Escape

Edited by: Xzider

Inside a house, the cry of a baby resounded. It was the announcement that a new life had come.

" Let me hold him," a woman lying down, picked up the newborn happily.

She looked at the child with deep love.

"Honey, let me see our baby," a refined-looking blond-haired man spoke as he approached the woman.

The lady reluctantly passed the baby, it was her maternal instinct evoking.

The man marveled at the child's feature, even while being a newborn, he already had a beautiful face with refined quality.

This was the first baby the couple had.

They had nothing but endless love for him. This was the love that only a person who had a child would understand.

A love that would make father and mother give their lives for their child.

The door opened and an old man entered. He had an overcoat with an embroidered black dragon which showed his status.

As he rubbed his beard, the old man happily spoke, "Very well, my son. You finally gave me a grandchild."

"Thank you, father."

"Thank you, father-in-law."

He nodded gently.

But then as he focused his attention on the baby, his expression changed.

With an ugly face, he approached the child.

The couple noticed the old man's strange attitude.

"Dad…"

The old man paid no attention to them, took a white stone and brought it close to the baby's body but had no reaction.

'How can this happen, he has no trace of yang energy. He cannot cultivate!'

Confirming his suspicions, his expression grew even uglier.

As the first clan elder, he had great authority and influence, because of that this influence reflected on his family.

A direct descendant of his lineage who cannot cultivate would make him a laughing stock. His enemies wouldn't miss this chance to attack him.

But if only it was that, he wouldn't care.

For him, something happening to his family would be much worse than any humiliation.

In this world where strength reigns supreme, the weak had no turn. On the contrary, they turn up the steps for the strong.

He had seen too many young people succumb to madness or get lost in their path because they lacked strong willpower to overcome adversity.

He didn't want this to happen to his grandson.

"Dad ... Dad ..."

The old man returned from his stupor and gazed at his son who had an opposite expression.

Then he told his son and his wife the situation of his grandson.

The man was stunned and the woman held her son tightly while crying.

They both knew the consequences, if he had broken yang energy, there would still be hope but he had no trace of energy.

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In one room, several figures were arguing intensely.

"We must get rid of him, if others know about him, our clan's reputation will be completely tarnished!"

" I agree, it will only bring us trouble."

"That's right. We'd better get over it as soon as possible."

Spoke one group that was led by a middle-aged woman.

"You are going too far. Apart from the fact that he is the grandson of the first elder, he is nevertheless a member of our clan."

"Exactly! if word gets around that we kill our own members for not being able to cultivate, we will be totally scorned by the other powers."

The defending group was led by the first elder, who was silent all this time.

The discussion was endless until the old man raised his hand. The whole hall was silent.

"No matter what happens, nothing will happen to him while I'm here."

Everyone had different expressions when they heard his words.

Some laughed while watching, some nodded in support, others glanced at the woman wondering what her decision would be.

She stared coldly at him.

She was the current clan leader, she and the first elder had a conflict for centuries.

When they were both young, she fell in love with him, always pursued him.

One day she took the courage to declare herself but what she received was.

"Sorry, I already like someone."

That hit like her life was over.

So, instead of whining, she hated him.

When she opened her mouth to speak.

"Boom!!" The door was pushed hard, there was a panicked guard, he could not pronounce a word.

All the elders looked at him angrily, interrupting a high-level meeting was a serious crime punishable by death if there was no good justification.

"What do you think you are doing?" Shouted the angry matriarch.

The Guard could not utter a single word. He had gone into shock.

"Don't worry, he's one of my son's guards. Mark, tell me what happened?" Inquired the first elder.

Seeing the elder come to his defense, he was relieved but remembering his purpose he spoke dreadfully.

"Old man, master and the lady have disappeared."

"WHAAAT!?!?" The old man rose from his chair, an overwhelming pressure exiting his body.

Everyone had difficulty breathing, some even got cold sweat.

The only one who remained stable was the matriarch who felt no pressure.

The elder then looked at the matriarch with murderous intent, "If you have done anything to them…"

The other elders on the matriarch's side were filled with anger at the threat to the clan leader.

"It wasn't the elder leader. It seems, they fled after learning that the situation at the meeting was not good," the guard stated.

The situation just became more complicated for the clan leader to solve.

Although the situation of the first elder's grandson was problematic, he was still a member of the clan, not to mention that the first elder was one of the strongest people in the clan beside her and a few others.

Although the baby's situation would make them lose face. It would be much worse now that they had fled because of fear of having their son murdered by the clan.

This whole situation made her have a headache. She wanted to make life difficult for the old man, did not think the situation would reach this point.