Chapter 48 (1/2)

Chapter 48 - Conjectures.

30 Sep 2016

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2/4

Translated by:

toomuchnoob

The Cheng Residence was a complete mess. After receiving the unexpected blow, the damage they suffered was undoubtedly the biggest within the past hundred years.

And the even more unfortunate thing was that this happened just a few days after the Lord Master’s birthday banquet.

The prestige that Cheng family had managed to increase by relying on the Lin family was completely overshadowed at this moment. A family that couldn’t ensure its own safety……..what shelter could it provide to others?

Although the grey-clothed men wearing black masks left quite quickly, for Cheng family, they left a behind an eternally unforgettable lesson which would be remembered through blood.

Xu family’s and He family’s men stationed in the Tai Cang county quickly arrived at the Cheng Residence. Upon learning the attack on the Cheng family, they also felt aghast but also glad inwardly. The opponent’s strength was too much. If they had been the one attacked, their situation wouldn’t have been much better.

After they learned that the thousand-year blood ginseng had also been robbed, although they expressed their regret through words, inwardly, they had never felt so glad at someone’s misfortune.

However, as they saw Cheng family’s miserable situation, they felt empathically sympathetic and directly promised them to provide a.s.sistance in investigating the ident.i.ty of the culprits.

After escaping from the Cheng Residence, He Yiming immediately took off the gray clothes and black turban before he returned home. However, upon returning, he discovered that only his mother and sister were present while his father and brother were nowhere to be seen.

As he turned his head and looked at the fire in the direction of Cheng Residence, he immediately guessed his father and brother’s whereabouts.

While touching his face, he took out a different bottle than before. He poured some liquid on his hand and gently applied it over his face for a few breaths. Subsequently, after scrubbing off his disguise and was.h.i.+ng his face, he went into the main hall.

As soon as he arrived, Lin Wenyu sterned her face and asked, “Yiming, where have you been?”

Habitually, He Yiming touched his hair and said, “I was out.”

“So late? What were you doing out? What if you encountered some trouble?”

He Yiming chuckled and said:

“Mother, I only went out to train. Nothing could have happened.”

“Train?” Lin Wenyu’s face eventually relaxed. This past year, she also had some understanding regarding this treasured son’s cultivation speed. She was quite happy but also quite suspicious at the same time. However, after hearing He Yiming’s words, she felt moved. Everybody said how talented He Yiming was, but n.o.body saw his efforts.

If everybody in the family’s third generation strived as such, not willing to relax even for a single night, she was sure that everybody would make a huge leap in their cultivation.

As she saw her son’s face, which seemed tender like a chick but also a bit matured, she suddenly felt her heart ache. She couldn’t imagine how much her son had exerted himself in order to excel among his peers.

Thinking about this, she suddenly reached out and embraced He Yiming.

He Yiming puzzledly watched his mother. No matter how much of a genius he was, he couldn’t comprehend his mother’s thoughts of this moment. However, after the age of five years, he had not experienced such affection. At this moment, while being together with his mother, his heart felt warm. He moved his arms and embraced back his mother, completely forgetting the matters that occurred a short while ago.

Watching this scene, He Yilong felt envious. She walked forward and entered her mother’s embrace as well. He Yiming glared at her, and she glared back. They glared each other for a few moments but broke into laughter nevertheless.

The three individuals, the mother and her children, enjoyed the familial warmth. As for Cheng family’s calamity, it seemed completely unrelated to them.

He Quanming and He Yixuan, the father and son, only returned at dawn.

Their faces seemed grave. They were evidently affected by the Cheng Residence’s miserable condition.

He, Xu, and Cheng were the influential families in the Tai Cang county. Although all of them differed somewhat in battle strength, none of these families could be provoked.

Since Cheng family could be reduced to such a state, what if, yesterday, those people had targeted the He family instead?

As soon as He Quanming entered the family, his vision first fell on He Yiming. The former involuntarily became angry as he said, “Yiming, where were you last night? Do you any idea how dangerous it was outside yesterday?”

He Yiming felt warm inside as he said, “Father, I was training out yesterday night. Then, I saw fire rising from the Cheng family and returned back.”

“Training? Why not train inside the home?” He Quanming’s anger immediately subsided a lot, but his tone remained strict.

Lin Wenyu immediately stepped forward and shrouded He Yiming. She said a few lines to moderate the situation and pointed out that He Yiming’s current accomplishments imperatively relied on such every day’s relentless training. Since their son had such determination, they shouldn’t become a hindrance for him.

He Quanming was also merely worried about his son’s safety. This moment, he was even led down by a rope. Therefore, after warning a few more times and making sure that He Yiming wouldn’t go out for the upcoming few days, he dropped the matter.