Chapter 50

In the mist, from the valley covered with pink petals on the other side of the lake came a lingering sound of melancholy music.

Standing in the white pavilion by the lake, Liu Wuyi felt like his patience began to grow thin. His son had been missing for days. How could he stay calm? However, no matter how anxious he was, he had to wait patiently, because as a loser, he was not eligible to step into the valley!

“Brother Liu, it has been years since we parted. How are you doing?” A voice rang loudly in the mist and that mysterious person Liu Wuyi had been waiting for finally showed up.

“Brother Yan, how are you doing?” Liu Wuyi greeted him, managing to hold back his impatience and anger.

After a short moment, a man dashed to him, skimming the lake. “Brother Liu, You’ve been a recluse for years. It’s an honor to have you come to see me!”

“Brother Yan, I’m flattered!” Liu Wuyi forced a smile.

Sensing something wrong, Yan Ke asked in confusion, “Brother Liu, you don’t look in a good mood. What’s wrong?”

“Humph!” Liu Wuyi put away his smile with a snort. “Let’s put it straight. Where’s my son?” he asked with a sullen look.

“Your… son?” Yan Ke was caught dumbfounded. “Brother Liu, how come I’ve never heard of your son?”

“Brother Yan, don’t play dumb! I’m sure you have known Zixiu is a boy!”

“What?!” Yan Ke was almost chocked by his own saliva. He widened his eyes in astonishment as if he had just heard the most absurd thing in the world.

Seeing that, Liu Wuyi grew even angrier. “Brother Yan, it has never occurred to me that some people would have kidnapped my son with dirty tricks! Maybe they did this because…”

“Wait!” Yan Ke interrupted him, waving his hand. “Zixiu is a boy? How could your daughter turn into a boy?” he still couldn’t believe what he had heard.

“I’m not joking! Zixiu is a boy and he’ll marry a woman and have children in the future, so he can’t marry Lingxiao. Brother Yan, you’d better find a decent girl for your son asap!”

“It’s… impossible! I saw it clearly that Zixiu was a girl when she was a baby!”

“Are you suggesting that I don’t even know the gender of my own child?” Liu Wuyi said with a serious look. “In any case, Zixiu won’t marry Lingxiao. Brother Yan, please don’t make things difficult for us!”

Yan Ke was stupefied again. “Brother Liu, I don’t understand what you’re talking about.”

“Humph!” Liu Wuyi’s voice sounded even colder. “Brother Yan, Lingxiao has reached the age of marriage, right? Even if it has never occurred to you to let him marry Zixiu anytime soon, your disciple, Luo Huali, is already eighteen and you must have allowed him to leave the valley… Dare you swear Zixiu’s disappearance has nothing to do with people of your sect?”

“Impossible! Huali is a good boy and he would never do such an indecent thing. Lingxiao is still in secluded cultivation, so he wouldn’t have…” The rest words suddenly got stuck in Yan Ke’s throat and his face turned pale as if he had just been struck by lightning. “That brat has never been so obedient. How could he have been practicing martial arts for more than five days in a row? Gosh! I must have been fooled!”

“Brother Liu, calm down! I’ll be back soon!” With that, Yan Ke disappeared in the mist like a gust of wind.

“What the hell is going on?” Liu Wuyi had been certain that Yan Ke must have something to do with Zixiu’s missing, but now he wavered. After pondering for a while, he still couldn’t connect his senior brother with a coward who dared not admit what he had done.

However, as he couldn’t practice martial arts anymore since he had gotten injured years ago, he didn’t dare enter the Valley of Fallen Blossoms recklessly, so he had to wait by the lake.

“Alas! Where’s my stupid son? He doesn’t even know how to use Qing Kung. What if he meets the bandits?”