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Chapter 766: A Debt He Never Knew About
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Bai Zihan and the others waited outside the pavilion.
Time slowly passed.
However, Bai Xinyue and Mu Yuelan showed no signs of coming out anytime soon.
Bai Zihan couldn’t help but glance toward the pavilion.
What exactly were those two talking about?
He was genuinely curious about the reason his mother had taken Bai Xinyue’s Dao Bone in the past.
Unfortunately, since the two women had specifically requested privacy, he couldn’t simply barge in and ask them.
Beside him, Meng Qingchen and Qiao Ruoxi were equally curious.
The two Saintesses occasionally exchanged glances, their eyes drifting toward the pavilion.
They also really wanted to know what was happening inside.
Given their cultivation, secretly eavesdropping on the conversation would hardly be difficult.
However, they eventually abandoned the idea.
After all, Bai Xinyue would undoubtedly notice if they tried to eavesdrop on their conversation.
And intruding on what was clearly a private matter wouldn’t be appropriate, especially since they were currently guests of the Bai Clan.
They weren’t foolish enough to upset Bai Xinyue over something like this.
Meanwhile, the other Bai Clan members gradually relaxed.
At least, it seemed that Mu Yuelan hadn’t come here to cause trouble.
Otherwise, the situation would have given them a tremendous headache.
As for whether Bai Xinyue would attack Mu Yuelan, no one was particularly worried about that.
If Bai Xinyue had truly wanted to kill Mu Yuelan, she would have acted the moment they first met.
With her current cultivation, unless a Golden Immortal intervened, stopping her from taking Mu Yuelan’s life would be practically impossible.
Yet she had done nothing of the sort.
Instead, she had agreed to speak with Mu Yuelan privately.
That alone was enough to reassure everyone.
Time continued to pass.
Finally, the door to the pavilion opened.
Everyone immediately turned their attention toward it.
Two figures slowly emerged.
It was Bai Xinyue and Mu Yuelan.
However, Bai Xinyue’s face was completely red.
Even her ears had turned crimson.
Bai Zihan stared at her in astonishment.
(What happened inside?)
He instinctively turned toward his mother.
Mu Yuelan, on the other hand, looked perfectly calm.
(What on earth did mother say to Bai Xinyue?)
The other Bai Clan members were equally confused.
Even Meng Qingchen and Qiao Ruoxi couldn’t help exchanging surprised glances.
They had expected the conversation to be serious.
After all, it concerned Bai Xinyue’s Dao Bone and a betrayal that had happened years ago.
Why did Bai Xinyue become incredibly shy when she came out?
Bai Zihan couldn’t hold back his curiosity any longer.
He stepped forward and looked at Bai Xinyue.
"Bai Xinyue, what did my mother tell you?"
The moment Bai Xinyue heard his question, her face turned even redder.
She immediately glared at him.
"Damn pervert! You can keep dreaming!"
Bai Zihan was taken aback.
(Dreaming? What is she talking about?)
Before he could ask anything else, Bai Xinyue suddenly turned around.
"I w-won’t become your..."
She didn’t finish her sentence before storming off.
Bai Zihan stood frozen in place.
His expression was blank.
He didn’t think he had said anything unreasonable to Bai Xinyue.
His mother must have said something to her, but why was Bai Xinyue taking it out on him?
Shouldn’t she be directing her anger at his mother instead?
This wasn’t the first time he had been treated so unfairly.
When his mother had taken Bai Xinyue’s Dao Bone, Bai Xinyue’s resentment had always been directed more toward him than toward Mu Yuelan.
He had thought that he, too, was a victim.
Well, at least, there had been some reason for Bai Xinyue to be angry with him back then.
But right now, he didn’t even know the reason, yet she was still lashing out at him.
Where was the justice?
Well, villains normally don’t get justice.
Meanwhile, Meng Qingchen’s eyes suddenly lit up.
She immediately hurried after Bai Xinyue, her curiosity practically written all over her face.
"There is definitely something interesting going on here."
Her eyes sparkled.
"Sister Xinyue, wait!"
She quickly caught up with Bai Xinyue.
"What did Madam Mu say to you? What did you mean by ’I won’t become your...’?"
Bai Xinyue’s face was already red enough.
Hearing Meng Qingchen’s question only made things worse.
"Nothing!"
She quickened her pace.
However, Meng Qingchen had no intention of letting the matter go so easily.
"Nothing? I don’t buy it!"
Her eyes shone with even greater curiosity.
"Come on, Sister Xinyue! Tell me!"
Bai Xinyue ignored her and ran away.
Qiao Ruoxi immediately chased after them as well.
"Sister Xinyue! Sister Meng, wait for me!"
The three figures quickly disappeared from everyone’s sight.
Bai Zihan could only sigh helplessly.
He had absolutely no idea what was going on.
He hadn’t even done anything!
Bai Zihan slowly turned toward his mother.
"Mother!"
He looked at Mu Yuelan with a suspicious expression.
"What exactly did you say to her?"
Mu Yuelan smiled.
She looked completely unconcerned by Bai Xinyue’s reaction.
"Nothing much."
She paused briefly before continuing.
"Just something I should have clarified a long time ago."
Bai Zihan stared at her.
Something she should have clarified long ago?
(What exactly did mother mean?)
Unfortunately, Mu Yuelan offered no further explanation.
As for the other Bai Clan members, it seemed as though a huge burden had finally been lifted from their shoulders.
As long as the misunderstanding—or whatever it was—between Mu Yuelan and Bai Xinyue had been resolved, they were happy.
After all, the two women had finally managed to sit down and talk things through.
And judging from Bai Xinyue’s reaction when she came out, the conversation seemed to have ended rather well.
As for her reaction toward Bai Zihan...
Well, sorry, Clan Leader Bai, but nobody really cared.
You were being wrongfully accused?
Then just take it as karma for all the bad things you had done in the past!
That was what many of them thought.
Although no one was dissatisfied with Bai Zihan as their Clan Leader anymore, and most of them genuinely admired and supported him, that didn’t mean they had forgotten everything he had done before.
Bai Zihan had tricked them, exploited them, and occasionally given them all sorts of headaches.
Some elders and clan members had even been on the receiving end of his schemes more than once.
Naturally, they weren’t about to feel sorry for him just because he had been wrongly accused this time.
Bai Zihan: "..."
He suddenly felt that all the admiration and love he thought he had earned from the clan were nowhere to be seen when he needed them the most.
There wasn’t even a single person willing to stand up for him.
(Damn this villainous clan!)
Meanwhile, Mu Yuelan turned toward him.
Her expression gradually became serious.
"Zihan’er!"
Bai Zihan looked at her.
"Yes, Mother?"
Mu Yuelan stared directly into his eyes.
"Be nice to Xinyue’er from now on."
Bai Zihan blinked.
Be nice to her?
Wasn’t he already being nice to her?
He had even given up the opportunity to obtain Empress Feilian’s inheritance for Bai Xinyue!
Of course, he wouldn’t mention that the inheritance had never been intended for him in the first place and that he had received compensation as well.
Oh well, he would still say that he had sacrificed a great opportunity for Bai Xinyue.
He also kept her alive despite her being Five-Star grade Heaven Chosen.
Bai Zihan couldn’t help feeling a little aggrieved.
However, Mu Yuelan’s next words immediately caught his attention.
"Yyou owe her your life."
Bai Zihan’s expression changed slightly.
He stared at his mother, thinking that she might finally explain things clearly. However, it was obvious that she didn’t want to discuss the matter any further.
As expected, she was avoiding the explanation once again.
Still, he had suspected something like this before.
His mother had taken Bai Xinyue’s Dao Bone and given it to him.
At first, he had assumed that she had done so to improve his cultivation talent.
However, the more he thought about it, the less likely that explanation seemed.
His mother had never been particularly strict about his cultivation.
If she had truly been desperate to improve his talent, there were plenty of other things she could have done.
Yet she had chosen to take Bai Xinyue’s Dao Bone.
And now, she was telling him that he owed Bai Xinyue his life.
Bai Zihan wasn’t stupid.
He could already guess what might have happened.
Perhaps his mother had taken Bai Xinyue’s Dao Bone not to improve his cultivation talent, but to save his life.
There had likely been some kind of danger threatening him in the past, and the Dao Bone had somehow been able to resolve it.
Otherwise, why would his mother have been willing to bear the consequences of betraying someone she had treated like her own daughter?
However, Bai Zihan still couldn’t figure out what that danger might have been.
As far as he knew, a Dao Bone was a rare cultivation treasure that could greatly improve a person’s talent and potential.
He had never heard of one being used to cure an illness or save someone’s life.
Then again, perhaps there were things about Dao Bones that he didn’t know.
After all, the cultivation world was vast, and there were countless secrets he had yet to uncover.
Bai Zihan looked at Mu Yuelan.
