Luo Feng Returns

In the Virtual Universe, within Luo Feng's manor in the Yuxiang Mountain Primal Region.

"Hmm?" The moment Luo Feng connected to the Virtual Universe and his consciousness entered, he discovered a pile of emails.

"So many emails."

Luo Feng paused, then lightly tapped the air. A page appeared, and he opened it to see.

"Chaos City Lord (Teacher) - 2 emails, Zhenyan King (Teacher) - 9 emails, Bolan - 1 email, Rongjun - 2 emails, Gaosheng - 1 email..."

"Luo Ping - 18 emails, Luo Hai - 21 emails, Luo Hua - 3 emails, Father - 3 emails, Mother - 83 emails, Xu Xin - 38,192 emails."

The dense list of emails left Luo Feng a little bewildered.

Besides those from his teachers, friends, and family, there were also emails from acquaintances made in Hong Alliance City. Some invited Daohe King to explore 'Cosmic Secret Realms,' others wanted to sell treasures and asked if 'Daohe King' was interested, and some sought Daohe King's help with dangers they encountered...

...

The Chaos City Lord's message was simple: "Come see me at once!"

Zhenyan King's email read: "If you've returned alive, there's no rush. Take care of your family first, then come see me."

...

Bolan and some other good brothers from back then had only recently advanced to the Sector Lord level.

As for Gaosheng, the friend he made on Qiulong Star back then, he wrote to tell Luo Feng that after falling out with his family, he had drifted and adventured in the cosmos for many years, finally achieving a true turnaround. The email was brimming with joy, and he was clearly waiting for Luo Feng's reply. Unfortunately, this email, sent over two thousand years ago... Luo Feng had never been able to answer.

...

As for his family, each one was filled with worry.

"Xu Xin." Luo Feng felt a little dazed seeing the more than thirty-eight thousand emails. These emails had started almost exactly 6,000 years after he began his life-and-death inheritance, arriving at a rate of almost one per day, sometimes two. Over a century, she had written more than thirty thousand emails.

Luo Feng quickly opened a few to read.

"Feng, the family's covert plan is almost complete. I feel a bit more at ease. When you return in the future, the Luo Clan will still be prosperous..."

"Feng, I'm currently on a beautiful planet in the Beihua Starfield. The scenery is lovely, but it feels too desolate..."

"Feng, I ran into some trouble today. I truly never thought she, whom I've always trusted, would dare to play such a trick on me. It just goes to show that you never truly know a person's heart. Years of friendship, lost in a single day. Ah, well, it's true, I haven't seen this old subordinate in several centuries myself..."

...

Each email was like a diary, recording Xu Xin's life, joys, sorrows, and pains over the past century.

A faint melancholy permeated the words, a sorrow and sadness that came from the depths of her heart. Even when she spoke of joyful things, Luo Feng couldn't feel a trace of happiness.

"This is troublesome."

"Those emails from back then, they're really troublesome." A hint of bitterness appeared on Luo Feng's face.

Back then, when Luo Feng accepted the life-and-death inheritance and sensed danger, he left emails for his family, setting them to be sent 6,000 years into the inheritance. Before the inheritance was finally successful, Luo Feng never imagined... that this life-and-death inheritance would actually last for over 6,000 years. It was truly outrageous.

"They must have been very worried and anxious when they received the emails." Luo Feng could already guess his family's reactions.

"Chaos City Lord and Zhenyan King, my two teachers, I'll wait a bit before seeing them," Luo Feng thought to himself. "A slight delay, and they shouldn't mind."

"First, I'll go see my family."

*Whoosh!*

Luo Feng immediately teleported to the Nine Star Bay Community on Black Dragon Mountain Island.

...

In the Nine Star Bay Community, apart from the three core residences belonging to Luo Feng, Lei Shen, and Hong, all other residences belonged to the Luo Clan. These other residences had been renovated and remodeled, with a completely unified style.

Luo Feng's ancient villa, even after tens of thousands of years, remained unchanged.

It held a special significance and status; ordinary clan members of the Luo family were not permitted to approach it. At this moment, on the lawn in front of the villa, Luo Ping sat by a stone table. Bottles of wine were arranged on the table, over a dozen already empty and lying discarded. He was holding a bottle, drinking sip by sip, not quickly, but continuously. His brows were furrowed with worry and sorrow.

"Hmm?" Luo Feng, who had instantly appeared at the villa's entrance, saw this and his expression subtly changed.

"What's wrong with Luo Ping?"

He had never seen his eldest son drowning his sorrows in alcohol like this. Of his two sons, Luo Ping was usually very calm, managing many of the family's affairs and effectively acting as the patriarch.

"I told you, everyone get out, scram, all of you get out!" Luo Ping, sensing someone behind him, immediately roared and waved his hand backward.

"Luo Ping."

A voice rang out.

The voice was calm, like an endless ocean, serene yet conveying boundless power. The way a strong person speaks feels different from a weak one; for someone with an extremely powerful will and consciousness like Luo Feng, his voice could naturally influence others.

Luo Ping, who was about to scold again, froze, his body trembling as he slowly turned around.

Behind him...

Stood a figure, of normal Earthling height, even slightly shorter than Luo Ping. Yet, this very figure was the pillar of the entire Luo Clan! The pillar of all Earthlings!

"Dad!" Luo Ping's eyes widened, and the wine bottle in his hand slipped, falling onto the grass, rolling over, and gurgling out its contents.

"Dad, Dad." Luo Ping, overcome with emotion, rushed forward and embraced Luo Feng.

"Haha..." Luo Feng chuckled. "What's going on, Luo Ping? You've actually resorted to drowning your sorrows in alcohol."

"Mainly, the pressure was too immense." Luo Ping straightened up, wiping away his tears. He felt the endless worries in his heart vanish instantly. He had never experienced such troubles in all these years, but the moment Luo Feng returned, everything dissipated like clouds in the wind. Those worries were no longer worries.

"Where's your mother?" Luo Feng asked. "Take me to her."

"Mom is currently negotiating with the Luosi family from the Jinlan Universe Nation," Luo Ping said.

"Negotiating?" Luo Feng frowned.

"Yes," Luo Ping said with a bitter, helpless expression. "Dad, ever since you sent those emails home, we've all been terrified."

"I didn't say I was dead, only that I encountered a tribulation," Luo Feng couldn't help but say.

"We knew you weren't dead, Dad; seeing Difan and the others alive told us you were still alive. However, your letters spoke of such grave danger, as if you'd met a great tribulation, and that it would take at least ten thousand years, or even millions or tens of millions of years, for you to return. In short, the family began to worry. Only Grandpa, Grandma, Uncle, Mom, and my younger brother knew the full extent of the news; few others did. For the sake of the family... we quickly began to rectify things. We strengthened family rules and control, trying our best to prevent some of the unruly younger generation from bringing powerful enemies upon our family."

The Luo Clan had been passed down for ten thousand years, and its population was terrifyingly large.

Many ordinary Luo Clan descendants no longer enjoyed special privileges, living like common people. After all, the current population of the Luo Clan was so vast... tens of thousands of life planets wouldn't be enough to house them all! This showed the rapid pace of their population expansion! In fact, it was quite normal for some super families of humanity in the cosmos to have populations large enough to occupy an entire galaxy, or even hundreds of galaxies.

"Our Luo Clan expanded too quickly. Before, with you supporting us, Dad, it was fine."

"We were just afraid that you, Dad..."

"So we tried our best to control the family rules, and at the same time, began to prepare many fallback options for the family. Our family trade flourished, and our business had long since expanded beyond the Ganwu Universe Nation. Unexpectedly, decades ago, a conflict arose with the Luosi family of the Jinlan Universe Nation, stemming from a dispute among our younger generation's elite. The conflict escalated, becoming uncontrollable! That Luosi family... is a super family in the Jinlan Universe Nation. Their family head is Sword Gate King, a Titled Undying. It's said that Sword Gate King's teacher is a Universe Venerable!"

"After the matter blew up, it's said that Sword Gate King sent you an email, Dad, hoping to settle it privately."

"But your Virtual Universe Network has always been offline."

"Mom said that rumors have gradually started circulating in Yuxiang Mountain, claiming you've fallen," Luo Ping said. "The servants in your manor haven't seen you for over 6,000 years. For a Sector Lord who has only lived for a little over ten thousand years, disappearing for 6,000 years is an unbelievable matter."

Luo Feng nodded slightly.

Sure enough... rumors of his demise had spread.

"Perhaps Sword Gate King saw this and didn't stop his subordinate family. Maybe he also wanted to use this opportunity to put a little pressure on our family, to see if you would show yourself, Dad," Luo Ping said.

"Hmph."

Luo Feng nodded coldly. "Whether I'm alive or dead, that information alone is priceless. Especially the alien races in the cosmos... they've long wanted to ascertain this. And that Sword Gate King, a disciple of a Universe Venerable, dares to be so presumptuous. Come, take me to your mother."

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Nine Star Bay, Luo Clan Headquarters.

Xu Xin personally received the delegation from the Luosi family.

"Madam Luo, our Luosi family respects the great Lord Luo Feng, which is why we have endured until now. But endurance does not mean our Luosi family can be bullied at will. This is our absolute bottom line... as long as your Luo family offers these reparations, everything will be settled." The Luosi family's negotiator was a giant man covered in golden armor, with a nose resembling an elephant's trunk.

Xu Xin sat there.

Could she agree? If they were bullied to this extent and truly bowed their heads, there would likely be even more rumors. Other families would gradually suspect that the Luo Clan's backing, 'Luo Feng,' had fallen. Once that started, future troubles would only multiply.

"Madam Luo, the negotiations have reached their seventh day, and this is the final day. If there's still no resolution, our Luosi family will..."

*CRACK!*

The doors to the negotiation hall were suddenly pushed open, startling both parties. During such crucial negotiations, how could someone barge in like this?

A silver-armored figure walked directly in.

An invisible pressure... a pressure purely from will and consciousness, instantly spread throughout the room...

Immediately, the Luosi family's side turned pale with shock.

"The Luosi family? Sword Gate King?"

"Tell Sword Gate King for me!" The silver-armored youth stared coldly at the negotiation leader. "To dare bully my Luo Clan, his audacity is truly immense. I wonder... who gave him such courage. Could it be bribes from those alien races? Tell him, if I don't receive a perfect answer, I won't mind... making him fall, and making the Luosi family disappear!"

The negotiating party was completely dumbfounded with fear.

"My Luosi family's patriarch..." The elephant-nosed giant stammered, trying to speak.

"A mere Beginner Tier Titled Undying, hmph." Luo Feng said coldly. "Remember, give me a 'perfect' answer. It must be perfect enough. If it's not, you know the consequences."

The entire Luosi family delegation was too terrified to utter a sound.

"Scram," Luo Feng barked coldly.

The entire Luosi family delegation bowed respectfully, then awkwardly shuffled out of the conference hall. Only then did they quietly disappear one by one; they didn't dare to log off directly in front of Luo Feng, their courage and spirit completely cowed and suppressed.

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Inside the conference hall.

The other Luo Clan members were all beaming with excitement, and Xu Xin stood, her body trembling slightly with emotion, looking at Luo Feng.

"You've worked hard," Luo Feng turned, looked at his wife, and gently took her hand.

The other Luo family members obediently left one by one.

Only Luo Feng and Xu Xin remained in the conference hall.

"You're back, that's all that matters," Xu Xin said, tears glistening in her eyes as she looked at Luo Feng.

"Everything's alright now. I promise you, no one can bully my Luo Feng's family. No one." Luo Feng gently caressed his wife's face, recalling the more than thirty thousand emails in his mind. A wave of bitterness washed over him; he... truly owed his wife so much.

"As long as you're back, that's enough," Xu Xin whispered. "Hold me for a moment."

"Mm," Luo Feng nodded.

Xu Xin embraced Luo Feng, resting her head gently on his chest, not speaking... just feeling Luo Feng's body temperature, his heartbeat, his aura...

For a very long time...