Yu'er Leaves

After leaving the house, the cold wind outside blew over him, and Su Hao felt his spirits lift. The fatigue from before seemed to have lessened considerably.

"You stay here and cultivate. Don't skimp on the pills I gave you. There are plenty of them—if you want, you can eat them like candy. My greatest demand of you now is that you grow stronger!"

Su Hao looked at Lin Yaoyao and spoke solemnly.

"Yes."

Lin Yaoyao obeyed without question. He remained in the room and entered seclusion to cultivate.

Su Hao strode away, heading straight for Yu'er's room. These past few days, he had been busy cultivating and had neglected Yu'er.

As soon as he reached the room, an inexplicable aura drifted from within. Su Hao's expression immediately changed. That aura was powerful and filled him with terror. It definitely did not belong to anyone from the Su Family.

"Who's there?"

Su Hao's gaze sharpened. Through the window, he could see a dark shadow gradually closing in on Yu'er.

"Damn your ancestors!"

Su Hao flew into a rage, assuming the First Elder had sent someone after Yu'er. He immediately unleashed the Gale Art beneath his feet. At the same time, his chest swelled, and a stream of blazing fire burst from his mouth.

Whoosh!

The flames surged. Though it was only a first-level spell, the Innate Dao Fire made it extraordinarily powerful, hardly any weaker than an ordinary second-level spell.

With one sweep, the doors and windows turned to ash, and the flames shot toward the black figure.

At the same time, Su Hao arrived, seized Yu'er, and retreated several hundred meters.

"Brother!" Yu'er was instantly delighted when she saw Su Hao.

"Don't be afraid. No matter who it is, no one can harm my sister." Su Hao's face was cold as he stared ahead. From the place where the flames roared, a figure emerged.

It was an old woman, her skin wrinkled and her hair pale and sparse. One look at her was enough to give anyone a sinister feeling.

Moreover, she was terrifying. Su Hao had not seen her use the slightest spell, yet she had completely blocked his Innate Dao Fire. Not even her clothes had suffered the slightest damage.

"I don't care who you are. Get lost right now, or there will be no mercy!" Su Hao threatened, standing in front of Yu'er.

"Hehe, what a big mouth. It has been a long time since a little brat dared speak to me like that." The old woman smiled. All her teeth had fallen out, and even her gums were black.

Her age was unimaginable. No one knew just how long she had lived.

"Fire Breath..."

Su Hao's eyes turned cold as his chest swelled again.

But before he could fully unleash it, the old woman was already before him. Her fingers, as withered as tree roots, pointed forward and stopped at Su Hao's brow.

A terrifying, chilling aura enveloped his entire body. Su Hao discovered that he could not move at all, and even his cultivation could barely circulate.

This old hag was incredibly powerful.

"Stop! Granny Yin, if you harm my brother, I would rather die than go with you!" Yu'er shouted, her expression frantic.

The finger stopped before Su Hao's brow. The old woman's face turned cold, her wrinkled features as ugly as an evil ghost crawling out of hell. "If the young lady had not spoken, you would already be dead."

"Young lady?"

Su Hao regained his ability to move. Pulling Yu'er back again, he looked bewildered.

"Brother, she said that I'm the daughter of the Lunar Yin Sect's Sect Master and wants to take me away. She has been here for three days already, but I never agreed." Yu'er spoke, equally confused.

She had lived in the Su Family since childhood. Su Yuanshan and Su Hao were her only family. She had never known that she had parents, much less that she was some holy maiden.

"Bullshit! Old hag, I don't care who you are or how strong you are. Stay away from my sister, or we'll fight until the fish dies and the net breaks!" Su Hao's eyes were cold as he activated a secret art. The Supreme Heavenly Demon Art had a reversal method; once reversed, Su Hao could unleash strength far beyond his current level.

But if he did that, his body would suffer immense damage. He might even die a miserable death on the spot.

But for Yu'er, Su Hao could cast everything aside!

"The jade pendant on the young lady is the mark. Back then, the Lunar Yin Sect was besieged, which caused the young lady to be lost." The old woman said, "The young lady can crush the jade pendant. It naturally contains a record of everything about you."

Yu'er's expression changed, and she clutched her chest.

A jade pendant was kept close to her body there. It was also the proof of her identity.

Su Hao's expression changed as well. His father had indeed said back then that the jade pendant was connected to Yu'er's origins. If someone came for her one day, he must let her return with them.

Su Hao hesitated. Yu'er had been by his side for more than ten years. They had weathered all their bitter days together. Now that the rain had passed and the sky had cleared, he was finally strong enough to protect Yu'er—yet they were to be separated?

At that moment, Yu'er crushed the jade pendant as well. Her large, bright black eyes were filled with boundless shock as she murmured, "I... I really came from the Lunar Yin Sect? My father is called Yin Tianzheng, my mother is Mu Rouhua, and I have the Heavenly Yin Body... This... this is real?"

The old woman smiled, looking sinister no matter how one looked at her. She slowly said, "Young lady, the Sect Master and Madam have now overcome their great calamity. They specially sent this old servant to bring you home. Come with me."

"No!"

Su Hao and Yu'er spoke almost in unison.

"I don't want to go. I want to stay with Brother. We will never be separated." Yu'er shook her head desperately.

"Young lady, the Sect Master has suffered grave injuries and has little time left. Madam has fallen ill from years of exhaustion, her longing for her daughter wounding her heart. Can you bear not to go see them even once?" The old woman's eyes shifted.

"I..."

"How can you prove that you were sent by the Lunar Yin Sect to take Yu'er away? How do I know you aren't an enemy?" Su Hao narrowed his eyes.

"Little brat, you're quite cautious." The old woman smiled, took out a jade pendant, and crushed it. A figure appeared within it.

It was a beauty dressed in palace robes. She appeared to be only a little over thirty, devastatingly beautiful, and seven parts similar to Yu'er.

"My daughter, come home. Mother misses you." The figure spoke, tears falling like pear blossoms in the rain.

Yu'er began to cry. In her memories, that woman was indeed her mother. A feeling of closeness enveloped her heart and body.

Su Hao glanced at her and smiled. "Go back. Go see your parents."

Su Hao had no reason to keep stopping her. If he knew where his own father was, he too would rush there at once.

"Brother, I..." Yu'er was torn. She wanted to go, yet could not bear to leave Su Hao.

"Go. If you miss me, you can come back. If I miss you, I can go find you. You're at the Lunar Yin Sect, and I'm in the Su Family. It's not as though we'll never see each other again." Su Hao comforted her, though he was reluctant to part with her as well.

Yu'er hesitated for a long time before finally making up her mind. "Brother, I'll go see them and come back very soon. Wait for me!"

Even if you don't come back, Brother will definitely come find you! Su Hao silently thought.

"Young lady, let us go." Seeing an opening, the old woman immediately stopped waiting. A dark stream of air wrapped around Yu'er and gradually lifted her into the air.

The old woman lowered her head, glanced at Su Hao, and sneered. "The difference in status between you and my young lady is far too great. She is a supreme prodigy, while you are merely a poor boy. You had best cast aside any improper thoughts, lest you bring a fatal disaster upon yourself."

The voice entered Su Hao's ears, but Yu'er could not hear it.

Su Hao grinned with some disdain. That might indeed have been true in the past, but now he possessed the Innate Dao Body and a supreme inheritance. One day, he would reach a realm beyond the reach of all others.

Besides, neither he nor Yu'er cared about such things.

"Where is the Lunar Yin Sect?" Su Hao asked.

"South Heaven Gate, Lunar Yin Mountain!" The old woman turned into a black shadow and vanished into the distance. Her voice lingered behind with a mocking laugh, convinced that Su Hao could never reach it.

South Heaven Gate was not a place ordinary people could approach.

"Wait for me." Su Hao smiled.