My Arrogant Young Lady

“Very good. If you have such confidence, then go ahead and do it. I believe in you. As for Xi’er, she is already carrying your child. After you go back, you and Xi’er should prepare well. I will work with your other mothers to arrange your marriage. We will try to get you and Xi’er married as soon as possible so that you can inherit the family headship. Your father is no longer here, but he believes in you. Entrusting the position of family head to you was his special instruction before he passed away,” the mother said.

“Where did my father go?” I asked.

"Your father is a free spirit; he dislikes managing the mundane affairs of the household. For the past ten years or so, besides providing disaster relief and helping impoverished people, he has traveled extensively, searching for martial arts manuals and treasures. Three years ago, your father discovered a mysterious organization called Aurora. He suspected that Aurora was the work of our Wang family's greatest enemy. However, this organization is very powerful, and their movements are difficult to detect. So your father went to track Aurora, and three years have passed since then," your mother said.

"Then, do you have a picture of my father?" I miss my mother, and I miss my father just as much. I really want to see what my father looks like, I said to my mother.

“Hehe, your father was the king of our Wang family, and he was also our spiritual leader. There are pictures of your father hanging in many halls of the Wang family. There is one in my hall. You can come out of my bedroom and take a look,” the mother said.

"Okay, I'll go take a look." Hearing my mother's words, I quickly went out of her bedroom to look at my father's photo.

I did see a huge framed photograph in the main hall of the Wang family's meeting room. But I assumed it was a picture of some great person and just glanced at it without looking closely. I never expected that the person was my father! I immediately ran to the main hall to see it.

As I walked out of my mother's bedroom and into the main hall outside the hallway, I immediately saw a huge picture frame. Inside the frame was a young man dressed in the uniform of a Grand Marshal.

His smile was smug, and his eyes and brows exuded a heroic air.

As I admired my father's photos, I thought to myself that I really do look a lot like him. It's just that I'm tanned now, and I've become so thin that I look a bit gaunt.

Yes, his appearance seems somewhat familiar, as if I've seen him somewhere before.

I took another closer look, and my expression gradually changed.

"Xi'er, did you see your father's picture?" My mother asked me with a smile as I walked back from the main hall.

"Hmm." I rubbed my face vigorously, sniffed hard, and sat down on a chair, lost in thought...

Chapter 291 The Bet with Wang Yu

"Mother, I'm going to find him!" I was so remorseful that I almost wanted to kill myself. Only now do I realize how foolish I've been.

That middle-aged man, the one who taught me martial arts, turned me into a god-level master, and even pointed me to a treasure trove—that seemingly flamboyant middle-aged man—was actually my father.

I never dreamed that the mysterious middle-aged man I used to call an old lecher and a scoundrel was actually my father.

Good heavens, why didn't he tell me? Not only did he not tell me he was my father, but he also kept lying to me. It was wrong of me to call him an old lecher, but he really is lecherous. What kind of father is like this these days? He's seen his son who's been lost for over ten years, and he's already recognized him. Yet he keeps lying to me, telling me his name is Cheng Kun one minute and Wang Yuebai the next.

And now, it's clear he's in trouble. I remember back in the fighting arena, he disappeared along with Aurora. He was incredibly powerful. He actually forced three of Aurora's masters, all above the God level, to flee. But after he disappeared with Aurora, he vanished without a trace.

As for me, almost a month has passed since I last saw my father. He still hasn't returned; he must have failed to capture the aurora and something must have happened to him.

As for the reason for his accident, it must be because he was poisoned by my King Serpent's petrifying venom. Ever since the King Serpent ate the heart of a thousand-year-old corpse, its venom has become like a leech, impossible to eradicate without an antidote. Even experts using their inner energy to expel the venom would find it difficult to completely eliminate it. It must be because he chased the aurora too intensely that day, causing him to release too much inner energy. The inner energy circulated too quickly, thus triggering the petrifying venom lurking in his feet.

Once the petrification poison takes effect, he can no longer circulate his true energy. If he were to circulate his true energy again, the petrification poison would spread throughout his body, causing his blood and skin to congeal, making him look like a stone.

I harmed my father; I indirectly witnessed his death. And I saw him chasing the aurora borealis, yet I didn't even save him. He seemed a bit mentally unstable, running off with Xi'er. If I had followed him that day, or even just lent a hand, things wouldn't have turned out this way.

But he seemed a bit too strange. He cursed at me, hit me, and talked nonsense. How could anyone know if he was a good person or a bad person?

Almost in tears, I told my mother everything that had happened that day. After hearing my story, my mother took a deep breath, bit her lip, and said, "He deserved it!"

"Then, I'm going to save my father!" I said firmly to my mother immediately.

“No, Xi’er is already carrying our Wang family’s child. It’s not good to drag this out any longer; you must marry her as soon as possible. As for your father, he refuses to acknowledge you, probably because he’s afraid that Aurora will find out his identity and run away. But this has nothing to do with you; you don’t need to blame yourself. It’s his own fault for not recognizing his own son and even attacking you. Don’t worry, at most he’ll only suffer some minor injuries and broken ribs in Aurora’s hands; he won’t die.” Speaking of her father, her mother’s face was filled with helplessness.

"Break a few ribs?" My face changed drastically upon hearing my mother's words.

"Heh, his ribs have been broken countless times, they're practically worthless now. Back when our Wang family fought the Ye family, he had two ribs broken by the Ye family, and it was all his own fault. Your father doesn't need pity, you don't need to worry about him anymore," his mother said coldly.

"This..." I was in a dilemma after hearing my mother's words.

“Go back and take good care of Xi’er. Let An Yao show you around the house for the next month. We’ll discuss rescuing your father after you and Xi’er are married. As for your father’s whereabouts, I will send someone to investigate,” the mother said.

"Okay." I nodded and left after hearing my mother's words.

Upon returning to my palace, I recounted the incident to Xi'er, An Yao, Wang Che, Wang Huan, Wang You, Liu Li, and all my brothers. Upon hearing about my father, Xi'er, like me, appeared deeply ashamed. My younger siblings, however, seemed unconcerned, much like my mother. Wang Huan, in particular, released a small snake from his body and teased, "So Father was captured. No wonder he hasn't returned to the Wang family yet."

"Brother, how many times has Father been arrested?" Liuli asked, blinking her big eyes.

“I can’t remember exactly, but I do remember the last time was three years ago. He went to Shaolin Temple to steal their acupoint striking techniques, and was attacked by the thirty-six elders and eighteen bronze men of Shaolin Temple. When Empress Oda went to ransom him, she didn’t dare to say that he was the head of the Wang family, and took him away in the name of the Black Dragon Society,” Wang You said.

“Brother, didn’t Longhu Mountain send a letter a year ago? They said someone had trespassed into their sect’s forbidden area and asked if he was the head of our Wang family. Consort Zhao felt ashamed and denied it,” Liuli said after thinking for a moment.

"Yes, that's what happened, but it seems my father was captured by them, slashed a few times, and then escaped on his own." Wang You nodded.

“Brother, compared to your and Xi’er’s lifelong happiness, your affairs are more important,” An Yao said.

Seeing even An Yao say this, Xi'er was speechless. She had always thought of the head of the Wang family as a hero, an unassailable figure. But now, after hearing about my father's deeds, her opinion of her future father-in-law was being completely overturned. Just what kind of person was her future father-in-law?

“He’s a mischievous person,” Wang Che said.

"..." Xi'er was shocked that Wang Che had actually understood what she was thinking.

Since everyone seems unconcerned about my father's arrest, Xi'er and I can only focus on preparing for our marriage. Our mother's side will arrange it; we just need to follow her instructions. Strictly speaking, I'm a son-in-law who will marry into the family. Xi'er is the last princess of the Yehenara family, the last of the royal bloodline. Unlike our royal family, the Yehenara family practices monogamy. Because Xi'er's father died young, the Empress Dowager didn't have the opportunity to give Xi'er a younger sister or brother. If I don't agree that our first child will bear the Yehenara surname, then their Yehenara bloodline will end, and they will definitely not allow Xi'er to marry me.

Strictly speaking, the day I married Xi'er was our engagement ceremony, which could also be considered our formal wedding. According to the Ye family's customs, a married daughter is considered "water spilled from a cup," meaning she was considered mine after I took her away. As for our wedding at the Wang family, it was a traditional wedding ceremony called "returning home" when a girl returns to her parents' home for the wedding.

It was precisely because my first child with Xi'er bore the surname Yehenara that the Ye family didn't object to me taking a concubine. After all, our Wang family was also royalty, and we needed male heirs. The reason the Empress Dowager led people to Zhang Xuan's family wasn't to offer money to drive Zhang Xuan away. Rather, she was curious about Zhang Xuan—what kind of person could attract the Wang family's heir to love her so much? She simply wanted to give Zhang Xuan's family some gifts, hoping that after I married Zhang Xuan, she and Xi'er could live peacefully together.

As a result, Shan Shan seized this opportunity, which led to all the subsequent events.

The wedding with Xi'er won't be as complicated as it was at the Ye family's. However, preparations still need to be made at home. We won't be able to get married for another month. During this time, An Yao, Wang Che, Wang Huan, Wang You, and Liu Li will take me sightseeing around the house, to our Wang family's town, and to visit our Wang family's army. We'll also receive visits from members of the Wang family's relatives and friends who come to curry favor with me and present me with many gifts. This will solidify my position in the Wang family and lay the foundation for my future as head of the family.

Then I'll take good care of Xi'er, learn some cooking skills in the Wang family's kitchen, and make some nourishing soups for her. At night, after Xi'er falls asleep, I'll go to the Wang family's martial arts hall to practice. I now possess internal energy, reaching the standard of a god-level master. However, my agility and physical strength are still lacking. This requires them to beat me severely, like Leng Yan did when she trained me before.

In addition, I've been practicing the formations Leng Yan taught me, the flute playing my father taught me, and the acupoint striking technique. I haven't yet mastered that acupoint striking technique. But with the help of the King Serpent, I'm confident that few masters below the divine level can defeat me.

As for Wang Yuebai and his son Wang Huan, they have been stripped of all their positions in the Wang family. They were also severely punished with two hundred strokes of the cane by the punishment hall and sent home to reflect on their actions and recover from their injuries.

These two hundred strokes of the cane were no ordinary two hundred strokes. Those who carried them out were all god-level experts; an ordinary person could be killed in three strokes. A god-level expert would have their skin torn and bleeding after twenty strokes. If it weren't for the formidable strength of Wang Yuebai and his son Wang Huan, they definitely wouldn't have survived those two hundred strokes. After this brutal beating, the two of them were practically on their last breath. Even if their injuries healed, their strength would have regressed by a level. It would take a long period of arduous training to regain their previous strength.

A month passed in the blink of an eye. After my marriage to Xi'er, my status officially changed from heir apparent to head of the Wang family. The next day, after I took Xi'er to pay my respects to my mother and serve her tea, I immediately said in front of many elders in the family, "Mother, now that Xi'er and I are married, I beg you to allow me to go and save Father. And, while I'm at it, extinguish that aurora!"

"The reason my former patriarch investigated the whereabouts of Aurora was because Aurora might be a deployment of the Great Demon King Oda Seiji. And Aurora's power is so great that you alone cannot destroy it. Aurora is a criminal organization that has recruited top criminals from around the world. It has four Heavenly Kings under its command: Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise, as well as twenty-eight god-level masters codenamed after the Twenty-Eight Constellations. This time, to rescue your father, you will need a lot of helpers. Choose whoever you want, and name them. But Xi'er is already carrying your child, so she cannot go on this adventure with you; she must stay at home." The mother said, frowning slightly.

"Okay!" Hearing my mother's words, I stood up and looked behind me. Then, I immediately called out, "An Yao, Wang Che, Wang Huan, Wang You, Liu Li, Tong Jia Ling'er, Young Master Bao, Runtu, Heilong, Lu Zhicheng."

After I finished calling out their names, I said to my mother, "Mom, too many people will attract attention. I can take them with me."

“Aurora has six experts above the level of gods, and you also need an expert above the level of gods as an assistant. Why don’t we send Yu’er along to assist you? We also have the Black Dragon Society’s influence, and Yu’er can transfer manpower from the Black Dragon Society to help you. Yu’er, do you need to select some helpers from the Wang family?” Fearing that we would suffer losses at the hands of Aurora, Wang Yu’s mother also sent Wang Yu along.

"Wang Yuebai, Wang Huan." Wang Yu's face was full of arrogance, and his voice was also full of arrogance.

"Huh?" An Yao frowned when she heard that Wang Yu had chosen Wang Yuebai and Wang Huan as his helpers.

He glanced at An Yao disdainfully and said to me in front of the whole family, "Brother, a true strongman doesn't need helpers. Wang Yuebai and Wang Huan have sent me a lot of gifts through intermediaries over the past month. I'm just giving them a chance to redeem themselves. As for me, I won't help you deal with Aurora. I will personally lead my forces to deal with Aurora myself."

"From now on, we will split into two groups to rescue Father. If you rescue Father before me, you will become the head of the Wang family, and I, Wang Yu, will accept you. But if I rescue Father before you, you will relinquish the position of head of the Wang family to me!" Wang Yu looked at me coldly, his eyes filled with a fierce light.

"Okay, I promise you!" Seeing the hostility in Wang Yu's eyes, I frowned slightly and nodded gently.

"Imperial Consort Zhao, have you found out where Aurora is?" Wang Yu turned his head away disdainfully, speaking to my mother in a completely impolite tone.

"Someone saw them in Hong Kong three days ago..."

Chapter 292 Wang Xi VS Wang Yu

As soon as we stepped out of the airport, I spotted a middle-aged man in a floral shirt, shorts, and leather shoes waiting for us outside. He was accompanied by a group of henchmen, who looked at us with a somewhat sinister gaze. After giving me a sly look, he immediately smiled. Then he strode over and hugged me, saying, "Wang Yang's boss! Welcome, welcome!"

“Brother, this is our father’s sworn brother, nicknamed ‘Insidious Brother.’ He’s an elder of our Wang family, a brother our father made overseas. He usually stays here. He’s the local bigwig, and all the important people here have some connection with him. With his help, it will be easier for us to find the aurora,” An Yao immediately introduced to me.

"Hello, treacherous uncle." I nodded and opened my arms to gently embrace the man.

"Don't be so polite. We're all young, just call me Brother Sinister." Although this man looked wicked, he had a very kind heart. And when I hugged him, I could feel the love he had for me.

"Okay, sly fox." I smiled slightly after hearing his words.

He let go of me and looked at me carefully again. The cunning guy immediately said, "You're very dark-skinned, somewhat like an African. But you can see your father's features, you look a lot like your father."

"You cunning guy. You actually recognized me at a glance because I look like my father?" I looked at him in surprise.

"Of course, only an idiot wouldn't realize you're Brother Wang Yang's son. Alright, let's go grab something to eat first, then we'll talk business." With that, the cunning guy beckoned us to get in the car.

This time, the cunning guy brought about a dozen henchmen in five cars to pick us up. Sitting in a minivan, he started telling us how delicious a restaurant he'd been frequenting lately was. He seemed to enjoy talking, especially to me, and was particularly enthusiastic. I was worried about my father's safety, but he seemed to know he'd been arrested, yet remained calm and unhurried. I felt helpless, thinking they must really be used to my father being arrested.

However, this time my father fell into the hands of not ordinary people, but Aurora. I hope my father will be safe and sound.

This time, besides rescuing my father, I also have a bet with Wang Yu. I must rescue my father before he does. If something happens to my father, or if I fail to rescue him before him, then I must hand over the position of family head to him.

During the month I spent with the family, aside from the monthly family meetings and the day of my wedding with Xi'er, I didn't see Wang Yu again. His mother must have been keeping him in check, which is why he hadn't caused me any trouble. And now, he finally has the chance to do so.

Wang Yu is of mixed race. His mother is from Japan named Oda Ai, and he has half Chinese and half Japanese blood. He inherited almost all the advantages of both bloodlines. Like the Chinese, he is hardworking and diligent. He also possesses the Japanese traits of meticulousness and perfectionism. In addition, his mother was a master above the gods, so he had extraordinary talent from birth. With the Wang family's careful nurturing, he learned about cultivation from the grandmaster Li Xiaoyao, finding the fastest shortcut to cultivation within martial arts and passing on all its essence to Wang Yu. Supplemented by the high-quality elixirs sent by the Ye family, Wang Yu became a master above the gods at the young age of fifteen.

Besides Wang Yu, An Yao, Wang Che, Wang Huan, Wang You, and Liu Li are all very intelligent. In terms of martial arts, only Wang Huan is a little slower to grasp the techniques. However, he has found a suitable Daoist art and cultivated it to a level surpassing even that of a god-level expert. If he were to encounter a god-level expert, Wang Huan could unleash his divine strikes, and even a mid-level god-level expert might not be his match.

As for Wang Yu, besides being the seventh son of the Wang family, he is also the heir to the Black Dragon Society. As the largest yakuza group in the island nation, the Black Dragon Society, while not as powerful as our Wang family, is still a top-tier force capable of wielding considerable influence internationally. However, he is resentful of me, a mere low-level Divine Realm expert, for becoming the head of the Wang family. He respects the strong, not the weaklings he deems him. Therefore, if I cannot prove myself stronger than him, he will not allow me to retain my position as head of the Wang family.

And my seventh brother is probably the most difficult of my six younger siblings to tame. If we can't tame him, our Wang family will never be perfect.

I must unite my younger siblings and make our Wang family stronger.

But can I really defeat him? Thinking about this, I gradually became nervous.

Speaking of my younger siblings' abilities, from the moment we split into two groups, it took Xi'er and me over half a month to reach the fighting town in the Northwest. After returning to the Wang family, it took us another half a month. We then stayed at the Wang family for a full month until Xi'er and I got married and we went out to find our father.

In the past three months, Liuli has recovered her original strength and firmly consolidated her superior god-level power. Wang You, Wang Che, Wang Huan, and An Yao have also made rapid progress in their strength during this time. When I first met An Yao, she was already a mid-level martial arts master. Now, almost a year has passed, and An Yao is now at the peak of martial arts mastery, nearing god-level status.

Wang Che is highly talented, but because of her stunning beauty, she spends her days admiring her own appearance. She isn't a god-level master simply because she dislikes practicing martial arts. However, in these past three months, Wang Che has rapidly become a lower-level god-level master in order to protect me. And Wang Huan, he also used the excellent elixirs given to him during my and Xi'er's wedding as a way of giving back, transforming himself from a martial arts expert into a god-level master.

Wang You. When he arrived in our provincial capital, he was already a lower-level god-level expert. Now, more than half a year has passed in the blink of an eye, and he has already stepped out of the threshold of a mid-level god-level expert.

And then there's Tong Jialing'er, whom I brought this time, along with my brothers Heilong, Runtu, Lu Zhicheng, and Young Master Bao. To catch up with me, they work incredibly hard every day. Now, Heilong, Lu Zhicheng, and Young Master Bao have all become top-tier martial arts masters. Runtu's talent is extraordinary. With just a little guidance from Liang Bin, a master from my Wang family, he actually became a lower-tier god-level master. Elder Liang praised Runtu in front of me, saying, "If he had the same conditions as Liuli, he should be a top-tier god-level master now, and he could have become a top-tier god-level master a year ago. Runtu, his talent is exceptional."

Runtu, he is my darling, as darling as the King Snake.

As for Tong Jia Ling'er, she is still a mid-level master of the Divine Realm, but after studying at our Wang Family for three months, her swordsmanship has become even more refined than before.

Sitting in a tea restaurant in Kowloon, the cunning guy devoured a bowl of wonton noodles in just a few bites, leaving not a drop of soup. Then he said to us, "Eat up, eat up! This tea restaurant is newly opened, and the food is really authentic. I know you're looking for your dad. But don't rush. If you want to find Aurora's gang, go to Yuen Long and find Volcano. Volcano is a big shot in the Hung Mun gang; he's got all the inside information."

"Yuen Long, Volcano Bro?" I couldn't help but narrow my eyes upon hearing what the cunning Bro said.

Next, I glanced at my entourage. I knew we were no match for a mysterious organization like Aurora. But if we outsmarted them, we still had a chance. But what kind of lineup did Wang Yu have? He was the heir to the Black Dragon Society. His lineup must be far more impressive than ours, right?

"Prince Yu, I truly cannot understand why you did not stop Wang Xi from marrying Xi'er and inheriting the family headship on that day. Logically speaking, you are the number one expert above the Gods among the younger generation of the Wang family, and also the youngest expert above the Gods in the world. But what abilities does Wang Xi possess? Isn't he just the heir apparent appointed by my Wang family head? If he hadn't been born earlier than you, what qualifications would he have to become the head of the Wang family?"

"Four Naruto ninjas, two Satsuma samurai, and a Yokozuna-level sumo wrestler—these are all top-tier god-level fighters! There's also an Onmyoji above the level of a god. Our lineup is far more impressive than Wang Xi's. In my opinion, we should first go to Kowloon and wipe out Wang Xi and his gang, then go rescue your father." Wang Yuebai's eyes practically turned green with envy as he looked at the helpers Wang Yu had brought from the Black Dragon Society.

Although he had been nearly beaten to death by the head of the family's punishment hall, his injuries hadn't healed, and his strength, previously above the level of gods, had been reduced to the upper-middle tier of god-level experts. But... when he saw the impressive entourage surrounding Wang Yu, his ambition to seize control of the family began to stir again. He hated me for taking everything from him; he hated me for injuring him so badly. I spared his life, but he showed no gratitude whatsoever; he only resented me for defeating him.

Now, he was groveling and fawning like an ancient traitor, bowing and scraping before the handsome, spirited boy with half-Japanese ancestry. He felt he could use this fifteen-year-old boy, exploiting his youthful impulsiveness to kill him and avenge the defeat he had inflicted upon him.

"Wang Yuebai, you old scoundrel, do you know why I keep you by my side?" After Wang Yuebai's provocation, Wang Yu sat on the tatami mat in a Japanese restaurant in a kneeling position.

"Prince Yu, are you taking pity on me and want to give me a chance to redeem myself?" Wang Yuebai said to Wang Yu with a fawning smile and a bow.