Upon hearing You Rong Qingyan's answer, You Rong Qingxian looked incredulous. She turned to face You Rong Qingyan directly and said somewhat irrationally, "Sister, although Yuan'er is my disciple, Ye Chen is your own son. If they really reach the point of life and death, are you going to help Yuan'er deal with your own son?"

"Who said Ye Chen is my biological son?"

You Rongqingyan's eyes suddenly turned dark and deep, and she said coldly, "He has never been my son, nor your nephew. This person has absolutely no blood relation with us!"

"What did you say?"

Seemingly too shocked, You Rong Qingxian's first reaction was to freeze for a moment. Only after a few breaths did her clear and beautiful eyes suddenly narrow, and she looked at You Rong Qingyan in disbelief: "Sister, how could Ye Chen not be your biological son? I watched him grow up!"

She only knew that the three Rong sisters were not Rong Qingyan's biological daughters, but she never expected that Ye Chen was not Rong Qingyan's biological son either. She never doubted Ye Chen's background.

If Ye Chen isn't Rong Qingyan's biological son, then who is his father? Could he be Ye Tianxiao's illegitimate son?

Just because you watched someone grow up, does that mean they're my biological child?

You Rongqingyan's beautiful face broke into a cold smile, and she said something shocking: "Let me tell you, not only is he not my biological son, but he also has a blood feud with both you and me! Do you know who killed Qingcheng? It was Ye Chen's biological parents who killed him!"

Upon hearing this, You Rong Qingxian was so shocked that she couldn't speak. Ye Chen, whom she had always regarded as her own nephew, was actually the son of the murderer who killed her younger sister?!

You Rong Qingyan didn't give You Rong Qingxian much time to process the information, and continued, "Do you know why Ye Chen's biological parents killed Qingcheng? Do you know how Ye Chen came to the Ye family? And do you know who was behind Ye Chen losing his cultivation?"

(Those who skipped chapters can go back and read Chapter 22)

Before You Rong Qingxian could speak, she began to recount the secrets she had kept hidden for many years to You Rong Qingxian, answering her own questions one by one.

"Sister, is everything you're saying... true?"

After hearing the secrets told by You Rong Qingyan, You Rong Qingxian was completely stunned. She stared blankly at You Rong Qingyan, unable to believe the truth she had just heard.

As a woman born into the You Rong clan, she had lived in the spotlight since childhood. Apart from the death of You Rong Qingcheng and the heavy blows caused by Chi Yuan's loss of cultivation and departure from the sect, she had hardly experienced any other setbacks or hardships. All she saw and heard were peaceful and idyllic scenes. Therefore, the righteous world had always been viewed through a beautiful lens.

She knew that there was a dark side to the righteous world, but she didn't want to think too badly of people. Perhaps it was because Chi Yuan's upright image was too deeply rooted in her heart. So in her opinion, even if other righteous people were very different from Chi Yuan in character, they should still have their own bottom line and principles.

Even those who have done bad or evil things should have an inviolable bottom line in their hearts. No matter how bad or evil they are, they have no reason to cross this bottom line, because they are no longer righteous people, but beasts in human skin, no different from demons and monsters.

However, the secret revealed by Rong Qingyan completely overturned her understanding of the righteous world. She simply couldn't imagine that Ye Tianxiao, her brother-in-law who seemed quite upright in her eyes, had actually instructed others to kill his wife and even brought the murderer's son home to raise as his own!

How utterly inhumane!

Is Ye Tianxiao even human? How could he do something so inhumane?!

"Absolutely true."

You Rongqingyan spoke in a deep voice, “Our clan’s Soul Tracing and Memory Recall Technique can completely restore the scenes in spiritual cultivation memories. Back then, when and where Ye Tianxiao instructed Ye Chen’s parents, what he said, and what conditions he promised, all of this was clearly presented in Ye Chen’s parents’ memories. I could never have wronged him!”

Rong Qingxian's delicate hands trembled slightly, and her violently shaking mind made her feel that the world had become unreal.

At this moment, You Rong Qingyan asked again, "Xian'er, do you know why Ye Chen framed Chi Yuan?"

Upon hearing this, You Rong Qingxian frowned and pondered for a moment before saying, "I don't know the specific reason."

She didn't know that Ye Chen possessed the Divine Sun Body. Firstly, Rong Qingyan kept it a secret from him, and secondly, her master concealed Ye Chen's physique from her as well. Therefore, she only knew that Ye Chen possessed some kind of powerful physique, but she didn't know which one it was.

"It seems your master didn't tell you either."

You Rong Qingyan was not surprised and said calmly, "The reason he framed Chi Yuan is very simple: because he possesses the Divine Sun Body!"

The Divine Yang Body?!

Upon hearing this, Rong Qingxian's mind went blank for a moment, and all her previous doubts suddenly became clear.

This world is... so absurd!

...

The Ye family mansion.

The guest room where Pei Qingyun is staying.

You Rongqingxian entered the room, bowed respectfully to Pei Qingyun, and said, "Disciple greets Master."

Pei Qingyun sat cross-legged on the jade platform, his eyes closed, and said slowly, "What business do you have to see your master?"

You Rong Qingxian remained kneeling, looking directly at Pei Qingyun and said, "Master, this disciple wishes to ask you for the cultivation pill for Yuan'er!"

“I said that as long as he comes back to apologize and admit his mistake, I will return it to him.”

Pei Qingyun spoke without any expression.

"Then could you please have Master take out Yuan'er's cultivation elixir so that I can take a look?"

You Rongqingxian stared intently at Pei Qingyun.

Pei Qingyun slowly opened his eyes and stared at You Rong Qingxian, asking, "What are you doubting?"

"I suspect that Yuan'er's cultivation elixir is long gone!"

Rong Qingxian gritted her teeth and said, word by word.

Pei Qingyun's expression remained unchanged upon hearing this, and he said calmly, "Your suspicion is correct. On the very day Chi Yuan left the sect, I gave his cultivation pills to Ye Chen as cultivation resources."

You Rongqingxian trembled as if she had been electrocuted, her eyes instantly welling up with tears. She cried out in a sorrowful voice, "Master, why did you do this? That was Yuan'er's life's cultivation!"

"Hmph, a disrespectful and unrepentant wretch. The moment I crippled him, I never intended to let him return to the sect! Since that's the case, why not use his cultivation pills to help the more talented Ye Chen?"

Pei Qingyun felt no remorse whatsoever, his expression completely calm.

"Unrepentant?"

You Rong Qingxian gave a sorrowful smile, her eyes blurry with tears as she looked at Pei Qingyun and said, "Master, is Yuan'er really wrong? Was it really not you who instructed Ye Chen to frame him? How long are you going to keep deceiving me?!"