Chapter 1689
Chu Yuan remembered well that embarrassing family fiasco from all those years ago.
In his lifetime, he had raised two sons, namely Chu Zhenghong and Chu Zhengliang.
Between them, Chu Zhengliang was the first to make a name for himself. Not only was he the most favored one in the hearts of
the family elders, but he was also considered a role model for his contemporaries within his extended family for his generation.
Chu Zhenghong, though, was quite the pr opposite. Prodigious as he may be in the martial arts, he had been a rebel since
young and a profligate ne''erdoerwho chose to squander his gifts in deference to indulgences in women and earthly pleasures.
In spite of that, it was the eldest son, Chu Zhenghong, who Chu Yuan nheless thought more highly of and pinned his own
hopes upon.
Back in the day, Chu Yuan opined that he ought to leave his older boy to it for a few years under the assumption that thetter
would eventually grow bored of that lifestyle. Once his son was ready to rein himself in, he would then have him summoned
home to rededicate himself to his martial arts practice in preparation for his role in the continuance of their family''s legacy.
What Chu Yuan had not counted on was for Chu Zhenghong to bring home a woman from the countryside when it was all said
and done.
Not only that, he had even conceived a child with that socially inferior person!
To make matters worse, he had also requested for Chu Yuan to ept that country girl into the family, as well as to formally
recognize Chu Tianfan as the eldest grandchild of the Chu family.
There was never going to be any question that Chu Yuan was livid when he learned about all this.
The notion of the future mistress of the house of Chu, the most wealthy and illustrious of all the prominent families, being a
woman ofmon birth, was unptable to him.
What he found to be even more uneptable, was the prospect of eventually ceding leadership of the family to an illegitimate
child from a less than ster lineage.
Of course, Chu Yuan was not ready to be too overt with his own opposition and tolerated putting up the mother and son pair of
Ye Fan at the Chu residence in exchange for Chu Zhenghong''smitment to his training.
At the same time, Chu Yuan went on to facilitate meetings to acquaint Chu Zhenghong with various royal princesses, wealthy
heiresses, and progenies of martial families.
In consideration of his own son''s phndering ways, he refused to believe that any of these beauties from affluent backgrounds
could be outshone by some random country girl and that none of them would be able to capture his son''s heart.
Chu Yuan was adamant that the candidate for his daughter-inw must be from a privileged background, or at least, that was
what his bestid ns back then were.
As for Ye Fan''s mother, he would allow her to stick around as his son''s lover. Chu Tianfan, by extension, would remain an
illegitimate child, not to be orded any formal status.
On his part, Chu Yuan, too, spared no effort at all in a bid to sway Chu Zhenghong''s mind.
He had even invited the eldest daughter of the Tang family, one of the three families under the wing of the Chu Sect, over to the
Chu residence so that she may train and spend time alongside Chu Zhenghong. The former so happened to be Tang Yun''s older
sister as well.
But even that proved futile.
Chu Zhenghong showed no interest whatsoever, no matter what manner of beauty was paraded before him. It was as though he
waspletely besotted with Ye Fan and his mother.
Conversely, it was Tang Yun''s sister, Tang Rui, who fell hopelessly in love with Chu Zhenghong.
Her sincere affections, nevertheless, were to go unrequited.
Chu Zhenghong rejected her by asserting. “I can only treat you like a sister.”
He also told Tang Rui that he was a married man with a wife and son whom he loved dearly.
The prodigal son of days past had already found a home for his heart, and this once flighty Casanova had since handed the
reins of his tethers to a woman named Ye Ximei.Belonging ? N?velDram/a.Org.
That same day, the hair of the youngdy of the Tang family turned white overnight, and she subsequently vanished without a
trace.
Not only had all of Chu Yuan''s schemes fallen t, but he had also inadvertently caused tremendous harm to the eldest girl of the
Tang family.
This incident almost resulted in a falling out between the Tang and Chu family. With all the strongest fighting hands from the Tang
family in tow, the patriarch of the Tang familyid siege to the Chu residence and demanded ountability from the Chus.
It was also as a consequence of this same incident that the Chu Sect fell into disarray, and saddled them with unresolved issues
that bode ill for their future.
As powerful as Chu Yuan was, he held a guilty conscience as he knew he had erred. While he cated the Tang family, he also
directed his resources toward locating Tang Rui. In addition, he also took on Tang Rui''s younger sister, Tang Yun, as his disciple
as an extended olive branch and instructed her in all the secrets he knew about the martial ways.
Afterward, Chu Yuan also made Tang Yun the head of the Chu Sect, perhaps as a means to make up for the grief he had
brought upon her older sister.
After all, he was the one who withheld the fact of Chu Zhenghong''s marital status and created the opportunity for the two of them
to get close. That made him wholly responsible for the tragedy that was wrought upon her.
It was only after everything that transpired that Chu Yuan realized the depth of his own wretched son''s obsession with that
mother and son pair.
Henceforth, Chu Yuan decided to pull the plug before everything was to be cast in stone and went on to have Chu Tianfan
and his mother driven away from the Chu family.
At the same time, he also instructed the Demonic Duo in the presence of Chu Zhenghong. “Should Chu Zhenghong were to ever
come into contact with this mother and son pair, you are both free to im both their lives at your own discretion and without fear
of repercussions!”
Chu Yuan''s explicit orders irrevocably banished any lingering hopes Chu Zhenghong might have harbored. For one who was
born and raised within the Chu family, he naturally understood how terrifying the Demonic Duo was.
Unless he was able to defeat both of these elderly gentlemen himself, whatever attempts of his to reach out to Ye Fan and his
mother would be tantamount to their death sentence.
That ultimately brought an end to that fiasco.
Thereafter, Chu Yuan was able to retreat to the residence''s forbidden grounds free of worry, as he was confident that the Chu
family would never again hear from this illegitimate child.
After all, the barriers between the two sides had only grown ever since Chu Tianfan and his mother had been driven out.
One was noble and dignified like the clouds in the sky, while the other, wretched and lowly like the dirt upon the earth!
Never in his wildest dreams could Chu Yuan had expected to run into Chu Tianfan, this same illegitimate country child, once
more on the very day he left his retreat!
Thirty years had passed, yet that fiasco from all that time ago continued.
“| should have gotten rid of you the
day | firstid eyes upon you two.
Had | not been so softhearted, that
silly girl Rui would not have met
such a tragic engnesténg far y
amyicau Family would not have
fostered such enmity, and neither
would the Chu Sect have fallen into
disarray. My son Zhenghong might
have already have secured an
alliance with the Tang family by
marriage and stood at the pinnacle of
power, and the Chu family would not
have arrived at this extent of ruin by
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The sight of Chu Tianfan brought back all these memories of regret that only fueled his simmering resentment.
Of course, he had no remorse about casting Chu Tianfan and his mother out.
What hemented was not having
them killed off sooner because had
he done so the doy Pour hohiy
brayannthem inplications
would not have ensued. Neither
would this woe had blighted the Chu
family ten odd yearster. Please
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“Haha—! You''re right, Chu Yuan. Not killing my mother and myself back then is the worst mistake in your life! But not to worry. As
a gesture of my
gratitude, | promise to leave the bodies of your family members intact.”
Yearster, there remained no semnce of familial love in the reunion between this grandfather and grandson pair. All they had
for each other, was the blood of enmity.
How this scene yed out left observers like Sword Saint and the other outsiders gasping in astoundment.
What manner of hatred and division must exist between this two that they have to see the other dead?
The expressionless Chu Yuan could
only shake his head in disapproval of
Chu Tianfan''s words. “Before my
reemergence from my retreat,
perhaps Zhenngiandithe thers
rfiyhthave been fearful of your
threats. But now, don''t you find those
utterances of yours a little too
haughty to be mentioned in my
presence? As opposed to considering
whether to allow for the Chu family''s
bodies to remain intact, perhaps you
ought to worry about whether you
yourself would be able to walk away
from this alive.” Please read the
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Amidst his evenness of tone, none were able to discern his emotional state. But it is precisely this staidness that harbored that
epassing
dominance and authority in the others’ ears.
Gaius and the rest were doubtlessly a bundle of nerves inside.
Owen and a few others were no longer able to contain themselves. They finally went up and whispered words of caution into Ye
Fan''s ears. “I sense something amiss, Dragon Master.”
“Chu Yuan''s still alive.”
“| think we really ought to pull back.”
“We should reconsider taking on this old fogey,” “We cannot afford to be rash!”