Party

"Xue'er, how is your cultivation going?" Wu Ying asked while hugging her son, "Do you need anything?"

"My masters treat me very well," Wu Xue hugged her back and enjoyed her embrace, "Are you going to stay a few days after my birthday?"

"Of course," Wu Ying giggled, "I'm already spending too much time outside, I feel guilty for not spending more time with you."

"I heard you comprehended Order, can you show it to us?" Wu Cang, who was silently watching until then, asked, "I almost couldn't believe it when I heard about it."

Wu Ying cast him a cold glance, "Why bother talking about cultivation? Can't you ask about his well-being?"

'You are the one who asked about his cultivation first,' Wu Cang muttered in his heart but just smiled awkwardly.

"Don't be angry at Father," Wu Xue let go of her embrace and smiled, "He is equally worried about me, I'm sure about it."

"Hmph!" Wu Ying sneered and cast Wu Cang another cold stare.

'Son, don't try to protect me!' Wu Cang almost cried, 'It will only make her angrier.'

"It has been a while," Wu Xue changed the topic, "Little Wan'er is growing to be a beautiful and smart little lady."

Wu Ying's eyebrows twitched a little when she heard that but she said nothing.

"She has been trying to meet you, mother," Wu Xue looked directly into her eyes, "Are you going to avoid her forever? She is also my sister."

"Don't rush your mother," Wu Cang patted him on his shoulder, "It's not right to do this."

"You too, father," Wu Xue shook his head, "Aren't you being too passive? My mother is clearly angry with the current situation, and you aren't doing anything to change that!"

'What can I even do?' Wu Cang cursed in his heart but didn't show it in his face.

"Mother, can I ask for a gift for my birthday?" Wu Xue grinned and pointed outside the window, "The next time you go outside to work, bring her with you, I'm sure she will love to sightsee the many wonders there in the Myriads Gathering City."

"You..." Wu Ying caressed her temples, "I don't have so much free time to take care of her."

"Just create an avatar to go with her while you do your things," Wu Xue began to try his best, "I'm sure your cultivation base is high enough to do this."

"You think too simply..." Wu Ying shook her head, "Both I and your father are currently unable to create avatars.

"Otherwise, we would have simply left avatars here to spend time with you instead of leaving you alone."

"Why?" Wu Xue was confused.

"It's too complicated, don't ask more," Wu Ying refused to say more.

"Anyway, that's what I want as a gift," Wu Xue decided to act as a spoiled child, "Either this or nothing."

"You..." Wu Ying felt a huge headache, but her guilt made her unable to refuse her son's wish, "Okay, I will bring her when I go out. But I wonder if her mother will agree."

"I already talked with her, and she is very positive about the idea," Wu Xue laughed dumbly.

"Aren't you too close to her?" Wu Ying narrowed her eyes strangely.

"Don't worry, I only accept you as my true mother, I even call her second miss every time I see her," Wu Xue rubbed against her mother as a kitten to its mother.

Wu Ying sighed again and felt emotionally tired, she cast another cold glance at Wu Cang, who simply avoided meeting her eyes.

"Okay, go prepare yourself, there will be many relatives coming for your birthday party," Wu Ying ordered with a firm tone.

Wu Xue nodded and looked at his father, "You better say something nice to her, or I will settle accounts with you one day."

Wu Cang's expression turned completely dark but he didn't dare to teach a lesson to his son in front of Wu Ying.

Wu Xue felt very good when he saw his father silent like that, "Hm, you are very promising, father!"

"Pftt," Wu Ying couldn't help but laugh, she felt her gloomy heart brighten a little bit.

Wu Xue giggled and ran to outside, afraid of his father suddenly changing his heart and beating him.

Wu Cang sighed and looked at his wife, who was also looking at him indifferently.

"What, do you have anything to say?" Wu Ying asked.

Wu Cang took a deep breath and shook his head, "No, I don't."

Wu Ying frowned and pointed to the door, "Then go out."

"No," Wu Cang shook his head and approached her.

When they could feel each other's breath, he stopped and said, "I won't be leaving you for the next few years."

"What are you talking about?" Wu Ying narrowed her eyes with a bad premonition.

"I handed my duties as the alliance leader over to a junior brother of mine," he explained calmly without averting his eyes, "Not only that, I will also be handing my position as the clan leader over to someone else."

"What!?" Wu Ying's expression changed drastically, "Are you crazy? Do you have any idea of what it means?"

"Don't forget I have been in those positions for many, many years..." Wu Cang smiled, "I know very well about all the consequences."

Wu Ying slapped him hard on his face, "Do you have any idea of how great of an impact it will have on our children?"

"One of our sons is a disciple of two great cultivators, both of great power and reputation," Wu Cang cleaned the blood off the corner of his mouth, "The other has an extremely special physique that's extremely valued by an equally powerful cultivation master of the Shrouding Sky Sect.

"Both of their futures are already settled to be great, the position of a primary young master of the clan won't change it."

Wu Ying slapped him again, "Why didn't you at least tell me those things before?"

'I'm doing this right now!' Wu Cang roared in his heart but just smiled on the outside.

"You, you!" Wu Ying began to show signs of panic, "Why are you doing this?"

Wu Cang noticed she wasn't talking only about his position, he forcefully hugged her regardless of her resistance.

"Let me go!"

"..."

"Don't feign to be oblivious, let me go!"

"No!"

"Are you crazy!?"

"..."

"Let go now! I will call my master otherwise!"

"She is no longer your master."

"S-Shut it!"

After a few minutes of struggle, Wu Ying stopped trying to escape and just cried.

"I hate you."

"I know."

"I want to divorce."

"I won't allow it."

"Are you really going to cage me like this?"

"I already decided to play the role of a villain."

"My hate for you won't diminish this way, are you sure?"

"I will not forgive myself if I let you go."

"Don't you care about my feelings? I want to be alone!"

"Yes, I'm a villain, so beat me as much as you want, you can discount your rage in me as much as you desire."

"It won't solve anything!"

"Then just beat me up a bit more."

"Are you crazy?"

"Yes! You married a crazy man! You have always known this!"

"Bastard!"

"I love you, Wu Ying."

"Stop spouting lies!"

Wu Cang forcefully kissed her, ignoring her nails digging into his flesh, making him bleed.

Wu Ying began to cut his flesh wantonly with her nails, from his neck to his back, then to his chest and face.

At some point, both of them were completely bathed in his blood, but Wu Cang didn't stop kissing. Wu Ying also gave up and just cried silently.

Wu Cang stopped after a long time and silently looked at her eyes, "I still have blood, do you want more?"

Wu Ying clenched her teeth but felt powerless.

"I'm sorry," Wu Cang began to cry, "I'm really sorry for making you suffer like this."

"Liar."

"But I really can't bear the thought of leaving you!" Wu Cang kneeled on the ground, "I can bear all the humiliation and pain you want to inflict on me, but I can't stand a single minute without having you as my wife."

Wu Ying slapped him again, making blood hit the wall.

"I know those wounds are too swallow," she said, "I really wanted the courage to cut your neck."

"And I still would love you," Wu Cang didn't avoid her eyes, "And you know that."

"I wonder," Wu Ying muttered with a disgusted expression, "Go out, I want to be alone for a while."

Wu Cang got up and left the place, but he cast an invisibility spell to not let others see his bloodied state. Not because he was ashamed, but because he didn't want his children to know about it.

In his cave abode, Wu Xue took a bath and wore a new robe he gained from Wu Yan, it was mostly white but with a few black parts.

That was his tenth birthday, he began to enter the phase of explosive growth.

His long brown hair began to show signs of being naturally slightly wavy, and he began to look more and more like his father. The slight gloom under his eyes gave him a look of natural tiredness, but his eyes were sharp.

"I'm naturally dangerous to girls, kekekeke," Wu Xue laughed dumbly while looking at his appearance in a mirror, "I need to be extra careful to not end like my father, that dumb old man."

That was a cheerful day, many members of the clan attended the party, most of them were very distant blood relatives but all carried the same surname.

Wu Tian used the party as a plataform to pick up girls, he was jumping from girl to girl but all of them knew him and simply politely declined his advances.

Wu Bing also attended the party, she feigned indifference but from time to time she looked over to ensure no girls accepted Wu Tian's invitations to dance.

Wu Wan'er was constantly by Wu Xue's side, eating all kinds of snacks and laughing dumbly.

Wu Ying and Wu Yan sat at the same table as Wu Cang, but they maintained silence and only talked when other people came to them.

Ru Meng and Xu Ling didn't attend the party, but they both gave Wu Xue gifts. Xu Ling gave him a special pen made from precious materials and Ru Meng gave him a purple jade pendant with the effects of nurturing his soul and calming his mind, it was as valuable as the special pen.

Many clan members constantly asked about Wu Xue's current cultivation base, but no one answered their questions, and no one dared to force the matter.

The truth was that Wu Xue was still at the first layer of the Essence Refining Realm. He didn't increase his cultivation base even after integrating his Order artistic conception into his True Qi, he was trying to first use the Pseudo Dao Integration technique to integrate the artistic conception into both his soul and body.

Those two things were much more difficult, and the technique was very vague and didn't even affirm if it truly was possible.

But Wu Xue was stubborn and decided to venture into the unknown path without hesitation.

When the party was over, Wu Xue sorted the gifts he received along with Wu Wan'er, he even gave some things he received to her.

Most of the gifts were miscelaneous books since the fact that he was a bookworm was no secret, but he also received many other valuable things such as valuable herbs or talismans for self-defense.

He gave Wan'er a phoenix puppet she found amusing and a wood bracelet with a spell to protect from poison, she found the bracelet very beautiful.

"Thank you, big bro!" Wan'er hugged Wu Xue with a huge and bright smile, "I really~ like those things."

Wu Xue tapped her head and said, "Don't forget to cultivate hard! You big bro needs a strong young sister!"

"I will!" she nodded again and again, "I will be the strongest!"

"Do you want to talk with your second mother?" Wu Xue asked and pointed to Wu Ying, who was still at the same table as Wu Yan and Wu Cang even after the party ended.

Wan'er nodded with bright eyes.

"Come here," he lifted her and made her sit behind his head with her legs in his chest, "I will bring you to her."

He then ran towards Wu Ying with expecting eyes, "Mother! Little Wan'er wants to be with you!"

Wu Ying bitterly smiled and looked at the anxious little girl, "Do you want to talk with me?"

Wan'er made a gesture with both of her arms, signaling she wanted to be embraced by her.

Wu Ying cast a quick glance at Wu Yan, who was just smiling and secretly felt tired.

"Come," Wu Ying got up from her seat and picked the little girl up, embracing her, "Do you want to take a little walk with me?"

"Yes, yes!" Wan'er was immediately excited, "I want to talk a lot with you!"

Wu Xue smiled and blinked at Wu Yan, who just smiled at him with a strange expression.

"What are you planning?" Wh Cang sent him a voice transmission, "Are you trying to use my daughter to ease their relationship?"

"Don't be so tactless, father," Wu Xue didn't know whether to laugh or cry and sent a voice transmission back, "I just want to make little Wan'er happy, she really wants to get closer to mother."

"Is that so?" Wu Cang sighed, "I'm a failure as a father."

"You bet," Wu Xue giggled, "You better be prepared, if another woman enters the scene, both of them will hate you more, not just my mother."

"There's no other," Wu Cang feigned ignorance.

"Yes?" Wu Xue smiled strangely, "In any case, I'm advising you to prepare yourself, you might really make mother divorce from you at all costs.

"Currently, she just threatens you, but she obviously doesn't want it. But she can harden her will if you suddenly bring another woman here. Even if she doesn't stop loving you, she won't be able to live as your wife any longer."

"Don't worry about your parents, you are just a kid, what can you possibly know about adults' matters?" Wu Cang took a sip of tea and sighed, "Just be an obedient kid and trust your father, I will make things work somehow."

"Father..." Wu Xue sighed and approached him, he spoke with his mouth instead of using a voice transmission, "I read a lot of books, too many of them... and most of them were not meant for children."

"Then you should stop reading them," Wu Cang also spoke with his mouth, "Why don't you just play with the other kids? You are too reclusive."

"That's just how I am," Wu Xue giggled, "You will be proud of me, more than you already are."

"You self-righteous brat!" Wu Cang smiled bitterly, "Just leave me alone."

"Second miss," Wu Xue suddenly looked at Wu Yan, "My father wants to talk with you alone, why don't you use this chance to talk about that matter?"

Wu Yan twitched the corners of her mouth and sent a voice transmission, "Just get out of here."

"So cold..." Wu Xue shrugged, "Why are you talking to me like this? You usually treat me with much warmer words."

Wu Cang couldn't help but twist Wu Xue's ear, "Get out!"

"Bah!" Wu Xue rebelliously spat on the ground, patted his ass, and left.

"He is becoming more childish as time passes," Wu Cang muttered.

"Indeed," Wu Yan giggled, "Most kids usually grow to be more reserved, but he is turning more and more free-spirited."

"I will be a more present father from now on," Wu Cang said and looked at her, "I will be leaving my positions as the alliance leader and clan master.

"I will do my best to spend more time with my family, with you and Wan'er.

"I should have done this a long time ago."

Wu Yan smiled and caressed his face with one hand, "I'm glad you found your resolve, we really needed that, as a family."

"It has been a while since we spent time alone, why don't we go take a walk?"

"Oh? Aren't you afraid of her?" Wu Yan was obviously referring to Wu Ying.

"Wu Ying? She doesn't scare me!"

"Heh!"

"..."