Chapter 799 — The Nervous Yu Family
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By the time the Yu family's people found Yu Kun, he was already unconscious and senseless. Once he was back, the Yu family's doctors had hastened to treat him, but the results did not bode well: his life was saved, but his martial arts were gone entirely, his meridians all severed — he had become a cripple!
Receiving this disastrous news, Yu Bifu too had hurried over with his son.
"It still isn't certain who injured Xiao Kun, so how can we speak of revenge?" Yu Bifu frowned. "Xiao Kun already had the strength of the late Yellow rank. In this secular world there are few indeed who could harm him, and those who could all enjoy friendly relations with our Yu family. Who would lift a hand against him?"
"That…" Yu Bide was equally puzzled. Just who could have wounded Yu Kun? By rights, those few old fellows in the secular world were on good terms with the Yu family — none of them could have done it. As for the hidden clans, their people were strictly forbidden to meddle in the affairs of the secular world!
"Bide, don't grieve too much. Our Yu family is rich in resources and possesses rare treasures for martial cultivation. So long as Xiao Kun keeps his life, where there's life there's hope — he can still make a name for himself practicing outer-family techniques!" Yu Bifu said. "When the time comes, I will devote the family's wealth to aiding his cultivation!"
"Thank you, second brother! That's all we can do now!" Yu Bide sighed. Matters having come to this, it was the best outcome available.
"There's something strange about this affair! Xiao Kun went to investigate the whereabouts of the remnant map, and was wounded instead. As far as I know, Li Fu — the strongest outer-family expert in Songshan City — is only at the peak of the late Yellow rank, and outer-family techniques are a grade below inner-family ones. That means at best he could fight Xiao Kun to a draw. Without some deep-seated hatred, he would never have clashed head-on with Xiao Kun." Yu Bifu said. "My feeling is that whoever could beat Xiao Kun into this state must be an inner-family expert of at least the peak of the late Yellow rank!"
"Second brother, could it have been someone from the hidden Zhao family?" Yu Bide asked suddenly. "I hear Zhao Qibing, that illegitimate son of the Zhaos, has been kicking up quite a fuss in Songshan City lately — pulling down houses one moment, putting up buildings the next. The Zhaos must be getting impatient, watching a branch of our Yu family rake in money in the secular world. And the Zhaos have never been on friendly terms with our Yu family. Could it be their people who hurt Xiao Kun? After all, only they would have the strength for it!"
"That's hard to say. It's possible, but I've heard that the Fire Wolf Gang is active in Songshan City as well!" Yu Bifu said. "A tiny place like Songshan City, a mere patch of land, and yet so many factions have cropped up there — it's truly complicated! One wrong move and we'll find ourselves caught between the crossfire. That doesn't serve the Yu family's interests! Whether it's the Zhao family or the Fire Wolf Gang, neither is something our Yu family's branch in the mundane world can contend with!"
"Indeed. If it really was the Zhao family or the Fire Wolf Gang who did this, then we may have no choice but to contact our elder brother over there..." Yu Bide heaved a deep sigh as well. Though the hatred in his heart had not subsided, he knew his own limits, and he knew that those hidden families and top-tier gangs were not something he could shake.