Junior Brother, The Mission Has Failed

Jiang Hao visited all the nearby towns and cities, starting with Fallen City. He had even asked around in the nearby villages. Logically, his stepmother and his father should have been in one of these places. However, he found nothing.

He had thought that he could meet them and resolve everything once and for all. He just wanted a chance to say a proper goodbye. When he was sold at five, the only thing he had felt then was fear and resentment. He hadn't even bid them farewell.

It had been seventeen years since he had last seen them. 

Jiang Hao didn't want to think the worst.

Perhaps they had left for a city or town further away. It wasn't impossible. A lot could change in seventeen years!

That would also mean Jiang Hao might never meet them again after he returned to his sect. He couldn't venture out of the sect for a few years, or even a decade.

By then, they might pass away.

Suddenly, Hong Yuye's voice sounded in his ear.