His father's words made Hou Mubai's expression change.
Was he planning to imprison him in the Hou Family forever? Until the day he died?
But Hou Mubai's cultivation had reached the peak of the Formless Realm, and he had long since achieved the Immortal Golden Body. Die? How many years would that take?
That was even crueler than killing him.
Trapped in one place, enduring the endless passage of time—if things went on like that, a person would go mad.
"By rights, your family's affairs are none of our business. As outsiders, we shouldn't interfere."
"But you said it yourself: Hou Mubai is no longer a member of the Hou Family."
"What's more, he's now a member of my Profound Sword Sect. If you want to keep him here, shouldn't you ask whether I, the Grand Elder of the Profound Sword Sect, agree?" Chen Changan asked with a cold laugh.
The Profound Sword Sect?
What kind of sect was that? How had he never heard of it?
And this kid was the Profound Sword Sect's Grand Elder? A Grand Elder at the Formless Realm?
This Profound Sword Sect... didn't seem like much.
"Hou Mubai, you've really sunk low. You've brought shame upon the entire Hou Family."
"You'd join a sect like that?"
"Looks like keeping you in the Hou Family was the right choice after all."
"Otherwise, you'd bring nothing but disgrace upon the Hou Family!"
They didn't care whether Hou Mubai lived or died. But if he brought shame upon the Hou Family, they absolutely wouldn't let it go.
The Profound Sword Sect was a sect full of nobodies they'd never even heard of. And its Grand Elder was only at the Formless Realm. What could a sect like that possibly accomplish?
Joining a sect like that was an