Chapter 633: Chance encounter, long farewells (1/2)

Chapter 633: Chance encounter, long farewells

What part of Celestial Mountain did Tang Li’s fiancée hail from?

“It’s the only daughter of your martial uncle Cang Qiuzi, Cang Xiaoying,”1 Aunt Ru replied honestly.

Cang Xiaoying? Han Yunxi thought. You might as well call her ‘cangying’ for “fly” instead. What Cang “xiaoying”–Cang Little Fly? Can we call her father Cang Daying for Cang Big Fly too?

Han Yunxi had never seen Cang Qiuzi, but she already hated this second leader of the Celestial Mountain Sword Sect to the core. He was the one who injured Long Feiye last time when he’d been tricked away by Duanmu Yao. Han Yunxi was hoping for the day she could go with Long Feiye to meet his master in the mountain, but her second priority was to give Cang Qiuzi a thorough lesson. Who knew that Tang Zijin would actually try to win the man over on his side? Tang Li really deserved to run from that wedding. In the future, she vowed to help him keep escaping it forever!

“Cang Qiuzi’s daughter?” Long Feiye said coldly. “What skills you have, Tang Clan!”

Tang Zijin didn’t understand Long Feiye’s hostility. “Feiye, Celestial Mountain Sword Sect has no idea of our connections…” He stopped here because Han Yunxi was still present, trailing off before he made things clear. Neither he nor Aunt Ru knew exactly how much Long Feiye had divulged to the woman about the Tang Clan. But one thing was certain: Long Feiye would never tell her that he was the East Qin imperial heir. Before they finished all their preparations, that was a secret to be kept in their hearts. Once things were ready to go, the revelation would be a thunderclap that shocked the world and stunned all of Cloud Realm Continent!

“Rather than throwing in all our stakes with the elder of the sword sect, why not have a backup plan with Cang Qiuzi as well? Moreover, that Cang Xiaoying controls quite a few properties atop the mountain. She’s someone who can take care of clan affairs,” Tang Zijin explained. Although he was ignorant of the true state of affairs atop Celestial Mountain, much less their internal power struggles, Long Feiye knew them all too well. Even as the oldest disciple of the sword sect head, he had no guarantee of controlling the sect himself. His master couldn’t offer him any protection either in his current state. Because Cang Qiuzi had no idea that the Tang Clan and the Duke of Qin were affiliated, this gave Tang Zijin the perfect chance to use the man. Objectively speaking, he had made the right and prudent choice.

But Long Feiye couldn’t accept the fact that Tang Zijin was using Tang Li’s marriage as a tool to accomplish his goals! Tang Li might be able to ignore his wife if he married anyone else, but once he took on Cang Qiuzi’s daughter, he’d be trapped for the rest of his life. Cang Qiuzi would never allow his child to suffer a hint of mistreatment at the Tang Clan’s hands.

“Feiye, just where is Tang Li?” Tang Zijin asked desperately. “A few days ago, Cang Qiuzi sent a missive threatening the Tang Clan. If we don’t hand over Tang Li, we’ll have to face the consequences!”

Long Feiye looked at them coldly without a word. Han Yunxi felt rather perturbed. She had witnessed firsthand just how cruel Long Feiye could be. If a father like Tang Zijin could sacrifice his own son for the greater good, why not Long Feiye as well? Tang Zijin’s move was all done to benefit Long Feiye, after all. But Long Feiye remained silent as Tang Zijin and Aunt Ru continued to fret.

“Feiye, where is he?” Aunt Ru was even beginning to sound indignant. “Li’er is stuck with this now. He can hide for a while, but not an entire lifetime! If he comes back with me now and admits his wrongs with an apology, Cang Qiuzi will still forgive him. But if we keep delaying things, he won’t even have that chance! Feiye, you’re not protecting like this, but hurting him instead!”

Long Feiye’s eyes flickered with a complicated emotion, but he remained mute. Han Yunxi observed Tang Zijin and Aunt Ru’s frantic states and wanted to curse them both out. If you knew it would turn out like this, why get involved in the first place? It’s Tang Zijin who made this mess, not us.

Long Feiye and Tang Li hadn’t bothered to find out anything about the fiancée, but those two hadn’t told them any details either until now. It really was a difficult plight to deal with Celestial Mountain when they were clearly in the wrong! Finally, Tang Zijin lost his patience and cried, “If you won’t tell us, then this old man will search by myself!”

Quicker than him was Aunt Ru, who darted out the door to the courtyard beyond as if her speed would help her track down Tang Li faster. Tang Zijin didn’t need his subordinates to search for him when he and her could hunt themselves. Long Feiye didn’t stop them, but only glanced at Han Yunxi and sat back down.

“Has it gotten troublesome?” she asked.

Long Feiye nodded. “Of all times to get involved with Cang Qiuzi!” Last time, Duanmu Yao had tricked him into meeting the man. This time, the girl had used Celestial Mountain’s name to threaten the Chu Clan. It was clear that her relations with Cang Qiuzi weren’t shallow. He’d sent Tang Li to Celestial Mountain for an investigation, but he’d returned with inconclusive results. Still, he had no choice now. With the western regions still unstable, he could have just watched while Celestial Mountain duked it out with Ning Cheng. Now Tang Zijin had dragged trouble right up to their doors.

After some thought, Long Feiye summoned Chu Xifeng.

“How are things going regarding Empress Xue?” he asked.

“Duanmu Yao arrived at the Chu Clan barracks yesterday at their invitation and led a personal investigation to track down the assassin. But I couldn’t uncover any specific details beyond that,” Chu Xifeng replied.

“Just her by herself?” Long Feiye asked coldly.

“No, there were quite a few Celestial Mountain swordsmen with her. They were quite the crowd,” Chu Xifeng said. The two of them had hardly exchanged a few words before Tang Zijin and Aunt Ru returned, forcing the subordinate to withdraw to the side.

Han Yunxi saw their expressions and knew that they hadn’t found a thing. Tang Zijin was about to speak when Long Feiye said, “I already said he’s not with your lordship. It’s up to you whether you believe me or not. If you can’t find him, then your lordship can’t stand out for the trouble with Celestial Mountain, either. The Tang Clan will have to do what it has to do.”