Chapter 704: Zhang Wang Offers a Strategy

If hatred could be easily let go, then what is it that has kept Yunhua going to this day?

There is nothing but, besides hatred, guilt toward the master, the sect, and the junior sister.

Looking at the despondent Yunhua on the ground, Yan Buji looked at Zhang Wang: "After I return to the sect, I hope Daoist friend Zhang will come over to give an explanation. The disciple beside me is also a disciple of Paolong Sacred Land; he actually saw Yunhua strike first."

Zhang Wang immediately understood Yan Buji's meaning, nodded: "Alright, I will personally go to Hall Master to explain clearly."

Having said that, Zhang Wang left first with Yunhua.

Ye Lin looked at Yan Buji: "Hall Master, can a life‑and‑death enemy truly be resolved?"

"Not that simple," Yan Buji smiled. "He now, besides, still has reservations; once he settles, he will still find ways to kill me."

"Huh? Then we…."

Originally I meant to strike while his mind was unsettled, but considering Ye Lin and Zhang Wang are present, some things are indeed hard to do.

Moreover, seeing him wait here for days, just to see whether he is dead or alive, shows that such a person does not give up easily.

Yan Buji squinted, turned and flew upward: "Let's go, back."

"Alright."

At that moment.

Zhang Wang brought Yunhua to a tavern in the mortal world, sighed: "Yunhua, you were too impulsive this time!"

"I…," the despondent Yunhua gritted his teeth and said: "After this I will quit the Great Business Association, and Qing'er I entrust to you for care!"

"No need." Zhang Wang frowned: "First tell me what exact grudge you have with Yan Buji."

Yunhua hesitated, and then, with great difficulty, recounted that past episode.

Including the master taking him and his junior sister to encircle demonic martial artists, then encountering Yan Buji, the junior sister being deceived… and finally the master dying in battle, the junior sister ending up in a brothel.

Bang!

Zhang Wang's face darkened as he heard it, slamming the table: "Yan Buji truly isn't human!!"

"I don't want it to escalate into a full‑blown clash between two forces, so I will voluntarily quit the Great Business Association!" Yunhua sighed, and a resolute murderous intent flashed again in his eyes.

If it weren't because the Great Business Association has been very good to him and Qing'er, Yunhua would never have spared Yan Buji out of regard for Zhang Wang's face!

Precisely because they are truly good people, Yunhua had to temporarily let him off!

But next time, he must kill him!

"Sigh, then I ask you, do you treat Yunqing as your own daughter?"

"No need to say that!" Yunhua gritted his teeth.

Even though Yan Buji, that dog‑thief, caused the junior sister's death, he traversed the Five Realms for Qing'er and finally found her a place to settle, how could he not acknowledge that?

Back then, the mad junior sister, for her, would not bear to let Qing'er suffer even if she herself had her arm torn off by a beast; Yunhua, no matter how resentful he felt, was still driven by guilt toward the junior sister to raise Qing'er to this day.

Not to mention that back then… Yan Buji himself admitted the matter; Qing'er was then hit so hard she almost lost her life…

Sigh.

Yunhua has many things he cannot explain to outsiders, but as the master's disciple, the master's senior brother, and Qing'er's father, he feels he has already done enough.

"Then I ask you, have you considered that if you go looking for trouble with him, he will come to the Great Business Association to demand accountability?!"

"After I leave the Great Business Association I won't cause you trouble." Yunhua frowned, still thinking Zhang Wang thought he was causing them trouble.

Zhang Wang shook his head: "You didn't understand my point; since back then… so much happened, and Yunqing… um… if Yan Buji were to strike her, what would I do?"

"I! He…."

Yunhua widened his eyes, unable to react for a moment.

"He certainly can't…."

"Yes, he cannot reach Yunqing, but what if he claims to be Yunqing's biological father? I recall that when Yunqing first awakened, she had already lost her memory, right? The cultivation world has plenty of means to verify blood relations, and if Yan Buji's identity were to be forcibly verified, do we still have any reason to block it?" Zhang Wang looked at Yunhua helplessly.

His meaning is simple: if you leave, you give Yan Buji a chance to deal with you, because he will surely use Yunhua's protection of Yunqing to set a trap, and a father‑and‑daughter clash could occur!

Even Zhang Wang, when he thought of this, dared not deny that Yan Buji would do so, because he already learned from his own mouth that Yunhua has a daughter; as soon as he inquires a bit, he will certainly know Yunhua has no wife.

Thus Yunqing's identity is easy to guess.

Yunhua's mind went blank, covering his head: "Steward Zhang, what should I do?"

"Listen to me, even if it requires you to endure for a while, first confirm your own identity: you are Yunqing's father!" Zhang Wang said seriously.

"Then I…."

"When you return, find a person to marry; as for the excuse, do as I say, and never let Yan Buji use Yunqing as a pretext to strike you!" Zhang Wang said.

Zhang Wang does not intend to wage war against the Great Sinful Sect, but Yan Buji's methods indeed disgust him greatly!

Although cultivators' morals vary, most people would not use such underhanded, poisonous tactics to gain profit.

It shows that even in his mortal days, Yan Buji was already like this; now it's even harder to say.

But to keep Yunhua safe, Zhang Wang must also consider the situation of the Great Business Association; it's not possible that when Yunhua truly goes after Yan Buji's trouble, they would not help.

That's not great either.

However, killing a person is not as difficult as imagined.

Yunhua's overly straightforward nature made him a pawn in Yan Buji's hands, especially when faced with a great cause; Yan Buji always finds a point advantageous to himself, distorts facts from a moral high ground, and oddly leaves him with no real recourse.

Therefore Zhang Wang thinks that to truly deal with Yan Buji, he himself cannot act.

But he must also keep Yunhua steady, lest he rush straight to Yan Buji. Thus careful planning is required.

Sure enough.

Having taken Zhang Wang's advice, Yunhua immediately followed him back to the Heavenly Spirit Realm, meanwhile found a female cultivator to become his Dao companion, and then, through Zhang Wang's account, claimed this was Yunhua's long‑lost wife, staging a lavish ten‑thousand‑gold spectacle in the Heavenly Spirit Realm…

Having done all this, many in the Heavenly Spirit Realm learned that the Great Business Association is indeed that wealthy, even able to redeem a subordinate's wife.

It also indirectly boosted the Great Business Association's reputation; although Yunhua may need several days to work out the key, the most important issue now is to let Yunqing know she is indeed his daughter!