Chapter 234 ·A Somewhat Familiar Melodramatic Plot

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󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄂the assassin Meng Liu's figure completely disappeared from the riverbank, the boat had also entered a wider, calmer stretch of the river. The three silently remained vigilant while controlling the boat as it continued downstream, and only after the sky had completely darkened did Old Kui quietly steer the boat toward a secluded inlet along the bank overgrown with reeds.

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“Little ‍​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍󠄂󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄂Tao, now that things have come to this, we won't hide it from you anymore. That assassin was right. My Young Master is indeed the legitimate son of the Tian Clan in the capital, Tian Renfeng. I'm his bodyguard.”

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However, ‍​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍󠄂󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄂Old Kui's next words directly overturned his deduction.

“But……you definitely won't believe what I'm about to say. The one who hired this assassin probably wasn't anyone else, but someone from the Tian Clan itself.”

“Huh?” Long Tao froze. “Was it because of this Divine Sword?”

Long Tao couldn't think of any other reason. Infighting within a major clan wasn't strange, but it wasn't as though there was an imperial throne to inherit, so there was no need for things to become this bloody, right? He had thought that, at worst, the loser would simply be sent to an estate in the countryside, or perhaps somewhere like a Buddhist or Daoist temple to be supported there. Oh……there was almost no Buddhism in the Uncircumvented Heaven World, so temples weren't really a thing there. He wondered whether this world had them.

However, Old Kui shook his head again and said,

“That's part of the reason, but……the real reason is that they may simply want to kill the Young Master.”

“This……did your father marry a stepmother or something?”

“No. Madam is the Young Master's biological mother. He has three elder sisters, and the Young Master is the youngest as well as the only legitimate son.”

Long Tao genuinely couldn't make sense of it now. The only legitimate son with three elder sisters—shouldn't he have been the pampered darling everyone revolved around? How the hell had he ended up like this? He couldn't help looking suspiciously at Tian Renfeng. Could this brat actually be some rotten bastard with such vile conduct that he had driven his entire family to the point where they absolutely had to kill him?

Tian Renfeng seemed long accustomed to such looks. He offered no defense and merely returned a helpless smile, while Old Kui beside him said with a bitter expression,

“There is absolutely nothing wrong with the Young Master's character or conduct. The reason behind all this sounds somewhat bizarre. We never told you before, firstly because we didn't want to expose our identities, and secondly because we were afraid you wouldn't believe us, but……after seeing you turn that Boundary Azure Pavilion assassin into that state earlier, I think I can tell you about it.”

“Alright. The night is long anyway, so I'll just treat it as listening to a story.”

“The Young Master truly was originally the most favored youngest son in the clan. However, one year, the Master suddenly brought back a boy, saying he was the orphan of his lifesaving benefactor and that he wanted to adopt him as his son. Madam thought that the Young Master only had three elder sisters and no playmates his own age, so she agreed.”

“Was there something wrong with that boy?”

“Mm. At first, that brat was fairly normal, timid and obedient, but gradually, things started becoming wrong.” At this point, extreme disgust surfaced in Old Kui's eyes,

“After gaining the clan's trust, he started framing the Young Master in all sorts of ways. I can't even be bothered mentioning the methods he used. They were all petty tricks unfit to be seen in public, like deliberately jumping into a pond while they were playing and claiming the Young Master pushed him, or suddenly rolling down the stairs himself and saying the Young Master accidentally bumped into him.”

Hearing this, Long Tao immediately felt speechless. Had some low-level character from a female-oriented novel transmigrated over or something? This was giving him a serious sense of déjà vu.

“This……not many people would believe such crude tricks, right?”

“At first, no one really took them seriously. The Young Master explained himself as well, and everyone merely treated it as children fooling around and paid it no mind. But as the years passed, these sorts of false accusations never stopped, and quite a few servants testified on his behalf. As a result, not only the Master and Madam, but even the three Young Ladies gradually came to believe that the Young Master was bullying that adopted son.”

“But……even so, your Young Master is still the legitimate son. Normally……wouldn't they just send that adopted son away? Surely they wouldn't drive their own biological son out of the family for an adopted son, right?”

“Hehe,” Old Kui laughed coldly, “any normal person would think so. But somehow, many people throughout the Tian Clan……seemed to have become somewhat abnormal. On several occasions, that beast's methods of framing the Young Master were so crude that anyone could see the flaws. Even the guests could tell that the Young Master had clearly been wronged, yet his family still blamed him. From that point onward……I began to feel that something was wrong.”

Long Tao felt as though he were listening to some bizarre story and momentarily didn't know how to respond.

“Later, the three Young Ladies even had the Young Master hung up outside for the sake of that beastly adopted son and whipped him until he nearly didn't survive.”

As Old Kui spoke to this point, his eyes couldn't help reddening. Tian Renfeng himself, on the other hand, looked completely indifferent, perhaps because he had long since come to terms with it or for some other reason. Still, the twitching at the corners of his eyes revealed his emotional fluctuations.

“Then one day, the Old Master suddenly summoned me. He told me……that he knew what was happening in the family, but there was nothing he could do about it. Then he handed the blade of the Divine Sword to me and told me to find an opportunity to take the Young Master away.”

“Wait, wait, wait!” Long Tao raised a hand to interrupt him. “Isn't this developing way too quickly? How did an Old Master suddenly appear, and then suddenly hand the Divine Sword over to you? The Divine Sword had always been in your family……and that Old Master had been keeping it?!”

At this point, Old Kui himself couldn't help laughing, but he still said helplessly,

“To tell you the truth, my reaction at the time was exactly the same as yours. ‘Chaos’, one of the Seven Divine Swords Under Heaven, had actually been hidden in the Tian Clan all along. Even the Master, who was publicly the Family Head, knew nothing about it. Only the Old Master had silently guarded this secret.”

“And then you took the Divine Sword and brought your Young Master to the border?”

“How could it have been that simple? The Old Master told me at the time that the Divine Sword consisted of a blade and a scabbard, but if one's Divine Soul and will weren't strong enough, the sword would instead take control of its wielder. He may have sensed something at the time, so he directly gave the blade to me, while he continued keeping the scabbard at home. When separated, ‘Chaos’ would have its abilities greatly weakened, allowing even someone like me, at the First Layer of the Postnatal Realm, to barely keep it by my side.”

“So……this sword's true ability goes even beyond this?”

“That's right. According to the Old Master, ‘Chaos’ possesses an extremely terrifying true ability. In its complete form, it must be kept within a special Formation and environment. Otherwise……even a Grandmaster's mental will cannot completely control it.”

At this point, he sighed again,

“Afterward, I didn't know whether it was fortunate or unfortunate. Just as I was worrying about how to get the Young Master and the sword away, the Imperial Court suddenly issued a conscription order. Logically, that adopted son should have served. That had been one of the conditions when he was adopted in the first place. But as you already know, everyone in the family favored him. The Master and Madam actually made the decision to have the Young Master take his place and enter the military camp instead.”

“So you took that opportunity to come here?”

“Exactly. At first, things were fairly peaceful. The Young Master joined the army, and after I hid the Divine Sword securely, I found myself a job near the military camp. But later……attacks targeting the Young Master began occurring one after another within the camp. I had no choice but to take him and flee overnight, relying on a little goodwill from the past to hide within the Wind Fighting Gang.”

Long Tao spent several minutes digesting the story he had just heard. For a moment, he didn't know whether he should believe it. After all, he didn't know what kind of people these two truly were. Perhaps they had simply fabricated a story, or perhaps they had committed some wrongdoing and were now turning around and falsely accusing their own family. In any case……for now, he would just treat it as listening to a story.

“I can't judge whether it's true or false, but since I've obtained this sword, I'll definitely keep my promise and take you back to the capital. But let me ask one more thing. Since this sword is a family heirloom, are you really willing to give it to me?”

Tian Renfeng, who hadn't spoken until now, smiled and said,

“Only a treasure you can keep can be called a family heirloom. One you can't keep……is merely someone else's possession temporarily held in your hands. For the Imperial Court to suddenly mobilize on such a large scale, the secret of the Divine Sword must have leaked. Grandfather probably also……”

His voice paused slightly, and for the first time, genuine sorrow flashed through his previously calm eyes.

“In any case, with this sword in Uncle Kui's and my hands, since someone else will take it sooner or later anyway, why shouldn't I give it to someone I find more agreeable? Besides, Senior Little Tao, you saved my life.”

“You're certainly open-minded.”

“Hehe, growing up in a family like that, being falsely accused and framed every single day by some disgusting bastard, if I hadn't learned to be a little open-minded, I would've gone insane long ago.” Tian Renfeng's smile faded as he continued,

“The assassin this time was probably sent by my second elder sister. She's always had a fairly good relationship with Boundary Azure Pavilion, and she's the closest to that beast. She's also the most likely person to have obtained a fragment of the Divine Sword's scabbard. Grandfather must have sensed the danger back then, which was why he had no choice but to separate the blade and scabbard.”

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