Chapter 2259

Stop.

As the cold shout rang out, the Heavenly Family steward stopped, his face turning icy, he turned to the youth and said coldly.

Anything else?

Faced with the steward's icy gaze, the youth showed no fear, instead replying with a cold smile.

You Heavenly Family are really overbearing.

By now, even if the steward was slow to catch on, he could see that the youth before him had clearly come to cause trouble.

Naturally, he had no good attitude about it.

Young friend, don't ruin yourself.

Faced with a junior's provocation, such a colossal Heavenly Family naturally wouldn't take it to heart.

Of course, it also couldn't ignore it completely, otherwise any cat or dog would later come to mock.

Faced with the steward's icy warning, the youth showed no fear, the cold smile on his face disappearing, replaced by a resolute expression as he spoke.

I came today not to join your Heavenly Family, but to save my mother.

Huh??

Hearing this, the steward was somewhat doubtful, wondering what 'saving mother' meant.

Naturally, the matter here attracted much attention; everyone curiously turned their gaze, wondering who was so reckless as to dare provoke the Heavenly Family.

Not far away, Tianlin also furrowed his brows slightly, though he had no intention of intervening.

And as the youth continued speaking, everyone finally understood his purpose.

According to the youth, his mother had originally been a maid in the Heavenly Family, but was imprisoned in the heavenly prison, not seeing daylight for a hundred years.

In his youth, he likewise lived in the Heavenly Family; it was only with his mother sacrificing her life that he managed to escape this Thus English: Thus English: Dengtianxiancheng.

Unfortunately, his mother failed to escape the Heavenly Family's grasp.

And today the youth came here for no other reason than to save his mother.

After hearing the youth's words, Tianlin's eyes flashed with a strange hue, and he spoke softly.

It's him............

You know him?

Ye Zhangqing, standing aside, asked curiously.

Although the youth's talent is decent, barely enough to be considered a Heavenly Pride, he likely wouldn't catch Tianlin's eye.

Faced with Ye Zhangqing's question, Tianlin did not conceal anything, but answered truthfully.

This story is long; if I remember correctly, this youth should bear the surname Lan, and his mother is my wet nurse.

Huh?? Wet nurse??

Upon hearing this, Ye Zhangqing froze, his gaze oddly fixed on Tianlin.

As for that, Tianlin showed no change, and continued speaking.

According to Tianlin, since childhood he had been raised by her, so his relationship with her was very good.

He even once regarded her as his own mother; compared to his birth parents, their bond was even deeper.

And being able to serve as the wet nurse of Tianlin, the young master of the Heavenly Family, that Lan woman naturally wouldn't be ordinary.

Her talent was not weak, she possessed a special Dao body; although not a Heavenly Family member, thanks to Tianlin's connection, her status within the Heavenly Family was certainly not low.

Achieving this as a mere maid would satisfy most people.

But that woman was different; having grown up with Tianlin, after being taken by the Heavenly Family's patriarch to cultivate elsewhere, she used her status to accomplish a great deed within the Heavenly Family.

Within the Heavenly Family, the number of servant devotees actually far exceeds that of the family members.

And that woman, because she was Tianlin's wet nurse, few in the Heavenly Family dared to provoke her; even ordinary clan members treated her with added respect.

I recall that year, she had just given birth to a son, when a female devotee of the Heavenly Family also gave birth to a son.

Moreover, that child was born with an auspicious omen, possessing an extremely robust physique.

At birth it attracted the Heavenly Family's attention; even some elders thought of taking him as a disciple, planning to accept him once he grew a bit older and train him from youth.

Originally this was a good thing, but who could have imagined that the Lan woman would actually commit murder to seize a Dao body.

Taking advantage of the devotee's absence, the Lan woman killed that child, via Mìfǎ forcibly transplanting his aptitude and talent into her own son.

This matter could not be hidden, and the Lan woman had naturally prepared in advance.

After succeeding, she immediately sent her son out of Thus English: Thus English: Dengtianxiancheng.

When the devotee discovered it and reported to the family, by the time the Heavenly Family sent people to investigate, the Lan woman's son had already vanished; they could only arrest her.

Doing such a thing, logically there should be no way to survive.

But at that time, Tianlin, mindful of their feelings, intervened to spare her life.

Thus she was imprisoned in the heavenly prison, never to be released.

After hearing Tianlin's account, Ye Zhangqing couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth; why does this story feel oddly familiar?

Son of Heaven and villain?

But before Ye Zhangqing could reply, only the Heavenly Family steward's cold shout was heard.

Are you Lan Jiexin's son?

Obviously, this steward also knew of the incident from back then; it's no surprise, since the matter caused quite a stir back then.

In the Heavenly Family's history, nothing like this has ever occurred.

Seeing his identity exposed, the youth did not hide it, but openly admitted.

Not bad, my mother is indeed Lan Jiexin.

You................

Having confirmed the youth's identity, the steward's expression instead turned somewhat odd.

Is this kid stupid? He was doing fine out there, so why did he come knocking on his own?

Back then, his mother committed a crime that was punishable by death; if it weren't for the young master intervening to spare her life, that woman wouldn't even have ashes left, let alone be imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison.

Moreover, even though she was imprisoned, the conditions given to her were not bad at all—at least there was no abuse.

It can be said that, because of Tianlin, the family has already shown leniency toward her.

Undoubtedly, this is already the best possible outcome.

Yet this young man actually dared to come to their door today—what else is this if not seeking death?

"You don't know what Lan Jiexin did back then? Just imprisoning her is already an act of mercy beyond the law."

The Heavenly Family's steward said this; hearing it, the young man let out a snort of laughter.

"Mercy beyond the law? Hah, truly the style of a great clan—acting without restraint, yet putting on a righteous facade. My mother was imprisoned by you for a hundred years, yet in your words it becomes mercy beyond the law; it's simply ridiculous."

"I don't want to waste words with you, Heavenly Family; I've come today solely to rescue my mother."

"You?"

Upon hearing this, the Heavenly Family steward's expression turned odd—not because he looked down on the young man, but because it was simply the truth.

Let alone him being just a junior; in Thus English: Thus English: Dengtianxiancheng, even if someone of Huang Lao's stature came alone, they couldn't overturn the heavens.

Unless two or three figures of Huang Lao's level came all at once, then perhaps it could be done.

So, this young man coming alone to save his mother—isn't that a joke? He can't even get past the Heavenly Family's threshold, let alone rescue anyone.

Ye Zhangqing, not far off, softly sighed at this.

"What courage."