Da Xuan Martial Saint-Chapter 687 - 390 Hehuan Past Events

Chapter 687: Chapter 390 Hehuan Past Events

Yunmu Island.

This island is located on the eastern side of the Dragon Wood Sea Region. It produces a kind of spiritual tree called “Yunmu Wood” and is thus named after it.

What is called an island, in fact, Yunmu Island is also the second-largest island in the Dragon Wood Sea Region, only smaller than Dragon Wood Island itself, with an area of nearly a thousand miles. Naturally, such a vast realm has given birth to a land known as “Izumo Country.”

In the center of the capital city of Izumo Country, among the flower streets to the south, stands a forest of Flower Pavilions. On the platforms above, one can see scantily clad young girls waving their scented handkerchiefs and beckoning guests with flirtatious gestures.

Among them,

on a platform on the west side of the flower street, hung the sign “Fragrance Pavilion.”

At first glance, it seems no different from the other Flower Pavilions, but in reality, it serves as a branch of the Hehuan Sect in the Outer Sea. It’s used to gather various intelligence and provide support to members of the Hehuan Sect who come to explore the Outer Sea.

At this moment, behind the Fragrance Pavilion, in the courtyard where the back door is flung open, a large group of people had gathered. One group was led by a middle-aged scholar with blade-wielding ruffians by his side, while the other group consisted of gracefully postured and flirtatiously behaved women. They stood facing each other, and the atmosphere was fraught with tension.

“The official asks you once again, are you still refusing to hand over the person?” the middle-aged scholar said sternly, wearing a robe and looking grimly at the women in front of him.

“Protector Helian is rather aggressive. Isn’t that a bit rude?” a light laugh came from among the numerous women. Two women who were both breathtakingly beautiful yet almost identical in appearance stepped forward. They dressed in similar light gauze, one in light yellow and the other in light green. They were in fact the previous generation’s true successors of the Hehuan Sect, and now the two protectors, Hua Nongyue and Hua Nongying.

Hua Nongyue, with a smile, said to the middle-aged scholar, “Helian Sir has barged in without explanation, demanding we hand over a sister. We haven’t violated any laws of Izumo. Is Sir intending to bully us, to use your power to oppress us weak women?”

Helian Cheng snorted coldly and said, “This is the Outer Sea, not your Da Xuan. Though your Hehuan Sect has some strength, you can’t act recklessly in my Izumo Country. I know you sisters cultivate Yin Yang separately and can together evolve the Yin Yang Realm. Even so, you’re not necessarily my match. If you disobey the order, don’t blame me for leveling this Fragrance Pavilion to the ground!”

After hearing this, Hua Nongyue’s stunning face turned slightly cold, as she indifferently replied, “Grandmaster Helian is surely a person of stature, and we wouldn’t dare to be your enemy. However, since Helian Sir has come knocking, forcefully asking for one of our sisters, you should at least provide a reason. Otherwise, how are we to handle this matter in the future?”

Helian Cheng looked at Hua Nongyue and Hua Nongying, and then spoke slowly, “Fine, I will give the Hehuan Sect some face. Sixteen years ago, your sect saved a girl who was only two years old. That child was a family member of the convicted official from the Yu Family, sentenced to be executed along with the whole family. However, due to the guards’ carelessness, a girl was lost and her whereabouts remained unknown.”

Hearing this, Hua Nongyue and Hua Nongying exchanged a glance.

Sixteen years ago.

At that time, they themselves were still young, and as they cultivated in the main Hehuan Sect, they indeed didn’t know about the matters of the branch in the Outer Sea. But hearing Helian Cheng’s words, they vaguely felt there might be some truth, as it was indeed the Sect’s way of doing things. If they encountered abandoned infants or children, they would rescue and raise them.

If the child had potential in Martial Arts, they were trained as disciples of the Hehuan Sect. If they lacked potential, they would work in the Flower Pavilions.

“We really don’t know about this matter. But how can you be sure, Helian Sir, that the girl who was lost then happened to end up with us? As you said yourself, you couldn’t find any trace of her for sixteen years,” Hua Nongyue spoke softly.

Helian Cheng seemed somewhat embarrassed, but ultimately he replied faintly, “Back then, an old acquaintance recently visited the Fragrance Pavilion. Upon seeing a girl there, he recognized her as being strikingly similar to the child of the Yu Family from that time. After inquiring further, her age also matched perfectly. After a detailed investigation, the time when she fell into your hands matched with the incident from that year. With so many clues, it cannot be a coincidence.”

With that, a hint of a profound light flickered in his eyes.

The truth was that if it was just an abandoned infant from an official’s family, he wouldn’t have cared much about it. Lost was lost, and at the time, he didn’t even bother to search extensively. After all, a two-year-old infant who disappeared might have been devoured by wild dogs, and even if she managed to survive, a child of that age would struggle to remember. And even if she did remember, what could she do?

Surviving would be tough enough.

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But that abandoned infant fell into the hands of the Hehuan Sect, and that made all the difference. As he knew, she was now a disciple of the Hehuan Sect with a decent aptitude for martial arts. If she climbed her way up and eventually learned of her true identity and uncovered the truth behind that year’s case, that would be extremely troublesome. The difference between a helpless child with no one to depend on and a disciple growing up within the Hehuan Sect with Martial Arts aptitude was night and day.

As a grandmaster stationed here, he wasn’t afraid of old affairs being dug up, but if many years later he was gone, and the Helian Family no longer had a grandmaster and lost its current glory, who knew whether this girl would become a threat to the Helian Family? Therefore, he must snuff out this potential threat at its source.