After stirring a commotion in the city, they headed back to the mansion, leaving Zhen Le nagging on the way back. She kept saying that she doesn't want to go back and that she hated me but no matter what she still obediently sat on Xiao Xue's shoulder not leaving at all. Maybe because she knew that she has no chance to escape at all.

After they arrived back at the mansion, Zhen Le immediately went back to her own room pulling Xiao Xue along with her.

As for himself, He headed to the hall, where his father usually spends his times as the City Lord.

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"Have they returned yet?" Zhen Kang asked. He is sitting at his desk, dealing with a stack of papers.

"I haven't been notified yet." General Shui replied.

"Is that so..." Zhen Kang sighed.

Sound of footsteps came from the hallway was heard. Zhen Kang and Leng Shui have reached the saint realm, they could easily hear that someone is coming.

A familiar figure appeared in front of them, the first thing Zhen Kang does is stared blankly at his son, watching him walk inside and kneeled on the ground to pay his respect to him. It has been years he hasn't seen him.

"You are back." His father nodded. "You should go and visit your mother. She has been unwell these few days." He immediately went back doing his paperwork.

'Father is the same huh?' He stood up and went over to his father side.

Taking a deep breath in, He was preparing himself as he was about to do the most unbelievable thing, and that is to hug his father. Even he was a bit embarrassed but he has to do it, not that he is doing it unwillingly but he never did it before.

This is a perfect situation for him to do as he pleases. He has left for many years this is at least something he wants to do.

Zhen Kang was speechless, he was too happy that he can't speak a single word.

General Shui gave Zhen Lun a thumbs up. 'Good Job!' Zhen Kang has been overworking himself, dealing with the paperwork every single day. With this, he should be able to free himself from some stress.

After hugging his father for a few seconds Zhen Lun quickly left without saying a word as he is embarrassed too.

Cough*

"Today we'll take a day off. Order the chefs to prepare a feast tonight." Zhen Kang blushingly said to General Shui.

'Look at you right now.' General Shui snickered at Zhen Kang. "I'll go outside and hunt a mythical beast for the feast tonight, you should go and visit your wife with your son."

"All right, take care." Zhen Kang put down the documents. He then issued some of the servants to deal with the minor ones for him while he heads to visit his wife.

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Zhen Lun arrived at her mother's room. She was lying on her bed while staring at the ceiling blankly.

"Mom?" Zhen Lun called out.

Zhen Lun can't help but teared up seeing his mother in such a mess.

Her complexion is not good at all. She has a terrible look on her face, the expression she made can be seen that it is full of worries.

With that sunken cheeks, bitter smile. She doesn't look like the usual her at all.

She even aged a bit and to have dark circle under her eyes, it's the proof that she can't sleep well these days. For someone who is at saint realm having a dark circle what kind of stress his mother experienced?

It was all his fault, he didn't think about his parents at all, his mother worried about him for a long time. At the same time, she also needs to worry about her daughter who shut herself in her room.

What is he thinking that time when he runs from his home, leaving a letter behind and not confronting his parents at all.

He knew that his mother is not very strong whenever it's about himself.

He knew that she will worry about him every day

Hearing the familiar voice, Zhen Xin snapped out from her confused state. She slowly turns her head backward.

Looking at that familiar figure, she stood up from her bed. When she got a good looking at the appearance of her son, she called out lightly with sense uncertainty, she suspected she is hallucinating.

"Lun'er?" Zhen Xin was stupefied, gazing at her son, she finally brightens a bit.

Zhen Lun went over without hesitation, hugged her mother tightly and comforted her. "I'm back."

Feeling that she's dreaming, she asked again. "Is it really you?" Zhen Xin asked as she caressed his cheeks gently.

"Yes, It is me." Zhen Lun repeated. Seeing his mother complexions smoothen he repeated it again and again.

"It's me. Your son."

"It's me."

Zhen Xin also teared up seeing her son grown so much, she was happy and sad at the same time. She was pleased that her son has grown so much but she was sad that she didn't get to see her son growing up in front of her.

Remembering that time, when she received the news that Zhen Lun was a cripple, he teared up for one night and did not get any sleep for a week. Her complexion also got worse as she lost her appetite too. Fortunately, she's at saint realm or she would die of starvation already.

She sent people to look for Zhen Lun. She wanted to bring him back and to comfort him that it's fine even though he is crippled, his mother will protect him.

But then she received the news of his son from a person that he is doing fine. In fact, she received the news from Zhen Lun's teacher, Wu Shi.

She wanted to bring him back but Wu Shi said that his son is doing fine and that he is not crippled.

Only by that Zhen Xin calmed down a bit and regained her appetite.

A few years later, Zhen Xin got pregnant. They have born a beautiful daughter. She was a cheerful and obedient girl.

But that day when she found out that she is a cripple, it changed her, she began to shut herself in her room and bottled up her feelings.

Zhen Xin worried about her every single day, trying to persuade her to cheer up but it didn't work. Her heart was then broken apart every time she looks at her daughter. She can't really blame her for being selfish and stubborn.

If it was her that crippled, she would also be this stubborn to find a way to cultivate.

"Y-your little sister. Can you try to persuade her?" Zhen Xin asked with a bitter voice. "We called the most renowned physician but they can't cure her at all."

"Don't worry, She's probably has calmed down right now. I've told her that I can cure her." Zhen Lun comforted her.

"I see, that's good. Lately, she's been hidden her feelings. Trying to be an obedient kid in front of us but inside she's hurt. I can't bear to see her like that." Zhen Xin cried as she explained.

"Yeah, I've seen her and noticed that she has bottled up her feelings." That time when she screams out, it probably relieved her a bit. Since she's playing with Xiao Xue right now, She will not worry mother for the time being.

"We are trying to find something to cure her. For the time being, please lie to her that you can cure her. Father has recently issued General Shao to the capital city." She really doesn't want to resort to lying but she needs to. She doesn't want Zhen Le to be hurt anymore.

"There's no need to search for the cure, I'm not lying. I can really cure her but I'll need a bit of time before that." He still needs to complete his quest first, before he goes to the Holyland and it'll probably take some time.

"Really? How can you cure your sister? Tell mother about it maybe I can help you." Zhen Xin anxiously asked. She's at saint realm, being at the saint realm means that you are one of the strongest. Well, at least in the mortal realm.

Zhen Lun was stumped. He doesn't want her mother to sacrifices half of her lifespan or anything at all. Telling her will be not a good idea but not telling her is not the answer too. For him to not trust her mother she will be hurt.

Even if she went to Holy Land there's no guarantee that she could find the herbs that Zhen Le needed. The only person that knew where to find the specific herbs is Elder Ye.

"I've met a master, He told me that he could cure Zhen Le but he needs time for that." He quickly throws all the blame to Elder Ye and he will solve his problem for him. Since he's quite strong it'll be fine.

Suddenly, a tense voice was heard. It was Zhen Kang, standing outside of the room. "Which Master are you talking about?"

For the first time, Zhen Lun is seeing his father this ferocious. His eyes that are formerly blue colored has turned into are blood red. His beautiful white-hair also turned into a different color, it turned into silky-black.

His father was giving out an oppressive aura. The aura is stronger than Elder Ye's and it has an extra feeling of eerieness to it.

Zhen Xin grabbed Zhen Lun and hid him behind her back as she also prepared herself for a fight. She emits chilly aura from her body, the room temperature immediately dropped as though it was winter but a layer of warmth was form by Zhen Xin to protect him from the cold.

"What are you doing?" Zhen Xin glared at her husband with a death stare.

Zhen Kang didn't back down a bit. "Someone told me that, our son Zhen Lun is being controlled." He said with a grave tone.

'What? I'm being controlled?' Zhen Lun was confused.

"Are you saying that he is not our son?" Zhen Xin asked. Her aura got stronger. The temperature dropped drastically. Everything in the room was turned into ice.

Zhen Kang didn't dare to do anything at all, He only grits his teeth while thinking what should he do next.

"Father, Who told you that?" Zhen Lun quickly asked as he doesn't want both of them to fight.

"Peerless Sky Sect, Elder Fei." Zhen Kang expressionlessly replied.

"Both of you calm down, I'm not being controlled. It's just that..." Zhen Lun doesn't want to say it but if it's his parents it would be fine right?

Both of them looked at Zhen Lun intensely. "It's just that- What?"

"Sigh* I'm going to tell you something." Zhen Lun started to explain how his Martial Spirit works. From the very beginning that it appeared till now.

...

...

"So what you are saying is that your Martial Spirit will kill the user if you didn't do something it told you?" Zhen Xin asked as she never heard such martial spirit before.

"This kind of Martial Spirit is a double-edged sword, in order to obtain power, you'll have to sacrifice something for it. In this case, is some of your freedom." His father exclaimed.

There is no free lunch in this harsh world. If you want power you will have to sacrifice something that has the same value as the power you gain. He indeed can't expect his martial spirit to support him without gaining something in return.

'But he did give it something to his martial spirit, he already gave him eight years of his accumulated spiritual energy right?'

"But why would you name yourself 'that'?" Zhen Kang was confused. He never knew that his son has such ambition.

As he heard that question, he was stumped. Since when he wanted to become god, He never want that before. He did want to be strong but not something unattainable like a God. That name is not something he would make.

There is only one explanation. Since it can control my body it could also influence his mind. It seems the system is forcing me to do it no matter what. That quest itself was inevitable.

The more he knows about the system, the more questions he wanted to ask.

Why is it me?

What is actually system?

Where is it from?

Who is controlling the system?

"I don't know why either." Zhen Lun said to his father.

"Don't mind that, What did it tell you to do next?" His father asked grimly.

"It told me to dethrone and become the current emperor." Zhen Lun replied.

Zhen Xin immediately interrupted. "Don't worry, If the emperor doesn't want to come down from his throne, I'll force him to come down."

"No, I don't want either of you to involved in this, nor do I dethrone the current emperor." Zhen Lun has sorted his mind and he has found a great idea to complete his quest without rebelling or anything.

"All I need is to have enough strength to convince the emperor to give me the throne temporary and once the quest was completed, I could give him back the throne." Zhen Lun has found a hole in this quest. It never said to kill the emperor.

"With the help of my Martial Spirit, I could do it myself. Both of you shouldn't get involved in this matter."

Zhen Kang was quiet for a while. He has been thinking of a way to kill the emperor. "The emperor is not very strong but the one that is backing him is the one that you need to watch out for."

"Even though the emperor died, It will take more than that to take the throne to yourself." Zhen Kang considered the matter seriously as though they are really going to rebel.

"Listen! Both of you are not going to involved in this matter." Zhen Lun snapped both of them back to reality. "There is still time before the deadline is reached. So there's no need to think about that right now."

...

"You're right. Since you are back, we will have a feast tonight." Zhen Xin suggested.

"Mhm, I've already told them that I'll be taking a day off. General Shui is also out for hunting. He will bring a mythical beast for our feast tonight." Zhen Kang totally agreed. He doesn't want to ruin this special day.

Looking at this scene he realized that he is at home again.

'Just for today, I will relax.'