Divorce

Alchemy Peak.

“I called you all here today because I have something to tell you!”

At the dining table, Lu Chen, Lin Tian, Zhang Fan, Yu Ning, and Zhuang Jingbai were all seated, looking at the man at the head of the table, Wang Feng.

He was the chief disciple of Alchemy Peak.

“What is it, Senior Brother Wang?”

“You gathered all of us, such a big deal!” Zhang Fan said, drinking a cup of spirit wine.

“I… got a divorce.”

“What?!”

Everyone was shocked, thinking they had misheard.

“Are you kidding us, Senior Brother?”

“You and Senior Sister Huaiyu had such a good relationship, you were so happy.”

“You were a perfect couple.”

“How could you get divorced?”

“It’s true.”

“It’s my fault… Ah, damn that black market, damn that Hehuan Sect!”

Wang Feng took a deep breath, his gaze full of hatred.

Lu Chen’s body trembled almost imperceptibly.

“What exactly happened?”

“Senior Sister Huaiyu couldn’t have betrayed you!”

“Well, since I’m saying it, I’m not afraid you’ll laugh at me,” Wang Feng sighed.

“I was naturally of very low quality, the probability was very small.”

“So I went to the black market for a remedy.”

“They said to take both mine and Jiang Huaiyu’s and do it outside the body.”

“That’s normal, isn’t it?”

“Did something happen afterward?”

“Yes, it was normal at first.”

“But who would have thought…” Wang Feng’s face twisted in pain.

“Who would have thought that the people in the black market secretly replaced mine with someone else’s!”

The room fell silent.

No one had expected things to turn out this way.

And most importantly, Senior Sister Jiang Huaiyu hadn’t done anything wrong.

She was also a victim.

“Senior Brother, you…” Zhang Fan opened his mouth but didn’t know what to say.

He instinctively looked at Yu Ning beside him.

She was also shocked, her face pale.

Her hands were shaking!

Lin Tian frowned and put down his spirit wine.

“Senior Brother Wang, does Senior Sister Huaiyu know about this?”

“She knows.” Wang Feng gave a bitter smile.

“She knew even before I did.”

“When Ling’er was three years old, she noticed something was off.”

“She secretly went for a test and found out it was true.”

“But she didn’t dare tell me.”

“She bore it alone for three years.”

“Three years?” Zhuang Jingbai looked away from Lu Chen.

“She bore it alone for three years?”

Wang Feng nodded, his eyes reddening.

“She was afraid I couldn’t handle it.”

“She always wanted to find a chance to tell me, but every time she brought it up, she swallowed her words.”

“It wasn’t until a few days ago that the demon sect’s seductress exposed this matter that I went with my daughter for a test and found that the bloodline didn’t match…”

He couldn’t continue.

He raised his hand to cover his face.

Everyone was silent.

Yu Ning hesitated, then spoke in a low voice: “Senior Brother Wang, I know it’s hard for anyone to accept this.”

“But Senior Sister Huaiyu didn’t know from the start.”

“She’s also a victim.”

“Yeah, Senior Brother.” Zhang Fan quickly added.

“Senior Sister had no idea what happened in the black market.”

“How can you blame her?”

“Over the years, we’ve seen her feelings for you and her love for Ling’er.”

“That couldn’t be fake!”

Wang Feng’s shoulders trembled slightly.

Zhuang Jingbai looked at him, her voice calm: “Senior Brother Wang, I am also a woman.”

“I understand Senior Sister Huaiyu’s pain.”

“How much must it have hurt when she discovered the truth?”

“She didn’t betray you.”

“She was harmed.”

“And now, you divorcing her is punishing a victim.”

“I know.”

“I know all that.” Wang Feng raised his head, his eyes red.

“But I just can’t get past this hurdle!”

“Every time I see Ling’er, I remember she isn’t… It’s like a thorn stuck in my heart that I can’t pull out!”

“Then have another one!” Lin Tian slammed the table.

“Senior Brother, you and Senior Sister are still young.”

“You can have your own!”

“Senior Sister loves you so much.”

“She would definitely be willing…”

“My family won’t agree.”

Wang Feng interrupted him, his voice hoarse.

Everyone was stunned.

“My Wang family knows about this too.”

“As you know, my family and the demonic path are irreconcilable.”

“Especially with my status as a core disciple…” Wang Feng lowered his head.

“And my parents… They treated that child as their own granddaughter since she was little.”

“But now that they know the truth, their attitude has completely changed.”

“A few days ago, they came to my cave dwelling, saw the child, and wouldn’t even hold her.”

Wang Feng looked up, deep exhaustion in his eyes.

“They said I must have a child of the Wang family bloodline.”

“They can’t let an outsider take over the family property.”

“That hurt Huaiyu a lot.”

“Because after all, this is still her biological daughter.”

“This…” Zhang Fan didn’t know what to say.

The elders in his family were even more radical.

In their eyes, raising someone else’s child was a great shame.

Unless it was fate, finding an abandoned child, or adopting the orphan of a friend, brother, or benefactor.

Those were allowed because they wouldn’t be recorded in the ancestral hall.

But having a wife and then fathering another man’s child?

That was a disgrace!

Seeing that no one spoke, Wang Feng continued.

“Yesterday, the clan elder came to me personally and gave me an ultimatum: either divorce or be expelled from the family.”

Lin Tian was anxious: “How can they do this?”

“Senior Sister did nothing wrong!”

“I know she did nothing wrong,” Wang Feng closed his eyes.

“But what can I do?”

“Can I sever ties with my parents for her?”

“Turn against the entire family?”

Everyone fell silent.

Yu Ning bit her lip, her eyes also reddening, as if she felt the same pain.

“Then… how is Senior Sister now?”

“She went back to her parents’ home.”

“Before she left, she said she didn’t blame me, that she understood.”

“She said… she was also relieved.”

Hearing this, everyone felt a knot in their hearts.

“Ah!”

“Senior Brother, you’re confused!”

“You’re just emotional now.”

“When you calm down, you’ll definitely regret this decision!”

“I suggest you go win Senior Sister Huaiyu back immediately.”

“There’s still time!”

Lu Chen, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke.

But Wang Feng just lowered his head, staring at the wine glass in front of him.

“Xiao Lu, I’m very clear-headed.”

“I know what I’m doing.”

“But there’s a thorn in my heart.”

“So I… also think this way, and I gave Huaiyu a lot of compensation!”

Lu Chen was silent.

That person who escaped from the Hehuan Sect…

That mysterious person who left so many descendants…

He took a deep breath, raised his glass, and drank it all in one gulp.

Zhuang Jingbai noticed his abnormality and patted his shoulder.

“Junior Brother, why is your face so pale?”

Yu Ning also looked over.

“It’s nothing.” Lu Chen forced a smile.

“I just think… this matter is too absurd.”

“Who says it isn’t?” Lin Tian sighed, then looked at Wang Feng again.

“Senior Brother, what are you going to do now?”

Wang Feng was silent for a long time.

“I don’t know.”

“I really don’t know.”

He stood up.

“I called you here today to get this off my chest, to feel a little better.”

“You’ve all said what you needed to say.”

“I understand the reasoning.”

“But I… I just can’t accept it.”

He turned and walked to the door, then stopped.

“We’re all fellow disciples.”

“Tell Huaiyu for me…” He faced away, his voice choked.

“Tell her I’m sorry.”

The door closed.

The room was dead silent.