NOVEL WEB Chapter 5742 Lei Family Branch
Chapter 5742 Lei Family Branch
Long Zhantian’s voice quivered, and his eyes reddened. He had finally found news of his wife.
The thought of her risking her life to traverse worlds just to find them felt like a dagger twisting in his heart. That kind of journey was far too dangerous.
If she had seen the Martial Heaven Continent vanish, it could only mean she had looked for it after its destruction. She must have believed that both of them were dead. Just how much pain and despair had she suffered in that moment?
“Father-in-law, please tell me where she is,” begged Long Zhantian.
His voice trembled with urgency, his eyes misting over. Long Zhantian wanted nothing more than to find his wife—no, he needed to find her. The moment he did, he would tell her that their son was not only alive but thriving.
Patting Long Zhantian’s shoulder, Luo Zichuan said, “I don’t know her exact location. But don’t worry, we have a way to find her.”
Hearing that, Long Zhantian was overjoyed, but a frown quickly formed on his face. “Father-in-law, if you don’t know where she is, then how do you know all this?”
Luo Zichuan said, “Ah, that. It’s all thanks to the Bi family.”
The Bi family possessed a mysterious treasure—the Heavenly Dao Compass. This artifact was originally meant to belong to the entire violet blood race, but because the Bi family alone had mastered the method of controlling it, it ended up becoming their personal treasure.
The Heavenly Dao Compass had the power to divine fate itself. With a drop of a person’s essence blood and the Bi family’s secret art, it could reveal their past and future, and even determine whether they were friend or foe.
In truth, this Heavenly Dao Compass was wasted in the violet blood race’s hands. Everyone here belonged to the same race, so there were no enemies to uncover. Furthermore, because they resided in a minor world, the compass was useless. It could only function properly when calculating the Heavenly Dao energy of a major world.
When Luo Zichuan first arrived, tensions immediately flared between the Luo and Bi families. Distrusting the newcomers, the Bi family secretly captured Luo Changwu[1] and used his essence blood to probe into Luo Zichuan’s past.
Through the Heavenly Dao Compass, they saw that this branch of the Luo family had no problems. But when Luo Zichuan learned what had happened, he was enraged.
This was outright bullying. They had been suspected and tested in such a disgraceful manner.
The entire Luo family also erupted in fury, demanding justice. However, the Bi family refused to admit wrongdoing, claiming it was all for the good of the violet blood race.
The two families were already at odds, and this incident nearly escalated into a full-scale battle.
Yet, the most infuriating part came when the Bi family claimed that there weren’t many images of Luo Zichuan in Luo Changwu’s Dao fragments, so they demanded Luo Zichuan to undergo the same testing.
Their excuse was that they simply wanted to verify his origins and intentions, but everyone could see through their ploy. They hoped to unearth some dark secret in Luo Zichuan’s past.
The Heavenly Dao Compass’s abilities were terrifyingly accurate, but unfortunately for them, Luo Changwu was too righteous of a person. They had found nothing. And now, they wanted to try again with Luo Zichuan? They were clearly trying to cause trouble.
Even the race leader felt that the Bi family was going too far. But to everyone’s shock, Luo Zichuan agreed. Before their startled gazes, he calmly placed a drop of his essence blood onto the Heavenly Dao Compass.
Sensing a golden opportunity, the Bi family mobilized eight of their strongest experts to activate the compass.
Then, something unexpected happened.
The Heavenly Dao Compass produced images of Luo Ningshuang. Luo Zichuan had only wanted to test whether the compass truly worked, but the results exceeded all expectations.
The images he saw that day were incomplete, flickering like shattered memories. Some were extremely fragmentary, but the final scene was of Luo Ningshuang wearing a violet-gold crown and holding a violet-gold scepter—the symbols of the violet blood race’s leadership. Behind her, countless experts of the violet blood race joined forces in an effort to gaze into the lower plane.
When she saw the ruins of the Martial Heaven Continent, it was as if her soul had been ripped away. She collapsed on the spot.
Luo Zichuan clenched his fists as he recalled that moment. He could only imagine the devastation she felt.
Before the vision could reveal anything more, the eight Bi family experts spat out blood.
They had long since noticed something was off and tried to shut it down, but the Heavenly Dao Compass had gone out of control. It refused to let them shut it down, greedily extracting their energy until the final image faded. The eight experts were left half-drained and on the verge of collapse.
The Bi family furiously cursed Luo Zichuan for being shameless, accusing him of not using his own essence blood. However, Luo Zichuan said that it was his essence blood, and if they had persevered a bit longer, they would have seen his images.
In truth, Luo Zichuan had indeed used Luo Ningshuang’s essence blood.
Luo Zichuan then offered the Bi family another chance.
He still had one more drop of essence blood that belonged to Luo Ningshuang. These two drops of blood had been carefully preserved from her life jade plates.
Luo Zichuan desperately wanted to know what had happened. He knew that Luo Ningshuang believed her son and husband were dead. He feared that, in her despair, she might do something reckless.
However, the Bi family refused.
They cursed Luo Zichuan, saying that the Heavenly Dao Compass had expended too much energy and would need three to five years to recover. Furthermore, after that strange scene, none of them dared to take the risk. They feared that, this time, they really would be sucked dry.
Looking at Long Zhantian, Luo Zichuan said, “Although I didn’t see her exact whereabouts, I asked the race leader about it. He said that the people around her belonged to the Lei family branch of the violet blood race.”
“The Lei family branch?” Long Zhantian’s eyes flickered.
Luo Zichuan took out a jade tablet and handed it to him. “This was given to me by the race leader. It is a tablet of the Lei family branch. I originally planned to search for her myself, but now I see that you are most suited for this task.”
Long Zhantian carefully accepted the jade tablet. A violet lightning mark pulsed upon its surface, radiating an ancient aura.
“Although countless years have passed, it has been continuously nourished in a divine pool, preserving its spirituality,” Luo Zichuan continued. “However, the nine heavens are vast. Finding them will not be easy.”
Long Zhantian’s grip tightened. “Father-in-law, don’t worry. Leave this matter to me.”
A single clue—no matter how small—was enough to give him hope.
Luo Zichuan sighed in relief. “Then I entrust this to you. If you find Ningshuang, tell her… tell her that I was wrong. When we meet again, I will apologize to her.”
“Father-in-law, this was never your fault.” Long Zhantian bowed deeply. “Your son-in-law will take his leave now.”
Luo Zichuan nodded, knowing there was no time to waste. He said, “The road ahead will be dangerous. Above all, be careful. Are you not going to say goodbye to Long Chen?”
Long Zhantian glanced at Long Chen and smiled faintly. “No need. My son understands me.”
He then bowed toward Luo Zichuan before vanishing.
Luo Zichuan stood in silence for a long time before finally sighing. Back then, he had cursed this son-in-law of his to death.
Looking back now, he couldn’t help but think—
Sometimes, he was also incurably foolish.