88 The Yun Family

(1 out of 2 chapters of this week)

Inside the Yun Family's compound, one of the twelve guardian families was thinking of starting moving as well! They have a card to play.

Yun Xiao nervously looked at the grandfather in front of him. This was Yun Canghai, a Peak Monarch existence which had returned to the Family just over a week ago.

"Did your parents tell you about your circumstances?"

"?"

His question has confused him for a bit. What is he talking about?

"I see. So they have said nothing."

A few short minutes later Yun Qinghong and Mu Yurou walked over. The Yun Patriarch called them via communication talisman.

"This is important to Yun Xiao. With the Supreme Cloud Sect taking over the entirety of the continent, many things are changing." The old Patriarch proceeded to explain.

"You see, you originally are from the Profound Sky Continent. When my son and my daughter-in-law were on this continent they exchanged sons with Xiao Clan's fifth elder. The very same clan that makes the core of the Supreme Cloud Sect."

"...G-Grandfather…I mean Patriarch Yun— I am related to the Supreme Cloud Sect!?"

"Indeed. You should be the second or third cousin of the Young Master Long."

*Gasp*

"...T-This will take some time to get over…"

"T-Then does it mean that somewhere in that floating Sect there is our son!?" Mu Yurou said with a hopeful voice.

"It should be. We should use this opportunity to visit the Sect. After all, Yun Xiao is a Xiao of the Supreme Cloud Sect." Yun Qinghong said with a hopeful voice as well.

Yet, Yun Xiao is wondering how the Sect will react to him. The Sect is an utter powerhouse compared to the Illusory Demon Continent.

'Maybe they will help me with Seven Sister?' For a second he wondered hopefully.

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The next day, early in the morning the Yun Family was on the move.

They went to see it in the Royal Palace. Which was empty, they got word that Xiao Long had taken the Ex-Empress to the Sect.

The group of Yun's swiftly flew up to the floating Archipelago.

They were greeted by Peak Monarch guards which is a humbling experience.

"I am Yun Canghai. We would like to see Young Master Long."

"Oh? The Demon King. One moment I will contact my Commander."

The guard pulled out a unique-looking talisman, well it was more like an artefact.

Few short moments the guard spoke with someone with the help of the Artefact which was impressive as this thing doesn't send simple voice messages but allows directly to talk with someone.

"I just talked with my commander, he said he will speak with the Young Master. It should take a few minutes."

~~~~~~Same Time with Huan Caiyi~~~~~~

The Ex-Empress was speechless the moment she arrived at this place.

She had never seen this many Artefacts. Artefacts that brighten the streets, artefacts that control doors, artefacts that control contribution points of the Sect, formations that control the wind currents and many more.

The most mind-boggling is that there are literal God trials! Two of them!

It was so much for her that Xiao Long allowed her to rest early, she needed time to process all of this!

Now she wonders if there is something that he can't do!? It sounds hilarious that she tried to resist him! The guy can rebuild trials made by Gods!

She doesn't even comprehend where to start!

"There you are. Did you have fun exploring the sect?" Xiao Long asked her.

Huan Caiyi simply rolled her eyes.

"I spend the whole night meditating on things I have seen." She honestly told him what she did.

"Oh? I see. Anyway, come with me, the Yun Family is here to see me."

"!?"

She wondered what they could want from him. The Yun family is the most dedicated family to her Imperial Family. Yun Canghai even warned her. About what will happen but she ignored it because of her arrogance.

"Let's go."

As he said that he proceeded to walk and the Ex-Empress followed after him

Few short minutes the pair could see Yun Canghai, his son, his daughter-in-law and a youngster who looked around 20 years old.

He took the group to one of the rooms in his Palace, not that the Palace had many people, at this moment the majority of his harem was living on the paradise island, as he calls it.

"Young Master Xiao Long, many thanks for agreeing to see us." The old Patriarch started the conversation.

"There is something we would like to discuss."

"Oh? You look serious, do tell me."

"It is quite serious. You see, when I was sealed away, my son and daughter-in-law tried to negotiate with Sacred Grounds, two of them specifically, the Mighty Heavenly Sword Region and Sun Moon Divine Hall."

"I assume the negotiation has failed?"

"They did, and we ended up on the run, ending up in Floating Cloud City, in a clan named Xiao Clan." Yun Qinghong finished for his father.

"I see. So you two ended up in my clan. I did read some records left by the Fifth Elder. However, they didn't explain in detail as the Fifth Elder only mentioned people with the Yun surname and they came from distant lands.

The one who was in close contact with these people was my uncle Xiao Ying." Xiao Long sighted.

"But he died after you left, killed by the Mighty Heavenly Sword Region."

Yun Qinghong's eyes trembled as he ended up kneeling.

"This junior apologises for involving your clan in our dispute!"

"It's fine. The Sword region has been reduced to nothing but a husk that will be forever in our Supreme Cloud Sect clutches."

Huan Caiyi looked at the Young Master.

"You didn't destroy them!?" She asked in disbelief.

"What for? Why should I end their suffering? Give a swift end? Suffering for many years, believing that their Region could recover, but then ending up with their hopes plucked out every single time."

The Ex-Empress shivered for a second when she heard that! This is more diabolical than she considered! But such a thing could only work if he had incredible control over the economy.

"Young Master. May we ask something?"

The woman from Yun's family asked with a hopeful voice.

"You may ask."

"When we were in Xiao Clan I gave birth to a son. To secure the Yun family line we exchanged children. We took Xiao Ying's son as our own and gave little Yun Che to Xiao Ying, what happened to that child?"

*Sigh*

When Xiao Long heard that he sighed.

"The only person who is alive from the Fifth Elder's line is his daughter. As I mentioned before, Xiao Ying was killed by the Mighty Heavenly Sword Region. From that despair, his wife died from depression which impacted the fifth elder and his wife as well.

The Fifth Elder's wife died while giving birth to Xiao Lingxi. This only left Xiao Lie the Fifth Elder, his daughter and Yun Che.

From what I gathered Yun Che was treated well by Xiao Lie, but the rest of the clan, especially the Clan Leader's bloodline, was distasteful as he was crippled."

"T-Then why has no one tried to fix his profound veins!?"

"I didn't know until it was too late. Xiao Lie was the one who should have taken care of him. But after Yun Che was bullied to death by the previous Young Master Xiao Yulong, the Fifth Elder went into a frenzy and killed all the elders who were responsible for his adopted Grandson's death.

Dying in the process."

"..."

"..."

The group from Yun's family didn't know what to say. The woman, Mu Yurou, already started to cry. Though the men had complex looks on their faces.

This was complex for the Yun as their bloodline could potentially go extinct.

The Yun Family practise a specific technique which allows them to have one child which is always a boy. However, they have no idea about the second one. They don't have a second child as it could cause a commotion and possible infighting.

This is why this is bad for them.

There is the possibility that Yun Qinghong could potentially marry another woman. Something he doesn't consider at this moment.

His marriage is with the Mu family, which are hardcore allies of the Yun family.

"It is sad for me to say this, but I was away at that time. I had been practising my alchemy away from prying eyes when I heard about Yun Che and Grand Uncle Xiao Lie's death."

"We understand, Young Master Long. You had no idea. Regardless, this here is Yun Xiao, he is Xiao Ying's son. A member of your Xiao Clan."

Hearing that, the young Master got up from his seat and walked over to Yun Xiao.

"You do have similarities to our Xiao Clan. I want to check your blood if it's fine with you?"

Yun Xiao nodded.

"Yes, what do I have to do?"

Instead of answering something he pulled out an artefact in the form of a pendant.

"Drop your blood on this." He motioned to the fellow Xiao.

"Understood."

With a simple hand motion, a drop of blood landed on the pendant.

At that moment a blue barrier wall appeared showing something spinning inside of it.

It looked like several intertwined strands. A few parts of it have been tagged by something.

"You are indeed a Xiao from our Xiao Clan. The blood confirms it."

"...many thanks."

Yun Xiao was extremely courteous in front of Young Master. It was a natural outcome as even Yun's family's Old Patriarch was respectful so he is extra respectful.

"Since we know Yun Xiao is a Xiao from the Supreme Cloud Sect, what is going to be your decision? By the Sect rules he should be part of my Sect. If he is not then he is not. He can continue to be the Yun Family's Young Patriarch."

Xiao Long's words made the Yun Family realise that they were not prepared for this. They thought they would find their true son. But it turns out he was dead.

So they had no plan B for this.

"Can we discuss this in private and then come back to you with the answer?"

"Fair enough. Yun Xiao, do you want to meet your Aunt? She is your last remaining close blood relative."

"Yes, I would like to."

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When Yun Xiao thought that he would meet some sort of expert. Since she was supposed to be his 'Aunt' he didn't expect to meet a maid.

A very beautiful maid, a maid obsessed with her Young Master.

The Young adult was somewhat spooked by how much she started to compare him to the Young Master.

Then they talked about Yun Che. This made him grimace as it sounded like she was taking care of a pet.

Since Yun Che had no cultivation she used to babysit him until the fateful day of his death.

Honestly, the meeting was very strange. Nothing like he had expected. This made him think that he should stick with the Yun Family if he can.

This place is far too strange to him. He never expected that the Young Master would have this many women with him. His Palace only has women. Not a single male.

This is why after talking with his Aunt for a few minutes he left.

However, he could only leave after making a few promises to meet again as she wanted to learn about his life.

…

…

…

But then something crazy happened.

Waves of Profound energy collision, someone just fought!

Yun Xiao swiftly flew over, followed by the maids and an assortment of Sect disciples.

"What just happened?"

"There was a fight in the Young Master's Palace!"

Everyone rushed there. However, what they found was nothing they had expected. They saw one of the guest's cheeks have a slap mark. The man was on the ground and he looked quite bad, he was sickly.

"...Young Master?" The Head Maid appeared next to her Master.

Xiao Long who was there with his new 'toy' which is the Ex-Demon Empress, is something hard to believe for Yun Xiao.

Still, the adopted Yun was more concerned with his 'father' which he swiftly went to check.

"What happened here, Young Master?" Xiao Lingxi asked with some concern, though she was relieved nothing had happened to her Master. Not that she thinks something could happen, but she is a woman and she will always worry about him.

"There was disagreement between Yun Qinghong and his wife Mu Yurou."

Now that he has said it the woman is gone. So she slapped the Next Patriarch of the Yun Family and simply left?

"Young Master Long, we are sorry to impose on you but we need to leave. It appears the bond between the Mu and Yun family is about to shatter."

Yun Canghai said that with a bitter voice. It appears something big is about to happen.

"Before you go. What is the decision?" Xiao Long stopped them for a second.

"This—"

"...I would like to stay with the Yun family if possible." Yun Xiao said with a thoughtful look. After all, the only family he has here is a strange aunt who is a Head Maid…

Besides he has things to do in the Illusory Demon Realm, there is a certain woman he needs to marry, something he needs to achieve no matter what!

"Yun Xiao…" Yun Qinghong had a pained look on his face.

"I assume he has issues as he has no Yun blood is that correct?" The Young Master quickly saw through the hesitation.

"Indeed… Profound Handle is our unique ability which allowed us to become a top powerhouse right after the Imperial family."

"In that case, I can simply add that bloodline to Yun Xiao over there."

*Gasp*

"Of course, how did I forget about that!" Yun Canghai for a second looked embarrassed.

~~~

Xiao Long didn't know what to think. This was a shocking development. Mu Yurou slapped her husband and just flew away.

The only thing that comes to his mind is that she was devastated by the fact that Yun Che truly died and that she couldn't have another child.

For such a traditional woman only having one child according to Yun Family law is brutal, especially now that her only true son is dead and she can't have any more.

Regardless, he will watch the development with interest.

In the meantime, he took the Yuns to his bloodline forge and placed the Formation Core into the anvil.

This instantly caused the room to turn on. There was an obvious awe coming from the three guests which the Young Master ignored.

"Drop some of your blood into the central area, Yun Canghai."

The old Patriarch listened to him. This was where Xiao Long smiled for a bit as he recorded the blueprint for safekeeping.

Profound Handle is a useful bloodline ability something he will find use for.

After recording he proceeded to splice the blood.

"Now Yun Xiao drops your blood into the central area. I will turn the Profound Handle into an inheritance which you can add into your blood."

His explanation has impressed the group; they never thought something like this was possible!

Still, the process will take a while so Xiao Long offered for Yun Qinghong to go to the Medical Hall for checkups.

Yun Canghai could only nod and motion for his son to do it.

The Demon King could only lament his reliance on Xiao Long and his Artefacts. By this point, he can't even get angry that the Young Master conquered their home!

All his creations are extremely useful and needed for his family's survival! Even now he is helping them to solve the issue that the Yun Family has created themselves!

After a while, the blood drop was done and Yun Xiao fused with it.

Yun Canghai watched closely the whole process. This was important! As Profound Handle never appeared outside Yun Clan!

"Unbelievable!"

The old Patriarch exclaimed as he saw how a mark appeared on Yun Xiao's hand!

He has developed the ability!

"Quickly! We must check the handle!"

Demon King motioned for the boy to show him his hand. He quickly awakened the bloodline.

Seconds later a yellow handle manifested above Yun Xiao's hand.

The Young Patriarch looked with awe at this!

"Yellow handle! Incredible!"

"If you are to give more blood we can improve it till it has the same colour as yours."

Xiao Long suggested as he was thinking of getting more samples as well.

It's a good opportunity to have more information on this inborn power.

"Very well, once he has Cyan Handle no one will be able to comment on Yun Xiao's parentage."

~~~

While Xiao Long was with the Yun family, Mu Yurou rushed to her family house and explained what had happened. She finally told her father that Yun Xiao was not of Yun Blood and that she wouldn't be able to have children ever again because of Yun Family laws.

This has sent the Mu Family into a frenzy as they want an answer, now!

One could say that the tight-knit group of Yun and Mu families which was for more than 100 years is about to experience a massive shift.

Mu Feiyan with his sons proceeded to march towards the Yun Family. However at that moment neither Yun Canghai was there nor Yun Qinghong. The pair alongside Yun Xiao were still in the Supreme Cloud Sect.

"We shall wait for their return. They shall answer for the lies! Such a thing to happen! And then deny your wish Rou'er! It's not acceptable!"

Even if Mu Feiyan is not a peak Monarch like Yun Canghai he won't back down for his children! He shall have his answers!

While this is happening Yun Family elders are wondering why the Mu Family was here. And why they are pissed off!?

Not that these people would answer, they are waiting for the Old Patriarch.

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