“I’ll take a look,” Jiang Jingjing peered closely, “It says Sang Ning!”
“That name sounds so familiar.”
“Wait!”
“Sang Ning!”
“Little Ning!”
“This!”
Jiang Jingjing stood up, completely dumbfounded.
Jiang Jingjing’s lips trembled, “Se… Senior Sister… that, Little Ning… is Little Ning…”
Mo Yu’s words also stuttered a bit, “It seems… it seems just like…”
So, the person they had helped today was…
Two Martial Ancestors from Tianyan Immortal Sect!
If nothing unexpected happened, these two were people they probably wouldn’t have contact with in their entire lives.
Now, not only had they made contact, but that Senior Sang had even invited them to team up together?
“Se… Senior Sister… I kept calling her Little Ning, why didn’t you stop me?” Jiang Jingjing asked nervously.
“I didn’t know either…” Mo Yu replied.
“Then what do we do tomorrow? How do we face them?” Jiang Jingjing was on the verge of tears.
“Let’s draw more Spiritual Talismans…” Mo Yu said.
“Mm-hmm!” Jiang Jingjing stopped slacking off too, properly placed her Spirit Hand Token, and began to draw diligently.
That night, no one in the three compartments slept.
Mo Yu and Jiang Jingjing furiously drew talismans.
Xue Jue rubbed two kinds of Spirit Wood vigorously to craft a Spirit Artifact.
Sang Ning grabbed Feng Xian Yue’s back and cursed angrily, “Senior Sister! I don’t want to be covered in sweat all over!”
“I’ll clean you up,” Feng Xian Yue responded to Sang Ning.
“Your flesh is too hard! Scratching it hurts my nails! Kneel down and apologize to me!” Sang Ning yelled randomly.
“Okay.” Feng Xian Yue agreed without hesitation.
Of course, besides them, there were others who couldn’t sleep.
Qin Clan:
“Unjust, Elder! Our Qin Clan truly had no intention of disrespecting Senior Sang and Senior Feng!” The Qin Family Head cried out his innocence directly.
Forget that these two were at the Martial Ancestor level—even if they were just Inner Sect disciples of Tianyan Immortal Sect, the Qin Clan wouldn’t dare show them any disrespect.
That Qin Yao was from a Qin Clan collateral branch. Lingyun State was so vast, with collateral branches scattered everywhere. How could the Qin Clan direct line possibly know everything they did?
This was truly unjust.
“So you’re saying that if the people involved today hadn’t been Martial Ancestors from our Tianyan Immortal Sect, it would’ve been fine to bully them at will?” The elder dispatched by Tianyan Immortal Sect was He Jing, one of the five Tower Guard Elders of Tianwai Tower.
This was no ordinary Inner Sect elder; his status was comparable to a Peak Master.
He Jing, clad in pure white Spirit Robes, looked ethereal as he gazed coldly at the Qin Family Head and spoke.
“No, no! Absolutely not!” The Qin Family Head hurriedly explained, “Elder He, you know this—our Qin Clan main house is not far from Tianyan Immortal Sect. Us Qin clansmen have never done anything so heaven-defying or casually insulted others!”
“Elder He, we truly didn’t know this time. Once our Qin Clan learned of it, we immediately sent people to handle it over there. There will be results tomorrow, and we’ll certainly give a satisfactory answer to the two seniors.”
“Our Qin Clan will also thoroughly purge the family’s black sheep with full force, ensuring such things never happen again!”
The Qin Family Head’s attitude was extremely good, and the solutions offered were very reasonable.
He Jing snorted coldly, “Qin Family Head, handle it properly. In seven years, Lingyun State will still need to select cultivators for the Inter-State Grand Competition. We wouldn’t want the Nie Clan to have participants while the Qin Clan has none.”
“Yes, yes! Certainly!” The Qin Family Head was drenched in sweat and knew the matter had passed for today.
The Qin Family Head personally escorted He Jing to the guest room to rest before continuing to handle the follow-up matters.
“Father, how did it go?” Back in the room, the Qin Family Head’s son stood up with his grandchildren.
“Grandfather, how was it?” The group of grandchildren also asked.
Their faces were full of anxiety.
The Qin Family Head’s face was ashen, eyes gleaming with piercing chill, “Tianyan Immortal Sect didn’t hold too much blame.”
“But our Qin Clan must conduct a major purge this time.”
“Those collateral branches enjoy our Qin Clan’s resources yet use the Qin name to bully and domineer? Then they shouldn’t bear the Qin surname anymore.”
“Then Father, what should we do?” The Qin Family Head’s son asked.
“Tch.” The Qin Family Head looked at this foolish son who obeyed everything and tsked impatiently, then turned to his eldest grandson: “Youming, you speak.”
“Too much wood breeds worms, and one day it will all rot. Better to steel our hearts and scrape the bone to remove the rot!” Eldest grandson Qin Youming said.
The Qin Family Head’s son looked baffled, “Son, what bugs and wood? What’s he saying?”
The Qin Family Head rolled his eyes at his foolish son’s words and nodded toward Qin Youming.
With Grandfather’s permission, eldest grandson Qin Youming spoke plainly,
“The Qin Clan doesn’t need so many useless worms. Grandfather, Father, we’re already capable of standing on our own. Just send us out to all parts of Lingyun State.”
The Qin Family Head nodded in satisfaction, “Good.”
It was time to reclaim the rights from the Qin Clan collateral branches.
The Qin Family Head’s son finally understood—the Qin Family Head meant to send all the children out to take control of the Qin Clan’s forces across Lingyun State.
“Father, this won’t do. The children are still young. Those collateral branches are local snakes—even a dragon can’t suppress them! If anything happens to the children, their mother will be heartbroken!”
The Qin Family Head rolled his eyes again, not wanting to say a word to this son.
Seeing the Qin Family Head silent, the son tearfully looked at his own children, “Youming, Youde, Youyu, Youyou, it’s very dangerous outside…”
Eldest grandson Qin Youming remained mild and respectful: “Father, don’t worry. We’ve grown up now.”
Second grandson: “Father, what dragon can’t suppress local snakes? A dragon is a dragon! We must take back what belongs to us!”
Third grandson: “Father, if you and Mother have nothing better to do, try harder and have a couple more. Otherwise, we don’t have enough manpower.”
Qin Family Head: “Right, though you’re not much, the children you’ve fathered are all excellent. It must be because your wife is outstanding.”
Qin Family Head’s son: “? Father, am I not excellent?”
The Qin Family Head looked away.
The Qin Family Head’s son looked at his three sons, and the three sons also looked away.
The Qin Family Head’s son’s pupils shook. Seeing his words were useless, he turned to his only daughter Qin Youyou, “Youyou, you stay home and keep us company. Girls shouldn’t go out.”
As soon as these words came out, before the three grandsons could object, the Qin Family Head slapped his son’s head, “Idiot! What’s wrong with girls? My granddaughter Youyou is the most outstanding!”
“You useless thing, your wife following you is truly wasting her great talent!”
“Youming, go ask your mother if she’s willing to divorce and change her surname. From then on, she’ll be my own daughter.”
Qin Youming: “Yes, Grandfather.”
Qin Family Head’s son: “! Don’t!” His wife was his sky! Don’t take his sky away!
The Qin Family Head’s foolish son was kicked out by the Qin Family Head.
“Hey hey! Don’t kick me out! Father! Sons! Daughter! Don’t let my wife divorce me! Waa waa waa…”
