Above the Galaxy
Chapter 234 - 171: What a Handsome Young Man!

Chapter 234: Chapter 171: What a Handsome Young Man!

Seeing Tang Fei fall silent, the old man thought he was reluctant and let out a cold laugh, saying, "Oh, worried about your little girlfriend? Afraid she might be in danger?"

Tang Fei looked at the old man and said, "Once you’re involved in the struggle for power, how can there be no danger? Entering into the nobility is as deep as the sea, especially heartless is the Emperor’s Family..."

"Scheming and deceit, mutual distrust, life-and-death struggles have been played out for thousands of years, brothers killing each other, fathers and sons murdering each other, disregarding human relationships, it has always been so..."

"However, from what I know of Phoenix, she has no intention of fighting for power."

"Ambition isn’t innate; it needs to be nurtured, guided, encouraged by someone stirring up trouble..." The old man’s voice was full of seduction, like the serpent that tempted Adam and Eve to taste the forbidden fruit.

He looked at Tang Fei and said, "You are the best candidate."

"No, I’m not."

"Modesty," the old man said conclusively: "No one could do it better than you. You kept Ling Yunxiao aside, isn’t it because you’re waiting for the right moment for him to reveal the truth to Phoenix? What will she think when she finds out it was Chen Fenglei’s doing?"

"When have the seeds you’ve sown not been to capture prey? Are you really worried about those wild birds not filling their bellies, or are you doing good deeds?"

Annoyed, Tang Fei looked at the old man and said, "Do you have to be so irritating? Always suspecting the worst in people... Do you think I can’t naturally have a compassionate heart?"

The old man shook his head with a smile, saying, "You might not be my flesh and blood, but you were raised by me... I know what kind of person you are better than anyone else."

"But you did say one thing correctly. I have a villain’s heart, and so do you... because the very things I taught you are the ways to keep yourself alive. If one genuinely had a compassionate heart, he wouldn’t survive."

After a moment’s silence, Tang Fei said, "I understand what you mean. This assassination attempt by the Royal Family has made me feel very unsafe. With this first attempt, there will be a second and a third... We must retaliate."

Hatred has always been like this, you hate someone and want to kill them.

If you don’t succeed in killing them and fear their retaliation, you end up hating them even more...

Once some things start, there’s no turning back.

"It’s good you understand," the old man said with relief, "But the more it’s like this, the more careful we need to be. Ling Yunxiao’s disappearance will definitely make the Royal Family suspicious, guessing which faction made the move..."

"But they probably won’t suspect you. You, a refugee from the Old Land, without background, your Cultivation Realm isn’t even as high as Ling Yunxiao’s... barely able to hide, how could you possibly take the initiative to seek them out?"

"Moreover, you have been practicing and seeking enlightenment on White Crane Mountain this whole time, with so many eyes watching... The person they can’t even find, how could you possibly find him?"

"Advance step by step, prepare carefully. Gather strength first, then make your move. Only when you are powerful enough will you have the right to fight openly."

"Now what you need to do is borrow momentum, use your little girlfriend’s influence, the influence of White Crane Academy, the influence of Xuanyuan Mingjing, even borrowing from the Shen Family... borrowing from everyone..."

"The enemy of our enemy is our friend, and the friends of our enemies might also become our friends... How to execute, how to plan and arrange, you must adapt to the situation and act accordingly..."

"We will provide you with cover from the outside... What you need most now is to enhance your own strength, Xuanyuan Mingjing will be a good teacher... What he can offer you is not something we can compare with."

"What a pity, your Tang family also has its Ultimate Skills, but I cannot let you learn them... You can’t even touch them, as any slight disclosure might endanger your life..."

"One day, I will learn it," Tang Fei said firmly.

Remembering the couple screaming in the fire, Tang Fei’s mood also grew heavy, saying, "One day, I will present the Tang family’s Ultimate Skills uprightly to the world."

"I also look forward to that day." A peculiar gleam shone in the old man’s eyes, as if recalling past glory and filled with hope for the future.

Tang Fei looked at the old man and asked, "Was Ling Yunxiao taken by your own hands? It shouldn’t be, right? Your identity mustn’t be exposed... you probably wouldn’t take action so easily."

"It wasn’t me, it was someone else," the old man said, "You’ll have a chance to see him."

"It seems you still have quite a few people hidden up your sleeve."

"Wildfires burn and cannot annihilate the grass; it grows again with the spring breeze," the old man said, laughing coldly, "They think they have obliterated everything, but there are always some seeds that find their way out of unseen nooks in the rocks, growing leaves, flowering and fruiting..."

"It looks like your recent progress has been quite smooth," Tang Fei said.

"I can’t let you get in touch with them for now to avoid unnecessary trouble. It’s dangerous for you, and for them too," the old man said. "With Ling Yunxiao missing, Chen Fenglei is probably going to intensify the surveillance on you... They don’t believe you did it, but they worry you know about it."