Chapter 736 - Cunning and Scheming (1/2)
Yan Tianhen stepped in front of Lin Xuanzhi and blocked Xuan Lou’s sight. “Pardon me. Although I very much approve of your praise for my Dage, he’s mine and has absolutely no adulterous relationship with another man.”
“You? What’s your name?”
“Yan Tianhen.”
“Which Yan?”
“The Yan family’s Yan.”
Xuan Lou’s eyes widened in a glare. “Are you Yan Chi’s descendant?”
Yan Tianhen rubbed his nose and suddenly realized that the one in front of him had a bone-deep blood feud with the Yan family, so he thought about it and said, “We’re not from the same branch.”
“People from the Yan family are all the same. There’s not a single good person in the Yan family.” Xuan Lou said coldly, “Leave quickly, or else I won’t be polite!”
Yin Chongyue also felt quite helpless. He repeatedly made eye contact with Lin Xuanzhi and Yan Tianhen, signaling them to leave for now.
Lin Xuanzhi and Yan Tianhen didn’t want to create complications, so they could only retreat for the time being.
When they reached the cave entrance, they heard Xuan Lou’s childish voice travel over, sounding very miserable and sad, “It’s one thing for you to bring strangers to the place where we fell in love at first sight, but you actually even allowed them to covet the cauldron I use as a bed. Ah Yue, tell me, have you fallen out of love? Do you not like me anymore? Do you still hate me for sealing you in the FIve Continents?”
Yin Chongyue started coaxing him again with a flattering voice. Yan Tianhen only felt that he couldn’t bear to listen anymore.
Yin Chongyue was so domineering and awe-inspiring back when he was still sealed, exuding an aura of “Laozi is the first under Heaven. Fight me if you won’t accept that.” Even when he came to the Nine Lands, where big shots were as common as the clouds in the sky, he still maintained his proud and extraordinary aura. Unexpectedly, the current Yin Chongyue had actually become a scaredy-cat, raising a baby like he was serving a little ancestor.
Yan Tianhen shrugged speechlessly as he glanced at Lin Xuanzhi. “What do we do? That little ancestor is especially resistant to lending out the cauldron.”
Lin Xuanzhi’s expression looked nonchalant. “Based on that little ancestor’s words just now, the Illuminating Sky Cauldron seems to be nothing more than his bed. In that case, we might as well wait another couple of days. We’ll try peaceful measures before using force. If we truly can’t come to an agreement, we can’t just make this trip for nothing and resign ourselves to fate.”
Yan Tianhen asked hesitantly, “But, he should be your Xuan clan’s old ancestor, right?”
Lin Xuanzhi replied very contemptuously, “An ancestor who lost the Xuan clan’s empire?”
Yan Tianhen: “…”
Lin Xuanzhi added, “Old ancestor, yeah right. He’s nothing more than a little brat right now, and even his cultivation seems to have dropped greatly. If you and I join hands, we can absolutely suppress him.”
Yan Tianhen gave Lin Xuanzhi a deep look. “Dage, you’ve changed.”
Two were being roasted over the fire, while another one was already done. Yin Chongyue was carefully picking the bones out of that fish.
The little ancestor sat solemnly on the futon and crossed his pair of short legs. The Illuminating Sky Cauldron was behind him. He smelled the fish while staring at Lin Xuanzhi and Yan Tianhen. “I also know a little about the two of you. Although you’re descended from Yan Chi’s branch, since you look kind and also contributed greatly to releasing Ah Yue from the seal, I will very reluctantly stop pursuing the matter of your blood relations with that goddamned Yan Chi for the time being.”
Yan Tianhen didn’t know whether to laugh or cry, but he still had to nod and bow. “Many thanks to little ancestor for letting this matter go.”
The little ancestor was very satisfied with Yan Tianhen’s attitude. He nodded. “And you — since you’re called the Light of Daoism, you should also be very capable. I see that your cultivation has already reached the major attainment phase of Earth Realm’s Grandmaster Stage, but you didn’t make any breakthroughs after that. You should be deliberately suppressing your cultivation, right?”
Lin Xuanzhi was secretly surprised. After all, this little ancestor’s cultivation wasn’t very high right now, so he shouldn’t be able to see through Lin Xuanzhi’s cultivation. But unexpectedly, he hit the mark.
Lin Xuanzhi didn’t reveal anything on his face as he responded, “Indeed. Senior, you probably also know that the passage connecting the Nine Lands to the upper realm no longer exists. If I break through to Sky Realm, then either I’ll be crushed to pieces by the Nine Lands — which will no longer be able to contain my cultivation level — or I’ll completely destroy the Nine Lands. This is quite a hopeless situation.”
The little ancestor nodded. “At least you can see this clearly, unlike that bastard Yan Chi.”
Yan Tianhen asked, “What about Yan Chi?”
The little ancestor glared at him. “Do you know him?”
Yan Tianhen shook his head. “I don’t know him.”
The little ancestor: “Then what are you getting so excited for? Do you want to take revenge for him?”
Yan Tianhen: “…”
Little ancestor, aren’t you being too sensitive to anything related to Yan Chi?
Yin Chongyue hurriedly stuffed a mouthful of tender and delicious fish into the little ancestor’s mouth. “The fish is done. Ah Hen really was careful when buying this fish. Not only does it have very few bones, but it also doesn’t have a strong fishy smell. It melts as soon as it enters the mouth.”
The little ancestor chewed it and decided to let this unthoughtful boy off the hook for the time being.
After finishing the fish, the little ancestor revealed a cold smile that completely clashed with his baby face. “Yan Chi has been punished by the wrath of Heaven a long time ago. He’s deader than dead.”
Lin Xuanzhi and Yan Tianhen both raised their brows.