30: The Lord of White Mist City came to demand an explanation.

"Many thanks, Young Master Gu, for your grace in sparing us!"

Upon hearing this, the Cultivators kneeling on the ground all breathed a sigh of relief and bowed to Gu Chen one after another.

"Senior Brother Ye, Junior Sisters, let's go." Gu Chen ignored the kneeling Cultivators and instead beckoned Night Owl and the others to continue entering the city.

Watching the figures of the group disappear at the city gate,

the Cultivators kneeling on the ground stood up with lingering fear on their faces.

"Phew, Young Master Gu is truly a natural-born Genius with an incredibly broad mind."

"Indeed, had he not pleaded for us, his Senior Brother would have truly killed us."

"What's hateful is that we even wanted to see him make a fool of himself; we are truly lower than a beast."

Some of them shed tears of regret.

Compared to Gu Chen's broad-mindedness, their petty behavior was simply despicable to the extreme.

Soon, news of what happened here reached the ears of the White Mist City Lord.

"What? Gu Chen has returned and killed the city guards with two punches?"

Inside a luxurious hall of the City Lord's mansion.

The dignified White Mist City Lord, upon hearing the guard's report, let out a sound of disbelief.

How long has it been since Gu Chen left? How could he have such strength?

Impossible, absolutely impossible!

"It's true, City Lord. That Gu Chen just used two light punches to blow the brothers guarding the city gate to pieces, leaving not even a fragment behind. You must seek justice for us!"

The reporting guard replied again, his face filled with shock.

Just moments ago, he had been planning to go to the city gate to brag with one of the guards.

Unexpectedly, he happened to witness the scene where Gu Chen and Night Owl injured and blew up the two guards.

Terrified, he shrank behind the city gate and thus escaped disaster.

Although the people were killed by Night Owl, Night Owl was Gu Chen's Senior Brother and was brought by him.

Therefore, he placed the blame for the killing on Gu Chen so that the White Mist City Lord would seek revenge against the Gu Family.

The two guards were his beloved and his relative, respectively.

Now that not even a trace remained, he hated Gu Chen to the bone.

"Enough, you may go. I will handle this matter and give you an explanation." The White Mist City Lord's expression returned to calm as he waved his hand at the guard.

"Yes, City Lord, this subordinate will take his leave!" The reporting guard bowed and exited the Main Hall.

After the guard had left,

the White Mist City Lord looked toward the left side of the Main Hall at a young girl who was drinking tea with a white-robed youth and said, "Xinyue, you also heard it; that Gu Chen has returned."

"It seems he obtained some fortuitous encounter and has become stronger than before. If he truly reaches the Heavenly Soul Realm within three years, you will have to marry him."

Upon hearing this, the young girl looked indifferent. "Father, don't worry about it. I have already joined the Yuntian Sect and have long been on a different path than him. Even if he reaches the Heavenly Soul Realm, I will not marry him."

"The three-year agreement I made with him a while ago was just to stall him. I didn't expect him to take it seriously and risk his life to improve his cultivation."

Chi Xinyue finished, looking disdainful.

She had originally thought that by setting an impossible goal for Gu Chen, he would know the difficulty and retreat.

Unexpectedly, in such a short time of training, Gu Chen had made such progress, which was truly beyond her expectations.

However, ever since she witnessed the Prodigies of the Yuntian Sect, she despised Gu Chen, the number one Genius of White Mist City, from the bottom of her heart.

For her to marry a bumpkin like him was absolutely impossible.

At this moment, the youth sitting next to Chi Xinyue drinking tea spoke with an arrogant expression.

"That's right. My Yuntian Sect is the hegemonic power of over a dozen surrounding prefectures. Although Junior Sister Chi is currently an Outer Sect Disciple, she is not someone that trash can be worthy of. Uncle Chi, let your nephew go to the Gu Family to annul the engagement for Junior Sister Chi and settle this matter."

Upon hearing the youth's words,

the White Mist City Lord rubbed his hands with a beaming smile. "Oh my, Nephew Yang, that would be troubling you. In the future, my Xinyue will have to be entrusted to your care."

He had heard from Chi Xinyue about the youth before him.

He was the grandson of a Saint Realm Expert from the Yuntian Sect, with a terrifyingly high status and having reached the Heavenly Soul Realm at a young age.

This time, if it weren't for the opening of the Secret Realm in the Chiyan Mountains and the Yuntian Sect sending Disciples over for training, he wouldn't even have the qualifications to meet the youth.

If he could climb this big tree, then his Chi Family's prosperity would be just around the corner.

"Uncle Chi, rest assured, I will definitely take good care of Junior Sister Chi." The youth's face flushed slightly as he looked at Chi Xinyue with joy.

"Senior Brother Yang, you are so good to me." Chi Xinyue put on a shy expression.

In order to hook this wealthy son-in-law,

she had been day and night looking for opportunities to flirt and pose in front of the youth, and today she finally saw results.

"Good, good. Nephew Yang, let's go to the Gu Family now to annul the engagement and, by the way, punish him for the crime of killing my city guards."

Seeing this situation, the White Mist City Lord was so happy he almost jumped up, unable to wait to go to the Gu Family to annul the engagement.

What kind of bullshit "number one Genius of White Mist City" is that?

Even if he obtained a fortuitous encounter and improved his cultivation, it's no big deal.

Compared to the youth before him, he is not even worth a fart.

His Chi Family is about to take off.

"Hmm, Elder Bi, let's go."

The youth called out to an old man at the third level of the Heavenly Venerate Realm behind him, took Chi Xinyue's hand, and flew out of the City Lord's mansion.

White Mist City, Gu Family.

Gu Chen and his companions, including Night Owl, appeared at the gate of the mansion.

The guards at the gate, seeing Gu Chen appear, quickly ran into the mansion to report.

"Young Master Gu has returned!"

"Young Master Gu has returned!"

The voice spread throughout the entire Gu mansion.

Before long,

Gu Chen's father, Gu Feiyang, appeared quickly at the entrance of the Main Hall.

He bumped right into Gu Chen and his companions who had already entered the mansion.

"Haha, Chen'er, you're back. You still listen to your father." Gu Feiyang was overjoyed and gave Gu Chen a hug.

The other members of the Gu Family around them also appeared one after another to greet Gu Chen.

"Little Chen, it's good that you're back."

"Brother Gu Chen, let's go play hide-and-seek."

"Younger Brother Chen, were you injured anywhere during this time away?"

A group of people watched the father and son happily.

This made Gu Chen look embarrassed.

"Father, that's enough. Why be so affectionate? I've grown up; I'm not a seven or eight-year-old child anymore." Gu Chen broke free from Gu Feiyang's embrace and greeted the surrounding members of the Gu Family one by one.

Just as he was preparing to introduce Night Owl and the others to the Gu Family members,

an angry shout appeared in the sky above the Gu Family.

"Audacious, Gu Chen! How dare you kill the guards at the city gate? Don't you surrender and wait for punishment!"

As the voice fell,

the White Mist City Lord and his group landed outside the Main Hall of the Gu mansion.

"City Lord Chi, is there some misunderstanding here? With my son's cultivation, how could he kill the guards at the city gate who are at the Peak of the Void-Breaking Realm?" Gu Feiyang, seeing this, hurriedly stepped forward to explain.

Although he could not see the depth of Gu Chen's current cultivation, he would never believe, even if he were beaten to death, that he could kill a Peak-level expert.

After all, Gu Chen had only been away from home for a few days. Even if he had a Breakthrough every single day, he still wouldn't reach the level of killing a Peak-level expert.