Chapter 75

Chapter 75: You Bring Your Sword When You Practice, Why Bring Me?

The room was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

After a long while, Sang Qiyan, with a stoic expression, said, “Sect Master is joking. I remember that your deceased wife only had one child, Chu Yao.”

Song Lanfeng replied, “Chu Yao…”

Before he could finish, Sang Qiyan impatiently interrupted him, “No matter what, Sang Nian is the only young miss of Qingzhou. She could never be someone’s illegitimate child.”

Song Lanfeng said softly, “…I want to be her father.”

Sang Qiyan sneered, “Because of your foolish and untimely affections, the entire Xiaoyao sect already has a lot to say about NianNian. If you really announce this to the world, how will others view NianNian? And how will they view Chu Yao?”

He could no longer restrain his anger and rebuked, “Are you going to destroy the feelings between these two children?!”

Song Lanfeng remained silent.

Sang Qiyan turned and left.

As he reached the door, he paused, turned his head slightly, and said coldly, “NianNian doesn’t need to know about this. Do you understand?”

Song Lanfeng lowered his head, staring at the ground. After a long time, he closed his eyes tightly, “I understand.”

“Bang—!”

The door slammed shut.

Song Lanfeng spread his left palm. There, an extremely hideous old scar almost crossed the entire surface of his palm. The originally very good palm lines were split in two, like a rewritten fate. He slowly closed his fingers, as if he was holding that scar.

“It’s my fault,” he murmured, “All of this is my… fault.”

In the inn, Su Xueyin hadn’t returned yet.

Sang Nian said, “I’ll go look for her.”

Chu Yao said, “Let’s split up and look.”

They had just gotten up when they bumped into two unexpected figures.

“Elder Bi Ke?” Sang Nian looked at Bi Ke, then at Yan Yuan, and curiously asked, “Why are you and my Master in Yujing?”

Bi Ke shrugged, “The Xiaoyao sect is too boring, so I dragged your Master here. Maybe we can catch some excitement.”

Yan Yuan scanned everyone, his voice low, “What happened to you guys?”

Shen Mingchao stammered, “Nothing, just a little accident.”

“Let’s not talk about it now, we have to find A Yin,” Chu Yao urged, “Let’s go.”

Bi Ke said, “Looking for someone? Let me calculate where she is.”

Under everyone’s anxious gaze, she pinched her fingers and calculated, then suddenly smiled, “No need to look, someone will bring her back.”

Chu Yao asked, “Who? When?”

Bi Ke pointed to the door, “Now.”

As soon as she finished speaking, two figures appeared at the inn’s entrance. It was Su Xueyin and…

The sun was setting, in the twilight, the young man in purple clothes smiled at them. The agate earrings on his ears sparkled brightly.

Shen Mingchao’s legs went weak, he hurriedly held onto Sang Nian’s arm, his eyes wide.

Sang Nian: “…”

Sang Nian’s eyes also widened.

The young man left, Chu Yao suddenly came to her senses and exclaimed, “Why is it him!”

Sang Nian and Shen Mingchao said in unison, “You know him?”

Chu Yao said, “He is Yue…”

“That is Master Yue,” Su Xueyin explained softly, “I got lost, and I didn’t know what to do, when I happened to meet him, he brought me back.”

Shen Mingchao keenly sensed something different, “You guys already know each other?”

Su Xueyin said dryly, “We met once last night.”

Shen Mingchao suddenly understood, “No wonder your face was so red then, you met him.”

Su Xueyin’s face flushed red, “is it?”

“Yes,” Shen Mingchao said confidently, “Just like now, very red.”

Su Xueyin quickly covered her face, “I’m going back to my room.”

She rushed upstairs.

Shen Mingchao was puzzled, “Did I say something wrong?”

“It’s because you didn’t say anything wrong,” Sang Nian patted his shoulder, “Sometimes, it’s good to be a mute.”

Shen Mingchao scratched his head, “Alright.”

Soon, he acted as if he had discovered something incredible, “Then why is Xie Chenzhou frowning again? It’s creepy, if a kid saw him, they would have nightmares all night.”

Sang Nian sighed, “I told you to be a mute.”

Xie Chenzhou, ignoring Shen Mingchao’s protests, forcefully grabbed him and took him outside.

Shen Mingchao struggled, “What are you doing?!”

Xie Chenzhou said expressionlessly, “Practicing swordsmanship.”

Shen Mingchao asked, “You bring your sword when you practice, why bring me???”

Xie Chenzhou smiled, “Guess.”

Wen Buyu followed with a worried expression, “Junior Brother Xie, don’t kill anyone. Killing is bad.”

Bi Ke watched Xie Chenzhou’s back, and only after he disappeared from sight did she turn to the others, “Now we don’t need to look for anyone?”

Sang Nian replied, “No need.”

Bi Ke grabbed a handful of melon seeds and held them in her palm, “Then sit down and tell me all about it. Have there been any interesting events these past few days?”

Yan Yuan frowned, “Bi Ke.”

Bi Ke said, “Don’t be idle either. Xie Chenzhou and the others are going to practice swordsmanship, go and guide them.”

Yan Yuan hesitated for a moment, nodded to Sang Nian, and strode out of the inn.

Bi Ke motioned for Sang Nian and Chu Yao to sit down.

Chu Yao shook her head, “I’ll go check on A Yin, you two chat.”

After Chu Yao left, only Sang Nian and Bi Ke remained at the table.

Seeing Sang Nian watch Chu Yao leave, Bi Ke, as if thinking of something, said with a sigh, “Your mothers didn’t get along well, but you two became good friends. Truly, the world is unpredictable.”

Sang Nian asked, “Didn’t get along well?”

Bi Ke said, “Chu Yao’s mother, Wu Yue, is the daughter of the old Sect Master. She and Jing Xian always fought, they would fight every other day. You know, Chu Yao’s temper is just like her mother’s.”

Sang Nian awkwardly said, “Haha, is that so?”

Bi Ke laughed, “Back then, Yan Yuan never had a moment of peace. He couldn’t fight with them, so he would hide here with me every day.”

Sang Nian said, “Fight? My Master is so steady, he wouldn’t do that, right?”

“Steady?”

Bi Ke chuckled, “Yan Yuan had nothing to do with those two words back then.”

Sang Nian: “Ah?”

Bi Ke: “Do you know why there are no other sects near the Xiaoyao sect?”

Sang Nian: “Why?”

Bi Ke: “Your Master single-handedly challenged and defeated them all.”

Sang Nian was shocked, “Ah?”

“After they moved away overnight, the Tianyu Mountain area was just the Xiaoyao sect,” Bi Ke complained, “It’s so quiet, it’s deadly.”

Sang Nian couldn’t believe that Yan Yuan had been so arrogant.

She was more concerned about another question, “Then why did he become like this?”

Bi Ke sighed, “Actually, it’s a secret.”

Sang Nian: “Alright, then I won’t ask.”

Bi Ke: “But as long as you don’t tell anyone, I won’t be considered leaking secrets.”

Sang Nian twitched her lips.

So, all those widely circulated secrets within the Xiaoyao sect were spread by this woman.

Bi Ke looked around, lowered her voice, and said, “Yan Yuan’s sword bone, is broken.”