69: Chapter 69 My mother... she didn't kill you?

[Name: Chen Xuanfeng, Gender: Male, Age: Twenty-four years and three months, Talent: Sword Dao, Spiritual Root: Gold and Wood Dual Spiritual Root, Cultivation: Late Foundation Establishment Stage, Physique: Innate Sword Body (Inactive)]

Whoa!

He really is a Sword Cultivator born to wield a sword.

"Cultivate!"

"What?" Everyone in the room looked at Luo Yunkai, who had suddenly become agitated, in confusion.

Luo Yunkai reached out and held Chen Xuanfeng's hand, which was calloused from hard training. These calluses were formed because Chen Xuanfeng practiced the sword privately, showing his diligence.

"Xuanfeng, Father told you, you are a born Sword Cultivator. Not letting you Cultivate the sword is simply wasting your potential!"

"You must Cultivate the sword; even a dog wouldn't practice Alchemy!"

Ye Fan silently looked up, staring intently at his unreliable father.

A dog wouldn't Cultivate, but I should? Right!

Luo Yunkai realized that his Good Eldest Son, Ye Fan, was staring at him because he wanted to learn Alchemy. He coughed lightly.

"Xuanfeng, don't worry, Father will definitely make you a Sword Cultivator!"

Chen Xuanfeng was very excited. He glanced out the window and lowered his voice, "Father, while the Dao Protector arranged by Maternal Grandfather is being held up, we should leave quickly. Otherwise, once he reacts and notifies Maternal Grandfather, we won't be able to leave."

Luo Yunkai righteously refused, "How can we sneak away? Wouldn't that make your Maternal Grandfather worry?"

Chen Xuanfeng grew anxious, "Father, after we escape far away, I will send a message to Maternal Grandfather to let him know we are safe."

Luo Yunkai still refused, "No. If I, Luo Yunkai, am taking my son home, it must be done openly and honorably. What kind of behavior is hiding and sneaking around?"

Chen Xuanfeng's spirit flagged. The Qingmang Sword at his waist seemed to droop against the scabbard, looking utterly dejected.

"Maternal Grandfather won't let me leave," he murmured in despair.

Xiao Tian couldn't bear to watch. He walked up to Chen Xuanfeng and heavily patted his shoulder, "Brother Xuanfeng, don't be discouraged. That old man definitely has a way!"

Chen Xuanfeng's expression was blank, "You all don't know how stubborn my Maternal Grandfather is."

"Back then, the Blazing Fire Sword Ancestor, a Nascent Soul Elder from the Heavenly Sword Sect, saw me practicing the sword on Wind Cliff Mountain. He thought I had considerable talent in the Sword Dao and wanted to take me as a disciple to Cultivate at the Heavenly Sword Sect. Even he refused."

Luo Yunkai frowned, "There was such a thing?"

He had assumed that the City Lord of Dan City simply hadn't discovered his grandson's talent in the Sword Dao, which is why he was so focused on cultivating him into an Alchemist.

Chen Xuanfeng tightly pursed his lips, "Father, don't think about persuading Maternal Grandfather. He won't let me go."

Luo Yunkai smiled reassuringly, "Don't worry, Father has a way to make your Maternal Grandfather let go."

Chen Xuanfeng nodded, but he no longer held much hope. Having given up the thought of leaving, he wasn't overly disappointed either.

He had experienced this kind of disappointment many times, and it no longer affected his state of mind.

His gaze shifted to Xiao Tian, who had just comforted him.

"We truly have fate. This is the third time we've met, right?"

Xiao Tian grinned, "Brother Xuanfeng, my name is Xiao Tian. I am the old man's son, so we are half-brothers."

Chen Xuanfeng nodded, his back straight, giving off an air of holding himself aloof.

"Just call me Brother!"

Xiao Tian rubbed the tip of his nose, smiling awkwardly.

Chen Xuanfeng looked confused, "What? Am I not worthy of you calling me Brother?"

Xiao Tian quickly waved his hands, "That's not what I meant. It's just... we have another Elder brother."

Chen Xuanfeng didn't understand.

Luo Yunkai saw Xiao Tian constantly signaling him, asking if he should speak. Chen Xuanfeng, his newly recognized son, also cast a questioning look. Suddenly, Luo Yunkai felt a bit awkward.

Having too rich a love history made the matter of ordering his sons quite... difficult.

"Ahem, what Tian'er means is that you have older brothers above you."

Chen Xuanfeng fell into silence.

He looked at Luo Yunkai with an expression of utter disbelief. There were too many emotions in his eyes to be deciphered.

"My mother, she, didn't kill you?"

That person, so proud, aloof, and looking down on everyone—how could she possibly allow herself to be just one of the women of the child's father?

Luo Yunkai felt even more awkward.

He was grateful that his beard was long and thick enough to conceal his guilty expression.

"Ahem, your mother doesn't know."

Chen Xuanfeng fell silent again.

This time, the silence lasted noticeably longer.

After a long while, he said sincerely, "Father, I suggest you leave Dan City immediately, the farther the better."

Preferably somewhere the news couldn't even reach Dan City.

Otherwise, he worried he might face the tragedy of his mother being his father's killer.

Luo Yunkai waved his hand, "I have a sense of propriety. You don't need to worry."

Upon hearing this, Chen Xuanfeng didn't press further.

This father was too vexing.

But the brothers were good.

His gaze fell upon Su Xin and the others.

"You are all family now, right? Don't call me Brother Xuanfeng; call me Brother Xuanfeng, it sounds more intimate."

"Brother Xuanfeng, I am Su Xin."

"Brother Xuanfeng, I am Ye Fan."

Chen Xuanfeng nodded, his gaze landing on Jin Fugui, "You... look somewhat familiar?"

Jin Fugui knew Chen Xuanfeng was mistaken. He rolled his round eyes, "I am Jin Fugui."

Chen Xuanfeng was surprised, "Jin Fugui, so it's you. I truly didn't expect us to be brothers."

Jin Fugui's eyes nearly rolled out of his head, "Wake up! Don't you know who my father is? Stop pretending."

Chen Xuanfeng said faintly, "Kong Yishui's body looked like it wouldn't last long. I truly don't believe he could have fathered you. I'm serious, Jin Fugui, why don't you get a Bloodline test? You can't possibly be that guy Kong Yishui's son."

Jin Fugui frowned, "Why do you have such strong hostility towards my father? Although I also dislike him very much, my mother would never betray my father!"

Chen Xuanfeng shook his head, "Your mother was even more blind than mine."

Luo Yunkai felt a sense of being innocently implicated.

Jin Fugui felt there was something hidden in his words, "What do you mean by that?"

Chen Xuanfeng sneered, "What do I mean? Back then, my mother rejected Kong Yishui, and shortly after, she encountered a powerful enemy and disappeared. What do you think I mean?"

"If my mother hadn't returned when Kong Yishui had already become Dao Companions with your mother and was protected by Duobao Tower, my Maternal Grandfather would have already avenged my mother and made Kong Yishui wish he were dead!"

"What?" Jin Fugui suddenly stood up, incredulous, "How is that possible? He isn't..."

Jin Fugui's voice abruptly cut off.

"Isn't what?" Chen Xuanfeng lifted his chin slightly, his expression calm.

Jin Fugui didn't speak.

Because he remembered: the story was that his father became Dao Companions with his mother because he suspected Chen Shuangfei's disappearance was his mother's doing, intending to take revenge—it was his mother!

"But, if that's the case, why..." doesn't he like me?

Jin Fugui was confused.

He had just found an excuse for why he wasn't favored, and now it had been overturned.

Jin Fugui's heart became somewhat chaotic.

Leaving the eighth floor to Luo Yunkai and the others, Jin Fugui left with unsteady steps.

Steward Fu noticed that the Young Master's aura was extremely disturbed and surprisingly followed after him.

Without Steward Fu obstructing the way, Chen Xuanfeng's Dao Protector appeared on the eighth floor of Duobao Tower.

His robe bore the insignia of the City Lord of Dan City, so the people of Duobao Tower did not make a move.

"Young Master, the City Lord requests your return."

Chen Xuanfeng remained expressionless and nodded to Luo Yunkai without speaking.

He concealed the relationship between them from the Dao Protector.

"Farewell!"

He stepped onto the Qingmang Sword and rode the wind away!