Back mountain had a small place to confine people who had sinned against the clan, but even though it was called a place where "sinners" are kept, it wasn't much different from the normal courtyard. It had a pavilion to sleep in, a huge courtyard to cultivate, a small back garden, a small pond for fishes, and so on.
The only restriction here was that the people confined here were banned from making any human contact anymore, at least until the time limit of confinement.
As Yun Che entered the courtyard, the crisp sound of a wooden sword cutting through the air entered his ears, resounding over and over.
Following the sound, Yun Che's eyes caught a breathtakingly brown-haired beautiful woman, drenched in sweat as her green robes tightly clung to her matured body, swinging a wooden sword in her hand repeatedly.
With each swing of the sword, sweat would jump off her body and fall on the ground; vibrations would travel through her body, making her breasts and ass jiggle rhythmically.
Her complexion was rosy, mostly due to excessive workout, yet it did not stop a man from staring at her dazedly.
"Little Aunt..." Yun Che softly called her, causing the brown-haired woman's body to stiffen instantly and her motion of swinging the sword to halt midway.
With trembling shoulders, her gaze turned and she looked at Yun Che. It had been a year since she had seen him, and in this one year, everything about Yun Che seemed to have changed. Yet, all it took was a glance for her to realize who he was.
Happiness and joy instantly bloomed over her expression as tears started to fall from her eyes uncontrollably.
"Little Che..." Not being able to control herself, the brown-haired girl ran to him and jumped into his embrace, tightly hugging him. "I-It's really Little Che... I am not dreaming, right? No, wait! How did you come here? Did you sneak in?"
Her eyes suddenly widened in horror at the realization that he might have sneaked in as she hurriedly said.
"Little Che, you should not! Hurry, run! Run before anyone from the clan finds out about you! If they did, they would not let you leave—"
"Calm down... calm down, Little Aunt. Listen to me first. People from the Xiao Clan would not say or do anything to me. Please do not worry, I am not the weak chicken that could be bullied anywhere anymore." He locked his gaze with her and softly said, "A lot has changed since then. For example, look, I am not a cripple anymore."
"This..." Xiao Lingxi's eyes widened at the small fire which appeared over Yun Che's hand. All her worries instantly vanished and were replaced by inexplicable joy and happiness as she excitedly exclaimed, "That's good! No one can bully Little Che anymore!"
Once again, tears started to fall from her eyes as she continued with a soft mutter.
"I... I am glad... I'm glad Little Che doesn't have to live and be called trash anymore..."
"Little Aunt..."
It took a while, but Xiao Lingxi soon calmed down. She cleared her face and looked at Yun Che with a big smile and questioned.
"Then, Little Che, why are you here?"
"Isn't it obvious?" While softly playing with her hair that had grown past her bountiful buttocks these past years, Yun Che replied with a soft smile. "To take you back with me... also grandpa... yes, he too."
"What about the elders? They would never—"
"Don't worry about them..." Dodging her stare, Yun Che sheepishly replied. "They are probably rethinking their life choices."
"... Did you do something bad to them?" Xiao Lingxi asked worriedly. She did not care about them, but she indeed cared about what they might end up doing to her Little Che. She started to wonder if she should run away with him or not.
"Oh, on the topic of life choices, I found my blood-related grandfather. He is outside, you should go and greet him."
"You what?!" Xiao Lingxi did not care about the sudden shift of topic or the fact that he ignored her question, she was more shocked at the fact that Yun Che found his real family. "And you bring him here? Why did you bring him here?"
"What do you mean? Obviously to meet you guys... He said he wanted to meet the people who took care of me all this time, so I brought him here with me. Why? You don't want to meet my family?"
"N-not that..." Xiao Lingxi suddenly became nervous, and her cheeks took on a soft reddish hue. "I just wanted to meet them in a more... normal situation."
"Oh..." Suddenly, a shit-eating grin appeared on Yun Che's face. He leaned down and softly whispered into her ear, causing her cheeks to turn even redder. "Don't worry. I am sure Grandfather wouldn't dislike you, Little Aunt."
"W-what—"
"Do you remember the promise I made to you on my wedding night... under the tree, Little Aunt?" Seeing her complexion getting more and more red, Yun Che continued with a grin on his face. "I said, if you were not my blood-related Little Aunt, I would definitely marry you. Guess who was the adopted person in your family?"
"I-I will go and call Father!"
"Cute..." Softly smiling at her departing figure, Yun Che sighed.
'God... For a second, I was worried that the Ancestral Goddess would pop up out of nowhere, but I guess she is indeed a weak chicken as Mars had said, with only the power to do small fate manipulations. Though I wonder if I am getting "Erectile Dysfunction Resistance" any time soon...'
Yun Che did not have to wait for long before Xiao Lie appeared, followed by a shy Lingxi, who did not look up to him.
Time seemed to have done its work on Xiao Lie; his whole skin was pale and riddled with wrinkles, not a single spot with black hair was left on him. This past year seemed to be tough on him, especially.
"Che'er, it is really you!" Xiao Lie exclaimed loudly upon seeing Yun Che, his face filled with happiness. "I heard that you met your blood-related grandfather and even brought him here with you. Is that true?"
Yun Che smiled at the expectation on Xiao Lie's face before answering.
"Yes, that is true... But..."
"What happened?" Fear suddenly gripped Xiao Lie's heart as he inquired. He knew that when his son had a child, he exchanged him with the child of his friend. So now that Yun Che has found his blood-related family, doesn't that mean he should have also found his own son? But seeing Yun Che's expression, he wondered if something had happened to his son... Yun Che's parents were chased by the Sacred Ground, after all.
"It's not that... Just some small complications. I will tell you about them later. For now, let's go and meet them. They are waiting outside."
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The shock of Yun Che being strong enough to defeat all the elders of the Xiao Clan so easily came and went so fast that one might even question if they even cared. Instead, all the attention of Xiao Lie and Xiao Lingxi was diverted to Yun Canghai, the blood-related grandfather of Yun Che.
Setting Xiao Lingxi aside, Xiao Lie had many questions he wanted to ask Yun Canghai, so the two of them left to spend time in Xiao Lie's pavilion, while Lingxi vanished with Cang Yue, leaving behind Yufeng and Yun Che.
"... I am going to get some air." And with that, Yun Che was left alone in his courtyard.
'Since I am alone... might as well create the Blue Flames then.' Standing up, he walked to a wider space and sat on the ground, deep in thought. 'In the original, Yun Che combined the arts of the Ice Phoenix and Fire Phoenix to create the Blue Flames, which was a merging of the laws of Fire and Water. So if I do that and follow the exact steps, Menus should grant me the skill for it.'
With that in mind, Yun Che raised his hand as pure Fire Law manifested in his right hand and pure Water Law in his left hand.
In essence, the Heretic God's Seed was the materialization of elemental laws. Consuming it would give Yun Che a complete and full understanding of the laws related to the seed.
This made it incredibly easy for him to materialize the purest forms of fire and water laws in his hands.
As the fire and water laws illuminated the night, Yun Che took a deep breath. It was time to create one of the strongest, yet least used fires in the Primal Chaos.
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