Chapter 655 - 182: This Is Reality
"Father, I wouldn’t dare deceive you!"
Hearing Ding Bi’s question,
Ding Feichen knew the matter was settled.
"Father! He..."
The two brothers at the side also realized something at this moment. They immediately looked toward their father, wanting to say something, but Ding Bi just shot them a look.
The two brothers instantly fell silent and behaved.
If it were a normal time, the brothers would indeed have acted wantonly, relying on Ding Bi’s favoritism.
But as long as Ding Bi got serious, the two of them would turn meek as quails, standing quietly to the side, not daring to utter a word.
It’s just that—
The looks the two brothers cast at Ding Feichen now were tinged with hatred.
If you didn’t know better,
You’d think they were not brothers, but sworn enemies.
"Tell us exactly what happened to you!"
At this moment, Ding Bi had no mind to care about anything else; his expression turned grave as he stared at Ding Feichen.
"Yes, Father!"
...
The matter itself wasn’t complicated.
Moreover, Ding Feichen clearly wasn’t a poor speaker; he gave a thorough account, making it easy to understand the details of the situation.
"A young Grandmaster?"
It was only then—
When Ding Bi learned that Ding Feichen survived Tian Zheng’s hands because of Ye Liuyun, his expression changed, lost in thought.
In this kind of situation, Ding Feichen wasn’t in any rush to explain further; he just stood there quietly,
with a smile on his face, calmly waiting.
Of course, Ding Feichen wasn’t a fool and didn’t recount every single detail word for word. He only said Ye Liuyun helped him but didn’t mention Tian Zheng was already dead.
There were many details in the middle that Ding Feichen also left out.
But it didn’t matter.
Just saying this much was enough.
"Impossible!"
Just as Ding Bi was frowning in thought, the two brothers couldn’t hold back anymore and directly shouted at Ding Feichen.
"What Grandmaster? You’re clearly making this up!"
"That’s right, how could you possibly be acquainted with a Grandmaster? Even if such a person exists, why would they save you!"
"Exactly, who do you think you are!"
Rather than not believing,
The truth is, they simply couldn’t bear to believe it.
Ding Feichen’s talent in cultivation was already far above theirs. If he really had the ability to befriend a Grandmaster, then just by that alone—no need to imagine—
Next—
Ding Feichen’s status in the Ding family would undergo earthshaking change.
After all, that’s a Grandmaster we’re talking about.
Even Ding Bi, as the head escort, could count the Grandmasters he had befriended on one hand in Jianghu.
If this turns out to be true,
Regardless of his background, Ding Bi would definitely focus on grooming Ding Feichen. The future master of Ding’s Escort Agency might really end up being this Ding Feichen.
No! Absolutely not!
The one they’d always trampled on since childhood—if someone like that was suddenly going to lord over them in the future,
Accepting that would be the strangest thing of all.
"..."
Sitting at the main seat, Ding Bi also stopped pondering.
He said nothing, only kept his gaze fixed on Ding Feichen.
In his heart, of course he wanted it to be true—wanted Ding Feichen to be able to befriend a Grandmaster. But was this kind of thing really possible?
So Ding Bi didn’t speak—just watched Ding Feichen, waiting for an explanation.
"Maybe—he just thought I was smart, and my future would be a pity cut short?"
Facing his two ’brothers’ disbelief, Ding Feichen also didn’t care much.
He had long expected this and didn’t find it strange at all.
Instead, he cocked his head to the side and laughed as he spoke.
"You!"
What kind of self-flattering talk was that?
They wanted to say more, but in the next moment, Ding Feichen produced the token Ye Liuyun had given him—the Embroidered Uniform Guard’s Southern Governor’s token.
"Father, though Senior Ye is a Grandmaster, he’s approachable. And I am not without merit—behind me stands Ding’s Escort Agency. Rather than saying I befriended Senior Ye, it’s Ding’s Escort Agency that did!"
"After all, in terms of intelligence gathering, there are few forces in the nearby Dynasties that can match us."
While speaking,
Ding Feichen respectfully presented the token to Ding Bi.
Just as Ding Feichen said, Ding’s Escort Agency’s intelligence network was excellent. It was because of this that Ding Bi did have some understanding of Ye Liuyun—the newly-emerged young Grandmaster.
Ding Bi was well aware, too.
He and Ye Liuyun were not the same—he’d become a Grandmaster at this age, and unless there was some miracle, he’d probably be stuck at this level for life.
But Ye Liuyun was different.
He’d become a Grandmaster at such a young age.
His future was boundless.
He might not become a Land Immortal, but reaching Grandmaster perfection was certainly within reach.
"Hahahahaha!"
Ding Bi suddenly burst out laughing.
Especially hearing that Ding Feichen had relied on Ding’s Escort Agency’s intelligence network to befriend Ye Liuyun, Ding Bi was even more pleased.
"Good, good! Excellent, excellent indeed!"
Looking at Ding Feichen before him, Ding Bi was now extremely satisfied.
"Father!"
Seeing this,
The eldest and second brother grew even more anxious.
"Who can prove that this token is real!"
"Yeah! What if it’s a fake, and he brought it back just to trick you?"
They’d never seen Ye Liuyun’s token, who knew what it actually looked like?