The Path Ahead is Blocked

Outside Gathering Immortals Pavilion.

Wen Lingxue's classmates and friends hurried away.

Before leaving, quite a few of them could not help but give Su Yi another look.

Who could have imagined that, in the face of Huang Qianjun's aggressive pressure, even Nie Teng, in whom they had placed such high hopes, could only give way, while Su Yi, the man they had once scorned, would actually bring them such a huge surprise?

"Su Yi, this favor... I'll repay it!"

After hesitating for a moment, Nie Teng threw out those words, then turned and left.

After going through this incident, this youth who loved stealing the limelight was clearly somewhat dispirited.

"That fellow isn't bad after all."

Su Yi smiled. Knowing gratitude and repaying it was itself a kind of virtue.

"Brother-in-law, about what just happened..."

Wen Lingxue opened her mouth, wanting to speak.

"Let's go home first."

Su Yi cut her off with a smile and strode forward.

"All right."

Wen Lingxue forcibly pressed down the worry in her heart and quickly followed.

"Lingxue, after what happened today, there will be no more than two possible outcomes."

It was not until they were about to arrive at the Wen Family that Su Yi thought for a moment and said gently, "First, Huang Qianjun goes home to find helpers. Second, he chooses to swallow his anger."

Wen Lingxue said anxiously, "A profligate like him suffered such a huge loss today. How could he possibly swallow his anger? He'll definitely take revenge!"

Su Yi nodded. "That's right. But even if he takes revenge, he'll only come looking for me alone. That's enough."

Wen Lingxue, however, grew even more worried. She took a deep breath and said seriously, "Brother-in-law, today's matter started because of me. I absolutely can't let you get hurt!"

The young girl's delicate, lovely face was filled with determination.

"Don't worry. This matter isn't as serious as you think."

Su Yi smiled and rubbed the young girl's head.

Wen Lingxue gave an absent-minded mm and said, "Brother-in-law, I... I'll go back first."

As she spoke, she turned and hurried into the Wen Family residence.

Su Yi shook his head somewhat helplessly. "Silly girl. Even if you ask your parents for help, they won't pay any attention."

Immediately afterward, he smiled again. Being cared for and worried about by someone was naturally a good thing.

As for what had happened today at Gathering Immortals Pavilion, to Su Yi, it was simply not worth a laugh.

"What? Su Yi, that Rice-eating Loafer, actually beat up Huang Qianjun?"

In the hall, after learning the whole sequence of events from Wen Lingxue, Qin Qing immediately could not sit still, her face full of astonishment.

Wen Changtai, beside her, almost dared not believe his own ears either.

Huang Qianjun.

He was the legitimate son of Huang Family patriarch Huang Yunchong!

"If not for Brother-in-law today, I would have been bullied miserably by that Huang Qianjun. He even said that in a few days he would come to propose marriage, and once he married me into his household, he would properly deal with me!"

Tears welled in Wen Lingxue's starry eyes as she poured out her grievances pitifully. "Mother, this time, no matter what, you have to help Brother-in-law!"

Qin Qing flew into a towering rage and gritted her teeth. "I'd long heard that Huang Qianjun, that profligate, has no morals and stops at no evil. I never imagined he'd actually set his sights on my daughter!"

"But..."

At this point, Qin Qing frowned. "With my ability, this matter won't be easy to resolve either... It's all your father's fault for being so useless!"

She glared fiercely at Wen Changtai.

Wen Changtai gave a bitter smile and said in a muffled voice, "This is trouble Su Yi stirred up. What does it have to do with me?"

Wen Lingxue said anxiously, "Mother, if you won't get involved in this, I'll write to Elder Sister for help. She's now a disciple of Heavenly Origin Academy..."

Qin Qing slapped her thigh, her eyes lighting up. "That's right! Your sister's status and position are already completely different now!"

An idea came to her, and she immediately rose. "I'll go find the clan leader. For Ling Zhao's sake, I refuse to believe the clan leader will ignore this matter."

Wen Lingxue immediately smiled and said happily, "Mother, hurry, hurry!"

"Silly girl. I'm helping you, and incidentally helping that Rice-eating Loafer Su Yi a little."

Qin Qing said irritably.

"It's all the same."

Wen Lingxue smiled like a flower.

Clan Hall.

"Su Yi, that piece of trash... could actually beat Huang Qianjun and those guards?"

When he learned why Qin Qing had come, the clan leader, Wen Changjing, was also taken aback. It all felt somehow unreal.

"Uh..."

Qin Qing froze. That was right—Su Yi, that Rice-eating Loafer, had no cultivation at all now!

"Clan Leader, no matter what, Lingxue was bullied by that Huang Qianjun. If he comes back for revenge, our Wen Family can't just ignore it."

Qin Qing's face was full of worry. "Back when Ling Zhao married Su Yi, it made me want to end my life. If something terrible happens to Lingxue too, I... I really won't go on living!"

As she spoke, she covered her face and began to weep.

Wen Changjing frowned. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Of course I have to handle this. Lingxue is, after all, one of our Wen Family. How could we let the Huang Family bully her?"

Qin Qing was instantly delighted and grateful. "With those words from the clan leader, I can rest easy!"

Wen Changjing shook his head, his expression cold. "Don't be happy yet. I only said I'd protect Lingxue. I didn't say I'd protect Su Yi. Whatever the reason, this matter was caused by him, so naturally he should bear the consequences."

Qin Qing's heart sank. She hesitated, then said, "Clan Leader, if Su Yi hadn't stepped forward this time, Lingxue would have been terribly bullied. Could you..."

Wen Changjing cut her off coldly. "Sister-in-law, I remember you used to detest this son-in-law of yours the most. Why are you suddenly speaking up for him now?"

"Don't forget, just a few days ago, that son-in-law of yours completely offended Young Master Wei Zhengyang right in front of all of us. I haven't even settled that account with him yet!"

By the end, his tone was chilling, laced with anger.

Qin Qing's whole body stiffened, and she looked deeply embarrassed. Just as she was about to speak, Wen Changjing interrupted her again, saying, "The day after tomorrow is Old Madam's eightieth birthday. I still have many matters to attend to. You may go."

This was as good as an order to leave.

Qin Qing did not dare keep pestering him, and hurriedly left.

When she returned to her own courtyard, she saw Wen Lingxue already waiting there eagerly.

"Mother, how did it go?"

The young girl's voice was full of expectation.

Qin Qing forced out a smile and said vaguely, "The clan leader has already agreed to intervene. It's fine now, Lingxue. Tomorrow morning, go back to Pine Cloud Sword Mansion and stay there obediently. That Huang Qianjun definitely won't dare come looking for trouble with you."

"Mm! That's great! Brother-in-law won't be bullied either!"

The girl nodded happily, practically bouncing with joy.

Qin Qing, however, felt a wave of guilt. She comforted herself inwardly, That Su Yi is an outsider. Even if the Huang Family teaches him a lesson, as long as he doesn't die, it's not a big problem...

"Oh right, Lingxue, your brother-in-law... has his cultivation recovered?" Qin Qing suddenly remembered this matter.

Wen Lingxue shook her head. "I'm not sure either. Anyway, in front of Brother-in-law, Huang Qianjun's guards were completely unable to withstand a single blow."

By the end, her eyes were shining, and scene after scene of Su Yi making his move at Gathering Immortals Pavilion surfaced in her mind.

Even thinking of it now made her heart surge.

"I knew long ago that this boy was hiding something. In the year he's been in our family, he's suffered so many cold eyes and mocking words, but who has ever seen him get angry?"

"Like the night your sister came back—this boy sent Wei Zhengyang into a half-dead rage with just a few words, and even threw the whole situation into chaos. Is that something a good-for-nothing coward could do?"

"When I get the chance, I'll have to question him properly!"

Qin Qing sneered, with the air of someone who had seen through all of Su Yi's secrets.

Wen Lingxue only smiled cheerfully and did not reply. She merely said in her heart, My, Wen Lingxue's, brother-in-law is naturally amazing!

Guangling City, Huang Family.

Inside the resplendent, gold-and-jade hall, the atmosphere was stifling.

Huang Qianjun knelt on the ground and said in a hoarse voice, "Father, your child was wrong. I am willing to accept punishment. From this day on, I will cultivate painstakingly, and one day, I will repay today's humiliation tenfold and a hundredfold!"

On the main seat of the great hall, the clan leader Huang Yunchong was expressionless and silent.

His figure was tall and imposing, dressed in a wide-sleeved black robe. His aura was like an abyss, like the sea. Even sitting there casually, he seemed like a coiled dragon and crouching tiger.

The atmosphere grew more and more oppressive, making Huang Qianjun feel as if he could hardly breathe.

After a long while, Huang Yunchong suddenly rose to his full height and laughed loudly. "With such ambition, my son will surely become a great vessel one day! Get up. Tomorrow, I'll go meet that Su Yi and talk this matter over. We'll choose Gathering Immortals Pavilion as the location!"

Huang Qianjun said in astonishment, "Father, for such a small matter, how could you trouble yourself to go in person?"

Huang Yunchong walked forward, helped his son up from the ground, and said, "You don't understand. To beat a dog, you must look at its master—what's more, you are my, Huang Yunchong's, son!"

A cold gleam burst from his eyes, and his tone was icy. "Using this matter, I will also let everyone in Guangling City know that you are my, Huang Yunchong's, reverse scale. From now on, whoever dares touch you will end up with the same fate as Su Yi!"

Huang Qianjun was both shocked and delighted. "Father, you... plan to personally destroy him?"

"Destroy him? No. I want him to live worse than death and suffer every last humiliation. Tomorrow, just watch."

Huang Yunchong's tone was casual, as if he were speaking of the smallest matter imaginable.

Before the windowside desk.

Su Yi sat upright before it, sweeping his brush and splashing ink, one elegant, lofty character after another leaping onto the page.

Only when night fell did Su Yi finally set down his brush. A thin stack of pages covered in writing had already piled up on the desk.

"Tomorrow morning, I'll give this breathing technique to Lingxue."

Su Yi thought to himself.

Today was originally Wen Lingxue's sixteenth birthday, but because of his negligence, he had forgotten to prepare a gift.

Thus, he planned to use a Martial Dao cultivation method as a gift for Wen Lingxue.

But what Su Yi hadn't expected was—

When he went to look for Wen Lingxue the next Early Morning, a servant informed him that Wen Lingxue had already left the Wen Family one step ahead of him and returned to Pine Cloud Sword Mansion to cultivate.

"Tomorrow is the Wen Family Old Madam's eightieth birthday. Lingxue will definitely be there. It won't be too late to give her this gift then."

Su Yi shook his head and strode out of the Wen Family.

These days, every Early Morning, he went to the "spirit land" by the banks of the Great Cang River to cultivate.

Today was naturally no exception.

Only after cultivating until noon did Su Yi return from outside the city and head toward the Wen Family.

"Tomorrow Early Morning, I'll go treat Xiao Tianque's injuries. That can be considered settling one matter... Hm?"

On the road, Su Yi was lost in thought when his steps suddenly halted. As if he had sensed something, his gaze turned toward a spot not far ahead.

"Young Master Su, my lord requests your presence!"

On the street not far away, an extremely tall Black-robed Old Man led a group of people over, faintly blocking off Su Yi's path.

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There's an extra update tonight. Exciting or not?