Chapter 636: The Disappointed Teacher, The Lost Student
“Wei Xu, being born into such a Wei Family, are you joyous or sorrowful?”
The fact that the Wei family were traitors was something known to many of its core members. As the direct heir of the Wei family and a Nepenthe cultivator, Wei Xu should have known as well, yet no one had ever told him.
“All these years, the Wei family kept you away from every dark deed, never let you get involved, never told you the truth. Every day, you were only asked to study the classics and cultivate well. Speaking of which, it's laughable, really. How did a pure white lotus grow out of this muddy mire of the Wei Family?”
The Wei Family Head chuckled. The words should have been cutting, but for some reason, he said them with genuine sincerity.
Wei Xu smiled bitterly. “Why does the Family Head choose to tell me all of this now?”
The Wei Family Head looked at Wei Xu with some pity and said softly, “Wei Xu, oh Wei Xu. You're not the same as us, not the same as the Wei Family. But you were born into the Wei Family, and that wasn't your choice. Even so, at this point, I want to give you a chance.”
Wei Xu looked at the Wei Family Head in confusion.
“Leave this place. Sever all ties with the Wei Family henceforth. If the Wei Family wins, I'll consider you already dead. If the Wei Family loses, I presume Chen Che will also spare your life once he knows you had no part in these matters.”
The Wei Family Head's voice was calm, yet his gaze was layered with complexity. His feelings for Wei Xu had always been conflicted, even tinged with some personal bias.