"Brother, listen to me," Yan Ruyu said.
Before he could finish, Feng Zhan reached out his hand to stop him.
"You don't need to say anything. I understand everything, Buran. I've been wondering why you've become so cold lately, and even your smiles lack the warmth they used to have. It's my narrow - mindedness. You've been through so much, and it's already very difficult for you to face everything so calmly."
"Brother," Yan Ruyu called out.
Feng Zhan quickly said, "Buran, at this point, don't be so stubborn. I know what losing your legs means to you. No wonder you felt ashamed to show yourself and have been hiding in this cave all day."
"No, brother—"
"Don't worry. We, the Feng family, are extremely protective. Tell me who crippled your legs. I'll go and settle the score with them. I'll definitely cut off their legs for you."
Yan Ruyu gave a gentle smile.
Actually, he could more or less guess how his legs were crippled.
"Buran, although it's painful to reopen old wounds, don't be afraid. Now that I'm here, I'll take on everything for you."
"Thank you, brother, but—"
"I know, I know everything. Are you worried about me taking risks? It's okay, Buran. Although I don't have spiritual power or mental strength now, they can't hurt me, but I can hurt them. You don't need to worry about me. I—"
"Okay!" Yan Ruyu said.
Feng Zhan was startled by Yan Ruyu's sudden words. Then he turned to look at him and asked, "Buran, what do you mean by 'okay'?"
"Brother, the idea of you avenging me is excellent!"
Feng Zhan looked at Yan Ruyu's expression and felt something was off. Then he asked, "Are you serious?"
"Yes."
"Then tell me."
Yan Ruyu poured a glass of wine for Feng Zhan and then said, "Brother, do you know when I got injured?"
"When?"
"When the Ghost Domain was sealed."
"So it was the Ghost Domain that hurt you."
"You can say so, but not exactly."
Feng Zhan was a bit confused and quickly asked, "Buran, what do you mean? Stop beating around the bush and just tell me."
Yan Ruyu asked, "Brother, when I was sealing the Ghost Domain, I found that I couldn't draw on the power of the Red Lotus. At that time, the Red Lotus was being controlled by a familiar force. That's why I was at a disadvantage and got my legs injured."
Feng Zhan vaguely felt that this situation was familiar.
However, he never suspected himself.
"You mean that because that person controlled the Karma Fire Red Lotus at a critical moment, you couldn't draw on its power and got your legs injured. In the end, it was the person who controlled the Red Lotus that hurt you?"
Yan Ruyu nodded and looked at Feng Zhan with a faint smile.
Feng Zhan said, "In this world, besides a few children of our Feng family, is there anyone else who can control the Karma Fire Red Lotus?"
Yan Ruyu shook his head.
"Oh, there's another possibility. Maybe you voluntarily gave the Red Lotus to that person. The Red Lotus recognizes its master. If it's not used by the master, one must know the incantation to activate it. Buran, were you taken advantage of?"
Yan Ruyu smiled.
"I did give the Red Lotus to that person, but that person wasn't very skilled in using it. So, it wasn't her who hurt me. The one who hurt me is someone else."
Feng Zhan lowered his head and thought, "Who is that person?"
"Doesn't brother know?"
"Buran, what nonsense are you talking about? If I knew who hurt your legs, I'd go and cut off their legs right now. Anyone who dares to hurt my brother Feng Zhan's younger brother should be prepared for the consequences."
Yan Ruyu smiled and said, "I heard that brother went to the Ghost Domain a few days ago?"
"Yes, didn't I just tell you? Wait—when I came out of the Ghost Domain, it wasn't sealed yet. It was sealed after you arrived. That means you lost the feeling in your legs because someone hurt you just a few days ago?"
Yan Ruyu nodded.
"Then when did you seal the Ghost Domain?"
"Half a month ago."
Half a month?
Half a month!
Feng Zhan looked at Yan Ruyu in disbelief, and his lips trembled uncontrollably.
"It seems that brother already knows who hurt me. Please, brother, make the decision for me."
Feng Zhan did know.
The person who made Feng Buran like this was himself.
Half a month ago, in order to resist the flood attack of the Candle Dragon and the Flying Snake, he used the Red Lotus under Zhao Shuning's body to repel them. The time was exactly half a month ago.
"Buran—you—"
"Does brother have something to say?"
"I I I—"
"Why is brother stuttering?"
"Something's wrong! I used Zhao Shuning's Red Lotus. Did you give the Red Lotus to that little girl Zhao Shuning?"
Yan Ruyu nodded.
Feng Zhan instantly got angry.
"Buran, are you crazy? That's something to protect your life. How could you give it to that little girl? That's the Karma Fire Red Lotus that you've spent hundreds of years cultivating to fully recognize you as its master."
"I know, but that little girl's power is limited. I didn't know that brother would show up later and make the Red Lotus's power reach its maximum, which made me unable to draw on its power at all."
Feng Zhan's imposing manner instantly withered at that moment.
"That—uh—I didn't know. I—"
"Brother, do you still want to avenge me?"
Yan Ruyu smiled, took out a dagger from his sleeve, and then said with a smile, "Brother, you can start now."
Feng Zhan gently pushed the dagger back.
Yan Ruyu handed the dagger to Feng Zhan again.
After pushing it back and forth, the dagger fell on the table with a thud.
"Buran, we're flesh - and - blood relatives."
"I know, so if brother does it himself, with a quick stroke of the knife, you won't feel much pain."
"No no no—we're father's and mother's children. If I'm also paralyzed, then—"
"It's okay. There's still Xiaojin."
Feng Zhan murmured, "I'm your older brother."
"I know."
Feng Zhan turned his face and thought seriously.
Suddenly, he looked at Yan Ruyu.
Then he said, "Why did you give the Red Lotus to that girl?"
Yan Ruyu smiled and said, "I'm in love with her."
Feng Zhan was shocked. He didn't know why his usually serious younger brother could so easily say that he was in love with that little girl Zhao Shuning.
That girl was only nine years old.
"Buran, she?"
"I know she's still young. I'll wait for her to grow up."
Feng Zhan swallowed hard.
So, the little girl he had been bullying was actually his future sister - in - law?
If mother knew that he had bullied Buran's future wife like this, would she grab his ear and punish him to kneel for three days and three nights?
"That girl said that the Red Lotus belongs to her master, Yan Ruyu, not you. Look, I almost got deceived by you."
"I am Yan Ruyu."