275: Chapter 275 The Wen Family

"Let's go," Wen Yuxuan said to Wen Yuyan beside her.

The two stood up, left together, and headed toward the City Lord's Manor.

In a short while, the two arrived outside the City Lord's Manor. Looking at the four Late Qi Refining Stage Cultivators outside the manor, Wen Yuxuan softly said, "Four little friends, the two of us come from the Foundation Establishment Family, the Wen Family, and wish to visit the City Lord's Manor."

Hearing this, one of the four stepped out and said, "Please wait here for a moment, Seniors. Allow this Junior to go report first, and then I will invite the two of you in."

Wen Yuxuan nodded.

Wen Yuyan at the side was somewhat dissatisfied.

Both sides were Foundation Establishment Cultivators; even if the other party came from a Purple Mansion Family, so what?

Such a big posture could only be pulled by their Old Ancestor.

Although Wen Yuxuan was walking in front, she could still sense Wen Yuyan's emotions behind her. She frowned and sent a voice transmission, "Today we are here to ask for help, remember to restrain your temper."

"Got it, Third Sister," Wen Yuyan said unhappily.

Wen Yuxuan shook her head inwardly. She really had no choice regarding this younger brother; if not for the Family being unable to spare anyone else to come with her, she wouldn't have brought him along.

After a moment, the main gate opened.

A man wearing a deep cyan robe walked out, followed by the Qi Refining Cultivator who had been guarding the door earlier.

"Fellow Daoists, thank you for visiting my humble abode. I failed to welcome you from afar, please forgive me." Chen Changyue looked at the two and said apologetically.

"Not at all, Fellow Daoist Chen," Wen Yuxuan was very polite.

Wen Yuyan at the side also shook his head.

Seeing that the two did not harbor any dissatisfaction, Chen Changyue became even more certain of his guess about them.

He stopped thinking about it and led the two into the City Lord's Manor. Whatever matters they had, it was better to discuss them inside the manor.

Wen Yuxuan and the other were not surprised and followed him inside together.

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"I wonder what brings the two Fellow Daoists here? As long as this humble self can help, just speak your minds," Chen Changyue said politely.

"Fellow Daoist Chen, we indeed have a matter for this trip," Wen Yuxuan began.

"Oh, what matter is it?"

"Fellow Daoist Chen should know the news about the Ning Family being destroyed four years ago, right?" As Wen Yuxuan spoke, she closely watched Chen Changyue's gaze, trying to discern something from it.

Unfortunately, Chen Changyue's gaze didn't have the slightest ripple. She was somewhat puzzled; could it be that the Chen Family had no idea at all who destroyed the Ning Family?

Perhaps because the other party was only a Middle Stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator, it was normal that he didn't know.

Chen Changyue did not know what the other party was thinking. He knew the Ning Family was destroyed, and he also knew who did it, but logically speaking, their Chen Family shouldn't know. If they knew, wouldn't that imply the person who rescued Ning Qingluo that day was someone from their Chen Family?

"The Ning Family? Four years ago, a piece of news did come spreading that the Ning Family was wiped out by evil Cultivators. Wasn't there a massive bounty issued by the Giant Sword Sect afterwards to hunt them down? Could it be that there are evil Cultivators in the Giant Sword Sect's territory again?"

"That's not it. It seems Fellow Daoist Chen is not clear about this. Actually, the Ning Family wasn't wiped out by evil Cultivators! Originally, our Wen Family also thought so, but these past few years..." Wen Yuxuan wore a distressed expression.

"Not wiped out by evil Cultivators, then who was it?"

Chen Changyue pretended to be completely unaware.

"This still needs to..."

"Shut up."

Wen Yuyan was just about to rebuke Chen Changyue for having a bad brain, but was directly scolded by Wen Yuxuan.

Wen Yuyan had no choice but to shut his mouth and say no more, but when looking at Chen Changyue, his gaze carried a faint, imperceptible disdain.

Chen Changyue looked at the two with a smile, not caring in the least what thoughts they had at the moment.

Wen Yuxuan did not say it directly, instead pointing towards the sky. With such a straightforward expression, even if Chen Changyue didn't know, he could still tell who the other party was talking about.

"Are you saying it's the Giant Sword Sect?" Chen Changyue asked doubtfully.

Wen Yuxuan nodded.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible! Are you Fellow Daoists trying to trick me? Isn't the Giant Sword Sect smashing its own foot by doing such a thing?" Chen Changyue said angrily.

Seeing Chen Changyue fly into a rage, Wen Yuxuan for a moment couldn't tell whether the other party was faking it or truly like that. She patiently explained, "Fellow Daoist Chen, I know you will find this matter absurd, but please you must believe us."

"Their reason for destroying the Ning Family is very simple: the Ning Family masters the secret technique of cultivating Spirit Medicine. Although we've heard someone once demanded this secret technique from the Ning Family, who knows if the Ning Family made that up themselves? Only that ever since then, the Spirit Medicine cultivated by the Ning Family indeed hasn't been as abundant or good as before."

"Yet they still set their sights on the Ning Family, and not only that, but they have now set their sights on our Wen Family as well."

Wen Yuxuan wore a helpless expression. If they hadn't been targeted by the Giant Sword Sect, how could they have come to the Chen Family so submissively, begging for help like this?

Wen Yuyan was already a bit impatient. Facing a Purple Mansion Master, he could still lower his posture, but facing a fellow Foundation Establishment Cultivator, he simply couldn't act like Wen Yuxuan did.

"They set their sights on the Ning Family? I can understand that, but what does your Wen Family have?" Chen Changyue narrowed his eyes and asked in return.

"I'm not clear either," Wen Yuxuan shook her head.

"Fellow Daoist Wen, however foolish this humble self may be, I still know the purpose of your visit today: nothing more than wanting our Chen Family to help you out and clash with the Giant Sword Sect." Chen Changyue's gaze was calm as he stared at the two, stating their purpose outright.

"Yet you two don't seem to understand the situation. What makes you think the Chen Family would help a Foundation Establishment Family with whom we have neither friendship nor business dealings, and then risk the lives of our entire clan to fight to the death with a Purple Mansion Sect that has stood for over a thousand years?"

"This...?" Wen Yuxuan was somewhat flustered by the counter-question.

For a moment, she didn't know how to refute it.

Originally, the probability of obtaining the Chen Family's assistance on this trip was already not high; after all, the price they offered was far from enough to make the Chen Family shoulder matters for them.

Moreover, the two sides had neither friendship nor any exchange of interests.

The reason they came to the Chen Family to seek assistance was precisely because the Chen Family was on bad terms with the Giant Sword Sect, and even more so because they had been driven to a dead end.

However, their Wen Family had already sent away some talented clansmen, purely out of fear that after the Wen Family was destroyed by the Giant Sword Sect in the future, not a single bit of Bloodline would remain in the world.

"Since the two Fellow Daoists are unwilling to tell the truth, this humble self has no choice but to ask you two to leave first. Please forgive Chen for his poor hospitality." Chen Changyue waved his hand, his gaze somewhat cold.

The Chen Family was never composed of kind people; or rather, kind people could simply never survive in the Immortal Realm.

Hearing this, Wen Yuxuan's mood plummeted. Their Wen Family truly could not produce a sufficient price to hire the Chen Family's help.

"Let's go!" As she left, her tone carried despair.

After the two left, Chen Changyue recounted the purpose of their visit to Chen Yuanwen and the others.

After learning of it, Chen Yuanwen merely nodded slightly, indicating that he understood.

"Sister, those bastards from the Chen Family are actually unwilling to help. Despicable," Wen Yuyan walked down the street and directly cursed.

With this curse of his, it instantly aroused the hostility of quite a few Cultivators around.

Cursing the Chen Family wasn't that different from cursing them.

"Enough, since we cannot rely on the Chen Family, we'll just treat a dead horse as a live one. Let's go to the Xuantian Sect and the Song Family to see if they will make a move." Wen Yuxuan stopped him and said in a deep voice.