Dragon King Palace: Urban Affluent Son-in-Law

Zijin Back Mountain.

On the rarely-visited mountain peak, there is a treasured land with superb Feng Shui.

Here, one can have a bird's-eye view of the entire Zijin Mountain, right at the so-called wind channel where the wind gathers and purple energy comes from the east!

However, due to the high mountain terrain, it's unsuitable for building residences, so the Huangfu Family deliberately fenced it off and turned it into a cemetery.

Feng Shui Masters from the Provincial City have specially pointed it out, as they say: "The earth's energy nourishes from below; it is deep and gentle, while the sky's energy sustains the human body, it is light and fast. Therefore, the favorable energy beneath a residence seeks the prosperous energy above the heavens!"

Many of the Huangfu Family's deceased, including the previous Family Head, are buried here.

At this moment, Huangfu Qinglong, alone, staggered to the top of the mountain.

This climb exhausted most of his energy, making him virtually on the verge of collapse, panting heavily.

Yet, with the determination in his eyes, he persevered to the summit and entered the graveyard.

Even though craftsmen repair it annually, the graveyard still feels desolate and bleak due to its lack of human presence.

But Huangfu Qinglong knows that here lies a blood relative of his!

He walked through one tombstone after another, directly towards the innermost part of the cemetery.

Here, to some extent, it transcends the bounds of a cemetery; the ground is no longer marble but the most primitive yellow earth.

And beneath this mound of yellow earth lie several coffins.

Huangfu Qinglong stopped before these coffins buried under yellow earth, relying on his memory, he found the familiar spot.

He halted, trembling all over, trying his best to straighten his back.

"Third Brother, I am here!"

Huangfu Qinglong said in a trembling voice, "I didn't want to disturb your peaceful retreat, but something has happened in the family that leaves me no choice!"

"If you can hear me, come out immediately, I need your help!"

As soon as his words fell, the mound of yellow earth in front suddenly began to roll and opened up a crack.

Then, a wooden coffin inside was exposed.

The lid of the coffin was lifted by a force from inside, revealing the figure of an elderly being in seclusion, isolated from the world.

This elderly figure bore some resemblance to Huangfu Qinglong in facial features, but seemed much more robust.

He was dressed in coarse linen, wearing cloth shoes, his hair and beard were all white, lying in the coffin yet still exuding an aura of ethereal elegance.

This elder was Huangfu Qinglong's Third Brother, Huangfu Qinggang, the greatest Martial Arts foundation of the Huangfu Family!

"Eldest Brother, long time no see!"

The seemingly resurrected Huangfu Qinggang slowly opened his eyes and looked at Huangfu Qinglong standing outside the coffin.

"Third Brother!" Huangfu Qinglong, seeing his brother whom he hadn't met for a long time, became somewhat agitated, though still trembling with shame!

"I came to disturb your seclusion because the family has suffered a great disgrace today, our family's reputation is in jeopardy! I hope you can stand up in this time of crisis to stabilize hearts and restore order!"

"What happened?" Huangfu Qinggang asked with confusion.

"Shang'er is dead." Huangfu Qinglong closed his eyes and said slowly, "And Hou Bo is also dead!"

"What?" At these words, Huangfu Qinggang was startled, a look of shock appeared on his face!

Though immersed in Martial Arts and not concerned with family affairs, he knew that Huangfu Shang was the future heir of the family, and Hou Bo was the Great Housekeeper, the right hand of Huangfu Qinglong.

Now, why have both suddenly died?

"Who did it?"

"Jiang Feng, a young man from Binhai!"

At this, Huangfu Qinglong did not hide anything and recounted the entire story of the family's enmity with Jiang Feng to Huangfu Qinggang.

As Huangfu Qinggang listened to how Jiang Feng brought Chu Feifei to the Huangfu Family for the first time, openly annulled the engagement, and slapped Yan Hezhen, forcing him to kneel, his face turned gloomy!

Then, as he heard about the actions Jiang Feng took just at the foot of the mountain, he was even more enraged, his face turning ashen!

"It's truly ironic, to think that in my long absence from the world, the family has been made such a mess by a mere man of little account!"

Narrowing his eyes filled with killing intent, Huangfu Qinggang said, "Binhai's Jiang Feng? Able to kill Hou Bo? Interesting, is this considered a Martial Arts prodigy descending upon Binhai?"

Although Hou Bo's strength was far inferior to his own, Huangfu Qinggang knew Hou Bo was genuinely a near Grandmaster-level expert!

For a young man in his early twenties to kill Hou Bo means Jiang Feng's strength might also be above Grandmaster level!

And a Grandmaster in his early twenties is a rarity nationwide!

Except for those truly time-honored, hidden Sects, or special agencies focused on national development, such talent is rarely produced!

But Jiang Feng clearly didn't come from either of those; he's a true wanderer!

Were it not for the blood debts, Huangfu Qinggang would have appreciated Jiang Feng's talent, possibly even becoming friends through Martial Arts.

But now, Jiang Feng and the Huangfu Family are deeply enmity-bound, sworn enemies, so it's naturally impossible to reconcile!

"Third Brother, if you strike, you are surely confident in killing that Jiang Feng, aren't you? The family can only rely on you now!"

Huangfu Qinglong said to Huangfu Qinggang with full anticipation, "You mustn't disappoint me; you must avenge Shang'er and Hou Bo!"

"Rest assured, Eldest Brother, even though Jiang Feng's Martial Arts talent may be astonishing, it's absolutely impossible for him to achieve such feats without some special encounter."

"Hou Yaochang was old, hadn't fought in decades, and his techniques must have been rusty, losing his life through carelessness isn't surprising."

As a Martial Artist, Huangfu Qinggang naturally analyzed the reason for Jiang Feng's overpowering strength and his ability to kill Hou Bo!

"However, I've never neglected my training over the decades; now, I am nearing the Middle-level Grandmaster, annihilating that Jiang Feng would be effortless!"

"You should go down the mountain, tell the clan not to collect Shang'er's body, once I achieve success soon, I'll break out from the coffin, personally take Shang'er's body to Binhai, and slaughter that Jiang surnamed whelp to honor Shang'er's spirit!"

Huangfu Qinggang's tone was cold, yet it carried a powerful sense of determined killing intent and authority!