"How could that be? Though I am young, I am also an elder of the Ma Family. The Clan Chief is away at present, so I can only act in his stead!" Wang Qing said, neither servile nor overbearing. "Senior Ma Ang, though our Clan Chief is absent, given the relationship between our two families, this is no place to talk. Would you care to come inside the Wang Household for a discussion? Everything can be negotiated!"
Upon hearing this...
"I cannot be bothered to waste words with your Wang Household! I came here personally today for one thing alone!" Seeing Wang Qing's composed manner only strengthened Ma Ang's resolve... Yet his voice remained cold. "Nothing else-just what happened a few days ago! I already sent your Clan Chief a message, and he did not even bother to reply! Does he think I was joking?" With that, an unimaginably powerful pressure bore down on Wang Qing...
"!" Caught beneath that sudden, terrifying pressure, Wang Qing immediately found it difficult to breathe. He could barely speak; even when he wanted to say something, the words would not come. Though remarkably gifted, he was still too young, and his cultivation was limited. He forced himself to remain steady and hurriedly said, "Senior Ma Ang, you must be referring to Junior Brother Wang Ziling, correct? Wang Ziling has not returned to our lineage for several years now. We truly do not know how to answer you!"
"What? He has not returned for several years?" Upon hearing this, Wang Qing frowned and muttered. After a pause, he asked sternly, his face cold, "Then where is he?" With that, the pressure bearing down on Wang Qing withdrew...
"A few years ago, when the Five Great Sects made their expedition to the Cloud Mountain Treasure Land,