As the thunder roared and lightning flashed, the aura of the Immortal Ascension Stage spread out and the fighting in the courtyard became more violent. Hu Xun’s cries of alarm also rang out.
Xu Hao had no idea what was happening inside, even if he wanted to investigate, he couldn’t get close.
After the time it took to brew a cup of tea, the excited battle gradually calmed down.
Half of the manor had been destroyed by the aftermath of the battle, so Xu Hao immediately rushed towards the battlefield. When he got closer, his eyes couldn’t help narrowing.
In the chaotic battlefield, a figure dressed in white stood with a spear in her hand, blood dripping from the tip of the silver spear. In front of her, Hu Xun was leaning against a stone wall, his hands clutching his throat. His entire body was covered in wounds, and he was coughing violently as blood poured out from between his fingers. His eyes were wide open, filled with a longing for life.
Xu Hao’s mind went blank.
Senior Brother Hu Xun had actually lost! Not only had he lost, from the looks of it, even his life would be in danger.
Xu Hao couldn’t believe his eyes.
Senior Brother Hu Xun was a Third Order Immortal Ascension Stage cultivator, so even if his sister broke through at the last moment, she had only just broken through to the Immortal Ascension Stage. How could Senior Brother Hu Xun lose?
In the next instant, Xu Hao felt a wave of killing intent sweep towards him like a tsunami, instantly freezing his body.
A cold light flashed across his eyes and enveloped his vision.
“Xiao Ya, don’t! That’s your little brother!” Zhao Yebai, who was following closely behind, quickly shouted.
A strong gust of wind blew past, and a spear light hit Xu Hao’s forehead, causing blood to flow out. Xu Hao focused his vision and saw Zhao Ya standing ten feet away from him, the silver spear in her hand only an inch away from piercing his head.
Hovering before the life and death, Xu Hao was drenched in cold sweat.
If Zhao Yebai had shouted a little slower just now, he would have been a corpse by now. Only now did he realize that Zhao Yebai had not been joking when he said his sister had a strong killing intent.
“Xiao Ya!” Zhen Xuemei cried as she stepped forward and grabbed Zhao Ya’s arm, sizing her up before asking anxiously, “Are you alright? Are you hurt anywhere?”
Xu Liangcai, who was following behind her, glanced at Zhao Ya with a complicated expression, but soon his eyes were drawn to Hu Xun, who was panting heavily. His expression changed drastically as he cried out, “Hao’er, quickly look at your Senior Brother!”
Xu Hao quickly nodded and rushed over to Hu Xun’s side to examine his injuries.
Zhao Ya’s thick killing intent instantly dissipated after Zhao Yebai shouted those words, turning to look at him with concern, “Brother Xiaobai, are you alright?”
“I’m fine,” Zhao Yebai shook his head.
“What did you just say…? What do you mean?” Zhao Ya’s eyes flashed with confusion.
Zhao Yebai opened his mouth and sighed after a while, “Xiao Ya, if I’m not mistaken, Aunt Mei is your mother, Uncle Xu is your father, and Xu Hao is your younger brother.”
“Mother?” Zhao Ya’s pupils shrank as she stared at Zhen Xuemei in disbelief.
Zhen Xuemei’s tears flowed down her cheeks like pearls from a broken string as she nodded heavily, “Child, I am your mother!”
Zhao Ya’s thoughts were instantly thrown into chaos. After all, she had just fought a life and death battle with someone, and now that someone had suddenly told her that her mother was right in front of her, she couldn’t process it.
If these words were spoken by someone else, Zhao Ya would naturally not take them seriously, but since these words came from Zhao Yebai, she had no doubts.
“When you were injured in the wooden house in the mountain, Aunt Mei helped you bandage your wound and saw the plum blossom birthmark on your left shoulder. Aunt Mei’s daughter also had a similar birthmark, and your age was also quite similar,” Zhao Yebai sighed.
Zhao Ya continued to stare at the weeping Zhen Xuemei, suddenly remembering that Aunt Mei had once said that she had a daughter about the same age as her.
However, after living here for so long, she had never met the daughter that Aunt Mei had mentioned. Zhao Ya didn’t like to inquire about other people’s privacy, so she had never asked.
Now it seemed that the daughter she was referring to was actually her?
“Xiao Ya, Mother has let you down, Mother didn’t take good care of you,” Zhen Xuemei cried bitterly.
Zhao Ya’s eyes also slowly turned red as she stared at the woman in front of her and softly called out, “Mother!”
Zhen Xuemei covered her mouth and couldn’t help sobbing. She had waited twenty years for this! Now that she heard it, even if she died immediately, she could rest in peace.
On the other side, Xu Liangcai stood beside Hu Xun and watched anxiously. Although Xu Hao had poured his strength into Hu Xun’s body to stabilize his injuries, he was still unable to do anything.
In the beginning, Hu Xun’s throat still let out a dry sound, but after a moment, Hu Xun slowly stopped moving, his eyes wide and his hands hanging limply as his vitality dissipated.
Xu Hao slowly stood up, his face as pale as paper.
“Dead?” Xu Liangcai staggered a few steps as if he had been struck by lightning, then immediately sat down on the ground, “Disaster, disaster!”
Hu Xun had died in his house, and the one who had killed him was the daughter he had abandoned twenty years ago. How could Spirit Sea Palace let this matter rest? Not only would Hao’er’s future be ruined, but his family would also suffer.
Suddenly standing up, he angrily walked towards Zhao Ya and when he got close, he sent out a slap.
Pa! A bright red palm print appeared on Zhao Ya’s face.
“Look at what you’ve done!” Xu Liangcai was furious.
“What are you doing!?” Zhen Xuemei quickly stood in front of Zhao Ya and spread her arms like a mother hen protecting her little chick.
Xu Liangcai cursed angrily, “She’s a disaster. Twenty years ago, I throw her away, so why did she come back twenty years later? It’s one thing for her to come back, but she actually brought such a disaster to my Xu Family. If I had known this would happen, I would have personally strangled her to death!”
“Are you crazy?” Zhen Xuemei exclaimed.
Behind him, Zhao Ya lowered her head slightly, tears dripping down her face as she muttered, “So… I was thrown away?”
Xu Liangcai shouted, “That’s right, I personally threw you away at the back of the mountain. Why didn’t you get taken away by some vicious beast? Why are you still alive?”
“Enough, Dong’er is your daughter!” Zhen Xuemei was so angry her whole body was trembling.
“As soon as she appeared, she brought great disaster to the Xu Family! I don’t have such a daughter! If Hu Xun dies, what will happen to Hao’er in the future? What will happen to my Xu Family? Will the people from Spirit Sea Palace let us go? We’re dead, all of this was caused by her.”
Zhen Xuemei said angrily, “That Hu Xun isn’t a good person. If he wants to bully Dong’er, can’t Dong’er resist? Being killed is his own fault.”
“Foolish woman, shut up!”
“Brother Xiaobai!” Zhao Ya suddenly turned to Zhao Yebai and smiled gently, “Can you please leave for a moment so I can talk to my parents?”
Zhao Yebai frowned as he stared at the palm print on her face. Hesitating for a moment, he eventually nodded and disappeared.
Xu Liangcai was still cursing when his voice suddenly stopped and his eyes focused on the silver spear tip less than three inches in front of him, trembling slightly as he asked, “You… you… what are you doing? I’m your father, are you trying to kill me?”
Zhen Xuemei was also dumbfounded by this scene, shaking her head towards Zhao Ya in panic, “Dong’er, don’t be rash!”
Although she had secretly hated Xu Liangcai for throwing her daughter all these years, as a child, if she were to kill her father, it would be unforgivable.
Xu Hao’s heart was in his throat. With his sister’s strength when she killed Senior Brother Hu Xun, if she wanted to kill someone, there was no way he could stop her.
Perhaps only Zhao Yebai could subdue his sister.
No wonder she had asked Zhao Yebai to leave first, it was obvious she didn’t want him to see her cold side.
“When I was young, I knew that I was picked up by Aunt Lu, but Aunt Lu was very good to me, just like my own mother. Also, Uncle Yang, Brother Xiaobai always said that if Father was alive, he would definitely be like Uncle Yang, so I always felt that I had a mother and a father, no worse than anyone else. When I was seven years old, I left the Seven Stars Collection and entered Seven Stars Square to cultivate. Although Master seemed unreasonable, he was actually very good, not to mention that I had Brother Xiaobai.”
“Dong’er… what are you trying to say?” Zhen Xuemei looked at her somewhat fearfully.
Zhao Ya smiled lightly, “I have never thought about finding my birth parents. To me, the ones who raised me are my family. As for you… you are nothing.”
Xu Liangcai swallowed his saliva and said weakly, “I am your father!”
Zhao Ya smiled and said, “Since you throw me when i was born, what right do you have to be my father? What right do you have to criticize me?”
The silver spear in her hand was thrust forward an inch, causing Xu Liangcai to stagger back as he shouted in panic, “You, you’re disgraceful!”
“If this spear of mine were to stab into your head, it would be considered a great disgrace. Do you want to try?”
Zhen Xuemei’s face paled, “Dong’er, don’t!”
Zhao Ya’s face was cold as she grit her teeth, “My name is Zhao Ya!”
Suddenly putting away her spear, Zhao Ya bent down and bowed towards Zhen Xuemei, “No matter what, thank you for taking care of me these past few days, Aunt Mei. Please take care of yourself in the future.”
Zhen Xuemei cried, “You also need to take good care of yourself.”
Zhao Ya nodded lightly and walked forward.
“You won’t be able to escape,” Xu Hao, who had been silent all this time, sighed heavily, “With Senior Brother Hu Xun’s death and the extinguishing of his Life Lamp, Spirit Sea Palace should already know about this news. I’m afraid Master has already rushed here.”
Xu Liangcai nodded heavily and said, “Don’t leave yet, when the people from Spirit Sea Palace arrive, explain everything clearly.”
Zhao Ya ignored him.
But soon, she stopped and looked towards a certain direction as if she was facing a great enemy.
A figure flashed past him and Zhao Yebai appeared out of nowhere. Grabbing Zhao Ya’s hand, he hurriedly said, “Let’s go, something’s wrong!”
He was only at the Qi Transformation Stage and his perception wasn’t as strong as Zhao Ya’s, but he instinctively felt a trace of unease, as if something bad was about to happen.
TO BE CONTINUED...
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