16 The Letter From Big Sect

It was early morning. The sky had barely begun to brighten when the master of the Radd Clan, John Radd, was woken from his deep sleep by the sound of urgent knocking on his door. "Clan master! Clan master, are you awake?"

John opened his eyes, took a glance at the light outside and then asked, with a frown: "This early in the morning, what happened?"

"It's… it's the Radd… Radd Sect! A letter from the Radd Sect!" From outside the door came this excited, trembling voice.

"What? The Radd Sect?!"

This master of the Radd Clan, one of the most powerful people in Floating Stone City, sprung up from his bed as if stabbed by a dagger on the butt. He haphazardly threw on his clothes and, not even bothering to straighten his hair, threw open the door hastily, grabbing the Radd Clan disciple that was outside. He bellowed with wide eyes: "You said the Radd Sect? The Radd Sect?!"

"Yes! It's definitely the Radd Sect!" That Radd Clan disciple swallowed with great difficulty, nodded with all his strength, and then presented the letter in his hand to John. "This letter has the eagle seal of the Radd Sect! In this Black Water Empire, no one would dare to forge the Radd Sect's insignia."

As soon as he saw the sky hawk seal on the letter, John's entire body shook. He fiercely grabbed the letter, then, with violently shaking hands, quickly but carefully tore it open to reveal the paper within.

Although the Radd Sect's name had only one word of difference if compared to his Radd Clan, that one word was like the difference between the clouds and mud! The Radd Clan barely counted as the leading presence in Floating Stone City, but on the Profound Still Water Continent as a whole, it was simply a nameless existence. However the Radd Sect is one of the four strongest sects in the Black Water Empire! They have the same level of prestige as the Amazon's Mother Of Sword Villa, Amazon's Joyful Flower Palace, and the Frozen Heaven Clan. They were an existence that the Radd Clan could not even hope to look up to.

To put it bluntly, a useless servant in the Radd Sect would not even find it necessary to respect the Radd Clan's master.

However, there was a connection between the Radd Clan and the Radd Sect. That is because the person that founded Floating Stone City's Radd Clan one hundred and sixty years ago, Tommy Radd, was at the time a person from the Radd Sect… To be more precise, he was an abandoned disciple, and, as rumor had it, the son of one of the elders at the time. However, Tommy Radd was the result of that elder raping one of the Radd Sect's serving girls while drunk. Since childhood, his appearance was ordinary and his talent was lacking. Furthermore he attracted a large amount of gossip, causing that elder a great amount of displeasure. Upon reaching adulthood, his profound strength was the lowest among all of his peers. To let him remain at the Radd Sect would only cause that elder more humiliation so he found an opportunity to send him to that piece of shit place, the rural Floating Stone City and helped him establish the Radd Clan. From then on he paid no more attention to Tommy Radd and cut off all contact between them and the Radd Sect.

But Tommy Radd nevertheless was born in the proud Radd Sect. He spent his entire life painstakingly cultivating his profound strength, hoping to gain recognition, and thus one day earn their approval and one day return to Radd Sect. After he died, this desire was passed down through the Radd Clan from one generation to the next, and became ultimate goal of every generation of the Radd Clan. Especially among each generation's clan master, all without exception hoped that they could rely on the tiny bit of Radd Sect blood in them to establish a relationship, no matter how fragile, with the Radd Sect. But after all these years, the Radd Clan never produced a person that could fulfill this wish. Talk of the Radd Sect to them was like that of the Celestial Palace, something that they couldn't even hope to reach.

However, today, the Radd Sect had taken the initiative to send a letter! This couldn't fail to send All the elders into joyful hysteria, their excitement making Them feel as if They were in a dream.

After reading the letter's contents word by word, Elder's face was completely red, Thier breathing erratic. They pointed a trembling finger outside, hoarsely saying: "Quickly… quickly inform all the members to immediately gather at the main hall! Tell them we need to discuss big news concerning the future of our Radd Clan… Go quick!"

"Ah… Yes!" The Radd Clan disciple immediately answered and ran off in a panic.

...............

Danny carefully opened the door, only to find that Emma was already sitting beside the bed, awake and dressed. Her beautiful eyes that were as calm as water, watched him without even a tiny ripple.

Danny immediately With a face not red and a heart not racing, he calmly asked: "Wife, you're up so early. Did you sleep well last night?"

"You're not going to first tell me where you went last night?" Emma faintly asked, her beautiful eyes narrowing slightly.

"No need." Danny stretched his body and then started to straighten his hair using the mirror: "Because I know you definitely aren't interested."

Emma: "..."

After he straightened out his clothes and hair slightly, returning to his pretty boy image.Danny stood up to leave and said: "Let's go. It's the morning of the first day, we have to go pay our respects to grandfather… This you won't refuse, right?"

Emma stood without a word and stepped out of the door ahead of him. Danny loosened his shoulders and quickly followed her out.

John woke up early today Because of letter from the Radd Sect. Upon entering John's courtyard, the first thing they saw was him watering his flowers and plants. As he saw Danny and Emma enter, he gently smiled. "You came."

Under John's attentive gaze, Danny quickly reached out and held Emma's small hand in his own. Emma's hand was soft and smooth, yet also cool to the touch. Emma's entire body stiffened. Right before she was about to yank her hand free from Danny, she noticed John's gaze, and had no choice but to quietly tolerate it. She let Danny walk to John with her, hand in hand.

Her father was always very respectful towards John and she was no different. In front of just Danny, she could show him not a single bit of affection, but if she were to shake off Danny's hand in front of John, then she can only imagine how ugly his face would become.

This despicable scoundrel…

"Grandfather, you're up so early today again." Danny led Emma over and naturally greeted John with the courtesy of a junior.

"Emma pays her respects to grandfather." Emma lightly curtsied, her posture gentle and dignified. The fact that it was her first time being led by the hand, and used by such underhanded methods, left her both angry and helpless. If it weren't for the fact that her profound strength would be detected by this elderly man at the apex of the Profound Ki Master Realm, she would have definitely used the Joyful Flower Arts on Danny until he grimaced.

"Haha, you two also woke up very early." Seeing Danny and Emma's intimate appearance, John's face revealed a cheerful expression. "Danny, Emma, even though the age of sixteen is a bit early to get married, it also set a part of my heart at ease. Emma, you should already know about Danny's condition. Frankly speaking, this wedding honestly was not fair to you. But our family will spare no expense to make it up to you. Right now, my greatest wish is to see the two of you peacefully live your lives."

Emma had not managed to reply before Danny hurriedly said: "Grandfather, don't say that! I, Danny, am your grandson. There isn't a woman under heaven that I'm not fit for. Where did we wrong her? After joining the family, of course she'd come pay her respects to grandfather and then carefully take care of me as the days pass. If she doesn't do it right, then I'll divorce her and find a better wife. Don't you agree, Emma my wife?"

"…" If it weren't for the fact that John was standing right in front of them, Emma would definitely have forever sealed Danny's mouth shut with a gust of the Joyful Flower Fairy's Secret Arts.

"Hahahaha." John burst into laughter, helplessly shaking his head. He looked at Danny with a pampering look: "Oh you, Emma had only just joined the family and you're already bullying her like this. Emma, don't listen to his nonsense. Danny, this brat, hasn't had a honest mouth since he was young. You two should not have eaten this early right? Knowing that the two of you would come, old Hong already had the kitchen send over breakfast. Come, let's eat together."

"Yes grandfather… That's right, should we call for little Cousin to come as well?"

"She had always loved to sleep since she was young. Since it's still early, let's not bother her."

The dining table inside the house was indeed already laden-ed with three just-cooked portions of breakfast. Danny never let go of her hand and dragged Emma, who was with great efforts trying to look natural, to sit shoulder by shoulder on one side of the table.John began to take his seat opposite them. He had only touched his his seat when the sound of hurried footsteps came from outside, accompanied by a coarse voice:

"Leader! Is the Leader here?"

"What is it?" John stood up and slightly wrinkled his brow.

"all the elders and members are assembled in the main hall to discuss news concerning the future of the RaddClan. You must immediately go!"

"…" John stood up, grabbed the jacket offered to him by Henry and then spoke to Danny and Emma: "it's an emergency. You two eat first. There's no need to wait for me."

John draped his jacket over his body, then quickly left.

John had only just left, but Danny's hand left Emma's as fast as lightning. His body also jumped backwards with a *woosh* as his eyebrows slanted slightly. He said with a grim face, "Emma my wife, you are very clever, so you should definitely understand that the reason I held your hand was to give grandfather some peace of mind. I definitely don't have any other intentions. Even though I didn't get your approval beforehand, you definitely wouldn't lash out in anger, right?"

Emma's expression had indeed become a bit icy. She coldly spoke: "If you dare to randomly touch my body again, then I won't be this polite anymore."

"Hey! You wouldn't go that far, right?!" Danny watched her with wide eyes and a depressed look on his face. "I only held your hand and you're already so angry… We are still a genuine couple. Even if you're only married me to repay a debt of gratitude, we're still husband and wife. Since we're a married couple, it's normal for me to touch everywhere, not to mention the hand… No, rather, that's how it's supposed to be! You've been married to me less than a day and yet have always been cold and indifferent. You wouldn't even let me sleep on the same bed on the wedding night. Now even holding your hand causes you to get so angry… *Sobs* What kind of wife did I marry? It's practically even worse than taking an empress for a wife…"

"…" Danny's temperament was more and more giving Emma a feeling of helplessness. The first time she saw him, she felt that he was cold and proud. Gradually, she also felt that his disposition was not ordinary, and even held a touch of mystery. Many times, he gave her the feeling that this wasn't in fact a sixteen year old, but rather an adult man with many years of experience… Save for his uncouth nature that would be revealed whenever he wasn't careful.

And now, even though he clearly had shamelessly violated her, he still acted as if he had done no wrong. Instead, like a little brat, he brazenly complained, firmly turning her from the victim to the villain. For a moment, she was dumbfounded and didn't know whether she should laugh or cry. Even the anger in her chest had unwittingly dissipated by a large amount.

"Forget it, let's sit and eat."Emma said powerlessly.

"In other words, my wife Emma isn't angry anymore? He he, that's more like an obedient wife. Come, let's eat a lot!" Danny immediately climbed across the table and then sat back down, next to Emma, passing the green bean cake on his plate to hers.