Chapter 52 Are you really his disciple?
"As the senior disciple, I am filled with jealousy and fear of him. Before he came, I always thought that after Master passed away, I would definitely become the leader of White Lotus Mountain, but his cultivation speed is too fast. At that rate, he will surpass me one day."
"My master dotes on him so much, he will surely make him the sect leader in the future. This thought torments me every day. On the surface, I am indifferent to my junior brother, but in private I have always been paying close attention to his whereabouts."
"One day, I discovered that he was hanging out with an outer disciple named Han Wen."
"Han Wen?" Han Wei exclaimed in surprise.
Father? Father and Gu Qi really do know each other.
Was my father a disciple of White Lotus Mountain before?
"Yes, Han Wen. He also has the surname Han. Could it be that Sect Master Han knows him?" Duan Fan asked.
Han Wei still didn't answer the question. Duan Fan paused for a moment, then continued:
“My intuition tells me that there’s something wrong with that Han Wen. After investigating, I found that he had hidden his true cultivation level. He infiltrated White Lotus Mountain as an outer disciple. I suppose he has some purpose.”
"I remained calm and pretended not to notice anything. My junior brother and this Han Wen seemed to get along very well, and the two were always together. But my junior brother is always clever, and he quickly realized that there was something wrong with this Han Wen."
"I remember that night, I was leaving my cave when I accidentally discovered that Han Wen and my junior brother were talking in a secluded place. At that time, my cultivation was stronger than theirs, so I secretly approached them and eavesdropped on their conversation."
"This Han Wen came to White Lotus Mountain with ulterior motives. He actually came for the Nine-Turn Ice Heart Lotus in the forbidden area. He told his junior brother that he wanted the Nine-Turn Ice Heart Lotus to save someone. His junior brother actually believed him and said he would help him steal the Nine-Turn Ice Heart Lotus."
Duan Fan looked directly into Han Wei's eyes as he spoke:
“I could have told my master about this, but I didn’t.”
"You want him to commit a serious mistake, so that your master will despise him and even execute him, right?" Han Wei guessed.
Duan Fan nodded: "That's right. If he steals our sect's most precious treasure from the forbidden area and gives it to an outsider, our master will be furious. No matter how talented he is, our master will not let him become the sect leader. So I didn't say anything. I even secretly helped him, allowing my junior brother to successfully steal the Nine Revolutions Ice Heart Lotus."
Duan Fan glanced at Gu Qi, who stood beside him like a puppet, and continued speaking to Han Wei:
"Junior Brother stole the Nine-Turn Ice Heart Lotus and gave it to Han Wen, telling Han Wen he must return it in seven days. Han Wen patted his chest and agreed. What a fool! He probably won't return it."
"Seven days later, Han Wen did not return. Soon, Master discovered that the Nine-Turn Ice Heart Lotus in the forbidden area was missing. I originally wanted to expose this matter, but Junior Brother himself jumped out and admitted what he had done. Master was furious. This was a capital offense, but Master still couldn't bear to kill him. He gave him a hundred lashes and imprisoned him in the Ice Abyss to reflect on his mistakes."
Han Wei looked at Gu Qi's profile, and the words Gu Qi had once said to her came to mind.
"You don't need to be nervous. Your father is one of the few friends I have."
“Your father and I did have a friendship, but we later became enemies. I considered him a friend, but he lied to me. It really broke my heart.”
He really does know his father.
And his father really did lie to him.
For a moment, Han Wei felt a complex mix of emotions.
“I thought Master would make him reflect on his mistakes until he died, but I didn’t expect that he would be released after only ten years. However, after Master released him, he was very cold to him. In order to please Master and make up for his mistakes, Junior Brother went to the Bottomless Glacier, where he found a Nine-Turn Ice Heart Lotus.”
"It just so happens that Lou Tingxue, the young master of the Xuanbing Divine Palace, is also searching for the Nine-Turn Ice Heart Lotus. Lou Tingxue tried to steal the Nine-Turn Ice Heart Lotus that he had found, but was seriously injured by him. In order to avenge him, Lou Tingxue killed his entire Gu family. He was in unbearable pain and used extremely cruel methods to kill Lou Tingxue, which provoked the Xuanbing Divine Palace's crazy revenge."
Han Wei lowered her head, thinking to herself: So that's how it is. So that's why he formed a deadly feud with the Xuanbing Divine Palace.
"Master wanted to save him, but as the head of White Lotus Mountain, he couldn't risk the lives of everyone on White Lotus Mountain for his junior brother. So, he had no choice but to expel his junior brother from the sect."
What Duan Fan said afterward was roughly the same as what the others said, except for a few more details.
"He was driven to the brink by the people of the Xuanbing Divine Palace. No one knows what he went through to successfully form his Nascent Soul. He wiped out the entire Xuanbing Divine Palace, but he also attracted the attention of many powerful figures in the Northern Region. He successfully formed his Nascent Soul in less than fifty years. What a monster! Countless people want to capture him and find out his secrets."
"But they all failed and instead became victims of his sword. At that time, the people of White Lotus Mountain were also in a state of panic. My junior brothers were all afraid that he would hold a grudge against our master for expelling him from the sect and would come back to seek revenge."
"I often tried to find out about him, but I never saw him again."
"After my master passed away, one day I saw his figure in the forbidden area. He had his back to me and disappeared in a flash, leaving behind two Nine-Turn Ice Heart Lotuses," Duan Fan recalled.
Han Wei: "Two Nine-Turned Ice Heart Lotuses?"
“Yes, one of them was originally the treasure of the mountain,” Duan Fan said. “I don’t know if he took it back from Han Wen or if Han Wen returned it to him. The other one was found by himself under the bottomless glacier. On the day his master expelled him from the sect, he also returned the Nine-Turn Ice Heart Lotus that he had found to him.”
"After that day, he disappeared in the Northern Region."
As Duan Fan finished speaking, he looked at Gu Qi's lifeless golden eyes.
"I haven't seen him since then, not until now. Junior brother, have you been in the Eastern Region all these years?" Duan Fan asked Gu Qi.
Gu Qi remained expressionless, as if he hadn't heard him.
Duan Fan sighed. He used to be so jealous of him, but now, recalling those days, he was filled with regret. If he had stopped him from stealing the Nine-Turn Ice Heart Lotus from the forbidden area back then, perhaps none of this would have happened.
Duan Fan looked at Gu Qi, who was like a puppet, and then at Han Wei. He asked, "Are you really his disciple?"
Given Gu Qi's current state, it was hard for Duan Fan not to suspect that Han Wei had done something to him. This woman gave him an unfathomable sense of danger, and considering her past record, it was difficult for Duan Fan not to have negative associations.
Han Wei took Gu Qi's hand and nodded emphatically. Duan Fan saw that their fingers were intertwined, and that the way she looked at Gu Qi was not like she was looking at her master, but rather like she was looking at her lover. He opened his mouth, but for a moment he didn't know what to say.
After a while, Han Wei bid farewell to Duan Fan and left Bailian Mountain with Gu Qi.
Han Wei didn't hold a grudge against Duan Fan.
The fact that Gu Qi was able to specially send back two Nine-Turn Ice Heart Lotuses shows that he still cares about White Lotus Mountain.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com