Chapter 22: The Strange Case of the Lei Family

  "My status is higher than yours!" Xiao Fei said indignantly.

  "Yes, noble, isn't Nohu more noble than you? Why put on a disgusting and nauseating face?"

  Xiao Fei's icy and profound gaze was filled with anger, "Stay away from Ai Er, otherwise I'll make you die a terrible death."

  "Get out of the way! I don't have time to waste on you!" Lei Yu completely disregarded Xiao Fei's anger and provocation, turned around and walked away from him.

  "Wait for me!" Xiao Fei's anger finally erupted. When they were abroad, he and Ai Er studied together. A year ago, Ai Er returned to China, and after much persuasion, Xiao Fei finally convinced his family to let him return home as well. But now, out of nowhere, a Lei Yu appeared, snatching away the beauty that was originally within his grasp. Xiao Fei vowed that he would not rest until this matter is settled.

  Lei Yu's team, the Dragon Team, is one of the branches of the Wu Zong, which is one of the four major forces. The big and small armies within the Wu Zong are actually founded by some ancient martial arts families, but they all belong to the Shangguan family, an ancient family that rules over them.

  The Dragon Team, an elite team of only eighteen members, plus the newly joined Lei Yu, totaled nineteen people. Each one was diligently cultivating themselves. Lei Yu had already reached the mid-stage of Qi Condensation through his own cultivation method, which was equivalent to being a fourth-stage warrior at the middle level. If he were to reach the sixth stage, that is, the stage where his internal martial art would be detached from his body, what would he do then? Wouldn't he have no way to cultivate anymore? However, thinking about it now didn't make him relax his cultivation pace after obtaining the jade pendant. Lei Yu sat down cross-legged and entered meditation as usual, but this time he didn't dare try to enter that jade pendant with his consciousness again. Although it brought huge gains and improvements, wasn't it also too dangerous?

  The Lei family, in Lei Yuntian's office.

  "Master of the house, aren't you going to go and ask about that young man Leiyu again?" an old white-haired man asked.

  Lei Yuntian shook his head, "It's not time yet, it's still not time."

  "You also saw Le Tian's situation, and Le Tian himself said that his arm was broken in an instant on that day. This kind of power is not something ordinary people can do, let alone with the power of thunder and lightning... "

  "I had thought of that too, but the problem is that it was I who ordered him to be driven out of the house that day. If we go back on our words now, it will damage the reputation of our family!" Lei Yuntian also felt helpless, and the decision made that day was a bit too rash.

  As a descendant of the Lei family and possessing the ability to control lightning, there is only one possibility - the original mark "Lightning". In the Lei family, this mark has not appeared since the third generation master passed away. However, based on Lei Tian's descriptions, it is highly likely that Lei Yu is the Lei family's rare genius who appears once in a thousand years. On that day, they doubted Lei Yu's bloodline was not pure enough and did not have the family's flame mark. Now thinking about it, not only Master Lei Yun Tian himself but also this white-haired old man feels ashamed. They completely pushed out of the family an heir who could lead the Lei family to another peak.

  "What is the master of the house waiting for?" asked the old man.

  "We have yet to see if Lei Yu is indeed this so-called genius, and no one has seen whether or not he has the mark of lightning, so for now, this matter cannot be confirmed."

  "Isn't it simple? I'll just send someone to secretly investigate and we'll know."

  "Alright, but this matter must be kept secret from everyone in the family for now. You also know that Lei Yu has already joined the Dragon Group, so we need to be careful with everything. Only you and I know about this, as for Lei Tian... warn him that if it gets out, he will be dealt with according to the Lei family's rules!"

  "I understand." The old man turned around and walked out of the office.

  Lei Yuntian sighed, "I'm really confused! The decision that day made me regret it, perhaps everything is already too late, I hope Lei Yu doesn't hold a grudge against me!"

  Lei Yu's behavior since childhood was clear to Lei Yun Tian. For the family, this child had no second heart, even if he was determined to have no family crest, he still tried his best to improve himself and prove his existence. Now that he has been expelled from the family, I wonder if Lei Yu will bear a grudge?

  But little did he know, in the five years that Lei Yun Tian was unaware of, the small Lei Yu had suffered how much humiliation and beatings. He didn't even know the truth about the cliff-jumping incident, thinking it was just because of Lei Yu's cowardice. If he knew the real story, perhaps he wouldn't have any hope left.

  Leiyu, who was completely unaware, continued living as usual, but there were a pair of eyes closely watching him by his side.

  For days on end, the elder arranged for people to investigate whether Lei Yu had any marks or not, but there was no progress at all. It seemed that he couldn't enter the Dragon Corps, a military stronghold, and it wasn't worth taking such a risk.

  He hastily bought some things in a store and arrived at the door of Lei Yu's house, opening the door with a special key while Lei Yu was still in the Dragon Group.

  It's now dusk, Lei Yu pulls Aier's hand and walks onto the street outside the house.

  "You two are really loving!" A voice entered the ears of the two, and when they turned their heads to look back, a seductive figure appeared before their eyes.

  "Cui Yingying? How did you end up near my house?" Lei Yu spoke up.

  "Are you the one who called me?" Aile's clear eyes sparkled as she looked at this "acquaintance" in front of her, dressed so sexily.

  "Little girl, I didn't expect you to clarify your relationship so quickly, it's really beyond my expectation." Cui Yanyan smiled.

  Lei Yu was now speechless, standing aside and didn't know what to say, after all, Cui Yanyan didn't have any ill intentions towards him.

  "Little Brother Xiao Ye, let's go and ignore him." Airing pulled Lei Yu and stormed towards the high school gate.

  "Hey! I won't give up, you'd better take good care of your boyfriend, or I'll snatch him away from you! Hehe..." A silvery laughter echoed in the ears of the two.

  "What's wrong with her? How annoying."

  "Alright, am I really going to let her snatch it away from me? Silly girl, come on, I'll send you home."

  "No! I'm going to your house!"

  "Don't be kidding me, I..." Lei Yu suddenly felt dizzy, what kind of world is this? How are girls more proactive than boys?

  "Gotcha! Silly!" Ellie puffed out her little mouth and ran off giggling.

  After dinner, they sent Aier away and returned to their residence. Lei Yu stretched his waist, "Time to cultivate!"

  After a slight movement, Lei Yu took off his clothes and only wore a four-cornered crotch, sat cross-legged on the ground, and began to extract his true energy.

  Across from the apartment where Lei Yu lived was a hotel with one guest room.

  "He really has a lightning mark!" A middle-aged man stared at the computer screen in front of him, his eyes revealing a shocked expression.

  "It seems our decision that day was wrong! Alas! We shouldn't have, we shouldn't have!" The old man sighed.

  "You go down first, remember, this matter is not allowed to be mentioned to anyone!" Lei Yuntian said to the young man beside him.

  "Yes!" The young man left the room in a daze, no one had expected that the waste, wild breed who was considered to have an impure bloodline on that day would actually be the person with the purest bloodline of the Lei family, and possess the original mark "Lei Dian".

  "What shall we do now, master of the house?" asked the old man.

  "What do you mean?"

  The old man thought for a moment and said, "Since it's certain that he is the foundation of the Lei family, we must try every means to invite him back to the Lei family again. Now is not the time to consider face-saving issues, can't miss this opportunity!"

  "I thought so too, but how can we explain it to the people in our family? Are we going to say that the two of us got drunk and misjudged each other?" Lei Yuntian suddenly became worried.

  "This is not the time to consider these things, the importance of the original imprint to the Lei family I believe you, as the head of the household, also understand. If it's lost, it means that for thousands and tens of thousands of years to come, we will never see such a miracle happen again!"

  Collecting flowers, come more fiercely!