Immortal-Exterminating Divine Venerable

"Brother Yang! It's been a while. How have you been?"

A heroic voice rang out as a rather burly-looking man landed in front of Yang Xiao. Behind him followed four elderly men.

Each of the four elders exuded a potent and extraordinary aura.

Even Ye Wanqing couldn't discern their true strength; she could only feel that they were incredibly powerful.

"Yang Xiao, who are they?"

Ye Wanqing grew instantly nervous.

Yang Xiao gave her a small smile and said, "They're friends. Don't worry."

Hearing this, Ye Wanqing let out a small sigh of relief.

If these people were enemies, she feared that even if she used a Secret Technique and consumed a Pill to increase her strength ten thousandfold, she would be no match for them.

"What? Has it been so long that you don't recognize me? And aren't you going to introduce this beautiful lady?"

The newcomer smiled faintly.

He glanced at Ye Wanqing, his eyes full of teasing.

This caused the thin-skinned young woman's face to flush red.

"Brother Lu, you jest. How could I not recognize you? More importantly, your cultivation... If I'm not mistaken, Brother Lu, has your strength already stepped into the Great Divine Power Realm?"

After speaking, Yang Xiao couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.

There was only one person he would call Brother Lu, and that was obviously Lu Fangliang of the Greater Yang Body. But when he left the Northern Wilderness Sword Mansion, Lu Fangliang was only at the True Intent Stage—the level of the Celestial Cloud Martial Saint. Now, just over half a year later, he had already stepped into the Great Divine Power Realm. This progress was simply too fast.

"Brother Yang, have you forgotten about the Northern Wilderness Sword Mansion?"

Lu Fangliang smiled.

Yang Xiao instantly understood.

Though only half a year had passed in the outside world, five hundred years had gone by in the Northern Wilderness Sword Mansion.

With Lu Fangliang's talent, breaking through to the Great Divine Power Realm in that amount of time was certainly possible.

He had likely only just managed to break through to the Great Divine Power Realm because he had spent too much time on the Golden Crow Corpse Bone. Otherwise, if he had truly cultivated in seclusion for five hundred years, reaching the Second or Third Levels of the Great Divine Power Realm might not have been impossible.

"Right, let me make some introductions. These are my closest uncles. This is my eldest uncle, Lu Yixuan; my second uncle, Lu Yitian; my fourth uncle, Lu Yijie; and my sixth uncle, Lu Yijun. We heard you're walking the Path of the Human Emperor, so Elder Long specifically sent us to help you."

"Elder Long?"

Yang Xiao was stunned once again.

He had never expected that Elder Long, who had disapproved of him in every way back then, would actually have Lu Fangliang bring people to help him.

If he wasn't mistaken, these four were likely all Demigods.

"Young Master Yang, even without Elder Long's instruction, we should have come to lend you a hand for the care you've shown our Fang Liang. To arrive only now is a discourtesy on the part of the Lu Family."

Lu Fangliang's eldest uncle, Lu Yixuan, said with a hint of apology.

Yang Xiao quickly stepped forward and bowed.

"Eldest Uncle, you jest. My friendship with Brother Lu is one forged through life and death. There's no need for such formalities."

"Brother Yang is right, Eldest Uncle. Given our friendship, there's no need to be so polite."

Lu Fangliang also spoke up.

Hearing this, Lu Yixuan nodded slightly and laughed. "Very well. In that case, this old man will take the liberty of calling you 'Worthy Nephew'."

"That would be most appropriate."

The people from the Lu Family had arrived when he needed help the most. Though it was at Elder Long's behest, Yang Xiao still felt a warmth in his heart.

Right now, he couldn't utilize any of the forces or figures connected to him.

Therefore, neither his Fire God Clone, the Carefree Sect, nor even the Barbaric Beasts in the Northern Wilderness Sword Mansion could come to his aid.

The only one who could help him was Lu Fangliang.

However, at the time, Yang Xiao felt that Lu Fangliang's strength was still a bit too weak. Having him come alone would be somewhat dangerous, so he hadn't mentioned it.

But he never expected that not only would Lu Fangliang come this time, but he would also bring four Demigod Level uncles with him.

With this, his Path of the Human Emperor finally had a real safeguard.

After a brief moment of catching up and getting acquainted, Lu Fangliang's gaze once again turned to Ye Wanqing.

"You still haven't introduced this beautiful lady, Brother Yang."

Compared to Yang Xiao, Lu Fangliang had a different perspective on women.

While he didn't go so far as to take every woman he saw, the people of the Lu Family mostly possessed the Greater Yang Body. This constitution was of Supreme Yang and Firmness, making it extremely difficult to have children after reaching adulthood. For the Lu Family to have passed down its lineage, almost every generation's Greater Yang Body wielder had many women.

In such a family environment, Lu Fangliang's view on relationships was much more open than Yang Xiao's.

Therefore, even though he knew Yang Xiao already had several women by his side, he still teased Ye Wanqing when he saw her. In his heart, he was envious, thinking that this Brother Yang of his had some incredible luck with women.

"Her name is Ye Wanqing. She is a descendant of the Profound Sun Emperor."

Yang Xiao smiled faintly, then introduced him to Ye Wanqing, "This fellow is Lu Fangliang. He has the Greater Yang Body, and a Great Emperor has also emerged from his family before."

"Ye Wanqing?"

"The Lu Family?"

But to Yang Xiao's surprise, when the two heard each other's identities, their expressions both froze.

They looked as if they couldn't believe it.

What made it even stranger for Yang Xiao was that it wasn't just them; even the four uncles who had come with Lu Fangliang—Lu Yixuan and the others—were also full of surprise.

"What's wrong?"

Yang Xiao was now genuinely puzzled.

"Er... you don't know, Brother Yang?"

At his question, Lu Fangliang's expression became a bit awkward.

Because this was related to a not-so-glorious family secret of their Lu Family.

Similarly, Ye Wanqing's expression also became uncomfortable.

At this, Yang Xiao became even more curious.

Especially when he recalled discovering, back when he was challenging the Great Emperor Tower, that Junior Brother Xuan Yang's Emperor's Weapon had a design almost identical to the Rising Dragon Tower. A guess began to form in his mind.

But a guess was just a guess.

Yang Xiao still wanted to hear what Lu Fangliang had to say.

He immediately said to him, "If I knew, would I be asking you?"

Hearing this, Lu Fangliang glanced at Ye Wanqing, and then at his eldest uncle.

Seeing that neither of them said anything, he finally began to speak.

As it turned out, the Lu and Ye Families were indeed connected.

And it was a major connection.

Strictly speaking, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say the two families were one clan.

In other words,

Lu Fangliang and Ye Wanqing.

If one were to trace their lineage, they could be considered clansmen—brother and sister.

Hearing this melodramatic revelation, Yang Xiao was truly at a loss for words.

"So, you're saying that an ancestor of your Lu Family, during his philandering days, had a child with a woman of the Ye surname—the Profound Sun Emperor, Ye Xuanyang—and that's how the Profound Sun Emperor's lineage came to be?"

Questioned so bluntly by Yang Xiao, both Lu Fangliang and Ye Wanqing were a little embarrassed.

However, he still explained, "That's right. It's quite difficult for my Lu Family to produce offspring. So, that ancestor of ours had no idea he even had such a son, which led to the Profound Sun Emperor being adrift in the world. By the time he found out, the Profound Sun Emperor had already been taken away by a powerful expert to become a disciple of the Nine Yang Supreme. Later, when he became a True God and returned to the Profound Sun Continent, our ancestor met him again. But by that time, for certain reasons, the Profound Sun Emperor was no longer willing to rejoin our Lu Family. Furthermore, his constitution had not undergone the baptism and, while excellent, was not the Greater Yang Body. So, my Lu Family ancestor didn't press the issue, only feeling it was a pity. Otherwise, with the Profound Sun Emperor's talent, I'm afraid my Lu Family might have truly had the chance to produce a Saint Emperor."

Hearing this, Yang Xiao finally understood.

It was just such a melodramatic plot.

It truly took him by surprise.

'No wonder Junior Brother Xuan Yang rarely mentioned his family back then. At most, he would mention his mother, but never his father. So that's how it was.'

Yang Xiao sighed inwardly.

But at this moment, Ye Wanqing stepped forward.

"Actually, the man who came with me earlier... his surname is also Lu. You could say he is a traitor to the Lu Family!"

The moment she said this, the expressions on Lu Fangliang and the others' faces all changed.

A traitor to the Lu Family.

Throughout all its generations, their Lu Family had only ever produced one traitor.

It was that guy!