"Reporting to my lord, the Zhou family has been driven away!"
Chang Yuan entered the yamen and stood respectfully before Lu Zizai.
"Good. Let's proceed! Those Zhou troublemakers have wasted enough of my time—and the Immortal Master's as well. They're insufferable!" Lu Zizai said with a satisfied nod, his irritation evident.
"Immortal Master, we're ready to depart," he added, turning toward the cultivator with a deferential bow.
"Ridiculous! That Lu Zizai is completely disregarding the Zhou family. To think he was once my second brother's student—yet he's so shamelessly ungrateful!"
Zhou Zhe-sheng stormed down the street with his clan in tow, grumbling angrily. His frustration radiated with every clenched fist and grinding tooth.
"Father, I can't help but feel that there's more to this than meets the eye," Zhou Ao said cautiously.
"More to this? What do you mean?"
