Three more Late Qi Refining cultivators emerged from the lush, dense forest.
Two of them were Liu Family elders, while the third had been secretly sent by the Shi Family to protect Shi Nantian.
When Liu Bailin saw this scene, tears immediately welled in her eyes as she shouted, "Father!"
Compared to Liu Bailin's misery, however, Shi Nantian merely curled his lip and said indifferently, "Third uncle, why are you here, didn't I say I wanted to go out and gain experience alone this time?"
"Hmph, you brat never consider the consequences when you do things. How could your father possibly rest easy letting you go out alone?"
"Just like this time—if I hadn't arrived in time, you could have died here today without anyone ever knowing!"
Shi Zhen immediately began reprimanding his nephew, looking as though he hated iron for not becoming steel.
Hearing his third uncle's rebuke, Shi Nantian could only shrink his head sheepishly and did not dare to argue further.
As for the Liu Family members, the atmosphere suddenly turned murderous.
The two Liu Family elders stepped forward, and Liu Bailin's father, Liu Santong, had fury surging uncontrollably in his eyes.
"Hongyuan, the Liu Family has not treated you poorly. Why did you betray the Liu Family?" Liu Zhan asked coldly.
Liu Hongyuan clenched his fists tight. He sneered as well and said disdainfully, "Not treated me poorly? If the Liu Family had truly treated me well, then the one who should have achieved Foundation Establishment twenty-two years ago would have been me!"
"It was only because of my birth that the Foundation Establishment Pill back then was given to Liu Haide."
As it turned out, Liu Hongyuan was not born into the Liu Family's direct line. His father had been an outside cultivator who married