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"Patriarch is one of the few Peak Martial Cultivator, even the City Lord would have to be respectful to you, why do you suddenly want to see me, a lowly servant?"

Gu Feng, who had just finished cleaning the library, followed behind the butler with a questioning look and arrived at the front yard.

The front courtyard's meeting hall was tightly shut, and the personal attendants of the family head were all being chased far away, making the atmosphere seem a bit strange.

Gu Feng couldn't help but to be a bit careful.

"Wait here!"

The head butler ordered coldly. He then walked up and gently pushed open the black iron door of the meeting room and respectfully said, "Master, Gu Feng has brought you here."

He did not know what he said, but the butler turned around and urged him, "Go in quickly!"

Could it be that he was going to be summoned alone?

Gu Feng frowned. Just as he was hesitating, he was pushed by the butler into the meeting hall.

"Bam!"

The Darksteel Heavy Door behind him suddenly closed tightly.

Gu Feng's heart suddenly tightened.

After getting used to the dim light, he realized that there were only three people sitting in the huge conference hall.

Patriarch Chu Chengfaang, Eldest Young Master Chu Zhen, and a Battle Soul Academy envoy wearing a white robe.

"Could it be that the fact that I secretly participated in the innate talent test was discovered?"

Gu Feng was a little perturbed, but the current situation did not allow him to retreat at all. He could only take a deep breath and obediently bowed.

"Greetings, Patriarch!"

However, after Gu Feng saluted, the large meeting room fell into a strange silence. No one responded for a long time.

The unease in Gu Feng's heart grew. He slowly raised his head and saw the Patriarch Chu Chengfaang staring at him. There was no happiness or anger on his face. His eyes were as cold as if they could pierce through people's hearts.

Even though Gu Feng was uneasy, he still stood in the meeting hall neither humble nor haughtily. Even though he was a servant, he had never submitted to fate.

After a while, Chu Cheng saw Gu Feng still calmly standing in the middle of the meeting room without a trace of impatience. Only then did he coldly ask: "Five days ago, you also participated in the Battle Soul Academy Talent Assessment?"

So it was for this!

Since he was prepared in his heart, Gu Feng didn't panic at all. He lowered his head and replied: "Yes."

"Humph!"

Chu Chengfaang snorted, then stood up: "Sixteen years ago, you were thrown outside my Chu Family door, and I thought of you pitifully, so this old man conceded you as my servant Gu Shun, and took you in as my foster son. After all these years, my Chu Family was given to you to eat, drink, and have never treated you unfairly. "You are just a lowly bastard, how dare you take master's secret test for your own talent. What are your intentions?"

A chill instantly spread throughout the meeting hall.

Gu Feng lowered his head and remained silent.

Just like Chu Chengfaang had said, from the moment he was adopted by his foster father, he was destined to be a slave of Chu Family like his foster father.

If nothing changed, even his descendants would have the same fate.

However, Gu Feng would never be able to forget, when he was six years old, his foster father was severely injured by the young master's battle beast.

Even more so, he couldn't forget the three words his foster father whispered in his ear as he tightly held his hand at the end of his life …

Slave stripping!

However, Chu Family did not help him out because of his foster father's death, but rather because of his promotion from a little servant that was feeding him in a beast house to a servant of the library, he was still a slave …

Unknowingly, Gu Feng clenched his fist, and an unyielding flame started burning in his heart.

Some people might think that being able to live in the Chu Residence in such a chaotic world was a good choice, but Gu Feng did not want to be humiliated for the rest of his life.

As long as there was a sliver of hope, he would do his best to fulfill his foster father's last wish and fight for his freedom!

While others would shirk because of the dirty and tiring work of the library, Gu Feng enjoyed the food as much as he could. In ten years, he had read thousands of books and understood the meaning of cultivation.

When others had some free time, they would call for friends to eat and play. Gu Feng had lived for ten years. As long as he found an opportunity, he would sneak into the back mountains of the Chu Clan to train in a quiet forest for a few skills.

This was because he knew very well that Great Boundless World, which was the supreme existence in the midst of all these strange beasts, required a very strong fighting strength to become outstanding.

He had trained hard for ten years, and he had waited for ten years in silence.

It was only until five days ago when he coincidentally heard that the Battle Soul Academy's summoner had come to the Floating Cloud City that he realized that the chance to change his fate had arrived …

"Humph, your wish has been fulfilled!"

Chu Chengfaang looked at Gu Feng and the expression on his face grew increasingly dark and cold: "In the entire Floating Cloud City, hundreds of Wealthy Class children are taking the innate talent test. Only you and the great miss of City Lord's Mansion were found to have Natural Spiritual Root and were given the right to go to the capital to learn Battle Soul Academy three months later."

When Gu Feng heard this, he suddenly raised his head.

It just so happened to meet Eldest Young Master Chu Zhen's eyes that were filled with jealousy and hatred.

He and big miss City Lord's Mansion had long been engaged, and five days ago, he had also participated in the innate talent test.

Normally, Chu Zhen enjoyed treatment that was many times better than Gu Feng. Each month, he spent tens of thousands of silver taels, and beside him, there was even someone to guide him in his cultivation. Before the examination, he consumed a large amount of precious pill, but he still failed the examination. Gu Feng was just a servant under the sect who could not even guarantee a basic amount of food and nutrition, yet he was found to have a Natural Spiritual Root.

Where was Chu Zhen going to put his face?

Afraid of irritating him, Gu Feng quickly lowered his head, trying his best to hide the excitement in his heart.

With the Natural Spiritual Root, he would be able to get rid of his slave and fulfill his foster father's last wish.

With the Natural Spiritual Root, he would be able to soar into the skies and become a spirit cultivator that could enjoy the worship of his clan …

Although Gu Feng had his head down, his skinny body was trembling with excitement.

All sorts of thoughts flashed through his mind. He felt that after ten years of suffering and sweating, he finally got what he deserved!

"Humph!"

Another cold snort came from the top of his head.

Chu Chengfaang looked at him with an indifferent expression: "Don't be happy too early, I've already decided to make you give up."

A bucket of cold water was poured all over his face.

Gu Feng's expression changed drastically as he looked up.

"Why?"

"I have another use for your Natural Spiritual Root!"

Chu Chengfaang said coldly.