# Chapter 529: A False Alarm
Yun Qinghong's reaction was even more intense than Yun Che had anticipated. For someone like Yun Qinghong, even the collapse of Mount Tai might not change his expression, but the words "friendship" and "righteousness" were things he valued more than life itself. How could he accept that the man who saved his entire family—his best brother in this life—died because of him, leaving his entire family shattered?
Mu Yurou supported Yun Qinghong. She was the one who understood him best in this world, and she knew just how devastating this blow would be to him. Instead of offering words of comfort, she silently wept alongside him.
Yun Che consoled him, "Father, Uncle Xiao has already passed on to paradise twenty-two years ago. Perhaps by now he has already been reborn as another person, living a more perfect life than his previous one. Please don't blame yourself or be sad anymore. You are the head of the Yun family, the pillar of our entire clan, and the father of Yun Xiao and me. Nothing in this world can knock you down."
"I'm fine... fine... fine... fine..."
Yun Qinghong said "fine" four times in a row, but his eyes were unfocused, his face still deathly pale—there was nothing "fine" about him at all. Yun Xiao bit his lip, stepped forward, and said loudly, "Father, please don't be like this. It's not your fault. And besides... my biological father was your good brother. Even if he truly died saving you, he must have died without regret or unwillingness. I believe that if it had been my biological father who was fleeing back then, you would have made the same choice even knowing the consequences... So Father, please don't blame yourself. This was my biological father's own choice. He won't blame you, and no one else will either... Father, if you live well and treat yourself well, that will put my biological father's spirit at ease..."
Although Xiao Ying was Yun Xiao's biological father, he was a name Yun Xiao had never seen nor ever appeared in his memory. In fact, he only learned of this person's existence today. So regarding his biological father, aside from the blood connection, he had no real emotional attachment. Upon hearing that he had already passed away, aside from a sharp pain and emptiness deep in his bloodline, he didn't feel much grief—at least not like Yun Qinghong, who reacted as if struck by thunder. And Yun Qinghong had raised him with love and care for over twenty years.
Yun Che hadn't expected that not only was Yun Xiao's composure not broken, but he was actually comforting Yun Qinghong instead. For Yun Qinghong, Yun Xiao's comfort was worth more than a thousand words from anyone else, because Yun Xiao was Xiao Ying's descendant, the continuation of his bloodline. The endless gratitude and self-blame he felt toward Xiao Ying could be repaid and entrusted upon him, and the comfort from Yun Xiao was akin to forgiveness from the Xiao family.
Yun Qinghong's gaze gradually regained clarity. He stared blankly at Yun Xiao, then suddenly reached out with both hands to grasp Yun Xiao's shoulders: "Xiao'er, do you truly... not blame me? It's because of me that you lost your birth parents..."
"I don't blame you," Yun Xiao shook his head without any hesitation. "And although I lost my birth parents, didn't heaven compensate me with the parents who love me the most? I only have respect and gratitude for my parents—how could I blame you? If my birth parents' spirits are watching from above, they definitely wouldn't blame you either. On the contrary, saving one's good brother with one's own life should be a kind of satisfaction and happiness. It's like... if one day Big Brother were in danger and my life could save him, I would also do it without regret..."
"Yun Xiao..." Yun Che murmured softly.
"Good... good child!" Yun Qinghong heavily patted Yun Xiao's shoulder, then lifted his head and suddenly let out a loud laugh: "Hahahaha! Worthy of being my son, worthy of being Xiao Ying's son! Brother Xiao, if your spirit is watching from above and sees that you have such a son, you must be laughing heartily too... Brother Xiao, your son is my son! Rest assured, as long as Yun Qinghong still has a breath left in him, I will never allow anyone to bully our shared son!"
"Xiao'er, thank you," Mu Yurou said softly. She knew that without Yun Xiao's words, Yun Qinghong—who valued friendship and righteousness above life itself—would have had a hard time accepting all of this in such a short time.
"Che'er, how is Grandpa Xiao, who raised you? Is he doing well?" Yun Qinghong asked.
"Grandfather is doing very well, very healthy now," Yun Che's eyes flashed with sorrow. "But in recent years, he has suffered greatly. The pain of losing his son, the grief of losing his wife... he had to bear all of this while raising me and Little Aunt to adulthood. Moreover, my profound veins were completely destroyed from a young age, unable to cultivate profound arts, making me a laughingstock of the family and even all of Liu Yun City. It also brought endless ridicule upon Grandfather, and his status in the Xiao family plummeted. But bearing all of this, Grandfather never showed the slightest resentment toward me, the 'root cause' of all this. Instead, he gave me and Little Aunt the same love, watched me grow up, sheltered me from wind and rain, taught me the principles of life, and comforted me again and again when I was mocked and bullied. While bitterly searching for the murderer who killed Uncle Xiao all those years ago, he also searched countless times for famous doctors and rare medicines that might heal my profound veins..."
To have raised a son like Xiao Ying, he must have been a great and extraordinary father. Yun Qinghong had no doubt about that. He sighed deeply and said, "Che'er, our family must remember the Xiao family's great kindness for the rest of our lives, never to be forgotten! Grandpa Xiao, who raised you... is your lifelong biological grandfather! In the future, no matter what heights you reach or what remarkable achievements you obtain, you can never forget this!"
"Mm!" Yun Che nodded heavily. He turned to Yun Xiao and said, "Yun Xiao, although your biological parents are no longer with us, you still have a grandfather in this world. He is a very loving, very great grandfather. A few years ago, after I achieved some success, he felt at ease but also began to harbor thoughts of death. It wasn't until I told him that you might still be alive in this world that he found hope and cast aside those thoughts. If one day we find a way to return to the Tian Xuan Continent, I will definitely bring you with me. When Grandfather sees you, he will be overjoyed. You also have a little aunt—although she is a year younger than you, she is your biological aunt. She is very lively and kind-hearted. When you meet her, you will be glad to have such a relative. Also, you have a betrothed... um..."
"Betrothed?" Yun Xiao's eyes widened.
Yun Che had been speaking with some excitement and inadvertently let slip the matter of the "childhood betrothal" that actually belonged to Yun Xiao and Xia Qingyue. As soon as the words left his mouth, he froze. Facing Yun Xiao's innocent gaze, he could only give an embarrassed smile and said, "Well, Father, Mother, there's one thing I forgot to tell you. When I was on the Tian Xuan Continent, I already got married."
And even married twice!
"Oh?" A smile appeared on Yun Qinghong's face.
"Really?" Mu Yurou exclaimed, her expression both excited and nervous. "So that means I already have a daughter-in-law? Then... how old is she? Whose daughter is she? Is she pretty? Is her disposition good? Is she good to you?"
Mu Yurou fired off a string of questions. Yun Che scratched his head and said somewhat awkwardly, "I got married when I was sixteen. And actually... the person I married... her father and Uncle Xiao had betrothed her to Yun Xiao before they were born. But in the end... I ended up marrying her."
If not for what happened back then, Yun Xiao would have been the one to marry Xia Qingyue. Although Yun Che had no knowledge of this at the time, the fact remained that he had essentially taken Yun Xiao's fiancée. He spoke with slight apprehension: "Yun Xiao, you won't blame me for stealing your... uh, childhood betrothal, will you?"
Yun Xiao was stunned for a moment, then quickly waved his hands, even showing a hint of panic on his face: "No no no... absolutely not, absolutely not! I already have Seventh Sister... Big Brother marrying her is good, Big Brother marrying her is good."
Judging by Yun Xiao's expression, he actually seemed somewhat relieved. After finishing, he lowered his voice and whispered in Yun Che's ear, "Big Brother, about this... this betrothal of mine, please don't tell Seventh Sister. Otherwise... she might get angry."
"Oh! I definitely won't say anything," Yun Che quickly replied... all that worry for nothing.
"By the way... what is my childhood betrothal... oh no no no, I mean my sister-in-law's name? Is she pretty?" Yun Xiao asked cautiously. Although Yun Xiao absolutely had no thoughts about other women, everyone has an irrepressible curiosity about "childhood betrothals."
Yun Che pinched his chin and said, "Her name is Xia Qingyue. She's the same age as us. She's quite pretty, but her personality is a bit aloof. Her greatest pursuit is profound strength. Apart from cultivation, she isn't very interested in other things. A few days after we got married, she joined her master's sect. In the following years, I didn't see her many times. As for now... she might have already forgotten me."
"Oh!" Yun Xiao nodded, and in his mind, he immediately pictured a woman with dull eyes, a stiff expression, and a cold demeanor... As he thought about it, he silently shrank his neck and breathed a huge sigh of relief in his heart... Whew! Good thing Big Brother married her. If I had married a woman like that, it would be dreadfully boring. Seventh Sister is the best—her voice is so cute, her eyes are so cute, her temper is so cute, even when she's angry she's so cute...
Hmm? Quite pretty? Could she possibly be prettier than my Seventh Sister... Yun Xiao thought very firmly.
"Someone that Xiao Ying was willing to betroth his child to definitely wouldn't be ordinary," Mu Yurou's eyes grew misty again. "I never imagined my son would already be married."
Yun Che's lips moved, but in the end, he didn't say that he actually had two wives. Additionally, he couldn't mention that he had a child with another woman besides his wives, because that would only give them more worries.
"Che'er, what happened to your profound veins? Who healed them?" Yun Qinghong asked the question that had been lingering in his mind for a long time.
Yun Che replied, "I had two masters. One taught me medicine, and the other reforged my profound veins when I was sixteen, guiding me in cultivation and training."
Yun Qinghong's expression shifted dramatically: "You're only twenty-two years old, yet your medical skill far surpasses the number one divine doctor of the Huan Yao Realm... You had your profound veins reforged at sixteen, meaning you've only cultivated profound arts for six years. In six years of cultivation, with Heavenly Xuan realm profound strength, you can easily defeat early-stage Overlord Xuan. Both of these masters of yours must be extraordinary and unparalleled individuals."
His medical sage master was indeed an extraordinary person.
But as for Mo Li...
That was simply an incomprehensible monster!