"Good, come here then. Don't worry. I won't attack you."
Yun Che nodded and walked closer to Canghai.
"Let your blood drop on mine." Canghai made a cut on his wrist and dropped some of his blood on his palm and raised it towards Yun Che, waiting for him to do the same.
Without asking anything, Yun Che also made a small cut on his wrist and dropped his blood onto Canghai's blood.
Everyone watched this with bated breath. With each passing second, they could feel their heartbeats rising. Among all the possible scenarios, they didn't want Yun Che to have any relationship with Canghai.
It didn't matter if Canghai was called a demon or whatever; in this world, blood relations mattered a lot! Especially for someone as extraordinary as Yun Che. Which clan or sect wouldn't want someone like Yun Che in their younger generation? Most would be willing to sacrifice all their disciples just to have him alone!
"This is...!" Canghai's eyes widened before an excited expression appeared on his face. He looked at Yun Che and exclaimed loudly and happily, "You... You are my grandson! Heavens! To think I would meet my grandson after being released from the damn formation of those bitches!"
Excited, Canghai opened his arms and tightly hugged Yun Che.
At the same time, despair filled the hearts of everyone below. This was it. They knew there was no saving them anymore. They wanted to slap their past selves now—why didn't they run away like those people from Xiao or Burning Heaven Clan? They could have lived longer that way.
Instead, they stayed to watch the fight. They wanted to cry, but no tears came out of their eyes.
"So you are my grandpa..." Yun Che pushed Canghai away, who seemed too excited as he was finally able to hug his grandson, and looked at him seriously before saying, "Then you should stop thinking about hurting Yufeng. She is my woman now. Or do you want to hurt your daughter-in-law?"
"You have a peculiar taste for someone so young, but this old man understands. I won't hurt her anymore. As for others from Heavenly Sword Villa..."
"I don't care. You can do whatever you want with them."
Yun Che looked towards Yufeng and saw her staring at him and Canghai with a peculiar gaze. Seeing her gaze, he couldn't help but cough with slight embarrassment.
"Yufeng, come and greet grandpa. I know you might hold some grudges against him for... scaring you, but he won't hurt you anymore."
He completely ignored the fact that Canghai killed Tianni. He never liked that guy, so he didn't bother to mention him either.
"... Yufeng greets senior..."
"Hahaha! Call me grandpa, don't be so stiff. It's not like I'll eat you or anything."
'That is exactly what she is worried about, though.'
"Ahem. Yue'er, you should also come and meet Grandpa."
Being called, Cang Yue happily jumped to Yun Che's side and bowed towards Canghai.
"Cang Yue greets Grandpa."
"Good, good! Being young has its own merits. This old man can't help but feel happy!" Canghai laughed loudly, not bothering to question the harem of his son. "Che'er, you should tell Grandpa everything about your past and how you ended up on this continent. Your grandpa will explain your parents to you too."
"I understand." Yun Che nodded and looked down at the destroyed Heavenly Sword Villa and said, "We should move to my home city then. I'm sure you would be happy to meet the person who took care of me all this time."
"Of course!"
Yun Che nodded.
"Let's go then."
Before anyone could question or say anything, the space around everyone twisted, and the next moment, they vanished, leaving behind the dumbfounded people.
"D-did we get to live again?"
Silence answered the disciple before it was broken by another.
"Fuck this shit! I'm out! I have nothing to do with Heavenly Sword Villa anymore!"
With the first person leaving, everyone also woke up and hurriedly ran away. They were finally given a chance to live again. Why would they even bother wasting it? It was better to dissociate themselves from Heavenly Sword Villa and live a normal life than to be enemies of demons like Canghai and Yun Che!
...
The destruction of Heavenly Sword Villa instantly spread throughout the entire Blue Wind Empire, along with the news that the demon sealed within the Heavenly Sword Villa had regained its freedom.
This instantly scared everyone within the Blue Wind Empire, especially considering that this demon was strong enough to destroy the Heavenly Sword Villa single-handedly. Doesn't that mean that this demon is strong enough to destroy the empire too?
When this news reached Cang Wanhe, he didn't bother with his act of being ill anymore and instantly took over his imperial duties. The first thing he did was capture his sons and Qu Qiuhong before executing them publicly for an assassination attempt against him.
The empire was already in chaos, so Cang Wanhe deemed it necessary to show his imperial power to calm down everyone. Otherwise, chaos might ensue throughout the entire empire.
Thankfully, unlike cultivators, mortals were easy to fool as they didn't understand the power difference between different levels of cultivation.
Hence, after knowing that the empire had regained power, some peace finally returned to the empire until another news appeared, which shook the very core of the empire: Yun Che, the lover of Princess Cang Yue, was the grandson of the demon and had escaped somewhere with him! Followed by "Sacred Ground had issued an arrest for both Yun Che and anyone related to them."
Strangely, when this news appeared, the imperial family didn't respond to it in any way. They didn't even bother denying their relationship with Yun Che, which confused many. But no one could answer their questions, so they could only wait and see what happens.
With this, the Blue Wind Empire entered a brief period of calmness where those with knowledge waited patiently for the sacred ground to act.
And once they did… it wouldn't be long before they would be able to taste a piece of the pie called the Blue Wind Empire.
…
Meanwhile, Yun Che appeared above the floating cloud city with teleportation.
"As I thought, the cost of using teleportation is quite low in the lower realm. I thought it would drain all my energy, but it only took about a quarter. Not bad at all."
"T-this is...!? How can you teleport without using profound formations?" Canghai looked wide-eyed at his grandson. He started to wonder if he really was his grandson... he didn't think his genes would produce a genius like him.
"I learned spatial laws." Yun Che nonchalantly shrugged, causing Canghai to take a deep breath. His grandson's image was becoming more and more like a monster in his head. He was only in the Sky Profound Realm, and he could already do things that even those from the Sovereign Profound Realm cannot do! If this was not absurd, then Canghai didn't know what it was.
"I wonder what expression his father would have when he realizes that his son is the monstrous genius that no one has ever seen on the Illusory Demon Continent! Ah, heaven must have blessed my Yun Clan with such a seed."
"This place..." Cang Yue stared down at the backwaters city with a curious gaze before asking. "This should be the Floating Cloud City, right?"
"As expected from my Yue'er, you even know such a small city."
"Hehehehehe..."
"This is my home city, where I grew up."
"So this is the place from where Brother Yun came from..." Cang Yue stared down at the city in silence, wondering if she should turn this city into the capital.
'Brother Yun will definitely be happy!'
On the side, Yufeng showed a slightly surprised expression. She couldn't believe that a monstrous genius like Yun Che came from such a small and insignificant city.
"Anyway, let's go. Also, you don't have to worry about Ling Yun and Ling Jie. I teleported them to the Royal Palace. His Excellency will take care of them."
He didn't want to bring her kids with him when he was going to meet his grandfather and little aunt after such a long time. Not only would it make it awkward for them, even he felt awkward just thinking about it.
"... I see." Yufeng also didn't say anything. She was happy as long as her kids were protected and in safe hands.
"Yuanba, you should go and meet your father. It has been such a long time, I am sure he would have missed you two."
"Alright, Brother-in-law!"
…
Even though almost a year has passed, the Xiao Clan has not changed at all. For the people of such a small and forgotten city, barely anything would change in their day-to-day life in a year.
The moment Yun Che and his group appeared in front of the Xiao Clan gates, the disciples lazing around at the gate became alert.
As their eyes landed on Yun Che, a sneer appeared on their faces.
"You tr—-bhuwa!" They didn't get to finish before Yun Che slapped them and continued his way inside the clan.
Feeling everyone's gaze upon himself, Yun Che looked at them and inquired.
"What? You guys want to spend all your time at the gate bickering with the no-name guards? 'Cause I don't."
Finding logic in his words, others simply nodded and moved on.
"Who dares to be so blatant in my Xiao Clan!?"
",Your daddy."
"Yun Che!? You trash! You dare to cause trouble in my Xiao Clan?! You were able to run away last time, there won't be another time—bhaa!"
'Telekinesis is really a versatile power. Makes it so easy to slap these people away.'
"Yun Che, you dare—gha!"
"Yun—ghe!"
"St—ahh"
"...",
In less than a minute, all of the Xiao Clan's elders were slapped aside as Yun Che luxuriously made his way towards the back of the mountain.
The disciples of the Xiao Clan, having already seen Yun Che's strength, didn't dare to even utter a word. They simply lowered their gazes and let him do as he pleased.
"I see you do not have a harmonious relationship with your clansmen."
"You think so? I thought it couldn't be more apparent than this."
"I am curious to hear what happened between you and these people for them to hate you so much. Even calling you trash."
"... It's a long story. I'll explain later."
Canghai nodded and didn't pursue the matter any longer. Since Yun Che did not show any sympathy towards the members of the Xiao Clan, he also didn't care about their life and death.
In his eyes, on this continent, only Yun Che and the people he cared for were important. Everyone else was just irrelevant.
As they reached the back mountain, Yun Che stared at the small establishment built there to confine those who have sinned against the clan.
Staring at it for a second, he took a deep breath and said.
"You guys stay here. I'll bring them... my adopted grandfather and his daughter."
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