He Shouldered Everything as a Matter of Course

"How could that be... How could it possibly be..."

Carried by the back of her collar as Chu Sheng sped through the air toward Hengshui Base City.

Tian Yu kept repeating that same sentence, her voice full of bewilderment.

Thinking of what her Dao companion was usually like, he had seemed utterly ordinary, with nothing particularly remarkable about him.

Yet someone had suddenly told her that Chen Tingyu had cultivated for barely over a hundred years and was an undeniable genius.

The more Tian Yu thought about it, the more confused she became. Her heart churned like stormy seas, and she could not help turning her head to ask.

"Young Master Chu... Tingyu... Is he truly that gifted...?"

Chu Sheng said irritably, "You're his Dao companion, yet you're asking me?"

"But... Tingyu clearly told me that he was already over five hundred years old."

Tian Yu's voice drifted as she added,

"And judging by his appearance, he doesn't look like someone only a hundred or so years old. Could it be... that you found the wrong person?"

Chu Sheng's brows furrowed slightly.

"Whether we found the wrong person will become clear once we ask at the Chen Family."

"And if we really did find the wrong person, then there are likely even more things he hid from you. Even this name of his might not be real."

Those words struck Tian Yu's heart like a stone.

Her body swayed faintly, her throat tightening, and for a long while, she could not speak...

Chu Sheng flew at tremendous speed. In but a moment, the towering and magnificent Hengshui Base City burst into view ahead.

And four figures were already standing in the skies above the base city.

Once Chu Sheng and the other two came to a steady stop.

The four