Teng Three didn't look young. His hair was already white and his face looked very old. From his appearance, he looked around 40 to 50 years old.
If one looked closely, they would notice that Wang Zhuo's wife looked similar to this person.
This person was very handsome. His face was flawless and had a pair of eyes that shined brighter than gems in the dark ocean.
"Xiu Xiu, the Teng family is facing a powerful enemy and the ancestor hasn't appeared. This is very strange. If you and your sister can safely return to Teng Family City, don't come out again."
Teng Three calmly said.
Teng Xiu Xiu was Teng Three's daughter. The reason Teng Three came out of his closed door cultivation was to protect Teng Xiu Xiu.
Teng Xiu Xiu gently nodded.
Teng Three hesitated for a bit and said in a serious tone, "If … if I can't escape death, then don't go to Teng Family City to find your sister. Leave the country of Zhao immediately and go as far as you can."
Wang Zhuo listened on the side. His expression was calm, but he was sneering in his heart.
Teng Three's eyes seemed to be able to see through people's hearts. He coldly looked at Wang Zhuo without any expression, making it hard to tell if he was happy or angry.
He reached out and rubbed Teng Xiu Xiu's hair. Waves of emotions surged in his heart.
Ever since the ancestor separated him from his wife many years ago, he knew that even if he continued to live, he would only be able to live under the ancestor's shadow. All of this was because his wife was a mortal. As a direct descendant of the Teng family and one of the ancestor's most important great-great-grandchildren, he couldn't marry a mortal.
This was because his descendants had to have the qualifications to cultivate!
If he wanted to change, he had to have power and a cultivation level that surpassed the ancestor's.
Many years later, his cultivation was successful. Although his two daughters had entered the cultivation world with his help, his wife's lifespan had already come to an end. Even now, the pain in his heart had not lessened at all.
In these countless years, he had been extremely strict with himself and wholeheartedly cultivated the Dao. Because only in the pursuit of the Dao could he suppress his devouring longing for his deceased wife.
In a way, Teng Xiu Xiu, who looked the most like his wife, was not only his daughter, but she also replaced his longing for his wife.
Therefore, he would never let anyone hurt Teng Xiu Xiu and would never let her suffer any grievances.
Teng Three coldly glanced at Wang Zhuo and indifferently said:
"Wang Zhuo, for Soo Soo's sake, the Old Man will not kill you. Scram!
From now on, Teng Xiu Xiu has nothing to do with you. "
Wang Zhuo's eyes lit up. He stared at Teng Three and sneered: "What a big temper!" With that, he retreated and was about to leave.
When Teng Xiu Xiu heard this, her expression changed. She immediately grabbed Wang Zhuo's arm and turned around to look at her father with tears in her eyes. She bit her lower lip and didn't say a word.
Teng Three's gaze was still cold, but he slowly let out a sigh and turned around. Teng Xiu Xiu's gaze was exactly the same as his wife's. He couldn't kill Wang Zhuo in front of Teng Xiu Xiu because he didn't want Teng Xiu Xiu to be sad for the rest of her life.
"Wang Zhuo, no matter what the Teng family did to your family, I hope you won't hurt Xiu Xiu. After all, you two are cultivation partners. Your parents might not be able to accompany you for the rest of your life, but your wife is the only person who can accompany you for the rest of your life. Wang Zhuo, take care."
Wang Zhuo pondered and looked at Teng Xiu Xiu. His heart was filled with complex emotions. In truth, even he didn't know what he would do if that day came.
Teng Xiu Xiu looked at the two important men beside her and softly said, "Father, Wang Zhuo won't kill himself. He won't."
At the end of her sentence, her voice was filled with conviction. Even now, this woman still stubbornly believed that Wang Zhuo would never hurt her.
Although Teng Three's expression remained the same, the killing intent in his heart didn't decrease. Instead, it increased.
If it was before, when the Teng family was powerful, Wang Zhuo's life and death wouldn't mean much. Teng Three was confident that Wang Zhuo wouldn't act rashly.
But now that the Teng family was facing a crisis, everything was different. Teng Three decided that after returning to Teng Family City, he would find an opportunity to kill Wang Zhuo.
This was because he had a feeling that if Wang Zhuo didn't die, then Teng Xiu Xiu would be in danger.
However, he didn't have this opportunity.
A black cloud suddenly appeared in the sky. In the blink of an eye, it covered the entire sky. It was as if the black cloud could fall at any moment.
Teng Three's eyes became serious. Without any hesitation, he pointed his right index finger at his abdomen and spat out a mouthful of nascent soul blood. At the same time, a speck of light flew out from his bag of holding and fused with the essence blood. It immediately turned into an oval ring of light before him.
Teng Three's hand reached out and Teng Xiu Xiu let out a scream. Her body was involuntarily thrown into the ring of light. She looked at Wang Lin and her voice was filled with despair as she pleaded, "Father!!!"
When Teng Three heard this, he couldn't be ruthless. He let out a sigh and reached out again. This time, Wang Zhuo's body was caught and mercilessly thrown into the ring of light.
Teng Xiu Xiu and Teng Three disappeared into the ring of light.
All of this happened very quickly. The moment the black cloud surrounded the ring of light, Teng Three didn't hesitate to lower his cultivation and used a large amount of nascent soul blood to send Teng Xiu Xiu and Teng Huayuan out.
After doing all this, he no longer had any regrets in his heart. His figure stood straight as he looked up at the sky, and an orange flying sword that flowed with flowing light soundlessly appeared beside him.
This flying sword was personally made by him. It was named Dao Yun. His wife's name had the word "yun" in it.
He had to use his spiritual energy to clean this sword every day. Aside from himself, he didn't let anyone else touch it. Even Teng Huayuan was no exception.
When he fought with others, he never used this sword.
The degree to which he treasured this sword was no less than Teng Xiu Xiu's. This was because when he was forging this sword, his wife left a drop of blood inside.
It was because of this drop of mortal blood that the sword's power dropped quite a bit. However, Teng Three didn't care at all. In his mind, as long as the sword exists, he exists. If the sword breaks, he dies.
At this moment, Teng Three's heart was filled with battle intent because he knew that he would without a doubt die today.
If he had to choose how he would die, he hoped to live and die with this sword.
He gently touched the flying sword. This was the last time in his life that he would use spiritual energy to wipe it. His eyes suddenly lit up and revealed a determined expression. Without saying a word, he slapped the flying sword and it immediately flew toward the black fog in the sky.
Teng Three's body immediately jumped up and followed closely behind the flying sword. He pushed all the spiritual energy in his body to the limit and turned into a meteor that charged toward the black cloud in the sky.
Within the meteor, Teng Three could faintly see his wife. She was smiling at him and calling out to him.
The meteor flew across the sky, pierced through the black cloud, and landed 100 kilometers away.
As the black fog moved, it all gathered together to form an illusory figure. It gradually revealed Wang Lin's appearance. He pondered as he looked at the direction the meteor went.
At that moment, the middle-aged man charged at him without any fear and died under the Ji Realm. However, at the moment of his death, Wang Lin felt a trace of mourning.
Wang Lin pondered for a long time. He didn't take out this person's soul even though if he refined it, it would become a high-grade demon.
He didn't think that even the Teng family would have such a loyal person. However, this person had to die because he shouldn't have been born in the Teng family!
100 kilometers away, the meteor landed. Teng Three's body wasn't injured at all. His eyes were open, his breathing was gone, and he was no longer alive.
In his hand, the flying sword named Dao Yun shined for the last time before it shattered inch by inch … Teng Family City.
Teng Huayuan was at the top floor of the ancestral home. He stared at the row of jades in front of him. There was a total of nine jades, and five of them had already shattered. Just as Teng Huayuan was staring at them, the jade representing Teng Three broke into two.
Teng Huayuan's body trembled. His body suddenly became a lot older. He reached out his trembling hand and touched all of the broken pieces of jade. Finally, his hand stopped on Teng Three's jade and tears that he hadn't shed in 400 years flowed down his face. "Hai Er …" Teng Huayuan murmured.
Teng Hai was Teng Three's real name.
When the nine core members of the Teng family inherit their titles, they leave a sliver of their soul in a special jade. In a short period of two days, these jades shattered one by one. Every time one of them shattered, Teng Huayuan's heart would feel a stab of pain.
This was especially true for Teng Five, who almost personally witnessed the entire process of Teng Huayuan's death. This feeling of being 100 feet away but being so close made even Teng Huayuan's iron-like heart hurt.
Teng Five, aside from Teng One, was the person who looked the most similar to Teng Li. It was because of this that Teng Huayuan doted on him.
Teng Nine's bitter childhood caused him to have a twisted personality. It was because of this that he walked the extreme path of cultivation and overdrafted his life.
Teng Huayuan had already prepared top quality pills for him, but unfortunately, he couldn't use them anymore.
Teng Eight, Teng Six, and Teng Four all had a place in Teng Huayuan's heart, but compared to them, Teng Three was the most important.
Teng Huayuan considered Teng Three to be the shame of the Teng family. As a core disciple, he didn't want to cultivate and instead fell in love with a mortal girl. Because of this, Teng Huayuan forcefully separated the two and let time take away the girl's life.
Teng Huayuan knew that Teng Three hated him!
However, this didn't affect Teng Huayuan's love for Teng Three. He even felt a bit of regret for what happened back then. However, this regret had no roots because Teng Three was already dead!