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Chapter 693: Chapter 0693: Begging Ye Xunhuan
He Luo was something Ye Xunhuan couldn’t clearly define, nor had he ever seen it before, but as far as he knew, whether it was He Luo or the Taiji Seal, they essentially served the same purpose. Both contained a variety of elements, including Yin and Yang, the Five Elements, and the Eight Trigrams!
However, there must be differences between the two!
A saying was passed around in the Huaxia martial arts world, "To possess either He Luo or the Taiji Seal is to be unmatched under the heavens!"
Another saying went, "With Taiji in hand, the world is mine; without He Luo’s emergence, who dares to compete?" 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓅𝓊𝓫.𝒸ℴ𝓶
In other words, should one acquire both, one could be titled the king and dominate the Huaxia martial arts world, with no one able to contend!
Meaning, these two items, just like the Heavenly Sword and Dragon Slaying Saber in ’The Legend of the Heavenly Sword and Dragon Saber’, were treasures that commanded the martial world!
Ye Xunhuan already possessed one such item, and although curious about the other, he hadn’t considered pursuing it further.
A Taiji Seal alone had already aroused the envy of countless, let alone if he were to obtain He Luo.
The mere thought of it gave Ye Xunhuan a headache!
Now, He Duoze was saying that their He family ancestor had once reached that legendary realm with the help of He Luo, which stirred something in Ye Xunhuan’s heart. Could it be that He Luo had always been with the He family?
The very object countless people were seeking, with no news about it, was with the He family!
"Correct, He Luo is our He family’s heirloom, having been passed down to me over more than twenty generations!" He Duoze said with a bitter smile, "But I’m of limited talent and have never been able to fully comprehend He Luo, only grasping the surface. Even the mechanisms set up in the villa, Mr. Ye, you must have seen them, right?"
"How come this sounds just like the ’Evil-warding Sword Manual’, always staying in your family but never mastered by anyone?"
Although He Duoze disliked Ye Xunhuan’s comparison, he had to admit that it was spot on!
"You could say that!" said He Duoze with a bitter face, "Mr. Ye, my eagerness to marry off my daughter stemmed from that. Somehow, the news about He Luo got leaked, and someone knew it was in my hands. Even if I didn’t give it to you, it would certainly be taken by others!"
Ye Xunhuan sighed helplessly, "You’re really naive, do you think marrying off your daughter will ensure her safety?"
"If they can’t get it from you, they will definitely go after your daughter!"
"I know!" He Duoze stated emphatically, "But I had no choice, my daughter following me would only lead to a dead end, getting married might allow her to survive!"
Ye Xunhuan could understand He Duoze’s paranoid thinking.
If word about He Luo had already spread to outsiders, then if He Sichan stayed by his side, father and daughter would both be in danger when the time came. If they were apart, there might still be a chance for He Sichan to survive.
"Don’t you know who leaked it out?"
Ye Xunhuan found it hard to believe that the He family heirloom could be leaked to others, especially when there weren’t many people in the He family!
With only the father-daughter pair, and seeing He Sichan’s ignorance about what He Luo was, it left only He Duoze as the potential source.
Would He Duoze naively tell others that He Luo was in his hands?
Obviously not!
He Duoze glanced at He Sichan, then at Ye Xunhuan, as if he had made some monumental decision, and gritted his teeth, "It was Si Chan’s mother!"
After uttering those six words, He Duoze slowly closed his eyes, a look of unprecedented pain spreading across his face.
Upon hearing He Duoze’s words, He Sichan’s body shook violently, and almost instinctively she asked, "Didn’t you say my mother was dead, that she died?"
In He Sichan’s memory, there was no mother; since the moment she could remember, there was only her father.
He Sichan had also asked He Duoze about her mother when she was little; He Duoze gave no answer back then. As He Sichan grew older, he told her that her mother had died.
Gradually, He Sichan stopped asking.
Upon hearing He Duoze’s words, Ye Xunhuan immediately felt a wave of powerlessness. Damn, another melodramatic soap opera!
Just as Ye Xunhuan had expected, it indeed was a melodramatic soap opera!
Initially, He Sichan’s mother did not know what He Luo was, only that it existed. Gradually, as she learned more about it, she couldn’t resist the temptation of He Luo and began to covet it.
But it was the He family’s heirloom, and according to the family’s ancestral teachings, aside from the descendants, the daughters-in-law of the He family were not allowed to touch He Luo!
He Duoze abided by the family’s instructions, and even though He Sichan’s mother learned of He Luo, she never got a chance to get close to it!
Yet, she tried every means to approach it and even later colluded with others, hoping to obtain He Luo. That battle led the He family to a gradual decline; over twenty members of the He family were massacred!
At the same time, the other party didn’t gain any advantages either, suffering total annihilation!
Because of the leak of He Luo, the surviving He Duoze fled to foreign lands with his daughter, who was not yet two years old.
But not long ago, he suddenly received a phone call from He Sichan’s mother, demanding that he hand over He Luo.
He Duoze sensed that something was wrong and thought about marrying off his daughter. After all, He Sichan was a piece of him; she couldn’t be that heartless, could she?
But now He Duoze had misjudged the ruthlessness of his ex-wife and underestimated the allure of He Luo.
He Sichan stared at He Duoze with her eyes wide and her body trembling uncontrollably, her already unattractive complexion turning even uglier.
Ye Xunhuan couldn’t help but sigh upon seeing this.
Such a mother, truly heartless, for her own purposes, she would collude with others. Not only did she have her own husband’s family killed, but she also neglected her own daughter!
"Mr. Ye, I beg you, please take care of Si Chan!"
"And what about you?"
"I’m going to find that bitch!" He Duoze said through clenched teeth, his eyes red with anger: "If I don’t kill her, the souls of the twenty-plus members of my He family won’t rest in peace!"
"Do you think you can find her, or even if you do, are you sure you can kill her?" Ye Xunhuan spoke softly: "Moreover, twenty years have passed; do you even know her current name or what she looks like?"
"Don’t tell me you know. With today’s advanced technology, changing a face is easy, and as long as you have money, changing a name and nationality is even simpler!"
He Duoze fell silent.
What Ye Xunhuan had said was all true!
"Who was it that moved against your He family back then?"
"I’m not sure, but I remember my father shouting ’Dan Feiyun’!"
"Dan Feiyun?" Ye Xunhuan was taken aback, instinctively thinking of Shan Yujing.
Damn it, could they be from the same family?
Could they also be people from Kunlun?
"Mr. Ye, do you know them?"
"I don’t," Ye Xunhuan shook his head: "I’ve never even heard of them."
"Right, my father killed him back in those days!"
As he spoke, He Duoze seemed to think of something, looking at Ye Xunhuan and pleading, "Mr. Ye, can you help me protect my daughter?"
"I really don’t want to get involved in this messy affair..."
"Mr. Ye, I beg you, please..."
He Duoze made as if to kowtow to Ye Xunhuan. Now Ye Xunhuan was his only hope, the hope for his daughter to survive!
