"Clap, clap, clap…. Interesting!!" A voice drifted over.
Lu Shang was surprised at the sound of the voice, he looked around trying to find the person behind the voice but he wasn't able to trace it, but from the sound of the voice he could deduce that it was a male voice.
'I can't find the person talking to me' he silently thought as looked around to find the source behind the voice.
People were walking past or staring at him but he knew that these people weren't the ones behind the voice.
After fruitless searching with his eyes, he didn't continue to find the person.
Just as he was about to start walking away, he found a figure standing in front of him, looking at him with a smile on his face.
Lu Shang halted on his track, even as the person was standing in front of him, he still couldn't sense the presence of the person. 'This person must be a powerful cultivator, even when standing in front of him I can't feel his presence. I wonder which realm he must be' He said in his thoughts with raised eyebrows.
He looked at the face of the figure blocking his way, he couldn't help but be confused. He found out that the person was a young man but the complicated part was that the appearance of the person had a slight resemblance to his father. 'Who may this be? Is this person the brother of my father or..?' He couldn't find any answer to his questions since he doesn't know anything about his father, he had never for once met his father's brothers, or sisters.
The person clad in luxurious robes stood with his hands behind his back as he revealed a smile on his face. "Never expecting to see you grow to this extent after several years. You have become a big boy."
Lu Shang didn't reply but instead, there was a confused expression on his face.
The person couldn't help but laugh seeing the look on the face of Lu Shang. "Don't give me that kind of look. I know that you wouldn't know about me, I was expecting it. After all, I don't stay in the clan. The last time I saw you was when you were 2 years old. " The person spoke with light flickering around his eyes.
Lu Shang still didn't reply, he stayed in that position looking directly at the eyes of the man.
"Dumbo. What are you waiting for, huh? Are you not happy to see Granddad?"
As Lu Shang heard the last statement of the man, he immediately knew the identity of the person. He moved closer to the person in a hurry. "Why would I be happy to see Granddad? I was never expecting this. Don't be offended" Lu Shang smiled as locked himself into the wide-open hand of his granddad. "Come on. You must be expecting to see an old figure as your granddad?" His granddad asked with a cheerful smile on his face as he stared at the figure of Lu Shang.
Lu Shang separated himself from the body of his granddad after embracing each other for some time. "Lu Shang greets grandfather" Lu Shang greeted with a bow of his head.
Lu Mang was the previous clan master but he requested to pass down the position to his son because he loves roaming around the world to grow stronger. He had stayed outside the clan for years before finally deciding to come for a visit, also the reason he rushed down to the clan was because of the strange news he heard about Lu Shang, his grandson that he was unconscious but unfortunately, the place he was as at then was thousands of miles away which delayed him before he got to the clan.
Lu Mang knows about the fact that Lu Shang was a crippled cultivator despite that he still treats Lu Shang with care which was why he was worried when he heard the news. He had tried searching for a solution to the problem of Lu Shang but all was in vain.
Seeing that nothing was wrong with Lu Shang, he sighed in relief but was pained at heart that he was helpless in trying to search for ways to make Lu Shang cultivate.
Lu Mang smiled as he nodded heavily, "Not bad, despite the fact you can't cultivate. You are still tempering your body to give your figure perfect bodybuilding. Dumbo, keep this up"
Lu Shang quietly stared at him in silence, at this moment he was completely dumbstruck. He broke the silence, "Why Dumbo? Grandpa, I have a name."
"Okay. Oh, my bad. Then I will address you by your name."
Lu Mang nodded as he agreed, with a note of certainty in his voice.
People were looking at the two figures who were talking like father and son.
Especially the young cultivators weren't able to tell who the person with Lu Shang was since they had never seen him before.
Only the guards were able to quickly recognize him within a few breaths of time. All the guards quickly bowed their heads "Greetings, our lord!" The voice of the guards ranged out over the place.
The young cultivators were confused when they heard the statement of the guards.
"What's the identity of this person for the guards to shower him with such respect?"
"It seems this person is even more respected than the clan leader, look at the way the guards are behaving in a good manner before him" The young cultivators whispered within themselves not bold enough to make their voices heard by the figure in case he was a very important person in the clan.
Lu Mang looked at the guards and waved his hand at them, dismissing them.
He focused his gaze on the body of Lu Shang as if he was trying to pry into Lu Shang's body.
'Don't tell me that he is trying to check the situation of my body. This is going to be problematic,' Lu Shang sighed in his heart as he discovered the aim of his grandfather.
After observing Lu Shang's body for some time, he wasn't able to discover any improvement in his body, he shook his head in pity which made Lu Shang sigh in relief.
"You don't have to torture your body in such a way, Yunno? I have been watching you since you left your room and you had been jogging around the clan for more than 4 hours and your push-ups countdown is half a thousand. Even some cultivators can't stay that long but you did so, that pure torture to your body" he stared in disbelief at Lu Shang. 'How can someone who isn't a cultivator last this last? Too bad that he can't cultivate, he would have been one of the best young cultivators in the clan' he said in his thought.
"Grandpa, I just feel like doing so every morning and I can't stop myself"
"I didn't say you shouldn't exercise your body but you don't have to lengthen the time for long" Lu Mang ruffled the hair of Lu Shang in care, he could understand the pain his grandson was passing through seeing that others can cultivate while he can't.
"Okay. Next time I will try to shorten the time"
"You damn son of mine. You came to the clan and you didn't inform me….. Heh heh, where are your manners? Hope you haven't traded them for power?" A voice drifted from a distance.
Lu Mang and Lu Shang raised their heads, looking at the direction the voice came from. They could see an old man with gray hair walking toward them with a powerful aura being emitted from his body.
"Greetings Father…. Hahahaha, why will I trade my manners for power?" "I couldn't waste time informing my father about my return and when I arrived at the clan. I came by this grandson of mine and I was carried away by him. Forgive my manners" Lu Mang laughed.
"Junior greets father" Lu Shang also greeted.
The old monster nodded at Lu Shang before fixing his gaze on Lu Mang. "I see, you have become more powerful than before. It's only a matter of time before you leave me behind" he spoke after feeling the aura that was seeping out of Lu Mang's body. "The new replacing the old. Perhaps this is the scenario happening now" he lamented in his heart but was happy that his son was becoming more powerful.
"Father, don't you think you are over-praising me?" Lu Mang smiled "You are more experienced and knowledgeable than me over cultivation. Even though you are doing quite well."
"Tsk, tsk. Don't say that, what is the need for the experience or knowledge without sufficient strength to back it up" The old monster disagreed.
When everyone saw the figure of the old monster, Everyone present greeted him respectfully because there was no one in the clan that didn't know about him. Through the conversation between him and Lu Mang, many were able to know the identity of Lu Mang which made their mouths wide open.
Lu Shang stood between the two men listening to their conversation.
"Father, you don't have to say so. Anyway you are right, you always emerge the winner between arguments"
"Hahahahahaha, since it has been a long time since you stepped into the clan. We will immediately host a banquet for your return" The old monster said with a bright smile on his face.
"Father, you don't have to stress yourself that much"
"Don't worry, consider it a welcome party from us"
"Then I will trouble my father with it then. Why don't the clan also host a banquet for Lu Shang since I heard he awakened some days ago or better still let the banquet be in favor of me and Lu Shang" Lu Mang suggested.
"Okay, if you say so'' The old monster agreed but in his heart, he cursed his son for bringing up such an idea. "Why don't we go elsewhere and talk more?"
"That will be nice, I will use that medium to walk around the clan since it has been years since I stepped into the clan" Lu Mang turned and looked at Lu Shang with love. "Lu Shang, Grandpa has somewhere to go. I will look for you when I am free, Okay?"
Lu Shang could feel the genuine love of his grandfather, which made his heart surge with emotions. "Okay Father, I will be taking my leave"
Lu Shang also faced the old monster before bowing his head. "I will take my leave"
"Okay, take care of yourself," The old monster replied.
Lu Shang sighed because he could feel that the reason the old monster was polite to him was because of the presence of his grandfather, this was the same person that was pressuring his father to marry another woman because he can't cultivate. This old monster was indeed a wolf in sheep's clothing.
Soon the news of Lu Mang's return to the clan was spread over the clan which made the elders go visit him.
The news of the banquet was also spread. The Lu Clan also sent their invites to the other clans in the Gaoliang District.