Chapter 75: Yaoyao, where are you?
Lü Ze showed a slight look of surprise on his face, then smiled knowingly, “Is this your eldest brother’s idea?”
“I, as a nephew, cannot make the decision on such matters!”
Lü Gao did not hide anything.
“Then why didn’t he come to find me himself?”
Lü Ze asked back leisurely.
“What’s wrong? Does Second Uncle think I’m not important enough? Should I go back and invite my father right now?”
Lü Gao’s smile turned much colder.
Lü Ze calmly took a sip of tea before saying, “There’s no need for that. I just wanted to confirm. Your son has already reached the Shentong Realm at such a young age, and our Lü family will be relying on him in the future. How could he not be important enough?”
“Is that so? Then what does Second Uncle mean?”
Lü Gao smiled noncommittally.
“My in-laws are indeed in charge of the Immortal Alliance’s affairs in the Xihui Dynasty, but precisely because of this, it might be… inappropriate for him to take action against a mere disciple. What if it causes some negative impact? Although we are one family, we cannot force others against their will!”
Lü Ze said with feigned difficulty.
“Second Uncle, as a dignified elder of the Immortal Alliance, wouldn’t it be simple to suppress an uncaring young girl with no background? I believe with his wisdom, it shouldn’t be a major problem to distance himself from it. Of course, we won’t let him work for nothing; there will be generous rewards after the matter is done.”
Lü Gao directly offered a grand promise.
“Alright, since we are all family, Second Uncle will do his best to help you.”
Lü Ze said insincerely, appearing to be earnest, but in fact, he made no commitment.
“Then thank you, Second Uncle!”
Lü Gao bowed with a forced smile and continued, “By the way, I have some news to inform you of. My son’s wedding date is tentatively set for the sixth day of the sixth month next year.”
“Next year? So soon?”
Lü Ze asked instinctively.
“There’s still more than a year, so it’s not that soon, is it?”
Lü Gao frowned slightly.
“More than a year is very long for ordinary people, but it’s just a fleeting moment for cultivators. Eldest Grandson has outstanding talent, and I personally think it’s better to accelerate his cultivation. Once he has a formal wife, he will be married, and there will be a lot of trivial matters, which might delay his cultivation.”
Lü Ze reminded him “kindly”. The reason for this was that he had already received news from his granddaughter-in-law. Elder Zuo wanted his family to help delay the wedding by ten years.
“Is that so? But my nephew Lü Jun has been married for several years, and he is two years younger than Lü Yi.”
Lü Gao said sarcastically. The Lü Jun he mentioned was naturally Lü Ze’s grandson, and Elder Zuo’s grandson-in-law.
“My grandson’s talent is ordinary, how can he be compared to Lü Yi? His cultivation progress does not affect the future of the Lü family.”
Lü Ze said “humbly”.
“Second Uncle is too modest. However, we are doing this because we believe in Lü Yi’s talent, so you don’t need to worry about it.”
Lü Gao replied with a slight sense of pride.
The fake smile on Lü Ze’s face gradually disappeared. It was already bad enough that his talent couldn’t compare to his eldest brother, but even his grandson’s talent couldn’t compare to his eldest brother’s grandson. This was simply his eternal pain.
After their discussion, Lü Gao took his leave resolutely, as there was nothing more to discuss.
Lü Ze took another sip of tea before ordering his servants to summon a few family members to discuss the matter.
“Lü Gao just came to see me, asking me to beg my in-laws to help suppress his future daughter-in-law!”
Lü Ze said as he set up a spiritual sense shield, recounting the recent events.
“Does he think we are fools? Actively inviting a wolf into the house?”
Lü Ze’s son, Lü Shang, sneered.
“No, he’s treating us as servants, assuming we wouldn’t dare to refuse.”
Lü Shang’s wife, Madam Duan, corrected him.
“Yes, the fact that a junior from the Lü Dao sect came to ask for my help is enough to prove that he doesn’t take me, his second brother, seriously.”
Lü Ze affirmed.
“This is outrageous, what’s so great about being a clan leader?”
Lü Shang raged ineffectively.
“In our family, being a clan leader is indeed very impressive. Whoever controls the Immortal Tablet controls everything.”
Madam Duan reminded him.
“His time is running out, and he won’t be able to be proud for much longer. Once he dies, father will be the highest in cultivation in the Lü family.”
Lü Shang said respectfully to Lü Ze.
“The key is when he will die. You’ve seen Lü Yi’s talent. If my eldest brother lives for a few more hundred years, who knows what this kid will grow into? If you add a wife whose depth is unknown, then our lineage might never be able to hold its head up.”
Lü Ze said with remarkable clarity.
“So, we absolutely cannot help with this matter.”
Zuo Ying, the granddaughter-in-law below, spoke out.
“That being said, as his Second Uncle, I cannot refuse verbally. After all, we are family. So I just told him I would do my best, but I didn’t make any guarantees.”
Lü Ze said with a slight smile.
“Father is wise!”
Lü Jun quickly flattered him.
“We don’t need to bother with that Lü Dao family. The most important thing now is to consider the commission from my in-laws. Lü Gao told me that his son’s wedding date is tentatively set for the sixth day of the sixth month next year, so we don’t have much time. Let’s all think of a way.”
Lü Ze then changed the subject.
The family members looked at each other, their expressions becoming solemn. How easy was it to delay a wedding by ten years?
…
At this moment, Qi Huang had already arrived in the woods near the Donglai Sect. She scanned the area several times with her spiritual sense and found that the sect was indeed not simple. Many places were protected by powerful spiritual sense shields, and she couldn’t forcefully break through them, otherwise, she would alarm the snake while it was still in its lair.
Qi Huang scanned other areas carefully but could not find Yaoyao’s trace.
“Oh right, she’s a Nine Nether Demonic Cat. How could my spiritual sense find her?”
Qi Huang quickly realized.
“Sister Qi Huang, did you not find my sister?”
At this moment, Mimi asked anxiously from the side.
“Don’t panic!”
Qi Huang comforted her and then took out the Recording Mirror to conduct a carpet search. Not only could spiritual sense not guard against this item, but even the Nine Nether Demonic Cat was nowhere to hide.
Qi Huang spent most of the day scanning the entire Donglai Sect, but still found no trace of Yaoyao.
“What is going on? Could it be that Yaoyao has already met with misfortune?”
Qi Huang pondered endlessly, her heart filled with worry.
“Ah…”
At this moment, Mimi suddenly let out a cry of pain for no reason and reached out her small hand to stroke her arm.
“What’s wrong?”
Qi Huang quickly rolled up Mimi’s sleeve to check, but found that the petite cat-eared girl’s arm was fair and tender, with no marks at all.
“Sister Qi Huang, I don’t know why, but I always feel a strange pain all over my body after coming here.”
Mimi said tearfully, her large eyes watery.
“But there are no wounds!”
Qi Huang said, puzzled.
Mimi thought for a moment, then suddenly exclaimed in alarm, “I know, this is my sister being tortured. We have a psychic connection.”
“What? You have a psychic connection with her too?”
Qi Huang asked in surprise.
“Yes, perhaps it’s because we are twins, so we’ve always had a psychic connection. The closer we are, the stronger the connection. Mimi feels that my sister must be inside this Donglai Sect.”
Mimi explained carefully.
“Hoo! It’s good that she’s still alive!”
Qi Huang breathed a sigh of relief.
“But Sister Qi Huang, I can feel that she is in great pain right now. Please save her.”
Mimi pleaded tearfully.
“But the problem is I’ve already scanned the entire Donglai Sect, not leaving out even an inch of space, yet I still haven’t found any trace of her.”
Qi Huang said with difficulty. She naturally wanted to save Yaoyao, but the problem was, how could she save someone when she couldn’t even find her?
“Wuwu…”
Mimi began to cry sadly.
“Don’t cry. Since you’re sure Yaoyao is inside, then the high-level figures of the Donglai Sect must know her whereabouts. We just need to monitor them patiently, and we’ll eventually find clues.”
Qi Huang quickly comforted her.
“Really?”
Mimi sobbed.
Qi Huang wasted no time and picked up the Recording Mirror to observe again. Soon, she surprisingly found Ye Donglai.
At this moment, Ye Donglai was in a bedroom, enjoying tea and admiring flowers, living a leisurely life, nowhere like someone who had suffered a setback at the Evergreen Convention.
“What’s going on? Although that old fellow is also in the Shentong Realm, he’s also brought a group of disciples. It’s impossible for him to have returned to the Donglai Sect so quickly!”
Qi Huang was greatly surprised, so she continued to observe. However, that old fellow remained leisurely, making her gradually lose her patience.
Qi Huang used the Recording Mirror to observe others again and soon heard something unbelievable: the Donglai Sect’s team that participated in the Yongning Prefecture’s Evergreen Convention was still on their way back.
“You are Ye Donglai, so who was it that participated in the Evergreen Convention?”
Qi Huang was completely bewildered.
