Obtaining Top Art on Family's Extermination Night

After hearing Yu Yaoguang’s story, Fang Shuwen understood why the Seven Eastern Sects had no interest in the Seven-String Ancient Chapter.

If the story she told was true, then the Seven-String Ancient Chapter was useless to anyone except for that one clan. In fact, it was a hot potato.

Shui Qianrou blinked and asked:

"Big Sister, if you knew it was useless, why didn’t you tell them?"

Yu Yaoguang rubbed Shui Qianrou’s head.

"Because even if I told them, they wouldn’t listen.

"There is no limit to human greed."

She turned to Fang Shuwen.

"If I told them the Seven-String Ancient Chapter was useless without telling them the story...

"They wouldn’t believe me.

"It’s just like how when they learned the Seven Eastern Sects were coming to Pojun City, they refused to believe our purpose here wasn’t the Seven-String Ancient Chapter.

"Instead, they’ll just assume we’re here to fight them for it.

"As the saying goes, good advice is wasted on the doomed.

"Besides... if I did tell them this story...

"Not only would they not give up, they would instead use every means possible to find that clan which vanished without a trace long ago.

"And to find those people, who knows what they might do.

"The last group who tried this centuries ago were beaten into terrified submission. What’s worse, their conflict nearly wiped out an entire generation of the Eastern Domain Martial World.

"Must we repeat the mistakes of the past, centuries later?"

Fang Shuwen nodded.

"In that case, it’s better to let things run their course.

"After all, those who scramble for power out of ambition must eventually pay the price.

"But from the sound of it, the Seven Eastern Sects didn’t participate in that conflict back then?"

"Back then, the Seven Eastern Sects didn’t have the prestige they do today."

Yu Yaoguang replied with a smile:

"But as our sect elders used to say, there’s no need to fight for what doesn’t belong to you.

"Mastering any one of the ultimate arts passed down in our sect is more than enough to secure a firm foothold in the Jianghu.

"When we’re already sitting on a mountain of treasure, why go out and plunder the possessions of others?"

Those words alone were enough to convince Fang Shuwen that the prestige the Seven Eastern Sects held today was no mere coincidence.

Now that the idle chatter had mostly concluded, Yu Yaoguang wanted to see her room.

Fang Shuwen had no choice but to show her around the courtyard. There wasn’t much to see, really. What splendor had the esteemed Sect Leader of Yuqing Pavilion not already witnessed?

But she insisted on seeing it, so Fang Shuwen could only indulge her.

After they had finished looking at the room, Fang Shuwen was about to lead her out when Yu Yaoguang suddenly asked:

"Aren’t you curious who told me you were here?"

Fang Shuwen was taken aback.

"Was it someone unexpected?"

He actually felt there was no need to ask. He hadn’t hidden his whereabouts, so many people in Pojun City likely knew his address.

That was why it had never even occurred to him to ask.

But Yu Yaoguang’s sudden question seemed to carry a hidden meaning.

Yu Yaoguang looked at Fang Shuwen.

"It wasn’t someone unexpected. It’s that we have no idea who it was at all.

"We had just arrived in Pojun City and hadn’t even fully settled in when a child delivered your address to us."

That was indeed unexpected.

Fang Shuwen chuckled.

"Interesting..."

Yu Yaoguang rolled her eyes at him.

"The Jianghu is a treacherous place. I’m telling you this because I want to warn you—someone probably has their eyes on you."

Fang Shuwen nodded, not paying it much mind. A tall tree catches the wind; it was only natural. With no obvious threat, all he could do was be a little more careful.

’If they really show themselves, I’ll just kill them.’

Compared to that, however, he suddenly remembered something else:

"By the way, I heard there was some trouble at the Yuqing Banquet?"

"Mm."

Yu Yaoguang made no attempt to hide it, giving Fang Shuwen a wry look.

"This matter has a little something to do with you, actually."

"Me?"

Fang Shuwen mulled it over for a moment before asking tentatively:

"Could it be... Gu Lianhua and Dongfang Wujiu?"

"Right on the mark."

Yu Yaoguang chuckled.

"When you wrote to me and said... well, *that* had happened between those two, I didn’t quite believe it.

"Then, at the Yuqing Banquet, Dongfang Wujiu was completely out of sorts and nearly got himself injured by Xie Zhiwen, the chief disciple of the Cangwu Sword Sect.

"Things escalated so quickly that even Xie Zhiwen couldn’t pull back in time. But then, Gu Lianhua suddenly appeared out of nowhere and saved Dongfang Wujiu.

"But this also exposed her identity.

"For a member of the Flower Moon Sect to dare appear at the Yuqing Banquet—that is something my Yuqing Pavilion simply cannot tolerate.

"We had to make a show of attacking her, no matter what. Even though I suspected her true purpose was Dongfang Wujiu, I couldn’t just ignore her presence.

"So I had my disciples engage her.

"Although Gu Lianhua’s Martial Arts are nothing special, her Inner Strength is extraordinary.

"She fought a running battle out of the main hall, but that should have been the end of it. By all rights, there was no way she could have escaped Yuqing Pavilion.

"But as it turned out, that Dongfang Wujiu threw on a mask—without even changing his clothes—and rushed out to help her. Clearly, infatuation had clouded his judgment.

"How could the members of the Seven Sects possibly fail to recognize his attire? 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

"That’s why they all kept pulling their punches, giving him the chance to escape from Yuqing Pavilion with Gu Lianhua.

"It was quite the spectacle."

Fang Shuwen listened, dumbfounded.

"So, you just stood there and watched it all happen?"

"Me? I’m just a romantic who wishes for all the world’s lovers to find their happy ending."

"...You just enjoy the show, the bigger the mess the better."

Fang Shuwen was momentarily speechless.

"So Dongfang Wujiu was out of sorts because he’d already spotted Gu Lianhua and was worried something would happen to her... Don’t tell me... those two actually developed feelings for each other after sleeping together?"