"If there's nothing, then there's nothing. If that were the case, why would I still attack their Luo family?" Yun Kaitai said.

"Are you the only one attacking? I'm the one who led you step by step to do this. You originally just wanted to use the matter of dealing with this little bastard to make Luo Yuntian appear and negotiate with us, but in the end I made things bigger!" Situ Hao continued with cold laughter.

"..." Yun Kaitai fell silent. Indeed, at the beginning he hadn't wanted things to become this big.

Xiaoyao and the others now somewhat understood that the origin of all this seemed to be Situ Hao causing trouble from within. Of course, even knowing this now, things couldn't be changed. What needed to be compensated still needed to be compensated. If that didn't work, they would still have to continue fighting—this was no longer a question of who was right or wrong.

But if this were the case, at least the problems between Yun Kaitai and Luo Yuntian would be much smaller. This was truly an unexpected development.

At this moment, Xiaoyao suddenly remembered something...

"Why do you hate me so much? From childhood to adulthood, I've always given way to you. Whatever I had, I'd give to you first. Where did I go wrong?" Luo Yuntian asked.

"That's right, you did give things to me, but I didn't care about those things!"

...

"Then what's your real reason?"

"You should just say it directly—you hate him for stealing the woman you liked," Xiaoyao suddenly said at this moment. He seemed to have figured it out.

"Woman? Qingyi?" Luo Yuntian immediately thought of Yun Qingyi. In his life, he had only had two women—Fang Chunxue was impossible, so it could only be Yun Qingyi.

"You really gave birth to a good son. If I had known he would be so troublesome, I should have killed him back then. It's all because I was soft-hearted at the time," Situ Hao said.

"I thought you looked familiar. So you were one of the people who went there back then. This means when Madam Yun stopped Senior Luo, you were also involved?" What Xiaoyao had just thought of was this—he had seen Situ Hao's face on the Divine Martial Continent, recorded there. He had been part of it.

Senior Luo...

Luo Yuntian's heart was full of emotion. Even now, Xiaoyao only called him Senior Luo, not father. But he had no way to say anything about this situation, since he owed Xiaoyao too much.

"That's right. I was the one stirring up conflicts between them from the side. The bigger their conflict, the happier I was," Situ Hao said coldly. "I also deliberately knocked Yuntian unconscious and let Qingyi deal with you. Originally I wanted her to kill you, but in the end she couldn't bring herself to do it and just abandoned you. How I hate that!"

"Situ Hao, why did you treat me like this? What did I do to wrong you?!" At this moment, it wasn't Luo Yuntian who said these words, although he very much wanted to. Someone else spoke first.

And this person who spoke first was none other than Yun Qingyi, who had just arrived.

At this moment, the commotion had become quite loud. Even if she was slow to realize, she should have come. This wasn't strange, and she hadn't brought Yinping, afraid that if something happened it would be difficult to take care of her.

What she hadn't expected was that coming here, she would hear Situ Hao talking about past events. Only now did she notice that Situ Hao had been deliberately provoking her anger during those times. Previously she had thought Situ Hao was doing it for her and Luo Yuntian's good, but now thinking carefully, it didn't seem to be the case.

She hadn't suspected before because Situ Hao had been very secretive about it. If she didn't think in that direction, she definitely wouldn't have thought of it.

Now hearing these words, if she thought carefully, problems emerged. She could think of many more details and understood that Situ Hao had harbored ill intentions from the beginning.

And now she understood that the person who had caused her twenty-plus years of suffering was actually someone she had always trusted. Situ Hao was also someone who had grown up with her since childhood.

"Madam Yun, don't you understand yet? He likes you and wanted to break you two up. What a scheming villain," Xiaoyao said, looking at Situ Hao with deep contempt.

"That's right, I've liked you since childhood, obeying your every wish. I don't know how many times better I am than Luo Yuntian. Why did you fall for him and not me?" Situ Hao said.

"I..." Yun Qingyi didn't know how to respond to this. She didn't know how to answer this question. Did liking someone need a reason?

"Let me answer for Madam Yun—she sees you as a brother. Also, you're a good person, and you'll find someone better than her," Xiaoyao said very seriously.

"..." Everyone's expressions showed a trace of something strange. This kid's words seemed to be all good words, but why did they sound so hurtful?

"Pfft..."

The Young Miss laughed, somewhat heartlessly. Haha, seeing him as a brother, you're a good person...

"Yes, it's just as Xiaoyao said. I know you've been good to me, but I only see you as a brother," Yun Qingyi nodded at this moment, seemingly not catching Xiaoyao's underlying meaning.

"..."

"I'm not your brother, and I'm not a good person. Today I'll make you two into a pair of doomed lovebirds," Situ Hao laughed madly with a somewhat crazed flavor.

"Love turning to hate—Young Miss, remember this bloody lesson," Xiaoyao said from the side.

"What does this have to do with me? I only love Susu," the Young Miss immediately said. "Everyone else is just casual..."

"..."

"Do you think you're safe, acting so recklessly?" Situ Hao sneered at Xiaoyao, increasing the force in his hand, pressing on Xiaoyao's throat to prevent him from speaking.

Xiaoyao's attitude really didn't seem like someone who had been captured, or someone whose life was in another's hands. He looked like he was just playing around.

"Stop!"

A group of people exclaimed. Although Xiaoyao seemed very relaxed, they still felt very tense.

"Situ Hao, release him and I'll consider your moment of confusion," Yun Kaitai spoke at this moment. At this time, he didn't care about his grudges with Xiaoyao and his mother—this was a matter of face.

Situ Hao was acting without his permission, and moreover, this was happening against his wishes, contrary to his opinions. In front of so many people, this could be said to make him lose prestige.

"Master, you don't need to worry about anything. You can still be the Supreme Elder in the future," Situ Hao also replied.

"Supreme Elder? You want to rebel?" Yun Kaitai immediately understood. Going from Sect Master to Supreme Elder—wasn't this him wanting to usurp the position? If he couldn't figure this out, he might as well bang his head against a wall.

"This is obvious—old man, you've been stabbed in the back by your disciple," the Young Miss said gleefully from the side.

"Mo Yu, this isn't good of you. He's already depressed enough—don't stimulate him anymore. What if he can't take it and passes away?" Nangong Suxin said seemingly very seriously.

"He probably won't. His physical condition is still okay—he won't die, but he might be driven crazy," Nangong Third Miss also spoke.

These women really knew how to kick someone when they were down, but I like it!

Xiaoyao gave them an approving look. He didn't like Yun Kaitai and completely supported the Young Miss and the others' behavior. If he weren't somewhat inconvenienced right now, he would have joined the conversation.

The Young Miss and the others disliked Yun Kaitai because of Xiaoyao. They wouldn't be polite to Yun Kaitai for any reason. Even if Yun Kaitai was about to face tragedy, they would only step on him, and it wouldn't be a light step either.

"Take back your words, and I can still consider it a moment of confusion!" Yun Kaitai said coldly.

"Haha, you're really old and confused. You don't think I said those words just in a moment of anger, do you? Don't you know that during these twenty-plus years while I've been helping you manage the sect, I've also cultivated my own power?" Situ Hao laughed.

"I know!"

"What you know is only part of it. Actually, all your disciples have already become my people—all of them!!" Situ Hao said in a deep voice, and at this moment, no one made any sound.

No one making any sound meant this matter was acknowledged. There were quite a few Fuyun Sect disciples here, including the core forces, and God Level martial artists made up more than half.

These people made no sound, not because they disdained Situ Hao's statement, but because they were indeed Situ Hao's people.

"You..." If Yun Kaitai still didn't understand at this point, he would have lived all these years in vain.

"Do you know why I started this war? I wanted to use the opportunity to eliminate some people unwilling to submit to me. Originally I wanted to use some schemes, but I didn't expect the Luo family to be so capable—without me having to worry, they helped me consume those people," Situ Hao said with a smile, also exposing one of his plots.

"No need to thank us—we do good deeds without expecting anything in return," the Young Miss said at this moment.

"..."

"You..." Yun Kaitai discovered that the people around him had already retreated some distance and were guarded against him. Without explanation, they were Situ Hao's people.

Situ Hao wasn't afraid of Yun Kaitai being alive either. He had already gained one hundred percent control of the Fuyun Sect. After so many years of management, plus the purge through the war with the Luo family.

The war with the Luo family had effects that surprised him. From another perspective, Guxing and the others had actually helped him greatly.

"Elder Xiao, are you also planning to stand by and watch?" Yun Kaitai looked toward an old man. He was an elder of the Haoran Sect with great qualifications and strength, surnamed Xiao, called Elder Xiao.

"Sorry, Sect Master Yun, this is after all an internal matter of your Fuyun Sect. If you were in our position, I believe you would do the same," Elder Xiao said apologetically.

(End of Chapter)