I am eight years old again, and I will never serve as a cauldron for the empress again.

Is this grandfather very important?

She may have once held a place in Nalan Hansheng's heart.

But that was when he was still young.

At that time, the Nalan family was struggling alone, surrounded by powerful enemies.

His father, Nalan Bo, nearly perished in numerous battles and wars while trying to preserve the Nalan family's legacy.

At that time, Nalan Hansheng was still young.

He could only watch helplessly as those ruthless intruders broke into his home and plundered the Nalan family's wealth. He could only watch helplessly as his maids and servants, who had served him for many years, were raped and abducted by those vicious intruders.

If it weren't for his father burning his life essence at the crucial moment to kill the leader of the invaders, Nalan Hansheng would not be standing in front of his cheap grandfather now!

It was precisely because of these reasons that Nalan Hansheng felt more hatred than love for this grandfather he had never met!

The old village chief also sensed that something was wrong with his adopted grandson.

He coughed lightly and asked with concern, "How is your father?"

"Good? Not good at all! Back then, you left a letter and resolutely left the family, leaving my father with no support whatsoever! The Nalan family was like losing a pillar, and the building was about to collapse! My father carried the entire Nalan family on his shoulders alone. He worked hard for ten years, and everything was developing in a good direction. But the enemies you left for the Nalan family back then, after learning of your departure, stormed into the Nalan family and stirred up a bloody storm!"

"In that battle, my second uncle died! My third grandfather was tortured to death by the invaders for three days and three nights, howling in agony. He endured endless torture but did not reveal the secrets of the Nalan family. Finally, in endless despair, he was stabbed through the heart and died without a complete corpse!"

"And my father, in order to protect the Nalan family, burned his lifeblood, falling from a peerless genius to mediocrity, and now he can't even break through to the third level of the Saint Realm! My childhood was spent in turmoil and displacement. Tell me, was my life good or bad?"

Nalan Hansheng looked at his grandfather, who had left without a word, his eyes turning bloodshot.

The old village chief's hand suddenly trembled.

"How could this happen? How could this happen? I had arranged everything before I left, asking my former best friend to take care of the Nalan family. Even if the Nalan family couldn't prosper, it should have been more than enough to preserve its foundation. How could it have ended up with the family's destruction and the family members being scattered!"

The old village chief's voice trembled.

All the anger and resentment turned into utter despair at this moment.

Nalan Hansheng's third grandfather was his own brother!

And there's Nalan Hansheng's second uncle, who is his most beloved youngest son!

They're dead!

They're all dead!

Because of his departure without saying goodbye.

Because of the enemies he once made!

"Do you know why I was unharmed despite being poisoned by the Undying Demon? It's because decades ago, they had already found me and attacked me for no reason! I fought the Undying Demon's assassins to the death, almost perishing together! It was my father who carried me out alive from a pile of corpses, and then knelt in front of the thatched hut of the Divine Physician Lu Ming for nine days and nine nights before he finally agreed to treat my injuries!"

"It was that injury that gave me immunity to bone-corroding poison, but you can't even imagine the price my father paid to get the divine doctor Lu Ming to heal me! He agreed to become Lu Ming's test subject, undergoing nine trials and teetering on the brink of death nine times before finally surviving!"

Nalan Hansheng wept blood with every sound.

The old village chief looked panicked: "I don't know, I really don't know! If I had known that my departure would cost the Nalan family so much, that my brother would suffer so much and die trying to protect the Nalan family's legacy, if I had known that my departure would take away my most beloved youngest son, I would never have abandoned the Nalan family and become the village chief of this damn Fengyun Village!"

The old village chief looked dejected.

The excruciating pain far surpasses any physical torment.

The old village chief slumped to the ground, covering his face with his hands.

"I have failed my family, my brothers, and my son!"

"Grandpa, I only want to ask you one question: why did you abandon us and leave the Nalan family back then?"

Nalan Hansheng stared intently at the old village chief's despairing face.

"I can't tell you, I really can't tell you... This is the biggest secret of the thirty-three villages! If I tell you, it will bring you dead! I've already killed your third grandfather and second uncle, I can't drag you into this bottomless quagmire!"

The old village chief's lips trembled, and his body shook involuntarily.

He had his own unavoidable difficulties.

Even at this point, I cannot say a single word more to Nalan Hansheng.

Zhuang Zhou continued to heal the old village chief's wounds, the silver knife scraping the bone repeatedly, causing excruciating pain.

This time, however, the old village chief remained silent, without uttering a single groan.

This pain is what he deserves; it is his redemption for the mistakes he has made!

"This is a forbidden chapter in the Nalan family's heritage! It's a cultivation technique that I gradually comprehended and completed after leaving the Nalan family! I know that this technique cannot make up for the damage I caused to the Nalan family, but I hope you can take this technique back and restore the Nalan family's glory!"

The old village chief shakily took out a jade slip from his bosom.

The jade slip was delivered to Nalan Hansheng.

Nalan Hansheng accepted it.

He probed in with his divine sense.

Read the contents of the jade slip word by word.

As expected, the jade slip contained the forbidden chapters of the Nalan family's inherited cultivation method.

However, Nalan Hansheng felt no relief at the fact that his ancestral martial arts techniques had been completed.

He hugged Sister Yu and covered his face, weeping bitterly.

"Waaah~"

"It's too late! This cultivation technique has come far too late! If my Nalan family had possessed this complete forbidden secret technique earlier, we wouldn't have ended up with our family destroyed!"

Nalan Hansheng, who is known for his iron-fisted nature, showed a soft and vulnerable side at this moment.

He knelt on the ground, howling softly like a wounded lone wolf.

The old village chief's eyes showed increasing guilt.

“I really can’t leave this village! It’s both protection and a cage! The moment I became the village chief, my life no longer belonged to myself!”

The old village chief clenched his hands, which resembled withered vines.

His clearly defined knuckles concealed the unbearable anger within him.

He desperately wanted to escape the village and avenge his son and brother.

How he longed to enjoy the happiness of family life and have a peaceful old age surrounded by his children and grandchildren!

"But don't worry, everyone who has ever bullied my Nalan family will suffer my boundless wrath! Although I cannot leave this village, I can make you two stronger!"

The old village chief's voice was firm and resonant.

He took out two crystal balls, each the size of a baby's fist, from his pocket.

"You should have seen this before. It's called the Invisible Bead! As long as you input your true energy into it, those with the same or lower cultivation level as you will not be able to detect your presence at all! Even if you encounter someone stronger than you, as long as you use your lifespan as energy and input it into the Invisible Bead, it can help you shield yourself from the divine sense probing of those three major realms above you!"

"This is not a magic artifact, but a rare treasure! It was precisely to obtain this thing that I willingly entered Fengyun Village and became this puppet-like old village chief!"