Chapter 202: The Reason Behind It

As he spoke, tears already appeared in the eyes of the old Hall Master Bai.

He took a deep breath, slightly calming his emotions.

Only then did the old Hall Master Bai continue, "It is a pity that my child lacked good fortune; less than two years after this girl was born, both husband and wife met with disaster."

As the words fell, the little girl sitting beside Zhu Gaoxi had a somewhat dim look in her eyes.

And the old Hall Master Bai, after giving his granddaughter a comforting look, continued to speak.

"Because of this, the Red Rainbow Hall can be said to have lost its clear successor. Seeing that I am growing older by the day, the two disciples I took in naturally began to harbor their own intentions."

After hearing the old Hall Master Bai finish, Zhu Gaoxi immediately understood the reason behind it.

It was nothing more than the common matter of inheritance.

Zhu Gaoxi was all too familiar with this kind of thing.

Whether in this life as a member of the royal family, he was well-versed in the ways of such things.

Or in his previous life, he had seen plenty of such dramas as well.

And was this why the old Hall Master Bai...

As if confirming Zhu Gaoxi's guess, the old Hall Master Bai continued to speak.

"Do you think this person Yu Feipeng is decent?"

Hearing the old Hall Master Bai's question, Zhu Gaoxi was taken aback.

Clearly, this was a question he had not expected.

But after reacting, Zhu Gaoxi still nodded and replied, "I think Deputy Hall Master Yu is alright."

Whether it was his help before, or compared to that so-called Deputy Hall Master Yin Min.

He felt that this Deputy Hall Master Yu was far superior to him.

He was also more pleasant to look at.

And when the old Hall Master Bai heard Zhu Gaoxu's words, he could not help but smile bitterly.

"Heh, yes, he is a good man."

Having said that, the old Hall Master Bai shook his head with a bitter smile.

Seeing this, Zhu Gaoxu naturally knew there must be some hidden story.

He immediately asked, "Could it be that the truth is different?"

The old Hall Master Bai nodded, then sighed and said, "Actually, a month and a half ago, I thought the same as you."

"I even cultivated him as the next Hall Master of the Red Rainbow Hall."

"But... it was precisely because of this that Yin Min felt the pressure."

"He knew I did not want to hand the Red Rainbow Hall over to him, so he frantically stirred up trouble in the sect and even sent people to assassinate Yu Feipeng."

Hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu finally understood why the old Hall Master Bai had to feign illness.

Right now, the internal strife in the Red Rainbow Hall was clearly escalating; if it continued like this, there was no telling what it would develop into.

If Yin Min were truly pushed to the edge, he might even do something more insane.

Therefore, the old Hall Master Bai first had to stabilize Yin Min and let him see some hope.

And the source of that hope was the old Hall Master Bai suddenly falling gravely ill and potentially passing away at any moment.

In such a situation, Yin Min had a high probability of inheriting the Red Rainbow Hall.

So he would not risk doing anything excessive.

But even though Zhu Gaoxu understood this, it still seemed to have nothing to do with Yu Feipeng.

How did it sound from the old Hall Master Bai's meaning that Yu Feipeng was not a good person either?

But soon, the old Hall Master Bai gave Zhu Gaoxu the answer.

"I imagine with your intelligence, you should have guessed why I had to feign illness, right?"

"That's right, in order to stabilize Yin Min, I decided to feign illness, because Yin Min still has quite a lot of influence in my Red Rainbow Hall; many sect members are loyal to him, and I am old now. If we truly talk about Martial Arts, this Yin Min is indeed the number one expert in my Red Rainbow Hall."

As he spoke, Zhu Gaoxu nodded secretly.

This explained why the old Hall Master Bai tolerated Yin Min being so presumptuous.

It was entirely because he was a tail too heavy to wag.

Following that, the old Hall Master Bai continued, "When I decided to feign illness, Yu Feipeng was not by my side because he had business for the sect."

"I didn't have time to discuss it with him; after all, Yin Min's assassination attempt on Yu Feipeng had failed, and I was afraid that if I delayed any longer, I didn't know what might happen."

"So I simply, without notifying anyone beforehand, made some slight preparations and then vomited blood in public, claiming my old injuries had recurred."

"Yu Feipeng returned the moment he heard the news. Originally, I wanted to tell him, but I suddenly sensed something was not right."

Listening, Zhu Gaoxu also sensed a hint of something wrong.

And the old Hall Master Bai had been secretly observing Zhu Gaoxu's expression.

Seeing the change in Zhu Gaoxu's expression, the old Hall Master Bai was startled.

He had not expected a child who looked about the same age as his granddaughter to be so meticulous.

To be able to sense something was wrong through just two sentences.

It had to be said, this child made the old veteran Hall Master Bai look at him with new eyes.

However, although he was somewhat shocked inside, the old Hall Master Bai did not show it on his face and continued, "That's right, at that time I suddenly thought, didn't this Yu Feipeng go out to handle business?"

"How did he return faster than Yin Min upon hearing the news?"

"Suspecting something, I did not speak up immediately, and that Yu Feipeng brought several physicians to begin diagnosing me."

"I had been prepared since I started feigning illness, having already considered that someone might take this opportunity to test me."

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