LGHTNOVELBOOK Chapter 24:
Chapter 24:
As soon as Xiao Yang returned to the Holy Son’s residence, his younger sister, Xiao Yue, came rushing in.
“Brother, come with me down the mountain quickly, or else our Xiao family’s assets will be taken away!” Xiao Yue exclaimed anxiously.
“What’s going on?” Xiao Yang asked calmly.
Xiao Yue hastily explained everything.
The Xiao family was one of the two major cultivation clans in Yuanlong City. Thanks to Xiao Yang, the Xiao family had risen rapidly, evolving from an insignificant family into a second-tier clan.
The other cultivation family in Yuanlong City was the Liu family.
Years ago, the Xiao and Liu families had fought fiercely over a spiritual stone mine in the northern mountains. In the end, Xiao Yang had defeated the Liu family and driven them out of Yuanlong City.
Now, the Liu family had returned, stronger than ever.
A genius from the Liu family had joined the Guiyuan Martial Sect, the second most powerful sect in the Northern Territory.
Hearing the full story, Xiao Yang understood. The Liu family dared to return because they had found a powerful backer.
The Guiyuan Martial Sect was much stronger than the Qingyang Sword Sect.
“Why come to me? Go to your so-called virtuous sworn brother,” Xiao Yang said indifferently, refusing to get involved.
“What did you say?” Xiao Yue looked at him in disbelief.
“From now on, don’t come to me about the Xiao family’s problems. Go to Qin Fei,” Xiao Yang said coldly.
After all, wasn’t Qin Fei their cherished adopted son and sworn brother? Let him handle it.
“Do you think I don’t want to ask Brother Fei? But he’s at a critical stage of refining his Five-Element Flying Sword, and we don’t want to disturb him,” Xiao Yue snapped.
“Haha…” Xiao Yang laughed bitterly.
“So you won’t disturb him, but you’ll disturb me?”
His heart grew cold.
Parents, siblings—everyone cared for Qin Fei. And yet, he, their real son, was left out.
In his past life, his parents and sister had provided countless cultivation resources to Qin Fei, helping him grow stronger. Without their help, how could Qin Fei have ever been a match for him?
He had died by Qin Fei’s sword, and his parents and sister were accomplices.
“Brother, you’re part of the Xiao family too. Can you really just stand by and watch as our family’s assets are taken away?” Xiao Yue couldn’t believe Xiao Yang’s attitude.
“The Five-Element Divine Iron… Xiao Yue, you gave the precious iron I painstakingly found for you to Qin Fei?” Xiao Yang stared at her coldly.
“This isn’t about that! Our family is on the brink of annihilation, and you’re hung up on this? Aren’t you going to help? Are you even human?”
Xiao Yue shot back, stunned at first but quickly accusing him again.
Faced with his sister’s scolding, Xiao Yang felt utterly heartbroken.
These were his family members?
They ignored him when things were fine, only to turn to him when trouble arose.
And the priceless Five-Element Divine Iron he had spent years searching for? It had been casually given away to Qin Fei.
Though he had foreseen these events from his past life, it still stung when they unfolded in the present.
“Leave!” Xiao Yang said, his tone firm.
Reborn into this life, he no longer wanted to intervene.
After all, the Xiao family would eventually fall into Qin Fei’s hands.
Their cultivation resources had already been handed over to Qin Fei.
Better to let the Liu family take their assets than to let Qin Fei profit.
“Brother, are you really this heartless?”
Xiao Yue felt like her brother had become a stranger.
She sensed the growing distance between them and panicked.
If Xiao Yang refused to act, the Xiao family would be doomed.
Their hard-earned family business would be swallowed by the Liu family.
Suddenly, she thought of someone who might convince Xiao Yang to act.
“Brother, you’ve disappointed me,” Xiao Yue said angrily before storming out.
Xiao Yang knew exactly who she planned to find.
But in this life, it wouldn’t matter who they sent.
Moments after Xiao Yue left, his third junior brother, Song Qiang, arrived.
News of Xiao Yang’s return had already spread throughout the sect.
“Senior Brother!” Song Qiang greeted him enthusiastically.
“Come, have some tea,” Xiao Yang said, preparing tea himself.
Soon, the aroma of tea filled the courtyard as they chatted.
Through Song Qiang, Xiao Yang quickly learned about the sect’s recent events over the past three months.
Qin Fei, true to his prodigious nature, had used the Five-Element Divine Iron to forge a Five-Element Divine Sword in record time.
And that precious divine iron?
It had been a gift from the Xiao family’s second daughter to Qin Fei.
Such a rare treasure, given away so casually, had earned the Xiao family’s second daughter quite the reputation in the sect.
But Xiao Yang already knew all of this.
It had all happened in his past life.
Not long after, someone barged in from outside.
Xiao Yang had already deactivated the defensive formations of the Holy Son’s residence upon his return.
“Junior Sister!” Song Qiang exclaimed, immediately standing up.
Following the person inside was Xiao Yue.
“Senior Brother, how can you be so heartless? Are you really going to ignore your own parents’ lives?” Jiang Ting, the new arrival, began scolding Xiao Yang the moment she entered.
Xiao Yang, however, remained unmoved, continuing to brew tea without even lifting his gaze.
In his past life, Xiao Yue had brought Jiang Ting to convince him.
At first, he had refused to act.
But Jiang Ting had softened her approach, acting kind, sweet-talking, and even doting on him.
In the end, her persistence had worked, and he had saved the Xiao family.
Yet, once the crisis was resolved, she had discarded him again, running back to Qin Fei’s side.
He had been left alone and ignored once more.
His past life had been full of such humiliations.
No matter how much he gave, he only ever received fleeting recognition.
In their eyes, there was only Qin Fei.
They believed that Qin Fei, with his innate Dao body, was destined to be the protagonist of their world.
And they weren’t wrong.
Qin Fei’s future had indeed been limitless—because he had sacrificed the entire Northern Territory to break the seal of the Abyss in his past life.
When Xiao Yang snapped out of his thoughts, Jiang Ting was still berating him.
“Senior Brother, how can you be so inhuman? Those are your parents!” Jiang Ting shouted.
“My parents? Aren’t they with Qin Fei now?” Xiao Yang replied coldly, his face emotionless.
“What?” Jiang Ting froze.
“Tell my parents this: If they can’t bear to lose the family assets, then let their beloved adopted son Qin Fei handle it. From now on, I won’t involve myself in the Xiao family’s affairs,” Xiao Yang said, his tone devoid of any emotion.