Chapter 1217: Chapter 1217: Old Stories from Years Ago
When the Jin Gang family troops suffered nearly one-third casualties, the earth-shattering news released by Wu Fan reached Shuo Yi’s ears, leaving him shocked and disoriented, unable to continue fighting.
Shuo Yi led the remaining Jin Gang family troops hurriedly out of the boundaries of Midair City, but as to where to go next, he stood at the edge of the desolate Sunset Desert, feeling utterly lost inside.
His father had expelled him from the Jin Gang family, so returning to Daye City seed impossible. Should he seek refuge with Tian Xiaozi in Crystal City? He feared that Tian Xiaozi had never truly trusted him, only using him as a weapon.
Moreover, he failed to capture Midair City as Tian Xiaozi had instructed, so even if he sought Tian Xiaozi’s help, Tian Xiaozi might ignore him.
Shuo Yi had long experienced Tian Xiaozi’s ruthlessness and cruelty, and now he finally tasted the bitter fruit of conspiring with a tiger.
But having taken this step, there was no turning back.
Clenching his teeth, Shuo Yi led the remaining troops toward Crystal City. Now, he could only go down this dark path to the end.
On the way to Crystal City, the soldiers in the army were already disheartened. They didn’t want war in the first place; Daye City and Midair City were neighbors, and possibly many of their friends and family were within Midair City.
Moreover, Wu Fan’s ssage stated that if they returned to Daye City within a month, all would be forgiven, but if they delayed over a month, they would beco true traitors like Shuo Yi and be hunted by every major family.
Thus, many started plotting, taking advantage of the night to secretly leave the army and return to Daye City.
But Shuo Yi soon discovered this, sothing he could not tolerate. These were the people he had carefully selected, his most loyal followers; how could they betray him now?
Anxious and angry, Shuo Yi executed hundreds of soldiers attempting to leave the army and return to Daye City, finally stopping this defection.
Pitiful were those soldiers who died tragically, not on the battlefield heroically, but aggrievedly at the hands of their loyal commander.
Yet brutality and slaughter could only work for a short ti; the hearts of disloyalty had long surged like hidden waves, only needing the east wind to stir up mighty waves.
Shuo Yu beca the leader of the Jin Gang family. Though he too was appointed in crisis, Shuo Yu was much more experienced than Xiao ng, and he had previously been involved in managing Daye City, being familiar with its asures and procedures.
After a thorough clearing by Shuo Yu, those with ambiguous attitudes were removed from positions and even imprisoned. He appointed those with steadfast character to important roles and dispatched trusted generals to take on the security of Daye City to prevent Shuo Yi from suddenly striking back.
Shuo Yi, as the forr clan leader, still had many loyal followers that needed to be carefully guarded against.
Compared to Shuo Yu’s directorship, Yu Sha faced much more difficulty in trying to save the Phantom Spirit family.
Yu Sha, a teacher at the Heavenly Magic God’s Castle, held high prestige, but she wasn’t a direct descendant of the Phantom Spirit family, and having left Flower Fragrance City for many years, she had no old forces there to support her strongly.
Lian Fu’s sister, Lian Li, was stationed in Flower Fragrance City, and she perceived Yu Sha’s reason for coming was to dissuade them from siding with Tian Xiaozi. She imdiately issued an eviction order to Yu Sha, telling her to leave Flower Fragrance City promptly or face consequences.
Yu Sha was utterly helpless. At that mont, she heard that the nearby Biyun City had been retaken by Ye You and the Muyin family, so she went to Biyun City to seek Ye You’s help.
"How do you want
to help you? Surely not by slaughtering everyone in Flower Fragrance City?" Ye You’s tone held a hint of sarcasm. Back at the Heavenly Magic God’s Castle, Yu Sha had been harsh on Qin Sisi, always fearing Qin Sisi would cause Ye You trouble, yet ironically, it was the Phantom Spirit family, Yu Sha’s own family, that ultimately caused a big problem for Ye You.
Yu Sha, her face filled with sha, knelt before Ye You, "The actions of the Phantom Spirit family are truly disgraceful to the Jiuxi Royal Family, unworthy of our ancestors. I will do my utmost to persuade them to cease their rebellious behavior. I hope His Highness will show rcy and spare the Phantom Spirit family a way out."
She knew well that once she formally broke with Ye You, should they et on the battlefield in the future, Ye You would definitely kill her without hesitation.
The Phantom Spirit family was her maternal clan; how could she bear to see it heading to its doom?
"Speak, what is it you want
to do?" Ye You’s expression beca serious. Yu Sha was still once his teacher, and he still held respect for her in his heart.
Yu Sha took a deep breath and recounted an old story from the Phantom Spirit family.
Back then, Lianfu Lianli’s mother passed away early, and their father raised the siblings to adulthood, never remarrying.
It wasn’t until Lianfu and Lian Li ca of age and began helping their father with Phantom Spirit family affairs that the pressure on the old clan leader slightly eased.
Perhaps he had been lonely for too long; the old clan leader ended up having an affair with a serving maid.
Secrets can’t be kept forever; Lian Fu and Lian Li discovered their father’s actions, feeling both angry and ashad. They believed it was highly inappropriate for their father, at such an age, to be involved with a young girl.
The siblings forced their father to send away the maid, and the old clan leader nearly wavered until the maid discovered she was pregnant.
This child was essentially the old clan leader’s offspring in his later years, and under the call of his own flesh and blood, the old clan leader firmly refused Lianfu and Lian Li’s demand, insisting on marrying the maid, enraging Lian Fu and Lian Li, and gradually alienating the family bonds between father and children.
After ten months of pregnancy, the maid gave birth to a daughter, and the old clan leader was overjoyed, naming the young girl Lian Yue.
Lian Yue was much younger than Lian Fu and Lian Li. Initially, the siblings didn’t care about such a younger sister’s birth; they never even looked at her as if she didn’t exist.
However, ten years later, little sister Lian Yue activated the Magic Source, showing amazing talent, even surpassing Lian Fu and Lian Li’s magical talents.
This made the old clan leader extrely happy, determined to nurture his young daughter.
Lian Fu and Lian Li began to feel anxious; if this little sister grew up with much stronger magic power, their status in the Phantom Spirit family would be threatened, and even the inheritance of the Lianfu clan leader position would beco unstable.
If this little sister beca the clan leader, where would the siblings find a place to belong?
They couldn’t let this happen. Ever since knowing about Lian Yue’s great magical talent, the siblings began to plot how to make Lian Yue disappear from the Phantom Spirit family.
But on the surface, they dared not act directly; to cover their true thoughts, they instead treated their father, Lian Yue, and Lian Yue’s mother warmly.
The old clan leader thought his eldest son and daughter had changed their temperant, feeling extrely gratified, joyfully imrsed in the false happiness of familial harmony.
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