Chapter 1451 — A Mysterious Letter
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"Could it be that he truly returned empty-handed?" Yu Xiaochen did not trust Yu Huoxing, but he did trust men like Yu Liu — loyal disciples of the Yu family, born and raised within it, who had long since come to regard themselves as part of the family.
"That is hard to say. We mean to keep watching for a few more days before deciding," Yu Liu said.
With a car, they reached the mountaintop quickly enough; but the moment they arrived, a black-clad figure appeared out of nowhere and barred their way! With a casual flick of one hand, he brought the speeding SUV to a halt before him, as easily as if he were shoving a toy car.
"Senior Brother Yu Yi, the patriarch has come!" Yu Liu hastily stopped the car and got out to speak to the man who had blocked them.
This man was Yu Yi, the mightiest of the Yu family's disciples — the second Heaven-rank expert in the family after the Old Ancestor himself! Though only at the early Heaven rank, he was still among the very finest.
Even so, when he heard that Yu Xiaochen was in the car, his expression immediately turned solemn, and he cupped his fists toward the car: "So it is the patriarch who has come. I have been greatly discourteous — I beg the patriarch not to take offense!"
"Think nothing of it. You guard my father's safety and do your duty with all your heart; that pleases me," Yu Xiaochen said, having stepped down from the car, and nodded to Yu Yi.
From this alone one could see how utterly different the Hidden Yu Family was from the Hidden Zhao Family. Yu Xiaochen's position in the Hidden Yu Family had reached the point of complete control; since the Old Ancestor's seclusion, he had for the most part ceased to concern himself with family affairs, and even an expert like Yu Yi was exceedingly deferential toward Yu Xiaochen.
"It is only my duty," Yu Yi said at once.
"Is my father in seclusion? I have something important to see him about," Yu Xiaochen said.
"The Old Ancestor came out of seclusion only yesterday and has not yet gone back in. Please, patriarch!" Yu Yi made a gesture of invitation.
"Patriarch, I will wait here," Yu Liu said, knowing the rules. On the peak where the Yu Old Ancestor cultivated, apart from the Yu family's direct descendants, only Yu Yi was permitted to draw near; naturally he would not follow.
Yu Xiaochen nodded and followed Yu Yi onward, into something resembling a cave — though what barred the way was a stone door controlled by a fingerprint lock.
As the Yu family's patriarch, Yu Xiaochen naturally knew the code. He entered it and walked in with practiced ease. The cave looked unremarkable from the outside, but within, there was another world entirely!
The interior was built with great refinement and care, with something of an antique flavor about it.
With practiced ease he made his way to the innermost room — the dwelling of Yu Xiaochen's father, the Yu family's Old Ancestor.
The Old Ancestor had long since heard the commotion outside. A Heaven-rank expert was hardly comparable to ordinary men; from the sound of the footsteps alone, the Old Ancestor could tell that his son Yu Xiaochen had come.