From Yan Luo and Xuan Ke, Yan Dangmo and Xuan Ji learned in detail what had happened in the secret realm.
After Chen Yuyang left, Xuan Ke and Yan Luo, despite not seeing eye to eye, continued to cooperate until the secret realm training ended.
Therefore, the total number of tokens they each ultimately obtained was exactly the same.
However, what truly concerned Yan Dangmo and Xuan Ji about the secret realm was not that.
Instead, it was who had defeated the three members of the Dongfang family inside.
When they heard that all three Dongfang members had been defeated by Chen Yuyang alone, the expressions on their faces instantly became extremely interesting.
Yan Dangmo had already been surprised by Chen Yuyang countless times, so he was fine and quickly accepted it.
But Xuan Ji took a long time to recover.
“That kid, how did he do it?”
After a while, after leaving, Xuan Ji couldn’t help murmuring to himself, “Sword technique, martial arts, archery, alchemy… just how many skills does he have?”
He paused, looked at Yan Dangmo, and said with a puzzled face, “Is he really only fifteen? With such achievements, I’d believe he was fifty.”
Yan Dangmo slowly shook his head.
“Even if he were fifty, being able to accomplish all this would still be considered quite young.”
Xuan Ji nodded in agreement.
“Indeed.”
As he spoke, a hint of pride couldn’t help but appear on Yan Dangmo’s face.
He snorted lightly, “But then again, this is one of the reasons I had my eye on this kid from the start. So, not bad judgment, right?”
However, what Yan Dangmo didn’t know was that at this moment of his pride, Xuan Ji’s determination to steal him away was even more firm.
Such a good seedling—how could he not have thoughts about it?
“But,” Yan Dangmo suddenly remembered something and changed the subject, looking at Xuan Ji.
“What exactly is the situation with the Yun family?”
“That kid rushed off with his junior sister in a hurry just now, saying they didn’t find the files… Or is it that there’s something in those files that can’t be mentioned?”
At this, Xuan Ji also frowned, his tone serious.
“I’d like to know too, but regarding the files on the Yun family massacre… we really didn’t find them.”
“Really didn’t find them?”
Yan Dangmo asked in a low voice.
“Were they lost?”
“Very unlikely,” Xuan Ji shook his head and continued, “The rules of the Xuan family for managing files are extremely strict. They wouldn’t be easily lost.”
Yan Dangmo’s pupils contracted slightly, and he couldn’t help but ask suspiciously, “Could it be that they weren’t investigated in the first place?”
“Impossible!” Xuan Ji immediately retorted, decisively.
“I may be old, but my memory isn’t that bad yet.”
“At that time, I personally ordered people to investigate the Yun family massacre!”
Seeing his certainty, Yan Dangmo slowly nodded, his expression also becoming serious.
“If that’s the case… then there must be quite a problem within your Xuan family. The file disappearing out of thin air is no accident. What do you plan to do now?”
“Investigate!”
A fierce glint flashed in Xuan Ji’s eyes.
“I don’t care who did it or which link went wrong, but this matter must be thoroughly investigated!”
“The problem is… can we find anything? It’s been over a decade; many leads have probably long since gone cold.”
Yan Dangmo shook his head and sighed softly, feeling this matter was quite troublesome.
“Even if it’s difficult, we have to try!” Xuan Ji’s eyes were grave, still brooking no dissent.
He, of course, knew it was difficult.
Because just now, he had already gone to the secret hall to check the identity records of everyone who had entered and exited the secret hall over the years, as well as the list of files they had looked through.
These records were automatically generated by the array restrictions within the secret hall and could not be falsified.
Yet the result was… no problems at all.
In other words, no matter what method the other party used to steal or destroy the files, they did it very cleanly.
So cleanly that for now, Xuan Ji couldn’t find any way to start.
But could Xuan Ji let it go?
No!
Because a person like that, no matter how high a position they held in the Xuan family, would ultimately be doing things that harm heaven and reason.
Moreover, this matter ran counter to the overall interests of the Xuan family and even shook the family’s foundation.
Therefore, he had to investigate.
Even if it wasn’t to give an explanation to that kid and the girl, he had to find out who was causing trouble behind the scenes.
Yan Dangmo shook his head, unable to do anything about this either.
He paused before continuing, “But now that the girl from the Yun family has appeared, would the one who acted against her back then want to eliminate the root cause now?”
Xuan Ji nodded.
He had thought of this as well.
“Very possible.”
Yan Dangmo thought carefully and also agreed, “Putting myself in their shoes, if it were me, I definitely wouldn’t allow the surviving descendant of a family I had exterminated to grow up and investigate the truth.”
“However, he might be cautious and not necessarily act immediately,” Xuan Ji said somewhat uncertainly.
“Then it’s simple.”
A glint flashed in Yan Dangmo’s eyes, and he immediately said, “I’ll have Yan Luo secretly give a communication token to Chen Yuyang. When they encounter danger, they just need to crush the token, and we’ll immediately break through space to come to their rescue.”
“That’s not appropriate,” Xuan Ji said with some concern.
“If the other party really is a Xuan family elder with a cultivation at the Fusion stage, killing those two junior Golden Core stage cultivators would take but a blink of an eye.”
“Chen Yuyang might not even have the chance to crush the token as a warning. Even if he reacts quickly and crushes it, it would take us a few breaths to break through space and arrive. In those few breaths, the other party would have already killed them and silenced them, then escaped with ease.”
“Then just give them two protective spiritual treasures!”
Yan Dangmo said directly.
“Even if they can’t fully block a Fusion stage cultivator, they can at least delay for a few breaths, giving them a chance to crush the token. That should be no problem, right?”
After all, for Chen Yuyang, he was willing to spend the resources.
“Even so, it’s still not safe,”
Xuan Ji was still worried, his brows furrowed.
“What if our actions are too obvious and instead alert him, making him give up on acting? Then wouldn’t all our efforts be in vain?”
“Even if we aren’t obvious, he will still be on guard,” Yan Dangmo thought clearly and continued.
“But will he therefore not act? No! Because the threat is growing. As long as Cloud Lian lives, she is a hidden danger for him every day. He also cannot allow the truth of that year to be uncovered.”
“Therefore, as long as there is a suitable opportunity, he will definitely take the risk to act!”
“Moreover, he also knows that the longer he delays, the higher that kid and the girl will grow, the more prepared they will be, and the harder it will be for him to succeed.”
He paused and continued, “If it were me, knowing that a fish that slipped through the net from back then is still alive, I’d probably be tossing and turning, unable to sleep all night, and eager to get rid of it as soon as possible.”
Xuan Ji nodded.
Yan Dangmo’s analysis was indeed reasonable.
“In short, he will definitely act; it’s just a matter of time. We just need to be ready to rescue that kid at any moment.”
He paused and then added, “After all, that kid came out to train. He won’t stay in Heng City forever. He’ll eventually go to some remote places, and that will be the best opportunity for the other party to act.”
Xuan Ji nodded and no longer hesitated.
He took out a jade token from his bosom and said, “In that case, let Xuan Ke deliver this token to Chen Yuyang. Let them have some protection.”
“No need, my token is enough.”
Yan Dangmo raised an eyebrow and said immediately.
In a critical moment, if Chen Yuyang crushed someone’s token to call for help, he would owe that person a great favor.
Yan Dangmo didn’t want to miss the chance to win Chen Yuyang over.
“This is an internal matter of my Xuan family. It should be handled by my Xuan family. Naturally, I should be the one to give the token.”
As he said this, Xuan Ji immediately retorted, “On the other hand, what are you, an outsider from the Yan family, so concerned about?”
“Who’s an outsider? That kid is my future grandson-in-law!”
Yan Dangmo raised his brow and snorted discontentedly.
“Chen Yuyang hasn’t agreed to that yet. Don’t flatter yourself.”
Xuan Ji skewered him unceremoniously.
“You old rascal…” Yan Dangmo glared at Xuan Ji, and seeing how earnest he seemed, his heart suddenly sank.
Yan Dangmo slowly narrowed his eyes.
“You… you wouldn’t be trying to get your hands on that kid too, to compete with me, would you?”
Xuan Ji heard this but remained silent, neither admitting nor denying it.
But this silence instead made the alarm bells ring in Yan Dangmo’s heart.
If this guy didn’t have that idea, given his personality, he would have denied it outright.
But he chose to remain silent…
Could it be that he really had taken a liking to Yuyang and wanted to bring him into the Xuan family?
No!
Absolutely not!
This kid must be a member of the Yan family!
We need to have Luobo take action quickly.
Preferably, get her pregnant, and then everything will be settled…
Just then, a presence quickly approached from outside the door.
“Who is it!” Xuan Ji raised an eyebrow and asked loudly.
“Ancestor, it’s me, Xuan Xing.”
Outside the door, a Xuan family disciple answered respectfully.
“What’s the matter?”
Xuan Ji’s tone softened a bit, but still carried the authority befitting an ancestor.
“Reporting to the Ancestor, just now, the Hehuan Sect’s Chen Yuyang, Young Master Chen, sent a letter, and then headed east out of the city.”
Outside the room, Xuan Xing quickly said.
“A letter? Out of the city?”
Xuan Ji and Yan Dangmo exchanged glances, both a bit surprised.
“Bring it in,” Xuan Ji said. With a flick of his finger, the room door suddenly opened.
Then Xuan Ji waved his hand, and the letter in Xuan Xing’s hand flew in, landing in his palm.
Xuan Xing saw this, bowed respectfully, and then withdrew of his own accord.
Closing the palace door, Xuan Ji quickly opened the letter.
Yan Dangmo also immediately leaned in curiously, stretching his neck to look together.
The content of the letter was not long.
And the general meaning of the letter was also very simple.
That is, since there were no leads on the truth of the Cloud Lian family massacre for now, he would set it aside and not investigate further.
Since his junior sister Cloud Lian was in a bad mood because of this matter, Chen Yuyang planned to take her out to continue training and to lift her spirits.
And considering that his junior sister was feeling low, he was not convenient to come in person to bid farewell, so he wrote this letter and had someone deliver it to express his apologies.