Misunderstanding

"Your daughter? I don't know what you're talking about!"

Seeing that Liu Feng was acting oblivious, Wen Yingyu's husband didn't hold back anymore. He raised his fist and charged towards Liu Feng, intending to punch him to the ground!

Liu Feng saw this and dodged just in time. Although he could technically be considered a cultivator, he had just entered the Spiritual Awareness realm and hadn't gone through Body Tempering yet. As such, physique still mattered.

Against the man before him, Liu Feng's frail body wouldn't be able to hold up against the attacks.

As his mind raced against time in an effort to figure out what the man was talking about, he dodged another punch headed his way.

In this manner, Liu Feng and Wen Yingyu's husband "fought" for about a couple minutes.

"Wait, wait, wait! Listen to me."

Wen Yingyu's husband halted throwing his punches. He had noticed long ago that none of his attacks reached the vagrant and was willing to listen to what the vagrant had to say.

"Is your daughter's name... Fanrong?"

Hearing that, the father's suspicions were confirmed. He was certain that the vagrant before him was the one that abducted his daughter! If not, how could he have known her name?!

"You! What have you done to my daughter?"

"Let me explain. I am Liu Feng, a cultivator."

Liu Feng then pushed a small gust of wind towards the father's face. This was Liu Feng's spiritual root—Wind Spiritual Root. Aside from that, he also had 4 other roots. That was why he could not progress at all. Even reaching the first realm was already a heavenly miracle in and of itself.

As the tiny wind blew against the father's face, Liu Feng sighed inwardly.

Even I myself wouldn't be convinced with such a lacking evidence.

Surprisingly enough, once the wind blew past the father's face, his rage subsided a tad bit.

"...Senior Liu."

Liu Feng continued, "Your daughter, she had potential, so I took her in as my disciple. She mentioned that her parents left her, so I just assumed she was an orphan. I apologize for any misunderstandings."

The father sighed as the anger in his eyes visibly decreased. "Then? Where is she now?"

"Don't worry, she's safe and sound, back in my abode."

Looking at Liu Feng's serious expression, the father had no choice but to believe for now. The knowledge that his daughter was completely fine sapped the anger out of him and replaced it with relief.

As for the matter of his daughter having potential and cultivating, he knew that Liu Feng was blatantly lying for some reason.

He knew best what kind of potential his daughter had, as he tried to enter her into the Great Order Sect once. Ice and Fire were the spiritual roots his daughter had, and in the face of this highly incompatible combination, he had no choice but to give it up. In the end, when news got out that the Great Order Sect was massacred, he couldn't help but feel lucky.

Of course, he couldn't voice out his complaints, as the other party already revealed he was a cultivator.

The vagrant must've wanted to stay lowkey, so he went easy on me earlier. If he retaliated, I wouldn't be standing here right now.

"Then, Senior Liu... can I at least see my daughter again, just once in a while?"

The father didn't dare demand for his daughter back anymore. He knew all too well what would happen if he angered a cultivator.

"Sure! I'll bring her to visit tomorrow." Liu Feng was overjoyed!

He thought there would be big trouble coming for him when he found out that Shu Fanrong was actually not an orphan. However, her father was willing to let her stay in the sect and cultivate!

After all, if her father wanted Shu Fanrong back, what right did he have to keep them from reuniting? He wasn't that heartless.

Ahem, also, Liu Feng was a bit scared of her father's outrageous physique. But this wasn't the main reason.

At this moment, Wen Yingyu ran towards her husband and glanced at Liu Feng with hostility in her eyes. After that, she tended to her husband.

"What happened? Why are you kneeling?"

"Our daughter... She's safe. Senior Liu here took her in."

"Ah? He's a cultivator? Wasn't he a wanderer?" Wen Yingyu kept her voice as low as possible.

"Look at him and tell me he's a wanderer!"

"Well, he does look a bit too dignified to be a mere wanderer. But why did he take Rongrong in? Isn't she untalented in cultivation?"

"I don't know why, but I don't dare to ask more. Despite his frail look, he's a cultivator. He dodged my punches with ease earlier. If need be, he can probably level this place in an instant."

Wen Yingyu recalled her husband's trauma and understood where his fear was coming from. "But, what are we gonna do? Do we just let him take our daughter?"

"Don't worry, Senior Liu seems relatively nice. He might let us see her sometimes if he's satisfied with our behavior."

As he said that, both of them looked at Liu Feng, who seemed to be entranced by the sky as he had his hands on his back, looking dignified.

Wen Yingyu was not completely convinced about Liu Feng's power, but since her husband had told her not to do anything rash, she had no choice but to believe.

She approached Liu Feng with a cautious mindset.

Before she could say anything, Liu Feng spoke, "Actually, can I ask you for a favor?"

"Favor?"

"Well, you see, my sect is in dire straits lately, so I'm planning to recruit more disciples. Could you share the news to your neighbors and such?" Liu Feng showed a business smile.

Wen Yingyu's husband stood up.

This is my chance to curry favor with the cultivator!

"Of course, of course! I'll be sure to spread the word! A great cultivator is here!"

"No need to be so close..." Liu Feng could feel the burly man's breath on his face, particularly his eyes.