The Truth Revealed!

Gu Fei was kind and generous, yet humble and cautious. When it came to Xun'er, he loved her to the depths of his bones.

Xun'er had hurt him. Though Gu Fei would be wounded inside, he could never do something as vile as killing Xiao Yan.

Some kind-hearted members of the Gu Clan went to persuade Xun'er.

"Miss Xun'er, could there have been some mistake?"

"Yeah, how could Brother Gu Fei possibly want to hurt anyone?"

Seeing everyone around her defending Gu Fei, Xun'er stomped her foot resentfully, her eyes reddening.

"You all don't believe me?"

"Gu Fei was clearly jealous of Xiao Yan, which was why he wanted to ruin him!"

Xun'er was so enraged that she spoke without thinking.

The moment the words left her mouth, she regretted them somewhat.

That was clearly not what Xun'er had wanted to say.

Xun'er felt regret, Emotion Value +100

But regret was useless. Words once spoken were like water spilled on the ground—how could she take them back just because she wanted to?

Xun'er's voice was not loud, but the battle qi imbued within it allowed Gu Fei, atop the Mountain Peak, to hear every word clearly.

Faced with Xun'er's accusations and unreasonable tantrum, even Gu Fei, patient as he was, felt somewhat angered.

However, this only strengthened his resolve to divorce her.

Today, Xun'er could come questioning him over a baseless accusation.

Tomorrow, would she openly bring Xiao Yan onto his Mountain Peak?

Gu Fei sneered and cast an unhurried glance down the mountain.

He closed the window and ignored the furious Xun'er.

Gu Fei could not be bothered to explain himself.

If one was determined to accuse, what excuse could they not find?

He had never done such a thing. Since Xun'er believed he had, then so be it.

Let Xun'er be the one who acted unreasonably.

She was just a little too noisy.

Gu Fei helplessly rubbed his forehead and once again set up an array around the room.

At last, the room returned to silence.

A faint medicinal fragrance lingered in Gu Fei's nostrils. He picked up a small pill and held it before his eyes.

Then, a faint smile appeared on his face.

He had succeeded again.

While Gu Fei immersed himself in pill refining, Gu Yuan had already learned of the absurd events that had taken place at the foot of Gu Fei's Mountain Peak that day.

Xun'er stood beside Gu Yuan with an unhappy expression, her brows tightly furrowed.

She had been confined again, and this time, Gu Yuan had personally set up the array. Even if she spent three days and three nights on it, she would not be able to break it.

"Reflect on yourself properly. You caused far too much trouble today!"

Xun'er glared at him and pursed her lips.

"I'll personally investigate this matter and give both you and Gu Fei an explanation."

After saying that, he left.

After a thorough search and investigation, Gu Yuan's findings made him frown involuntarily.

His investigation showed that Gu Fei had not spoken with anyone at all.

For nearly a month, Gu Fei had completely cut himself off from the outside world on his own Mountain Peak.

He had spent an entire month refining pills, and during that time, no one had gone near his room.

It was simply impossible for Gu Fei to have arranged for someone to kill Xiao Yan!

After verification from multiple sources, this conclusion was already indisputable.

The matter should have ended there, but Xun'er kept making a fuss and demanding an explanation, so Gu Fei had no choice but to continue investigating.

Following the trail, he unexpectedly uncovered someone completely unrelated to the matter.

That person was Gu Yao!

Gu Yuan sent someone to invite Gu Yao to the main hall for a discussion.

Since Gu Yao had dared to send his subordinates to assassinate Xiao Yan, he was not afraid of being held accountable.

In the end, he was nothing more than a piece of trash. Who cared whether he lived or died?

After Gu Yuan sternly questioned Gu Yao, Gu Yao did not hesitate and readily admitted to it.

As expected, yet beyond reason, Gu Yuan did not punish him.

Who was Gu Yao, and who was Xiao Yan?

The Xiao Family was a fallen clan. If Xun'er had not kept pressing him about it, he would not even have bothered to investigate.

Tell him, if an elephant stepped on an ant, who would care?

Even if the people Gu Yao had sent had truly succeeded and killed Xiao Yan, a lofty figure like Gu Yuan, the busy clan leader of a reclusive powerful clan, would not have cared.

What was more, Gu Yao told him that Xiao Yan was not dead.

His subordinates reported that Xiao Yan had merely been severely injured and gone missing, seemingly rescued by some mysterious expert.

Gu Yuan was somewhat surprised upon hearing this.

According to his intelligence, Xiao Yan's current strength was still beneath his notice.

Moreover, there were no supreme experts in the entire Xiao Family, or even all of Wutan City.

Just which great expert had secretly stepped in to help that boy Xiao Yan?

However, Gu Yuan soon cast the matter aside. After all, he was busy every day.

How could he possibly spend too much time and effort on such a trivial matter?

What he had done earlier was already an exception made for Xun'er.

Thinking of his willful daughter, Gu Yuan could not help but let out a heavy sigh.

Thus, he failed to notice the unwilling expression on Gu Yao's face.

Gu Yao had believed that Xiao Yan was still that helpless piece of trash, someone he would not even look twice at compared to the strongest members of their clan.

Thus, Gu Yao had been overconfident and sent only a Low-level Dou Zong assassin.

Though a Low-level Dou Zong was insignificant within the Gu Clan, against the Xiao Family, it was enough to leave them utterly unable to fight back.

Gu Yao had waited confidently for his subordinate to bring him news of victory.

Instead, he received word that Xiao Yan had been severely injured and gone missing, likely rescued by a mysterious expert.

With a vicious expression, he crushed the porcelain cup in his hand, his hatred for Xiao Yan growing ever deeper.

That subordinate said that Xiao Yan had been completely unable to resist him at the time and was on the verge of death.

Yet in the very next instant, a heaven-shaking change occurred.

Xiao Yan's aura suddenly surged, and the pressure he inadvertently leaked made him tremble with fear.

The subordinate had only instinctively hesitated for an instant before Xiao Yan vanished without a trace.

Afraid of Gu Yao's punishment, he searched every inch within a radius of ten li.

Yet even after digging three feet into the ground, he could not find that boy Xiao Yan.

After hearing the report, Gu Yao's face darkened, his eyes filled with fury and hatred.

The next time he caught that trash Xiao Yan, he would kill him to vent his anger!

Because Xiao Yan had been inexplicably assassinated, Xun'er no longer trusted her husband at all.

She had previously wanted to repair her relationship with Gu Fei.

But now, without looking at any evidence whatsoever, she stubbornly began to hate Gu Fei.

If it had not been for Gu Fei, how could Brother Xiao Yan have been severely injured? How could he have gone missing?

Anger filled Xun'er's beautiful eyes as she looked resentfully at the house atop the distant mountain peak.

Gu Fei had stayed in the house for several days, and after testing it, confirmed that there was no problem with the Sea Raising Pill.

In high spirits, he repaired the house that had been left in ruins by the pill lightning.

Then, he suddenly remembered that he had refined pills merely to pass the time, which in turn reminded him of that exasperating one-month divorce cooling-off period.

More than a month had now passed. It was time to go find Gu Yuan again.

Gu Fei refused to believe that after this incident, Gu Yuan would still dare to shamelessly use the authority of the clan leader to pressure him.