new place. As he was doing so, he noticed a pendant that he had almost forgotten he had. This pendant has been in his possession for as long as he can remember; on the back of the pendant, there was his name.
Jiang Chen had previously considered that this pendant might be his only means of locating his parents. Even though he was angry with them for abandoning their child, he still desired to see them and hoped that they did not abandon him purposefully.
"Chen'er, are you ready?" Xue Bing asked
"Yeah, I'm coming now," Jiang Chen answered as he put on the pendant around his neck.
After that, Xue Bing and Jiang Chen had finished taking what they needed as they walked out the door.
"Hmm, I going to miss this home!" Xue Bing said as she looked back at the house. Even though this house is located in the slum, Xue Bing still cared a little bit about this house, as this was the house that her parents got after they were banished from the elven tribe.
They both walked to the gate that led through the heart of the Eastern Grey city, but the guard stopped them before they could pass.
"State, what are you doing in here?" The Guard looked at them, seeing that they were dressed in saggy clothes.
"Sir, we wish to enter the inner city," Jiang Chen politely stated.
Hearing Jiang Chen, the guard frowned, thinking that they should have nothing to do in the inner city.
"Do you have any identification that proves you are permitted to enter?" The guard inquired.
"Yes," Jiang Chen replied, pulling out the identification he had purchased along with the house.
Jiang Chen's identification was a bronze rank within the inner city. Each rank has its own uses, such as protection, tax, and so on.
"Hold on a second, let me confirm it with the higher up. " The guard said before leaving
"Chen'er, do you think there will be a problem?" Xue bing couldn't help but ask as they saw the guard was suspicious of them.
"Don't worry, it will be alright." Jiang Chen smiled in response.
After a brief moment, the Guard returns with a young man who was around the age of Jiang Chen.
"Is it you who dares to bring a fake identification?" Zhao Zen said, arrogantly.
Zhao Zen was the youngest son of Patriarch Zhao. He was an arrogant person who would use his clan's name to get what he wanted.
Jiang Chen frowns upon hearing Zhao Zen.
"There must be a mistake, sir. I just recently purchased a house inside the inner city. I also bought it along with our identification." Jiang Chen explained politely
"Are you saying I'm a liar? When I say it's forged, I mean it!" Zhao Zen said this with a smug expression on his face.
Xue bing, who was by his side, tagged his clothes and said, "Chen'er, it's fine, I don't mind living in the slum with you."
Zhao Zen licked his lips, realising that there was a beauty beside Jiang Chen. Then he said, "Though I don't mind letting you in and making your identification legal, but lend her to me for a couple weeks."
"HAHAHA! SO THAT'S HOW IT IS. " Jiang Chen laughed aloud, attracting the attention of a lot of guards nearby.
Zhao Zen did not understand Jiang Chen's intention because he was used to people begging for him or sucking up to him, and even though he had coveted other people's wives before, nobody had ever tried to fight back against him, so when he saw Jiang Chen laughing, he assumed he was just happy and replied, "of course you can count on my word."
"So you wanted my wife? Come and get it!" Jiang Chen released his cultivation realm as soon as he said it, but he also released killing intent that was greater than his realm.
Jiang Chen had been killing beasts of higher realms than himself for the previous month, so her killing intent was stronger than the aura he emits.
When he releases his killing intent, the guards in the vicinity begin yelling repeatedly, "under attack."
The guards surrounded Jiang Chen. There were around thirty guards pointing their weapons at Jiang Chen.
But Jiang Chen was unfazed by a large number of guards surrounding him because he had been in a situation where he had faced more beasts than the guard in front of him in the previous month. Jiang Chen once had to face a swarm of ferocious Iron Wolves and still come out alive. He also noticed that the guards surrounding him were only cultivators with a Qi gathering, whereas the strongest is the Foundation realm.
"KILL THE MAN FOR ME! "While capturing the woman alive, " Zhao Zen shouted shamelessly.
When the guards received the order, they began swinging their swords at Jiang Chen, but before their weapons could reach him, Jiang Chen yelled, "FUCK OFF!" sending a wave of sword qi
The guards were knocked down by a powerful wave as he howled.
"You!!!!"What have you done?" Zhao Zen became terrified after witnessing all of the guards being knocked down.
"You dare to be arrogant with me when you have no idea what I did?" As he approaches him, Jiang Chen says.
"Don't come near me, you monster! Don't you know who my father is?" Zhao Zen said as he fell onto his buttocks and a leak appeared through his pants.
"I don't care who your father or mother is, but don't even think about coveting my woman. KNOW YOUR PLACE!!" Jiang Chen then yelled his final words while sending a wave of sword Qi to knock Zhao Zen down.