The meeting place was a restaurant.
After arriving, Zhen Yuan and Shen Xu were led to a private box on the third floor.
They found four people in the private box – Xiao Weimin, Zhu Huang, Bai Guo, and an unfamiliar female cultivator.
Seeing the two, Zhu Huang smiled and stood up.
"Sit please." He said, pointing at the seats across the table.
After the two sat, Zhu Huang also sat and began introductions.
"This beautiful lady is Shen Xu." He said, pointing at the double who was disguised as a female cultivator.
After Shen Xu nodded in greeting, Zhu Huang continued.
"This handsome man is Zhen Yuan." He said, and Zhen Yuan also nodded.
At the same time, Shen Xu narrowed his eyes and sent a voice transmission to Zhen Yuan.
[He recognised us right away.] He said.
[Mmh.] Zhen Yuan nodded with a thoughtful expression.
Shen Xu was disguised as a peak-stage spirit transformation realm female cultivator, and Zhen Yuan was disguised as a late-stage spirit transformation realm male cultivator.
However, Zhu Huang still managed to recognise them right away.
’His system is not a joke.’ Zhen Yuan thought.
"Fellow Daoist Zhu has such keen eyes. You can immediately recognise us even in these disguises?" Shen Xu said, his head tilted to the side.
Zhu Huang chuckled when he heard this.
"It’s just a little trick." He said and continued the introductions.
"You, of course, know your brother and fellow Daoist Xiao." He said, secretly observing Zhen Yuan and Shen Xu to see their reactions.
However, neither reacted!
Although they were surprised that Zhu Huang knew the relationship between Shen Xu and Bai Guo, they suppressed their shock and revealed an impassive expression.
Seeing no reaction, Zhu Huang smiled and continued.
"Daoist Shen, I would like to introduce you to senior Bai Qing. She is your clansman."
Shen Xu sighed when he heard this.
However, he still kept his expressionless face and nodded. ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʙʏ novel•fire.net
"It’s nice to meet you, Senior Bai." He said, and Bai Qing narrowed her eyes, looking at Shen Xu with a thoughtful expression.
"You already knew." A voice suddenly stated.
The voice belonged to Bai Guo.
After finding out about Shen Xu, Bai Guo didn’t know what to think.
On one hand, he was curious and wanted to know his brother, but on the other, he felt betrayed, angry, and a plethora of emotions he couldn’t put his finger on.
Bai Guo was born in the Bai clan in the Immortal Realm.
However, a famous divination master foretold a calamity in his future.
According to the master, his only chance to survive the calamity lay in the cultivation world.
That said, this chance was something he had to personally strive for without his immediate family’s involvement.
Because of this, his parents sent him to the Bai clan in the cultivation world.
After arriving, the Bai clan took care of him and were never stingy with resources.
In the end, he was allowed to practice in the clan’s forbidden area but accidentally got entangled in a space crack, leading to his forcible teleportation to the Canglan continent.
At first, Bai Guo didn’t know what his chance was.
However, after many years, he began believing Xiao Weimin was his big opportunity.
After all, Xiao Weimin was the child of luck.
If Zhu Huang hadn’t revealed the relationship between himself and Shen Xu, Bai Guo would still be sure that Xiao Weimin was his opportunity.
However, after knowing about Shen Xu, he began having second thoughts and didn’t know what was what.
"Fellow Daoist..., brother..., Shen Xu..." Bai Guo fumbled, unsure of how to address Shen Xu.
He lived in the immortal realm until he was thirteen.
During that time, he had seen the family tree and had been to many clan gatherings.
However, Shen Xu’s name was not on the family tree, and Bai Guo had never heard mention of a lost brother.
For these reasons, he didn’t know how to address or treat Shen Xu.
"First things first." Bai Qing said and suddenly waved her hand.
Simultaneously, Shen Xu felt a force coming towards him, and he subconsciously narrowed his eyes.
Fortunately, the force didn’t carry malicious intent, so Shen Xu suppressed his instinct and allowed the attack to cut his finger.
Soon after, two drops of blood flew from the cut and suspended above the table.
At the same time, a drop of blood flew from Bai Guo and another from Bai Qing.
[Xiaoxu...] Zhen Yuan started, but Shen Xu smiled and squeezed his lover’s hand.
[It’s fine.] He said.
He originally didn’t plan to recognise Bai Guo and the Bai family.
However, since the matter had come to this and the relationship could not be avoided, Shen Xu wanted to take the chance to investigate everything.
As everyone watched, Shen Xu’s and Bai Qing’s blood touched but didn’t mix.
On the other hand, Bai Guo’s and Shen Xu’s blood mixed by five points.
"Twins?" Bai Guo exclaimed in a shocked voice.
"Not just any twins." Bai Qing started with a solemn expression.
"Twins with the same mother but different fathers."
Zhu Huang, Xiao Weimin, and Bai Guo couldn’t help but be shocked when they heard this.
After all, what were the odds of twins having different fathers?
"This..., how is this possible?" Bai Guo muttered.
From what he could remember, his mother and father loved each other very much, and neither had other lovers.
Considering that, how could his mother have given birth to another man’s child?
Thinking of this, Bai Guo suddenly gasped and glared at Shen Xu.
"Your father..., did he force himself on my mother?" He questioned in an angry voice.
"Is that why my mother didn’t want you? Is that why you are not in the family tree?"
Shen Xu almost rolled his eyes when he heard this.
Rape was a possibility.
However, unless an evil cultivator used extraordinary methods to force a pregnancy, it was almost impossible for rape to result in a child.
After all, the bodies of female cultivators and doubles could instinctively dissolve unwanted pregnancies.
Most importantly, children born from rape were burdened with a cursed fate.
Without an equivalent blessing to counterattack the curse, this bad fate would follow them for life, and they wouldn’t be able to achieve much.
Considering Shen Xu’s achievements, it was clear he lived a blessed life and wasn’t a cursed child.