Chapter 24

Chapter 24: I Won’t Handle the Xiao Family’s Issues Anymore

As soon as Xiao Yang returned to the Saint Son’s Residence, his sister Xiao Yue came knocking.

“Brother, hurry up and come down the mountain with me, or our Xiao family’s assets will be snatched away!”

Xiao Yue said anxiously.

“What’s going on?”

Xiao Yang replied indifferently.

Xiao Yue quickly explained the entire situation.

The Xiao family was one of the two major cultivation families in Yuanlong City.

Thanks to Xiao Yang, the Xiao family had rapidly risen in Yuanlong City, growing from an insignificant cultivation family to a second-tier family.

The other cultivation family in Yuanlong City was the Liu family.

Years ago, the Xiao and Liu families had a major fallout over a spirit stone mine on the North Mountain.

It was Xiao Yang who ended up defeating the Liu family and forcing them out of Yuanlong City.

Now, the Liu family was making a comeback.

They had produced a genius who had joined the Guiyuan Martial Sect.

And that Guiyuan Martial Sect was the second strongest sect in the Northern Region.

After hearing the backstory, Xiao Yang finally understood.

The Liu family had the guts to return because they had found a powerful backer.

The strength of the second sect in the Northern Region was far beyond that of the Qingyang Sword Sect.

“What do you want me for? You should go find your beloved brother-in-law,” Xiao Yang said, wanting nothing to do with the Xiao family’s troubles anymore.

“Brother, what are you saying?”

Xiao Yue looked at Xiao Yang in disbelief.

“From now on, don’t come looking for me about the Xiao family affairs. You should find Qin Fei.”

Xiao Yang said coldly.

You have a great义子 (righteous son), don’t you? Just go to him.

“Do you think I don’t want to find Xiao Fei? He’s in the crucial stages of refining the Five Element Flying Sword, we don’t want to disturb him!”

Xiao Yue snapped back.

“Haha…”

Xiao Yang couldn’t help but laugh.

“You don’t want to bother him, so you come to bother me?”

Xiao Yang felt a twinge of sorrow.

His parents and sister were fixated on Qin Fei. What about him? Wasn’t he their biological son?

In his past life, if it weren’t for his family providing countless cultivation resources to Qin Fei, how would Qin Fei have been able to contend with him?

In his previous life, he had died at the hands of Qin Fei, and his family were accomplices in that too.

“Brother, you are part of the Xiao family too. Are you really going to just watch our assets be taken away?”

Xiao Yue couldn’t believe Xiao Yang had this attitude.

“The Five Element Flying Sword? Xiao Yue, you actually gave the Five Elements Divine Iron I painstakingly obtained for you to Qin Fei?”

Xiao Yang stared coldly at Xiao Yue.

“No, Brother, our family is on the verge of being eradicated! You’re still worried about that? Our parents’ family is in trouble, and you just stand by doing nothing? Are you even human?”

“How could I have a brother like you?”

Xiao Yue was momentarily taken aback but soon began to berate Xiao Yang again.

Xiao Yang felt utterly heartbroken at his sister’s accusations.

Is this what family is?

When there’s nothing going on, they ignore him; when trouble arises, they come looking for him.

Even that precious Five Elements Divine Iron had been given to Qin Fei by his sister.

That was a treasure he had painstakingly searched for all over the Northern Region during his own training.

He had already foreseen that the events of his past life would repeat, but now that they were actually happening, he still found it hard to let go.

“Just go!”

In this new life, Xiao Yang didn’t want to get involved anymore.

After all, the Xiao family would eventually be destroyed by Qin Fei.

Moreover, all their cultivation resources had gone to Qin Fei.

It would be better to let the Liu family swallow the Xiao family’s assets; that way, Qin Fei wouldn’t benefit.

“Brother, are you really this heartless?”

Xiao Yue felt her big brother had transformed into a completely different person.

She could sense the distance he was maintaining from her.

Xiao Yue panicked.

If Xiao Yang didn’t take action, the Xiao family would be doomed!

They had fought so hard to build their family fortune; were they really going to just watch the Liu family take it all?

Suddenly, she thought of someone who could make Xiao Yang act.

“Brother, I’m so disappointed in you.”

Xiao Yue said angrily as she left.

Xiao Yang naturally knew who she was going to find.

But in this life, it wouldn’t matter who came.

Just as Xiao Yue left, the third junior brother, Song Qiang, arrived.

At this point, the news of Xiao Yang coming out of seclusion had spread throughout the sect.

“Senior Brother…”

Song Qiang was thrilled to see Xiao Yang.

“Come, let’s have some tea!”

Xiao Yang started brewing tea, and soon a fragrant aroma filled the courtyard.

As they sipped tea and chatted, Xiao Yang quickly learned from Song Qiang about recent happenings in Qingyang Sword Sect over the past three months.

Qin Fei, the Innate Dao Body, had actually re-forged a Five Elements Divine Sword as his flying sword in such a short time using the Five Elements Divine Iron.

And the Five Elements Divine Iron had been given to Qin Fei by the second miss of the Xiao family.

Such precious divine iron, handed over just like that!

Now everyone in the Qingyang Sword Sect knew how generous the Xiao family’s second miss was.

Xiao Yang actually knew all of this.

Because these events had happened in his past life.

Not long after, someone burst in from outside.

By the time Xiao Yang returned to the Saint Son’s Residence, he had already removed the defensive arrays.

“Junior Sister!”

Upon seeing the newcomer, Song Qiang immediately stood up.

Then another person chased after her.

It was none other than Jiang Ting.

“Senior Brother, you’re so heartless! You don’t even care about the life or death of your biological parents?”

Jiang Ting immediately launched into an accusation against Xiao Yang.

Xiao Yang, however, remained unfazed, continuing to brew tea without even raising an eyebrow.

In his previous life, when his sister Xiao Yue had brought up Jiang Ting to persuade him to act, he hadn’t agreed at first.

Then Jiang Ting changed her strategy; she started being nice to him, acting all sweet, and orbiting around him.

After much coaxing from Jiang Ting, he finally took action to save the Xiao family from disaster.

Then, Jiang Ting forgot all about him and got cozy with Qin Fei.

He was once again ignored by everyone.

In his past life, he had lived so stifled.

His efforts only earned him a fleeting moment of their attention.

In their eyes, only Qin Fei mattered.

Because they believed that with the Innate Dao Body, Qin Fei would undoubtedly become the main character of this realm.

Qin Fei had an unlimited future ahead.

They weren’t wrong about that.

Qin Fei indeed had boundless prospects.

Because in his previous life, Qin Fei sacrificed countless cultivators from the Northern Region to break the seal of the Demon Abyss.

When Xiao Yang snapped back to reality, Jiang Ting was still going on with her accusations.

“Senior Brother, how could you become so heartless? Those are your parents!”

Jiang Ting shouted in anger.

“My parents? They’re probably with Qin Fei by now!”

Xiao Yang replied expressionlessly.

“What?”

Jiang Ting was taken aback.

“Tell those parents, if they’re unwilling to part with their assets, they should ask their righteous son Qin Fei to help them get it back. From now on, I won’t involve myself in any matters concerning the Xiao family.”

Xiao Yang’s tone was devoid of any emotion.