Talented Martial Hero
Chapter 365 Punishment (Part One)

Over the past few years that they had suffered under in the desolate place, the Chu Clan members knew clearly that the Holy Land was such a place ruled by such intoxicating powers. Reality could not be concealed how powerful a Holy Lord was, that ruled and influenced the land and its subjects. Yet, for Darren, it was as if the threat posed by the mighty Holy Lord was nothing but a joke. Especially when he declared that, even if a person as powerful as a Holy Lord appeared, that person should kneel to him. Darren's sentence shocked all the members of the Chu Clan, and they could not believe their ears for the words were too good to be true. Albeit all these, they were Darren's family, and all of them believed that Darren was not a boastful person; he was truthful, and standing firm by his words.

"Darren, is it really possible that for just a few years, you have grown to a level that no one can defeat you? Are you that potent now, that you have no fear facing a powerful cultivator in the Wonder Realm?" asked a middle-aged member of the Chu Clan.

"I have the same question. All of us know that you will never speak in big words before, but what you have said now is out of our imagination!" asked another member.

One by one, the members of the Chu Clan started to put forward their questions. They didn't doubt Darren, but they dared not believe his words. It was as if that doubts were troubling them, either they were amazed at what Darren had achieved as a martial artist, or they couldn't believe what he was saying and assume that he was just lying all this time.

"Please don't ask me such kind of questions, for I don't know how to answer them. For now, why don't you take the spiritual herbs to heal yourselves first? If you would just be patient and wait until those who have been summoned came, maybe then you will find the answers to all your questions. That is when you see with your own eyes how I kill them with my skills. One more thing, please send someone to take Uncle Reed here and make sure that he's safe.” Finishing his instructions, Darren gave each member of the Chu Clan a piece of superior spiritual herb to replenish their strength and revive them to their maximum state.

Though he wanted his kin to have their fullest level of strength, Darren limited the number of spiritual herbs that they could take. The reason why he did that was not he was not willing to, but he was worried that their meridians would be damaged if they tried to absorb too much spiritual energy.

The members of the Chu Clan eyed the superior spiritual herbs with wonder, and each of them gave an excited look on their faces. The rare spiritual herbs they received were so precious, and never did they dream of actually seeing the herbs their whole lives.

Gradually, the members of the Chu Clan started to absorb the spiritual energy and heal their injuries. Soon enough, their faces were beaming as at a leisurely pace they could feel their vim was freshened.

"Darren, as far as I know, Reed was tortured so much that he has gone mad, and he was thrown in the streets to become a beggar. Have you met him already?" the Chief Elder asked Darren. He was worried that Darren might be surprised to learn what had happened to his uncle.

"Yes, Chief Elder. Don't worry, though. I have healed Uncle Reed using my Spirit Power. Please send someone to pick him and bring him here.” At the back of his mind, Darren remembered how Reed Chu suffered when he saw him. He could not let his uncle Reed to be tortured like that and sustain a miserable faith of not having a stable mind and a troubled heart. Furthermore, Darren held on to his belief that his uncle would have a different perspective of things the moment he saw how he had changed the clan's situation.

"Great! That's great! We never expected you were so powerful that you could even cure his mental disorders. That's really a miracle!" The Chief Elder was so grateful and excited for Darren at the same time. He cried tears of joy and he almost passed out.

Their reverie was soon interrupted when a young man approached them. With him was Reed, who, wearing his same old and dusty garments, looked around the place with utter disbelief. When he finally realized what had happened, Reed laughed loud and cried with tears. He tried to kneel to Darren to thank him for the saving that he had done. Of course, Darren could not let him do that. He grabbed on Reed's hands and supported him to stand up. With that, he offered him a superior spiritual herb to calm himself down. By now, almost all of the members of the Chu Clan had recovered from their injuries.

While time drifted slowly, Darren took a moment to have his mind relaxed. Taking a chair to sit in the yard, he waited quietly for the so-called big man from the royal family to show up. He had made himself ready to face him, and he could expect to take his blood to avenge his family. Somewhere in his thoughts, Darren wondered how that big man looked, how potent he was, and at what level of the Wonder Realm he would be. All these questions fluttered at Darren's mind as he anticipated his coming. After almost a couple of hours, there appeared, flying low in the sky, figures of fierce- looking warriors. All of them were giving off auras that could get ordinary people terrified and trembling on their knees. They landed in the yard of the Chu Clan looking thunderous, and dust flew off under their feet as they made their descent.

Standing tall amidst the valiant cultivators, the leader looked old and was wearing a gown bearing the ensign of the royal family. His aura exuded the most powerful, a deadly cast was forlorn on his face.

With his anticipation ended at the group's coming, Darren's gaze swept at them, and soon he recognized their cultivation bases. The older one was at the top level of the primary stage of the Wonder Realm. Three of them had just reached the primary stage of the Wonder Realm, and the other three were at the top level of the Mysterious Realm.

"No wonder the royal family can overpower the whole kingdom. Now I see that a cultivator at the Wonder Realm is allowed to stay here and guard the place.”

As a rule, a cultivator at the Wonder Realm was not allowed to stay in the ordinary world. In rare cases, if a kingdom's safety was risked, and it needed to be guarded, then a cultivator at the ninth stage of the Mysterious Realm alone would not be strong enough to guard the place. Thus, that would probably be the reason why the Holy Lands permit that a cultivator at the Wonder Realm could remain in the ordinary land.

"Now tell me the truth! Why did the royals make the Chu Clan as your slaves?" Standing confidently from where he was seated, Darren voiced his question with a booming voice and a calmed look, giving off his aura secretly.

Like an arrow from a bow, the face of the older man, the leader of the group, turned pale the moment he felt Darren's aura. To Darren and the rest of the groups’ amazement, he bent his knee and got down afront Darren.

Of course, it was easy for Darren to let the leader give in. Any of his force, the power of the blade and sword, the ice and flame intent, could make a cultivator at the middle stage of the Wonder Realm surrender. Not to mention the fact that the older man was only at the primary stage of the Wonder Realm.