The words "biological father" stung Chen Nan.
No!
If anything, it enraged him.
He hadn't expected the Zuo family to show up.
"I'm going home first."
He bid farewell to Li Mu and sped towards home in his car.
Even though the evening rush hour had passed,
Kyoto's traffic was 'infamous' for its congestion. It was already half-past nine,
Yet the streets were teeming with traffic.
Fortunately, his driving skills were superb.
He tore through the city, running countless red lights and drawing endless curses.
He managed to cut an hour-long journey down to thirty minutes.
Arriving outside the villa,
He took a deep breath.
With a complex mix of emotions, he entered the villa.
In the villa's main hall, he saw a middle-aged man with deep-set features and sharp, defined contours.
The man exuded an aura of inherent authority, even without displaying anger.
In his presence,
Chen Nan felt an undeniable sense of connection, a kinship.
This was undoubtedly his biological father.
Zhu Yining and Zuo Yunyang were seated nearby,
As relaxed as if they were in their own home.
In addition,
There was a woman with a graceful figure, her face veiled.
Though her true appearance was hidden, she emanated an aura of dignity, elegance, and nobility.
As they were returning to the immortal realm, the Empress, accompanied by her daughter, had gone shopping with Chen Xia Zhi.
Only his parents and his younger sister remained at home.
The trio stood awkwardly, looking somewhat uneasy.
It was understandable; they were mere mortals,
And dared not offend the guests.
Provoking them and receiving a beating would hardly be worth it.
Upon seeing Chen Nan's arrival,
Zuo Jing Tian's eyes turned cold as he declared, "You unfilial son, why don't you kneel?"
Chen Nan smiled and asked, "Kneel to send you off to your death? If that's the case, I can kneel."
"You court death!"
A flash of fury flickered in Zuo Jing Tian's eyes.
With a raised hand, he unleashed a terrifying surge of true energy.
He knew Chen Nan was the type to defy elders and betray his masters,
But he hadn't expected him to disregard his own father.
For the patriarch of the Zuo family, this was an unbearable insult.
He had to teach him a harsh lesson!
*Boom!*
The true energy roared forth,
Exhibiting a power that could crush anything in its path!
Chen Nan did not resist.
He took the full force of the attack,
His body involuntarily staggering back a step before he regained his footing.
He had to admit,
It stung a bit...
"Now, we are even!" Chen Nan chuckled.
In reality, he could have blocked the attack,
Or even dodged it.
However, he chose not to.
Regardless, his life was a gift from this man.
And after this strike,
They would owe each other nothing.
A trace of disdain crossed Zuo Jing Tian's face: "Even?"
He was not surprised that Chen Nan had not collapsed from his blow.
He had already heard that Chen Nan had defeated the Four Directional War Gods.
As for why Chen Nan lacked the aura of a cultivator,
He surmised that Chen Nan must have been injured during his fight with the Four Directional War Gods.
"Your life is a gift from me. You take one palm strike from me and think you can wipe away our blood ties?"
"Isn't that a bit too wishful thinking?"
"Let me tell you, as long as you are Zuo Jing Tian's son, you will be forever."
He adopted a condescending tone: "Your mother came yesterday and asked you to return to the Zuo family. Why did you refuse so stubbornly?"
"While guarding the ancestral temple and ancestral graves might be a tedious task,"
"It would still ensure you have food and shelter."
"You shouldn't have been so unappreciative."
Chen Nan found this amusing: "Your family is truly remarkable. Yesterday, Ms. Zhu said it was merely to oversee the ancestral grounds. Today, you claim it's to guard the ancestral temple and graves."
"I truly wonder whose words your couple's words can be trusted."
Zuo Yun Yang loudly rebuked, "The ancestral grounds naturally include the ancestral temple and graves."
Chen Nan asked earnestly, "Let's just say, if I were to guard the Zuo family's ancestral temple, could I urinate and defecate on the ancestral tablets worshipped by the Zuo family?"
"Also,"
"People from the small world don't cremate their dead, right?"
"Meaning, after being buried for many years, their bodies have already decomposed."
"Could I find a nice sunny day to dig them up, let them dry in the sun, and then bury them again?"
At these words,
Chen Han Lu could no longer contain herself and burst into laughter.
Even Chen Shan and Jia Cui's faces flushed red.
They never expected Chen Nan to say such things.
After all,
Those were his ancestors.
These words were quite rebellious.
"You unfilial son, do you truly think I wouldn't dare to kill you?" Zuo Jing Tian roared in fury.
*Crack!*
Chen Nan lit a cigarette and said dismissively, "Old man, stop calling me unfilial. If I'm unfilial, then what are you?"
Zuo Jing Tian took a deep breath, forcefully suppressing the anger in his heart: "I heard your woman is very powerful. Call her back here immediately!"
"As a daughter-in-law, she actually slapped her mother-in-law. I, for one, need to discipline her!"
"You, trying to discipline me?"
The Empress's voice echoed from outside.
Immediately, she entered the living room with her daughter and Chen Xia Zhi.
The moment the Empress appeared,
The veiled woman beside Zuo Jing Tian suddenly stood up, her pupils trembling violently, revealing her shock and unease.
"Are... are you Empress?" Zuo Qing Mei's voice trembled.
Upon hearing this,
Zuo Jing Tian, Zhu Yining, and Zuo Yun Yang, the family of three, were all stunned.
Could their ancestor possibly know this woman?
It shouldn't be!
Their ancestor had ascended to the immortal realm years ago; how could she know a mortal woman?
Let alone address her as Empress.
Even if they didn't know the Empress's identity, anyone addressed as Emperor couldn't be a mere mortal, could they?
"Who are you?" the Empress asked, looking at Zuo Qing Mei.
Zuo Qing Mei dropped to her knees with a thud, her voice full of reverence: "Your subordinate, Zuo Qing Mei, an official of Tian Zhou Prefecture, holding a fifth-rank title, once had the honor of witnessing the Empress's peerless grace."
Zuo Qing Mei's body trembled.
She had never dreamed of seeing the high and mighty supreme being of the human race in the mortal world.
"Ancestor, have you mistaken her for someone else?" Zuo Jing Tian subconsciously swallowed: "She is merely this unfilial son's woman, how could she be the Emp—"
"Silence!" Zuo Qing Mei roared: "This is the Human Race's Supreme Being, the Empress of the Snow Country. Do not be disrespectful. If you wish to live, then kneel!"
Zuo Qing Mei merely wished to lead her clansmen to live in the immortal realm.
However,
The ancestral land still required descendants to guard it.
Thus,
Zuo Jing Tian proposed finding their son, whom they had abandoned years ago, and having him return to the Zuo family to guard the ancestral land.
But.
How could Zuo Qing Mei have possibly foreseen,
That the son Zuo Jing Tian referred to as a waste was actually the Empress's husband?
The Zuo Jing Tian family of three stood there, utterly petrified.
Zuo Qing Mei's words struck them with an unprecedented sense of dread.
This was truly the Human Race's Supreme Being, the Empress of the Snow Country?
Wait!
How could such a lofty Human Race Supreme Being become the wife of Chen Nan, this abandoned son?