Your son-in-law is here

Chapter 1806: Disaster

"But in that era, great strength was still useful. After I grew up, I became a constable in the county government office."

Yun Chen's face showed a look of nostalgia, filled with a faint smile, indicating that this memory was a good one for him: "To put it in today's terms, I was working diligently from dawn to dusk, selflessly serving the public, and working hard."

"Fortunately, hard work pays off. Thanks to my efforts, our impoverished home gradually improved. Then I got married and had children. We respect each other like guests, and we are a happy family."

At this point, the smile on Yun Chen's face disappeared: "If it weren't for that accident, my life would have ended like this, watching my children grow up and my parents pass away."

"My wife and I will grow old and then leave..."

"I should have died long ago, becoming an unknown figure in history, a speck of dust no one knows. Of course, if I did a good job, I might get a promotion, but it wouldn't have much of an impact."

"Hundreds of years later, the only place where my name could be found might be in the family tree, or maybe that tree has disappeared. Even my descendants would have long forgotten my existence. I leave no trace behind."

"But I am now a Ninth-Rank Grandmaster, a renowned official lord. I control no less than Pavilion Master Xie Su. Even if my lifespan runs out in a few hundred years, the impact of my name, my life, and the things I leave behind will outlive my lifespan."

“People will remember it hundreds or even thousands of years from now.”

“What a completely different life.”

"And obviously the latter is more exciting and more anticipated."

"But if God gave me the opportunity to choose, I would definitely choose the former without hesitation, choose to live an ordinary life and then be quickly forgotten."

"Although it has been hundreds of years since that incident, I still remember clearly what happened."

Speaking of this, Yun Chen's emotions became a little excited. He took a deep breath and returned to normal. He said indifferently:

"Before I left home that morning, my father was playing chess with someone at the village entrance. He seemed to be arguing, but he had a smile on his face. My mother was weaving. She said she was going to the market with the neighbors to buy vegetables and meat soon. That evening, she would celebrate my son's eleventh birthday. My pregnant wife was helping me sort out my clothes while telling me not to be too straightforward."

"Some things don't have a big impact, so I can just turn a blind eye and let it go, but they can leave a good impression on my superiors. Otherwise, I would have been promoted a long time ago."

"My son had already gone to a private school and was doing well in school. He was praised by his teacher and was studying at the time."

"Our young daughter was running around us, calling out 'Mommy' and 'Daddy'. She was very lively and adorable. She even speculated whether my wife was pregnant with a brother or a sister."

"Then I walked towards the government office in the sunshine."

“What a beautiful day…”

"I quickly finished the things at hand, thinking about going back early to celebrate my son's birthday with my family."

"Then I received a report from my subordinates that two villages were attacked by demons and massacred."

"I was completely shocked. I was no longer as ignorant as I was when I was little. I had some basic understanding of the martial arts world, but of course, I only knew the basics."

"I know there are demons cultivating in this world, but those demons live in deep mountains and old forests. Generally speaking, they don't invade the secular world. Even if they do, they only invade wealthy counties. The demons don't bother to invade the poor places where I live because there's no money to be made."

"There are about 100 households and nearly 1,000 people in the two villages. The death of these people will have a huge impact."

"I reported to my superiors and took a few of my men to the scene to investigate. When I learned the names of the two villages, my mind went blank."

"Because one of the villages is my home."

"I desperately ran back home, but it was too late. Everywhere I looked, there were corpses strewn across the ground, blood flowing like a river. Not a single person was left alive. My entire family, including my parents, wife, children, and unborn child, were all killed. Not even their bodies were left..."

"The higher-ups took this matter very seriously and sent a senior official to investigate the matter over the course of several months. They concluded that it was indeed caused by a demonic invasion."

"I don't know how I got through those months in a daze. All I remember are darkness, dampness, confinement, and the color of blood. Even after I became a Ninth-Rank Grandmaster, I didn't dare recall what I felt during that time..."

"Of course I thought about committing suicide at the time, to end it all, because there was really no point in living alone, and it would only make me more miserable. But several friends stopped me..."

Until one day, the big boss from the upper echelon came to me. I didn’t even see what he looked like at the time, but his gentle voice rang clearly in my ears:

"You are very talented."

"Come practice with me."

"I know your situation. Instead of continuing to live in a daze, you should work hard to cultivate and seek revenge, to uphold justice in the world, to reduce the occurrence of such tragedies, or even put an end to them!"

"I forgot what my response was."

"But he took me away by force."

"That year I was thirty years old, an external force warrior."

"..."

"Later, it was the belief in revenge that kept me alive and was also the driving force behind my cultivation. That big man was right. My cultivation talent is indeed amazing, even beyond his expectations."

"Promoted to first-rank Grandmaster at the age of thirty-five."

"I participated in the Suzaku Secret Realm with the strength of the early second rank, and finally won the seventh place, earning the title of the Seven Sons of Suzaku."

"He's a bit famous in the martial arts world."

"Ten years later, the first and second place winners of the same Suzaku Secret Realm class explored the same ruins as me, and I crushed them to victory."

"He is well-known in the martial arts world."

"In the following decades, I took on many missions, all related to the demons, which are now called evil forces. Some of them were similar to the missions that the boss had given me back then, investigating news about the demons and finding out what happened."

"There are also missions to destroy demons to prevent tragedies like the one in my hometown from happening again, and there are also missions to kill demons to successfully avenge some people."

"During this process, my mindset gradually changed, and I began to understand the significance of what that leader said about upholding justice in the world and reducing the occurrence of tragedies."

"I was promoted to the seventh rank at the age of 112. This age is actually quite good, but compared to Pavilion Master Xie Su and Domain Master Shangguan Yi, I was much slower."

"Twenty-one years later, I became the Grand Elder of the Winter Destruction Organization."

"Ten years later, I participated in the exploration of the Eternal Abyss ruins and gained a lot. I became famous in the martial arts world and became a big figure in the eyes of many people."

"Eighty years later, I became the leader of the Winter Destruction Organization."

"Then I did something big."

"Destroy the Blood Demon Palace."

"When people talk about evil forces now, they mention the two valleys and two associations, but in the past, there were far more major evil forces than just these four."

"Many evil forces have been completely wiped out."

"That big guy back then was an elder of the Winter Destruction Organization. Before he died, he told me some truths."

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