Turmoil in the Qin Family

Qin Hao nodded, his face still holding that look of innocent bewilderment.

"Alright."

Seeing Qin Hao like this, Xu Siya's protective instinct grew even stronger. She thought for a moment, and suddenly her eyes lit up.

"Right! Since you've lost your memory and can't remember your name, I'll give you one. I can't just keep calling you 'beggar' all the time."

Qin Hao blinked and looked at her.

"What name?"

Xu Siya tilted her head in thought, then said,

"I picked you up at the city gates, so from now on, I'll call you Ah Cheng. Yes, 'Cheng' as in Northern Profound City. Even when you recover your memory in the future, don't forget that you and I started here."

"Ah Cheng?" Qin Hao repeated.

"How is it? Is this name okay?"

Qin Hao shrugged indifferently. "It's just a name, a title. It doesn't matter what I'm called."

Qin Hao wasn't opposed to the idea of taking a new name.

"Great, then I will call you Ah Cheng from now on."

"Ah Cheng!" Xu Siya called out tentatively.

"What is it?" Qin Hao looked up, gazing at Xu Siya with a serious expression.

Seeing Qin Hao's obedient demeanor, Xu Siya couldn't stop the corners of her mouth from rising.

She walked up to Qin Hao, tilting her head back to look up at him.

"Ah Cheng, you'd better remember this."

Qin Hao looked down at Xu Siya's slightly flushed face, somewhat puzzled.

"Remember what?"

"From now on, you are my, Xu Siya's, friend." Xu Siya raised her chin, striking the pose of a big sister.

"From now on in Northern Profound City, if anyone dares to bully you, just mention my name. I've got your back."

Qin Hao looked at Xu Siya. At this moment, she gave him the impression of a little kid pretending to be an adult, which made him unable to hold back a laugh.

It was this very smile that completely flustered Xu Siya.

"So handsome... he's even more handsome when he smiles. Ah Cheng, just who were you before you lost your memory? Why were you covered in rags and stripped of your past?"

Since Qin Hao could effortlessly point out the flaws in her swordplay, Xu Siya felt his identity must be extraordinary. She guessed that his family must have suffered a massive tragedy.

In no time, Xu Siya's imagination conjured up a tragic tale of a clan extermination—a massive family from which only Qin Hao had managed to escape, sustaining heavy injuries that led to his amnesia.

Xu Siya's speculation wasn't entirely wrong. The Qin family was indeed undergoing a major upheaval right now, and the cause, naturally, was Qin Hao's sudden disappearance.

...

Desolate Ancient Qin Family

In the courtyard, the moment the spatial vortex completely vanished, Shen Suning froze entirely. She stood blankly in place, staring in the direction where Qin Hao had disappeared.

"Haohao..."

Shen Suning immediately unleashed her mighty Immortal King power to divine Qin Hao's whereabouts. However, even as an almighty Immortal King, she could not divine a single thing.

"Damn it!"

Following that, Shen Suning took out her voice transmission jade pendant to contact the current master of the Oblivion Nunnery, issuing a strict, uncompromising order to search for Qin Hao's whereabouts across the entire Three Realms and Nine Heavens.

After doing all this, Shen Suning immediately went to find Qin Wuya.

"Father is an almighty Immortal Emperor, and Haohao once said that Father has completed the Great Dao. If he takes action, he might be able to directly divine Haohao's location."

With this thought in mind, Shen Suning did not dare to delay for even a moment. She hurriedly took Qin Kexin and went to find Qin Wuya.

The Main Hall of the Qin Family.

Shen Suning and Qin Kexin had just arrived when a voice echoed in their minds.

"I already know why you are here. However, even I cannot divine that boy's whereabouts. Do not worry, I will find a way to locate him."

Hearing Qin Wuya's promise, the two women bowed toward the inside of the hall from the entrance and then took their leave.

Inside the palace, Qin Wuya sat on the main seat. Below him were the other one hundred and seven ancestors of the Qin family.

"My son, Qin Hao, encountered an unforeseen mishap while undergoing his heavenly tribulation. He is now stranded in some unknown corner of the Three Realms and Nine Heavens, his memories sealed. From this moment on, the entire Qin family is to be mobilized."

"Even if we have to dig three feet into the ground across the entire Three Realms and Nine Heavens, we must find my son's whereabouts!"

At this point, Qin Wuya paused, his lightning-like gaze sweeping across the room.

"Everyone, do you have any objections to my arrangement?"

The First Ancestor was the first to step forward.

"Why waste time talking? Let us go find him right now! Qin Hao is the qilin son of our Qin family, our hope in this great era of contention. We cannot allow him to face even the slightest risk!"

"Exactly! Wuya, you underestimate us too much. We might have our own differing opinions on trivial matters, but when it comes to something of this magnitude, we will absolutely not hold anyone back. I agree to mobilize the full power of the Qin family to search for Qin Hao!"

Qin Wuya nodded. "Once found, ensure his safety! He is still undergoing his tribulation, so do not disturb him excessively, lest it affect his progress."

As soon as these words were spoken, the ancestors nodded in unison.

"It is only right."

"The tribulation is paramount, and safety comes first!"

On this day, the entire Three Realms and Nine Heavens boiled over. Countless figures surged out from the Qin family's ancestral land, transforming into streaks of light that shot off in all directions.

These figures possessed monstrous auras, stirring the winds and clouds the moment they appeared.

"My heavens, what kind of aura is that? A Great Luo Golden Immortal? No, that is a mighty figure at the Immortal Lord level at the very least!"

"What happened? Why are so many mighty immortals mobilizing all at once? Could it be that the Foreign Realm is attacking again after several epochs?"

The scale of the Qin family's deployment was enough to frighten ordinary cultivators out of their wits. Everyone who saw them steered clear, terrified of drawing unwanted karma upon themselves.

Some knowledgeable and experienced cultivators could not help but gasp at the sight of this grand formation.

"Is this the Desolate Ancient Qin Family? What are they trying to do? What could possibly be worth the Desolate Ancient Qin Family mobilizing such power?"

......

Di Que Heaven, Beixuan City.

Xu Siya had her servants bring Qin Hao a large pile of spirit herbs and pills that were said to be beneficial for restoring memories.

After Qin Hao consumed them, she asked eagerly.

"How is it? Have you remembered anything?"

Qin Hao shook his head blankly. "I still cannot remember anything."

Hearing this, Xu Siya patted Qin Hao on the shoulder.

"It is fine. Like I said before, if you cannot remember, just take your time. There will eventually come a day when you recall everything."

Right at this moment, the sound of footsteps came from outside the courtyard gate.

"Siya!"

The figure of Xu Siya's father, Xu Guang, appeared at the courtyard entrance.

Hearing the commotion, Xu Siya quickly turned around to greet him.

"Father, you are here!"

Xu Guang did not speak. Instead, he took a deep look at Qin Hao, his brows furrowing slightly.

"Is this the beggar that Siya picked up and brought back?"

Shaking his head, Xu Guang said to Xu Siya.

"Siya, rest assured. I already know what that little bastard Lin Yi has done. I have already gone to their door to cancel the engagement. You do not have to marry him."

At this point, Xu Guang pointed at Qin Hao and said to Xu Siya:

"As for this guy, throw him back wherever you picked him up. Stop bringing every shady character you find back to our home."

"You even publicly claimed that he is your fiancé. You are my daughter, the daughter of Xu Guang, yet you announce to the world that a beggar is your betrothed. How am I supposed to ever show my face in public again?"