Liu Chengfeng's expression darkened as a powerful aura erupted from his body.
Liu Chengfeng was an expert at the peak of the True Qi Stage, while the strongest in the Chen Family, Chen Zhengyuan, had only just broken through to the True Qi Stage.
No one in the entire Chen Family could withstand Liu Chengfeng's aura!
"Hahahahaha!"
"The Chen Family of today is so pathetically weak."
"Kid, remember this: if you want to talk tough, you need the strength to back it up!"
"Without strength, your words are nothing but a joke!"
Liu Chengfeng looked at Chen Yunxuan with utter contempt. A piece of trash who hadn't even reached the Condensing Yuan Stage dared to disrespect the Liu Family?
Despite Liu Chengfeng's mockery, Chen Yunxuan's gaze remained firm as he directly confronted the oppressive aura.
To Liu Chengfeng's astonishment, Chen Yunxuan actually managed to stand up, straightening his back defiantly!
Their eyes met, and Liu Chengfeng could feel Chen Yunxuan's unyielding resolve!
"This boy has a tenacious heart and a shocking will!"
"If he's allowed to grow, he might become a disaster in the future!"
"No, this boy must not be allowed to live!"
At that moment, killing intent surged within Liu Chengfeng. He felt a sense of danger from a boy who was only a teenager, with a cultivation merely at the Spirit Gathering Stage.
Chen Zhengyuan also noticed something was amiss, sensing that Liu Chengfeng was now radiating killing intent!
However, Chen Yunxuan stared intently at Liu Chengfeng, his gaze sharp as he declared, "The dormant dragon will one day summon the rain, and the caged crane will eventually soar to the heavens. One day, my Chen Family will take back everything we have lost."
Take it back?
How laughable!
With a Chen Family that now had fewer than a hundred members?
"Hmph, then I'd like to see if you can even survive today!"
*Clap! Clap! Clap!*
"Well said."
"What was once lost should indeed be taken back!"
Just as Liu Chengfeng was about to strike, he was interrupted by the sudden sound of clapping.
Everyone turned toward the sound, only to find another young man standing at the entrance of the Chen Family's main hall. No one knew when he had arrived.
Beside the young man was a large yellow dog. But the dog's eyes were filled with resentment; its every glance seemed to be cursing someone, which was utterly bizarre.
Liu Chengfeng and Liu Mengyan were both surprised and confused, as were the members of the Chen Family.
None of them recognized this young man.
"Who are you?" Liu Chengfeng asked, his brow furrowed.
"Me?"
"Chen Family… Chen Changan!"
A member of the Chen Family?
At his words, the Chen clansmen were all dumbfounded. From the Chen Family? Why had none of them ever seen him before?
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They all exchanged bewildered glances, but no one had an answer.
Could he be an illegitimate son who had been living elsewhere?
At this moment, only the family head, Chen Zhengyuan, showed a flicker of hesitation in his eyes, as if he were deep in thought.
"I never thought the younger generation of the Chen Family would be so defiant, one after another."
"He at least has some cultivation. You have none, yet you dare to speak so arrogantly?"
"Aren't you afraid I'll kill you?" Liu Chengfeng shot Chen Changan a contemptuous glance.
"Kill me?"
"You're welcome to try!" Chen Changan said with a sneer.
"Arrogant!"
Liu Chengfeng didn't attack. Instead, he unleashed his aura once more. In his view, the immense pressure from his aura alone was enough to kill an ordinary person like Chen Changan.
However, Chen Changan remained completely unaffected by Liu Chengfeng's aura. In fact, he found it a little boring.
*Is that all?*
Chen Changan had spent his time with his master, Mu Yunyao, an expert at the Great Emperor Peak. Having been constantly exposed to her aura and pressure, how could his resistance not be formidable?
"Big Huang!"
Ignoring Liu Chengfeng, Chen Changan glanced at Big Huang.
Big Huang looked reluctant, but it still trotted to the side, picked up a chair with its mouth, and placed it beside Chen Changan.
Everyone present was dumbstruck as they watched Chen Changan calmly sit down on the chair.
It was one thing for Chen Changan to be unaffected, but for the dog beside him to also move about freely?
"Impossible!"
"This is absolutely impossible!"
"Who... Who on earth are you?"
Liu Chengfeng couldn't believe the scene before him. It completely defied his understanding.
The man was definitely not without cultivation; he must have been hiding his true strength. But he looked so young. How could the Chen Family possibly have such an expert?
Liu Chengfeng couldn't make sense of it. Liu Mengyan, too, was staring intently at Chen Changan. The situation had clearly spiraled beyond their control.
"Chen Changan? Chen Changan!"
Suddenly, Chen Zhengyuan shot to his feet, his eyes wide with shock as he stared at the young man.
Chen Zhengyuan's agitated reaction left everyone baffled. Could it be... that this Chen Changan had some connection to the family head?
"Sir... Are you truly Chen Changan?" Chen Zhengyuan asked, his whole body trembling with excitement. "The 'Chang' for 'long-lasting' and the 'An' for 'peace'?"
Sir?
Chen Zhengyuan had actually addressed him with such a formal term?
What did that mean? Could this person's seniority be even higher than the family head's?
"It seems someone in the Chen Family still remembers my name," Chen Changan said with a faint smile. "That saves me the trouble of explaining."
At these words, Chen Zhengyuan's body trembled. He hurried to Chen Changan's side and, under the shocked gazes of everyone present, dropped to his knees.
"Chen Zhengyuan, the 135th generation head of the Chen Family, greets the Ancestor!"
Ancestor?
The Chen Family's Ancestor?
This young man... was the Ancestor of the Chen Family?
"What are you all gawking at? Come and pay your respects to the Ancestor!" Chen Zhengyuan roared when he saw the other family members still frozen in place, his eyes wide with fury.
Although the Chen clansmen were utterly bewildered, their family head had spoken, so they dared not hesitate.
"Chen Zhengming, a 135th generation member of the Chen Family, greets the Ancestor."
"Chen Zhengxiao, a 135th generation member of the Chen Family, greets the Ancestor."
"A 135th generation member of the Chen..."
As the Chen family members knelt one after another, Liu Mengyan and Liu Chengfeng were left at a complete loss.
"If the Chen Family had an Ancestor, how could they have fallen into such a state?"
"Could this be an act they're putting on?"
"No, that's not right. The Chen Family had no idea we were coming. This..."
Liu Mengyan couldn't figure it out, but beside her, Liu Chengfeng's brow was tightly furrowed.
"Young Miss, I... I think I've heard something about this."
"There was a rumor long ago that the Chen Family had an Ancestor who was taken away by a powerful expert. But this Ancestor never reappeared, so everyone assumed the Chen Family had made it up, or that he had already died."
"But to think he actually exists? And has returned to the Chen Family at this very moment?"
Liu Chengfeng had only heard this rumor by chance and had never taken it seriously.
"Clan Uncle, are you saying the Chen Family truly has an Ancestor?" Liu Mengyan asked in surprise. "How have I never heard this rumor?"
"It's normal that you haven't heard it. The rumor is several hundred years old. Our Liu Family was on good terms with the Chen Family back in the day, but now, only a handful of people even know this story."
"Several hundred years?"
Liu Mengyan's heart filled with astonishment as she looked at Chen Changan, who appeared to be no older than twenty.
If that was true, and Chen Changan had lived for several hundred years, what level would his cultivation have reached?
"If that's true, and he's lived for several hundred years," Liu Mengyan said nervously, "his cultivation must be on par with the strongest expert in the Great Zhou Imperial Family, right?"
"Hmph, several hundred years?"
"Our Ancestor left the Chen Family ten thousand years ago."
Ten thousand years?
"What!"
"He... He's lived for ten thousand years?"
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