Peace in the fairyland (9): Lies

Both of them were too lazy to argue with others. They were adults with fixed values. Driven by their own interests, there was no way they could argue to determine who was better.

What’s more, the reason why the two of them agreed to meet was just because they were curious about why this mission world arranged such a rich background for them, not because they were idle and had nothing to do and came to quarrel. They felt that continuing to entangle with this family was a pure waste of time, so of course they felt it was boring.

The Cheng family never expected that Cheng Huaiqian would just leave like that, and they stood there in a daze. When they reacted and tried to catch up with him while scolding him angrily, Xia Ruize drew his bow, turned around and shot.

Four arrows landed accurately in front of the feet of the four masters of the Cheng family, causing them to slam on the brakes immediately. They looked at Xia Ruize in fear as he attacked them without saying a word. They did not dare to chase after him and could only watch Cheng Huaiqian and Xia Ruize disappear on the mountain road.

“Father! My fifth brother just left like that? He doesn’t care about you at all!”

Cheng Longhai’s third son felt like his lungs were about to explode and said anxiously.

Previously, in addition to the Qingyang Sect, one of the three major sects, opening its doors to recruit disciples, the Yan Sect, one of the thirty-six mountain gates, also opened its doors to recruit disciples.

Cheng Longhai paid a large sum of money to hire a master to calculate the fortunes of his two legitimate sons. The master predicted that the Cheng family’s hope was in the Yan Sect, so the eldest and third sons of the Cheng family both chose to participate in the Yan Sect’s recruitment.

Only Cheng Huaiqian, the fifth son of the Cheng family, was extremely stubborn and insisted on trying it himself in Qingyang Sect.

At that time, everyone else in the family was laughing at Cheng Huaiqian, thinking that he was overestimating his own abilities. The Cheng family didn’t even dare to hope for the Thirty-Six Mountain Gates, and he actually wanted to go to the Qingyang Sect? Maybe he thought he could fly!

Not to mention that the meticulous mistress secretly instructed Cheng Huaiqian’s personal servants to deliberately do something bad to Cheng Huaiqian when he participated in the Qingyang Sect’s entrance selection.

What they never expected was that reality slapped the Cheng family in the face. Both the eldest and third sons of the Cheng family failed to enter the Yan Sect, but Cheng Huaiqian, who was thought to be fooling around, actually entered the Qingyang Sect?!

When the servant hurriedly brought the news back to the Cheng family, the entire Cheng family was in an uproar, and the clan leader even opened the ancestral hall to inform the ancestors of the news.

After the excitement, the Cheng family discussed sending someone to visit Cheng Huaiqian, on the one hand to confirm the news brought back by the servants, and on the other hand to prepare to deal with this previously invisible descendant of the Cheng family.

Cheng Huaiqian’s father and mother were naturally going to come. In addition, the Cheng family also sent the elders who were in charge of the clan and several outstanding young people, hoping that Cheng Huaiqian would find a way to bring them into the Qingyang Sect.

Encouraged by his wife, Cheng Longhai felt that even if Cheng Huaiqian brought people into Qingyang Sect, he should bring his own brothers. So today, when the Qingyang Sect office happened to send a message that Cheng Huaiqian could be seen in the afternoon, Cheng Longhai and his family secretly kept this news secret and came here on their own, leaving behind their family members.

The eldest and third son of Cheng had previously felt extremely ashamed and dissatisfied because they could only enter Qingyang Sect as Cheng Huaiqian’s servants. However, no matter how dissatisfied they were, they had never thought that Cheng Huaiqian would dare to directly reject this proposal?! Who gave him the courage?

Although they were dissatisfied, the eldest and third son of Cheng, who had already determined that they could enter the Qingyang Sect, were almost driven crazy.

Cheng Longhai was also angry that his son did not give face to him as a father. What was even more infuriating was that he could do nothing about it.

He was even a little panicked besides being angry. That kid acted so decisive and even let his friends attack them. If he really didn’t want to see anyone from the Cheng family again as he said, how would he explain to his clan after he returned?

Cheng Longhai just wanted to meet with the bastard secretly first and let the bastard bring his two legitimate sons into Qingyang Sect. He didn’t want to push the bastard away completely!

Therefore, Cheng Longhai, who was upset, not only did not comfort his furious third son, but he scolded him severely and angrily said:

“It’s because you always bully your brother. If you take better care of your brother and have a good relationship with him, your brother will definitely take the initiative to bring you to Qingyang Sect!”

Third child Cheng was so scolded by his father that he dared not say a word. The woman who was already angry that Cheng Huaiqian refused to take her son with him did not dare to approach her and provoke her husband, for fear that he would be angry with her. So, the family of four and their servants returned to Qingyang City in silence and shame.

What they never expected was that even though it was already dark, the other members of the Cheng family did not rest, but waited for Cheng Longhai and his family on the first floor of the guest house. When they saw the four of them coming back, the elder in charge of the family smiled and asked:

“Longhai, didn’t you meet Huaiqian? How did it go? When can we formally meet Huaiqian? Can Huaiqan take us to Qingyang Sect to have a look?”

The tone and expression of the third Uncle of the Cheng family, who asked the question, was full of expectation, and the Cheng family members beside him were also full of expectation.

Cheng Longhai’s face darkened instantly, and he didn’t know what to say for a while. In the end, he could only change the subject with an extremely ugly expression: “Third uncle, we, we just went out for a walk, we didn’t go to see Huaiqian…”

Uncle Cheng’s expression suddenly turned cold. He looked at the four people carefully and said in a low voice:

“We went to the Qingyang Sect’s office to ask, and they said Huaiqian had already passed on the news. We will meet at You hour¹ today. They also said that the news has been passed on to our family. You were not here during this period, so what do you mean by saying this now?”

Cheng Longhai was very embarrassed when he was caught lying in person. His face turned pale and blue, and he mumbled, not knowing what to say.

This time, not only the third uncle of the Cheng family noticed something was wrong, but other members of the Cheng clan also noticed something was wrong. They immediately looked at Cheng Longhai and his family of four suspiciously. If they really saw Cheng Huaiqian entering the Qingyang Sect, what on earth had happened and why did they react like this?

Seeing that something was wrong, Cheng Longhai’s wife behind him quickly explained with a smile:

“Third uncle, we did see Huaiqian. He has lost a lot of weight. He said that the schoolwork in the sect is too heavy and that the immortals won’t allow them to run away at will. It will be difficult for them to see each other again. The child cried because he missed his family. His father must be heartbroken for the child.”

When these words were spoken, not only the Cheng family members were surprised, but even Cheng Longhai and the two young masters looked at the lady/mother in surprise.

Why did Madam/Mother say so?

Cheng Longhai was the first to react, and quickly agreed: “Yes! The child is under strict control, and can’t go out, and can’t bring anyone in. Look, even his brothers can’t be brought in.”

Cheng Longhai had no choice but to cooperate with his wife in lying again. If Cheng Huaiqian really did not want to see the Cheng family again as he threatened, they would have to give a reasonable explanation. If the clan members knew that the boy hated them and did not want to see the Cheng family, they would probably be torn to pieces by the clan members when they returned!

It would be better to attribute the failure to meet to the boy’s heavy schoolwork and inability to come down the mountain. The clan could not verify this and could not do anything to them.

The Cheng clan members who had been waiting excitedly for half a day looked at each other in bewilderment. They had never expected this result. If this was the case, wouldn’t it mean that they had come all the way here, but couldn’t even see the Cheng family’s talented child? How could they talk about building closer ties if they couldn’t even see the person?

No matter what people were thinking, it was hard to tell at night, after all, the other guests in the inn had to sleep. Uncle Cheng thought for a while, and decided to let everyone go back and rest, and talk about it the next day.

The next morning, the third uncle of the Cheng family brought his clansmen to the office set up by the Qingyang Sect in Qingyang City and asked to see Cheng Huaiqian, a member of their Cheng family.

Cheng Longhai’s family also came along, hoping that Cheng Huaiqian was just being awkward.

But the person in the office opposite looked up at them and replied directly:

“Everyone, there was news from the mountain last night that Senior Brother Cheng said that he is now seizing the time to cultivate. He will not accept any requests from the Cheng family members down the mountain to see him, and will not allow any more messages to be sent up the mountain. Please go back.”

“What do you mean by ‘Not accept any requests from the Cheng family members down the mountain to see him’? We are his relatives! Could it be that he really doesn’t want to see us? Are you guys spreading rumors?” Third Uncle was anxious and grabbed the other person’s sleeve and questioned.

However, the representative of Qingyang Sect was not as friendly and talkative as he was a few days ago. Instead, he coldly pushed Uncle Cheng away and said with a hint of sarcasm:

“How on earth did you manage to make Senior Brother Cheng not want to receive any news from your Cheng family? How would I know? We have to obey Senior Brother’s orders after all. Since Senior Brother Cheng said he doesn’t want to see you, then he doesn’t want to see you!”

There were people living at the foot of Qingyang Mountain. Someone saw Cheng Huaiqian and the Cheng family parting ways unhappily last night. Combined with the news that came down overnight, it was possible that Senior Brother Cheng was severely bullied by the family before he entered the sect.

After being pushed and staggering, Uncle Cheng suddenly came to his senses. He didn’t dare to linger in the Qingyang Sect’s office any longer. He glared at Cheng Longhai hatefully, turned around and left, preparing to go back to the inn to find out what was going on.

The Cheng family returned to the inn with mixed feelings, only to see another family loading a horse-drawn carriage. This family’s surname was Huang, and they also had a child who joined the Qingyang Sect. They came to see their child, but now they were leaving. Could it be that they had seen the person?

The third Uncle of the Cheng family thought about it and took the initiative to go forward and talk to the head of the Huang family. The two families had communicated before because of the same purpose, so it would not be out of place to ask about the situation now.

Unexpectedly, the Huang family who were just coming out of the inn came up to greet them enthusiastically, and said to Uncle Cheng with a smile:

“Brother Cheng, what did you say your child’s name was? Was it ‘Cheng Huaiqian’?”

Uncle Cheng nodded repeatedly in confusion, and then he saw the smile on the other party’s face become more sincere, and even said in a flattering tone:

“Brother Cheng is really a man who never shows his true colors. Come on, come on, we must treat Brother Cheng to a meal today. Brother Cheng didn’t tell me before that your child is so outstanding. Next time you see the child, you must talk to him and ask him to help take care of my child.”

Uncle Cheng was surprised, but he nodded without showing any emotion and said:

“Okay, okay. Come on, let’s go. Brother Huang, tell me the details. My kid sent me a message saying that he was too busy with schoolwork and couldn’t come down the mountain yesterday.”

Unexpectedly, the Patriarch of the Huang family seemed to understand the situation better than he did. He kept saying, “Indeed, indeed, that child has a heavier workload. Hahahaha, congratulations to Brother Cheng!”

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