The battleship sped through the void, as Chu Mo listened quietly to the stories told by the women.

From the initial bewilderment upon entering the Spirit Realm, to the joy of securing a foothold in Qingfeng City, followed by the anger of being threatened by the Ouyang Family, and finally the panic after hastily leaving Qingfeng City...

Chu Mo listened in silence the entire time, but the fierce light in his eyes flickered unstably. At the end, he thought to himself, "The Ouyang Family... very well, bullying a group of women, really showing great might. There will be a day when I will settle this account with you properly."

At the same time, in Ouyang Family's residence in Qingfeng City.

The group of high-ranking cultivators from the Ouyang Family who had parted ways with Ouyang Pingfeng had also returned to the Ouyang Family.

The first thing they did after returning was to seek an explanation from Ouyang Guanghui!

In fact, it was a case of the guilty party filing the suit first.

They did not want to wait for Ouyang Pingfeng to return and speak ill of them in front of Ouyang Guanghui.

After seeing Ouyang Guanghui, everyone exaggerated their stories.

They complained about how Ouyang Pingfeng was too arrogant, lacking respect for his elders and love for the young, behaving high-handedly, with a domineering character.

Ouyang Guanghui almost listened with furrowed brows. He knew very well what kind of person Ouyang Pingfeng was, and he thought that these old fellows probably didn't say anything pleasant. They had likely provoked Ouyang Pingfeng; otherwise, given Ouyang Pingfeng's proud nature, it was not likely that he would have really fallen out with these people.

Ouyang Guanghui sighed inwardly, understanding that as long as he didn't disclose Ouyang Pingfeng's true situation, such incidents would continue to occur.

However, he still did not want to make it public. With too many opinions, Ouyang Pingfeng's future, which was connected to the future of the entire Ouyang Family, could be jeopardized. If news got out, the Ouyang Family's rival forces might quickly set their sights on Ouyang Pingfeng.

Even sending someone to assassinate him was not an impossibility.

Despite being an extraordinary genius, Ouyang Pingfeng was still young and vulnerable. Against seasoned Primordial Infant experts, he was no match.

Ouyang Guanghui could not allow such a thing to happen. He would rather have the entire family misunderstand Ouyang Pingfeng. The less they understood, the more grateful Ouyang Pingfeng would be towards him as the patriarch when he truly rose to prominence.

At that time, his line within the family would be unshakeable.

With these thoughts in mind, Ouyang Guanghui dismissed the issue indifferently, "You are all pillars of the Ouyang Family, the elite echelon. How can you quibble with a child? Let it go, now that you are back, do not bring this up again..."

The high-ranking members of the Ouyang Family looked at each other, seeing dissatisfaction in each other's eyes. But now that the patriarch had spoken, if they complained any further, it would really make them, the elders, seem unreasonable. Hence, they all left with frustrated expressions.

Just then, an Ouyang Family disciple burst into the room in a state of panic, even forgetting to knock, and shouted, "Patriarch, something terrible has happened! It's really bad, Patriarch!"

Ouyang Guanghui was already displeased, and to see a family disciple barge in like this, he immediately became furious, "You have no manners! Get out of here!"

The Ouyang Family member was almost paralyzed with fear by the patriarch's imposing aura, his eyes turning red with urgency as he said loudly, "Patriarch..."

"Out!" Ouyang Guanghui, in his anger, shouted loudly.

The Ouyang Family disciple trembled, scrambling to withdraw.

It was then that Ouyang Guanghui suddenly remembered what this person's duties were, and his heart lurched with a sense of foreboding. He called the man back and asked with a stern face, "Stop, what happened?"

"This..." The member of the Ouyang Family glanced at the people in the room, hesitating a bit.

Ouyang Guanghui immediately snapped angrily, "This is the family's senior level, speak up if you have something to say!"

"Patriarch, Ouyang Ping... Ouyang Pingfeng, he... he's dead!" The member of the Ouyang Family stammered, uttering a sentence that shocked everyone like a bolt from the blue.

"What?" Ouyang Guanghui's body shook suddenly, and in a flash, he rushed forward, grabbing the family member's collar, and roared almost like a beast, "What did you say?"

The other senior members of the Ouyang Family in the room were all stunned; although they really detested Ouyang Pingfeng's arrogance, they knew that this young man was a true genius.

A seventeen or eighteen-year-old Primordial Infant cultivator, if not a genius, what is?

Regardless, he was one of their own, and his loss was a huge blow to the entire Ouyang Family.

The group looked at each other, their faces showing a bit of embarrassment, for they knew that Ouyang Pingfeng's death was directly related to them. If they hadn't let him run wild without restraint, surrounded by a large group of Primordial Infant masters, Ouyang Pingfeng would never have died!

But they still didn't understand what the person of Ouyang Pingfeng meant to the entire family.

The Ouyang Family member trembled as he looked at Ouyang Guanghui, whose face was twisted into a ferocious snarl, and said quivering, "Ouyang Pingfeng's soul lamp... has been extinguished!"

Ouyang Guanghui suddenly froze, his face showing a look of utter despair. His grip loosened, and the family member collapsed to the ground, then rolled and crawled out of there, because he had already felt an earth-shaking murderous intent emanating from the patriarch!

"Patriarch... please be sorrowful, this matter... it has to do with us..." Elder Ouyang Guangyue faltered.

"Shut your damn mouth!" Ouyang Guanghui erupted instantly, like a madman, rushing in front of Ouyang Guangyue, raising his hand, and delivering a ferocious slap.

Smack!

A crisp sound echoed in the room.

Caught off guard, Ouyang Guangyue was fiercely slapped. He instantly froze, looking incredulously at Ouyang Guanghui.

They were of the same generation, and though he was a trusted subordinate of Ouyang Guanghui's, with everyone being cultivators in the realm of Primordial Infant, and despite Ouyang Guanghui having a slightly higher cultivation, he had always been very courteous to these elders.

Such harsh words, like just now, were rarely directed at them. No one had expected that Ouyang Guanghui would be driven to such a rage by the death of Ouyang Pingfeng.

Ouyang Guangyue's face displayed a mix of shame and grievance as he looked at Ouyang Guanghui, feeling a burning pain on his face, with blood trickling from the corner of his mouth. As he opened his mouth, several teeth spilled out, attesting to the severity of Ouyang Guanghui's slap.

This slap, though it landed on Ouyang Guangyue's face, seemed to have struck everyone's face.

The expressions of the people present turned rather ugly.

Ouyang Guangxing frowned, looking at the patriarch and spoke in a grave voice, "Patriarch..."

"Shut your damn mouth too!" Ouyang Guanghui roared furiously, "You bunch of fools! Nimwits! Do you not understand, that even if all of you died... Ouyang Pingfeng shouldn't have died?"

"Patriarch... that's a bit too much, isn't it?" Even the perennially kind-hearted Elder Ouyang Guanggu could not stand by and watch this outburst. Frowning, he said, "Pingfeng's death is indeed a great loss for the Ouyang Family, but it's not like we killed him..."

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