Chapter 806: Biological Father and Enemy

Yan Buji stood at the edge of the highest cliff in the mining area, the night wind fluttering his robes with a loud snap. He gazed toward the direction of Central Heaven City, where residual fires still burned, dyeing half the sky red.

"Yun Qing......"; he whispered softly, a hint of complex emotion flashing in his eyes.

His original plan was to use the Holy Heart Alliance to have Yun Qing come to him of her own accord, then seize the opportunity to take the Primordial Origin Child. But now it seems the situation has slipped beyond his control. The struggle between the Holy Heart Alliance and the Grand Merchant Guild is far fiercer than he imagined, and with Yuan Zhen and Pang Mingde also lying in wait, Yun Qing may have already broken free of both sides' control.

"Can't wait any longer."; Yan Buji's eyes turned cold as he turned and returned to his cave dwelling.

He took an ancient jade slip from his storage ring, condensed spiritual power at his fingertips, and carved bloody runes onto the slip. This is a secret technique he stole from the Great Sinful Sect, "Blood Soul Origin Tracing Technique";, which can trace the source of bloodlines and awaken sealed memories.

"More importantly, this secret technique isn't just for awakening memories; it can even modify memories through shared bloodlines!"

"Since Yun Hua is dead, the only one in this world who can prove her lineage is me, the source of her bloodline."; Yan Buji curled the corner of his mouth in a cold smile.

He cut his finger, dripping blood onto the jade slip; the runes instantly blazed with scarlet light. As the incantation was chanted, the slip turned into a bloody stream of light that vanished into the night.

"Yun Qing, you will soon know...... who your true father is.";

At the same time, Yun Qing was hiding in an abandoned mine shaft.

She was covered in wounds, her breath chaotic, yet her eyes were sharper than ever. The jade pendant on her chest continuously emitted warmth, as if guiding her toward something.

But Yun Qing covered her head, continually resisting this feeling.

Suddenly, a bloody stream of light pierced the stone wall and shot straight into her forehead!

"Ah!"; Yun Qing cried out in pain, instantly losing her composure as countless fragmented images flashed before her eyes.

She saw a sinister-looking man holding an infant, his eyes full of complexity; she saw him hand the infant to Yun Hua, whispering something; she saw a brutal massacre, blood staining the entire courtyard...

That was clearly her father's face, but it gradually blurred, turning into an old man she didn't recognize yet somehow felt familiar...

"This...... this is......"; Yun Qing trembled all over, unable to believe what she was seeing.

"Yun Qing, I am your true father.";

A cold voice echoed in her mind.

"Yun Hua is merely your adoptive father, while your birth mother was killed by him long ago.";

"No...... impossible......"; Yun Qing clutched her head and painfully knelt to the ground.

"If you don't believe me, just sense it—this bloodline shares the same origin as yours, doesn't it?";

As the words faded, the bloody light dissipated, leaving only those fragmented memory shards and a clear name in Yun Qing's mind...

Yan Buji!

Yun Qing didn't know how she had left the mine.

She wandered dazedly through the wilderness, those memory fragments replaying incessantly in her mind. If Yan Buji truly was her biological father, everything she had believed in for years would collapse completely.

"Yan Buji......"; she whispered the name softly.

Suddenly, a fluctuation of spiritual power came from afar. Yun Qing quickly concealed her form and hid in the nearby woods.

A figure came flying through the air, the leader being none other than Pang Mingde!

"Strange, I clearly sensed her aura here......"; Pang Mingde frowned, scanning his surroundings.

Yun Qing held her breath, her mind filled with doubt. Just then, a black shadow appeared silently behind her.

"Shh!" a stranger suddenly cast a technique, enveloping both of them.

Pang Mingde searched everywhere to no avail, then left.

Afterward, several powerful divine senses swept over, yet they failed to detect the two. Only after a long while did the stranger dare to exhale, dispelling the secret technique.

"Junior Sister, I am the senior disciple of the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion, Xuan Lingzi!"

"Any proof?" Yun Qing frowned. These days she had been mysteriously hunted, endured so much, and was no longer the naive girl she once was.

Xuan Lingzi nodded, pulling an ancient copper coin from his bosom.

Yun Qing also produced the copper coin she carried; seeing the two coins float up and attract each other in midair, she confirmed his identity beyond doubt.

"Yun Qing greets you, senior brother."

Xuan Lingzi waved his hand: "It's fine. Earlier, the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion suffered a great catastrophe, being attacked and destroyed utterly. Fortunately, the master had planned to evacuate all disciples in advance, but I'm afraid we can't bring Yun Xianzi with us."

"How is the master then?" Yun Qing asked anxiously.

Xuan Lingzi's face instantly fell as he said: "The master was besieged, fought for several days, then retreated gravely wounded. He has now returned to the Grand Merchant Guild within the Heavenly Spirit Realm to recuperate."

"Then I....."

"No." Xuan Lingzi interrupted Yun Qing, saying: "The master means for me to follow you, protect you, see where you're headed next, and we'll go together!"

"This....."

"How so? You don't trust your senior brother?" Xuan Lingzi chuckled: "Although my cultivation is only at the peak of Golden Core, in terms of life-saving skills, even a Unity Dao cultivator couldn't catch me!"

Yun Qing gave him a strange look, a glint of divine light flashing in her eyes. Indeed, she saw that Xuan Lingzi's cultivation was only at the Golden Core peak, but his body seemed to harbor an extraordinary power she didn't recognize, making it hard to guess his true intentions.

"If that's the case, then please trouble me, senior brother." Yun Qing also knew she had no reason to refuse.

Nowadays her mind is in turmoil, and she doesn't know what to do next.....

Several months passed.

Yun Qing resisted the guidance in her mind, coupled with her father Yun Hua's misfortune, and that mysterious biological father Yan Buji.....

What on earth is going on?

"Junior Sister, your complexion looks awful—are you feeling unwell?" Xuan Lingzi asked.

"It's fine."

The two, in disguise, arrived at a cultivator's city, found a place to sit intending to rest for a while, but suddenly they heard some news.

"What?"

"The Holy Embryo cultivator of the Grand Merchant Guild—her father was actually slain by a Hall Master of the Great Sinful Sect!"

"What audacity! Doesn't the Grand Merchant Guild send people to cause trouble for the Great Sinful Sect?"

"You're joking—do you really think the Blood Dao Patriarch is easy to provoke?"

Beside her, Yun Qing trembled all over, sweat pouring uncontrollably, a chill spreading from head to toe that made her dizzy and she collapsed onto the table.

"Junior sister?!" Xuanlingzi realized something was wrong, hurriedly sent Yunqing to the private room to rest.