Misunderstanding

"It's … It's a bit awkward," said Xiao Yan.

"Awkward? How so?"

"Stupid old man," cursed Xiao Yan under his breath, "When I release my Yang Qi, guess what will happen to both mine and Aunt's clothes?"

"Clothes?" thought Lin Jian, it suddenly hit him "Clothes! Ha-ha young master are you shy?"

"Idiot, I will be naked with your wife! Stupid, idiot, can't you think what people will say? And it's not just my clothes that are burnt, aunt's will be gone too!"

"Jokes aside, Young Master if it was someone else, she would kill me after waking up, but you, she will not mind, I can guarantee. You know it too, you are more important to her than her own child. I know you too consider her more than your mother, so I see no problem. She is sleeping in a secluded place where no one other than me and Xue'er can enter. Even Heavenly Spirit realm Spiritual Sense couldn't scan that place. I will keep guard the entrance, so no problem will arise. Please treat her without worry," said Lin Jian.

"Fine, let's just do as you say."

"Young Master, here this is the best tea in my collection. Please taste it," said Lin Jian passing the teacup to Xiao Yan.

"Uncle about Yun, please give her one more chance,"

"That maid who betrayed us? If you say so, but might I ask why?"

"I was too angry, and I placed a Spirit Worm inside her and tied it to Xue'er's resentment towards her. Until there's no resentment, she will have to endure pain each morning," said Xiao Yan, "After interacting with her for a couple of days, I felt she truly wanted to change. So, I told her if she wanted I could remove it, but she rejected it. She said she will work hard and earn her trust again. I believe she worth giving a second chance."

"So that's why Xue'er thinks you are a Devil Cultivator. But why did she say you cursed Yun?"

"It would have been a hassle to explain it, so I told her that I had cursed her," smiled Xiao Yan.

"Young Master, how did you manage to learn to create Spirit Worm? I believe it was lost long ago,"

"It's a long story, will tell you some other time,"

"Fine,"

"Oh, that reminds me, Yun said a bigshot from some Thousand something sect was the mastermind, what's up with that? Did you get bored and found yourself a new enemy?"

"Thousand Poisons Sect. Some days ago, Ancestor from that Sect came to ask for Xue'er's hand in marriage on behalf of their Sect Master's son. I felt it was fishy. So, I sent some spies into the sect and found out that they are frequently communicating with the Long Clan. They have found me, even after hiding for so long. I was planning on leaving Fallen Star City within a couple of weeks as Ming'er was asleep and my cultivation is low."

"Did you give this information to Father?"

"Yes, I already sent it. Patriarch must be waiting to catch a bigger fish."

"I wanted to go give them a visit, but since Father has a plan, let him do it," said Xiao Yan.

"Young Master, will it take long to treat Ming'er?"

"I don't know, I will have to check on her condition first, but it shouldn't exceed a couple of hours,"

After finishing the tea, "Let's go, I am dying to see my Aunt," said Xiao Yan and both started heading towards the place where Xiao Yan's aunt, Hao Ming was in seclusion. While excited about seeing Hao Ming, both Xiao Yan and Lin Jian had forgotten about Xue'er.

Behind the Villa, there was a small artificial mountain. Halfway up the mountain, Lin Jian stopped in front of a large boulder. Lin Jian took two tokens with rough markings from his storage ring and handed one to Xiao Yan while held the other in his hands.

"Young Master, this is a formation me and your aunt obtained in a ruin. We don't know it's name but it combines illusion and concealing formations, to enter the cave, we just have to walk through this boulder while holding the token," said Lin Jian and walked straight into the bolder. The strange thing was his body went straight through, just like a stone falling into a lake. Xiao Yan was truly impressed. He also imitated Lin Jian and similarly, he also went through.

"What a marvelous formation," Xiao Yan exclaimed.

"He-he" Lin Jian laughed smugly.

Inside the formation was a dark passage. At the end of the passage was a small space as big as a room. At the center of the space, there was a jade bed and on it a stunningly beautiful mature lady was sleeping. She looked just like a mature version of Xue'er.

"Aunt" murmured Xiao Yan.

They walked towards the lady. Xiao Yan held her wrist and sent his Qi inside her to check her condition. Although the Yin poison was still present, he felt confident he could take care of it.

"Uncle, it is in better condition than I thought. I think it will take less than a couple of hours to cleanse it all. If I am disturbed it may get truly dangerous, so please make sure no one enters, I will start immediately," said Xiao Yan and took out a few Qi replenishing pills and a few other pills for emergency.

"Okay, be careful," said Lin Jian and left the cave after kissing her on her forehead and taking one last look at his wife.

After he left, "Aunt, it's time to wake up," said Xiao Yan. He pressed his right hand on Hao Ming's abdomen and started releasing his Yang Qi.

…

Outside the cave, Lin Jian was sitting next to the giant boulder with his eyes closed. Close to an hour had passed.

A servant came running to his place, slightly out of breath, "Patriarch, the City Lord has come for a visit," said while bowing.

"Why did he have to come now?" he knows the reason though, a few days ago when Ma and Yang families attacked his house, he had revealed his Golden Core cultivation and both those families were wiped out, even the group of people who went to Fallen Star Mountains were captured. Now, Lin clan had become the sole overlord of Fallen Star City, not even the City Lord could compare, hence the visit to see his stance, "Tell Xue'er to guard her mother's cave till I am back and pass my order no one can come close to this place till then."

"Yes," the servant bowed and left.

Inside Xue'er's courtyard, Xue'er was resting. Yi was busy arranging Xue'er's clothes that she had just washed. Yun was still outside waiting for Patriarch to give his verdict.

The servant sent by Lin Jian knocked on the door and waited "Young Miss, I am here to deliver Patriarch's order."

"Tell him to come in," said Xue'er to Yi.

Yi opened the door and let him in.

"Young Miss," the servant bowed, "Patriarch said you must immediately rush Mistress's cave and guard it until he returns."

"What? What happened?" asked Xue'er. She had always felt it was her fault that her mother ended up in such a state. Hearing the sudden order from his father, she assumed something was wrong.

"I am sorry Young Miss; this servant doesn't know."

"It's okay, you may leave," she then turned to Yi, "I will leave, you take care of Big brother Yan's lodging."

Xue'er rushed at her fastest speed towards the artificial mountain. When she arrived at the cave, she felt heat waves coming from inside the cave. She panicked thinking someone's already entered the cave.

'Father asked me to guard the cave, did I arrive late? Has someone already gone in' she thought. She could no longer keep calm and decided to check on her mother before coming back to guard the entrance.

When she entered the formation with her own token, she had a hard time navigating the passage as strong heat waves were coming from inside. Finally, when she arrived at the small space where her mother was, her mind blanked out. She saw Xiao Yan who was completely naked was pressing his hand on her mother's body who was also completely naked.

'How could this be?' she tried to come up with hundreds of excuses for what she was seeing but she couldn't, 'how could he do this me? That is my mother!'

"Let my mother go, you bastard!" she shouted and drew her sword.