Chapter 339: Family.
Hao Ren stood on the bow of a spirit vessel. This vehicle was small, but it was super fast. Xiao Mei had designed it, and it was equipped with a multilayer concealment array. The vessel carried Hao Ren, his parents, Hao Mei, Ye Jian and Ye Si. The last person was Yan, the array expert.
Most of the Ye Generals have stepped into the Dao Integration Realm, and they were capable enough to protect the Empire. Also with the entire southern continent united under one flag, there was not much of a threat for the people. This was why Hao Ren was okay with calling Ye Jian and Ye Si with him.
Yin was in secluded cultivation and would be coming over when Hao Ren sets up a teleportation formation. Agnee and Yang had their own pursuits and they were attached to Han Lingshi so they stayed behind. The ship moved according to the directions given by the members of the Tower Of Light who stayed in the southern continent to keep tabs on the Hao Family.
Hao Xinyuan looked like a middle-aged man with Tang Zhen beside him looking the same. They had both entered the Dao Integration realm and regained their somewhat youthful appearances. Hao Ren was sitting in the void with his eyes closed, Hao Mei looked at him and said, "Ren, wake up, we are about to reach."
Hao Ren opened his eyes slowly and asked, "You want me to talk to them and help them calm down?"
Hao Mei nodded as if it was an obvious thing to do. Hao Ren shook his head and said, "It is not necessary. If they do not even have the courage to face the cousin who answered the call, then what is this facade about avenging stuff? If it is about rescuing Grandpa, then I can go and do it alone."
Hao Mei sensed that the young man was not joking, he was really strong enough to rescue the old man with his strength alone. However, he could not do everything for his parents, they had to tough it out and ride the currents this time.
Hao Mei said, "Well, you do have a point, we are about to reach in five minutes, are you ready?"
Hao Ren raised his brows and asked, "What? Hao Family is waiting on the shores to kill us?"
Hao Mei smacked his shoulder and said, "Stop messing around. Uncle Hao Xinlong and his daughter are there."
Hao Ren clicked his tongue and said, "I need to meet with the Nagas first. Do not drag me down in this family bullshit."
Tang Zhen's voice sounded, "Han Xinlong was the reason why your sister is alive today. His wife sacrificed herself under the attack of Bei Chuan, the young master of the Bei family at that time to give us some time to run away in an ambush. All this while, Hao Xinlong and his daughter have been living like outcasts of the Hao Family. Do you have any sense of gratitude left in your being?"
She looked over with a cold gaze, and Hao Ren said, "Empress Hao, if you want to be grateful to them, then do it yourself. Why act nervous? What happened cannot be changed, but I think given the power you have now, you can make things up to them. Yes, it would not be an easy task, but you can still try."
Tang Zhen and Han Xinyuan were left speechless, they did not expect Hao Ren to say such a thing, and made them realize what they were missing. After five minutes, Yan said, "Your Excellency, we are here."
Hao Ren rolled his eyes and said, "Sister Yan, can you go back to calling me Young Master, Please? Consider me begging to you."
Ye Si chuckled and said, "You just don't like how old you sound, Big Brother."
Hao Ren glared at her and said, "Brat, are you going to act out as well. Ye Jian, beat her."
Ye Jian coughed and said, "That, I am not her match."
Ye Si cackled smugly and Hao Ren spat on the side as he said, "Waste. Throw your sword in the toilet. Humph. I will tell Lingshi."
Hao Mei held her forehead and said, "I am always shocked as to how your state of mind fluctuate so quickly."
Hao Ren looked at her and said, "You are just sad cause you are old. Both in body, soul and mind."
Hao Mei reached out to grab his ear and he acted like he was in pain. The atmosphere on the vessel calmed down. Slowly the vessel came to a stop, and Yan said, "Cao Ming has come over, Young Miss."
Hao Mei nodded and they all got off. Hao Mei was leading with Yan. Followed by Han Xinyuan and Tang Zhen.
Hao Ren was the last one to get down with Ye Jian and Ye Si behind him. The early child-like smile was nowhere to be seen, now all three of them were looking cold. As if they were going for a war.
Hao Ren looked in the distance, in the bellowing wind and a above a snow covered ground stood two middle-aged men with tears in their eyes. Behind the two men stood their respective families.
He sighed and then he looked to the side, Yan was taking with a few people of the Tower of light and he said, "Sister Yan, erect the teleportation array."
Yan bowed her head and said, "Right away, Young Master."
Hao Ren walked closer to the men and said, "Ye Jian, clean up the surroundings, some people are looking over."
Ye Jian bowed slightly and vanished from his spot. Ye Si was still following behind Hao Ren. Just when the young man was about to get close to the people in the distance, the surroundings echoed with screams. The voices were very far away, but the barren environment made the sound travel far.
Ye Si said, "He could have used his sword from here, what a dimwitted sword saint he is."
Hao Ren said, "He went to make sure none of them survives, that is what it means to kill people."
Ye Si nodded, and then Hao Mei said, "Uncle Xinlong, this is Hao Ren. My younger brother."
Hao Ren bowed and said, "Greetings. Uncle."
Han Xinlong nodded with a smile, and said, "I see that you are restraining your strength. Which realm are you in?"
Hao Qin snorted and said, "If you are below Planet Shattering Realm, then forget about touching the Hao Family ever."
Hao Ren revealed his aura and the surroundings were suppressed. Hao Qin paled within a second, and Hao Ren took back his pressure as he said, "I did not come here unprepared. I know that you hold a grudge against them. So do I. Had it not been for the sake of Older Boy Hao, I won't have come all the way here. After all, Old Boy Hao is a bit of an egoist."
Hao Mei had an urge to hold her forehead, and Tang Zhen clenched her fist. Hao Xinyuan took a step ahead and bowed his head to Hao Xinlong and siad, "Back then, you helped me, and it took away Sister-in-law from us. I apologize that I was so weak and naive back then. I know I can never make up for that debt, Third Brother. Please forgive me."
Hao Xinlong was shocked, and then he chuckled as he shook his head and said, "Little Seventh, it was not your fault back then. Your Sister-in-law did everything that she wanted to. Had it been my Qin, you would have helped her the same way, and I am sure of that. Do not talk about the past, tell me, have you been well?"
Hao Xinyuan sobbed lightly and the two brothers hugged each other. Ye Jian came back and he was carrying seven heads in his grip. He placed them at Hao Ren's feet and said, "They have been cleaned."
Hao Ren nodded and asked, "Uncle, do you know these people?"
Hao Xinlong looked at the seven heads and then at Ye Jian before he said, "They are all the scouts of the Bei family. Their young master is obsessed with Qin'er."
Hao Qin snorted and said, "That waste will die at my hands."
Hao Ren smiled and said, "None of the men can force a woman to do what they want. Sister Qin, tell me, do you have a weapon of preference?"
Hao Qin took out her dagger and said, "This is enough."
Hao Ren gazed at the dagger and then looked at Ye Si, who took out a set of daggers from her space ring. He said, "These are my meeting gift to you. Try them I am sure you will like them."
The family members were together, and Hao Ren said as the sun set, "Old Boy Hao, you have Big Sis, Xiao Si, and Ye Jian here. I am going to find someone."
At this moment a calm voice sounded from outside their tent, "Ren, are you in such a hurry to hook up with the Naga Princess?"
Hao Ren, the mighty wandering dragon, who was no less than a king in this small camp, suddenly straightened his back and replied, "No, your majesty!"
Hao Xinlong was taken aback, but then he saw a beautiful woman walking inside the tent followed by three cute and valiant looking young children.
Hao Xinyuan said, "This is our Daughter-in-law, Han Lingshi, the empress of the Crescent Moon Empire."
Han Lingshi greeted the elders and then she smiled at Hao Ren and asked, "Where were you headed again?"
Hao Ren chuckled and said, "That, to gain alliance from the Nagas?"
Han Lingshi narrowed her gaze and then she smiled, "Good. You can take the kids with you."
Hao Ren sighed and nodded, as he heard the command, and then he left the camp like a dutiful husband, who was taking his three children on a vacation because the wife was busy with work.