The Tianheng Western Regions, deep within the mountains.
This place is at an extremely high altitude, with endless clouds and mist filling the entire mountain range. It is home to the most powerful Mountain Gate in the Western Region, and is also the dream cultivation ground for countless martial artists in the Western Region.
Its name is the Misty Immortal Sect.
Inside the Immortal Sect, in the Side Hall.
A faint humming sound could be heard as if true qi was circulating.
Liu Qidong's hands hung naturally at his sides as he stared expressionlessly at the furious woman in front of him. "Ze'er went to an alien planet while I was away. In order not to alert Yue Chan, he didn't even bring any extra elders to protect him."
"I can't help it, I'm heartbroken too."
As Martial Dao Great Expert at the Sun Moon Realm, he had never felt so down in his life.
To be honest, he was well aware of his only son's character flaws, given his son's frequent and reckless behavior within the Universe Treasure Hall and even throughout the Western Region.
If he were to encounter a tough opponent while traveling, even if the other party did not originally intend to kill Liu Ze, it could very well turn into a life-or-death battle due to the brocade-robed youth's wicked habits.
The problem is that the power of Martial Dao Great Expert is simply too great.
Over hundreds and thousands of years, no matter what kind of opponents Liu Ze encountered, once he learned of his father's identity, as long as he had a shred of reason, he would never choose to kill him.
As for those solitary, independent cultivators... there weren't many noteworthy figures among them to begin with.
Moreover, given Liu Ze's level of cultivation, he wouldn't offend any particularly powerful rogue cultivators, so why would Liu Qidong care about such a low-probability event?
How could he have imagined that Liu Ze would specifically travel to some obscure [Blue Star] to search for treasure, only to be killed by the local natives in the end!
There's simply nowhere to reason with them!
Upon hearing this, the woman in gray, her eyes still blurry with tears, remained relentless.
"That's sophistry!"
She gripped the Qiankun Hall's robes tightly with both hands, almost gritting her teeth as she said, "When I entrusted Ze'er to you, why didn't you say you couldn't protect him?!"
"Wu Shilan, as his father, I have taught him many times to avoid arguments with others when he is out in the world, and to wait for me to come back and make decisions for him."
Liu Qidong's eyes dimmed slightly, and his breathing became a little rapid, but his voice remained steady. "But every time he brought you up to pressure me, and since we've lived in peace for hundreds of years, I haven't said anything more about it."
"In my spare time, I even commissioned someone to forge a Tenth-Tier Armor that a Hegemony Realm cultivator could use, and I personally put it on him."
"The palace's treasury is always open to him; he can take whatever Treasure Medicine he wants—a privilege even Yue Chan doesn't receive."
"Even so, it couldn't save him. When I learned of this in the Northern Region..."
"Enough!"
Enraged, Wu Shilan interrupted him abruptly, shoving him away. Her finger, pointing at his nose, trembled uncontrollably. "Yue Chan, Yue Chan! Yue Chan! I don't want to hear you mention your dead Personal Disciple, and I don't want to bring up our past!"
"I, Wu Shilan, only look at the present!"
"I have already borrowed my sister's Treasured Artifacts and given it to Elder Tianyan. She is currently inside divining the Heavenly Secrets. Once she has deduced that brat's whereabouts, I hope you can set off immediately to avenge Ze'er!"
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