King Daoguang said coldly, "Junior Sister Yuefu and the other five are now nowhere to be found. Liu Feng, you merely say you know nothing—isn't that taking this far too lightly? Did you think Tianqu Mountain gave you the position of Castle Lord of Black Stone Ancient Castle so you could sit around and eat for free?"
After being rebuked one after another by King Daoguang and Gu Duanhe, how could Liu Feng not feel wronged?
Yet he did not dare show the slightest anger. He could only brace himself and say, "Lord Daoguang, I truly did everything in my power in this matter. When Fairy Yuefu and the other five arrived, they headed straight for the Barren Snake Desert. In order to assist Fairy Yuefu and the others, Black Stone Ancient Castle dispatched all three Heavenly Separation Realm cultivators we could use, apart from myself. Now, Black Stone Ancient Castle has only this old man left. There is truly nothing I can do about it."
This was precisely the bitterness in his heart.
He had sent out the three Heavenly Separation Realm cultivators of his clan, and now they had vanished without a trace. Yet he could not utter a word of complaint. He had originally hoped his own son could forge some connection with Tianqu Mountain as compensation, but who would have thought Tianqu Mountain had not a shred of human feeling and simply did not care about Black Stone Ancient Castle's losses?
"Hmph, things have reached this point, and you still feel wronged?" King Daoguang showed no intention of softening his heart as he continued to berate him.
Gu Duanhe waved his hand. Though his expression remained far from friendly as he furrowed his brow, he was somewhat better than King Daoguang.
"Enough. Even cursing him now