A scream followed the loud dinging of the bell. The girlish scream belonged to none other than Ye Feng, who had collapsed on the ground in fear. His pants were soaked, as he had had peed himself at the sight of Bohai.
Tan Ying stood in front of his friend, trying to hide him out of embarrassment, and trying to protect him. It was his way of making up for not warning Ye Feng last time.
Suddenly, the crowd began to burst out in laughter. Ye Feng and Tan Ying were famous in the Tan household. Famous for being a disgrace. Now, they would gain another title underneath their titles - hilarious.
"W-What's he doing here?" Tan Ying beseeched. But no one answered him. Everyone was too busy laughing.
"He is my disciple." Tan Huizhong's voice floated through the air. His voice was unusually calm, so calm that it was scary. For Bohai, who had never seen the old man act in such a way, it was terrifying.
"Grand Master!" Tan Ying yelled in fear. He immediately bowed, to greet the old man whom he had disgraced so much. He hadn't wanted to come back here, and he definitely wouldn't have if he had known that the Grand Master was in this specific location.
"Kick them out." Tan Huizhong spoke.
Immediately following his words, the crowd picked up the two unwelcome guests and threw them outside of the gate. But, the gate did not close.
"I, Tan Huizhong, of the Tan clan, hereby announce than Tan Ying - son of Tan Cuifen - is no longer related to the Tan clan in any way. If he ever steps foot in the Tan territory again, he will not be allowed inside and in turn will be hunted down by the entire clan at all costs."
Tan Ying didn't have time to blink, before he was officially disowned by his uncle. The last time he had come, he had been warned that this would happen. He would've never guessed that it would actually happen. Tears streamed down his face as he felt his entire family shun him.
Chen Bohai watched in confusion as the gates closed before Tan Ying and the cowardly Ye Feng. He had no clue what had happened, in the past or the present. All he could tell was that Tan Ying had thoroughly offended Tan Huizhong. And he hadn't been let off the hook.
"Tsk. Stupid bastard." Chen Bohai heard Tan Duyi mutter under his breath. He was shocked to see Tan Duyi in as much pain as Huizhong. And when Bohai's eyes landed on Tan Pengfei, he saw even more sadness. There was obviously some history there. History that he didn't know, and wouldn't know - not unless he figured it out himself.
There was an event early the next day, where the entire Tan family would enter the capital. He wasn't invited, which he wasn't mad about. But, it would grant him access to re-enter the secret estate.
While everyone else was upset about Tan Ying's presence, Bohai sneaked outside and silently followed their tracks.
An hour later, Tan Ying set up camp for Ye Feng and himself. Ye Feng was still too scared to function, and had passed out as soon as there was a chance to lay down. Once he was out, Bohai stepped out of the shadows.
"What do you want?" Tan Ying yelled.
"Why did you get disowned?"
"Hell if I know!"
"You have to know."
"Why do you even want to know?"
"I want to know why the old geezer acted that way." Bohai said. He himself didn't know why he was so curious. It wasn't his business, and he knew that he shouldn't pry. But for some reason, everything in his body was telling him to figure out what had happened.
"Okay." Tan Ying agreed to telling Bohai. He had never told anyone the story, and even though he hated Bohai for what he had done to his friend, he was willing to tell the story for the first time. "It started before I was born.
Tan Cuifen is my mother. She was a real emerald. Well, thats what rumored. I wouldn't know. She died giving birth to me.
She went on her debut journey, like everyone does. On her way back, she stumbled into a place where she shouldn't have I guess. She was raped, and nine months later I was born.
The old man has always hated me. I killed his beloved sister. But, thats not all. I killed her legacy. I'm a disappointment. She had a black aura, she did. But I have a blue one. A dark blue one, thats almost purple. I'm a disgrace to the Tan clan.
But thats not all. When I decided to quit the Arts, and run away, I met Ye Feng. Who was so confident, even though he is lacking in the Arts. I decided to help him, ended up leaking some of the secrets of the Tan clan. We did some bad things with it. Even killed some people.
Well, this one time, Ye Feng angered the wrong dude. The disappointment of the Kim clan actually. They were glad he was finally rid of, but because someone else did it they had to blame them. It was Ye Feng who killed him, I swear. But they blamed it on me - the Tan clan actually.
So in return, they banished the Tan clan. You know, every time anyone with the surname Tan enters the capital they have the whole place on lockdown mode basically. They're trapped here, and can't really participate in any official clan things. Like they used to be able to.
So not only did I ruin Cuifen's legacy, but the entire Tan clan's legacy. But, thats not all.
When the old man's wife refused to be imprisoned within her clan, they killed her. Left her head hanging on the city walls as an example of what would happen to everyone else.
Because of that, the grand master acted out. Shortly after, his best friend was killed. Chen Junjie, and his entire clan were brutally murdered. He thinks its his fault that he, and all of them, were killed.
So, you can see why he hates my guts. I killed his wife, ruined the legacy of his entire clan, killed his sister, and the Chen-"
Tan Ying wasn't allowed to finish what he was saying. Bohai's hands had broken his neck in a swift movement. He collapsed to the floor right after mentioning Bohai's surname. Before he proceeded to kill Ye Feng, he spit on Tan Ying.
When the matter was dealt with, Bohai left them for the vultures. He hadn't followed after them to kill them - he had just been curious. But learning the truth had disgusted him. 'If only I had killed Ye Feng in that fight two months prior.' He thought to himself.