Chapter 1646: Returning Life Child Skill
"What realm am I? Don’t ask; even if I told you, you wouldn’t be able to imagine it."
Jiang Feng stretched lazily, looked at the two women with complex expressions, and said with a smile, "It might be a while before the Yan Family or Duanmu Zhe arrives. How about I take you out for a stroll to pass the time?"
Shangguan Wan’er and Dong Ruyan exchanged glances. Dong Ruyan asked in disbelief, "You’re actually being kind enough to want to accompany us shopping?!"
Jiang Feng found it even more amusing—rarely did he feel inspired to take them out, yet they were questioning his intentions.
"Fine, if you don’t want to go, never mind. I can just rest then..."
Saying this, Jiang Feng crossed his legs and rested his head on his hands.
"Who said not to go?"
Shangguan Wan’er immediately stood up, grabbed Jiang Feng’s arm, and said, "Let’s go! It’s suffocating to stay here!"
"..."
Reluctantly, Jiang Feng got up and took Shangguan Wan’er and Dong Ruyan out, briefly informing Wu Feng, and headed down the mountain to the city.
If Duanmu Zhe or Yan Shuangying knew that after Jiang Feng had killed so many of their people, he still had the leisure to take two women shopping, who knows what they’d think.
At that moment, Yan Shuangying had already arrived in front of a secret room behind the Yan Mansion.
This secret room was considered a Forbidden Land in the Yan Family, where strangers dared not enter.
Even those who delivered food and water were absent because the Yan Family’s Old Tai Mountain, who had been in seclusion for many years inside, had even reached the realm of fasting.
Yan Shuangying wouldn’t dare disturb Old Tai Mountain’s solitary meditation unless it was absolutely necessary, but now the situation was urgent, so he had to break the prohibition.
"Old Tai Mountain, Yan Shuangying, the current patriarch of the Yan Family, requests an audience!"
Yan Shuangying arrived at the secret room, bowed respectfully, and addressed the inside.
Inside, there was no response for a long time.
This shocked Yan Shuangying. He stepped forward and said, "Old Tai Mountain, Yan Shuangying requests an audience!!"
But still, there was no movement.
This made Yan Shuangying inexplicably nervous. Had Old Tai Mountain died inside?!
He was about to push the door open in impatience when suddenly a voice behind him asked, "What’s the matter?"
Yan Shuangying turned around abruptly to see a man in his early thirties, appearing dashing and graceful, standing there.
"Who, who are you?!"
Yan Shuangying was startled!
Since when was there an uninvited guest breaking into the Yan Family’s inner circle?!
This person’s appearance was unfamiliar; he hadn’t seen him before.
"Blind fool, you can’t even recognize me?!" The man frowned and said coldly.
"How dare you speak to me like that? I’m Yan Shuangying, the patriarch of the Yan Family! This is the retreat of our Yan Family’s Old Tai Mountain, Yan Hongzhang, and you dare trespass, seeking death?" Yan Shuangying exclaimed angrily!
"I am Yan Hongzhang!" The man replied impatiently.
"You... you are...?"
Yan Shuangying was utterly shocked!
On closer inspection, he couldn’t deny that the man genuinely resembled Old Tai Mountain!
But what a joke; Old Tai Mountain was at least a hundred and fifty or sixty years old—of an earlier generation—and this person appearing to be in his early thirties, younger than Yan Shuangying’s son, how could he be Old Tai Mountain?!
"Nonsense! Our Old Tai Mountain is well past octogenarian age; how could someone so vigorous be him?" Yan Shuangying questioned.
"I’ve perfected the Returning Life Child Skill, and I’ve recently rejuvenated. What’s so surprising about that?" Yan Hongzhang scoffed.
"Re-Returning Life Child Skill..."
Yan Shuangying hearing the man casually mention the Yan Family’s supreme secret martial art, a technique only accessible to Old Tai Mountain himself, immediately believed him!
Because anyone else couldn’t possibly know of this cultivation technique’s existence.
"Are... are you really Old Tai Mountain?!" Yan Shuangying asked, overwhelmed with excitement.
"Cut the nonsense! What do you want from me?" Yan Hongzhang asked indifferently.
"Old Tai Mountain, it’s like this..."
Without delay, Yan Shuangying respectfully informed Yan Hongzhang of the crisis the family was currently facing.
And when Yan Hongzhang heard that Yan Yucheng, whom he had high hopes for in the family’s next generation of focus candidates, had been killed in Jiangdong, he was extremely shocked!
Moreover, while he had been in seclusion, a demon had emerged, capable of sweeping away the elite of the Six Major Families, changing the heavens of China!
"Interesting, I’ve just achieved mastery of my divine skills. Is heaven giving me someone to practice on? It’s just a pity they’re a bit young; even if I torture-kill them, it wouldn’t be a fair fight..." Yan Hongzhang sneered.
"Old Tai Mountain! Please don’t think that way. That little brat has committed crimes of an unforgivable nature. Everyone in the Yan Family is counting on you to avenge us! Also, it’s a rare opportunity to make the Duanmu Family and Ying Family view our Yan Family more highly..."
"Understood."
Yan Hongzhang waved dismissively: "Now that I’ve got one foot in the Primordial Transformation Realm, even in the entire Capital City, I’m someone not to be trifled with. Dealing with a small fish is merely child’s play! Why worry?!"
"Yes!"
Yan Shuangying was naturally overjoyed; he had been somewhat uncertain before coming, but now that Old Tai Mountain had achieved mastery, taking Jiang Feng down shouldn’t be a problem!
"Old Tai Mountain, I’ll arrange a vehicle right away to go with you to Jiangdong, to demonstrate our Yan Family’s deterrent power to the provincial regions!"
Yan Hongzhang nodded in agreement: "Before that, prepare a meal for me; I haven’t eaten in thirty years, I’m hungry."
"..."
Meanwhile.
In another highly prestigious location in the Capital, at the Duanmu Family’s ancestral residence.
Unlike those second or third-tier families below, the higher-status families disdain chasing after outward luxurious material structures, so the Duanmu Family’s ancestral residence is not a luxurious villa or estate but a secluded courtyard within the Second Ring.
When the flustered Duanmu Zhe personally drove to the courtyard’s entrance, he felt embarrassed and disheartened.
He had been the most valued and nurtured candidate in the Duanmu Family of his generation, but now, he returned home with his tail between his legs, and his grandfather would likely be disappointed.
At their family’s level, it’s generally rare to need to mobilize the forces of the main family to solve issues, as their status is too high; they typically only send affiliated families to take care of tasks.
But now, the subordinates Duanmu Zhe had gathered over the years had all been wiped out, and he couldn’t solve the problem without resorting to family resources.
Duanmu Zhe, steeling himself, walked into the courtyard, heading directly to his grandfather’s discussion hall.