Filial Piety

Mystic Sky Continent, Xuanyuan Family!

Red maple leaves and frost-touched foliage filled the forest!

Within the courtyard!

Two men sat alone in the yard, with a stone table, two stone stools, and a cup of fragrant tea for each of them.

Had anyone been there at that moment, they would surely have been greatly astonished by their appearances.

They looked alike!

They were practically cast from the same mold.

Xuanyuan Changkong!

Xuanyuan Batian!

Brothers by blood, born of the same womb.

Their appearances were so alike, yet their auras were entirely different.

Xuanyuan Changkong was overbearing... imposing without anger... carrying the complete pressure of one in a high position.

Xuanyuan Batian, on the other hand, gave off a cold, oppressive feeling... as though one were being watched by a demon god.

"Batian!" Xuanyuan Changkong poured him some tea. "You emerged from seclusion. Why didn't you tell me?"

"Big Brother!" Xuanyuan Batian lifted his teacup and toyed with it in his hand.

"You are the Clan Leader of the Xuanyuan Family, occupied with countless affairs every day. How would I dare disturb you?"

Xuanyuan Batian's tone was sharp, even carrying a confrontational edge.

"Batian, it seems you still have great objections about what happened back then."

Xuanyuan Changkong was unsurprised, seemingly long accustomed to Xuanyuan Batian's attitude.

"Objections?" Xuanyuan Batian sneered. "I wouldn't dare. You are now the Clan Leader of the Xuanyuan Family. How would I dare disrespect the Clan Leader?"

"Alas!" Xuanyuan Changkong sighed. "Batian, do you truly think that when the Old Ancestor passed the position of Clan Leader to me, I tampered with things behind the scenes?"

"What else could it have been?" Xuanyuan Batian drained the tea in his cup in one gulp.

"Who doesn't know? The Old Ancestor valued me most back then."

"Moreover... whether