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Chen Liu Shi found herself caught between a rock and a hard place. She ached for her son and did not want him to take such a risk at so young an age, yet reality allowed her no room to waver.

Though she was but a woman, she possessed some insight.

She could clearly sense that after Meng Zhao witnessed Xue Ying's martial arts, his attitude had undergone a subtle shift.

A coarse and careless person might have overlooked it entirely, but sensitive by nature, Chen Liu Shi was certain she was not mistaken. Meng Zhao truly valued Xue Ying more.

If she truly had to make a choice, she had no confidence whatsoever that she could take Chen Tai away unscathed.

Thus, she had no leverage to refuse Meng Zhao.

For if they truly tore off all pretenses, the ones who would suffer and be injured in the end would only be themselves.

This was evident from the silent attitude of the one-eyed, lame old man beside her.

That old man was the Chen Family's final Trump Card. He lacked neither courage nor the willingness to face death; he cared only for the survival of the Chen Family. Clearly, he too believed that, in their present circumstances, they could only submit.

Moreover, Meng Zhao was not truly pushing Chen Tai into a pit of fire. Since he had previously turned a mere child into a Peak Houtian Realm expert, capable of fighting the eldest of the straw-cloaked figures to a standstill, it would not be surprising if, two years later, he could temporarily grant Chen Tai martial cultivation comparable to Chen Sheng's.

Besides, the old man had seen through the vicissitudes of the world. Everything in this world changed; nothing was eternal.

Chen Sheng had met with misfortune and