Chapter 502 – Sympathy

“Yun Xiao, let me ask you a question that may be out of line.” Yun Che looked at Yun Xiao and said with a straight face, “When you usually meet with seventh sister, do you usually use this kind of private meeting?”

“Ah ……,” Yun Xiao was caught off guard by the question, his face revealed embarrassment, followed by a gloomy look, he let out a low sigh and said, “As you can see, the Under Heaven Clan simply looks down on me, and the Seventh Sister is the Under Heaven Clan’s only Princess, the most honorable jewel of the entire Elf clan, they feel that I am simply not worthy of the seventh sister, and if the seventh sister really gets together with me, it would even be bad for the reputation of their entire clan. Initially they fiercely opposed it, but the seventh sister’s nature was also rather rigid, they then strictly forbade contact with me and the seventh sister. It became harder and harder for the seventh sister and I to meet. Recently, in the whole year’s time, we only secretly met three times, and each time we had to leave the city by at least fifty miles or so so as not to be discovered……. There are less than three months to go, it is the Little Demon Empress’s Reign Centennial Ceremony, and the twelve guardian clans are busy with this, so it was only with great difficulty that I and the seventh sister found a chance to meet, but I didn’t realize that ……”

Yun Che raised his hand to rest his chin as he pondered, “This matter of you going to meet the seventh sister, apart from the two of you, are there any other people who know …… or have seen it.”

“No, definitely not.” Yun Xiao shook his head with certainty, “I definitely don’t dare to let anyone know, because not only the world family side, even my own family, are not at all optimistic about me and seventh sister, and even laughing behind our backs, even if I don’t take care of myself, I have to take care of seventh sister, and I definitely won’t let anyone know about it. The seventh sister will definitely not tell any other person either.”

“You and seventh sister were attacked, and the other party constantly did a complete cover-up, and the target was extraordinarily clear, so it was obvious that they had very adequate preparations.” Yun Che slowly said, “If it wasn’t known beforehand that you would meet at that place, it wouldn’t have been so well prepared at all. …… Since you’re so sure that only the two of you know about this matter, then the biggest possibility is… …that when you were transmitting your voice to the seventh sister, you were heard by someone nearby. Just like the seventh sister, the voice transmission you gave her was heard by her sixth brother.”

“Huh?” Yun Xiao was stunned, then shook his head even harder, “This is even more impossible. I was in my own courtyard when I transmitted the sound, it shouldn’t have been heard by anyone else. Even if it really was quietly heard by someone, it could only be someone from our Yun Family …… Our Yun Family has never had any major grudges against the world’s families, and in its current low state, it is absolutely unwilling to offend any of them, so how could it possibly do something like that. Moreover, although those three men in black all hide their Xuan Gong, I would still be able to easily recognize them if they were cultivating our Yun Family’s Xuan Gong.”

“……” Yun Che nodded, slightly silent, pondering, then said with a relaxed demeanor, “Perhaps …… Forget it, don’t think about this for now , the World World Family’s side is definitely much more attentive than us. Just leave it to them to find out.”

“However, my bigger question is …… Yun Xiao, although the Yun Family is currently in serious decline, but at least it was once in full bloom, and currently also still belongs to the Twelve Guardian Families, and you, too, are at least nominally the Yun Family’s young family head, in terms of such a family lineage and identity, you and the seventh sister are clearly a door-to-door pair, oh no! Oh no! It should be that you are even one point higher than the seventh sister. Taking a hundred steps back, even if your father is not the family head, but an ordinary elder, they are not so violently opposed …… even rising to the issue of family honor.”

Yun Xiao’s face instantly stiffened.

Yun Che glanced at Yun Xiao’s expression and continued, “In addition, even your Yun family’s attitude towards you is a bit too unusual, like that Yun Hao from before, he was more than disrespectful towards you, he was practically sarcastic and humiliating with his words at every turn, but looking at you, it seems like you’ve gotten used to this kind of treatment… …Putting aside your identity as a young family head, at least your grandfather, is still the head of the Mu family, how come you shouldn’t have been reduced to such a situation in the Yun family …… Is there any hidden agenda in this?”

Yun Xiao’s footsteps paused for a moment, lowering his head, the deep bitterness that appeared on his face.

Yun Che smiled apologetically, “I seem to have asked questions that I shouldn’t have asked …… Sorry, don’t take it to heart.”

“No,” Yun Xiao was the one who slowly shook his head, and when he raised his head, his face was already calm enough, “Anyone else, seeing my usual situation, would find it strange. In fact, there are all kinds of rumors about me, almost everyone in Demon Emperor City knows about it, Big Brother Yun, you saved my life and treat me as a friend, there is no need for me to hide anything from you, the reason why everyone doesn’t see me is because of …… because since I was a child, in other people’s mouths, I have been a ‘picked up wild seed ‘.”

Yun Che looked sideways, “What do you mean?”

Yun Xiao let out a miserable smile, “The core ability that the Yun Family is proud of, and also the core ability that crowned the Twelve Guardian Families back then, is the unique Xuan Gang power. However, on my arm, I was never able to light up the Xuan Deity Seal. After my Xuan power reached the Tian Xuan realm, I was still unable to awaken the Xuan Deity as well.”

“In the Yun Family, as long as one is guided by the power of their bloodline, they can light up the Xuan Deity mark on their arm at the age of five, and then based on the color of the Xuan Deity mark, they will be judged on their talent and whether or not they want to focus on cultivation. Once the Xuan power reaches the Tian Xuan realm, the Xuan Deity will be awakened and can be summoned from then on. This is the power of the Yun Family’s bloodline, as long as there is a Yun Family bloodline, there will definitely be Xuan Deity power …… there has never been an exception.”

“I, however, have never had it. And this, too, is clearly proving that I don’t have the Yun Family bloodline …… Within the Yun Family, and even the entire Demon Imperial City, and even the Phantom Demon Realm’s perception, this is all ironclad proof.”

Yun Che: “……”

“The news that I don’t have the Xuan Deity Seal was spread by whoever in the year I was five years old, and it was spread all over the city, and then the fact that I was unable to summon the Xuan Deity at the Tianxuan realm was even more widely publicized, and during that period of time, it was widely rumored that I wasn’t the son of my father and mother throughout the Demon Emperor City …… And the worst thing about it is that, at a young age, I The most serious thing is that, when I was young, I was brought back by my parents from Tianxuan Continent …… The Demon Emperor and the Little Demon Emperor both died in the hands of people from Tianxuan Continent, and the Demon Emperor Seal and the Reincarnation Mirror were also lost due to the invasion of Tianxuan Continent, and the Demon Imperial City has always hated Tianxuan Continent, and I, this ‘Wild Seed from Tianxuan Continent ‘, everywhere I go, I will attract cold eyes, scorn, and even insults and hatred ……”

Yun Xiao didn’t say any more, Yun Che listened silently, he could feel how Yun Xiao had come over all these years …… Before the age of sixteen, he had always spent his time in the ridicule and scorn of others due to his Xuan Vein being crippled. And Yun Xiao was even more unbearable than him, and what he had endured was far too much heavier than him ……

Also for this reason, he understands very well what kind of state of mind Yun Xiao should have been in all these years ……The two of them, both of them, are people who have been caught by fate.

The Illusory Demon Realm had no reason not to hate the Tianxuan Continent, and how could Yun Xiao, a person who most likely belonged to the Tianxuan Continent, be treated by the people here …… even though he was carrying the name of the Yun Family’s young family head. And how would a hallowed world family willingly marry their only princess to such a person, that is indeed not just a matter of honor or inferiority of status, but really involves the family’s reputation and dignity ……

Perhaps, if it is not the Yun family, the matter of Yun Xiao’s bloodline can still be hidden, but it is the Yun family …… Xuan Gang, which is irrefutable iron evidence.

“Are your parents …… they treating you well?” Yun Che asked in a slow voice.

“My parents are very good to me.” Yun Xiao gently nodded, warmth flashing in his eyes, “Because of Xuan Gang, even I myself deeply questioned my own bloodline, but my parents said that I am their biological son. In the face of mountains and mountains of questions, they never admit it, and from childhood to adulthood, they love me a thousand times, never willing to let me suffer half a bit of wrongdoing. Otherwise, with the Demon Imperial City’s hatred towards the Tianxuan Continent, it might not have been possible for me to live until today.”

“So, for the sake of your parents, you desperately cultivated, and were willing to silently endure all the criticism and unfair treatment, never resisting?” Yun Che said.

The seventh in Heavenly Xuan had said that Yun Xiao hadn’t received too many resources since he was a child, and with his mediocre qualifications and lack of resources, he was able to cultivate to a half-step Hegemony Xuan at the age of twenty-two! This was already the topmost achievement in the seven Tianxuan countries, even surpassing that Feng Xiluo who had been called the number one person of the young generation of the seven countries!

It could be imagined how hard he had worked …… or desperately worked on his cultivation all these years.

“Hmm.” Yun Xiao gently nodded his head and slightly clenched his teeth, “I am the grandson of the Demon King, and I am the son of Yun Qinghong and Mu Yurou……. I will never let them lose face, much less cause trouble for them. In the future, if it really comes to a time when I am in a difficult situation, even if I put my life on the line, I will use my power to guard my parents!”

Saying this, he noticed that Yun Che’s eyes were a little different, and his expression stiffened as he apprehensively said, “Big Brother Yun, will you also look down on me a little because of these ……?”

“Of course not.” Yun Che shook his head without any half-hearted hesitation, “On the contrary, I admire you even more, and even …… I should really be grateful to you.”

“Huh? Grateful to me?” Yun Xiao froze.

“Haha,” Yun Che smiled sparingly, “Reaching out and pressing his hand on Yun Xiao’s shoulder, Yun Xiao, after meeting Elder Yun, how about we become sworn brothers?”

“Ah …… ah ah ah ah ah?” Yun Xiao opened his mouth wide with a look of disbelief, “Tie …… the knot as brothers? Me me me me …… me and …… big brother Yun?”

“Right.” Yun Che smiled, “Well, it’s indeed a bit abrupt for me to suddenly say this, so if you’re not willing to do so, forget it for now.”

“No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no!” Yun Xiao hastily waved his hand, excitedly stuttering in his speech, “This this …… Big Brother Yun is so powerful, and I …… you have also seen and heard, I simply . . a person like me, how can I be worthy of being with Big Brother Yun ……”

“So, you also think that you are not worthy of seventh sister?” Yun Che interrupted him.

“I ……”

“Don’t be presumptuous.” Yun Che patted his shoulder, his eyes firm and sincere: “You are worthy of the seventh sister, worthy of the identity of the Yun Family’s young family head, and even more worthy of being sworn as a brother with me. Over the years, a lot of things have been carried by you alone in silence, after we become sworn brothers, we naturally have to share the same difficulties, I will fight with you against all the things. You want to be with the seventh sister, I will help you work together, you want to guard your father and mother, I will guard with you, if someone bullies you or your father and mother …… again I will be on your behalf, the new account old account together to get back!”

Yun Xiao’s eyes were turbulent, his emotions were throbbing for a long time and he couldn’t calm down. He had grown all the way up, living every day amidst the strange gazes of others, sounding honorable, but not to mention the sons of other families, even the household servants of the Yun Family were unwilling to get close to him. The impact of Yun Che’s words, and firm eyes, on his mind was undoubtedly too great. As soon as he opened his mouth, his voice had become choked, “Big Brother Yun, I ……”

Yun Che knew that he and Yun Xiao had met on the first day after all, and suddenly saying those words, anyone else would have a hard time digesting them for a moment, he smiled and said, “First take me to see Elder Yun, and the rest, afterward.”