Douluo Continent: The Book of Witness and Peerless Tang Sect

As soon as Long You stepped into the house, Uncle Shuisheng behind him quickly closed the side door and grabbed Long You, who was about to walk into the house, and whispered, "Young Master, wait a moment before going in."

Butler Fu Rong rushed over this afternoon. After entering, he called the master and madam to the study for a private talk.

Before entering the study, the head butler specifically instructed that no one should approach before they came out. Although theoretically the young master wasn't among those who needed to be avoided, his sudden return meant it was best to wait until the master and madam came out before going in.

Long You's brows furrowed slightly as he recalled the old steward he had met when he first arrived in Tiandou City more than a decade ago. This steward, Fu Rong, hadn't appeared in all those years; his reappearance now must mean something serious had happened.

With this understanding, despite some anxiety about what had happened, Long You decided to wait patiently outside. He would find out what was important once the conversation in the study ended.

"Alright, there shouldn't be anyone in the front hall now, right? Uncle Shuisheng, take me to the front hall to rest, and prepare some food for me while you're at it. I'm really hungry after traveling all day."

"Young Master, please rest assured, there are no more customers in the front hall. Please go and rest. I will prepare some food right away. There are some pastries that Madam just made this morning in the counter. If you are very hungry, you may have some to tide you over."

"Okay, Uncle Shuisheng, you go ahead with your work."

Upon reaching the front hall, Long You sat directly behind the counter, where there was a recliner that was more comfortable to rest on than the hard wooden stools next to the dining tables.

He casually took out a soul lamp from his storage soul tool and lit it. Under the soft light, Long You began to eat the pastries from the counter.

Taking out the tablet computer that represented Bourne's true form, Long You checked the messages he had previously sent to his parents, and they were all unread.

Before the holiday, when Long You contacted his parents, he said he would go to the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain a spirit ring. Now that he can't go to the Star Dou Great Forest and has to go home, Long You naturally had to tell his family in advance.

However, considering it wasn't a big deal, Long You didn't use the troublesome high-powered telegraph machine to send a message directly from Shrek City to Tiandou City. Instead, he instructed Bourne to send a message to Long's parents via mobile phone once the signal could reach Tiandou City.

However, the fact that both of Bourne's messages are still unread shows that Long You shouldn't be slacking off on this matter.

The fact that the message has remained unread for so long tells us that the news brought by the head steward, Fu Rong, must be extremely troublesome. And the fact that Long You suddenly changed his mind and went home at this critical juncture is really creating unnecessary tension.

"Ugh, hopefully Dad and Mom will check their phones after we're done talking. Otherwise, I'll start calling them nonstop right now!"

The boring time continued for another ten minutes or so. Long You had already started eating the ramen that Uncle Shuisheng had cooked, but there was still no sound from the backyard.

Fearing that his parents would immediately launch into a verification process to confirm his identity, Long You ordered Byrne to bombard his mother's phone with text messages.

Send it word by word, explaining clearly why you suddenly came back. Also, explain why, even though you've been back for quite a while, you couldn't just wait quietly and had to resort to this excessive method to remind your parents that you're back.

After all, Bourne is an AI-powered soul tool. Although it is not comprehensive, its computing speed is guaranteed.

Although Long You requested that the message be sent one word at a time, it only took Bourne a few seconds to send the message.

After waiting a few more breaths, Long You reached out and picked up the Bourne tablet. A video call request popped up as Long You held the Bourne tablet up to his eyes.

Take a deep breath, and Longyou connects to the communication.

"Father, did I disturb you?"

Before the other end of the video call could speak, Long You put on a big smile and spoke ingratiatingly to the middle-aged man on the other end of the video call, who had a rather refined appearance but whose eyes were full of anger.

"You brat, get over here right now! You know you're disturbing us, and you still do this! Do you think I can't recognize you as my son?"

"Yes, yes, Father is wise. I'll go right away."

After finishing his sentence, regardless of whether his father had anything else to say, Long You hung up the call immediately, quickly finished the ramen in front of him, and hurried towards the backyard, even using his soul power.

Since they had already communicated via mobile phone, and considering that mobile phones are a relatively new communication device and are currently only available to a small group of people around Long You, the matter of verifying his identity was skipped.

After entering the study and exchanging greetings, Long You wasn't beaten, but after learning why Fu Rong had come looking for him, Long You felt that it would have been better to have been beaten and never know anything at all.

The first thing is that Grandpa Longyou was injured, seriously injured, the kind of injury he couldn't heal himself.

The reason for the injury was that when Grandpa Longyou was investigating the base of a secret organization within the Sun Moon Empire, he was discovered. Then, a Soul Saint-level evil Soul Master emerged from the base and seriously injured the old man in just a few moves.

If the old man hadn't also awakened his martial soul consciousness, it's uncertain whether he could have escaped.

The second matter, the investigation into the betrayal of the third elder of the Long family, ends here. The situation has become too complicated; the Long family can no longer withstand it. From now on, the main branch of the Long family will begin to disperse and relocate.

Although neither Longyou's parents nor the head butler Furong told him the details of what happened, the connection between the two events, coupled with Longyou's understanding of the overall plot, meant he knew pretty much everything he needed to know.

Several years ago, Grandpa Longyou sent a message saying that the third elder of the Long family was probably backed by people from the Mingde Hall of the Sun Moon Empire.

Now that Grandpa Longyou has been seriously injured by the evil spirit master, it must be because Grandpa Longyou found out about the Holy Spirit Cult during his investigation.

Fortunately, according to the head steward Fu Rong's description, the old man wasn't so reckless. He was investigating a branch altar far from Mingdu. Moreover, he had done a thorough disguise, making it appear as if a high-level soul master traveling around had accidentally stumbled upon the existence of the branch altar, thus avoiding attracting the Holy Spirit Cult's full-scale investigation.

Even so, the old man didn't dare go home and instead hid in Shrek City.

That's right, the old man is in Shrek City. This city, built around Shrek Academy, is definitely the safest city on the continent. Even if the Holy Spirit Cult is really tracking the old man, they wouldn't dare to enter Shrek City.