The Master and His Wealthy Fiancée

Chen Dong smiled faintly. "So, you're saying your father will make a move against us?"

Xiao Yu nodded. "He definitely will."

"Even if he already knows he'll lose?"

Xiao Yu said with utmost seriousness, "Yes. And he'll fight as if his life depends on it."

Chen Dong's eyes narrowed as he stared at Xiao Yu. Li Zhixuan, Luo Hua, and the others were also confused.

"This is what Cai Feiyu wants—to use your hands to kill my father!"

Luo Hua demanded, "What do you mean? I thought Cai Feiyu wanted my Luo Family's heirloom! Why would she want to kill your father now? And how could she possibly know that Chen Dong and his group would come, let alone intervene?"

Xiao Yu shook her head. "She didn't know. You all meeting up was just a coincidence. Even if Chen Dong's group hadn't come, Cai Feiyu would have found them while my father was still in Qianzhou and provoked a conflict. She doesn't normally have access to Profound Pill masters, so she would never let an opportunity like this slip by. Also, the one who wants your Luo Family's heirloom isn't Cai Feiyu. It's my father."

Luo Hua was still confused. "You've been talking all this time, but who are you? And who is your father? Why would he help Cai Feiyu?"

"My name is Xiao Yu. My father is Xiao Pan, the Sect Leader of the Xuanwu Sect!"

Luo Hua and Luo Chengwu were stunned, utterly dumbfounded. Compared to the Xuanwu Sect, the Luo Family—even at its peak—was nothing. The sect was an absolute behemoth. Why would the leader of such a powerful sect get involved in a dispute between two families in Qianzhou?

Xiao Yu's next words shocked them even more.

"Cai Feiyu is my full-blooded sister!"

Hearing this, Chen Dong realized they did bear some resemblance to each other. But having only met Xiao Yu once before, the thought had never crossed his mind.

Luo Hua and Luo Chengwu suddenly felt that the long-standing feud between the Luo, Cai, and Bai families was a complete joke. The Cai Family had the Xuanwu Sect backing them; they could have crushed the Luo Family at any time.

Xiao Yu continued, "Years ago, my father met my mother by chance during a sect mission, and they slowly fell in love. However, they both hid their true identities from each other, because they were both already betrothed. Still, my father was determined to be with my mother. When his mission's deadline passed, he didn't return to the sect but remained in the outside world. Two years later, my sister Xiao Yu and I were born. In the end, the sect found him and dragged him back. Because I had exceptional talent and an ideal constitution for cultivation, I was taken with him to the sect. But my sister's aptitude was ordinary, so she was left behind."

"After my father was dragged back, he refused to go through with his betrothal. Instead, he trained like a man possessed. By the time he became Sect Leader and went looking for my mother, he couldn't find her."

Chen Dong's brow tightened. "'Rain that is not rain'... Cai Feiyu. It seems your mother resented your father deeply."

Luo Chengwu said, "No wonder. I remember when Cai Feiyu's mother returned after being gone for several years. She was covered in wounds and had a daughter with her. The great families of Qianzhou ridiculed her for a long time after that."

Luo Hua said blankly, "Why don't I know about this?"

Luo Chengwu rubbed his head good-naturedly. "You were only three or four back then, Young Master. You probably don't remember. I was already seven or eight, though!"

Xiao Yu's expression turned bitter. "Because the Cai Family is a great clan, my mother never used her real name when she was with my father. After returning to Qianzhou, the Cai Family forbade anyone from speaking about what happened to her, making it even more difficult for my father to track her down. It wasn't until two years ago that my father found Cai Feiyu by chance. By then, my mother had already died of illness long ago. Ever since, my father has been desperately trying to make it up to Cai Feiyu."

Luo Hua had a flash of insight. "No wonder the Cai Family's power suddenly surged two years ago!"

Xiao Yu continued, "And the reason he's targeting your Luo Family is because of your heirloom: the Spirit Root! Others may not know about it, but the Xuanwu Sect has records. Because of our differing aptitudes, I was the only one taken by the Xuanwu Sect back then. So now, my father wants to compensate for Cai Feiyu's lack of aptitude by transplanting a Spirit Root into her. But Cai Feiyu couldn't care less. She keeps putting it off. Years of resentment have twisted her. All she wants now is to get revenge on my father."

Chen Dong said coolly, "So, your father knows she wants revenge, and he's willing to go along with it?"

"My father... Yes. This whole affair has become his Heart Demon. He once told me that he'll never be able to advance past the Profound Pill Realm in this life. He said that if my mother is watching from the great beyond, he's willing to use his own life to atone for his guilt!"

Chen Dong sighed softly. "I understand." Then he turned and got in the car.

Luo Hua and Luo Chengwu glanced at Xiao Yu, then back at Chen Dong. They were still confused, but they had no choice but to follow him into the car.

Xiao Yu quickly shouted, "Don't go to the Cai Family's ancestral estate! I'll figure out a way to save the captured woman!"

Chen Dong ignored her, saying coolly, "Drive. To the Cai Family's ancestral estate."

Alarmed, Xiao Yu's figure flickered, and she appeared directly in front of the car. A faint golden light gathered around her; she had already reached the Inner Realm.

Dual-wielding a pair of short swords, she shouted, "If you want to go to the Cai Family's ancestral estate, you'll have to get through me first!"

Chen Dong extended an arm out of the car window. With a flick of his finger, a wisp of flame ignited. A piercing cry echoed as a majestic Fire Phoenix instantly materialized from the flame and charged toward Xiao Yu.

Xiao Yu's pupils contracted. 'What is that?!'