Wow, this rough-around-the-edges pregnant wife is something else, she's incredibly ruthless!

The image of the scorching hot triangular bone that flew out of the space that day flashed through Meng Tong's mind, and he became more and more convinced that it was the Phoenix Bone they were looking for.

Their whole family knows its power; if that's true, it does have the potential to overthrow a country.

As for the so-called immortal power, Meng Tong had a different opinion. She felt that the person Sheng Bing mentioned was most likely also a time traveler.

As for what world he came from, Meng Tong had no idea, but one thing he was certain of was that he possessed a special ability.

An extraordinary ability is naturally coveted by ordinary people, let alone someone as powerful and ambitious as Wei Lian.

Fortunately, no one had ever seen the so-called Phoenix Bone. Meng Tong and Lu Chuan, out of Sheng Bing's sight, exchanged a glance and then turned to him, saying, "How could there be such a magical thing in the world? He will never find it."

"Heh... I think so too."

With a soft chuckle, Sheng Bing glanced at the couple before him without showing any emotion. He slowly stood up and bowed to them, saying, "Thank you both for saving my life. I am homeless and penniless. To repay your kindness, I am willing to follow you for the rest of my life, just asking for enough to eat."

As he spoke, he bowed at a ninety-degree angle, which startled Lu Chuan and Meng Tong, who quickly grabbed Sheng Bing's arms.

The wide range of topics he discussed was something neither of them had anticipated.

After forcefully restraining the man, Lu Chuan's eyes flashed slightly before he spoke, "We don't need your repayment. Now that you're safe, please leave immediately!"

He pointed in a random direction, but Lu Chuan's expression remained unchanged.

Meng Tong's explanation was the same as Lu Chuan's; the two of them were in a hurry to follow Wei Lian!

But they underestimated the shamelessness a scholar could exhibit when he resorted to dishonest means.

Stubbornly clinging to Lu Chuan and Meng Tong's legs, Sheng Bing didn't care about saving face at all. He looked at the two of them with a confident expression.

He knew they must know who he was, and he had to follow them and then notify his older brother and father as quickly as possible; the child couldn't escape.

"Get up, we have important things to do, and it's inconvenient to have you with us, so please..."

"No, believe me, they'll return empty-handed. Let them go!"

Sheng Bing's tone was very certain, and Lu Chuan raised an eyebrow and said, "How can you be so sure? He is the Crown Prince of the Great Wei Kingdom. He will do anything to get what he wants, even if it means going to Laoshan..."

Lu Chuan didn't continue speaking at this point, but Sheng Bing understood what he meant.

With the world in such chaos, it's impossible for two people to appear in the mountains without a reason. The only explanation is that they live in the mountains.

Wei Lian's appearance posed a threat to them.

Sheng Bing was fully aware of all this, but he was certain that Wei Lian would return empty-handed.

As for the reason, the man's eyes seemed to be subtly observing the two of them.

The meaning is self-evident.

The blatant look in his eyes sent a chill down Lu Chuan and Meng Tong's spines. The first thought that popped into their minds was, "He knows."

Things have developed to this point, and it's actually quite clear. Sheng Bing isn't one to beat around the bush.

He lowered his head and gently patted the wrinkles on his clothes, then raised his hand and gently patted Lu Chuan twice, saying, "Trust me, I won't harm you, because I am... your fourth uncle."

“Nonsense, my father… was an only son.”

“I know you don’t want to acknowledge this blood relationship, but it’s an undeniable fact, isn’t it? The blood of the Sheng family flows in your veins, and the abilities you possess… are also thanks to the ancestors of the Sheng family.”

Sheng Bing's words were pointed, and Meng Tong had remained silent until now, when she couldn't hold back any longer.

The woman looked up at the middle-aged man, who, despite his disheveled appearance, still possessed an air of dignity. She parted her red lips slightly and said, "Is this a threat?"

“No, I just want him to know the truth and to acknowledge his ancestors.” Sheng Bing lowered his tone and replied, “Your father is my elder brother, Sheng Tao, the current head of the Dawn Island family. Twenty-five years ago, due to months of torrential rain, the sea level rose and half of Dawn Island was submerged.”

"For safety reasons, all the people of Dawn Island were evacuated from the island. But at the same time, they were being watched."

As Sheng Bing spoke, his eyes became unfocused, as if he were lost in the scene from twenty-five years ago.

It was a stormy night, with torrential rain pouring down, and nearly 10,000 people on Dawn Island were evacuated.

I thought arriving in the fishing village would bring me a peaceful life, but it turned out to be quite the opposite.

The well-organized army, with its bows and arrows poised to fire, aimed directly at the ten thousand civilians who had landed.

The man at the head, dressed in imposing armor, is the current emperor, who was then the crown prince of the Great Wei Kingdom.

Like Wei Lian, he had an unconcealable ambition. When he first heard that the people of Dawn Island had the ability to control beasts, they had already entered his hunting range.

Each probing attack, time and again, survived thanks to its unique geographical location.

But in the end, God could not protect them forever, and the fierce tsunami forced them to leave that peaceful land.

From the moment you set foot in the fishing village, your destiny is no longer in your own hands.

In order to protect his clan, the then head of the family, Sheng Linhua, who was also Sheng Bing's father, agreed to an almost unreasonable request from the current emperor.

The people of Dawn Island must unconditionally join the Great Wei Kingdom and must train a force composed of ferocious wild beasts to resist foreign enemies.

Sheng Linhua agreed, and the animal-suppressing whistle was thus created. However, at that time, only he possessed it, with the purpose of concealing his own abilities.

For a full decade, Sheng Linhua's Beast Legion guarded the precarious borders of the Great Wei Kingdom.

However, the current emperor is a treacherous person. He is wary of, or rather, covets, Sheng Linhua's abilities. So, on the third day after landing in the fishing village, when Sheng Linhua was extremely busy, he...

He used the military to forcibly detain the women and children of Dawn Island.

As luck would have it, among them were Sheng Bing and Jiang Zhu, who was more than nine months pregnant at the time and was Lu Chuan's biological mother.

Several thousand vulnerable people were secretly escorted back to the capital by the current emperor in order to prevent Sheng Linhua and the young men of Dawn Island from discovering his actions.

They were traveling along a mountain path, which was around the outer perimeter of Laoshan Mountain.

Less than half a month after they started walking, they encountered a large group of refugees heading south.

There were a few conflicts, but none of them were serious.

But on the night of March 20th, Jiang Zhu's water broke.

A woman in her early thirties is already considered an elderly mother, let alone in such a difficult environment.

She suffered a severe hemorrhage shortly after giving birth to Lu Chuan, and almost everyone's attention was focused on her.

Only Sheng Yu, who was less than ten years old at the time, and a few other children were left to watch over Lu Chuan, who had just been born.