Yuan Tian stood in front of Zhang Yuanrang, facing Yuan Siyuan. The man belonged to the same clan as him, but he would show him no mercy.
He had to protect Zhang Yuanrang today.
If nothing else, he had to secure the connection to Xu Tong through Zhang Yuanrang. This was his last chance to save his daughter.
He understood very well how important Xu Tong was.
If Xu Tong was not a disciple of some major power, as he suspected, but an independent cultivator instead...
That would be even better.
But the odds of that were far too low. Someone so young, yet invincible in such a small place, could only make him think of one kind of being.
An immortal.
Clever people inevitably thought too much. Often, such overthinking amounted to fearing that the sky would fall, or simply indulging in baseless speculation.
But in this matter, unbeknownst to Yuan Tian himself, he had already guessed the correct answer.
Although Yuan Tian did not know his guess was correct, he now firmly believed it.
As for disguising his appearance...
With enough strength to deal with Yuan Chang effortlessly, he could already throw his weight around Azure City without opposition. There was absolutely no need for a disguise.
His strength spoke for itself.
Would a normal person pretend to be someone else in front of an ant for fun?
What adult would pretend to be a child in front of children, especially children he did not even know?
So, after agonizing over it for a long time at the City Lord's Mansion, he had decided to come find Zhang Yuanrang.
Zhang Yuanrang's little courtyard was indeed hard to find, but he had already found it once. Coming back was no longer difficult.
Come to think of it, the Yuan