Chapter 160

Chapter 160: He Waits for Shen Sang Ruo to Regret It

Feng He Yun tilted his head toward Luo Chu and asked: “What is it?”

Luo Chu lowered his voice and said: “Junior Sister is acting strange,” then he told Feng He Yun everything he and Wen Xuan had guessed before.

Feng He Yun burst out, angry and shocked, and demanded: “This is so important, why didn’t you tell me sooner?”

He scowled and added: “I kept wondering why she refused to plead for Shen Sang Ruo. So she never had good intentions from the start! I’m going to find Master right now!”

Luo Chu hurried to grab him and pleaded: “Senior Brother, don’t be rash. Junior Sister is Sect Master Shen’s real daughter and also the Young Sect Master. Master dotes on her right now. Even if you tell Master, it won’t help.”

Feng He Yun clenched his fists and snapped: “Wasn’t Shen Sang Ruo also Sect Master Shen’s daughter before, also the Young Sect Master, also a Disciple Master loved? What right does Bai Mu Mu have to treat her like this?”

The more he spoke, the more alarmed he felt, and he thought: [Isn’t Bai Mu Mu taking everything that used to belong to Shen Sang Ruo?] His dislike for Bai Mu Mu doubled.

Luo Chu pressed on and advised: “Second Senior Brother said we only need to distance ourselves from her a little. After all, she is still our Junior Sister. Senior Brother, please don’t act on impulse.”

Feng He Yun slammed his fist into the wall in anger, yet he had no solution.

Thinking about how he still had to help someone like her make a name at the Sect Grand Tournament, he felt stifled and upset, then he forced himself to say: “Fine, we’ll treat it as a debt we owe her for now.”

He drew a sharp breath and decided: “Later we senior and junior will settle this clearly.”

On the main peak, Bai Mu Mu carried the things she had bought and came to report to Shen Dao Chen.

On the way, she received prompts that her favorability with Feng He Yun, Wen Xuan, and Luo Chu had dropped. Her face hardly changed.

She thought: [I only need to keep Shen Dao Chen’s and Master Ling Xiao’s favor. That is enough.]

She stepped in and greeted with a gentle smile: “Father, your daughter is back.”

Shen Dao Chen stood up at once to welcome her and asked with concern: “You’re back? How is your body, are you tired? Did the buying go smoothly? Why didn’t Feng He Yun and Lu Shi Qing return with you?”

Bai Mu Mu bowed and answered crisply: “Replying to Father, I’m not tired, and everything went smoothly.” She paused, then acted like it was hard to say and added: “Senior Brother and Third Senior Brother had some matters, so they returned to Thunder-Scale Peak first.”

Shen Dao Chen heard the hidden meaning, his face sank, and he said darkly: “You don’t need to cover for them. Even if there was something urgent, they should have brought you to the main peak first.”

He waved his sleeve and declared: “They’re trying to slight you. In a moment I will go say a word to Ling Xiao and have your Master knock some sense into them.”

He had always been sensitive about anything involving Bai Mu Mu and could not stand to see her wronged.

Bai Mu Mu’s eyes curved as she smiled and said: “Father, you treat Mu Mu so well.”

Shen Dao Chen coughed, then softened his tone and said: “Of course. Father has only you and, ahem, only you as a daughter.”

That rebellious girl who cut ties with him was a doomed bond, not worth mentioning. From now on, he would have only Bai Mu Mu as his daughter.

A daughter of his own blood was easier to manage, more like him, and worthy of important trust.

He smiled again and said: “You worked hard. Father prepared a gift just for you,” then he turned his palm to reveal a bead that glowed with icy chill.

Bai Mu Mu widened her eyes and breathed: “The Cold Echo Pearl?” Then she shook her head and said, pretending to refuse: “Father, this gift is too precious. I did no great merit, so I can’t accept it. The Elders and Peak Masters might object.”

Shen Dao Chen closed her hand around the bead and said firmly: “Father told you to take it, so you will take it. No refusing.”

He looked her straight in the eye and stated: “The Sect competition is near, yet you don’t have a proper artifact. You are the Young Sect Master. Giving you the Cold Echo Pearl is only right.”

He added with certainty: “No one in the sect will object.”

Last time, during the Young Sect Master competition, he had failed to give Bai Mu Mu the Cold Echo Pearl and felt guilty ever since.

He had pushed past many objections and decided he would give this bead to the daughter he loved most, both to make up for her injuries in the last competition and to help the Flying Cloud Sect.

Bai Mu Mu finally tucked the Cold Echo Pearl away with careful hands and asked softly: “Really? Thank you, Father. I will do my best at the Sect Grand Tournament and will never shame you.”

Shen Dao Chen felt very satisfied with her reaction. Although she had lived in the mortal world for more than ten years, she was not greedy. She was like a lotus rising unstained from the mud.

She stood in sharp contrast to Shen Sang Ruo, who broke ties with him just to enter the Treasure Pavilion.

He sighed inwardly and thought: [I spoiled Shen Sang Ruo too much and made her wild. My Mu Mu is the sensible one.]

He pictured the day of the Sect Grand Tournament and thought: [When Shen Sang Ruo sees Bai Mu Mu shining with a thousand rays of light, she will surely feel ashamed.]

Bai Mu Mu lifted her chin and said plainly: “Speaking of the Sect Grand Tournament, I have one request that I hope Father will approve,” then she stood and cupped her hands with respect.

Shen Dao Chen gestured for her to relax and said: “Whatever you need, just say it. I am your Father. No need for formality.”

Bai Mu Mu spoke clearly: “I plan to lead a team to train outside the sect. It will build my ability as a leader and raise the others’ strength.”

She concluded with confidence: “This will help us at the Sect Grand Tournament.”

Shen Dao Chen’s eyes warmed with pride as he said: “You have good foresight and care for the Flying Cloud Sect. How would Father refuse?”

He lifted his hand in support and promised: “Do whatever you want to do. With Father here, you don’t need to hold back.”

Bai Mu Mu’s voice rang bright as she answered: “Yes!”

Father and daughter exchanged a look and smiled in harmony.

[Ding: Shen Dao Chen favorability +1, current favorability 90.]

A faint glimmer flashed in Bai Mu Mu’s eyes.

She thought: [This is just icing on the cake. The most important thing is getting approval to lead a team out.]

Shen Dao Chen noticed nothing.

He was already thinking he should find a chance for Bai Mu Mu to change her surname.

When he first found her, he had wanted her to change her last name to Shen, but at that time she said she did not want to forget her past life.

Her pitiful look had made his heart ache, so he let it go.

Now that she would soon be the most eye catching person at the Sect Grand Tournament, he wanted the world to see she was his daughter.

He thought: [Those lost years have been made up. It is time to turn the page.]

As he pondered, his thoughts drifted toward Shen Sang Ruo.

It had been months since she left. She must have suffered quite a bit.

Without the Flying Cloud Sect and without the status of being his daughter, she was nothing.

He believed her sharp edges needed to be ground down so she would not forget her roots.

Last time, during the Sect Grand Tournament, Shen Sang Ruo was too young, so someone else went out as Acting Young Sect Master.

He had told her then that next time she would stand on the stage for the Flying Cloud Sect, placing high hopes on her.

He never expected that when this Sect Grand Tournament came, she would no longer be a Disciple of the Flying Cloud Sect and would have also cut off their father daughter bond.

Shen Dao Chen felt many emotions surging.

He comforted himself and thought: [At least it happened before the Sect Grand Tournament, otherwise the Flying Cloud Sect would really have been in deep trouble.]

He felt fully at ease handing things to Bai Mu Mu.

At the same time, he hoped Shen Sang Ruo would go to the tournament in person and see how excellent Bai Mu Mu was and how powerful the Flying Cloud Sect remained.

He thought grimly: [She will realize how foolish she was. I will wait for Shen Sang Ruo to regret it.]