Chapter 697: He Is Not My Father

"Who?"

For some reason, looking at Bai Jincong beside her, Ning Wushuang felt for the first time that her charm seemed to have waned; even a playboy obsessed with beauty had no interest in her.

It was one thing for this fellow beside her to sit there on his own, but after sitting for a while, he felt uncomfortable and simply lay down on the bed.

Such a situation could not help but leave one feeling speechless.

However, she was afraid that Bai Jincong was playing hard to get, so she subconsciously stayed further away from him.

Just as Ning Wushuang was feeling at a loss, she suddenly felt the room darken, and a shadow clearly appeared in the room.

Although her limbs were weak, it did not mean her alertness was poor, and she immediately began to guard herself carefully.

Then, she saw a figure appear before her, not far from where she was.

While on guard, the hair on the back of her neck suddenly stood up; the fleeting sharpness coming from behind made her feel as if she had needles pricking her back.

At this moment, Ning Wushuang looked with some vigilance at Bai Jincong, who had sat up from the bed; she could be certain that the feeling just now was definitely not an illusion.

This man behind her was likely not the spineless wretch rumored to be; there must be secrets about him she did not know, and at the very least, his strength was no worse than her own, perhaps even above hers.

"Who are you?" With cold light flickering in the depths of his eyes, Bai Jincong, who had crawled up from the bed, appeared outwardly fierce but inwardly cowardly.

"Bold! This young master is the Young Sect Master of the Baicao Sect. Do you know what place this is? This young master is in a good mood today because of my wedding; if you know what's good for you, get out quickly, otherwise, this young master will call for people!"

"Call them, shout loudly; it would be best to call everyone over. On this bridal night, a newlywed couple isn't doing what they should be doing, but instead staring at each other here—I wonder what people outside would think if they saw this!"

"You!" This person who had suddenly appeared did not follow the rules at all, and his aura was unfathomable, like an abyss with no visible bottom.

Moreover, when he tried to probe the other party, he felt an inexplicable palpitation, as if his life could be taken away at any moment.

Just by probing the other party, it seemed as if he could lose his life at any time; the terror of the other party could be imagined. This was not a question of being higher than him; this was clearly not on the same level.

Precisely because of this, Bai Jincong did not dare to act rashly, fearing that if he moved, his life would be gone.

"Who exactly are you, sir? In broad daylight, isn't it inappropriate for you to just break into the room of us newlyweds?"

"Young Sect Master of the Baicao Sect, Bai Jincong!" Watching the other party remain calm despite being vigilant and on guard, Shen Yu could not help but nod slightly.

To have a beauty by his side and remain unmoved, and to be able to stay fearless despite the arrival of danger—this Young Sect Master was no simple person.

Shen Yu had not intended to appear just now, but he had tried to use his Mental Power to search the other party's memory and had hit a wall.

There seemed to be a layer of mental defense in the other party's mind, blocking external probing; although this defense was not strong and he could easily break through it, it would alert the other party that they had been invaded.

Shen Yu also had a vague premonition that if he broke through the mental defense and forcibly searched the memory, the other party might self-destruct in resistance.

By then, how much of the memory in his mind would remain would be an unknown.

However, Shen Yu could be certain that the other party was definitely not controlled by some old monster, otherwise, this mental defense would not be so weak.

And based on his attempt to probe with Mental Power just now, if it were an old monster, they would have already noticed.

The reason he came out so openly was simply because he could see that this Young Sect Master was a smart man, not the playboy rumored to be.

As for the surroundings, they had already been completely sealed off by him; it was impossible for the other party to secretly pass any message out.

At worst, if he couldn't ask anything later, he would just forcibly search the memory; he would be able to learn some useful information one way or another. However, that was a last resort.

"My name is Shen Yu. I apologize for the intrusion by appearing so abruptly today, but there are some things I need to understand from you. I wonder if the Young Sect Master is willing to enlighten me?"

"Shen Yu?" Frowning slightly, he clearly didn't know this name, so why did he have such an extremely familiar feeling?

A moment later, Bai Jincong seemed to recall something, his eyes widening instantly as he looked over in disbelief.

"You are Shen Yu? That's right, at this age, with this strength, it can only be you!"

Bai Jincong, who had been secretly on guard the whole time, gave up his guard the instant he heard this name, and his whole person became much more dejected.

If the person in front of him was truly Shen Yu, then with his own meager skills, there was absolutely no need to be on guard. If the man wanted to kill him, it would be as easy as turning over his hand.

"I knew it, I knew something would go wrong sooner or later, but I didn't expect it would even draw you, Master Shen!"

"The Baicao Sect, which has been passed down for hundreds of years, is afraid it will be removed from the Jianghu!"

"The Baicao Sect is indeed guilty, and it is the kind of guilt that cannot be forgiven!"

Stepping forward, a chill radiated from Shen Yu, making the entire room instantly feel as if it had fallen into the depths of winter.

Ning Wushuang, on the side, couldn't help but wrap her clothes tighter around herself; this chill was bone-piercing, as if it could make a sense of despair rise from one's heart.

She knew that the Baicao Sect had been committing many evils recently, but she never expected it would attract Shen Yu.

This was Shen Yu; who could ever escape from his hands? It was foreseeable that the Baicao Sect was absolutely finished, and their Ning Family had happened to marry into the Baicao Sect at this very time.

The marital relationship was set, a mark that could not be shaken off no matter what, and they would inevitably be implicated.

The family had originally intended for a strong alliance, but now it was ruined, and they were stuck in it. For a moment, she didn't know whether to cry or laugh.

At this time, Shen Yu had already walked up to them, his emotionless eyes filled with terrifying killing intent.

"A few months ago, although there was heavy rain, the river dikes in Chengzhou were stable and should have been safe and sound."

"Yet your Baicao Sect dug open the dikes, causing countless villages and fields to be destroyed, countless people to be displaced, and those starving to death on the streets were everywhere."

"You even used disaster relief to trick the common people, and then planted grass in their bodies, hoping to use their flesh and blood to cultivate and bear fruit, to obtain the things you wanted."

"What does the Baicao Sect take the millions of common people for? Roadside weeds? You have such great audacity, your father has such great audacity; once your strength expanded, you stopped treating the people as human beings!"

"Master, please forgive me!" Feeling the killing intent radiating from Shen Yu, Bai Jincong immediately crawled off the bed and knelt halfway on the ground.

He could clearly feel the heavy killing intent on Shen Yu, as well as his suppressed anger. Once this killing intent erupted, it would have to be appeased by the lives of everyone in the Baicao Sect.

"Master, previously my Baicao Sect treated illnesses and saved people, saving countless lives; this is known to everyone in the Jianghu."

"Previously? That is truly a joke!" Looking coldly at the other party, Shen Yu's voice contained not a hint of emotion. "You have the nerve to mention the past."

"The past is the past, and the present is the present; the kindness of the past cannot offset the crimes of the present!"

"Master, I am not trying to absolve the Baicao Sect or my father of their crimes; I only want to explain the whole situation to you. How you decide to punish us afterward is entirely up to you!"

"It was about two years ago, when we accidentally discovered a mysterious place where our Hundred Grass Valley is located. My father then took people there to investigate, but I never expected that in the end, only my father returned alive."

"After he returned, my father's temperament changed drastically; he would kill at the slightest provocation, and he even used the flesh and blood of the sect disciples to cultivate a magical plant!"

"The disciples in the sect, including the Elders, resisted with their lives, but they were all suppressed by my father; even toward me, he was just as cold!"

He sighed silently; it was not that he wanted to be this playboy, but he had no choice. His father was no longer the father he once knew, and it was even uncertain whether he was still his father at all.

"For these past two years, the outside world has been unaware of the situation at my Baicao Sect; in truth, my Baicao Sect is already treading on thin ice, and could be destroyed at any moment."

"In the past, my father was honest and kind, unparalleled in loyalty and righteousness; he was absolutely not this cold and heartless person he is now. My lord, I suspect that he is not my father at all!"