“Is it a coincidence or not?” he spoke to himself as he walked through the busy road.
He didn’t stop moving forward as his destination had changed from Saber Mountain Sect to Han Clan of Mountain Blade City.
He had more or less figured out the situation of Han Ming’s clan.
Han Ming’s parents had died early in his life during a clan war. To avenge them, Han Ming joined the Saber Mountain Sect.
That’s how he was able to survive and keep his position as Young Master of the Han Clan. His sister also joined the Saber Mountain Sect as an outer disciple due to him.
But because of her limited talent, she wasn’t able to progress further than outer sect disciples.
Shen Yuan also learned about the cultivation bases of the Han Clan elders and the current Clan Leader, who stabilized his position by breaking through to the Extreme Origin Core Realm recently.
He soon reached the Clan Estate. It still stood tall with majesty even after the death of the Former Clan Master.
Shen Yuan walked towards the gate where two guards stood, they eyed him warily.
One of the guards stepped forward and spoke, “Halt!” The guard eyed Shen Yuan and noticed how he looked to be from a prestigious clan.
He softened his tone as he continued saying, “Han Clan is not currently accepting visitors, if you have an invitation then you can come inside.”
Shen Yuan nodded in understanding as he knew why they weren’t receiving guests, “I don’t have an invitation,” he began, and before the guard could say anything he quickly said, “But I have something which was entrusted to me to be delivered to the Han Clan.”
The guards looked at each other, perplexed as they considered whether to let him in or not. Shen Yuan noticed their hesitation and spoke again, “I was entrusted by Han Ming to deliver his storage ring to his clan before his death.”
The guards’ eyes flew wide open as they heard what he said. One of the guards hurriedly nodded to the other one and went inside.
“Please come inside, young master. Our Clan Elders will attend to you shortly.” The other guard who was left behind said as he led Shen Yuan inside.
Yue Lan’s voice echoed in his mind,
[Why are you so polite with them? You have already heard how they treated Han Ming and her sister.]
‘I will ask about the situation from his sister first, then I will decide my next course of action. I can’t just believe what everyone is saying without confirming it. That’s why I’m being polite.’
Soon they reached the guest room where an elder of the Han Clan was waiting.
He was a middle-aged man with a fit body, his presence filled with an air of authority as he gazed at Shen Yuan. But Shen Yuan could sense a faint hint of malice hidden in the elder’s gaze.
Shen Yuan shook his head internally and went towards the elder. Elder Han stood up from his chair and greeted Shen Yuan.
“Greetings, Young Man,” he began, his voice polite and friendly. “I heard from one of the guards that you have something that belongs to Han Ming and wish to return it to us.”
Shen Yuan nodded his head but didn’t immediately bring out the storage ring, he changed the topic and said, “I heard about what happened to Han Ming’s parents in my way, it was truly unfortunate.”
Elder Han also didn’t pursue the matter before calmly talking with Shen Yuan, “It was unfortunate indeed for our clan. We never expected that they would die in those clan wars.”
He sighed heavily as if he couldn’t withstand the weight of what happened to the former clan leader.
They continued chatting for some time when Shen Yuan suddenly asked, “I haven’t seen Han Ming’s younger sister yet, can you tell me where I can find her? I want to give his belongings directly to her.”
Elder Han’s eyes shifted slightly as he smiled politely and said, “You don’t have to worry yourself so much with this, Young Friend. You can give us Han Ming’s belongings and we will give them to his sister.”
Shen Yuan looked at him for a minute, considering whether to give it to him or not, but in the end, he made up his mind as he asked, “I still want to meet up with her before leaving, can you arrange a meeting between us?”
Elder Han’s expression fell slightly as he said, “I’m afraid that would be quite difficult. You see, Han Ming’s sister had left the clan’s estate sometime before to travel to her Sect. And we don’t know when she will be back.”
Shen Yuan frowned slightly hearing his words, even though he expected that there was a chance that she would have left for the sect, he hoped that he could meet up with her here and continue on his journey.
Elder Han looked at Shen Yuan and said, “About Han Ming’s belongings-”
“Young Miss, stop! Elder Han Yun is currently attending to an important guest.” A voice abruptly interrupted Han Yun as they both looked towards the gate.
A young beauty with flowing silver hair and shiny silver eyes that seemed to pierce the soul came inside.
Her flawless, milky white skin glowed softly in the sunlight, and on her forehead was a four-petal pinkish-white lotus symbol, adding to her ethereal aura.
She looked inside and was shocked to see Shen Yuan sitting inside. She hurriedly came towards him. She wasn’t expecting to meet Shen Yuan so soon.
She greeted him after coming towards him, “It’s good to see you again, sir.”
Shen Yuan looked at her and sighed as he shook his head internally, ‘As expected, it is her.’
He smiled lightly and said, “We met again so soon. Looks like fate already had some plans for us.”
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The young girl forced a smile, “Indeed, it seems we were destined to meet here.”
She was none other than Han Qingyu who he met at the Green Jade Alchemy Pavilion.
At that time her appearance was different but Shen Yuan still saw through her disguise, he just didn’t expose her at that time.
Shen Yuan then looked towards Han Yun and smiled lightly, “It looks like I can talk with Qingyu on my own. If you don’t mind Elder Han, can you give us some space to discuss some matters?”
Shen Yuan politely asked Elder Han Yun to leave them alone.
Elder Han Yun stood up and looked coldly towards Han Qingyu before snorting, “Remember, the Ancestral Seal belongs to the Clan Leader, you better hand it over soon.”
He didn’t say anything to Shen Yuan since he didn’t want to offend someone unknown for no reason.
Han Qingyu didn’t even acknowledge Elder Han Yun. He left feeling frustrated as he couldn’t do anything to her right now or else the family’s name would be dragged through the mud.
Shen Yuan sat down again after Elder Han Yun left and gestured to Han Qingyu to sit down as well.
He said, looking at her, “Never did I expect that you would be Brother Han Ming’s sister.”
Han Qingyu hesitated for a moment before taking a seat opposite Shen Yuan. Shen Yuan closed the doors of the room with a wave of his hand.