Gulp!
The waiter's Adam's apple loosened, cold sweat streaming, he stammered, "M-Master..."
Duan Lao ignored him and continued leisurely, "When I was ten, I finally learned my father's identity. Then, when I was fifteen, my mother slashed me with a knife again, and I grabbed an oil lamp and smashed it at her.
The lamp shattered, and oil spilled all over my mother, setting her on fire.
She ran about in the flames, screaming terribly.
I watched my mother consumed by fire, listened to her painful screams, and for the first time in my life, I felt what true happiness was.
The fire grew bigger and bigger, burning down the brothel. Amidst the chaos, I stole the brothel owner's money box and embarked on my path of cultivation with that money.
A hundred years later, I joined the Duan Immortal Clan as a Guest Elder and met my father for the first time.
