Xiaoyao quickly realized that the person who had just answered his question wasn't the one he'd been talking to, but someone who had suddenly appeared. As soon as this person arrived, a strong aura pressed forward. Xiaoyao recognized him, wasn't this Qi Bupo?

"Valley Master!" The previous person bowed respectfully to Qi Bupo.

"Alright, this has nothing to do with you anymore. You can go now." Qi Bupo waved his hand at the person, dismissing him. It seemed he wanted to speak privately with Xiaoyao about something.

"Valley Master Qi, I wonder what you mean by bringing me here?" Xiaoyao asked directly. Since he knew Luo Yuntian was safe, the others should be fine too. He believed Qi Bupo wouldn't do anything unnecessary.

Now only one question remained, what did Qi Bupo want to do?

"I brought you here for a simple reason, because you are A-Xue's child," Qi Bupo said directly, but this left Xiaoyao very confused.

"A-Xue's child? What are you talking about?" Xiaoyao pretended not to know, while also being surprised. How could he say that he was Fang Chunxue's child?

At this moment, he hadn't obtained that information. If he had obtained that information, he might have been suspicious too, but before this, he absolutely couldn't have thought of such a thing.

"You don't need to pretend anymore. You have A-Xue's jade pendant, and you blocked that palm strike for Luo Yuntian because he's your biological father. Your filial heart is quite good, being able to risk your life for a father who abandoned you. If A-Xue were still alive now, how wonderful it would be to have such a filial child like you." When Qi Bupo spoke these later words, he revealed a complex emotion that didn't quite fit with his identity as a great demon.

...

Shadow Moon Valley was also a major faction within the Demon Sect. As the Valley Master of Shadow Moon Valley, he was naturally a great demon lord.

Xiaoyao frowned. It seemed Qi Bupo had recognized him, so he didn't need to keep pretending. But the problem was his attitude was very strange, he seemed to regard him as Fang Chunxue's child, when he was clearly Luo Yuntian's son.

At this moment, Xiaoyao felt these two were conflicting contradictions, but he didn't know that actually, this didn't have to be contradictory.

"So you recognized the jade pendant on me, which is why you spared my father. Do you think I'm Fang Chunxue's child?" Xiaoyao understood. He could imagine this development might be because of this jade pendant, but he felt Qi Bupo had misunderstood his identity.

"Yes, you are A-Xue's child," Qi Bupo said.

"That's impossible. I'm not Fang Chunxue's child. I'm Luo Yuntian's son. I've verified this point, there can't be any mistake," Xiaoyao shook his head. He knew his current situation, his life was in Qi Bupo's hands, but he didn't want to be confused about this matter.

"That's right, you are Luo Yuntian's son. That bastard really hit the jackpot!" Qi Bupo cursed.

"Then why do you still say I'm Fang Chunxue's child?" Xiaoyao asked in confusion.

"What conflict is there between you being Luo Yuntian's son and being A-Xue's child?" Qi Bupo asked somewhat strangely.

"How is there no conflict? Back then... wait..." Xiaoyao suddenly stopped, thinking carefully about Qi Bupo's words. There really didn't seem to be any problem, it's just that he hadn't thought in this direction before. This answer was quite unexpected.

He had only thought that Luo Yuntian and Yun Qingyi were a pair, and Qi Bupo and Fang Chunxue were a pair. If he was Luo Yuntian's child, then he definitely wouldn't be related to the pair of Qi Bupo and Fang Chunxue.

Now he realized these two pairs of men and women could be crossed. It's just that this would make people feel it was very chaotic. These emotional entanglements were too complex. Was this a love triangle or a love quadrangle?

I'm the child of Luo Yuntian and Fang Chunxue... this answer is too interesting. Your past emotions were too complex.

"What's wrong? There's no conflict, right!"

"There's no conflict, but it sounds a bit chaotic. Wasn't Fang Chunxue supposed to be with you? Could it be that the grudges and romantic entanglements between you and my father are because my father stole your love?" Xiaoyao's face seemed to twitch slightly. If this was the case, some things seemed to make sense.

The grudge between Qi Bupo and Luo Yuntian might be because of romance. Although he didn't currently know why Fang Chunxue abandoned Qi Bupo to be with Luo Yuntian, this result seemed to be right before his eyes.

And that sense of surface harmony but inner discord between Luo Yuntian and Yun Qingyi might be because of Luo Yuntian being with Fang Chunxue. This could also make sense.

Most importantly, Xiaoyao had never had any special feelings toward Yun Qingyi. That was simply because Yun Qingyi wasn't his mother. Instead, when he was at the Fang family, he strongly felt that Fang Chunxue was related to his background. At that time, he only thought it was a clue, but now thinking about it, it was simply because Fang Chunxue was his mother.

The confusion that had previously surrounded Xiaoyao now seemed to be unraveled. This seemed to be a reasonable result.

"I wasn't the victim of stolen love," Qi Bupo shook his head. This made Xiaoyao feel he was being stubborn and didn't want to lose face.

"Stop denying it. I already heard about your affairs when I was at the Fang family. Fang Chunxue refused to return to the Fang family because of you," Xiaoyao said. He felt Qi Bupo wasn't the type to turn hostile over this, so he spoke this directly.

"You went to the Fang family? Did you pay respects to A-Xue?" Qi Bupo asked hurriedly. From his tone, it seemed everything else could be unimportant.

"Yes, I paid my respects," Xiaoyao nodded, looking at Qi Bupo. He still found it somewhat difficult to understand this matter, how had he suddenly become Fang Chunxue's child, and moreover, the result of a union between Luo Yuntian and Fang Chunxue?

"That's good. I also want to go pay respects to A-Xue, but I'm afraid the Fang family people won't allow it. Now my strength is sufficient, even if they're unwilling, it won't matter," Qi Bupo said.

"You should first tell me about what happened back then. What I'm hearing sounds confusing, I can't understand many things," Xiaoyao frowned.

"Where were we just now?" Qi Bupo recalled, "Oh right, you said I was the victim of stolen love. Actually, the Fang family got one thing wrong. A-Xue being with me wasn't because we were lovers..."

"What?! You weren't lovers?" Xiaoyao exclaimed in surprise. This was even more surprising than the previous multi-way romance. However, thinking about it, this information came from the Fang family, so he had preconceived notions that Qi Bupo and Fang Chunxue were lovers.

"That's right, we weren't lovers. The person I like is my current wife," Qi Bupo said.

Xiaoyao was now a bit confused and needed to sort things out. He had previously thought Qi Bupo held a grudge against his father because of romantic entanglements, but now the man and his mother weren't lovers, and the man even had someone he liked.

Current wife meant this person was now beside Qi Bupo. Perhaps they even had children and were a very happy family. If that was the case, why would he hate his father so much?

"A-Xue and I are sworn siblings. Although we're not blood siblings, we're closer than blood siblings..." Qi Bupo seemed to be reminiscing about past events, and that expression showed this was the case.

"The reason A-Xue always followed me and didn't return to the Fang family was because she had made a promise to me. She wanted to help me find some things. Back then, I went to the Divine Martial Continent to find those things. Those things could no longer be found here, only there had them. It took me a full ten years to gather everything, and A-Xue accompanied me searching for seven or eight years." Qi Bupo continued, revealing some past events that Xiaoyao hadn't expected.

Back then, Qi Bupo had belonged here, but went to the Divine Martial Continent to find things. There he happened to meet Fang Chunxue. Because of a small accident, Fang Chunxue insisted on helping Qi Bupo find things, and swore not to give up until they were found. This search lasted seven or eight years.

During this period, Qi Bupo advised Fang Chunxue to return home, saying he would handle this matter himself. But Fang Chunxue seemed to be an extremely trustworthy person who insisted on accompanying Qi Bupo until the search was complete.

This was purely because of her conviction, not because she had developed special feelings for Qi Bupo. This seemed similar to Chen Xi and the others from before.

"Once, we encountered an accident and got separated. A-Xue happened to encounter danger and was rescued by your heartless father. The two were trapped in a place for a long time, and as a result, they developed feelings for each other," Qi Bupo said.

"Oh, so my father was a playboy and philanderer. I really couldn't tell he was that type of person," Xiaoyao said, ruthlessly criticizing Luo Yuntian.

"You're wronging him in this. He's heartless, but he's not a philanderer. However, at that time he happened to have some rifts with Yun Qingyi, their relationship was somewhat fractured. When he met such a caring girl like A-Xue, it was very natural for him to fall for her." Qi Bupo said. Regarding this matter, he felt it was appropriate. It was normal for someone to like Fang Chunxue, it would be abnormal not to like her.

"Their relationship was somewhat fractured? What happened between him and Yun Qingyi?" Xiaoyao asked.

"You know they eloped together. It was because of the elopement that problems arose. At first, the elopement went well, but later the contradictions in their daily life grew more and more. Yun Qingyi was accustomed to living the life of a young miss and developed some resentment. Over time, this exploded." Qi Bupo said, not elaborating much on this matter, essentially glossing over it. He was too lazy to go into the details.

But Xiaoyao seemed to understand this situation. Many people love each other to death, as if they couldn't live without the other person. But after being together, they wonder why the other person doesn't hurry up and die.

Of course, the problems between Luo Yuntian and Yun Qingyi weren't that severe, but cracks had appeared. At this time, Fang Chunxue happened to enter Luo Yuntian's life, so dry kindling met fierce fire... no, it should be said that the talented man met the beautiful woman, and they fell for each other.

This point could be understood and made sense. But why did they become enemies afterward?

(End of Chapter)