Zhou Yi and Zhou Ping waited three days before finally meeting Dongfang Wudao. After Dongfang Wudao sat down, he looked at the two of them and asked, “May I ask what brings you two seniors here today?”
“Divine Son, there’s now a chance to destroy the Ye Family. I wonder if you’re interested.”
Dongfang Wudao’s expression didn’t change as he calmly stared at them. “You may speak plainly, seniors.”
“When we went to look for our Zhou family descendant, we found that the Ye Family was hunting him down. But they also made a move against a younger member of the Shenyang Zhao Family.”
“A powerful expert acted against a junior. That’s big trouble for the Ye Family.”
“Oh? Do the two of you think I’m that easy to fool?”
“Divine Son, what do you mean?”
The two looked confused by Dongfang Wudao’s response.
“Did that junior from the Shenyang Zhao Family die?”
“No!” Both of them shook their heads.
“Then it’s just an injury. Compensating with some resources will settle it. The Shenyang Zhao Family may be stronger than the Ye Family, but not by much. They won’t go all out over this. Don’t forget, even if the Zhao Family is stronger than the Ye Family, there’s still the Feng Family.”
“The Feng Family is stronger than the Zhao Family.”
“So in the end, this will be brushed under the rug. You two seem angry, so the only one seriously injured must be your Zhou Family descendant, right?”
Zhou Yi sighed, his gaze complicated as he looked at Dongfang Wudao. This young man’s clarity of thought was frightening.
“You’re right. They want to exterminate our Zhou Family bloodline. We can’t swallow this anger.”
“Then raise your descendant well and have him continue your bloodline.”
“But once we leave, the Ye Family will find out somehow. They must already know we discovered they tried to kill our heir. They won’t let us live.”
“Did the Ye Family members chasing Zhou Shian return?” Dongfang Wudao asked the void.
Soon, a voice answered, “Divine Son, the two of them have gone into hiding out of fear.”
“You heard that, seniors.”
“You’re not lying to us?”
“What do I gain by lying to you two? Besides, the Dongfang Family has never taken the Ye Family seriously. Wiping them out would just take some effort.”
The two fell silent. What he said wasn’t wrong.
“You came here, which means one of you stayed behind to protect your Zhou Family heir, didn’t you?”
“That’s right.”
“As the saying goes, the reckless fear the ruthless, and the ruthless fear those who don’t fear death.”
“If you want the Ye Family to fear you, there’s no need for the Dongfang Family to act.”
“What do you mean?”
“With so much trouble, how would the Ye Family have time to worry about your Zhou Family?”
“No. Our Zhou Family descendant is still with the Zhao Family. Even if we self-destruct, someone from the Ye Family might survive and uncover our actions.”
“If the Ye Family suffers a great disaster, many people will jump in to kick them while they’re down.”
“And we, the Dongfang Family, will be one of them.”
“Do you think anyone from the Ye Family will survive?”
“They’ve offended so many. Do you think the Feng Family will still protect them?”
“In the cultivation world, profit comes before all else. Surely you two understand that.”
After saying that, Dongfang Wudao poured himself a cup of tea and calmly waited for their decision.
At last, the two lifted their heads and looked at the composed Dongfang Wudao.
Such a venomous plan, yet Dongfang Wudao could come up with it so easily.
But they had no better options.
“Don’t forget, seniors, I killed the Ye Family patriarch. The Feng Family hates me, and the Ye Family hates me even more.”
Hearing this, their eyes flickered.
“Have you made your decision, seniors?”
They poured themselves tea, clinked cups with Dongfang Wudao, downed it, and vanished.
Dongfang Wudao looked at the cup in his hand, poured out the tea, and revealed a playful smile.
“Divine Son, will they really go through with it?”
“Whether they do or don’t, it makes no difference to the Dongfang Family.”
“If they do, we can just make their explosion stronger.”
“They have no other choice. Weakness is a sin.”
Dongfang Wudao stood and walked out of the tavern.
Meanwhile, the two who had just left wore dark expressions.
“Damn it, I’m furious,” Zhou Ping shouted, punching a massive boulder into dust, killing intent radiating from him.
Zhou Yi sighed heavily.
“I can’t tell whether that plan came from the Dongfang elders or from Dongfang Wudao himself.”
“Maybe ever since the engagement was broken and our heir was forced away, our Zhou Family has had no other path. We’re just walking the road he laid out.”
“He knew from the start that the Ye Family was hunting our descendant but waited for us to discover it on our own.”
“The last time we met, he poured us a full cup of tea and drove us away. He knew we’d be back, begging for help.”
“But burning one’s soul to self-destruct goes beyond what the cup can contain.”
“So he had already foreseen our end during our last meeting.”
“Hehe, all these years we’ve lived, and it’s all gone to waste.”
“Big Brother, are we really going to follow his plan?”
“We don’t have a choice. Otherwise, the Ye Family will do everything to hunt us down. The Feng Family too.”
“Let’s go. Back to the Ye Family.”
“Dongfang Wudao will probably send someone to assist us, but who knows what method he’ll use.”
When Zhou Yi and Zhou Ping returned to the Ye Family, Ye Wentian personally received them.
After all, Zhou Yi was a 1st stage Great Emperor Realm expert—someone no force could afford to underestimate.
“Senior Zhou Yi, how did it go?” Ye Wentian asked with a smiling face.
“We didn’t succeed. Dongfang Wudao never showed himself. We were discovered and had to leave,” Zhou Yi replied with frustration and hatred in his eyes.
Zhou Ping also radiated killing intent.
Ye Wentian saw their anger. It was genuine.
What he didn’t realize was that part of that killing intent was directed at the Ye Family.
Using them as pawns and killing their Zhou Family heir made them hate Ye Wentian even more than Dongfang Wudao.
As he noticed their killing intent, a faint smile curled on Ye Wentian’s lips.
“By the way, where’s Senior Zhou Chang?”
“He guessed we still had other descendants out there and went looking for them. We came back first.”
A bad feeling welled up in Ye Wentian’s heart. Hopefully, Zhou Shian was already dead.
Even if they found out, surely the Zhou Family wouldn’t dare act recklessly?
“Thank you both for your efforts. Please, rest for now.”
Zhou Yi and Zhou Ping didn’t refuse and returned to the residence arranged for them by the Ye Family.
As Zhou Ping was about to speak, Zhou Yi’s killing intent flared up. “Dongfang Wudao, don’t let me catch you. I’ll tear you to pieces.”
Zhou Ping quickly realized they were being watched.
“Big Brother, this is the golden era. Dongfang Wudao is the Divine Son of the Dongfang Family. He can’t hide forever, can he?”
“True. Let’s rest a couple of days. We’ve been under pressure for too long—especially after being discovered by the Dongfang Family. Rest well, and be more careful next time.”
While the two continued their act, a faint figure quietly appeared.
“Stop pretending. The Divine Son asked me to deliver something to you.”