Jade Dynasty: I am the master of the Burning Sword, my swordsmanship is unparalleled.

Chapter 107 A World of Lies

Inside the manor, there is an elegant and quiet courtyard, with a stream flowing in front of it, shimmering under the moonlight.

A wooden bridge spans the stream, with several lanterns hanging on it. The scenery is indeed beautiful and picturesque. Unfortunately, none of the three women in the courtyard, dressed in long red dresses, seem to care about appreciating the moonlit view.

Lu Xueqi, who had never touched a drop of alcohol since childhood, was now holding a wine glass, tilting her head back and drinking it all in one gulp. The spicy sensation filled her throat, but Lu Xueqi endured it.

Biyao glanced at her, her eyes filled with complex emotions. She bit her lip, looking somewhat restless.

Although Youji and her companions were in the courtyard, they could hear the commotion clearly. The fact that the Burning Sword and the Azure Heaven were summoned and flew away indicated that a major dispute had taken place over there.

For Biyao, those two men were the most important men in her life, yet on her wedding day, they drew their swords against each other, causing Biyao, caught in the middle, immense pain.

After hesitating for a while, Biyao gritted her teeth and whispered to Youji, her voice carrying a hint of pleading.

"Aunt You, I'll go out and take a look."

Upon hearing this, Lu Xueqi put down her wine cup, looked up, and saw Youji sigh softly, slowly shake her head at Biyao, and look at Biyao very seriously as she spoke.

"Biyao, this is between them. What can you do if you go out now?"

"But, I..."

Biyao paused, opened her mouth, but couldn't answer the question. With her strength, there was really nothing she could do. Even if she went, she could only stand aside and watch.

Seeing Biyao's eyes dim, Youji reached out and gently patted the back of Biyao's hand, comforting the girl who had not yet experienced too much of the world.

"Actually, you can do a lot of things."

Lu Xueqi's voice suddenly rang out, clear and cold yet with a touch of gentle charm, like a fairy who had fallen to earth.

Youji and Biyao looked over and saw that Lu Xueqi's face was flushed, and she seemed to be quite drunk.

"Xueqi, you've had too much to drink. Let me take you back to your room to rest."

Youji reached out and gently helped Lu Xueqi, intending to take her back to her room first, but Lu Xueqi pushed her away forcefully.

Lu Xueqi, whose steps were slightly unsteady, tilted her head back and drank the remaining wine in her glass in one gulp, then sneered and spoke.

"I know what I'm talking about. Your father just wants to use us to threaten Xiao Fan and force him to work for him, right?"

Upon hearing this, Biyao's expression changed slightly, and she clenched her teeth, but she did not refute it. It wasn't that she didn't know, but that she was unwilling to face it.

One is her biological father, and the other is her husband. She is caught in the middle. How should she choose?

Perhaps, sometimes, Biyao would think, if Zhang Xiaofan had also joined the Ghost King Sect, would he not be in so much pain?

But Biyao felt it was impossible, because that wasn't Zhang Xiaofan. His heart was like the sun in the sky; even if it sank, it would eventually rise again.

Avoidance is not the solution to problems, but sometimes it can make you feel less pain.

Biyao knew very well that once she left, she would have to choose between the two men, but she couldn't make that choice. That's why Biyao asked Youji, because she needed someone to tell her the answer.

Lu Xueqi's face was flushed and her steps were unsteady, but her eyes were exceptionally bright, and her burning gaze made Biyao dare not meet her eyes.

“Your father may imprison me and Youji, but he will never imprison you, his own daughter. If you truly care about Xiaofan, go out now, bring Tianya, and we'll fight our way out together.”

Upon hearing this, Youji's expression changed. She quickly stepped forward, reached out to support Lu Xueqi, and whispered something.

"Xueqi, you're drunk. Let's go back inside and rest."

Do you really think your father cares about you?

Whether it was because she had drunk too much or because she had broken through to the Shangqing Realm, Lu Xueqi's strength was surprisingly great, and she pushed You Ji away with one blow.

The red veil, which had been lifted, swayed in front of her eyes before Lu Xueqi reached out and pulled it down. Her flushed face was so beautiful, yet it did not inspire any sense of desecration.

"If he truly cared about you and your mother, why did it take him so many days to come and save you? Fox Ridge Mountain is the territory of your Ghost King Sect."

Biyao's face turned pale instantly. She looked up at Lu Xueqi in disbelief, only to see Lu Xueqi sneer, swaying her body as she pointed at her and said...

“Wuya and Zhihua, they are both foxes, foxes from Fox Ridge Mountain. You may not know that, right? Your mother is also a fox, of the same kind as them. But what about your father? Didn’t he imprison them?”

"Impossible, this is impossible!"

Biyao swayed slightly, then stood up unsteadily, unable to believe what she was hearing.

When she mistakenly thought Lu Xueqi was a descendant of the Hehuan Sect, she secretly kept calling Lu Xueqi a vixen. But it turns out, she was the one born of a fox.
"If you don't believe me, you can ask Wuya and Zhihua. Even Xiaofan doesn't know about this."

In Lu Xueqi's knowledge, probably very few people know about Biyao's background. At least, Zhang Xiaofan doesn't know, since Zhang Xiaofan has never heard Biyao mention her secret.

"Your mother was a fox spirit, with such a tenacious life force, yet she died in that stone cave. Have you ever wondered why?"

"Impossible, this is impossible!"

Biyao covered her head with both hands and shook it violently, causing the hairpins on her head to swing wildly, many of which hit her face, but Biyao didn't care at all.

At this moment, Biyao was almost going crazy; she couldn't believe what she was hearing.

Her mother was a fox, and even if she had to cut off her own flesh to feed her, the fox's vitality would have been enough to sustain her for many days. Moreover, they were in Fox Ridge Mountain, the territory of the Ghost King Sect. Logically speaking, they should have been able to receive rescue long ago, but her mother died!
This incident had always been a source of pain for Biyao. She always saw herself as a cruel murderer who had personally killed her mother.

But now, it seems that everything is different, as if the whole world is a lie.

First, Zhang Xiaofan tricked her into betraying Qingyun, then Lu Xueqi, whom she confided in, turned out to be a fake, and now, even her father has been deceiving her all along.

Youji, standing to the side, was even more stunned. Even though she had known Biyao's mother for many years, she had never known that Biyao's mother was actually a fox demon.

Even Youji suspected that the secret about Biyao's mother's identity was probably known only to Wanrenwang within the entire Holy Sect.

(End of this chapter)