Recognition Ceremony, Encountering an Enemy

For a time, however, Lü Xiqing could not think of any suitable way to win him over. He could only sigh to himself in helplessness.

"Father, did Brother Qi succeed in refining the Jade Essence Pill?"

After thanking Wei Tu and returning from the Pill Hall to his own cave abode, he ran into his daughter-in-law, Wen Changying, and heard her ask this question.

He jolted at once, catching the intimate way Wen Changying addressed Wei Tu.

Although Wen Changying had previously told him that she and Wei Tu were posing as siblings, he had never imagined that she would address Wei Tu with such intimacy.

Could there be something between these two that I don't know about?

Lü Xiqing grew suspicious.

Love the house, love the crow. Wen Changying was his son's widow, and when he had nominated her as Dingling Sect's new sect master, he had also implied that she ought to remain chaste for his deceased son.

Now, more than two hundred years had passed since the war between the two alliances. She was alone, her chambers cold and desolate. Seeing Wei Tu enter the sect—a wealthy fourth-rank alchemist with no small amount of potential—it was not impossible for her heart to stir with the first buds of spring.

Yet after pondering it for only a moment, Lü Xiqing firmly shook his head.

He still had faith in his daughter-in-law's character.

Besides, it was hardly proper for a father-in-law to discuss his daughter-in-law in such a manner.

Perhaps I'm overthinking it.

Changying is merely trying to win over Wen Tianqi... That is why she is so close to him. After all, she bears the heavy responsibility of reviving the sect...

Lü Xiqing sighed inwardly, ashamed that he had suspected Wen Changying.

Wen Changying, who stood beside him