"Husband!" Long Wei asked, something that had been on her mind for a long time. "What is the possibility of her family also being involved in this?"
Xuan pondered, personally hoping that the Ru family was not involved and had only been forced. He could understand how difficult it was for them to survive without agreeing to someone like City Lord Shan.
"I'm hoping that's not the case," he paused for a second. "But if they are..." He didn't continue, as he himself wouldn't know what he would do then.
Bai Hua spoke in a low tone, "This will be tough on her."
Xuan nodded as the carriage stopped in front of a seemingly normal but large clan house. Guards were patrolling the house, but they didn't look like Ru family people; their uniforms belonged to the City Lord's side.
As they sensed a carriage stopping in front of the gates, one of them yelled, "Move!"
Just then, Xuan stepped out of the carriage, followed by Ru Feng and Bai Hua. Xuan's tone was calm, but his gaze was serious as he addressed the guards. "We are here to visit the Ru family."
However, the guards blocked their path and told them to leave. "The Ru family is not receiving guests at this moment."
Long Wei, in her usual loud tone, glared at a guard. "Are you part of the Ru family?" she asked, having clearly seen that the guards' uniforms matched those at the city gates.
"Why does it matter if we are from the Ru family or not?" the guard chuckled. "Under the City Lord's orders, no one is allowed in or out of the Ru family's compound."
"I was hoping this would be a simple matter, but it seems I was wrong from the beginning," Xuan muttered. But instead of forcing his way in, he turned back.
"Let's go," he called to Ru Feng and Bai Hua, who looked stunned that Xuan was turning back.
They knew there must be a reason. Puzzled by his actions, they couldn't help but ask, "Husband! Why are we...?"
Xuan waited for them to board the carriage, then told the driver to move slowly.
Meanwhile, the guard scoffed, "Huh! He's with two beauties but seems like a cowardly, spineless bastard."
The other guard nodded. "I was ready to let those beauties know they should be with a real man, not with someone like him."
"Haha-haha."
Inside the carriage, Xuan spoke, "I'll go inside first while you two wait for my signal."
"But husband!" Long Wei's voice was filled with concern. "How can you get in when the place is so heavily guarded?"
"Didn't I tell you about the Cloud Severing Sovereign's experience synthesizing within me? During that time, I learned a few things from his lifetime cultivation techniques and martial arts."
He continued, and suddenly Bai Hua and Long Wei sensed Xuan's aura completely vanish, as if he didn't exist, though he was sitting right in front of them.
"This is the Aura Suppressing Cultivation Technique. It helps one suppress their aura and is capable of fooling cultivators at least two realms above. This means if there isn't a Golden Core realm expert in their family, I can slip through easily."
Bai Hua added, "There's likely no Golden Core realm experts in the Ru family, unless they're from that bastard City Lord's family."
Xuan agreed, as he also had the same thoughts.
Long Wei asked, "But there's another problem. You can fool them if they can't sense your aura, but what about their eyes? Unless you have a solution for that too!"
She was concerned about him getting caught if someone saw him. A unfamiliar face inside the compound, especially with his handsome features, would simply attract attention.
Xuan smiled. "Thanks to that fruitful encounter, I have unlocked another memory from my past."
Bai Hua and Long Wei looked at him with eager eyes. He continued, "See for yourself. This is the Divine Floating Steps. I just don't know if I can use it properly, but I have to try."
This was Xuan's Plan B. If a normal approach didn't work, he would infiltrate the Ru family. As for what would happen after, he didn't give it much thought, as it was uncertain.
He got out of the carriage. Bai Hua and Long Wei watched his broad back, and then, with a burst of wind, he vanished. Both looked confused as their eyes darted toward the Ru Feng manor.
The guards patrolling the front felt a gust of wind and looked confused.
"Strange! I felt something go past me, but..." one of them spoke, while the other had a similar thought. "I felt a gust of wind touch my skin?"
They looked confused but didn't voice their doubts, as they found nothing strange.
Bai Hua and Long Wei, however, knew what had just happened. They exchanged quick glances.
"His memories!" Long Wei chuckled with excitement, while Bai Hua gave an acknowledging nod.
This was big news for them—that Xuan had unsealed another memory from his past. As for what it was, they could only wait for him to tell them after all this was over.
Xuan went past the guards, who had no idea what had just happened, and stopped in an empty space behind one of the houses near the gates.
He stopped, his hands and legs shivering. He couldn't tell if this was excitement or the aftereffects of using the Divine Floating Steps, but one thing was for sure: "My body can't keep up with this technique."
Just then, he saw three people stopping just before the gates. There was a young man around his own age, with two middle-aged men following him.
They stopped at the gate, and the young man turned. "Seems she didn't care about your family. But that all ends today."
"Tonight is the night of the full moon, perfect for the copulation. Father has told me that once he gets his hands on her, she will accept, even if she doesn't want to."
He then made a serious face. "We have waited for this for a very long time. Tonight she will bear father's seeds, and after that, the wedding can be done any day. It doesn't even matter anyway. So make sure you don't mess up once more like that day."