Qi Yu hesitated for a moment, and after careful consideration, she also felt that dragging things out was not the right way. So she nodded, and after a while, she used the excuse of taking a break to walk out of the banquet hall.
Lord Huaian had already been waiting outside for a long time.
He had originally thought that Qi Yu and Si Qing, the siblings, would not come out, and was about to return dejectedly. He did not expect to run into them.
"Qi, Qi Yu!" Huaian called out her name.
Qi Yu nodded at Lord Huaian. Si Qing, standing beside her, set up a barrier around them to prevent outsiders from eavesdropping.
"That..." Lord Huaian looked at Qi Yu and Si Qing, hesitating for a long time, unsure where to start.
After a while, he awkwardly asked, "I've heard about your situation in the Dragon Clan. It feels like you two have been living quite happily there."
Qi Yu nodded.
Si Qing leaned against a bench in the corridor, looking out the window without a word.
Compared to himself, he felt that his sister's reconciliation with the Qilin Clan was more important.
After all, he had always felt that the hardships he had endured were nothing.
"Also, the Qilin Clan here knows about your affairs. I've announced everything that happened between you, Si Qing, and Li Yu, in full detail." Lord Huaian said this with his eyes lowered: "I don't mean to ask for your forgiveness for the Qilin Clan. After all, when those things happened, I was uninvolved, and your current situation is partly my fault."
Qi Yu looked up: "It's all in the past."
She didn't mention whether she forgave them or not.
Lord Huaian shook his head: "It's not over yet. The real culprit has not yet faced retribution. I admit that my son wronged you, but besides him, the true culprit is also Yu Zhen."
"I came to see you alone today mainly to inform you. No one in the Qilin Clan has the right to hate you, nor do we have the right to ask for your forgiveness."
After speaking, Lord Huaian bowed deeply to Qi Yu and Si Qing: "To put it plainly, the Qilin Clan wronged you first. In the future, if you need any help, please do not hesitate to ask. As compensation, I will do my best."
Qi Yu and Si Qing said nothing, just nodded gently. After confirming that he had nothing else to say, they turned and left.
It wasn't out of indifference.
It was just that they felt that Lord Huaian bringing this up at this moment made it impossible for them to blame him, nor could they easily move past it as if nothing had happened.
Their relationship with the Qilin Clan, from now on... would probably stop there.
Just like their relationship with Li Yu.
Lord Huaian had not expected that this one effort would lead to peace between him and Qi Yu and Si Qing. So, after they left, he stood there for a long time before returning.
...
At the same time.
In the mortal realm.
Fa Ze, cloaked in black, moved through the night, cautiously approaching a dry well. He channeled spiritual energy into his hands and formed a magic array there.
As the dark purple of the array deepened, Fa Ze's jet-black hair gradually turned snow-white.
At the same time, the dry well began to emit clear spring water, bit by bit.
The well water looked clear and transparent, as if it were very pure. In reality, only those whose cultivation reached the Nascent Soul stage or above could discern a peculiar orchid fragrance wafting from the water.
Fa Ze looked at the well before him, withdrew his magic, and his gaze gradually turned dark.
Just then, a night watchman, beating a gong, walked by.
"The weather is dry, be careful of fire!"
The night watchman shouted as he walked, and as he was about to pass the turn where Fa Ze was, Fa Ze suddenly pulled up his hood and vanished.
The night watchman passed the dry well and was about to continue on his way when he suddenly heard a gurgling sound.
The night watchman paused, picked up his lantern, and looked into the well.
Upon seeing the once dry well suddenly gushing clear spring water, he couldn't help but let out a cry of surprise. He quickly scooped up a bucket, took a sip of the well water, and upon tasting its unusually sweet flavor, he muttered excitedly:
"This is strange, hasn't this well been dry for years? How can there be water all of a sudden?"
He said this and took another sip.
After drinking, his body suddenly stiffened and stopped moving.
Terrifying dark purple patterns began to creep from the back of his neck, gradually spreading across his chest and chin.