Bang—
Wang Tian slammed the table, his face a mask of cold fury. "That eyesore bastard, get him out of here!"
The casino security guards immediately surrounded Chen Jiuyang.
Yao Zixuan, standing nearby, wanted to step forward and support Chen Jiuyang. However, Chen Jiuyang had achieved his objective and didn't wish to linger. He stood up and said calmly, "I'll leave myself."
After leaving the casino, Chen Jiuyang said, "Let's go, to your place."
Yao Zixuan frowned slightly. "Are your matters all settled?"
Chen Jiuyang narrowed his eyes. "No, they've just begun. But my immediate goal has been achieved. Help me keep an eye on Wang Tian and the Wang family's movements, and inform me immediately of any information."
"Alright." Yao Zixuan didn't question Chen Jiuyang's motives and drove him to the Yao family residence.
It was a grand mansion with eight courtyards, the kind of residence that would belong to a prime minister or prince in ancient times.
The Yao family was no ordinary affluent family.
They passed through the front hall and the main hall, proceeding directly to the backyard where an artificial lake was located. In the center of the lake stood a pavilion, occupied by a white-haired elder.
Chen Jiuyang had not yet opened his Purple Mansion eyes, but even from here, he could sense an extraordinary and special aura.
Chen Jiuyang nodded inwardly. The Yao family residence was a feng shui array designed to gather fortune, and the pavilion in the artificial lake was its focal point.
However, he could also feel that the Yao family was excessively shrouded in yin energy, indicating a problem.
Yao Zixuan led Chen Jiuyang to the elder and addressed him as 'Grandfather' before stepping aside.
At Yao Zixuan's gentle call, the white-haired elder slowly opened his eyes. His weathered gaze was sharp, as if trying to see through Chen Jiuyang from head to toe. After a long moment, he sighed,
"Truly remarkable."
"I, Yao Qianhe, have observed countless people in my life, yet I have never encountered someone with such pure yang energy as you."
"If you truly have the confidence to cure Zixuan's cold ailment, what objection would I have to betrothing her to you?"
"Hmm?" Chen Jiuyang was taken aback.
Yao Qianhe smiled slightly. "Young man, Zixuan has told me how you met. She is pure yin, and you are pure yang. You are a natural perfect match, and it would greatly benefit your cultivation. You couldn't possibly have no intentions towards her, otherwise, you wouldn't have agreed to treat her ailment."
Yao Zixuan's pretty face flushed instantly, and she softly chided, "Grandfather."
Yao Qianhe raised a hand to signal for quiet and fixed his gaze on Chen Jiuyang. "Young man, do you have confidence?"
Chen Jiuyang's heart tightened. This old fox truly lived up to his reputation. He replied calmly, "I have confidence."
"No, no, no," Yao Qianhe shook his head. "You don't have confidence."
Chen Jiuyang asked, "How do you know?"
Yao Qianhe shook his head. "To cure her cold ailment, I invited thirty renowned physicians, and they all died."
"Later, I pulled strings and managed to invite sixteen Taoist priests from Longhu Mountain, but they were all consumed by the cold energy and perished."
Chen Jiuyang frowned. "That sinister?"
Yao Qianhe continued, "Zixuan is exceptionally outstanding and possesses a pure yin constitution. If nothing unexpected had happened, she would have been the sect leader after I departed."
"...But, on the day of her birth, an enemy hired someone to cast a curse on my Yao family, aiming to eradicate our lineage."
"I managed to find a family with abundant fortune and intended to marry Zixuan into it, hoping to borrow their luck to ward off the curse. Who knew she ran away on her wedding day."
"Perhaps this is the fate of my Yao family."
Yao Zixuan's eyes turned red. Only today did she understand why her grandfather, who always doted on her, wanted to marry her off.
"Curse?" Chen Jiuyang began to understand why the Yao family was so heavily shrouded in yin energy.
"But Zixuan meeting you is something beyond my Yao family's fate," Yao Qianhe said. "If you can truly cure Zixuan's cold ailment, my Yao family's countless assets can be her dowry. However, young man, I fear you are not capable enough."
Chen Jiuyang replied calmly, "How will you know if you don't try?"
"Heh heh..." Yao Qianhe chuckled. "Stand in my place and observe my Yao family."
Chen Jiuyang moved to Yao Qianhe's position and opened his spiritual sense, which immediately filled him with disbelief.
From the outside, the Yao family appeared prosperous and grand. However, when viewed from the focal point of the feng shui array, it was densely packed with yin energy, with only this focal point retaining any yang energy.
Hmm? Suddenly, he sensed something.
A smile played on his lips. "Elder Yao, how are you certain it's a curse?"
Yao Qianhe gave a wry smile. "I paid a great price to have an expert examine it. He said it was a curse, unresolvable. For the past twenty years, none of my Yao family's hundreds of descendants have produced a male heir; they've all been female infants."
Chen Jiuyang slowly spoke, "...Then perhaps the expert you consulted was not skilled enough. What afflicts your Yao family is not a curse at all."
Yao Qianhe's body trembled violently. He quickly stood up, his voice quivering, "Young man, what did you say?"
Chen Jiuyang replied, "I cannot reveal too much at the moment, but I am confident in resolving Zixuan's cold ailment."
Yao Qianhe's trembling voice held doubt. "What makes you so sure?"
Chen Jiuyang smiled faintly. "Let me ask you a question. In the past twenty years, has your Yao family given birth to a total of forty-nine female infants? Zixuan is the forty-ninth."
"Correct!!!"
Yao Qianhe was completely agitated. "Young friend, what exactly have you discerned! As long as you can save my Yao family, I will give you anything!"
Chen Jiuyang said cryptically, "The only thing I can tell you now is to find out about the 'Nine Yin Devouring Yang Array'."
A sharp glint appeared in Yao Qianhe's eyes. "Good, I have noted it down. My young friend, for this great kindness, I will surely repay you handsomely."
Chen Jiuyang shook his head. "There's no need. Previously, I asked Zixuan for a favor, and this is my repayment."
If not for Yao Zixuan's connections, how could Chen Jiuyang have pinpointed Wang Tian's location today and begun his revenge plan?
With that, Chen Jiuyang cupped his fists in a salute. "My business here is concluded, and I should take my leave from the Yao family. I have other matters to attend to."
As he finished speaking, before either of them could react, Chen Jiuyang had already departed.
He still had debts to repay!