"Senior, you know Law-Breaking True Lord Xiao Yu?" Chen Beiwu sensed something was amiss.
"Xiao Yu is a Nascent Soul True Lord of the Tianyuan Xiao Clan. Naturally, I know him."
The old man smiled calmly and regarded Chen Beiwu with interest. "You have quite the nerve, boy, daring to offend even the Tianyuan Xiao Clan."
Chen Beiwu's gaze sharpened slightly. "Senior, Xiao Yu alone cannot represent the Tianyuan Xiao Clan."
Slaying Xiao Yu and targeting the Tianyuan Xiao Clan were two different matters and could not be lumped together, even if the former would offend some Xiao Household cultivators who valued their clan's reputation.
"You really are a fine young fellow. You draw a clear line between gratitude and grudges."
Chen Beiwu's expression remained unchanged as he waited to hear more.
The old man paused, picked up the bamboo rod beside him, and lightly tapped the earthenware basin.
"But there is something you should know. I am Xiao Wangyu. According to the clan genealogy, I am Xiao Household Elder Xiao Xuan's great-uncle, which also makes me something of a great-granduncle to that child Xiao Yu."
At these words, the light of Chen Beiwu's One-Guarding Mirror flickered. He suppressed his surprise, betraying nothing on his face.
He knew that the Tianyuan Xiao Clan was one of the Immortal Alliance's foremost immortal cultivation clans, one of Jade Purity's four Dao Venerable Immortal Clans, with tendrils reaching throughout the sect.
But he had never imagined that Xiao Wangyu, head of the Cease-War Department, who embodied the sect's rules and stood absolutely neutral and above worldly affairs, would also belong to the Xiao Household-and be related to Xiao Yu.
"In that case, there is something I would like to ask."
Facing a Spirit Transformation cultivator without a trace of fear, Chen Beiwu asked