"A top-grade weapon is the highest level of a weapon that can be used by those in the foundation establishment stage of Qi cultivators!" Gu Cia Xiao replied.
She then proceeded to explain, "Qi cultivation is the predominant method of training. It starts from Qi refinement, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, and rumors claim stronger individuals at Nascent Soul Realm."
Listening to her words, Hong Jun nodded from time to time. Clearly he was very impressed by what she was mentioning.
It wasn't that he had no idea about this; after all, those fake parents that gave birth to him were cultivators. It was just listening to things from another person's perspective that was interesting.
"Top-grade weapons are the strongest type of weapons that could be used by those at the foundation establishment stage. One has to have reached the peak of this stage to use a top-grade weapon without much concern." She looked at the sword wrapped by her grandfather's fingers and seemed shocked.
She had been escaping all this while, but at this moment felt a certain sense of security.
"It seems that you have suffered out there?" Hong Jun suddenly brought up this topic.
"Clan head! I'm sorry for bringing trouble at the door of the clan. I had nowhere else to turn to!" She realized she might have been desperate and done something wrong.
"It's okay!" He waved his hands to indicate she shouldn't worry about it.
"Are they a sect or clan?" He remembered to ask about this.
"Clan of Qi refiners! The Wang Qi," She replied.
"Oh! Wang clan, is it!" Hong Jun's eyes suddenly had golden circles revolving in the depths of the pupils.
"It seems that the Wang clan doesn't take my Hong clan seriously at all. They even came all the way to my door and want to kill people. Does this have anything to do with the baby?" He asked without even looking back.
"Clan Master!" panicked Gu Cia Xiao couldn't help but want to kneel and beg for Hong Jun not to send her child away but discovered she couldn't move.
"You don't have to kneel. Since you and your son are from my territory,
Hong Jun's eyes shifted towards the baby, and he could see a cute face, and even a warm smile appeared on his face.
"They want to harm me and my child!" she replied before seeing Hong Jun's face turn cold.
It was just her heart skipping a beat, as though afraid about to retreat, before she heard Hong Jun say, "Old Master Ye! We should also move. Spare no one. They actually dare to set their eyes on people from my Hong clan; they don't take our clan seriously."
Turning his head, he said, "Retreat back to the clan territory. You should be safe from within."
He rushed out like a gust of wind, vanishing from her sight, but she was far more excited when she heard what he had just said.
He called her and the child people of the Hong clan. That was a sense of belonging.
She didn't even notice one of the black swords releasing smoke had vanished.
"This old man has to stretch my legs too." Old Master Ye also followed.
Seeing this, she followed Hong Jun's instructions and retreated behind the numerous Origin trees.
Clearly this woman was different, not a fool, as she knew when to retreat and advance.
In this kind of fight, she couldn't offer much contribution, and thus it was a good thing to retreat.
More than just that, she actually felt happy deep inside, and tears slid down from her face.
From her experience, she could already tell that a lot of places out there were not safe.
Compared to the other places out there, Hong Clan was a paradise, though small.
Gu Cia Xiao held the baby and looked at the innocent eyes with a smile.
"Baby! We are now home, and whatever happens, the Hong clan will protect you in the future. The clan master was indeed someone of foresight! These Qi cultivators are not going places. From now on, you will take on the Gu surname." She said this with a smile.
Gu Cia Xiao left the Gu clan with the excuse of exploring; she just wanted to venture outside and not be restrained in such a small place. Once she left the Hong clan territory, she landed in another village and met an injured Qi cultivator surnamed Wang.
With the temperament of Qi cultivators, completely different from martial artists, she was hooked even though the guy was injured.
She didn't hesitate to do whatever it took to try and get on his good side.
You can call it youthful ignorance.
It was just that with a good background, the man was discovered later. She didn't expect that just after his injuries healed, he would treat her like a completely different person.
The thing that made her wary was how the man treated the child.
Clearly it was as though he was looking at the delicious snack.
She had seen that look on monsters but didn't expect to see it on a human being.
It was also at this point that she came to a realization that something was wrong. Her feelings were proven right when her child turned out to have no spiritual roots for Qi cultivation.
The greed in the eyes of that Wang guy couldn't be hidden.
She got the chance to escape, and she took it. But the other party probably didn't take her seriously as they wanted to play with her.
Who would have thought he would run into anomalies such as Gu Tian?
It was even more so, seeing a top-grade sword being grasped in the hand by an old man like that. It made them scared and tthink aboutretreating.
Hong Jun's figure will not give them such a chance, though.
With his intelligence, how could he not see things clearly even without having gotten the whole story from Gu Cia Xiao?
When he asked about the people attacking her, he felt the hatred overflowing from her. Thinking of his fate, family, and the fact that some figures, such as Old Gu Tian, made him feel pressure.
The more he rushed towards the enemy from the Wang clan, the stronger his anger became.
With such an attack from the flying sword, how could he not see that they were actually toying with Gu Cia Xiao and had the ability to kill her all this while?
It was as though they treated her like an animal instead of a human being.
That feeling was clearly something he disliked more than anything. His eyes indeed appeared to have red flames burning in them.