Already dead

Just then, a bus slowly pulled to a stop across the road from the security booth. "Tian, this is where your dad works. This company is the Su Group, one of the most famous in Yunzhou! Your dad earns four or five thousand a month here, and they even provide meals and lodging!"

Holding Jiang Tian's hand, Wu Xiuli pointed at the imposing building across the road with a smile.

Jiang Tian looked at the building towering dozens of stories above him, and an emotion stirred in his heart.

It was not envy toward anyone who could own a company like this, but disdain!

A mere company in the mortal world was worth less than an ant before a mighty Nascent Soul cultivator like him.

If he wished, he could make the entire world tremble beneath his feet with a single thought.

He simply felt guilty that his father, once a skilled technician, had now been reduced to guarding a gate.

But seeing the admiration in his mother's eyes, he reassured her:

"Mom, don't worry. One day, I'll buy you a building just like this!"

Wu Xiuli took his words as an attempt to cheer her up and nodded repeatedly. "All right, all right. I'll look forward to that day. Come on, let's go see how your dad is doing."

Jiang Tian nodded, then held his mother's hand as they crossed the road.

Once they reached the building, he headed straight for the security office.

But as he approached the door, he heard blows and curses coming from inside.

Looking through the glass, he saw the security guards beating someone!

Jiang Tian frowned.

Are security guards this arrogant now? They dare to gang up on someone in broad daylight?

Although he did not want to meddle, he needed to ask about his father, so he knocked on the door.

"Fuck, who is it?"

A moment later, the door opened, and Liu Bin came out cursing, clutching his hand.

Jiang Tian glanced at his hand and asked calmly, "Excuse me, does Jiang Chenglin work here as a security guard?"

"Jiang Chenglin?"

Liu Bin's expression briefly stiffened. He instinctively blocked the doorway and asked:

"Who are you? What do you want with him?"

Although the fleeting change in his expression vanished almost instantly, Jiang Tian still caught it.

He sensed that something was wrong.

So he tilted his head and looked inside.

Someone was lying on his side inside the room, curled up on the floor.

Although only half his face was visible, Jiang Tian instantly recognized the man lying on the floor, being beaten by a group of men. It was his father, Jiang Chenglin!

"Dad!"

Jiang Tian's expression changed the moment he saw that the man on the floor was his father!

He shoved Liu Bin aside and rushed inside!

"Chenglin!"

Wu Xiuli panicked as well.

"Stop him!"

Seeing this, Liu Bin hurriedly shouted to the men inside and chased after him.

"Hey, who are you? Who told you to come in here?"

Hearing the shout, Little Dragon and Little Tiger instinctively moved to block him.

"Get lost!"

Without another word,

Jiang Tian raised his hand and struck them with a slap.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

Three muffled impacts rang out. Liu Bin, Little Dragon, and Little Tiger did not even have a chance to scream before they burst into a cloud of bloody mist!

Wu Xiuli stood stunned at the sight. Her son had killed people?

But when she saw Jiang Chenglin lying on the floor covered in blood, she could no longer spare a thought for that. She threw herself toward him and asked anxiously, "Chenglin, Chenglin, are you all right?"

Jiang Tian also crouched in front of his father. He reached out to examine him, then said, "Mom, don't panic. Dad is just unconscious. Leave it to me!"

With that, he took his father's hand and channeled a wisp of spiritual energy into his body.

The next second, Jiang Chenglin abruptly opened his eyes and gasped for breath, still clutching the money protectively as he said:

"This money is for my daughter's college education! None of you are taking it!"

Looking at the blood-soaked money in his father's hand, Jiang Tian felt his heart shatter.

What kind of hardship had his parents endured during the ten years he had been gone?

Seeing Jiang Chenglin suddenly wake up, Wu Xiuli let out a breath of relief. She pulled him into her arms and sobbed, "Chenglin, you scared me to death. What would I do if anything happened to you?"

Jiang Chenglin froze at the sound of his wife's voice. Then, coming to his senses, he asked, "Xiuli, what are you doing here?"

Wu Xiuli released him and wiped away her tears. "Chenglin, look who's right in front of you."

Jiang Chenglin looked at Jiang Tian and instinctively asked, "Young man, you are..."

But before he could finish, his pupils suddenly contracted.

"Tian?!"

Jiang Chenglin seemed to recognize Jiang Tian and cried out in shock.

"Dad!"

Seeing how much his father's face had aged, Jiang Tian felt tears sting his eyes. He pulled his father into his arms.

Realizing that it truly was his son, Jiang Chenglin burst into tears as well.

"Tian, you're back? You're really back?"

He sobbed as he held Jiang Tian tightly.

They said men did not shed tears easily, but only because their hearts had yet to be broken.

Jiang Tian nodded firmly. "Dad, I'm back. You and Mom have suffered so much all these years!"

Jiang Chenglin patted his son's back, repeating, "All that matters is that you're back. All that matters is that you're back..."

Then he suddenly seemed to remember something. He pushed Jiang Tian away and looked around. "Where are Yang Bin and the others?"

Wu Xiuli, who had been deeply moved just a moment ago, immediately paled at those words and looked at her son!

She had just witnessed Jiang Tian kill all three men with a single slap!

"Dad, those three scumbags are already dead!"

Jiang Tian answered.

Although he had never wanted his parents to see him kill, he truly could not hold back any longer.

He had been gone for ten years, and now anyone dared to bully his family!

First, his younger sister and mother had nearly been raped.

Then his father had been beaten by a whole group of men.

Who could possibly put up with that?

"W-what? Dead?"

Jiang Chenglin shuddered at those words and stared at his son in disbelief.

His son had killed people?

"Tian, how could you be so reckless? They may have bullied me, but now that you've killed them, you'll go to prison!"

Jiang Chenglin reproached him.

Wu Xiuli added, "Yes, Tian. Why don't you turn yourself in? Maybe they'll give you a more lenient sentence?"

After all, killing was against the law. That was an ironclad rule throughout Great Xia!

"Turn myself in? Why should I? They deserved to die!"

Jiang Tian did not care in the slightest. Never mind three mere scumbags-even if those so-called government bigwigs dared to bully his parents, he would kill them just the same!

He was Jiang Tian, a Nascent Soul cultivator. Why would he fear the laws of the mortal world?

Besides, he had not killed innocent civilians. He had killed people who deserved to die!

If he could not even protect his family, what the hell was the point of cultivating? He might as well go home and grow sweet potatoes!

"Mom, Dad, don't worry. Those three deserved to die. If the police really do come looking, I'll take responsibility!"

Jiang Tian shook his head as he spoke.

Seeing their son's utterly unconcerned expression, his parents could only shake their heads helplessly.

All they could do was pray that he would be treated leniently when the time came.

"Quick, they're inside!"

Just as the elderly couple fretted, another group suddenly rushed in through the door.

Leading them was a young man in a sharp suit and polished shoes. His face was covered in festering sores, his hair was slicked back, and he swaggered as though he owned the world.

As soon as he entered, the young man saw the three people on the floor. He frowned. "Cripple Jiang, where are Yang Bin and the others?"

Jiang Chenglin had not expected someone to arrive so quickly. Frightened, he stammered, not daring to speak.

After all, they were only ordinary people. Now that they were involved in a murder case, how could they not be afraid?

"I'm asking you a question. Are you mute?"

The young man frowned and snapped at him.

He had just heard someone say there was a fight in the security office, so he had hurried over with a group of men.

Yang Bin was his brother-in-law. With his backing, he certainly had no reason to worry that anything would happen to Yang Bin.

He had come because he was afraid his good-for-nothing brother-in-law might do something out of line.

At the young man's rebuke, Jiang Chenglin's gaze became even more evasive.

Surely he could not tell him they were already dead?

Just as he struggled to decide what to do, Jiang Tian stood up, looked at the young man, and said calmly:

"Don't bother looking. I've already killed them."