Ye Tian: "I remember. You often took me to play in the river, and we'd fight with the wild kids from the village. We always won."
Ye Shaodong waved his hand: "Not that time, go further back."
Ye Tian smiled: "Before that, I was only three or four years old, and my memories are very blurry."
Ye Shaodong said: "I'm a few years older than you, so I still remember some things. Later, I asked Grandpa, and from him, I learned everything."
Ye Tian asked curiously: "Learned what?"
"In your memory, you probably don't have any impression of Grandma, do you?"
Ye Tian: "Grandma passed away before I was born, so naturally, I have no impression."
Ye Shaodong: "Back then, Grandpa actually knew martial arts. You probably didn't know that, did you?"
Ye Tian was stunned for a moment, and all the memories of his childhood flooded back. He said, "Yes, I remember one time when Grandpa and I went to the market, and we ran into some thugs extorting protection money on the street. Everyone else paid, five yuan each. Five yuan back then was a day's income for our family, not a small sum. Grandpa was about to give them the money, but one of them saw over a hundred yuan in Grandpa's bag and tried to snatch it. That was the first time I saw Grandpa make a move. I didn't even see him do much, and several thugs fell down, their faces contorted in pain. Later, their boss came to apologize to Grandpa, seeming very scared."
Ye Shaodong nodded: "That's right. Grandpa was actually a martial arts master. In the jianghu, his nickname was 'Invincible Divine Fist.' In his youth, he fought all over the seven northern provinces and never lost."
Ye Tian laughed: "I never expected Grandpa to be so formidable."
Ye Shaodong lowered his head: "I was quite good at fighting when I was young, you remember that, right?"
Ye Tian nodded: "Yes, Brother, you were like a fierce tiger when you were little. I remember when you were seven, you made an adult from the neighboring village run all over the street."
Ye Shaodong: "Of course. I started practicing boxing when I was five, taught by Grandpa. By the time I was ten, I could already spar with ordinary jianghu experts."
Ye Tian's heart stirred: "But I remember, Brother, you didn't continue practicing martial arts later?"
Ye Shaodong sighed: "Yes, after I was ten, I never practiced martial arts again. Although I could still fight, I wasn't the same as I was back then."
Ye Tian frowned: "Brother, tell me quickly, is there a reason for this?"
Ye Shaodong then told Ye Tian a very long story.
Ye Tian's grandfather, named Ye Tianhua, was gifted in martial arts from a young age. He sought out famous teachers and made esteemed friends, honing his skills to become known as the Invincible Divine Fist.
After wandering the jianghu for over a decade, in his thirties, he met Ye Tian's grandmother, a former daughter of a prominent family.
After getting married, Ye Tianhua gradually stopped concerning himself with matters of the jianghu, earning money at home to support his wife and children.
As a result, Ye Tianhua's cultivation grew even stronger. By the time Ye Tian's father was born, he had become a Grandmaster of the Hua realm.
As a Grandmaster, people frequently came to visit, and the number of guests grew.
One year, when Ye Tian's father was five years old, a young man named Wu Kunlun came to challenge Ye Tianhua to a spar.
Such encounters were inevitable for those in the jianghu. Ye Tianhua did not refuse and fought the opponent for over three hundred moves.
Later, that person, using some unknown technique, struck Ye Tianhua with a palm and sent him flying. That was not the end. Wu Kunlun took the opportunity to strike Ye Tianhua's dantian, shattering his sea of qi!
With his dantian broken, Ye Tianhua lost his cultivation and fell from the Grandmaster realm.
After injuring Ye Tianhua, the man also broke into their home, saw the beautiful Ye Tian's grandmother, and actually insulted her before laughing and leaving. As he departed, he also struck Ye Tian's father's shoulder with a palm, causing the young Ye Tian's father to vomit blood and fall unconscious.
This incident directly plunged Ye Tian's family into an abyss, and their lives took a sharp downturn.
Ye Tianhua could no longer practice martial arts, and Ye Tian's father, who had the talent for martial arts, also had his foundational roots damaged, making him frail and sickly from childhood.
Hearing this, Ye Tian gritted his teeth and asked, "Why did that Wu Kunlun do such a thing?"