Chen Buqi quickly pulled him back, "Nonsense, how can you talk to your father like that?"
Ming Ya said, "Without me, where would you come from? You know you're wrong but won't change, you scoundrel!"
No one had ever dared to talk back to Ming Ya. He was the first, and Ming Zhitian was also angry, "Fine, from now on, we are completely estranged."
Ming Ya snorted, "The blood of the Ming family flows in your veins."
Ming Zhitian smiled, "So what? You want it back? Do you?"
Ming Ya was caught off guard by his retort and for a moment didn't know how to respond.
Ming Zhitian said, "Liuli, let's go."
Seeing Ming Zhitian about to leave, Ming Ya said, "Once you leave this door, you are no longer my son, Ming Ya."
Ming Zhitian didn't turn his head, "I was never your son to begin with."
In a fit of rage, Ming Ya suddenly produced a book of divine laws. Chen Buqi was startled and was about to stop him, but Ming Ya, unable to bring himself to attack Ming Zhitian, put it away. Chen Buqi breathed a sigh of relief and hurried after them.
Chen Buqi stopped Ming Zhitian outside the main gate of the Suohai Wuge, "Tian'er."
Ming Zhitian, riding Bai Ze Chuan Chuan, and Bai Liuli, riding a large jade rabbit, stopped. Chen Buqi said, "Your father's words were a bit harsh, but you shouldn't have talked back to him. Don't you know that no one has ever spoken to him like that before?"
Ming Zhitian shrugged, "So what? Then I'm the first."
Chen Buqi said, "Be good, come back with your mother."
Ming Zhitian waved his hand, "I said, from now on, we are estranged. I won't look back."
Chen Buqi said, "We are family, why must it be like this?"
Ming Zhitian said, "Mother, as long as I haven't changed my mind, I will still call you mother. But don't push me too far."
Chen Buqi couldn't help but be slightly taken aback. She looked at Ming Zhitian in disbelief, suddenly feeling how distant they were, and feared losing her newly recognized son the next moment.
"You two are truly alike, both stubborn mules."
"What?" Ming Zhitian asked.
Chen Buqi shook her head, "It's nothing. But without our protection, the Shujian Lu is no longer safe. Are you sure?"
Ming Zhitian said, "I've endured even more difficult times. It's fine, consider it training."
"How much suffering has this child endured to say such profound words?" Chen Buqi couldn't help but sigh.
"By the way," Ming Zhitian took out a storage bag and handed it to Chen Buqi, "Mother, here's one hundred billion. Take it and use it. Don't say it was from me. I don't owe anyone, nor do I want anyone to owe me."
Chen Buqi took it and opened it to look, then exclaimed in surprise, "How do you have so much money?"
Ming Zhitian said, "You don't need to worry about that. I have plenty of money anyway. Alright, I'll be going now. I don't want to come back to this home for now."
Chen Buqi said, "Wait, Tian'er, the outside world is full of dangers. Although you have the Shujian Lu, your cultivation is not enough to fully activate and use it freely. Mother will take you somewhere to pick a suitable divine weapon."
Ming Zhitian shook his head, "I have the Immortal-grade artifact, the Dragon Taming Gauntlets. That's enough."
Chen Buqi waved her hand, "Listen to your mother. Having one more artifact in hand means one more layer of safety. Will you go pick one?"
Bai Liuli said, "Your mother is right. Your cultivation has plummeted. You are merely at the first level of the Awakening Realm. If it were me, I could crush you with one hand."
Chen Buqi gave her a grateful look. Ming Zhitian nodded, "Alright, I'll go take a look to see if there's anything suitable. If not, then never mind."
Chen Buqi led Ming Zhitian and Bai Liuli to a rock garden. She twisted a mechanism, and the rock garden split in two. The three of them walked in.
Beyond the rock garden, there was another world, with mountains and flowing water, and a refreshing atmosphere. It was a place for quiet cultivation.
"Clang, clang, clang..." The sound of hammering.
As the three approached, they grew closer to the sound of hammering. They saw a silver-haired elder with a ponytail forging iron above a ten-zhang-high waterfall.
He clamped an unknown object onto the waterfall, producing a sizzling sound.