Entering from the back door of the castle, Dongbo Xueying, like a phantom, returned to his room in the main building of the castle. After putting down the Feixue divine spear, he quickly headed downstairs to the living room.
Inside the living room.
Zong Ling was receiving Lord Si An.
"It's only been a month, and there's already a new mage tower on Snowstone Mountain!" Lord Si An said, holding a cup of hot tea. "The most powerful knights and mages of our Yishui City are all gathered on Snowstone Mountain."
"It's just Yishui City. Compared to some of the great experts outside, it's nothing to speak of," Zong Ling said with a smile.
Whoosh.
A gust of wind, and a black-clad youth walked in.
Lord Si An turned his head, his eyes brightening, and he immediately stood up with a smile. "Lord."
"Lord Si An," Dongbo Xueying said, "no need for formalities, please sit."
Once seated, Dongbo Xueying immediately asked, "Lord Si An, about the situation of my parents..."
"You must trust our Longshan Tower's intelligence capabilities; they are the best in the world," Lord Si An said. "But I must remind you to stay calm."
"Calm?" Dongbo Xueying felt a knot in his heart, and Zong Ling's expression also changed.
"Please speak," Dongbo Xueying said calmly.
Lord Si An understood that this young lord's heart could not be calm. He sighed inwardly and said directly, "Your mother's situation is still good. She is a direct descendant of the Moyang family, and her brother, Moyang Chen, is the youngest Silver Moon-level grand mage in the family. Therefore, your mother is only confined in a forbidden area of the Moyang family called 'Leichao Cliff.' Although it is lonely, she has no worries about food and drink, and she can focus on studying magic. I heard that your mother has even broken through to the Stellar Stream level grand mage."
"Ayu has always had great talent, and indeed, she was the first among us to break through to the Stellar Stream level," Zong Ling nodded slightly.
"What about my father?" Dongbo Xueying was worried.
If his mother is fine, then it must be his father who is in trouble?
"Your father..." Lord Si An hesitated, "Your mother left the family years ago because she refused to accept the arranged marriage. The Moyang family later chose another relatively excellent direct descendant girl to marry. This girl's father is called 'Moyang Chenbai.' Moyang Chenbai was unable to protect his daughter back then and has always been very resentful. After his daughter was married, he practiced hard for twenty years and has now reached the Silver Moon Knight level. With the help of the family's alchemical armor, he can display the power of a titled knight, and our Longshan Tower has also bestowed him with a Bronze Order!"
"Moyang Chenbai has been harboring resentment over the past events and is very angry with your mother, believing that it was because your mother fled that his daughter had to marry an old man," Lord Si An said.
"How can this be blamed on my mother? After she fled, wasn't it the Moyang family's leaders who arranged the marriage for his daughter?" Dongbo Xueying said angrily.
"He dares not challenge the authority of the family leader, so he vents his anger on your mother," Lord Si An said. "Your mother is protected by your uncle and is confined in the forbidden area Leichao Cliff, so he can't do anything! But your father is doing hard labor... Moyang Chenbai thus vents his anger on your father."
Dongbo Xueying's face was already ashen, and his fingers gripping the armrest were so tight that they began to sink into the wood.
"Your father was sentenced to a hundred years of hard labor, working in the alchemical workshop of 'Dongxiang Lake' in the Moyang family. Moyang Chenbai often arranges for people to torment your father and even has the mages in the workshop heal your father repeatedly to ensure he doesn't die," Lord Si An said. "If it weren't for the mages healing him repeatedly, your father would probably have died in the alchemical workshop within three years."
"Bang!"
The armrest that Dongbo Xueying was gripping finally burst, and his eyes were filled with a murderous aura. "Damn, damn."
In his memory, his father, who seemed as towering as a mountain...
Whether he was training him strictly or doting on him...
"Moyang Chenbai! Moyang family!" Dongbo Xueying's blood flowed, and a fierce aura emanated from his body.
Zong Ling was also angry, his face dark.
Although Lord Si An's words were brief—
They could all tell that hard labor was already a form of torment, and to specifically send people to torment him? Even with the body of a Heaven Rank Knight like Dongbo Lie, he couldn't endure it and needed to be healed repeatedly by mages?
Dongbo Xueying's heart was burning with rage, his anger surging.
"Moyang Chenbai, if I don't kill you, I swear I won't be human!" Dongbo Xueying's heart was filled with murderous intent, but with outsiders present, he wouldn't shout it out.
Shouting is useless.
It needs to be done!
"What about the Moyang family? What about Moyang Chen? Are they just going to watch him torment my father?" Dongbo Xueying said.
"The Moyang family doesn't care about your father's life or death. As for Moyang Chen, although he has entrusted someone to take care of your father, it's useless. First, Moyang Chen himself needs to focus on studying magic, and second, Moyang Chenbai has received the Bronze Order, making his status in the family no less than Moyang Chen! Moreover, he specifically sends people to torment your father, and Moyang Chen can't always protect your father," Lord Si An said. "Furthermore, Moyang Chen has feelings for his sister but not for your father."
Dongbo Xueying clenched his teeth.
He understood.
He understood everything.
But he was just so angry, so unwilling.
"How can I save my parents?" Dongbo Xueying asked.
"According to our intelligence, the Moyang family enforces its family laws very strictly, and no one can violate them! Moreover, your mother is confined in a forbidden area, and your father is in the alchemical workshop of Dongxiang Lake within the family. Outsiders can't even enter, let alone save your father," Lord Si An said. "There's no hope for any shortcuts."
"What about without shortcuts?" Dongbo Xueying asked.
"The relatively simplest way is to get your father the title of 'Honorary Marquis,'" Lord Si An said. "The Marquis title is of very high status, and even extraordinary privileges can't arrest him! Directly imprisoning or killing a Marquis? The pseudo-extraordinary of the Moyang family can't bear the consequences!"
Marquis.
It is a relatively special title.
Because the titles below Marquis, such as Count and Baron, can be easily bought with money, but a Marquis cannot be bought! Even Marquises are very rare.
Under normal circumstances, only one extraordinary life is born in a family! The extraordinary life can designate one person within the family to receive the Marquis title, which can be inherited for a thousand years! After a thousand years, it naturally degrades to a Count.
So...
Generally, a Marquis represents the nominal leader of an extraordinary family. As for the extraordinary powerhouses themselves? They no longer need titles.
Therefore, a Marquis is forbidden from being imprisoned, beaten, or killed. A pseudo-extraordinary has no right to do so, and even if a true extraordinary did it, they would have to pay a great price.
...
An Honorary Marquis cannot be inherited! It is generally awarded to those who have made great contributions to the empire, with powers similar to a hereditary Marquis, except it cannot be inherited.
"If your father is an Honorary Marquis, your mother will be a Marquise. Then the Moyang family must immediately stop any punishment, and all confinement and hard labor must cease, and they cannot offend them in any way," Lord Si An said.
"How can I get the title of Honorary Marquis?" Dongbo Xueying asked.
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