553: C553 The Cheng Family

C553 The Cheng Family

Everything was in perfect order. This meant that Cheng Bo had managed everything in this place well. That was why everything in this place was working normally.2

Everyone was invited to the main hall of the mountain stronghold. The guests were seated. Cheng Bo asked his subordinates to look at the tea. Before long, his subordinates brought over a few sea bowls. Inside were thick and heavy tea soups. They were placed in front of everyone.

Zhang Fann looked at the tea soup in front of him. He picked up the sea bowl and took a sip. He felt that the taste of this tea was very heavy, but it also had an endless aftertaste. Between the thick tea, there was a slight bitterness. Clearly, there were some cool and refreshing things added to it.

Ninth Master Lu looked around and also tasted the tea in the big bowl. He nodded and said to Cheng Bo, "Not bad. Although the taste is a little heavy and there is a slight bitterness in the tea, when you savor it, you can taste a hint of sweetness. It is indeed different from other places. It is really unique."

Cheng Bo smiled and said to Ninth Master Lu, "Ninth Master is flattering me. In our village, everyone feels that drinking small tea bowls is not satisfying. That's why we changed it to how it is now. It is almost noon. I've arranged for someone to prepare some dishes and have lunch here. Rest for a while. After that, I will send you through the valley ahead. "

Ninth Master Lu nodded. The two of them exchanged some pleasantries. After that, Ninth Master Lu was still curious. He continued to ask Cheng Bo, "I really don't understand why you ended up in such a state. "What about the Cheng family? Could it be that it collapsed so quickly in just a short ten years?"

This question was also the question in everyone's heart. They were also puzzled. If Cheng Bo was a member of a big family, then what exactly did he experience to come here and choose to be a bandit?

After Cheng Bo heard this, he couldn't help but sigh. He said to Ninth Master Lu, "This matter is a long story. Since Ninth Master Lu asked about it, and he is also an old friend of the Cheng family... Fine, I'll tell Ninth Master about the Cheng family today."

After taking a sip of tea, Cheng Bo began to explain to Ninth Master Lu and the others. Everyone listened attentively. At the same time, they didn't expect that such a huge change would occur in the Cheng family in just a short ten years.

Previously, the development of the Cheng family was very strong. Almost all kinds of business would be involved. It was one of the best in the local area. Very few other families could compare to it. Some of them even monopolized some of the resources.

Therefore, in many fields, the Cheng family had shown its dominance. Therefore, the Cheng family had always been developing very well. Later on, when they started collaborating with some sects and families, the Cheng family seemed to have developed very quickly. For a moment, it had reached its peak.

The moon was full and the water was overflowing. The Cheng family had already reached its peak state, so it would naturally go downhill for a period of time.

The good days did not last long. This piece of fat meat of the Cheng family had actually been targeted by the people of the Imperial Family. At the beginning, the Imperial Family had used the excuse of cooperating to find the Cheng family, and they had even given out a lot of tempting policies.

The Cheng family's patriarch felt that if the royal family could interfere, it would be good for his future development. If he had such a backing, he would definitely be able to earn a lot of money.

However, the Imperial Family wasn't here to help the development of the Cheng family. Instead, they were here to earn money from the Cheng family. During the period of cooperation, the people of the Imperial Family began to think of ways to replace the status of the Cheng family. As a result, they were slowly dying of greed.

Some elders of the Cheng family had also noticed this before. They all reported to the patriarch of the Cheng family. However, in the eyes of the patriarch of the Cheng family, cooperating with such a big family like the royal family couldn't be done with just the small profits in front of their eyes. They had to look into the long term. Therefore, they didn't pay too much attention to these small details.

However, the members of the royal family were getting more and more excessive. They even started to openly rob the resources of the Cheng family. This had already destroyed their cooperation. Even the iron ore that the Lu family had helped to mine had been occupied by the members of the royal family.

Cheng Bo saw all of this. He was very anxious, but there was nothing he could do about it. After all, if the patriarch didn't say anything, anyone who dared to do anything would break the cooperation between the Cheng family and the royal family. It would also break the rules of the Cheng family. If it was serious, they would be expelled from the family.

However, in the end, the actions of the royal family became more and more excessive. Gradually, their greed had turned into plundering. Many disciples of the Cheng family expressed their dissatisfaction and started to form a force to retaliate against the royal family. The result could be imagined. There was a conflict.

The royal family began to angrily find the patriarch of the Cheng family to interrogate him. However, the patriarch of the Cheng family still greeted him with a smile, expressing that he would cooperate with them and not care about these small details. He also expressed a satisfactory explanation to the royal family.

After that, the Cheng Family Head directly executed these people who killed. Only then did the Imperial Family express their satisfaction.

Cheng Bo saw all of this. In his heart, he felt that if the Cheng family continued to act like this, the Cheng family would continue to act like this. It would really be over. Therefore, he might as well go into seclusion while he still had some status in the Cheng family. After all, he couldn't stand the things happening in the Cheng family, so he might as well hide.

Therefore, Cheng Bo took some medicinal pills and materials, brought his long sword, and chose a hidden cave abode at the back of the mountain. He then went into seclusion.

After roughly a year, Cheng Bo had just woken up from his seclusion. He vaguely heard something. There were people talking outside. They were people from the imperial family.

From their conversation, he could roughly understand what they were talking about. They came to the back of the mountain to use external force to open the stone that blocked the entrance of the cave when they were in seclusion. Then, they took advantage of the fact that the person inside was in seclusion to kill him. Some people were in seclusion when they were breaking through. At such a crucial moment, if they were disturbed... It was very easy for their blood to flow in reverse and they would end up seriously injured. If he went berserk, he would lose all his fighting ability.

And when everyone was in seclusion, they would bring along some good things. For example, Spirit Stones, pills, and so on. These people from the imperial family were mainly here for these things.

After Cheng Bo understood all of this, he was furious. These people clearly didn't care about human lives. One should know that it wasn't easy for a person to cultivate to the point where he could break through in seclusion. However, at such a critical moment, he was disturbed by the despicable people who coveted Spirit Stones and pills. In this way, all of his years of hard work had been for naught.

Listening to these people getting closer and closer, Cheng Bo's eyes revealed killing intent, especially when he recalled how these people from the Imperial Family bullied the Cheng family. He couldn't help but feel a chill of hatred in his heart.

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