The Old Ancestor's Disciple (2)

Having finished eating, Yue Qianchou put down his chopsticks, grabbed a clean white handkerchief from the side, and wiped his mouth. Ziyi glanced at him, then followed suit, putting down her chopsticks and picking up a white handkerchief from the table...

"Check, please!" Yue Qianchou suddenly shouted.

The stunned Wu family members immediately snapped out of their daze and exchanged bewildered glances. The woman in Ziyi, however, asked in a low voice, somewhat puzzled, "Didn't you say someone was treating us?"

"Treat me to a meal? You wish! This table of food and wine will cost a lot of Spirit Stone. You're going to treat me?" Yue Qianchou said irritably, thinking to himself, "This girl is actually undermining me at this crucial moment."

"I don't have Spirit Stone." Ziyi suddenly looked like a child who had made a mistake. She realized that she had eaten someone's food but had no money. So she blushed and said in a low voice, "Why don't you pay for it for me first? When I see my master, I'll ask him if he has any and pay you back then."

Damn! Is this some kind of dry humor? Who said this girl was single-minded? She's clearly threatening me. Do you think I'd let Nong Zhu know about this? I'd definitely get a beating from that guy. Yue Qianchou's expression twitched, and he waved his hand, saying, "Forget it, I'll pay for you. You don't need to pay me back."

Listening to their conversation, Wu Sihai understood. This woman in Ziyi, despite her seemingly high level of cultivation, was as naive as a blank sheet of paper; how could she possibly be fooled by Yue Qianchou? However, this also meant that what the woman in Ziyi had said earlier was probably true. Wu Sihai shook his head and said with a wry smile, "No need to pay, no need to pay, this meal is on me."

To everyone's surprise, Yue Qianchou was not appreciative and sneered, "Senior Wu, I don't object to you treating me. But let me make this clear first: one thing at a time. This banquet has nothing to do with the Spirit Stone your Wu family owes me. What needs to be repaid still needs to be repaid."

"My Wu family has never said we wouldn't return your Spirit Stone!" Wu Sihai said helplessly.

"That's good." Yue Qianchou stretched out a hand and said readily, "Where are the Spirit Stone? Give them back to me now."

"More than 60 million high-grade Spirit Stones! How could I possibly carry that with me all the time?" Wu Sihai said with a wry smile, "Yue Qianchou, this is not the place to talk. You should come back to the Wu family with me first. You will definitely not be short of a single Spirit Stone."

"I dare not go!" Yue Qianchou glanced at the Wu family elders in the room and sneered, "I still remember Wu Zhenggang trying to kill me last time!"

The Wu family really went too far that time. Wu Sihai sighed and said, "It was a misunderstanding. Since it's all over now, please don't hold a grudge for Xue'er's sake."

Xue'er? Wu Lixue? Why bring her up out of the blue? Yue Qianchou looked at her suspiciously. Had their affair been exposed?

Just then, cheerful footsteps came from downstairs. Before anyone could be seen, a woman's clear voice called out, "Yue Qianchou, is that you?"

Upon hearing that familiar voice, Yue Qianchou's expression immediately changed. Who else could it be but Wu Lixue's voice?

Sure enough, as soon as the door opened, Wu Lixue looked around with delight and immediately spotted Yue Qianchou. Just as she was about to run over, she heard someone cough softly beside her. Seeing that it was her grandfather and several elders nearby, she immediately clasped her hands together and fell silent, obediently standing next to Wu Sihai. However, her gaze towards him was full of affection! At the same time, seeing a beautiful woman in Ziyi next to Yue Qianchou, a hint of suspicion flashed through her mind.

The four Wu family elders weren't fools, and their faces were also full of doubt. Wu Sihai coughed and said again, "Yue Qianchou, everything can be explained clearly. This isn't the place to talk. Let's go to my Wu family first!"

"I..." Yue Qianchou wanted to put on a firm and authoritative front, but when he saw Wu Lixue's expectant eyes, he nodded helplessly...

At the Serene Guest Hall, Wu Sihai said he was going to collect Spirit Stone and asked Yue Qianchou to wait for a day, temporarily settling Yue Qianchou and Ziyi there. Wu Lixue, however, was quite bold; that very night, she stayed in Yue Qianchou's room and didn't leave. Since her family already knew about her and Yue Qianchou's affair, she simply didn't bother to hide it anymore—absence makes the heart grow fonder!

The next day, the two lovers, who had spent the night in passion, didn't emerge until late morning. In the courtyard, the woman in Ziyi, who had been standing there all night, slowly turned around and looked at them suspiciously, asking, "What were you two doing all night? Making such a racket."

Wu Lixue's face flushed crimson, which immediately spread to her neck. She whispered, "I'll go back first." Then she quickly left. Yue Qianchou rolled his eyes at Ziyi and said, "You wouldn't understand even if I told you. You'll understand when you start yelling about it endlessly."

His words only deepened Ziyi's confusion. Just then, Wu Licheng walked in from outside the courtyard. Upon seeing Yue Qianchou, he stopped abruptly, his expression inexplicably fixed. Yue Qianchou felt a little awkward seeing him too; after all, he had slept with his friend's sister, and even if he was in the right...

The two looked at each other for a while, and finally Wu Licheng clasped his hands and said, "Brother Yue, my grandfather invites you two to the ancestral hall for a meeting." As he spoke, his gaze lingered on Ziyi for a moment, a hint of brilliance flashing across his face, and his previously tense expression gradually relaxed.

The three arrived at the Wu family hall in silence. Looking around, the entire hall appeared brand new, clearly having been renovated after the fire. The culprit, Yue Qianchou, didn't sense anything amiss. What puzzled him was that the Wu family hall, which never allowed women to enter, had actually let Ziyi in.

The ancestral hall was crowded with people, including the heads of the Four Great Families, who had obviously rushed there overnight. Yue Qianchou narrowed his eyes slightly. The six old men in the center of the main hall caught his attention. Three of them were the three late Tribulation Transcendence stage experts he had seen when he burned down the Wu family hall.

Seeing Yue Qianchou staring at the six elders, Wu Sihai, who was in charge of the area, introduced them to him. It turned out that not only had the heads of the other three of the Four Great Families come, but each family had also brought a Clan Elder late Tribulation Transcendence stage. The three elders he recognized were all Clan Elder of the Wu family.

The fact that the Four Great Families gathered in such a large number overnight was naturally because they received a message from Wu Sihai... Yue Qianchou is very likely the Old Ancestor's personal disciple!

Upon hearing this news, the top leaders of the Four Great Families were shocked, and the most senior Clan Elder rushed over overnight with their patriarchs to confirm it. The reason Wu Sihai delayed Yue Qianchou for a day was because this was not a matter for one family but for all four, and it required the arrival of the heads of all four families.

After they had gotten to know each other, Wu Sihai solemnly asked Yue Qianchou, "Yue Qianchou, yesterday I heard this girl in Ziyi say that you are the personal disciple of the Old Ancestor of our Four Great Families. Is what she said true?"

"What do you mean, 'real' or 'fake'?" Yue Qianchou looked around at everyone and sneered, "You told me to wait for you to gather Spirit Stone, and I've been waiting for a whole day. Where are my Spirit Stone? Not only did you cheat me last time, but you also tried to kill me to silence me. Do you want to do it again today?"

The atmosphere in the ancestral hall suddenly became somewhat awkward. Wu Sihai coughed and said, "Yue Qianchou, you will definitely not be short of Spirit Stone, but there are some things I want to ask you about."

Damn it! I'll only feel at ease once I have the money in my hand, to avoid a repeat of last time. Yue Qianchou didn't care about anything else, and spread his hands, saying, "Give me the money first, and we'll talk about everything else."

Ziyi, her pretty face also tense, stepped forward and stood beside Yue Qianchou. Because Yue Qianchou had said that the money issue was related to the important trust placed in her by Elder Bi, she now believed that raising funds was also part of her duty, so naturally she had to support Yue Qianchou.

The six elders' gazes fell on the man in Ziyi, their pupils all contracting. Wu Zhen, the most senior Clan Elder the Wu family, suddenly spoke up, "Sihai, how many Spirit Stone do we owe him?"

Wu Sihai turned around and bowed, saying, "Sixty-eight million high-grade Spirit Stones." Wu Zhen said decisively, "Give him seventy million, now."

Soon, someone arrived carrying Storage Bag. Wu Sihai handed the Storage Bag to Yue Qianchou and said, "Take a look at it."

Actually, there was no need for such trouble. Yue Qianchou quickly scanned the capacity with his Divine Sense and knew it was about right. After putting away the Storage Bag, he looked at everyone and suddenly sighed, "It's not that I care about these few Spirit Stone, but I have a heavy responsibility that requires a large amount of Spirit Stone. I'm sorry, everyone."

Wu Sihai asked, "Now that I've given you the Spirit Stone, can you answer my question?"

"Alas! Why are you so obsessed? Do you even know what it means to you?" Yue Qianchou smile, "There are some things I haven't told you because I don't want to implicate you. Otherwise, I'm afraid I won't be able to explain it to my master when I go back."

Although he didn't give a direct affirmative answer, his meaning was quite clear. Inside the ancestral hall, the gazes of the crowd towards Yue Qianchou had become subtly respectful. Wu Sihai pressed further, "So, you admit that you are the Old Ancestor's personal disciple?"

Yue Qianchou was shaking his head and sighing, about to answer, when a person rushed in and reported to Wu Sihai, "Patriarch, Luo Qingtian, the Daluo Sect Master, has come to 'Hat Island' to pay his respects to you and specifically requested to see Yue Qianchou."

All eyes turned to Yue Qianchou. The Daluo Sect was the second-ranked Righteous Path sect in the Huaxia Cultivation World, and its leader, Luo Qingtian, held a prestigious position. Now that he had come in person, it was likely that his visit to the Wu family head was a pretense, and his real purpose was to settle the score with Yue Qianchou for killing his son.

At this moment, two more people ran in and reported to Wu Sihai, "Dongfang Changao of Fu Xian Island requests an audience with the family head, and Elder Chou Wuyuan of the Myriad Demon Palace requests an audience with the family head."

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