Family Cultivation: My entire family are Villains

Chapter 161: 116, all eighteen generations of your ancestors are thieves.

"Hou Yuxiao?"

While everyone was rubbing their hands in anticipation, a peculiar look flashed across Zhao Qingxue's face.

Her Master's Historic Love Book had predicted that the first man she would meet on her descent from the mountain would have the character "Xiao" in his name, and he would be her emotional calamity. This had dissolved on its own after meeting Fang Jinghong.

Now she had run into another Hou Yuxiao...

Turning her head, Zhao Qingxue noticed that "Ren Feng" looked quite distressed, with even a hint of murderous intent in his eyes, which piqued her curiosity. "Fang... ahem, could it be that Senior Ren also has a grudge against this Hou Yuxiao?"

The murderous intent that had just gathered in Hou Yuxiao's eyes suddenly extinguished, and he turned to look at Zhao Qingxue, who had begun to blush, puzzlement filling his gaze.

How had this little Daoist nun guessed his identity...

A flush of crimson tinted Zhao Qingxue's cheeks, fortunately masked by the growing darkness of the sky, or else others would have certainly noticed her discomfort.

During her first few days in Wanyang County, she had heard the name Fang Jinghong too many times from others' lips, almost until her ears developed calluses. He was the Third Dragon Head of the Qinglong Association who had committed four major crimes, including killing the Sect Leader of the Divine Sound Sect and the expert on the Tiger List, Helian Wuji.

It was then she realized the formidable reputation of the Fang Jinghong she had met by the Tongtian River.

That day at the Golden Wind and Drizzle Building, when she first saw this "Ren Feng," she already felt he looked somewhat familiar. After thinking about it for a long time upon returning, she finally understood why he seemed familiar.

That oiled cloth-wrapped staff and the longsword at his waist looked exactly like the weapons of the young Grandmaster Fang Jinghong whom she had encountered by the Tongtian River.

But at that moment, she was merely suspicious, as Ren Feng's appearance indeed revealed no flaws.

However, after several days of investigation, she began to sense something amiss. Ren Feng too was at the Grandmaster Realm in cultivation, and more importantly, he had arrived in Wanyang County in early June, just ahead of them. Crucially, he was using the guise of a Loose Cultivator, and no one had heard of this Ren Feng before.

By then, Zhao Qingxue was nearly certain that this Ren Feng was indeed Fang Jinghong, certainly someone who had managed to alter his appearance with some special method, leaving no trace to detect.

Afterward, upon learning that the Qinglong Association would distribute the Qinglong Token on the day of the Rakshasa Festival, she sought out Monk Buzheng to gather this group of people to disrupt the Qinglong Association's plans in Tongling County.

Her original main purpose was still to confront Fang Jinghong in a showdown.

That day, their confrontation with Fang Jinghong on the river was interrupted by their respective masters, and they were subsequently scolded for being overconfident. Feeling quite indignant inside, when Zhao Qingxue extended the invitation, Monk Buzheng readily agreed without hesitation.

But after confirming that Fang Jinghong was Ren Feng, she developed a playful thought, particularly upon seeing Chen Yuhe and Liu Fufeng blatantly talking about killing him in front of Fang Jinghong, and seeing the unnatural look on "Ren Feng's" face. She found it amusing and thought that unveiling him after some time would be even more entertaining.

The numerous thoughts that flashed through Zhao Qingxue's mind were all due to her regretting her slip of the tongue just now. Revealing the Demon Head this early would take the fun out of the game for her.

"I have no personal enmity with the Hou Clan. Since our current mission is specifically to eradicate the Qinglong Association in Tongling County, why should we waste time on such a minor clan? Besides, we don't fully understand the situation in this town. The Hou Clan has only been considered somewhat reputable for half a year, and if we encounter any troublesome matters, it would be a huge waste of time!"

Hou Yuxiao was naturally unaware of the many thoughts that had zipped through Zhao Qingxue's mind in mere seconds. He didn't want his family to stir up trouble, but a direct refusal could arouse suspicion, so he resorted to using the extermination of the Qinglong Association as a pretext to persuade the others to leave.

Unexpectedly, Chen Yuhe took the opportunity to push further, apparently emboldened by Hou Yuxiao's previous tolerance, and spoke in a condescending tone, "There's an old saying: as people age, they grow wiser, and as ghosts age, they become more cunning. Brother Ren, it seems you're getting more confused as you age!

The Hou Clan, at best, is a third-rate force that has only recently achieved some success early this year. I estimate their sect disciples don't even number a thousand. If we truly storm them, Brother Liu and I would be more than enough to hold them off.

As for the Family Head Hou Yuxiao, I suppose he could be a freak, but now at most he has the cultivation of the Dan Embracing Phase. Any one of us could easily capture him."

Seeing Hou Yuxiao's gloomy expression but his continued silence, Chen Yuhe thought he was wary of him. He grew bolder saying, "Moreover, this Hou Yuxiao has offended Young Sect Master Tong, and he's also ranked over 300th on the Demon Extermination List. The reward from the academy side is almost one hundred thousand taels. Why not kill such a scourge, what's not to enjoy."

"Indeed, I agree with Brother Chen's words!"

Tong Hu's agreement did not surprise Hou Yuxiao. After the Zhaoyang Disturbance last year, he had suspected that Tong Hu would eventually cause him trouble.

"I also agree."

"I concur as well!"

...

The four Dan Embracing Phase experts, all leaders of third-rate forces native to Wanyang County, naturally would not refute Tong Hu's face and expressed their support. Another Grandmaster, Liu Fufeng, also agreed.

"Might I inquire, Fairy Qingxue, what are your thoughts?" Chen Yuhe shifted his attention from Hou Yuxiao and looked towards Zhao Qingxue, his voice dripping with flattery.

Serving as the initiator of this operation and also possessing the most significant background, Zhao Qingxue's opinion naturally carried the most weight among the crowd. With Chen Yuhe's question, all eyes, including Hou Yuxiao's, turned to Zhao Qingxue.