"Father, Mother, I have good news for you. I have now become an Outer Disciple of the Qi Yun Sect." After helping his parents into the house, Ye Zhen immediately told them the good news.
To Ye Zhen's surprise, his parents showed not the slightest hint of astonishment upon hearing it. Their expressions were as calm as could be.
A few months ago, Ye Zhen had still been struggling just to pass the Menial Disciple Annual Assessment. Now he had become an Outer Disciple—who would not be astonished?
"Zhen'er, we learned that news some days ago. I knew it—my son is the best." Seeing her son's joyous news receive such a cold response, Mi Jiangxue hurriedly spoke up.
But after recovering his senses, his father, Ye Tiancheng, let out a long sigh. "What rotten luck. It is good that you have come back. At home, no matter what, you can live out your life safely and peacefully. That is better than dying a violent death in the martial world."
The more Ye Zhen listened, the more outrageous it sounded, and the more bewildered he became. He had returned today to bring glory to his ancestors, so how had it become rotten luck and a violent death in the martial world?
Thinking of how the clan had tried to reclaim their ancestral property today, Ye Zhen felt certain that something he did not know had happened.
"Father, what exactly happened? I remember the Clan Head being fairly impartial in his dealings. Why would he suddenly decide to reclaim our ancestral property?" Ye Zhen asked.
His father, Ye Tiancheng, sighed softly and did not wish to say more, but his mother, Mi Jiangxue, hurriedly spilled everything.
"It was still those two bastards, Ye Sheng and Ye Chao. A month ago, those two