Luo Feng!

The imperial court of the Black Dragon Empire.

"Your Highness, every word I have said is true!"

Had Luo Xiaotian been there, he would have recognized the speaker immediately. It was none other than Hu Lie, the mayor of Black Dragon Town!

"Mayor Hu, that younger brother of mine has been hiding like a turtle in the Mystic Universe Heavenly Palace. You claim he came out and even visited your Black Dragon Town? How do you intend to prove that?"

Luo Feng stood with his hands behind his back, a cold sneer curling his lips.

Seeing the soldiers surrounding him on all sides, Hu Lie dropped to his knees in panic.

"Your Highness, every word is true! I even tried to eliminate them for you, but the Third Prince had a fellow disciple with him. If not for that man, I might have succeeded!"

Only then did Luo Feng turn his head slightly.

"But that brother of mine has never had any friends. How could he possibly have a fellow disciple accompanying him? If you're going to spin lies, shouldn't you at least learn how to spin them properly?"

Luo Feng turned to look at Hu Lie kneeling before him and let out a long breath. "Fine. I will believe you this once. We leave for Black Dragon Town immediately!"

"Gather the Black Dragon Army. Tell them we are going to crush rebels and spread the might of our Black Dragon Empire!"

Black Dragon Town.

"Who knows whether those two lords were telling the truth!"

Parents whose daughters had gone missing waited outside Black Dragon Town early that morning.

"They're here! They're coming!"

Someone with sharp eyes suddenly cried out, pointing excitedly into the distance just beyond Black Dragon Town.

A long convoy approached at a rather slow pace, with the scar-faced man seated at the front.

There was even a flag at the head of the convoy bearing several large words.

"Black Dragon Town's Sons-in-Law Convoy!"

"What does that mean?"

Everyone looked puzzled, unable to make sense of it.

Within moments, the convoy stopped outside Black Dragon Town, and the scar-faced man leading it was the first to step down.

"Everyone, a month ago, we were blind fools and abducted people from your Black Dragon Town. We have come to apologize, and we are also willing to work alongside you to build up Black Dragon Town."

"I have disbanded Black Wind Cave. These men are all willing to become your sons-in-law."

The scar-faced man stepped aside, revealing the men behind him.

Every one of them wore wedding attire, while the missing young women were right there inside the carriages.

"This..."

The young women's parents were at a loss for words, staring at the scene before them in disbelief.

"Have you truly turned away from evil and returned to the righteous path?"

An elderly woman's eyes suddenly reddened as she tightly clasped the hand of a young woman inside a carriage.

That was her daughter.

"My daughter, you're back? You're finally back!"

With reddened eyes, the elderly woman pulled her daughter into her arms, her body trembling slightly with excitement.

"Everyone, we are truly sorry. We hope you can forgive us!"

The other bandits, led by the scar-faced man, suddenly dropped to their knees and declared this in a mighty chorus.

Judging by their display, they really did seem intent on turning away from evil and returning to the righteous path.

"From now on, we'll protect Black Dragon Town!"

The scar-faced man spoke with a smile and finally stood with an old man's help.

"Good! Wonderful!"

The old man nodded repeatedly in excitement. Black Dragon Town was the weakest of the nearby towns, often bullied by its neighbors without daring to fight back.

But things were different now. With these bandits here, would they still need to fear the other nearby towns?

Those neighboring towns had only five or six Heavenly Mansion cultivators at most. Here, however, the newcomers numbered more than a dozen in the Heavenly Mansion Realm, while the others were all around the peak of the Transforming Sea realm.

Clap! Clap! Clap!

"You've done very well."

Luo Xiaotian walked out from behind them, clapping, and everyone hurried to make way for him.

"But I should leave now. I can't bring trouble down on you."

After those puzzling words, Luo Xiaotian took out his spirit ship and flew straight into the distance.

He left Xu Xuan standing there in bewilderment.

Utterly dumbfounded, Xu Xuan remained rooted to the spot, watching Luo Xiaotian leave.

Ding! The Son of Heaven's Dao does not wish to burden the host. Host's Fate Points +779!

Xu Xuan came to his senses, rather puzzled by the system's voice in his mind.

"System, perform an analysis of Luo Xiaotian!"

Ding! Luo Xiaotian broke through to the Heavenly Mansion Realm at eighteen and received the recognition of Heaven's Dao, becoming a Son of Heaven's Dao.

Ding! A Son of Heaven's Dao possesses an extremely strong premonition of danger. Luo Xiaotian knew that his elder brother, Crown Prince Luo Feng, was coming to capture him. To avoid harming innocent people or involving the host, Luo Xiaotian chose to leave on his own!

Only after hearing the system's explanation did Xu Xuan understand. But with a friend in trouble, how could he flee alone?

Looking in the direction Luo Xiaotian had gone, Xu Xuan drew a deep breath and finally chose to give chase!

Meanwhile, aboard the spirit ship.

Luo Xiaotian looked down with a complicated gaze, the unease deep within his heart growing ever stronger.

"Luo Feng, could it be you?"

Luo Xiaotian stared ahead, his gaze deep.

In an instant, he sensed waves of murderous intent surging into the sky!

"Luo Feng, have you finally come?"

Luo Xiaotian let out a deep breath. Looking at the army ahead, he resolutely stepped forward.

"Luo Feng, you came after all."

Luo Xiaotian spoke calmly, looking at the man whose features bore some resemblance to his own.

"You and I are brothers. Why must you hunt me down to the bitter end?"

Luo Xiaotian sighed softly. "You're already the crown prince. The Black Dragon Empire belongs to you anyway. Why go to all this trouble?"

In response to Luo Xiaotian's courteous words, Luo Feng slammed the butt of his spear down.

"Of us four brothers, you're the one Father dotes on most. If I don't target you, am I supposed to let you steal my imperial throne?"

Luo Feng burst into laughter, as though he had just heard the funniest joke in the world.

"Do you see what's behind me?"

"That is my army."

Luo Feng swept out his arm, his voice brimming with murderous intent. "Black Dragon Army, hear my command! Whoever slays him will be promoted straight to general and receive four times the resources!"

As the saying went, a generous reward was sure to draw brave men!

At Luo Feng's words, more than a dozen men immediately sprang out of the Black Dragon Army and charged at Luo Xiaotian.

"If you want to kill me, let's see whether you have what it takes."

Utterly dismissive, Luo Xiaotian took his weapon out of his spatial ring!

A dragon's roar rang out, and the dozen men ahead, whose bodies had only just risen into the air, were struck back down.

"You've grown stronger again?"

Luo Feng was slightly startled. The last time they met, he remembered Luo Xiaotian being only at the second level of the Heavenly Mansion Realm. How long had it been?

Yet he had already become this strong!

Refusing to believe it, Luo Feng continued to roar, "Attack! Kill him! Whoever kills him will receive double the reward I just promised!"