"So I proposed having you brought here, so you could witness all of this with your own eyes."
"You know what wrongs you committed, what crimes you committed!"
"From this day forward, your father's mountain-high achievements, all his glory, every favor owed to him, every bond of gratitude and loyalty..."
Marshal Ximen said softly, "...are gone without a trace!"
"For that reason, we won't even explain to the students here why we did this. Because we don't want to hunt down our old brother's descendant and leave him no way to survive."
The Central Plains King gave a bitter smile. "Even if you don't explain, is there not a single clever person here who can see through this? That cry of 'godfather' has already driven me into a hopeless corner!"
"This is as good as having the whole affair exposed to the world. What difference does it make whether you explain?"
"But we have at least preserved your father's Central Plains King's Manor. At least, so long as you stop acting recklessly, you can still live out your life in peace as a wealthy man of leisure!"
Marshal Ximen said heavily, "Now, your business here is finished. Jun Taifeng, you may go back. Leave this place immediately, right now. I don't want to see you again."
"From now on, you had best conduct yourself well."
Clang!
A battered saber covered in jagged notches landed before the Central Plains King.
Its blade was dark red, its entire body scarred, its edge densely packed with jagged notches; those wounds had only been battered into it through tens of millions, millions of desperate, life-risking clashes.
"This is your father's Hundred Battles Saber! This saber was forged from Indestructible Iron! Indestructible Iron has always been renowned for being difficult to damage, and your father