My Sexy CEO Wife

Chapter 525 - 522: Knocking on the Door (Part 2)

Gao Fei's mind raced as he secretly guessed Shangguan Yunyue's purpose for coming here. Could it be because of... Suddenly, Gao Fei thought of a possibility...

Shangguan Yunyue glanced up and down at Gao Fei, "Who are you? Hand over the Earth Core Flame quickly!" Shangguan Yunyue had initially thought that Ximen Lie had stolen the Earth Core Flame, but now it seemed she had wrongly blamed him.

"The Earth Core Flame?" Gao Fei let out a bitter laugh internally. As expected, my guess was correct, he felt surprised inside, but he put on a bewildered and puzzled face: "What Earth Core Flame? I don't understand what you're talking about?"

"Pretend! Keep pretending!" Shangguan Yunyue scoffed coldly, "Let's see how long you can keep this up."

"I'm not pretending," Gao Fei said with a forced smile on his face.

"It seems I need to show you some color before you'd reveal the Earth Core Flame," Shangguan Yunyue said as she stepped forward, ready to take action.

"Stop! Just stop!" Gao Fei shouted, "I have something to say! I know your ancestor, oh, no, I mean my... my master knew your ancestor... We are family!"

"What did you say?" Shangguan Yunyue frowned, "Your master knew my ancestor? Who is your master?"

"My master's name is Chen Fengchen. Have you heard of him?"

"Chen Fengchen?" Shangguan Yunyue felt the name was somewhat familiar, as if she had heard it somewhere before but couldn't recall at the moment.

"You must have heard of Shangguan Bing, right?"

"Shangguan Bing is my great ancestor, who passed away many years ago. How do you know about her?" Wonder flashed in Shangguan Yunyue's eyes.

"My master, Chen Fengchen, and your great ancestor, Shangguan Bing, were lovers," Gao Fei said quickly, "They were deeply in love and even had a child together... "

"I remember now!" Shangguan Yunyue's eyes widened, "No wonder the name Chen Fengchen sounded familiar. I've seen it in the family tree." As she spoke, her expression turned cold, "Chen Fengchen is nothing but a scoundrel and a heartbreaker! My great ancestor was deeply devoted to him, yet he left without a word, causing her to die in sorrow!"

"You've misunderstood," Gao Fei argued, "My master didn't abandon your great ancestor..."

"Then why did he leave without a word?"

"The situation is rather complicated, it can't be explained in a few words... The truth is not what you think... My master also had his own difficulties..."

"Difficulties, my foot! Chen Fengchen was nothing but an old scoundrel. Where is he? Let him come out and see me!"

"I'm very sorry to tell you: my master has passed away," Gao Fei said regretfully.

"Dead? Great!" Shangguan Yunyue spoke bitterly, "A piece of scum like him doesn't deserve to live in this world!"

Gao Fei felt a sense of botching things up; he had brought up Chen Fengchen, hoping to play the sympathy card and connect emotionally, but he had not anticipated Shangguan Yunyue's intense reaction, lambasting Chen Fengchen on the spot. What a miscalculation! Such trouble this has caused; not only did he fail to connect emotionally, but he also ended up making an enemy. This situation was utterly frustrating.

Chen Fengchen was a figure from ten thousand years ago, dubbed as the "Old Man of Wind and Dust." His talent for cultivation was exceptional, having achieved the Tribulation Crossing Period Great Perfection in a very short time. Then he attempted to undergo the Celestial Tribulation, but ultimately perished under it. Before his death, he used a secret technique to preserve a portion of his memories and sealed them inside a palace...

Later, Gao Fei stumbled upon this palace by chance and acquired some treasures within it, such as the Drug-absorbing Bug, Life-saving Talisman, exploding Black Spheres, and the Memory Stone... Chen Fengchen's memory imprint was preserved within the Memory Stone...

The secret to the severed path of Becoming an Immortal was learned from the words of Chen Fengchen himself.

Before Chen Fengchen's memory imprint vanished, he made a special request to Gao Fei, asking him to find a person—Shangguan Bing, the Holy Maiden of Piaomiao Palace. Due to certain reasons, Chen Fengchen let down Shangguan Bing, feeling overwhelming remorse... He wanted Gao Fei to check if Shangguan Bing was faring well, and if she had passed away, he was to find her descendants and apologize on his behalf.

This matter weighed heavily on Gao Fei's heart, and today he spoke of it in front of Shangguan Yunyue.

Another matter worth mentioning was that Chen Fengchen never actually took Gao Fei as his disciple. It was a lie fabricated by Gao Fei to foster a connection, which now appeared to be a case of shooting oneself in the foot, having backfired spectacularly. Shangguan Yunyue despised Chen Fengchen, and naturally, she would hold no affection for Chen Fengchen's so-called "disciple."

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"So, uhm..." Gao Fei said cautiously, "Actually, my master regretted it later on..."

"Regretted it?" Shangguan Yunyue snorted coldly, "If he were truly regretful, why didn't he come back to find my ancestor? Do you understand? Ever since Chen Fengchen left without a word, my ancestor was in constant tears, growing more haggard by the day, until she passed away not long after! It was Chen Fengchen who killed my ancestor!"

"My master wanted to return! It was just that he was entangled with some matters and never found the opportunity..."

"Enough with your excuses! No matter what you say, I won't believe a word of it! Chen Fengchen is nothing but a complete scoundrel! My ancestor must have been blind to have fallen in love with him!"

"Anyway, on his deathbed, my master entrusted me with finding the descendants of Shangguan Bing, to express his deep regret and apologies..."

"I won't accept it!" Shangguan Yunyue slammed her hand down fiercely, speaking vehemently, "I'll never accept it! Do you think a mere apology can erase the hatred in my heart? That's impossible! After my ancestor's death, Piaomiao Palace marked Chen Fengchen as enemy number one! They dispatched a great number of people to search for Chen Fengchen, yet, sadly, he was never found! It's good that Chen Fengchen is dead, for if he were still alive, I would have torn his body to thousands of pieces and fed him to the dogs!"

"How can you speak like that?" Gao Fei pursed his lips, "Strictly speaking, my master is also your ancestor, you know."

"Nonsense! He's not my ancestor at all!"

"How is he not? My master and your great ancestor loved each other and had a child... Perhaps... your own blood might carry my master's lineage..."

"If you spout another nonsensical word, I'll rip your mouth apart, crush your teeth, and cut out your tongue!"

"...What I am saying is the truth... Ah, there's no use getting stared at, if you don't want to listen, then I'll stop talking..."

"Chen Fengchen is your master, and as the saying goes, the debts of a master should be paid by the disciple... Hand over the Earth Core Flame obediently, and I might leave you a whole corpse!" Killing intent surged from Shangguan Yunyue, she was just waiting for Gao Fei to hand over the Earth Core Flame before striking him down.

We've come full circle back to the starting point!

All this talk, and it was of no use!

It's true that the Earth Core Flame was on Gao Fei, but he couldn't admit it! He absolutely couldn't admit it! Admitting it would seal his fate! By denying it, there might still be a sliver of hope for survival!