Tianlan Star, the Qu Family.
In a secret chamber, a kindly-looking Green-robed Old Man frowned deeply. Qu Yulin stood before him, his expression calm.
"Fool! Do you understand the consequences of what you did? You're a grown man—do you ever think before you act? It's fortunate Ning Wuque wasn't seriously hurt. Otherwise, the Ning Family would never have let this go." The Green-robed Old Man scolded him without restraint.
"He bullied Feiyan. She nearly never made it back, Fourth Sister. Ning Wuque thought the Qu Family had no one to stand up for us. Did he really think his Nine Heavens Flood Dragon Transformation Art made him invincible? If he hadn't used the Substitution Secret Technique, he'd be dead by now," Qu Yulin said dismissively.
"And you have the nerve to say that? I gave you the Wood Spirit Divine Light Talisman to save your life, not to use in a fight. With your abilities, could you have hurt Ning Wuque without a Spiritually Connected Magic Treasure? Hmph. I know you and Feiyan are close, but you actually brought out a Sword Pill you'd barely finished cultivating to fight him. Sword Pills usually need over a hundred years of cultivation before they can be used. Forcing yours into action left you gravely weakened. If it had been destroyed, your cultivation would have suffered greatly. Did you even think about that?"
Qu Yulin nodded and answered honestly, "I did. But Ning Wuque hurt Feiyan, and I had to get justice for her. I won't let anyone bully her."
He and Qu Feiyan had been born of the same mother, so naturally they were closer than anyone. He treated her well, bringing her gifts whenever he returned to Tianlan Star.
When Qu Feiyan had left home, he had personally led people out