Mo Jiuli and Di Minghan only then realized that Wang Dagen’s Mercenary Group had a total of just five people. Previously, one of them was killed by the young master from the Zongzheng Family, whom Di Minghan had crippled, leaving only four people. Wang Dagen came out for training, while the other three were in Huoling City undergoing closed-door cultivation, just to advance a little more in level, so they could go to register at Yunhai Academy together...

Among the four people, Wang Dagen was the strongest, which is why he didn’t go into seclusion!

"Brother Wang, why are you going to Yunhai Academy?" Mo Jiuli asked somewhat curiously.

After all, Yunhai Academy is not a safe place, because Yunhai Academy doesn’t protect the Academy’s disciples. So joining Yunhai Academy offers no protection; instead, the struggle is even harsher, and life might be even harder...

"Brother Shangguan, Junior Sister, I’m not afraid you’ll laugh at me for saying this. Actually, the four of us were not orphans to begin with. We may not come from any prominent Great Family, but we had families! In the beginning, a few of us were the children of servants from a third-class family, the Wang Family, in Huoling City. Our five parents had been servants for the Wang Family for generations. Although the Wang Family was a third-class family, they were low-key, kind, and the patriarchs were all great philanthropists who quietly did many good deeds. But even so, disaster struck unexpectedly. That night, we didn’t know what happened, only that our parents, covered in blood, hid the five of us in a secret passage, instructing us not to make any noise or come out, even if it meant dying. When we couldn’t bear it anymore and ventured out, we were met with a bloodbath everywhere, corpses strewn around. The Wang Family was inexplicably massacred, and our parents were dead too. We didn’t even know why. As we searched around for any survivors, we found the Old Patriarch of the Wang Family barely clinging to life. Seeing us children, the Old Patriarch, with tears in his eyes, told us to leave quickly, go far away, and to work hard on our cultivation, to go to Yunhai Academy, and then leave the Cloud Underworld to survive. After that, the Old Patriarch passed away...

The five of us dared not stay long. We left Huoling City and ventured deep into the Yunhai Mountain, relying on hunting and the things left in the Space Rings our parents gave us, growing up through cultivation. We supported each other, surviving only for the Old Patriarch’s dying words. We didn’t understand why the Old Patriarch wanted us to leave, but who would want to die! Moreover, Yunhai Academy is both a place longed for and dreaded by everyone in the Cloud Underworld. We are no exception; we also want to go to Yunhai Academy and leave the Cloud Underworld, believing that perhaps only after leaving, can we discover the truth behind the Wang Family’s massacre!" Wang Dagen spoke candidly to Mo Jiuli and Di Minghan.

Mo Jiuli and Di Minghan didn’t expect Wang Dagen’s life story to be so fraught with hardships. Seeing Wang Dagen’s good-natured personality, one would think he came from an ordinary family, not realizing his background was quite pitiable...

"Didn’t you investigate the Wang Family’s matters after you grew up? Even a third-class force being annihilated shouldn’t be a trivial matter in a city, right?" Mo Jiuli asked curiously.

"It was indeed not a trivial matter, but no one ever brought it up. As for why, we still don’t know to this day!" Wang Dagen replied.