To say he had no regrets at all about what he had done would not be entirely true. Occasionally, he did regret it a little. When he had left his daughter back then, he had thought... weren't daughters all money-losers anyway?
Sooner or later, she would belong to someone else's family.
And his wife had not left him a son to carry on the family line, which only strengthened his resolve to seek the Dao.
"That's true. You're not wrong, King brother. Let's pick up the pace and try to reach the mountain sooner."
Upon hearing this, Wang Zheyi felt that he had been too fixated on appearances. How could immortals' thoughts possibly be understood by mortals like them? Still, as he looked at the martial brother beside him, he could not help feeling a trace of admiration.
This martial brother of his was named Wu Yi... Since his official title was Judicial Officer, people often called him Judicial Officer Wu. He had nothing whatsoever to do with Her Majesty the Empress of the previous Wu Zhou dynasty; they merely shared the same surname.
But... even if they had been related, given that Empress's methods, if anyone accidentally offended her, she would not show regard for family ties.
He had heard that before the Empress entered the palace, her two brothers had often bullied her. After she gained power, she directly carried out a "righteous execution of kin."
Many people connected to those two brothers had been demoted.
Come to think of it, this martial brother was quite similar to Wu Huang in that regard.
He had heard that before Judicial Officer Wu set out to seek immortality and the Dao, he had still had a young daughter at home. Yet he... had simply abandoned his daughter, who had not