Ashen God
Chapter 63: Filial Piety Begets Strength

Chapter 63: Chapter 63: Filial Piety Begets Strength

"Wang Fumin! Come and open the door!" After knocking on the door for several minutes without any response, Wang Fugui had no choice but to shout his son’s name at the top of his lungs. It might disturb the neighbors, but to get home, it was a necessary evil.

After shouting several times, Wang Fugui finally heard the sound of slippers shuffling across the floor inside, and, what’s more, the sound of footsteps was gradually getting closer.

About half a minute later, a little boy’s voice came from behind the door, "Who are you? My mom said not to open the door for strangers."

Wang Fumin must have just woken up and his brain was still booting up, which was why he couldn’t recognize Wang Fugui’s voice. Of course, there could be other reasons, but whatever the reason, this situation was quite absurd.

"I’m your dad!" Wang Fugui really wanted to kick the door down and pry open Wang Fumin’s head to see what on earth he was thinking, not being able to recognize his own father’s voice.

"Watch your language! Why are you swearing? I’m still your dad, damn it!" As soon as he heard the cursing from the other side, Wang Fumin reflexively responded in kind.

Thanks to his superior physical strength and excellent hearing, Zhang Yanhang could clearly hear the exchange between Wang Fugui and Wang Fumin even while lying in bed. His comment was "This is some serious filial piety" and "a great show of respect."

"Dammit, you little rascal, open the door quickly! You don’t recognize your own dad?!" Wang Fugui had made up his mind: once inside, he would definitely spank Wang Fumin into eight pieces. It was outrageous how his son talked to him like this. Just like the saying goes, "If the tree isn’t straightened when it’s young, it won’t grow correctly," he had to be punished to learn the ways of life.

"You say you’re my dad, but what proof do you have?" ’Filial son’ Wang Fumin felt that he should listen to his mom and never open the door to strangers.

"I’m not your dad, then who is? Just let me in! Why all the fussing around? Open the door quickly!" Wang Fugui felt his rage reaching a tipping point; just a little more and he would kick the door in.

"Alright then, I’ll ask you a question, and if you can answer it, then I’ll recognize you as my dad." Wang Fumin prepared a question that his father would definitely know the answer to.

"I’m so damn tired of this, just hurry up and ask!" To save his valuable door, Wang Fugui eventually calmed down.

"Don’t keep f***ing swearing! Why do you have the same problem as my dad? When you’re angry, you like to curse?!" What Wang Fumin hated the most were people who swore all the time, which annoyed him to the point where he started picking up the habit and couldn’t get rid of it.

"Nonsense! I am your dad! Just ask your question!" Wang Fugui was gradually feeling that spanking wasn’t enough to satiate his intense feelings towards Wang Fumin. Once the door opened, he would have to hang him up and whip him with a belt.

"The question is, what clothes did my mom wear when she left the house this morning? Was it a red dress or a white dress?" Wang Fumin thought the question was simple, but it would be enough to verify if the person outside was really his dad.

Wang Fugui stood there thinking for a moment and finally answered based on his wife’s usual clothing habits, "Your mom wore a red dress!"

"Wrong answer, you’re not my dad!" Wang Fumin shook his head inside, a gesture Wang Fugui outside couldn’t see, but the next-door neighbor, Zhang Yanhang, could.

"Then your mom wore a white dress! That has to be correct, now quickly open the door!" With only two possible answers and one ruled out, Wang Fugui immediately responded with the alternative.

"Wrong again, actually my mom didn’t wear either when she left this morning! Hahaha! I knew you weren’t my dad!" After saying the correct answer, Wang Fumin turned and walked away, confirming that the strange guy outside certainly wasn’t his father, because otherwise, how could he not know the real answer.

"Playing with trick questions at such a young age, this kid will become someone great in the future, that is if he lives that long," mused Zhang Yanhang, silently observing the human drama before him.

After hearing Wang Fumin’s answer, Wang Fugui froze on the spot. His brain processed the information at flying speed and he soon grasped the trick. His greasy national-character face turned green on the spot. Not just his face, but he felt like he was ’green’ all over, "No wonder he kept saying I wasn’t his dad, could it be that I’m the only one left in the dark in this family of three?!"

With a loud bang, Wang Fugui kicked his expensive security door wide open, "Fuck!"

Wang Fugui had already started hitting the child, while Zhang Yanhang was feeling relieved that he didn’t have a girlfriend and therefore the risk of being ’cuckolded’ didn’t exist. Watching as Wang Fumin was hung from the ceiling and spun around under the lashes of a belt like a top, Zhang Yanhang nodded in satisfaction.

Zhang Yanhang was about to conclude his observation of humans, but in the last moment, there came a twist. Wang Fumin cried out that it rained that morning, so his mom had gone out wearing a raincoat.

"Could there really be such a twist?" Zhang Yanhang paused the use of his Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil Skill and observed his neighbors a bit longer. He almost understood the skill’s specific energy consumption—it consumed physical strength, indeed, but not too much. However, in comparison to the speed at which his Physical Strength recovered, the skill’s energy cost was obviously higher.

Thus, Zhang Yanhang couldn’t keep the Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil Skill activated 24/7. He felt quite disappointed about this fact.

After testing the Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil Skill, Zhang Yanhang switched the Energy Shield from Technique Immunity to its external mode.

Normally, the Energy Shield was attached to the surface of Zhang Yanhang’s body, like a transparent protective film, which meant that though he had the Energy Shield activated, there was no visible change from the outside. But if anyone attacked Zhang Yanhang, the Shield would absorb all the damage.

However, the external mode was completely different. As soon as Zhang Yanhang switched his Energy Shield to external mode, his body was immediately surrounded by a circle of bright Blue, semi-transparent Energy Shield, like an eggshell enveloping him entirely. An externally manifested Energy Shield increases defensive power by 32.5% compared to the standard mode, which is 25% higher than Zhang Yanhang’s own defensive power.