Chapter 611 - 337: Before the Storm

Chapter 611: Chapter 337: Before the Storm

The fact that she might be disliked by Wu Qianhuan was ultimately just Liu Zhaohua’s one-sided wishful thinking.

After the initial small awkwardness, the two got along extremely well.

From Liu Zhaohua’s perspective alone, Wu Qianhuan’s personality was straightforward and generous, not pretentious, and she was indeed quite attractive, with no real flaws to pick.

Wu Qianhuan also felt Liu Zhaohua’s goodwill.

She empathized with Liu Zhaohua’s experiences over the past twenty years through her own.

Therefore, the more they interacted, the more harmonious it became.

During their conversations, she didn’t forget to introduce Gentle to Liu Zhaohua, so as not to leave her neglected on the side.

However, with this, Chu Qing found himself without much company.

Fortunately, he stood to one side, not feeling the least bit bored, as he listened to the conversation around him, inexplicably giving rise to a sense of time at peace...

But he also knew, now was not yet the time for peace.

The storm is about to break, and this calm before the storm, how long it will last, he doesn’t know.

Liu Qingyan somehow slipped to Chu Qing’s side:

"Su Ningzhen has been somewhat absent-minded these past two days... You promised to teach her Martial Arts—do you still intend to keep that promise?"

She spoke while handing Chu Qing a handful of fish food.

Chu Qing was sitting by the pool, pinching a bit to toss into the water, causing the fish to leap out eagerly, competing for food:

"I’ve been too busy these past two days and really did forget her.

"You’re close to her; do you know what Martial Arts she wants to learn?"

"Everything you know is extraordinary; seeing her demeanor, she doesn’t know what to choose, so why not you just teach her whatever you feel is right."

Liu Qingyan sat across from Chu Qing:

"I plan to send someone to bring Yu Shiliu here. If it weren’t for the sudden incident at the Celestial Sound Mansion, she should have come with us to the mansion."

Chu Qing’s finger paused slightly:

"Let’s wait until the Celestial Sound Mansion matters are resolved, lest something unforeseen happens."

"Alright."

Liu Qingyan nodded in agreement; at this point, Celestial Sound Mansion indeed was being watched by the entire Martial World.

Chu Qing implied concern that Yu Shiliu might be targeted by those with ulterior motives and used against them.

Liu Qingyan understood, so she temporarily dismissed the thought.

Then she gazed at Chu Qing’s face, hesitating for a long while:

"Can I ask you for a favor?"

"We’re family, you..."

Just as Chu Qing began to speak, he noticed a sly light in Liu Qingyan’s eyes, and the words that followed changed abruptly:

"Tell me, and I’ll consider whether or not to agree."

"..."

Liu Qingyan secretly sulked, thinking it would be so easy to get him to agree.

She hesitated for a long time:

"Never mind, you surely wouldn’t agree."

"Then your request must be quite presumptuous; good thing I didn’t agree right away..."

Chu Qing shot her a sidelong glance; since reuniting with Liu Zhaonian that day, he felt this cousin had been looking at him oddly, which now seemed to be true.

What exactly does she want to do?

Her odd behavior made him wonder if he should go to Liu Zhaonian to tell on her?

Thinking of this almost made Chu Qing laugh; at this point, he realized he actually had someone he could complain to?

"Qing’Er."

Liu Zhaohua’s voice came through.

Chu Qing turned around:

"Yes."

"Let’s go, I’ll take you to meet your grandmother."

This was originally part of the plan; besides meeting Liu Zhaohua, the main intention was to visit his grandmother, to have her use the Heavenly Heart Peaceful Song to help Wu Qianhuan heal.

He immediately agreed to go along.

The group left the courtyard and headed to another location.

Liu Qingyan trailed behind like a clinging plaster, following wherever the group went.

On the way, Chu Qing also inquired about the situation in the Celestial Sound Mansion with Liu Zhaohua and Liu Qingyan.

Though they were close relatives, they didn’t know much about each other.

This inquiry helped Chu Qing learn more about the Celestial Sound Mansion.

The vast Celestial Sound Mansion naturally couldn’t have just the two Liu family siblings as the only master fighters.

In Celestial Melody City, there resided twelve top masters known as the ’Five Tones and Seven Rhymes’, scattered throughout the Celestial Sound Mansion and Celestial Melody City.

Their primary duty was to patrol and maintain order.

Without exception, none of the ’Five Tones and Seven Rhymes’ were from the Liu family; rather, they were close disciples nurtured from a young age. Currently active ones are disciples left by Chu Qing’s grandfather, and the next generation of the Five Tones and Seven Rhymes are personally taught by Liu Zhaonian.

They required not just high Martial Arts skills, but crucially, absolute loyalty to the Celestial Sound Mansion.

The Liu family did not use their own members because after many generations of bloodline inheritance, the issues between the main family and branch families made it unwise to entrust crucial roles to branch disciples.

It’s quite difficult to ensure absolute loyalty to the main family from branch disciples.

Because they have closer blood relatives themselves. Although the Liu family is a large collective, benefiting and suffering together, the leader’s status is ultimately different.

If a branch family wanted to replace the main, and had disciples among the ’Five Tones and Seven Rhymes’, if they were to collude inside and out... the result could be disastrous, even catastrophic.

This is not to say the Liu main family does not trust branch disciples at all.

It is mainly to prevent minor issues from growing into major problems... Throughout its history, the rules of the Celestial Sound Mansion were established through bitter lessons.

The current scenario is that the Five Tones and Seven Rhymes are trusted by the main family, guarding the security of Celestial Melody City, yet ranked below branch members.

While the branch members are scattered among the main cities of the Celestial Sound Mansion.