In the Cloud Sky Realm, in a human city, inside a luxurious villa.
At that moment, Nangong Wu was with her father, Nangong Hai, and a chubby middle-aged woman.
If Xia Ping had been there, he would have immediately realized that the woman's martial arts cultivation was unfathomably deep, far surpassing the Divine Ability Realm.
"Wu, it looks like I don't even need to step in. Your sweetheart has already dealt with those Red Scarf Bandits." The middle-aged woman smiled at Nangong Wu.
Clearly, she had learned the truth through some source.
"Mom, don't say things like that. He's not my sweetheart."
Nangong Wu's pretty face turned red. She immediately spat and said, "He's just a shameless rascal." She did her best to deny that there was anything between her and Xia Ping.
The middle-aged woman was none other than Nangong Wu's mother, Wang Fang.
"It's better if he isn't."
Wang Fang didn't press the matter. Instead, she looked seriously at Nangong Wu. "Have you made up your mind? Are you going to leave the Cloud Sky Realm and come back to the Bright Moon Pavilion with me?"
The Bright Moon Pavilion was a holy-level sect deep in the universe that specifically recruited female geniuses. It was extremely powerful, and Wang Fang was one of its elders.
Back then, an accident had left Wang Fang hunted by powerful enemies. She had inadvertently fallen into the Cloud Sky Realm and lost all her cultivation. That was when she met Nangong Hai, who saved her.
The two of them went through countless trials and hardships together, and as time passed, they fell in love and had Nangong Wu.
But when Wang Fang's injuries healed, her strength returned as well. She had to go back to her sect and report to its leader,