He was eager to know the answer; after so many years, who was the real culprit?
However, Sun Tianyou didn't answer him, remaining silent, his eyes flashing with hatred.
"Don't worry, Young Friend Zhou is a great benefactor to our Sun family. If we can't trust him, who can we trust?"
Sun Tianyou had been missing from the public eye for almost ten years. The Sun family had become low-key throughout Shangjing. Moreover, over the years, the Sun family had slowly declined from a prominent family that started with cultivation.
Especially after Sun Tianyou's incident, they had been declining year by year.
Recently, they had no choice but to start selecting cultivators again to increase their strength.
But most of the cultivators in the world had joined the Qin family and become Qin Guards.
The rest were all misfits.
"Father! Why are you asking this? Do you want to avenge me?" Sun Tianyou looked at his father with some surprise.
"How has the Sun family been all these years?"
"You're asking me! If it weren't for that person back then, how would you have been murdered!" Old Sun said with a touch of disappointment.
Back then, after he received news of Sun Tianyou's incident, he rushed to the hospital immediately, only to find that Sun Tianyou had already been so disfigured that he was unrecognizable. His heart was filled with grief.
Later, he dispatched all the forces the Sun family could mobilize, even mobilizing the Sun family's influence in Shangjing, but he still couldn't find any clues.
Sun Tianyou couldn't help but recall the past.
That incident in Jiangjiacun was caused by a kid named Zhang Sanbao!
Back then, he led a group of brothers to corner that kid named Zhang Sanbao, only to discover that the kid was an expert!
Everyone was defeated, and there were heavy casualties. In the end, even Sun Tianyou was almost killed by him. Fortunately, the kid didn't pursue them to the death and eventually let him go!
"You're saying that you were injured like this because you were standing up for your brothers?"
"Yes! That kid is Zhang Sanbao! I'd recognize him even if he were turned to ash!"
Sun Tianyou gritted his teeth.
Old Sun asked doubtfully, "You were at the Creation Realm back then, how could this Zhang Sanbao injure you?"
"Also, how have I never heard of this person's name in the martial world?"
"Which family does he belong to?"
Old Sun's three questions gave Sun Tianyou a splitting headache.
"That kid is somewhat sinister. I only know that he preferred to act alone back then. If he were sent by other families, I really wouldn't know."
"Wait, please excuse my interruption."
Zhou Xuan, with his hands behind his back, suddenly interrupted the father and son.
"Do you mean that this Zhang Sanbao, you thought he was an ordinary person who knew nothing?"
Sun Tianyou nodded with difficulty.
"Then who supplied you with the information for this misunderstanding?"
"Who made you believe that Zhang Sanbao couldn't possibly be a cultivation expert?"
"Tell me, what are the hidden reasons behind this."
Sun Tianyou carefully recalled all the information he knew.
But these could only prove that Zhang Sanbao had no special abilities.
"Mr. Sun, if I remember correctly, you are an expert at the Creation Realm. You should be able to discern a person's strength. Can you tell me if there are any loopholes in Zhang Sanbao's background?"
"Unless the opponent has already reached the Transcendence Realm or even the Saint Realm!"
Zhou Xuan stated with certainty.
Sun Tianyou shook his head, "That's impossible. I saw this information with my own eyes."
"Then tell me, where did all this information come from."
Sun Tianyou frowned, "Back then, I met a mysterious woman from Jiangjiacun in Cangyun City."
"She was being bullied in Shangjing, and I saved her casually because I was in a good mood."
Upon hearing Cangyun City, Zhou Xuan's expression changed, and then he lowered his eyes again.
"At that time, I was at a bottleneck in my cultivation."
"That young lady from the Jiang family and another girl named Li Xue, to thank me, came to me together and told me that they had a special method to help me break through two realms at once, and that way they could help us solve this problem."
"Oh, I see."
Zhou Xuan nodded.
At this moment, he remembered his mission and continued, "Where are those two young ladies now? Can you take me to see them?"
"Why do you want to see them?"
Zhou Xuan smiled, "I didn't intend to pry into your affairs, but these two women back then were likely very problematic."
"Young Friend Zhou, you came too late. Back when I led people to围剿 Zhang Sanbao, they had already disappeared from Shangjing."
"Zhang Sanbao is their junior brother."
"I heard that their sect mainly focuses on cultivation techniques and body tempering, and they are not good at fighting."
"They said Zhang Sanbao could teach me a method that would solve the problem once and for all, allowing me to quickly break through."
"After I cultivated, I found that my internal energy was slowly increasing."
"I originally thought I could successfully break through. Unexpectedly, before the Four Families Competition, I suddenly found my meridians blocked."
"By the time I went to find those two sisters and Zhang Sanbao, they had already fled."
"So I took people to chase them, but I didn't expect Zhang Sanbao to actually... me..."
Upon hearing Sun Tianyou talk about the Four Families Competition back then, Old Sun's expression gradually became solemn.
"You're saying you realized something was wrong during the competition?"
Sun Tianyou nodded.
"Yes, Father. I suspect these three were trying to prevent me from participating in the competition back then."
"Once I won, how could there still be a Qin family?"
"We would have had a chance to contend with the Fang family long ago."
Zhou Xuan asked curiously, "Back then? What could a competition do for you?"
Old Sun sighed and explained, "The national government back then highly valued us five families, wanting to select some talents to fill important positions in the government."
"Back then, if my Tianyou could have participated, he would have smoothly entered the government."
"But aren't the other four families the same?"
"Their Fang, Qin, Zhuge, and Lu families all selected disciples from their collateral branches or trained talents. How could that compare to my son Tianyou taking charge personally?"
So that's how it was.
The Sun family, from top to bottom, were cultivation fanatics back then.
Once Sun Tianyou held an important position, the Sun family would be in the limelight.
This was something the other four families were unwilling to see.
The situation became even more suspicious at this point.
Who did that Miss Jiang and Li Xue, along with Zhang Sanbao, belong to?
Or were they a product of the other four great families colluding to deal with the Sun family?
At this moment, Sun Tianyou began to ask again.
"Father, do you know why I would believe that woman?"
Old Sun sighed.
"Why did you believe women so easily?"
"She had a magical artifact identical to the Sun family's!"
"And she said that as long as I cultivated according to her sect's method, I could use this gourd-shaped artifact."