Chapter 1986 — Breakfast Storm
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At times Feng Tianhu even wondered whether the founder of the Hidden Families Arbitration Association had already kicked the bucket. Otherwise, why had there been no word from him for all these years? And not only that—even the Grand Elder had vanished without a trace.
He shook his head and set aside such idle thoughts for the time being. Picking up the phone, he said, "Sanku, what is it?"
"Boss, word just came from over there. Xu Shilan is going to Donghai City on her own for a private event. Feng Sanmang won't be following her—she'll be alone!" Feng Sanku said.
"Good, I've got it. Your information was timely and excellent!" Feng Tianhu gave a cold laugh and hung up. In his heart, he thought: Second Brother, ah, Second Brother, this time I'll let you taste what it means to lose your own flesh and blood. Heh heh heh—if I tell Second Sister-in-Law about this, do you think she'll send someone to kill that little girl?
Like Feng Sanku, Feng Sanmang, who stayed at Xu Shilan's side, was an outstanding third-generation disciple of the ancient Feng family, with strength at the late-stage peak of the Xuan rank. But he was one of Feng Tianqi's people—Feng Tianqi being the current heir to the young family head. And Xu Shilan was none other than Feng Tianqi's illegitimate daughter, born outside his marriage.
With the support of Feng Tianqi, the first in line to succeed as young family head of an ancient aristocratic family, it was only natural that Xu Shilan had enjoyed smooth sailing all the way in her path to stardom. An ancient aristocratic family was an existence that even the hidden families did not dare offend.
Yet Feng Tianqi had always believed he had been very discreet, and that no one knew Xu Shilan was his illegitimate daughter. What he did not realize was that Feng Tianhu had already investigated the whole affair and knew it in full detail. And it wasn't only Feng Tianhu who knew—Feng Tianqi's wife knew too.
The reason Feng Tianqi's wife had not made a move was, on the one hand, because Xu Shilan was a girl and posed no threat to her son inheriting the position of the third family head; on the other hand, it was because Feng Sanmang, as her personal guard, was always by Xu Shilan's side.
It wasn't as if an ancient aristocratic family could not send an Earth-rank expert into the mundane world, but the hidden families had made an agreement back then, and she had no desire to violate that agreement over a mere Xu Shilan. Besides, Feng Sanmang was a disciple of the Feng family—who among the Feng clan did he not know?
If the person she sent were to kill Xu Shilan but fail to kill Feng Sanmang, Feng Sanmang was certain to report it back to Feng Tianqi. Even Feng Tianqi's wife would not dare go too far.
This time, however, was a rather good opportunity. Feng Tianhu did not mind causing a bit of trouble for Feng Tianqi, and at the same time dealing him a blow that would leave him grieving for a while, with no energy to contend over the position of family head.
With that in mind, Feng Tianhu rose and walked in the direction of the second brother's residence.
Cultivating the second layer of the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art was not like improving one's strength. It was a plain and unremarkable process of true qi accumulation; only through the ceaseless accumulation of true qi could one reach a higher level. Still, there was no barrier of the sort found in rank advancement. Perhaps this was only because the first two layers were comparatively easy—whether the ones that followed would be just as easy, no one could say.
At any rate, every morning, when Wei Zhao came out of the jade pendant's space, he could sense his own progress. Before he knew it, he had already cultivated about one-fifth of the second layer of the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art—that is, twenty percent.