The First One's First One

Zheng Xuewen's question received no response from Grand-Aunt. She still sat blankly inside the cage.

The person outside could no longer hold back. An intimidating aura faintly rose. "Kid, open the door!"

Was this... Grand-Aunt's friend? Zheng Xuewen vaguely guessed something, but did Grand-Aunt really still have living friends?

Still, since the other party had said so, he could only walk to the courtyard gate and open it.

A man and a woman stood outside, while another person lay on the ground. Just from his build, Zheng Xuewen could tell that the one lying there was that annoying fellow.

Zheng Xuewen had no time to look at the man. His gaze locked onto the man and woman before him.

Their auras were strange. At first glance, they seemed entirely ordinary, yet they also vaguely exerted enormous pressure.

With a sweep of his eyes, the man spotted the iron cage beneath the eaves.

His eyes lit up, but he said nothing. The woman spoke instead. "Is the one in the cage your Grand-Aunt?"

Zheng Xuewen froze for a moment, then nodded slightly. "Yes!"

So they really had come for Grand-Aunt. But did she have friends this young?

Hua Xiezhi raised a hand and seized the fellow on the ground through the air, then tossed him into the courtyard. "Let's talk inside."

Zheng Xuewen's eyes narrowed slightly. He was only a Modified Warrior, but his judgment was not poor. This woman was at least A-rank! The two stepped through the gate, and Hua Xiezhi turned and raised her hand, closing the courtyard gate again.

Paranoid looked calmly at Mu Yu in the cage. There was neither sorrow nor joy in his eyes, only a trace of bewilderment.

Zheng Xuewen did not even dare breathe loudly. He could sense that this man knew