Chapter 628 (1/2)

AST 628 – The knot in Di Chen’s heart, Di Chen’s father

“Who? Who is he?” Di Chen asked puzzledly as she looked at her brother.

Di Fentian frowned, almost as if he was debating with himself internally. After a while, he slowly replied, “You will find out sooner or later anyway. I’ll just tell you everything today. At that time, I didn’t have a choice.”

Di Chen did not say anything. She looked at Di Fentian silently, waiting for him to continue.

“This story is a little confusing but I will just say it directly. Actually, the threat from the Residence of the Sky Tyrant Lord is not resolved. This is because there is still someone alive. He is the real head of the Residence of the Sky Tyrant Lord. He is an old demon and had secluded himself in the Seven Stars Cloudway Pagoda. Otherwise, he would have already visited Brother Qing Shui. “

“There is still an expert in the Residence of the Sky Tyrant Lord? What is the Seven Stars Cloudway Pagoda?” Di Chen asked curiously.

“That expert actually left the Residence of the Sky Tyrant Lord a couple of years ago. Unless there was a large commotion, he basically did not interfere in the matters in the Residence of the Sky Tyrant Lord. The Seven Stars Cloudway Pagoda is a gigantic pagoda that possesses a mysterious formidable force field. It is said that training inside will halve the effort required.” Di Fentian replied openly.

“If that is so, why isn’t the Seven Stars Cloudway Pagoda considered one of the Seven Stars?”

“That is because too few people are aware of the existence of the Seven Stars Cloudway Pagoda.”

As he finished his sentence, Di Fentian shook his head and looked at Di Chen. “ Look, I went off topic again. Let’s just talk about the old demon from the Residence of the Sky Tyrant Lord.”

“Okay.”

“That old demon is called Ba Junlin. He is one generation older than our grandfather. His cultivation level is extremely high. Most importantly, he is very powerful but no one know exactly how powerful he is. He also saved our grandfather’s life once. That was the reason why the two families which were already on good terms became even closer.”

When Di Fentian explained to this point, Qing Shui got the general idea. This situation was created probably because the Residence of the Sky Tyrant Lord wanted to better the relationship of the two clans, so they proposed an alliance by marriage. The thing he could not understand was why it had to be Di Chen’s generation.

“The old demon could see the decline of the younger generation in the Residence of the Sky Tyrant Lord. When he visited the Di Clan, he noticed that you had a skeletal structural exceptionally suited for martial arts. He foresaw that you will be very successful in your cultivation. Furthermore, our father’s cultivation level was much higher than those from the same generation in the Residence of the Sky Tyrant Lord. He could see that our father doted on you the most, so he had his eyes on you.” Di Fentian said, grimacing a little.

“So our father just agreed to that?” Di Chen looked at Di Fentian asking.

“Ba Junlin approached our grandfather directly. He did not even consult our father. Our father only found out when Grandfather went to look for him. At that time, Ba Junlin visited the Di Clan with many other influential people from Seven Stars Country. Furthermore, Ba Junlin had done our family a great favour. Di Clan had always been righteous and understood the principle of repaying one’s kindness. Under those circumstances, there really was no alternative. Besides, the Residence of the Sky Tyrant Lord was also one of the Seven Stars, so we were on the same social standing. With that, he agreed.” Di Fentian felt helpless as he stopped here.

Di Chen fell silent. She could imagine how it was at that time. Many things in life were beyond one’s control. Di Chen fully understood that the children of a powerful clan basically had no freedom to marry who they want. It was not that bad for the men as they could take a few wives. But the women were pitiful. If they have to marry men that they do not like and they could not fall in love with their husbands, their entire lives would be miserable.

“Chen’er, please come back. Our father tried his best but he was pressured by the elders in the family. Because of this, he almost left the clan. There aren’t many family members in our Di Clan, we aren’t as unfeeling as members from the other larger clans. When our father saw our grandfather worrying, he decided to carry that burden as a son. He made a painful decision. He did not dare to talk to you or even get close to you because he was afraid that he might just snatch you back home…”

Di Chen did not say a word. The reason sounded far-fetched but it was more than enough. Qing Shui shook his head, smiling bitterly as he stood beside her.

In the World of the Nine Continents, women had a comparatively lower status in society. If Qing Shui had to make the decision, he would have treated the two matters separately. The Di Clan did owe the Residence of the Sky Tyrant Lord a huge favor but there were definitely other ways to repay them. He did not know why they had come to such a painful decision.

“I am living well now. Since I left Di Clan, I don’t plan to ever go back.” Di Chen smiled at Di Fentian, showing that she had resolved many of the issues that troubled her heart.

“Chen’er, Dad misses you. Di Clan is your family!” Di Fentian said hurriedly.

“When I needed help, nobody even came. I really don’t care for such a family.” Di Chen said firmly, shaking her head.

“Sister!”

Di Qing suddenly shouted.

“Since they made that decision in the past, why do they even expect me to return now?” Di Chen shook her head again and looked at Di Fentian.

“Actually, when you left the Residence of the Sky Tyrant Lord, Ba Tianwang came over to the Di Clan with no sense of propriety at all. He even proposed to take Qing’er as his wife. Qing’er was already at a peak Martial King at that time. This infuriated our grandfather. He berated Ba Tianwang for overstepping his boundaries and chased them away immediately.” Di Fentian said angrily.

“How could they do this…” Di Chen looked at Di Qing. She was obviously angered by this as well.

“At that time, our father nearly took action. It was an insult to the Di Clan, so they chased them away immediately. We broke off all ties with the Residence of the Sky Tyrant Lord. Outsiders did not know this and that was the reason why the Residence of the Sky Tyrant Lord went over to Greencloud Continent. Thankfully, the outcome of that was beyond anybody’s expectation. That was something to be happy about.”

“Big brother. Thanks for visiting me in the past. Now that I know what had happened, I won’t be going back to the Di Residence. We will stay a few more days here and we will leave.” Di Chen decided that there was no need to go back to the Di Residence.

“Sigh!”

A clear sigh came from the door.

Qing Shui used his Spiritual sense and felt a familiar faint aura at the door. That was the aura that he had felt over the past few days. He could not tell how powerful the person was.

Hearing that voice, Di Chen was startled. She turned to look at the door as a middle aged man walked in. His scholarly look was accompanied by an air of worldliness. He had an exceptionally manly aura.

He was handsome and his eyes were bright. He had sword-like eyebrows and a straight, erect nose. There was a tinge of silver in his sideburns and he wore a silvery white robe. He was smiling at Di Chen. His doting eyes showed a complex range of emotions; he looked guilty, apologetic, regretful, helpless…