"You...you are..." Yun Ji was stunned when Shang Xiye asked this. He carefully recalled the old friends from the Danling Continent. His clear phoenix eyes widened, and he was so shocked that his hand holding the teacup trembled: "You can't be...Sect Master Mo!"

“It seems Yao Yao didn’t tell you everything about me,” Shang Xiye said, then added knowingly, “That’s true. She only heard about the Yun family and its people from me, so it’s understandable that she’s still wary of you.”

“Yao Yao is very cautious in her actions, and she did the right thing,” Yun Ji replied instinctively, still in shock.

He didn't blame Ji Fengyao for hiding things from him at all.

The Yun family's current situation is really too bad. The more cautious Ji Fengyao is, the more at ease he feels.

"But how could you..." Yun Ji was completely baffled: "Didn't you fail your tribulation and turn to ashes? How can you still be alive? And your current cultivation level..."

"This is a long story. Ling Qing and I are in a similar situation to Yao Yao. Our cultivation levels are not high right now," Shang Xiye explained briefly about his and Hei Xiao's situation, and said confidently, "But as long as we return to Danling Continent and settle down, it will not be difficult to recover to our previous level. So you can stay here with peace of mind, or you can secretly have the rest of your Yun family come over for a reunion."

Upon hearing Shang Xiye's explanation, Yun Ji initially showed surprise, but then a deep sadness appeared on her face.

He shook his head dejectedly and said, "I don't know. I don't know who else in the Yun family is still alive. Everyone I know is dead. I should have died too, but it was my father... my father risked his life to save me. I'm useless. I can't save a single member of the Yun family."

Yun Ji became more and more distressed as he spoke, the hellish scenes of the past cutting into his heart like bloody daggers.

His fists were clenched, his eyes were bloodshot, and he was completely immersed in immense pain.

“I saw them…I saw them being…” Yun Ji couldn’t bring himself to say the words about the crimes of those beasts. He raised his bloodshot, tearful eyes and pleaded with Shang Xiye, “Brother-in-law, I know that you and Sect Master Ling were both true gentlemen in the past. You can’t imagine how those beasts treated our Yun family. So I beg you, unless you are absolutely certain, do not take Yao Yao back to Danling Continent. I don’t want Yao Yao to face those cruel crises, and I don’t want you and I to have any regrets.”

Shang Xiye remained silent for a long time.

Yun Ji's words also reminded him of his past life, of how Mo Linxian was forced to kill Yao Yao, and of Mo Linxian's death...

Even if Mo Linxian made many plans, what did it matter if he risked his own and Yao Yao's lives?

In the end, Yao Yao was found by the Demon Lord Jiu Yue during the Da Zhao period.

Fortunately, he met Yao Yao before the Demon Lord and even married her, thus preventing Jiu Yue's incarnation, Shang Beiyu, from succeeding.

Therefore, avoidance is not the solution.

Unless Yao Yao ascends to the upper realm in a short time, they will eventually have to settle their score with the Demon Realm and Demon Lord Jiu Yue.

But if the threat posed by the demons to the Yun and Ji families is not eliminated, can Yao Yao ascend to the upper realm with peace of mind?

Shang Xiye didn't even need to ask this question; he knew Ji Fengyao's answer would definitely be "no."

Not to mention that she couldn't abandon her own family, even he wouldn't abandon her family.