The surging vortex of immortal aura outside the cave abode had long since dispersed. By now, everything in the Turtle-Spirit Immortal Domain had returned to normal. The outsiders' prediction that Lu Xiaotian would use his vastly increased power to ruthlessly suppress the Zhen family had not come to pass. It was as if nothing had happened at all.
Some people, however, suspected that this was merely the calm before the storm. Even if nothing stirred on Lu Xiaotian's side, the Zhen family could never let things rest after Zhen Jingting, a dignified Profound Immortal, had been crippled. Jingting was still a prefectural governor, after all. Though he had barged into Lu Xiaotian's cave abode and been crippled for trying to interrupt Lu Xiaotian's advancement, it was still a major incident. Whatever happened next, the matter would not simply fade away without explanation or resolution.
"That boy from the East really knows how to keep his cool." At the Zhen family estate in the Turtle-Spirit Immortal Domain, a dignified-looking middle-aged man had arrived. He wore silver battle armor, strikingly at odds with his dark complexion. He was the Zhen family's most powerful member at present: Zhen Jingshan!
"Please, Uncle, avenge Father and do away with that Oriental. Restore the Zhen family's honor!" Zhen Shuo dropped to his knees before Zhen Jingshan and wept uncontrollably.
"Get up! You're a grown man, yet here you are blubbering like this. Have some dignity!" Zhen Jingshan scolded him.
"Elder Brother, what took you so long to come? Our sister has been cultivating in seclusion at the mountain gate for years, and I haven't even seen her. Now Jingting has ended up like this. You're the only one who can make things right." A beautiful woman beside them, Madam Liu, was Zhen Shuo's mother. She, too,