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Chapter 222: His Name Is Bai Hemen, Not Bai Baoyu!

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Under warped reason,

The name Bai Hemen had become the original sin behind all the misfortunes at hand!

The Bai Family members nearby moved to support the old lady, whose condition clearly wasn’t right.

But with a burst of aura, she threw them all off.

She shouted into the air: “Bai Xuehe!!! Did you hear that!!! This child is named Bai Hemen!!! His name is Bai Hemen!!! Not Bai Baoyu!!”

“Hahahahaha... the one you couldn’t forget changed your Bai Family’s generational naming! In her heart, you’re already dead! Dead!!”

Bai Xuehe—that was the name of the Bai Family Patriarch.

That name, together with “Bai Hemen”—the meaning was instantly clear to everyone.

Among them, Bai Baoyu was the one who couldn’t accept it the most.

He wasn’t an idiot; he was smart. He understood exactly what was being said.

He had received the best education, enjoyed the Bai Family’s best resources.

He was the brightest star of the Bai Family!!!

A dazzling rising star in the entire northwest!

His grandmother said he was the family’s precious jade, destined to shine with unmatched brilliance!

But now... you’re telling him... he’s just a clown used for comparison?

Even the name he bore—was it shared? Or worse, stolen?

He couldn’t believe it. He didn’t dare believe it. He didn’t want to believe it...

“Sigh...”

Along with a soft sigh, a warm, familiar, and broad hand landed gently on Bai Baoyu’s shoulder.

“You are you. You are Grandpa’s most cherished Baoyu.”

A figure in white martial attire had appeared at some point.

Bai Baoyu looked up. Reflected in his eyes was the image of the man before him.

He called out in disbelief, “Grand... Grandpa.”

Lu Ding also looked over.

The man before them appeared to be no more than in his thirties. His long black hair was exactly like Bai Hemen’s.

Their facial features were nearly identical.

Only he had more of the creases of time and the mature charisma of an older man.

Lu Ding let out a sigh too. If that was the case, then there was nothing more to say.

The man before them—there was no doubt.

The Bai Family Patriarch, Bai Hemen’s biological grandfather—Bai Xuehe.

His real age was probably over seventy or eighty.

Judging by how cultivators’ appearances align with their realms, unless there were secret techniques involved, Bai Xuehe’s youthful appearance could only be explained by being at the Heaven Observer Realm.

It was a state called Rejuvenation, returning to one’s youth.

As for why Elder Deng looked so old—that’s because after regaining youth, he aged again.

Simple as that.

In the hall,

The Bai Patriarch swept his gaze over everyone, and finally locked eyes with the young man who looked so much like his younger self.

He opened his mouth: “Bao—”

But felt it inappropriate, and corrected himself: “Hemen, your grandmother still—”

“Shut up!!!!”

Bai Hemen exploded with full force and roared.

With a hand seal formed, corpse energy swirling, he slammed a palm toward Bai Xuehe: “You don’t deserve to speak of my grandmother!!”

At that moment, Bai Hemen couldn’t hold back anymore.

Even if the man before him was a Heaven Observer. Even if he couldn’t win!!

He had to speak up—for that little old lady who used to stare blankly at the northwest sky in the middle of the night.

Even if his blood dried, his will would not waver!

Bai Xuehe didn’t defend. He stood still, emotion flickering in his eyes.

Just as the strike was about to land,

Bai Baoyu suddenly struck.

“You dare!!”

With a flick of his hand, the Bai Family’s Jinghong Flying Blades shot forth like fluttering willow leaves, slashing toward Bai Hemen!

He knew Grandpa loved him.

But he also knew—Grandpa loved this suddenly-appeared Bai Hemen even more.

Growing up, Bai Baoyu had always been the “golden child.” He’d never envied or been jealous of anyone!

But today, a jealousy he’d never felt before consumed him.

Baoyu... Baoyu... he was just the fake Baoyu!!

But when the fake is the only one left, then the fake becomes real.

If this person who was supposed to be Baoyu—now called Bai Hemen—died,

Then no one would ever question who the real one was.

With only one left, fake becomes real!

As for insults or gossip in the future—those are others’ words. What do they have to do with me?

Right now, Bai Baoyu had only one thought in his head: Kill Bai Hemen!!!

The two clashed.

The Bai Patriarch was about to step in and stop them, but Madam Bai pulled him back hard.

Feeling the firm grip on his arm,

He called out with complex emotion: “Yunhuai.”

“No need to act pitiful. You can say it was due to circumstance back then, leave yourself a way to explain.”

“I won’t say you had ulterior motives. Let’s leave each other some dignity.”

“But you’ve been thinking about her all these decades—what does that make me?!”

“In our family, if two men like the same woman, they must duel for her. Same if two women like the same man!”

“I never fought him for her—she was a commoner, and I looked down on such a duel.”

“But now my grandson is a Cultivator of Qi, and so is hers. Let them two fight for us—what else is there to say?!”

“Or... are you saying you’ll make a choice and take sides?”

The Bai Patriarch’s face twisted in pain. He slowly shook his head.

“I just... sigh...”

Seeing this, Madam Bai let out a desolate laugh: “Decades ago when you were a commoner, you were like this. Decades later, even after reaching Heaven Observer Realm, you're still the same.”

“I scolded you back then using the Bai Family name. Today I’ll scold you once more, on the basis of our decades as husband and wife!”

“What makes you think you deserve a harem? I, Bao Yunhuai, won’t tolerate the smallest grain of sand in my eye. I’m your wife—you cannot have a concubine. That’s betrayal!”

“Decades ago, you couldn’t bear to divorce her—I endured it, treated you as if you had no wife. That was betrayal number one!”

“If decades later, you want to cast me aside—I’d endure again, say I was blind. That’s betrayal number two!”

“This moment is the same as that moment—what you didn’t choose then, you must choose now. Come on, I’ll make you choose!”

After finishing in one breath, Madam Bai released his arm.

“Yunhuai, I beg you, don’t force me. I owe Yingrong too much...”

The Bai Patriarch couldn’t choose. Once again, he couldn’t choose.

But what difference does not choosing make?

This was the northwest. This was Xitong. This was the Bai Family. This was where two generations of his bloodline lived on.

Cultivation realm doesn’t change personality—if you’re indecisive, even reaching Heaven Observer Realm won’t make you decisive.

“Owe her? And do you not owe me!!? You stayed in the northwest, that makes you my man. And my man spent decades thinking about another woman—avoiding me!”

“Did you ever think of me!!?”

Lu Ding listened and watched their argument and found it quite funny.

He had thought someone at Heaven Observer Realm would be different, but it turned out to be the same old soap opera.

And this scene... it felt familiar somehow.

This Bai Patriarch had the affliction of a drama king—but none of a drama king’s fate.

Hands clasped behind his back, Lu Ding looked to the sky.

What this elderly woman once lost to the northwest—

Her own grandson would now take back for her, with his own hands!!!

“Yin Domain Overlap, Corpse Mountain and Blood Sea!!!”