Chapter 107

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In which it’s not just Wei Jiangyue who has returned.

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The anteroom instantly turned deathly still.

Ding Xilai and that crowd of Junior Sect Masters stared in wide-eyed disbelief. None of them could’ve ever imagined that the always outstanding and arrogant Second Young Master Wei would actually ever kneel down for someone. Of the elders, some had already guessed a few things, while others still hadn’t understood, simply looking on in astonishment. And then, after a moment of foolish staring, they all collectively looked at Sir Xiao, waiting for him to speak.

Ye You said, “You investigated.”

This tone was completely calm, without even the least bit of doubt.

Wei Jiangyue’s taut back seemed like it was practically about to freeze stiff, and he fell silent for a moment before saying, in a low voice, with much difficulty, “That’s right, those things… truly were done by my father.”

Like a small pebble bringing with it large waves, everyone’s expressions all changed.

Although Manor Lord Wei had left with that monster, they had not a single bit of evidence in their hands, and some even still believed that there was some other motive. Now, upon hearing these words, they all couldn’t sit still.

“Does Young Wei[1] have evidence for these words?”

“Young Wei just said that, for the past several days, he hadn’t been kidnapped and had actually returned home. But what exactly did he find out?”

“Young Wei?”

Even while listening to the unceasing questions all around, Wei Jiangyue remained expressionless.

He had not been passing his days very well recently.

The father whom he had wholly respected, the Fengxian Manor that he was proud of, had actually turned out to have relied on such a filthy method to receive their positions and reputations. This had practically toppled his entire worldview that had been built up over these twenty years. How much steadfast fortitude he had before was precisely how much painful suffering he was feeling now.

However, no matter how evil his father was, that person was still his father.

Blood couldn’t be repudiated, and he had even less of an idea on how to repudiate it, as right now, he wouldn’t even be able to draw his blade against his dad at all.

These past few days, his rationality and his emotions had been continuously tearing into him, practically about to rip him in two.

Whenever he felt he was about to go mad with pain in the dead of the night, his only thought was his desire to see this person. But then he quickly remembered, he really had no right to meet the other, because the things his father had done had dug a deep, deep gorge between them, unable to be crossed.

But, in the end, the entire truth of these matters should be revealed.

So he had still returned.

He again closed his eyes for a moment before saying in a hoarse voice, “I went home and investigated something.”

The surroundings immediately stilled.

Everyone saw him falling silent once again and knew that this matter was difficult for him to talk about and so didn’t rush him, simply waiting patiently.

After several breaths, they heard him say that he had turned over Manor Lord Wei’s study and then looked into the matter of Blood-sucking Ghost murdering his little brother that year. As a result, he had discovered that his little brother hadn’t been related to him by blood, and after his little brother died, that boy’s mother had also passed not long later.

Since, after all, a family’s dirty laundry shouldn’t be aired for all to see, Wei Jiangyue didn’t go into too much detail, but everyone understood that that concubine had most likely had an affair with someone else and been discovered by Manor Lord Wei. At that time, Blood-sucking Ghost had carved a path of carnage through Jianghu, and so Manor Lord Wei had simply sought out the other’s hand as a way to take care of this illegitimate child. If someday the fact that Blood-sucking Ghost hadn’t died was discovered, he could coincidentally use this matter to wash himself of suspicion, receiving many benefits with a single move.

But the boy had nevertheless been an innocent child; Manor Lord Wei was truly too vicious and cruel.

Everyone sighed sorrowfully in their hearts before they saw Wei Jiangyue take out two letters from his chest and hand them over.

They hurriedly accepted and opened them, discovering that these were letters written by someone to Manor Lord Wei.

The letters were already several years old, and the contents were utterly overwhelming in their impact. It spoke of the old matters of Jianghu, touching upon the “secret villa”, “that monster,” “drug testing”, and other such things — this was practically enough to convict Manor Lord Wei already.

The group couldn’t help but give Wei Jiangyue a glance.

This person undoubtedly knew that if he took out these letters, his father’s guilt would definitely be assured; this kind of ability to differentiate between right and wrong was truly hard to come by.

Sect Leader Xuanyang said, “Neither of these two letters have a signature, so who wrote them? The Alliance Leader?”

Academy Master Ge said, “But this doesn’t seem like the Alliance Leader’s handwriting.”

Another Sect Master said, “Could it be that he purposely changed his handwriting?”

“That’s certainly a possibility…”

Wei Jiangyue didn’t pay attention to them, turning his gaze once again to Sir Xiao and Wenren Heng before taking off his sword and offering it over.

Everyone in the righteous faction stopped their discussion at once and looked over.

The anteroom once again turned so silent that one could hear a pin drop.

Ye You’s tone was still that same calm. “What? Do you wish to atone for your father’s sins and pay for your father’s debts?”

Wei Jiangyue said, “Your master’s death was caused by my father, so I’m leaving my life in your hands.”

Ye You said, “So you’re paying me with this life of yours, but who will pay for all the rest of the countless lives that your father destroyed?”

A flash of pain flickered through Wei Jiangyue’s eyes.

He naturally also knew that no matter how much he paid, he’d never be able to make up for all the departed souls that had died under his father’s hands over these twenty years.

Ye You slightly lowered his eyes, covering up most of the emotions in his pupils.

He very much wanted to tell this person, your Wei family has to pay for not only my master’s one life but also the ninety-six human lives in my Yang family; are you even capable of paying it!

However, just as the words were about to reach his throat, he managed to push them back.

He quietly looked at Wei Jiangyue.

Actually, he had never cared whether or not this person would’ve been able to find anything. He had simply wanted to force Wei Haide into a corner, letting Wei Haide feel a sense of crisis. Later, he had let Wei Jiangyue return home merely because he wanted to take an opportunity to plot a route to Beiyan Village, so as to cut off one of the white piece’s arms as well as force Wei Haide’s hand at the same time.

As for Wei Jiangyue and the people in the two Wei and Ding families, he had naturally hated them.

During the first two years when his hatred had reached its peak, he had even wanted to capture the two Wei and Ding when he had completely learned his miraculous skill and, after sealing those two’s acupoints, kill their family members right in front of them one by one, letting them taste the same pain that he had tasted that year. But he had still ultimately chosen this path instead because he didn’t want to become like the two Wei and Ding who willfully slaughtered the innocent; he didn’t want to turn into the kind of person that he hated the most.

“You should get up,” he said, voice flat, walking past Wei Jiangyue to head outside. Right as he was about to exit the room, he stopped and said, “That’s right, a few days ago, me and my Senior Brother happened to meet your father, that monster, and the others, so we set up a trap and managed to cut off one of your father’s arms.”

Wei Jiangyue abruptly stiffened.

“Also, the Alliance Leader is already dead. Although we were the ones who set the trap, in the end, his death was caused by your little sister.” After throwing down those words, Ye You walked out without looking back.

The anteroom turned still for an instant before then immediately exploding with a bang.

Everyone looked towards Wenren Heng, asking him what exactly had happened.

Wenren Heng glanced at the door and held back the impulse to chase after his Junior Brother. Instead, he first pulled Wei Jiangyue off the floor and then patiently explained to the elders the entire course of events. Of course, he left out the parts about his Junior Brother’s martial arts and how the other was poisoned.

And when he finally finished saying all this and returned to the room, he then learned that his Junior Brother had long already left.

He didn’t quite believe that his Junior Brother would be so annoyed over such a small thing and, looking towards his subordinate, said, “He didn’t say anything?”

The scarred man said, “Young Master Xiao said he wanted to go out and take a walk by himself so as to take the time to better appreciate life.”

Wenren Heng was speechless.

The scarred man said, “Sect Master isn’t going to chase after him?”

Wenren Heng muttered to himself for a time before asking, “Where are Ding Xilai and Ren Shaotian and them?”

The scarred man startled. “This subordinate hadn’t been paying attention.”

Wenren Heng said, “Go investigate.”

Having received the order, the scarred man then went out and returned after expending only a short moment of effort. The person reported that Ding Xilai was currently carrying some food to his room and had probably just been shopping along the streets. Right now, there was only Wei Jin by his side, with no sign of Ren Shaotian.

Wenren Heng nodded. “I know now.”

The scarred man stood to the side for a while. Seeing that his Sect Master still didn’t seem to have any intention of chasing after Young Master Xiao, he was just considering whether or not he should ask once more when he heard a clamor resound from outside. Immediately following, someone shouted, “It’s Sir Zhong!”

The fact that everyone had this big of a reaction meant that this ‘Sir Zhong’ was definitely referring to the Alliance Leader’s son.

The scarred man was immediately shocked, as he had long already learned from his Sect Master that Sir Zhong had been kidnapped by Xie Junming, and that the person had even found a strong man as a guard, with the excuse that this man had fallen for the other.

But this wasn’t the important part, the important part was that Shaolin wasn’t close at all to where they were.

Manor Lord Wei had left only a few days ago, so even if they sent the information to Shaolin, the information wouldn’t have reached the place so quickly. So how did they arrange for the person to be brought over?

Unless Sir Zhong had already been brought outside of Shaolin’s territory previously, since only then could he be sent to Wuyun City in such a short amount of time.

He couldn’t help but look at the Sect Master.

Wenren Heng stood up and went outside.

The scarred man hurriedly followed, arriving at the anteroom right behind the other. He raised his head and saw that Sir Zhong had just thrown himself into Ding Xilai’s embrace to wail, “Xilai, I finally damn well managed to leave! You don’t know what kind of days I’ve been living! I’ve decided that I’ll practice martial arts every single day in the future! I definitely have to succeed and become an expert waahhh!”

The Junior Sect Masters sized him up. They saw that he was wearing appropriate clothing and, rather than getting skinnier, even appeared to be slightly rounder. It appeared like ‘those kinds of days’ had passed quite comfortably, seemingly completely at odds with his wailing appearance.

Ding Xilai blankly held the other.

He had originally believed that, the next time they met, they’d be estranged, utterly unable to return to the way that they used to be. He never could’ve imagined that his good friend’s attitude would be the same as always. As he wasn’t a complete fool, he quickly guessed that his good friend most likely hadn’t learned that Sir Xiao had been the one to orchestrate the kidnapping, and was even more unaware that the Alliance Leader had already passed. Feeling his heart grow in discomfort, he almost felt like crying.

After Sir Zhong had enough of crying, he said, “That’s right, where is this? Where’s my dad? I’ve finally returned after all that, so where is he? I’ve missed him.”

The surroundings fell into deathly stillness.

Ding Xilai looked at him, opening and closing his mouth, unable to say a single word.

Sir Zhong said, “What’s wrong with you?”

Ding Xilai’s heart trembled, and he stiffly changed the topic. “How… how did you pass these days?”

“Let’s not talk about it anymore,” Sir Zhong said in grief and indignation, “I caught the eye of a strong man, and he wanted to take me as a wife! Since I didn’t agree, he refused to let me go. Don’t you think he was damn crazy?”

Ding Xilai said, “…Ah?”

At this time, Wenren Heng had already reached Xie Junming’s side. When he gave the other a look, he saw this rascal let out a faint smile and thereupon knew that, sure enough, it was this person’s handiwork that had allowed Sir Zhong to arrive so quickly.

The scarred man couldn’t endure it and curiously approached the side of Wuwang Temple’s left protector. He asked in a low voice, “It seems like he hasn’t realized that anything’s wrong. How did all of you do it?”

The left protector said, “It was quite easy. For instance, you first find a courtyard in the next county town, then arrange it in the same way as the previous one, and afterwards, when night falls, knock the person unconscious and bring him over. When he wakes up the next day, he’ll then believe that he’s still in the same place as he was originally.”

The scarred man was astonished. “So you slowly brought the person over like that?”

The left protector said, “Yes, starting from when we went to Shengyin City, they had been moving outwards. Ever since, every time we moved away, they also moved to a suitable place in order to guarantee that they wouldn’t be too far away.”

The scarred man asked, “And this really wasn’t exposed?”

The left protector said, “It was. That courtyard had a tree. On the third time, he noticed that the tree seemed somewhat different.”

The scarred man said, “And then?”

The left protector said, “The strong man then became extremely angry because Sir Zhong would rather look at the tree than at him.”

The scarred man didn’t understand and asked without embarrassment, “So?”

The left protector said, “So he cut down that tree in one move, wanting to burn it as firewood. Sir Zhong immediately became frightened and ran into the house. Since then, every time we found a courtyard, we had to cut down the tree, tsk.”

What kind of deranged idea was this? Was this all learned from Xie Junming?

The scarred man returned to the Sect Master’s side, stupefied.

 

Although the Sheng family residence was this lively and bustling, Ye You had long already left the city and was currently following the small path alone towards the forest on the outskirts of the city.

The sky gradually darkened, and he finally set foot in the small forest. Jumping onto a tree that looked pleasant enough, he turned around to lean against it, quietly watching the road he had come from.

After a time, he lifted up the corners of his lips. “If you still won’t come out, then we both won’t be going back at all tonight.”

Ren Shaotian was immediately speechless and came out to look at him. “Don’t tell me, you came out of the city just to wait for me?”

Ye You said, “Yes, I have something I want to discuss with you.”

Ren Shaotian walked over. “What is it?”

Ye You stared steadily at him and, after a while of silence, said, “I know that you like me.”

Ren Shaotian, “…”

This was truly a grand misunderstanding.

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[1] The elders actually refer to him as 魏賢侄 lit. Honorable Nephew Wei. So essentially a very polite way to refer to a person from a younger generation.

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So, yeah… I first read this chapter when the Junior Alliance Leader had just been kidnapped, and I literally had to do a double-take (since I was skipping around) because he was literally kidnapped for fifty-something chapters lmao. What a way to put someone on the bus, author.

Also, we finally find out what the deal is with Ren Shaotian next chapter, so get your wild mass guessing in while you can before the answer appears! I’m curious to see if anyone will be able to guess what exactly is up with him based on the information given so far. (It’s certainly possible, but I definitely didn’t get it until the reveal, haha.)

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