Zhong Kui belonged to the Zhong Family of the Primordial Yellow Bell. He was also the husband of Chen Hong's daughter, Chen Xiyuan, and the father of Chen Jianzun-in other words, Chen Hong's son-in-law.
Chen Xiyuan had high aspirations. By the time she achieved some success with the Seven Kill Qi-Concealing Art, she was already well into her thirties. Zhong Kui, who had waited years for her, was over forty. After marrying, they waited another few years before having Chen Jianzun.
Otherwise, given that she was several years older than Chen Xun, Chen Jianzun would hardly have been only thirteen now.
After awakening the Seven Kill Sword, Chen Jianzun returned to the Chen Clan.
Chen Hong doted endlessly on this grandson of his-his maternal grandson, to be precise-but was also very strict about his cultivation.
Chen Xiyuan and Zhong Kui had fallen out a few years earlier, though it was nothing serious.
Zhong Kui was rather slapdash, while Chen Xiyuan had a forceful personality. All the petty disagreements they accumulated in daily life finally erupted over some minor incident.
Chen Xiyuan returned to her parents' home to look after her son. Even after Chen Jianzun left to study last year, she had not gone back.
Chen Xiyuan was Chen Hong's beloved daughter, so he had given Zhong Kui no welcoming looks on Red Forest Mountain at the Demon Sheep Sect.
Still, when Zhong Kui struggled to choose a Soul Bone, he sent him a voice transmission: "That water-type Soul Bone would suit Jianzun better."
Thus, Zhong Kui eagerly picked that Soul Bone. Otherwise, he would never have chosen it, since he had no use for it himself.
Zhong Kui had arrived yesterday, a day later than Xue Tianming and the others, after making a trip home.
Since he had gone