Chapter 1 He Was Startled

Thrown backward, Chen Xiao was instantly stunned.

Although he was completely unprepared, it wouldn't have been easy to send him flying like that.

The most crucial question was, how could Li Ziqing's body possess such tremendous energy?

"Chen Xiao, are you okay?"

Seeing Chen Xiao being thrown backward, Li Ziqing was also dumbfounded. She had no idea what had happened.

"Was that power you who released it?"

Chen Xiao asked in disbelief.

"Yes."

Li Ziqing nodded. "But I don't know what's going on either. A strange force just erupted from my body."

"Let me take a look."

Chen Xiao realized that things didn't seem simple. There seemed to be something hidden within Li Ziqing's body.

He used his divine sense to scan Li Ziqing's body, but to no avail.

"Could it be that it only appears under certain circumstances?"

With this question in mind, Chen Xiao grabbed Li Ziqing's hand again, slowly channeling spiritual energy into her meridians while continuing to use his divine sense to probe her body.

Suddenly, a golden light blazed on Li Ziqing's body!

A massive surge of energy erupted once more. This time, Chen Xiao was prepared and withstood the energy, preventing himself from being thrown backward again.

Moreover, he caught a glimpse of what was inside Li Ziqing's body.

Although it was fleeting, only appearing for a moment, Chen Xiao saw it clearly.

It was an entire array of dense, tadpole-like runes covering all of Li Ziqing's meridians, even the thinnest and shortest branches.

When the golden light shone, the runes also appeared in Li Ziqing's meridians. At the same time, the massive surge of energy burst forth.

As the golden light faded, the runes disappeared once again, vanishing without a trace.

Such strange runes, such a strange form of existence, were something Chen Xiao had never seen or heard of.

In an instant, Chen Xiao fell into deep thought.

"Husband? What's wrong? Am I going to be okay? Don't scare me..."

Seeing Chen Xiao like this, Li Ziqing was immediately frightened and nervous.

Chen Xiao shook his head.

Li Ziqing breathed a sigh of relief, patting her chest as she said, "It's good that you're okay, it's good..."

Chen Xiao shook his head again: "Wife, when I shook my head, it wasn't to say you're okay, I just don't know if you will be.

"Ah?"

Li Ziqing was as startled as if she had seen a ghost, "Even you don't know? Husband, are you kidding me?"

In her eyes, Chen Xiao was omnipotent.

But now, facing the situation inside her body, Chen Xiao actually said he didn't know, how could she not panic!

Chen Xiao comforted her, "But wife, you don't need to be afraid. The thing inside your body may have been with you for a long time. Since you were fine before, you probably won't have any problems in the future. And I will definitely find a way to find out what exactly is inside your body."

Despite what Chen Xiao said, Li Ziqing's mind was in turmoil.

She hugged Chen Xiao, trembling as she said, "Husband, I'm scared, what exactly did you find inside my body?"

"It's an array of runes."

Chen Xiao didn't hide anything from Li Ziqing, "When I channeled spiritual energy into your meridians, that array of runes appeared... I've never heard of this kind of situation before."

Li Ziqing was even more confused when she heard this, "Runes? How could I have that kind of thing in my body?"

At this moment, Chen Xiao suddenly thought of something.

"Wife, do you remember when we first met, you said that a Fangwai (outside the world) master said that you were a Heavenly Star of Solitude and could not be intimate with men? But after I examined you, I found that you just had a Gu worm in your body."

"I've already removed that Gu worm from you, but I always felt that this matter was related to the runes in your body. Do you know who that Fangwai master was?"

Li Ziqing shook her head again, "I don't know..."

After a moment of pause, she suddenly said again, "But I think someone will know."

"Who is it?"

Chen Xiao asked immediately.

Li Ziqing gritted her teeth hatefully, "It's my father's eldest and third younger brothers, they might know."

Chen Xiao couldn't help but frown slightly, "So that's your eldest uncle and third uncle? How come I've never heard you mention them before?"

Li Ziqing sneered, "They are not my eldest uncle and third uncle. I don't have any relationship with them, not anymore!"

Hearing this, Chen Xiao immediately understood that this was another feud.

Li Ziqing looked at Chen Xiao and said softly, "Husband, you must be very curious about what kind of grudges I have with the five great families of Imperial City, right?"

Chen Xiao nodded. He respected Li Ziqing, so he had never asked before.

Li Ziqing was silent for a moment, as if lost in distant memories, then she began to speak, "Actually, when I was very young, our Li family had a very glorious period in Imperial City."

"It was my father who brought the Li family to a height that originally didn't belong to it. Even in Imperial City, a place full of talent, my father was unmatched for a time, and was associated with many wealthy families."

"Later, by chance, my father saved Wang Yanhui's life. Wang Yanhui swore an oath with my father and became sworn brothers. From then on, my father became even more popular."

"Our Li family even became second only to the five great families in Imperial City... Oh, right, you may not have heard of Wang Yanhui's name, he was the young master of the Wang family, one of the five great families, and the legitimate heir to the position of family head."

Hearing this, Chen Xiao couldn't help but admire, his father-in-law was indeed capable!

Next, Li Ziqing changed the subject.

"But no one expected that this incident would be the beginning of a nightmare. It turned out that the reason Wang Yanhui befriended my father was only because he had taken a fancy to my mother."

"Before long, Wang Yanhui revealed his true colors. While my father was away, he tried to take liberties with my mother. Fortunately, my father returned in time and stopped his bestial behavior."

"In a fit of anger, my father crippled Wang Yanhui... and then, our family was met with the frantic revenge of the five great families."

"An arm can't twist a thigh, our family of three soon lived a life of hiding."

"It was also at that time that my father's eldest and third younger brothers declared to the outside world that they had severed all ties with my father. In fact, that's what they did... They took advantage of the situation, plundering and swallowing our family's property, and repeatedly betrayed my father, revealing my father's whereabouts to the five great families."

"Fortunately, my father was vigilant enough to avoid their pursuit several times, and escaped to Weicheng with great difficulty to seek the protection of my maternal grandfather. You know what happened later, my maternal grandfather also betrayed them..."