Celestial Peak

Chapter 175: The Xiao Clan

Wang Ling's smile went unnoticed. He managed to mask it with his usual calmness the cold sweat that appeared on his back still spread.

Unpleasant yet important memories flooded his mind, that night where blood dyed the world appeared. Inside his body was his Saint Soul, trembling, it was being affected by his emotions.

He wanted to let loose, but before his emotions managed to take control of him, a pleasant coolness entered his meridians and calmed him down. From inside his clothing appeared a fox that jumped on top of his head.

Xiao Jianfa turned around to look at the just appearing white fox, he raised a brow and the white fox introduced herself: "I apologize for my late introduction, my cultivation had been running amok since yesterday and I only managed to calm it down just now. Either way, Bai Xue is my name, I am the partner and companion of the Wang Family's Wang Ling in his journey throughout the martial world."

Xiao Jianfa wanted to snort at her, but he thought that would be too overly rude. He nodded his head to her, "Seeing that you are here, you must my grandson's trusted partner, come, join us in to have a meal."

He didn't wait for an answer and turned his back from them.

Bai Xue sighed deeply as she conversed secretly with Wang Ling, "I told you, your bloodlust and killing intent is running wild. Control yourself, your mind is running wild right now, correct? Circulate your angelic qi and calm yourself, I know how calm you can get so circulate it."

Wang Ling listened to Bai Xue and began circulating his qi inside his veins. Making sure that his heart had calmed down and the unpleasant memories repressed to the point it was buried deep within himself.

"Thank you, Xue. That was unbecoming of me." Wang Ling had calmed down and thankfully, Bai Xue was with him, and else the bloodlust would have seeped out of his body.

The Blood Seeker might have been his former sword. But it was a sword that contained the depths of his seethed anger, hate, and most of all bloodlust.

The Blood Seeker was no ordinary natal weapon that was sharp and liked blood. It was the reflection of Wang Ling, his other half if you will.

He used the Blood Seeker to reflect his deep desires. His past was not so pretty that it was filled with flowers and frolicking children, it was a past of carnage, a path of mutilation where one can die the moment they placed their foot in the wrong place.

Rather than a proper road, Wang Ling treads a path that is closed to that of a string. A step that is a millimeter away from its intended position will lead to his demise and the fall of his mind.

While Wang Ling collected himself, Wang Yue touched his hands as she asked him if something was wrong.

Wang Ling gently placed his hand on her head, "I am alright, thank you for worrying."

Wang Ling showed them a smile, it was a reassuring one. But Wang Hong and Wang Yue was still a little bit worried over Wang Ling.

But before they can say anything to him, Wang Ling had already entered the pagoda. By the time he entered the pagoda, he had already gotten used to the wave of bloodlust and killing intent.

He turned to his siblings and noticed they were unaffected. It was only he who managed to sense the Blood Seeker as its connection with him run deeper than with anyone else.

Xiao Jianfa led them to a garden on the back of the garden, there, sat a woman who was dressed neatly and elegantly. Unlike Xiao Jianfa, she was youthful and was filled with life, her hair was jet black just like Xiao Fei'er's.

And unlike Xiao Jianfa she had a soft expression on her face. Her demeanor was floating like a cloud, she was carefree and someone who infects others with her own carefree attitude.

In front of her was a wide table of different delicacies. These delicacies were made from the most top-notched ingredients. Wang Ling could see it, they truly were top-notched for the ingredients that lay in front of him were all at the level of Celestial God.

"Yu'er, is the preparation of the food already complete?" Xiao Jianfa asked he meant to ask it in a much colder manner, but his voice was deliberately making it sound softer.

Xiao Yu, nodded her head elegantly as she answered him with a soft smile, "It is already done, dear. The ingredients you have procured for today had already been prepared, sigh, Fei'er, can you please"

"Ehem! That is enough, Yu'er." Xiao Jianfa interjected in order to stop her words from coming out, "Let us first have food, it must have taken you a long time before to get here."

The family sat down, they began to eat, and Xiao Jianfa suddenly realized something the atmosphere was pretty unsettling.

He started looking around and turned to his grandchildren who was moving with elegance and dignity. He turned to his daughter and she was smiling at the sight of him and her children having food together.

He turned to Xiao Yu, and she only flashed him a smile, her expression was as light as ever, but behind it he could pick up some of the words she wanted to say, "You dug your own grave, climb up from it yourself."

Xiao Jianfa sighed, he communicated to Xiao Yu with his eyes and pleaded him for help. Xiao Yu sighed at the sight of her husband acting like so. She decided to help him, though it would be best if he can forget acting in this manner so, she 'helped' him.

"Dear, stop acting like the head of the Tang Clan, you know you can't act like a stoic and cold warrior. Well you could, but that is already in the past, can you please just act normal? You're only going to embarrass yourself."

Xiao Jianfa placed his chopsticks down and turned to his wife who was eating the meat of a [Shadow Panther King] with elegance and savory. He could not believe she would say such a thing.

He turned to his daughter and then to his grandchildren, they were all keeping themselves from laughing. Xiao Fei'er's face was already red from trying too hard. Even the white f

[I did not expect to be slapped in the face by my own wife.] Xiao Jianfa felt it, his face was burning.

He sighed deeply, "You're right, I can't keep this thing up. It is quite tiring after all."

He said those words and the color of her hair and even beard that extend over to his chest began changing color. From the ashen white color it previously had, it reverted to its original black and the somewhat awkward form of the old man he had disappeared.

Now, he looked youthful and vigorous. Xiao Jianfa rubbed his beard and felt disappointed that he had to let it go.

But Xiao Yu's words reminded him what he needed to do, "Have that beard disappear or else I'll have it disappear for you."

Xiao Jianfa did not hesitate any longer. The beard was shed and what was presented was a youth who looked like he was no older than thirty. It was a strange sight.

He cleared his throat, and spoke, "I apologize for my previous actions. Ehem, I was just unprepared about the sudden appearance of my grandchildren and because of that, I acted in an unbecoming manner."

But then, Wang Hong had a sudden realization, "Ah! So it was grandfather? I have thought who it was before but who would have thought that it would be grandfather."

Xiao Fei'er got interested at what Wang Hong had just said and asked what this is about.

"Oh, it is about that incident when I was left in the forest to hunt. That one time when I lost to that boar, when night comes you leave my side correct? But when those nights came, someone visits me and offers me pointers of what I did wrong. I am pretty it was grandfather who gave me those pointers. Though I never really connected those dots to grandfather because he looked so young back then."

Xiao Fei'er gave Xiao Jianfa a judging stare, "Oh, I thought you were in seclusion at that time?"

Xiao Jianfa did not answer.

But Xiao Yu did, "I never told of you that before? That was such a good time, I even wrote it to some book because I found it quite interesting. In all of your father's antics, this one is one of my favorites.

"Wait here, I'll retrieve that book in the treasury."

"Dear, wait, what do you mean retrieve?"

"I just wish to let our daughter see for herself what you were doing. Yue dear, you also want to get to know your grandfather correct?"

Wang Yue was surprised to hear that but her face suddenly beamed as she announced, "Yes, I do!"

"Then, wait for me here."

Wang Ling who was by the side had his mouth agape, he turned to look at Bai Xue and she too was at a loss for word.

[The Fleeting Cloud Sword Master is quite helpless in front of the two women in his family. He's quite pitiful.]