Dragon Martial Sword Supreme

Zhao Letian trembled upon hearing this, a sense of familiarity involuntarily welled up in his heart.

The voice was old, robust, and at the same time, carried a hint of tender care.

"Is that you? Grandpa?"

Zhao Letian stared intently at the tall figure of the masked man in black, hesitated for a moment, then boldly said.

When the masked man in black captured Zhao Letian, Zhao Letian was not sure if he was friend or foe.

But now, Zhao Letian was utterly convinced that this person not only bore him no ill will but was even deeply concerned about him.

Although Zhao Letian had never seen his grandfather in person, he had seen what his grandfather looked like seventeen years ago from the images provided by his mother.

In terms of physique, this masked man in black closely resembled his grandfather, and combined with the warm and kind voice, he was almost certain that this person was his grandfather, Zhao Dahai, whom he had never met.

"You are called Letian, right? Xin'er chose this name for you, showing her well-intentioned efforts. Although your name suggests happiness, these years must not have been joyful for you, have they? When others were young, they had their fathers' protection, but you never met your father and suffered humiliation and bullying because of him, enduring pain that should not have been borne at your age. Originally, you had a grandfather who could have protected you, letting you enjoy a joyful childhood. However, that old man heartlessly abandoned his family and his daughter and grandson before you were born, all to seek justice from your father in the Royal Capital. He was not a qualified grandfather."

The masked man in black spoke slowly, his voice filled with self-reproach and guilt, as he slowly took off his mask, turned around, and looked at Zhao Letian with a face full of regret.

"Grandpa!"

Looking at the person before him, Zhao Letian immediately showed a look of surprise and excitedly called out.

The old man before him had white hair and a strong build, was very spirited, had piercing eyes, and an imposing manner, exactly Zhao Letian's grandfather, Zhao Dahai.

Zhao Letian knew that over the years, his mother had been worried about his grandfather's safety. Seeing his grandfather unharmed now, and even having reached the terrifying High-level True Martial Realm, he naturally felt delighted.

"Letian, these years, it is I, your grandfather, who have failed you and your mother."

Zhao Dahai said gravely, placing his hands on Zhao Letian's shoulders and smiling bitterly.

"No, Grandpa, I understand your actions. The one who truly failed us is my father, whom I've never met."

Zhao Letian shook his head and smiled faintly.

Putting himself in his Grandfather's shoes, he could totally understand how furious his grandfather must have been upon seeing his mother was abandoned while pregnant by that betrayer. If it were him, he would have done the same as his grandfather, seeking justice.

"You are right, the person who truly owes you and your mother is indeed that heartless man. However, I can't shirk the responsibility for not protecting you over these years. You don't have to defend me. My mistake, I will take responsibility myself. After making that heartless man pay the price, I will certainly repay you and your mother a hundredfold."

Zhao Dahai nodded seriously.

"Grandpa, mother came to the Royal Capital to find you recently. Did you see her?"

Zhao Letian asked anxiously.

His mother's whereabouts were still his greatest concern.

"What? Xin'er came to the Royal Capital? Who let her come? Does she not know what place this is? Does she forget how she was driven out all those years ago? It's enough for me alone to seek revenge on that heartless man, why did she come here?"

Zhao Dahai's face drastically changed, and he spoke in both shock and anger, his eyes filled with worry.

"Grandpa, Mom came to look for you, she's worried about your safety."

A look of disappointment appeared in Zhao Letian's eyes as he spoke in a melancholy tone.

Clearly, before this, Grandpa had not seen Mother, and didn't even know that Mother had come to the Royal Capital.

"Worried about me? I'm just an old man whose lifespan is about to run out, what's there to worry about? She's really too foolish."

Zhao Dahai said with a helpless, bitter smile.

"Grandpa, how much of your lifespan is left?"

A look of astonishment appeared in Zhao Letian's eyes as he asked in a serious tone.

To his knowledge, when Grandpa left the Zhao Family, he only possessed the cultivation level of the True Martial Realm, but now he had the cultivation level of High-level Sect Martial Realm, which should have extended his life by several hundred years. How could his lifespan be running out so soon?

"It's a long story. Back in the days, to avenge your mother, I urgently needed powerful strength. Later, by a stroke of luck, I found a special elixir. Long-term use of that potion could rapidly enhance a martial artist's cultivation, even improving a martial artist's innate talent. However, everything in this world has two sides, every advantage has its disadvantage. Normally, strong practitioners of the Sect Martial Realm would have a lifespan of at least five hundred years, but after taking that elixir, my lifespan was only equivalent to that of someone in the True Martial Realm."

Zhao Dahai said with a bitter smile.

"What kind of elixir could be so overbearing?"

Zhao Letian frowned.

He was also a second-level Alchemist, yet he had never encountered such a terrifying elixir. It seemed that this elixir must be at least a third-level one.

"You don't need to worry about what kind of elixir it was, in short, Grandpa is already a dying man. All these years, everything I did was to avenge your mother, but instead, she ran here to the Royal Capital to seek death. Could all this really be fate?"

Zhao Dahai looked up at the sky, his expression filled with sorrow.

"Seeking death? Is it that serious? Grandpa, what exactly did my mother offend back then, that she was driven out of the Royal Capital? Also, what exactly is my father's status within the Royal Family, and what was his real attitude back then? Did he really not care at all, letting our mother and child fend for ourselves?"

Zhao Letian asked in a serious tone.

Although he had no feelings for that father, his mother had told him that his father was forcibly taken away by a mysterious strong person back then, and not actually willing to abandon them.

That is to say, there were others involved in the matter between his father and mother.

Zhao Letian wanted to know the whole story of what happened back then, the reasons behind it, and who were those who interfered.

He wasn't an unreasonable person; if his father truly had difficulties back then, he was not incapable of forgiving that man.

At the same time, he would thoroughly investigate who made his mother's life difficult back then; he wouldn't let any of them off the hook.

"The past is a long story, you only need to know that you're father is now the Monarch of Dajin Country, a powerful existence at the Martial Arts Monarch level, his cultivation soaring to the heavens, who back then, silently watched as you and your mother were driven out of the Royal Capital, indifferent, and those who drove you and your mother out were that bunch of the Royal Family's relatives, or more precisely, the maternal families of the Imperial Concubines, none of them are good people."

A blaze of fury burned in Zhao Dahai's eyes, revealing endless hatred.