Chen Yiran quickly stepped to Sang Yu’s side, taking out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat off her face.
"Yu’er, are you tired?" Seeing Sang Yu’s pale face, Chen Yiran asked with concern.
"Mother, I’m not tired," Sang Yu said, holding onto Chen Yiran’s hand. Then, turning to the Sang Family mbers, she sneered, "The Spiritual Beast has been tad. Second Madam Sang, isn’t it ti you kept your promise? Kneel and knock your head on the ground three tis to my mother, then chop off your head to serve as a stool for ."
"Mother, I’m not tired," Sang Yu repeated, gripping Chen Yiran’s hand. She then turned to the Sang family mbers with a cold laugh, "I’ve tad the Spiritual Beast. Second Madam Sang, isn’t it ti for you to keep your oath? Kneel down and knock your head three tis to my mother, then cut off your head and turn it into a stool for ."
"Sang Yu!" Sang Yu shouted, "How dare you!"
"Why wouldn’t I dare? Your mother made an oath, after all."
Sang Yu’s mother’s face turned even more pale, and if it weren’t for the support of Sang Yu, she wouldn’t have been able to stand.
"Father, you can’t let her do this," Sang Yu yelled at Sang Yijun. At this mont, she couldn’t care less about wondering how Sang Yu, a Sword Master, could still be alive; all she could think about was not allowing her mother to kowtow to that lowly woman’s mother. It had always been them bullying those lowly creatures, Sang Yu and her mother. If her mother did such a thing, how could she ever hold her head up high in the Sang Family again?
At this mont, she thought not of her own mother’s life but that her mother’s kowtowing would bring sha to herself. If her mother knew what she was thinking right now, who knew what she would feel. But what she didn’t know was that seeing her own daughter so frantic and anxious for her, amidst the fear, was also comforting.
"Yu’er..."
"What’s the matter, Second Master Sang? Are you not afraid of the punishnt of the rules of heaven and earth?" Sang Yu said with a sneer.
"My lord, I..." Sang Yu’s mother looked at Sang Yijun, frightened.
"Second Madam Sang, make it quick," Sang Yu said, supporting Chen Yiran beside Dugu Qianye.
"I, I, my lord, I cannot kneel to this lowlife. My lord, save ," Sang Yu’s mother implored, grasping Sang Yijun’s sleeve.
"Lowlife?" Sang Yu’s expression turned colder, "I had thought that if you were willing to humbly apologize to my mother, I would let your head stay on your neck for a few more years. Since you are not keen on living, then off to hell with you!"
Just as Sang Yu finished her words, the sky suddenly darkened, and a massive black hole appeared behind Sang Yu’s mother. So dark that people couldn’t see clearly what was inside, but they could vaguely make out scorched earth and fiercely ugly monsters. Even through the blurred images, it was suffocating. For everyone there, it was their first ti seeing hell, and many were frightened pale, with the more fearful ones collapsing to the ground.
A force pulled the Second Madam Sang towards the black hole, while everyone else felt nothing.
"My lord, Yu’er. I don’t want to go to hell, I am willing to kneel, willing to kneel, ah!"
Sang Yu’s mother scread, trying to resist, but in the end, she was sucked into the black hole. After swallowing Sang Yu’s mother, the black hole slowly disappeared.
"It’s, it’s gone."
"How, how terrifying."
"So hell really does exist, better think twice before making an oath from now on!"
Dugu Qianye stood up and said to Sang Yu and Chen Yiran, "Let’s go back."
The City Lord bowed respectfully and said, "If Marquis Dingguo doesn’t mind, please co to the City Lord’s Mansion."
"Then I shall impose no further," Dugu Qianye said, preparing to leave with the City Lord.
"Stop right there!"
The departing footsteps halted at the sound, and all turned to see Master Niu leering at Sang Yu and her daughter.
"These two have already been sold to . They are my people, and you cannot take them away."
"The Sang Family accepted your elixir, you should take it up with them. What does it have to do with us?" Sang Yu retorted.
"But I bought you."
"But it wasn’t us who took the elixir, so it has nothing to do with us. Besides, is it just a matter of trading elixirs? How about I give you 20 sixth-grade elixirs to buy you for my boss?" After saying this, Sang Yu actually produced a jade bottle containing 20 sixth-grade elixirs.
"Sixth-grade elixirs?" The Sang Family mbers instantly regretted their decision, likely turning purple with remorse. To think they’d sold off soone who could casually produce Spiritual Artifacts and top-grade elixirs. Sang Yidi glared at Sang Yijun—Sang Yu was his daughter, he must know sothing, yet he failed to inform the family, resulting in the loss of such a potential asset for the clan. It was truly detestable.
"Yu, I’m hungry," Dugu Qianye interjected suddenly, catching everyone off guard. She hadn’t ntioned it sooner, but now everyone actually felt a bit hungry. They had all skipped lunch to watch Sang Yu’s beast taming.
"If you’re wise, take this bottle of elixirs and leave! Or else..." Dugu Qianye glared at Master Niu. Interruptions in her al were particularly annoying.
Frightened by Dugu Qianye’s icy stare, Master Niu stuttered, "What... what do you want to do? I’ll have you know, I co from a background."
Upon ntioning his background, Master Niu suddenly rembered his own stature. How was he intimidated by such a young whelp? Even if he was the marquis who stabilized the nation, how could he compare to himself?
"Oh? What background is that, tell your young master all about it."
"What does it matter to you if you are the marquis? I’m none other than Niu Yan’s elder brother!" Perhaps emboldened by thoughts of his brother, Master Niu suddenly started swaggering.
"Niu Yan? Never heard of him," Dugu Qianye pondered for a mont, truly unaware of the person.
"Hmph, I’ll have you know, I’m a fifth-grade Alchemist, and my brother is the second only to the Saint Heir in the Divine Temple, the third among the young generation! He’s the top Disciple of Rain Hall!"
Soone from the Divine Temple? And an Alchemist too. Hmm, fifth-grade, not bad at all.
However—
"Rain Hall? No idea," Dugu Qianye shook her head, "Xiaojiu."
"Got it." Responding to the call, Xiaojiu sprang into action, leaping in front of Master Niu. With a sweep of a front leg, Master Niu was spectacularly sent flying. As for where he landed, nobody cared. Xiaojiu then turned and leapt back into Dugu Qianye’s arms.
"Family Head Sang, since Aunt Chen has been divorced by Second Master Sang and Yu was sold by your family for twenty fifth-grade elixirs, you no longer have any ties with them. We shall not et again." Having said that, Dugu Qianye, accompanied by Sang Yu and her mother, boarded her beast-drawn carriage.
The City Lord also got into his carriage, escorting Dugu Qianye back to the City Lord’s Mansion with his guards.
After they left, a guard approached Sang Yidi and reported, "Family Head Sang, the City Lord has a ssage for you: The marquis is the champion of the individual competition in the four major empires contest, and also the ninth young master of the Mo Family, one of the four great families of the Imperial Capital. Miss Sang Yu is the team competition champion. They are both off to the Divine Temple next month. I hope you understand the implications. Farewell."
After the guard departed, the Sang Family mbers were left speechless and choked with emotion. Your Beast Tar heritage might be noteworthy, but can you compete with the first family? Can you oppose the Mors Empire? Can you challenge the Divine Temple?
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