NOVEL NEXT Chapter 317: Relatives 2
"GuoGuo, calm down." Xiao Weimin said, gently squeezing the double's hand.
He obviously saw through the problem.
However, Bai Guo was still a little worked up and continued to glare at Shen Xu.
"Who is your father?" He asked, but Shen Xu shrugged with a nonchalant expression.
"I have no idea." He said.
"How long have you been in the cultivation world? How did you get here?"
Shen Xu narrowed his eyes when he heard the questions.
After discovering the pocket space in the Yunshan secret realm, he vaguely understood that his origins lay in the immortal realm.
However, it wasn't until Bai Guo's questions that he confirmed his suspicions.
"I have always been in the cultivation world." He said.
"Always been…" Bai Guo muttered and clenched his hands in frustration.
He didn't understand what was going on and wished his parents were there to explain the situation.
While Bai Guo was lost in thought, Shen Xu suddenly remembered something.
"Fellow doaist Bai, do you know Bai Xia?" He asked.
"Bai Xia…" Bai Guo narrowed his eyes with a thoughtful expression and was about to shake his head when he remembered something.
His mother had a younger sister called Bai Xia.
However, Bai Xia went against the clan and her name was struck from the family tree.
Although Bai Guo had heard of her, he had never met her and didn't know if she was alive or dead.
"Why do you ask of her?" He asked.
"She is my maternal aunt and also my adoptive mother." Shen Xu revealed.
Hearing this, Bai Guo nodded.
"My mother has a sister called Bai Xia, but she has long severed ties with the Bai family."
"Is that so?!" Shen Xu muttered and nodded.
Since his aunt was no longer a member of the Bai family, Shen Xu didn't feel the need to recognise or fulfil filial piety to his maternal clan.
"Where is aunt…, where is Bai Xia now?" Bai Guo asked.
"Aunt Xia and Uncle Shi died when I was fourteen." Shen Xu said, and Bai Guo nodded with an expressionless face.
"Did you want to meet us to recognise relatives?" Zhen Yuan suddenly asked.
Hearing this, Bai Qing looked at Shen Xu before speaking.
"Shen Xu, are you willing to return to the Bai family?" She asked, but Shen Xu immediately shook his head.
"Aunt Xia named me 'Shen' and raised me without revealing my relationship with the Bai family. It's good to know my origin, but there is no need to force a fate that has already been broken." He said.
Bai Guo and Bai Qing frowned when they heard this.
On one hand, they felt Shen Xu had no fate with the Bai family, but on the other, he was the Bai family's blood.
Most importantly, he could be the opportunity Bai Guo was looking for.
From what they knew, Bai Guo would encounter an opportunity in the cultivation world, and this opportunity would not only help him overcome his destined calamity but would also lead the Bai family to unprecedented heights.
Considering that, neither Bai Guo nor Bai Qing were willing to separate from Shen Xu until they were sure he was not the destined encounter.
Thinking of this, Bai Qing sighed and smiled.
"You may not want to force fate, but you are the blood of my clan. Encountering each other is fate, and I can't allow the blood of the Bai family to roam the world unprotected."
Shen Xu raised an eyebrow when he heard this.
"What does senior Bai mean?" He asked.
"It's not easy to travel from the Tianqi continent to the Tianxuan continent. Since we have met, I will escort you to the Tianxuan continent."
"This…" Shen Xu narrowed his eyes and hurriedly messaged Zhen Yuan.
[Ayuan, what should we do?] He asked.
[Agree.]
[Agree?]
[Our latest plan is to rob Dongfang Jing's enemies, but that plan is risky. First, we haven't located those people. Second, we run the risk of being hunted down when we reach the Tianxuan continent. Third, we don't know the way to the Tianxuan continent. Even if we have a star map, we don't know the dangers we will encounter along the way. Since they have offered an easier way, we should take it.]
[But it's a trap…] Shen Xu argued.
[Neither Bai Qing nor Bai Guo has killing intent. We should play along for the time being. Maybe we will find out what is going on as we travel. Also, since we know it's a trap, we can make plans to save ourselves. We have done it before.]
[No risk, no gains.] Shen Xu said.
[Indeed.]
After figuring it out, Shen Xu looked at Bai Qing with a solemn expression.
"Senior Bai, it's indeed difficult to travel to the Tianxuan continent, but including myself, my group has seven people. Will it be convenient to take us all?" He asked.
Bai Qing had a level eight ship, capable of carrying more than five hundred people. Considering that, seven more or seven less were nothing to her.
"You can all come along." She said.
"Thank you, Senior Bai." Shen Xu said and quickly continued.
"Don't worry, senior. We won't let you bring us along for nothing. When the time comes, we will offer appropriate compensation."
Bai Qing nodded when she heard this, but she didn't think Shen Xu could come up with anything good.
Still, her goal was accomplished, and she was in a relatively good mood.
'The clan elders will know what to do once we return to the Tianxuan continent.' She thought.
"When will we leave?" Shen Xu asked.
"In one hundred and fifty years." Bai Guo said and quickly continued.
"Let's meet in Alchemy Tower City when the time comes."
"Good."
After that, Zhen Yuan and Shen Xu left the restaurant but didn't return to the inn.
Instead, they took the city's teleportation formation and headed to the Weapons Tower City.
Once there, they found an inn, entered the space and gathered everyone to talk about recent developments.