The Way of The Dao

The woman's lifeless body fell the next moment, the thud echoing clearly on the spot.

Shadows suddenly appeared in front of Ling Tian and attacked fiercely. Once they appeared in front of Ling Tian, everyone could see that they were the two men who were with Di Ji's mother and moved quickly.

Although these two men were shocked when they looked at the dead woman, they did not put it in their heads and decided to attack Ling Tian. They never wondered how this woman could die if she had a high cultivation while Ling Tian were supposedly crippled.

"Die!"

"You should be ashamed to believe that we won't do anything to you just because your companions left!"

The two men shouted fiercely and threw their punches towards Ling Tian. Their gloating gazes were clearly shown, thinking Ling Tian was an idiot.

"Young Master!" Di Ji worried as she saw Ling Tian being fiercely attacked.

Ling Tian looked indifferently at the two men and calmly stretched out his arms towards them, his hands opened and went towards their necks.

The two men sneered and increased the power in their fists, wanting to tear Ling Tian to pieces.

But Ling Tian's face did not change and his hands went towards the necks of both of them, grabbing them easily.

"What?"

"Argh!"

Both men felt their necks squeezed as if they had iron clamps and groaned in pain.

* Click! * * Click! *

Creaking bones were heard and two large bodies fell to Ling Tian's sides. Neither of them had any signs of life.

"That's impossible..." One of the remaining men muttered nervously as he watched Ling Tian easily kill his two fellows.

Isn't he supposed to be a cripple? They can see it clearly! How is a cripple supposed to be able to kill two Golden Core Stage cultivators? That's impossible!

Without another thought, everyone there ran without hesitation, wishing they had three legs right now to escape faster.

Ling Tian only looked at them nonchalantly before summoning a small Heavenly Sword through his spirit sense and killing them easily. The Heavenly Sword hidden in the spirit sense easily took the lives of everyone who escaped, from men to women.

The remaining people who had no cultivation bases and were locals looked at Ling Tian with terror and relief at the same time, knowing that this young man had saved them.

"Young Master..." Di Ji was the only one who looked at Ling Tian with joy and gratitude, knowing that if it wasn't for him, she might never see her family again. Her gaze shone at the sight of Ling Tian as tears of gratitude and relief rolled down her tender cheeks.

"Call me Ling Tian. I am no longer your Young Master that you have to attend to." Ling Tian looked at Di Ji with a smile as he made sure no one was seriously injured.

"Young Master..." But Di Ji still looked on with a cheerful expression and denied in her heart, feeling that she owed Ling Tian a lot.

"Here." Pulling out a warm blanket from his storage ring, Ling Tian smiled softly and covered Di Ji's mother who had her clothes shredded and was almost naked if not for her husband who helped cover her by hugging her with their young children.

"Thank you..."

Di Ji's mother whispered gratefully and with a feeling of peace and tranquility, realizing the expression her daughter was showing as she looked at Ling Tian, especially the happy feelings in her eyes.

Although they didn't quite know if Di Ji was really being taken care of in that place, as a mother, she could tell that even though Di Ji said she was fine it still might not be true; she thought that maybe her daughter might be somewhat mistreated, so she prayed for her sake and even told her that she didn't have to be away and suffer for the family, to come back to them better.

Di Ji's father likewise thanked Ling Tian and quickly helped his wife to cover herself completely. The other people, neighbors of the place realized that Ling Tian was not planning to do anything to them and sighed in relief; some were thankful while others still had a watchful eye on Ling Tian, not trusting easily.

Seeing that everything was under control and the others had already taken care of the enemies, Ling Tian looked at Di Ji's little siblings. The two young children were still looking somewhat fearfully at Ling Tian; the fear and horror they had just experienced this day was very intense for their ages.

Ling Tian smiled tenderly and approached the children, a girl and a boy; both trembled as they saw him approach them. Ling Tian saw that they should be less than 10 years old probably. No one noticed this, only Di Ji who never took her eyes off Ling Tian.

Innocent, childish laughters but without any trace of fear was heard almost at once. Everyone looked at the source of this laughter and realized that it was two children in Ling Tian's arms, specifically Di Ji's younger siblings.

But what they didn't expect was that Ling Tian was flying a few feet above the sky, carrying the two children with him as they both waved their hands and were quickly forgetting their fears and apprehensions, having fun with Ling Tian.

"Children!" Di Ji's father looked worriedly at his children in Ling Tian's arms, feeling somewhat insecure. Although he knew that this young man had saved them, he still didn't know who he was. But Di Ji held his hand and denied with a smile, assuring him that her younger siblings were fine and Ling Tian wouldn't do anything bad to them.

"Big brother, you're so funny!"

"En!"

Once Ling Tian came down shortly after, the boy exclaimed in amazement and joy, while the girl looked obsessively and delightedly at Ling Tian as well, nodding at what her brother said.

Everyone could clearly see the innocent and happy expressions of both children. They even curiously sensed a paternal side from Ling Tian as he saw the two children in his arms, as if he was already used to dealing with children.

"Be on your best behavior with your parents and big sister and always love each other as a family, ok?" Ling Tian smiled at them and tenderly patted their heads once he put them down, urging them to return to their parents and Di Ji.

"Enm!"

Both children nodded with big smiles and went to their family, hugging both their mother and father.

"Thank you so much for helping us with everything." Di Ji's father came over and bowed to Ling Tian, cupping his fists together and adding, "You must be the young master of the family my daughter has been serving. I thank you even more for taking care of her and treating her very well." Di Ji's mother also joined her husband and thanked Ling Tian in the same way.

As a man and as a father, Di Ji's father could look and realize that Ling Tian was not a bad person, as well as see in Di Ji's look that he was not mean to her. Any man, especially a father, would feel deeply grateful if someone treated his daughter well.

"There is no need to thank, on the contrary, your daughter helped me a lot for a few days. I only brought her home because the place we were in was very bad and I didn't want her to stay there." Ling Tian smiled and shook his head, lifting both parents up and showing them a calm expression and no need for them to need to thank.

Ling Tian really didn't want Di Ji to stay in that place, even more so when the major leaders and families, as well as the city's laws and groups disappeared, with a high probability of out of control in the future. That place would undoubtedly become a dangerous city.

But the parents smiled even more inwardly, realizing that Ling Tian was not arrogant or haughty, with a mature mind and demeanor despite his age. Such a young man was rare to see.

"Grandmaster!"

"Master!"

Two different voices were soon heard as Xuanyuan Ling and Shin Wei quickly appeared on the scene, approaching Ling Tian.

Ling Tian nodded slightly and asked, "Anything?" He meant if they had found out why the situation was happening.

"Nothing, Grandmaster." Both Xuanyuan Ling and Shin Wei shook their heads still with slight anger in their eyes. They had both encountered enemies who did not speak because they felt so terrified, enough to be unable to speak properly and coherently and even babble nonsense. 

"Senior Brother."

Feng Xiao together with Feng Ye appeared soon after. Feng Xiao at this time showed much greater respect and an admiration and respect appeared in his eyes as he looked at Ling Tian, promising to work harder and raise his cultivation base like him. His respect and admiration in looking at Shin Wei and Xuanyuan Ling also showed, knowing that these people he called martial siblings really were on a higher level.

Feng Ye looked at Ling Tian always with great respect and said, "Young Master Ling, we found that these people are under the orders of the Ji family.  They were looking for the place where one of the young masters of that family died and to bring back his body, as well as to destroy the families who refused to talk or cooperate." His voice showed respect throughout and he even changed his manner of speaking to Ling Tian, surprising everyone, even his grandson.

"That Ji family again?" Ling Tian was the only one who was not surprised by the change in Feng Ye and said nonchalantly. That Ji family was tyrannical and evil apparently.

"Uhm?"

Ling Tian was about to say something when he felt a slight disturbance in the air, as if Chi was gathering in a place near them. He raised his eyebrows slightly and looked in the direction where Li Fengyuan went.

An explosion of energy as well as a small swirl of spirit Chi formed around her body as she showed a surprised expression before sitting cross-legged and cultivating right after receiving Ling Tian's approval in her mind to concentrate and she focused and not worried about the rest, trying to enter the next realm. The corpses of their enemies were on the spot, but Li Fengyuan was the only living cultivator leaving aside the innocent survivors.

Li Fengyuan was breaking through at this moment.