Chapter 41: I Know

Tonight, the Divine Path Sect is destined to not be peaceful.

Attacks by unknown individuals have spread to every corner of the Divine Path Sect, and black-clad figures have assaulted all nine peaks of the Divine Path Sect.

Luoyue Peak is no exception.

However, that group of black-clad figures did not find anyone at the first moment.

The entire Luoyue Peak is devoid of any vitality, not even a living creature can be seen, as if it had been abandoned for many years.

"Search for me!"

"I don't believe they could all have run away completely!"

……

……

Luoyue Peak, underground prison.

After sending Yu Yu into a special single cell, Ren Yidao turns to leave.

"Foster Father……"

Turning his head back, Ren Yidao sees his sleeve being clutched by Yu Yu.

"Are you not staying here together?"

Looking at Ren Yidao worriedly, Yu Yu's eyes are full of pleading.

Regarding matters of cultivation, she has already gained some understanding and understands that this place is not the earthly paradise described in books.

The cultivation world is not the Heaven realm.

Cultivation is plunder.

Plundering the myriad things of Heaven and Earth to cultivate one's own body, seizing the Dao Technique of others to strengthen one's own method.

Killing people and seizing treasures has never been a new thing in the cultivation world.

If it were not in a large sect like the Divine Path Sect, even the cultivation materials for the Qi Refining realm would have to be accumulated bit by bit while risking danger.

"Is it not okay if I don't go?"

Do not go out.

It is very dangerous outside!

Yu Yu's intuition has been sounding alarms continuously tonight, making her unable to sleep at all, feeling as if she is being stared at fixedly every moment.

She is very afraid.

Afraid that Ren Yidao will go and not return, leaving her alone.

Although Ren Yidao's daily pranks would make her feel uneasy, and she is often persecuted by him.

But when a moment of crisis truly arrives, the one who can truly give her a sense of security is still this overly young Foster Father.

At this moment in Yu Yu's eyes, he is like a phantom about to shatter, which will disappear in the next second.

Tears slide down from the corners of her eyes, and Yu Yu clutches Ren Yidao's sleeve tightly, as if clutching the only straw to save her life.

He does not scold Yu Yu to let go, nor does he explain anything.

Ren Yidao just turns around, uses his fingertip to pick up a tear sliding down from the girl's eye corner, and sends it to his lips to lick.

Tasting the emotions contained within, Ren Yidao lowers his head slightly, looking at his foster daughter with complex eyes.

"……"

Silently undoing his collar, Ren Yidao takes off the robe on his upper body, then uses it to gently wrap around Yu Yu's shoulders.

He kneels on one knee before the bed, gently holding her palms, and presses them lightly against his own chest.

Letting her be able to feel his temperature and heartbeat, he says:

"I will not die."

It is not an explanation, nor is it a deception.

"I guarantee to you here, this promise is absolutely not a lie."

But a vow that will certainly be kept.

"I will not die."

After promising again, he stands up and kisses the girl's forehead lightly.

"And before that, you should just have a good sleep."

"When you wake up, everything will return to how it was."

Using the power of the Heavenly Fox to construct a perfect dream for the girl, Ren Yidao walks out of the single cell.

And as he expected, Senior Brother Jian Xinxin is waiting outside the door, blocking the only way out.

The two look at each other quietly, neither retreating.

"It is very dangerous outside, you should not go out."

"I know."

"Here, I can protect your safety; outside, you can only rely on yourself."

"I know."

Smiling, Ren Yidao says as a matter of course:

"But Senior Sister is still outside, I am going to pick her up and bring her home."

Furrowing his brows tighter, Jian Xinxin sighs:

"Do you not know how much stronger she is than you? She does not need your protection at all."

Shrugging his shoulders, Ren Yidao does not feel there is any problem with this at all.

"I know, but this is not the same thing; does having great strength mean one does not need others to protect them?"

"Moreover, Senior Brother, today is the night of the full moon."

He said:

"Please step aside."

"……"

Looking with complex emotions at his Junior Brother, who wore a calm expression but had no intention of yielding, Jian Xinxin sighed and cleared the path.

"Many thanks, Senior Brother. I leave Yu Yu in your care."

Passing by his Senior Brother, Ren Yidao suddenly noticed a scroll had appeared in his hand.

"This is?"

"Take it for self-defense. If anything happens to you, Senior Sister Jing will tear me apart."

Jian Xinxin waved his hand dejectedly and issued an order to leave:

"Go if you're going, don't stay here and be an eyesore."

"Many thanks, Senior Brother. I shall return shortly."

Ren Yidao put away the scroll and was about to leave, but heard Jian Xinxin speak solemnly:

"Ren Yidao."

Hm?

Rarely hearing such a tone from Jian Xinxin, Ren Yidao also became serious.

Staring into Ren Yidao's eyes, Jian Xinxin asked sternly:

"Do you know what kind of seed you have planted in Yu Yu's heart by doing that just now?"

You could have used other ways to comfort her.

Even telling a lie would have sufficed, yet you chose that method.

Are you not aware of how much influence this has on a young girl who has never had contact with the opposite sex before?

The emotion hidden in her heart has already had the seeds of corruption sown; no one knows when it will sprout into forbidden fruit.

But to this, Ren Yidao only laughed, turned around, waved his hand, and strode away.

As he was about to leave the prison, he turned his head and gave a brilliant smile to his Senior Brother, who worried himself sick over his Junior Brothers and Sisters.

He said:

"I know."

"But I don't care."

Having said that, he left directly.

Jian Xinxin: "……Sigh."

Looking at the young girl sleeping soundly in the single cell, the weary Senior Brother sighed and turned to walk back to his own room.

He looked at the portraits covering the walls, scanning every inch of the corners.

"Don't care……"

The complexity in his eyes finally turned into a low, hoarse sigh.

"Easier said than done."

……

……

Unaware of Jian Xinxin's melancholy after his departure, the mastermind who caused all of this was completely oblivious.

What is the big deal?

What does it have to do with me!

If Yu Yu's feelings for me become corrupted, then so be it.

When it comes down to it, I am only her Foster Father.

I'm not actually her real dad!

Hm.

Not a big problem.

"Since the other side has already made their move, I don't have to wait anymore either."

He released the paper crane handed to him by Shi Anqi and watched it quickly disappear into the night sky.

"According to what he said, it should take him about half a quarter of an hour to arrive……"

With Senior Sister at Lingxu Peak, there is no need for him to worry, and the other peaks are also guarded by their respective Peak Masters.

Looking at the men in black studying in front of his Merit Workshop, Ren Yidao's smile turned cold and dangerous.

"Then, before the guests arrive, let's clear out the uninvited pests first."

……

Two men in black worked together to crack the Array in front of the Cave Abode, conversing:

"Damn it, why is the Array of this Cave Abode so complex!"

"Don't be impatient, this means there must be good things inside this Cave Abode!"

At this moment, a third voice said:

"Good things? Yes, there are, there are. I have some good stuff in my room, even more exciting than games!"

！！！

"Who is it!?"

The youth who appeared silently wrapped his arms around the shoulders of the two men in black and chuckled softly:

"Me? Everyone calls me Brother Jie."