What Crime?
Yellow Springs City.
This city was one of the cities in the Sky Great District beneath the Northern Divine Mountain. The Gao Family was the leader of the city.
Due to the fact that the pale yellow seawater of the Sea of Innocence flowed through the city every autumn and stagnated there for several months, the city was named the Yellow Springs.
It meant that yellow spring water flowed from the heavens.
But on this day, Yellow Spring City became the real Yellow Spring City.
Inside the city, the sky was covered in blood. The entire city was filled with corpses. There were armored soldiers among them, as well as innocent people in the city.
Blood dyed the waters of the Sea of Innocence red and flowed through the city.
Blood seeped out from the gap of the tightly shut city gate.
Yellow Springs City was as its name suggested.
A massive mansion sat in the center of the city. This was the Gao Family's residence. Tens of thousands of sky immortals and immortal kings surrounded the entire courtyard, leaving not even a drop of water trickling through.
Surrounded by these experts, there was a man in blood-red armor, soaked in blood. His eyes were bloodshot as he stared at everything around him. The blade in his hand had been bent, and the armor on his body was covered with cuts.
His immortal energy had dried up, and the pills in his bottle were all gone.
He looked at the corpses lying around him, clad in armor the same color as his own. He looked at his subordinates, who'd already bowed their heads to him. He looked at the dozens of trusted subordinates still fighting to the death.
He looked at the sky immortals and immortal kings in the sky.
He couldn't ascend to the heavens, nor could he descend to the earth.
He was talking about this moment.
Then he looked at the two men standing on divine swords. If it weren't for them, he wouldn't have lost so thoroughly. However, in the end, he cast a venomous gaze at the middle-aged man who was looking at him with a sinister glint in his eyes.
This was the head of the Gao Family, Gao Xiong. He was also the father of this despairing man.
"Gao Yunting, do you know your crimes?"
Gao Xiong stared at the rivers of blood in front of him, but his expression didn't change in the slightest. Under the protection of several sword-wielding Immortal Monarchs, he looked at the man who bore a slight resemblance to him with a pained expression.
Trapped like turtles in a jar, Gao Yunting and his trusted aides were still fighting back, but three fists were no match for four hands. One by one, they fell into pools of blood. In less than an hour, he'd gathered an army of hundreds of thousands of immortals. In the end, he was the only one left standing.
"Heh …"
He stabbed the sword in his hand into the ground to ensure that he wouldn't fall.
Gao Yunting narrowed his eyes, his gaze filled with ridicule as he looked at Gao Xiong, Gao Ruilong, and Cai Renfei.
He had been fooled.
However, he did not regret it. Perhaps Cai Renfei had lied to him, but to him, it was just an excuse to start a rebellion. As early as ten years ago, he had already wanted to rebel, but he did not have a suitable reason.
However, not long ago, the Gao Family's suspicions and Cai Renfei's provocation gave him this reason.
That very night, he gathered his forces and attacked Yellow Springs City with lightning speed, forcing Gao Xiong and the others into a passive position. However, he never would have guessed that the Xiao Family would send reinforcements.
Supremes were invincible in the Lower Lands. His defeat was understandable.
However, Gao Xiong had asked if he admitted to his crimes ….
"What crimes have I committed?" Gao Yunting wiped the blood from his face and roared, his eyes bloodshot. "You say I'm guilty? Then tell me what crimes I've committed!"
"You still dare quibble?"
Gao Ruilong narrowed his eyes. "The truth is right in front of you. What else do you have to say?"
"Shut up!"
Gao Yunting's thunderous roar shook Gao Ruilong so badly that he trembled. His lips quivered, but he didn't say anything.
"Gao Xiong, do you dare say that you had nothing to do with my current predicament?"
After rebuking Gao Ruilong, Gao Yunting laughed wantonly.
"Ever since I was a child, you always told me that I would be the future head of the Gao Family, that I would inherit your position and serve the Lightning Emperor's family on the Divine Mountains. Did you know that I didn't care about the Xiao Family at all? But I always remembered that I was the head of the family.
"I entered the Spirit Realm when I was nine and became an immortal at thirteen. I'm now an immortal king, but where's the position of family head you promised me? You doted on your new lover, and you doted on the son she gave birth to. Gradually, you stopped seeing me, and instead doted on your new lover's child. Back then, the confidants you trained for me all told me that the position of family head might change hands. I didn't believe them …. I firmly believed that I was the future family head.
"But you really let me down, let, really. You probably forgot the promise you made to a youth. You probably didn't know that your joke back then had become that youth's dream for decades. You ask me if I admit to my crimes, but in the end, you betrayed me. What crimes have I committed? "
The surrounding Gao Family clansmen were indifferent. The older generation knew that every word Gao Yunting said was the truth. There was no exaggeration or falsehood in his words.
More than a decade ago, they truly believed that Gao Yunting was the next family head.
However, after the family head took in a new wife and gave birth to a son, everything changed.
Quite a few people looked at Gao Yunting sympathetically. Gao Xiong, however, glanced at him indifferently, then pushed aside the immortal kings blocking his path. He looked at Gao Yunting coldly, then said, "Don't worry, Gao Yunting.
"So this is the answer you gave me, right?"
"You forced me to do this!" roared Gao Yunting.
Unexpectedly, when he saw Gao Yunting's bloodshot eyes, Gao Xiong smiled calmly.
"Did you know? I never blamed you for your rebellion. On the contrary, I supported it."
The onlookers were in an uproar. Gao Yunting frowned and looked at his father, his eyes filled with confusion. Then he heard his father say,
Then he said, "I nurtured trusted subordinates for you and Ruilong, all to give you a level playing field. You say I favored him, but did I ever give him more resources than you? "
Gao Yunting's heart trembled. If he thought about it carefully ….
He hadn't.
"I didn't pass on my position to you because I was hesitant between you and your brother. I wanted to see you display your strength, for example …. Rebel against me …. I fully support that. If you defeat me, then you defeat me. With you in charge, the family will only grow stronger and stronger. I'd be happy to see that happen. "
"But I'm disappointed in you."
Gao Xiong's expression instantly grew cold. He looked down at Gao Yunting and snorted.
"You had a few decades to consolidate your power, but in the end, this is what you gave me. The people who followed you will all die tragically. In the future, they will all carry the name of traitor. Their families and descendants will all bear this hat. This is all given to them by you. "
"Of course, that's nothing. Compared to me, you're still too immature. I don't blame you for losing. But your stupidity disappoints me! What's wrong with that? You speak with conviction, but do you think I'll condemn you for your betrayal? "
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