Chapter 96: Su Yao

This must be someone framing!

This matter has already caused an uproar throughout the city; why haven't I heard any news of it while inside the Holy Land?

Su Yao thought for a moment, and instantly understood what was going on.

She has always been frank, unable to keep things bottled up, and immediately went to confront the Holy Son in anger.

When the doors of the main hall were kicked open,

The Azure Dragon Holy Son, who was cultivating with various furnaces, hurriedly hid the alchemy furnaces after sensing the aura outside the hall, and restored his former deep and elegant demeanor before Su Yao entered the hall.

"Husband."

Su Yao didn't smell any lingering fishy odor in the air; she stared at the Azure Dragon Holy Son with resentment and asked, "How exactly did the Heavenly Mystery Dao Sect get framed as descendants of extraterrestrial heavenly demons?"

"Such a big matter, why did you hide it from me?"

"If I hadn't gone out to take on a Holy Land mission, I probably still wouldn't know that Father has fallen into such danger."

The Azure Dragon Holy Son raised his brow.

His expression flickered with a hint of malicious distortion, but it quickly vanished; he soon put on a deep and elegant guise, lifted his eyes, and comforted: "My dear wife, it's not that I didn't tell you."

"But… isn't this a critical juncture in your sword dao comprehension?"

"I really worry that this matter will affect your state of mind and be of no benefit to your cultivation breakthrough."

"I certainly don't believe Father-in-law would be a descendant of extraterrestrial heavenly demons, but Father-in-law has already abandoned the Heavenly Mystery Dao Sect and headed for Cloud Sea City—that's the Wall of Gods and Demons, the extraterrestrial border!"

"And your good-for-nothing younger brother, who does nothing but chase after women, has been imprisoned as a hostage in the Ye Family Heavenly Prison by Young Master Ye Xuan; I didn't tell you for fear of hurting you."

Indeed.

It seems the outside rumors are all true; my younger brother is indeed imprisoned in Qianyuan City.

In this era where only jade slips can transmit messages, rogue cultivators only know the wind direction from half a month ago; how could they possibly learn so quickly that the Su Family has already escaped danger?

She only heard it from some Holy Land disciples after finishing her seclusion, going to the Holy Land's Mission Hall, and receiving a mission.

Thinking of her younger brother and father being framed, and now even more so abandoning the sect to head to the border, she felt heartbroken, her eyes slightly red: "If you truly mean well for me, you should have told me this sooner."

"Little brother..."

"My little brother has had everything handed to him since childhood, living a life of luxury, never having suffered any hardship."

"Now imprisoned in Qianyuan City's Heavenly Prison, who knows how much suffering he has endured."

Just imagining those scenes from baseless speculation made Su Yao feel uneasy, and she dared not continue thinking about it.

Seeing this, the Azure Dragon Holy Son felt cold contempt inside, but outwardly he said with great concern: "Madam, your younger brother once crippled Ye Xuan's meridians, cutting off his cultivation path; such a deep-seated hatred, and now Su Chen and others are again accused of being extraterrestrial heavenly demon descendants, yet they weren't killed—only imprisoned."

"This is already merciful."

"Someone like Su Chen, who would abandon his own sister for a woman, even you have uttered harsh words: as long as he still likes Lin Jianran for a day, you won't return to the sect for a day."

"He remains obstinate; now suffering a bit is his just deserts—why are you so soft-hearted?"

These words fell.

Su Yao's expression of grief-stricken despair froze.

She slowly lifted her head.

Her beautiful eyes gazed at the husband she had deeply loved for two years.

Whether it was her illusion or not, she always felt that these words carried a hint of schadenfreude.

She didn't know if it was because she cared too much for her younger brother that she overinterpreted his words.

But shouldn't her husband, at this moment, be gently comforting her, saying that no matter what happens, he will support her and share her fate?

Su Yao slightly lifted her head, forced the tears back, pressed her red lips, and said: "What do you mean by just deserts? Husband, Su Chen is my own younger brother!"

"Although he's a blockhead, I don't know what love potion Lin Jianran has given him these years; he disregards everything for her, but no matter how foolish he is, he's someone I've watched grow up—how can you say he deserves his fate?"

"Before, my little brother lived well, needing no worry from me; I've always held a grudge, unwilling to return to the sect."

"But now that she's been imprisoned, as her older sister, must I remain petty forever, continuing to quarrel with him?"

Seeing Su Yao's anger, the Azure Dragon Holy Son hurried forward to soothe her.

He inwardly cursed himself for being too hasty, having blurted out what he shouldn't have, and then spoke gently and considerately: "It's me, it's me not knowing how to speak, I was wrong—I was just too heartbroken for you for a moment."

"Oh dear, madam, don't cry."

"I'm not!"

"Okay, okay, then tell me, how do you plan to handle this? The Heavenly Mystery Dao Sect is now a ruin; the Su Family surely won't end well; behind Ye Xuan stand the Star Pavilion and the Great Yu Dynasty, so perhaps... even you, who have married out, could be implicated."

"At this point, whether you can cultivate the Hundred Medicines Body is especially important; think about it—if you could break through, given how cold-hearted Su Chen's past actions made you feel, would you really, for his sake, abandon the physique you've painstakingly cultivated for three years, now on the verge of completion?"

Su Yao was utterly disappointed in Su Chen.

Disappointed that he would debase himself to the bone for a Lin Jianran.

Disappointed that he would squander the Heavenly Mystery Dao Sect's foundations to curry favor with a daughter of some insignificant third-rate power, making a spectacle known to all, with everyone in the Eastern Wasteland mocking him as a mere sycophant.

"And what about Lin Jianran?"

Lin Jianran repeatedly toyed with him in the palm of her hand, stringing him along and playing with him; after lifting him up as if he were the moon surrounded by stars, she regarded him as a mere spare, showing disdain when accepting gifts, and afterward turned a deaf ear to marriage proposals.

Despite this, Su Chen remains inseparable from Lin Jianran.

How could Su Yao tolerate such a temperament?

Furious, she stormed into the Lin Manor without a word and slapped Lin Jianran hard; after causing a scene, what she didn't expect was that Su Chen did not step forward to defend her, her older sister.

Instead, he went to kneel and coax the tearful, complaining Lin Jianran... at that moment, Su Yao's heart shattered completely.

Only after she had completely given up did Su Yao leave the sect to wander, declaring that as long as Su Chen still liked Lin Jianran for a day, she would never return to the sect.

But years have passed, her anger long spent; moreover, she has always cared for this brother, the sole male of the Su Family, and now she feels genuine pity—yet she is urged to stand by, to protect herself, to watch helplessly as her beloved younger brother is executed by a disfavored son of the Ye Family.

This is absolutely impossible!

"Husband!"

"I know that now, while Father is in seclusion, all major and minor affairs of the Holy Land are under your charge."

I want to go to Qianyuan City.

If my father's side truly has no recourse, little brother... I will protect it no matter what!