d逍遙, then added, "Young Master, I'm not saying you can't handle the truth. I'm just teaching my boss about something. She has never been outside since she was a child, so she doesn't know how to behav...Chapter 280 The Jade Pendent Part 1
"Hey, this is for self-defense. People in the江湖are treacherous, and my martial arts skills are not high enough, so of course I need some defensive means. That's perfectly normal! What do you mean it shows I'm not a good person" The Free-and-Easy Scholar rebutted against the girl’s definition of him.
"Hmph! You're definitely not a good person. And you say you’re an ordinary passerby Now, how can that be true!" The girl sniffed and ignored his rebuttal.
At this moment, everyone present, including the girl, did not think these devices were made by the Free-and-Easy Scholar himself; they all believed someone else had created them, and he just bought them for use.
This was also normal. Generally speaking, when people see others wearing something, they would ask where it was purchased, rather than asking if it was made by the person themselves.
"These medicinal pills all seem to be high-grade superior elixirs. How could you have so many And you say you’re an ordinary passerby." Soon, the girl discovered that all of the medicine bottles found on the Free-and-Easy Scholar contained high-grade superior elixirs—something even she wouldn't casually possess.
"Hey hey, can’t a passerby be wealthy too What kind of logic is this!" The Free-and-Easy Scholar said rather helplessly.
Is a passerby just an ordinary person then This was clearly否定的，路人就是什麼人都有，武神在大多人的嚴重也隻是路人！！
"This... does seem to be true! But this further proves your identity is not simple. You definitely have some ulterior motive for coming here!" The girl nodded and said to herself, deepening her definition of the Free-and-Easy Scholar.
“…” "Get lost with your ulterior motives!" The Free-and-Easy Scholar couldn't help but burst out.
"What did you say !" The girl's eyes narrowed. Her look seemed to be saying, 'I dare you to repeat that and see what happens.'
It was best not to fight with a woman or suffer losses in front of her. Both were applicable here, so the Free-and-Easy Scholar decided it was better to keep quiet to avoid provoking her.
"Hmph!"
The girl snorted and continued searching through his items.
“Eh This one! Let’s see what you say now!” The girl seemed to have found something. From the tone of her voice, it sounded like this object was decisive evidence that could make the Free-and-Easy Scholar "confess"!
This made him very curious: There wasn’t anything on him related to the Fang family! How could what he bought possibly be something from them
Impossible. Even if it were, it probably wouldn't be possible for him to purchase something connected with lost items. Clearly impossible!
Hence, the Free-and-Easy Scholar was very curious about what exactly the girl had found.
"This one here! Let’s see how you explain this!" The girl excitedly held up an item and showed it to him, revealing it to everyone present.
“…” The Free-and-Easy Scholar was stunned for a moment. He hadn't expected it would be this. After a while, he said, "Are you joking"
At that time, the Free-and-Easy Scholar didn’t notice everyone’s expressions, which seemed to mirror the girl's.
"What are you joking about" The girl gave a cold laugh and then said, "Who’s joking with you Don't tell me you don't admit your connection to those who robbed us back then!"
“Admit what You’re hilarious. Holding my stuff against me, accusing me of robbing someone else! To frame me, at least pick something else!” The Free-and-Easy Scholar said with some annoyance.
"What, your thing Do you only know how to lie It’s clearly black but you say it’s white. This item belongs to our Fang family and you stole it!"
“Bull**!” The Free-and-Easy Scholar couldn’t help letting out a curse.
"What did you just say!!" the girl immediately turned grim-faced.
“I said bull**! I’ve worn this for twenty years. If you want to use other things as an excuse, maybe that could pass muster, but not this one—only proves you got it wrong!” The Free-and-Easy Scholar coldly replied.
"Very funny. You say you've been wearing this for twenty years, then where has this item been these past twenty years" the girl said with a mocking laugh.
“I don’t know what you have. But I can tell you that this one is mine. I’ve had it since childhood and my name—Free-and-Easy Scholar—is taken from the characters on it.” The Free-and-Easy Scholar looked at her, saying rather flatly, but there was a firmness in his voice that didn’t allow any doubt.
This very thing is the jade pendant that Xiaoyao has always been wearing, a seemingly insignificant one that might be connected to his origins. How could this possibly belong to someone else That's why the girl found it rather amusing when she held onto this piece and questioned him about it.
" You're saying this is yours... Impossible… The characters 'Xiaoyao' on it can't be right because…" The girl was a bit shaken by Xiaoyao's confirmation, but felt that the possibility of it being his was impossible. She wanted to refute it and thought it would be easy given her knowledge that there were no characters for 'Xiaoyao' on it.
But what she held in her hand now bore the name 'Xiaoyao', along with some blurry strokes and a few legible ones, none of which matched her expectations.
"How could this be How did these characters get here Have you changed them No, that's impossible too. Even if they were changed, it wouldn't look like this…" The girl tried to imagine possibilities but dismissed each one quickly.
"Miss, give me a look at what you're holding!" the old man said. Everyone now understood that this matter might have exceeded everyone's imagination; their assumptions could be wrong.
"This indeed is not the piece we lost!" After observing for some time, the old man made his judgment and looked at Xiaoyao with a complex expression.
"How can it possibly be The shape, color, everything's exactly the same." The girl shook her head, still finding it hard to believe.
"It is indeed exactly the same. This piece was made from the same jade and by the same person as that one!" said the old man.
" What do you mean" asked the girl who didn't understand, nor did Xiaoyao; he had never known about this pendant's origins until now.
"Let him go. No need to search anymore!" The old man told those searching him and then continued.
"Both these jade pendants are identical and belong to the Fang family, personally carved by our founding ancestor, handed over to his two sons! However, since he wasn't proficient in carving, they were a bit rough..."
Xiaoyao now knew that what he wore had such an illustrious history; he thought it was just ordinary!
Wait, if this belonged to the Fang family's founding ancestor, could my origins be related to them As Xiaoyao put everything back in place on his person, everyone witnessed another miraculous act.
A number of people were still curious about how he carried so much with him.
Of course, this was just idle curiosity. The most important thing now was the jade pendant that belonged to Xiaoyao!
"This jade pendant left our Fang family thirty years ago…" The old man started recounting past events, his eyes distant as if reflecting on bygone days.
"What happened Was it stolen" the girl interrupted when she heard this.
"Departure doesn't necessarily mean theft. You're so stupid; if it was stolen, would we say 'stolen' directly" This wasn't spoken by anyone in the Fang family who dared not offend her, but only Xiaoyao.
"You…" The girl was furious, but before she could explode, the old man spoke again.
"Correct. Departure doesn’t mean theft! At that time, this jade pendant belonged to Fang Chunxue who left the Fang family for training thirty years ago and never returned."
"Fang Chunxue! I seem to have heard of her; she's said to be a martial arts prodigy. But why did she disappear By the way, why didn't she return to the Fang family Did something happen" asked the girl curiously.
"Something happened indeed. While training outside, she met a man and fell deeply in love with him, so much that she never returned home." The old man spoke with some complexity.
"Why didn't she come back This doesn’t make sense! Loving someone else doesn't mean you can't return!" the girl asked, puzzled.
Xiaoyao guessed this reason: "It’s definitely because the Fang family opposed it, so she never came back."
"Exactly. That man's identity was problematic; we didn’t agree to their marriage. So Chunxue said she would only return when her fiancé was accepted by our family or never." The old man continued.
“Who’s this man” This time it wasn't the girl but Xiaoyao asking, as he wanted to know who this man was the most since it might relate to his origins.
"We only knew him as Qi Bupo and suspected him of being from a demonic sect." The old man answered. "He seemed to use martial arts that resembled Demon Art."
“Impossible, Demon Art has been lost for thousands of years; the demonic sect would've unified if anyone still used it!” Xiaoyao shook his head since Demon Art had only recently emerged, making it impossible for anyone to know it thirty years ago.
If someone secretly inherited it, that wouldn't make sense either because the demonic sect’s capabilities ensured they’d have discovered such a thing. Everyone from thirty years ago knew about it, so would they not RQer need this surname, and then I'll let you go! I'm going to give Freebird a lesson. Otherwise, he wouldn't know that the Merry family isn't something anyone can use to con others隨便什麼 person.""You are...