who could stir up such a huge wave.Especially after his performance at the sports meet last time, she had a new appreciation for Hao Ren’s sincerity and bravery, as well as his humility.No matter what...Chapter 632: Revenge!

"Mom!" When Wu Luoxue saw her mother, she smiled brightly and ran over.

Hao Ren turned back to see Zhao Yanzi had already walked into the teaching building and followed suit.

Wu Luoxue's mother had a very simple style: gray knitted sweater set paired with black jeans. She simply stood by the door, looking elegant yet unassuming.

While Wu Luoxue’s dad appeared to be around the same age as Zhao Guang on the surface, her mom looked younger than Zhao Hongyu.

A closer look revealed that she was still a very attractive woman.

Wu Luoxue ran out of the school gate. Her mother reached out and hugged her tenderly. That faint smile truly reflected a mother's affection.

"Aunt!" Zhen Ciming followed Wu Luoxue to the school gate, shouting loudly so that he wouldn't miss his chance if Wu Luoxue’s mom didn’t notice him.

"Cimei, good boy," Wu Luoxue's mother extended her hand and affectionately stroked Zhen Ciming's head.

If this had happened in the past, anyone who dared to touch his head would have been met with a fiery temper from Zhen Ciming. But when Wu Luoxue’s mom touched his head with care, it made him smile foolishly instead.

Wu Luoxue's mother slightly tilted her head upward and saw Hao Ren, the Lu sisters, and Xie Yujia walking out of the middle school gate.

"Miss Wu… hello," Hao Ren thought about it briefly before calling out to her.

Although he wasn't particularly close with Wu Luoxue, it was still appropriate for him to greet her. After all, Zhen Ciming was his grandmother’s adopted grandson and Wu Luoxue was his "beloved." In a roundabout way, they were related.

"Mm," Wu Luoxue's mother nodded with a smile, "you're the son of Zhonghua, right"

Seeing Hao Ren looking at her in surprise, she smiled again and said, "Your parents and I are friends too. Your grandmother was hospitalized in our hospital when she fell ill."

"Oh…" Hao Ren looked at her and realized that Wu Luoxue’s mother was a doctor.

“I went to Russia for further studies recently. It's been several months since I returned yesterday. Thanks to your help, little snow must have had a good time during this period," Wu Luoxue’s mother said politely.

Clearly, she already knew about the things like Wu Luoxue visiting Hao Ren's home and that Wu Luoxue was relatively subdued while her mother was away.

"It's nothing. Little Snow is really cute." Hao Ren said.

"Well, I still have to take these two little ones out for dinner today. Someday, I’ll properly thank your parents." Mrs. Wu Luoxue smiled and opened a white car beside her, then waved goodbye to Hao Ren and the others.

The car smoothly headed towards the intersection and turned out of sight.

Hao Ren stood there with some surprise in his heart. When Zhen Ciming was around Wu Luoxue, he could sense a bit of "demon qi" different from that of dragon cultivators, but now Mrs. Wu Luoxue is here, this little bit of demon qi disappeared.

"Linlin, Lili, do you feel anything different" Hao Ren asked the Lu sisters.

"No, everything seems normal." They blinked and said.

Hao Ren tilted his head sideways and didn’t think too much about it. The demon qi combined by Zhen Ciming and Wu Luoxue fluctuated in strength from time to time. However, when Wu Luoxue went to buy drinks, Hao Ren couldn’t sense any demon qi while Zhen Ciming stayed beside him alone.

And when Zhen Ciming wasn’t nearby, Hao Ren also didn’t feel anything unusual about Wu Luoxue.

"Young Master… A Thai restaurant has just opened at Hongji Square!" Upon seeing Hao Ren daydreaming, the Lu sisters pulled him over.

Right when Hao Ren was being dragged by the Lu sisters to Hongji Square, in a distant Taiyi Cave, an old man with white beard wearing gray Daoist robes was breathing heavily.

Bang!

His palm struck against a table made of thousand-year-old cold jade from the bottom of a lake within his stone chamber, instantly breaking off one corner of this hard table.

He had been cultivating in his cave dwelling when he suddenly received news that his sixth disciple Wang Shitong was dead.

In the Golden Dragon lineage, if someone wants to separate from their master, they must at least reach the Kun level. Therefore, cultivators of the Kun and Qian levels are not uncommon within the circle of Golden Dragons.

However, Wang Shitong was a Qian-level peak cultivator who was this Taiyi Cave Lord’s favored disciple. With Wang Shitong dead now, this Taiyi lineage has lost an important power.

The Heaven-Defying Shield was confiscated, and Wang Shitong was killed… Xu Ke hasn’t accomplished anything in Donghai City… This Taiyi Cave Lord couldn’t sit still anymore.

"You may step down. From now on, you are a disciple of my Taiyi Cave." The Taiyi Cave Lord looked at the Xun-level cultivator before him and said with a cold face.

The cultivator’s face was ashen; he bowed his head and left the stone chamber. He was Wang Shitong’s disciple, but since Wang Shitong had another identity as an artist in the mortal world, he remained at Zi Xuan Cave.

However, suddenly, the token representing Wang Shitong went out, scaring this Xun-level cultivator to death. He immediately rushed to find his master’s master.

The Taiyi Cave Lord held the life token of Wang Shitong and感應了一下，果然發現王世通已經隕落，就知道事情不妙。

Wang Shitong only told his apprentice that they were going to Donghai City for some business. Xu Ke had also pleaded with Wang Shitong to help reclaim the Tiantian Shield of Taigong Cave, and since he was Wang's senior disciple, Wang would naturally not refuse him—yet now that Wang Shitong has suddenly fallen, the connection must certainly be related to the Tiantian Shield.

The Master of Taigong Cave watched as his disciple left the stone room and then picked up the dim black life token. With a snap, he crushed this jade-made life token into pieces.

His bond with Wang Shitong surpassed that of his current disciple Xu Ke. And Wang Shitong had already reached the peak of the Kun level, entering the Golden Dragon Elders' Council, firmly standing by Taigong Cave in all significant matters. This made the Master of Taigong Cave very satisfied; it wasn't for nothing that he had cultivated him for over two hundred years, turning Wang Shitong into a Qiankun-level cultivator.

Before Wang Shitong, there were five other disciples. Among them, his first and second disciples had already fallen, and the branch streams they created had become distant, while the remaining three were all close to reaching the peak of the Kun level, still expanding their branches.

The Purple玄Cave lineage headed by Wang Shitong was not as strong as that of his three senior brothers, but it was still a small faction.

Seated in the stone room, the Master of Taigong Cave thought quietly for half an hour before suddenly forming several hand seals in his palm.

A trio of light circles appeared on the rock wall before him.

"Master… Master… Master…"

The images of three elderly-looking cultivators appeared on the smooth stone walls. Their backgrounds were their respective cave abodes, and they all had reverent expressions.

"Your sixth junior brother has been killed." The Master of Taigong Cave spoke calmly to the rock wall.

“What!”

The three cultivators on the stone walls all showed shocked expressions.

Wang Shitong was their junior brother, but he had become the highest-level among them and was already a member of the Golden Dragon Elders' Council—almost equal in status to their Master. However, Wang Shitong was deeply engrossed in his cultivation; he did not have many apprentices, only three official disciples who were all merely Kun level cultivators.

"In Donghai City, on human territory, he has been killed." The Master of Taigong Cave continued to say.

The three cultivators did not speak but showed some astonishment. In their imaginations, this peak Kun-level junior brother must have rashly entered forbidden zones like the Wanniao Sea or Kunlun Mountain and thus met his tragic end...

"Although Shitong's realm is high, his cultivation foundation isn't solid enough, overly reliant on medicinal pills and magical techniques. While being killed was due to inferior skills, he did come from our Taigong Cave. We need to find a way to settle this grudge."

The Master of Taigong Cave swept his gaze over them coldly.

None of the three Kun-level cultivators appearing on the rock wall spoke.

Wang Shitong was not enthusiastic about taking disciples, so among those who had become independent, there were only three Kun-level cultivators.

In principle, for a cultivator like Wang Shitong to be killed and seek revenge, it should have been his own disciples responsible. However, since none of Wang Shitong's apprentices could handle the task, the Master of Taigong Cave clearly intended to take action in Wang’s name as his master.

"Your sixth junior has had a deep relationship with you all, and since he has fallen this time, the Purple Mystical Grotto is now without an owner. If any of you three can avenge your fellow disciple, I will give the Purple Mystical Grotto to the one who succeeds in doing so on behalf of my sixth junior."

The Great Monarch of Taiyi Cave was occupying one of the Five Supreme Caverns and wasn't particularly interested in Wang Shitong's Purple Mystical Grotto.

However, when these three cultivators heard what the Taiyi Cave Lord said, their expressions changed. They had all come from the same master but at different times, so their relationship with Wang Shitong was not very deep.

The person who could kill a peak Dry Rank powerhouse like Wang Shitong couldn't be an ordinary opponent; they were well aware of this.

But... Wang Shitong's Purple Mystical Grotto was one of the Thirty-Six Caverns, not only rich in spiritual energy but also abundant with all kinds of heaven-defying earth-precious treasures.

The Taiyi Cave Lord's proposal made them quite tempted.

Scattered throughout the world, these "cavernous realms" were partly occupied by Golden Dragons and some by other dragon palaces from the four other lineages. Wang Shitong's Purple Mystical Grotto wasn't too small or too large; it could accommodate over ten cultivators, making it an excellent place for cultivation.

Cultivators like them, who had many disciples, were looking to switch to a larger natural grotto, and the vacant Purple Mystical Grotto was an ideal option.

"Rest assured, Master! We will definitely uncover the real culprit and avenge our junior brother!" The three of them bowed together and called out towards the Taiyi Cave Lord.

“If you encounter someone named Hao Ren, do not kill him. Capture him alive for me to see!” The Taiyi Cave Lord immediately said.

"We will follow your command with utmost respect!" They responded in unison as a flash of light made the image vanish from the stone wall.

The Taiyi Cave Lord remained silent for a few seconds before his lips twitched slightly.

There were eight peak Dry Rank cultivators in the Golden Dragon lineage, and with one now fallen, there were only seven left.

In recent decades, Wang Shitong's personality had become somewhat arrogant, no longer as close to Taiyi Cave as before. However, because he had fewer disciples overall, he still relied on Taiyi Cave.

Now that Wang Shitong has suddenly fallen, it might not necessarily be a bad thing. The remaining peak Dry Rank cultivators would become even more precious.

Hmph, I told him long ago not to be overly confident, or he'd suffer the consequences sooner or later.

The Taiyi Cave Lord gently waved his hand, and a bronze oil lamp on the stone table was flattened by his fingertip.

His goal still remained the Mystical Water Sword Technique.

(To be continued)xcitedly.Hao Ren felt this person’s aura was completely different from Wang Hui's. If the person had been concealing his aura earlier, he now suddenly burst it forth.A Du-level cultivator equates to a...