Hao Ren and Han Lingshi walked inside the gathering hall in the Maple Courtyard. The elders from both families were gathered their and they were discussing a lot of things. Han Lingxue had also co to the Spirit Shimr continent as she did not wish to live alone with the robots.
The entire family has co over, and even Yue Shenlong and his grandpa were also there. Agnee noticed the two people and dashed over to hug Hao Ren's thigh. The young man smiled and picked her up in his arms and pecked her on the cheeks.
Agnee smiled brightly and then she pouted as she said, "Xiao Ren, you big baddie, where have you been all this ti? You know, Ma cried so much without you? Also, you did not take care of Agnee like you promised."
Hao Ren was taken aback but then he smiled and replied, "Well, I am sorry, but I ca here to make a big house for your Ma and all of us. Did you get to play around?"
Agnee shook her head and said, "Not yet."
Hao Ren nodded and said, "I will arrange for a big sister to take you around."
Agnee nodded, and Hao Ren looked at Ye Lan, before he said, "Xiao Lan, show her around and tell everyone to leave us."
Ye Lan bowed quickly and waved her hand to tell all the maids and servants to leave the maple courtyard and wait outside the main door. As they left, Hao Ren waved his hand and cast a barrier around the gathering hall, and asked, "So, how have you lot been?"
As he said this, he walked over to sit on a bog chair. Han Lingshi sighed and sat beside him. Hao i knew what was going on but she did not say anything. Initially Hao Ren was cold to her as well. He kept her at an arm's length, it was through her effort that she managed to reclaim his love for her.
Tang Zen asked, "Have you been well?"
Her tone was calm, and Hao Ren nodded calmly, he was not in the favor for escalating things but he would not back down and bring them warmth just as he sees them. It has been more than a decade, his emotions had cald down and were covered under a layer of dust.
Old Master Han asked, "You have arranged the people to handle the administration and other important things in the court, how can they be trusted?"
Han Lingshi looked at the old man and said, "Grandpa, are you thinking about helping them handle things with your great experience?"
Her sarcasm did not go unnoticed. Old Man Han frowned and said, "I am not asking for anything, Xiao Ling. I just do not want you to be in danger."
Han Lingshi replied, "Stop thinking for my sake. I am fine, as for the people around us, they will not have such silly intentions against us. You have no idea of what is going on here and are holding opinions just after coming over. You should have stayed back at Blue star if you miss your authority so much."
She did not like them being nosy about everything. The crude remarks settled the winds under the wings and the people began to ask about how things were and other stuff. After a few minutes, Hao Ren said, "Old Master Han, if you wish to cultivate, I can get you so dicine and restore your foundation but you would have to start from the beginning."
Old Master Han nodded and said, "That would be nice. Thank you for your kindness."
Hao Ren shook his head and then he looked at his parents, before he said, "Co, we have to talk about the business in the north."
Han Lingshi and Hao i also followed them briskly. The two knew about the situation in the northern continent were not good, and Hao Ren was going to grill the old couple a bit about it.
They ca to a separate study and Hao i said, "Ren, they probably did not know."
Hao Ren shrugged and said, "I know, but we do need to talk."
Hao i nodded and Hao Ren said, "Old Boy Hao, take a seat because you are in for a big surprise."
Hao Xinyuan glared at him but then he sat down and asked, "What is it?"
The young man replied, "Do you know that grandpa is not dead, but he is being held captive by Hao Tian?"
Hao Xinyuan opened his eyes wide, and asked, "What did you say?"
Hao Ren nodded and said, "We confird it last year, a nano drone managed to move through the guard array and hear the conversation of the guards around the Hao Family Prison on the Hell Snow Pass. Grandpa is called Longren, right?"
Hao Xinyuan nodded, he was visibly shaken after all, the reason he ran away without a second thought was because he thought his father was dead. He felt guilty and shocked. Hao Ren said, "Do not worry, he is not dead, his cultivation is stable. Hao Tian is keeping him under control with a Gu Bug. He feeds him with an antidote every fortnight."
Hao Xinyuan asked, "Why did you not take action to handle them all these years?"
He was eager to get his father free from the prison. Hao Ren said, "You think I did not want to? The northern continent is too far, the information gathering is a bit too slow. More than that, I suspect that Hao Tian is not alone in this conspiracy. The reason he is keeping grandpa alive is because of the ancestral ritual he does every year. He uses Grandpa to perform the sacrificial ceremony and that is why he has been looking for you all these years."
Han Xinyuan leaned back in the chair, his face looked haggard and he said, "He would have sensed my arrival in the southern continent by now."
Hao Ren shook his head and said, "I had you all surrounded by a void blocking array all the ti, nothing goes in, and nothing goes out. The entire city is under the sa void blocking array, unless they have an array token, they cannot move inside as they wish. They have to follow rules. Soul sensing works on space rules, so you are safe for the ti being."
Hao Xinyuan began to think what he should do, when Tang Zhen asked, "Is the sect okay?"
Hao i nodded and said, "I have beco the shadow sect master. They are safe. Only the Orient Sun Holy Land has been suppressing us all these years because the man who started all this is now the Sect Master."
Tang Zhen asked, "Who is he?"
Hao i replied, "Luke Asnam. Peak of Planet Shattering Realm, sa as Ren, and they have two Star Annihilation Level old skeletons in the tombs. We are a long way from trying to kill them and enact revenge."
Tang Zhen nodded and said, "Fine, it is not so urgent. I would like to go and resu my cultivation, is it possible?"
Hao i nodded and Han Lingshi said, "The maple courtyard has secluded cultivation rooms where you all can cultivate. In the wilderness, the spirit beasts might not co to attack, but the enemies will definitely sense your presence."
Tang Zhen nodded and said, "I will unlock my seals, after that take away all the maids and servants."
Han Lingshi nodded, and Hao Xinyuan said, "How strong is Hao Tian?"
Hao Ren replied, "Half step Star Annihilation."
The old man nodded and left the study with his wife. Hao Ren looked at the two ladies and said, "Well, I did not expect Old Boy to almost cry."
Hao i smacked him on the shoulder, she was annoyed at his nonchalance. She said, "Yin sent a word, they slayed a few people who were making a ss the mission is on track."
Hao Ren shrugged and said, "What are you telling this for? I have no idea what mission they went on, she wanted to go so I sent her with Xiao Si. I have important things to do now. I am leaving, you guys have fun." Enjoy exclusive content from empire
Hao i was stunned and asked, "Your Excellency, what important things?"
Hao Ren replied, "I have to help a neighbor redesign his shop. See ya."
That said, he left the place. Han Lingshi was not shocked, but Hao i was. She looked at the young lady and asked, "What the hell is going on? You are going to let him do what he wants?"
Han Lingshi sighed and said, "Big sister, this guy worked hard in Blue Star, but now, he just wants to stay at him and play a full ti husband."
Hao i replied, "He was not like this before."
She told her about how hardworking Hao Ren was before the coronation. However, he was already gone, and they could only mind their work.
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Hao Ren ca to the market, and began buying the raw material he needed. His purchase made the shopkeeper happy, and then he stored it all in his space ring. The young man moved to Blue Fla Weapon Shop.
Wen Hu An was closing the shop for the day, when he saw Hao Ren approaching. The man smiled and said, "I was about to drop the keys to your ho."
Hao Ren shook his head and said, "It is fine, I will demolish and rebuild everything from the ground up. Do not worry."
Wen Hu An was shocked, and said, "No, no, Brother Hao, I cannot afford all this."
Hao Ren looked at the man and said, "Brother Wen, are you looking down on ? Or do you call brother in just na? This is the one thing that I can do with ease. You can just give discount when I buy weapons from the kids in the future."
Wen Hu An shook his head and refused, but Hao Ren asked him, "What are you worried about? Fine, you it weighs on your conscience, then pay in the future. Now, go ho, let do what I want to do."
Wen Hu An agreed to this but even then he signed a spirit contract before leaving. Hao Ren shook his head and cast an isolation array around the shop. The weapons inside have been cleaned up by Wen Hu An, and only the furnace was left. Hao Ren placed the furnace away and then with a wave of his hand, the entire shop began to co apart one brick at a ti.
The bricks lay on the side of the street, neatly stacked up, Hao Ren then rearranged them and used his spiritual energy to fix them all together, and began to work for the coming three hours.
The street was still bustling as it was just noon. Hao Ren finished the basic structure and took off to cook a al for his wife, after all, that was the only that mattered to Hao Ren. He wanted to be the idol husband.
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