The eldest daughter of the Xiao family
A solemn atmosphere pervaded the great hall. Xiao Yan stared at the two below, his brows deeply furrowed.
Xiao Ting's recent behavior left him with no choice but to pay attention. In the past, his father might've been a bit irritable, but he'd never been like this, losing his temper without rhyme or reason.
More importantly, he had stopped dealing with the family's affairs.
"Why aren't you saying anything?"
The two people in the hall didn't speak for a long time. Xiao Yan furrowed his brows and looked at them, then asked in an extremely deep voice.
"Don't tell me you don't know. You've always been by my side."
Gulp.
The two people in the hall couldn't help but swallow their saliva. This kind of heavy atmosphere really made them tremble with fear. They were just hangers-on recruited by the Xiao Family. They couldn't be considered as collateral relatives of the Xiao Family.
"Jun Shang, we don't …"
The diner timidly tried to speak, but Xiao Yan's expression instantly darkened.
"This Sovereign will let you speak!"
A faint coercion was exerted on the diners, and a trickle of sweat uncontrollably flowed down from the top of their heads. Right now, they were really in a dilemma.
On one side was the Old Lord, and on the other side was the current Lord.
As his thoughts spun, the slightly thinner man among the customers spoke.
"Jun Shang, we don't know much about the person who is close to Old Jun Shang. However, half a month ago, this person suddenly appeared and gave the Old Supreme Lord a bag of fragrant tea. After that, she disappeared. After that, as long as Laojun's fragrant tea is almost drunk, she will appear. "
"Oh?"
Xiao Yan locked the door and muttered to himself, but his heart was at a loss.
To be honest, the series of actions just now was all an act. In fact, he had never valued power, nor did he have the temperament to deal with it.
However, the throne had been passed down to him, so he had no choice but to put on an act.
"Don't you know who she is? Then why did you let her get close to Father? "
As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Yan's expression darkened, and his tone turned especially cold.
"Ben Jun recruited all of you to take care of Father, but you allowed an unknown stranger to recklessly approach Father. What are your intentions? Men, drag them into the lightning pool and let them suffer the pain of the forty-nine bolts of heavenly lightning. "
Plop.
The diners in the hall knelt on the ground.
They were only the most ordinary cultivators, and they did not have the fortune of God Bestowal. He'd been stuck at the sky supreme stage for over a thousand years. He might be a hero in the outside world, but he was nothing in the Xiao Family.
He lived in the Xiao Family as if he was treading on thin ice, just to find an opportunity to break through.
Now, Xiao Yan wanted them to endure the pain of heavenly lightning devouring their hearts. Given their temperaments and cultivations, there was no way they could endure it.
"My lord has been wronged!" The diner knelt on the ground and shouted with red eyes, "It's the Old Lord. He doesn't want us to get involved in this matter. We have to obey the Old Lord's order.
"My lord, please investigate."
Xiao Yan couldn't help but be moved by the sight of the two kneeling on the ground and sobbing.
"Is this the wrong way to deal with it?"
To tell the truth, he was quite a soft-hearted person. Given his temperament, if it weren't for the fact that the Xiao Family had no heirs, he would never have succeeded to the throne.
"No matter what the Old Lord said, why didn't you stop them the first time they met? Could it be that the Old Lord already had a good impression of her as soon as they met? At the end of the day, it's all your fault. Can you not admit this? "
A particularly deep voice suddenly rang out from outside the hall. Xiao Yan furrowed his brows and looked towards the hall.
"Who dares in front of me …."
Halfway through his sentence, Xiao Yan shut his mouth and scrambled to his feet. His eyes widened and he didn't know what to say.
"Little brother, I never would have guessed you'd become the Old Lord."
Her words were clearly ethereal and ethereal. Xiao Yan's eyes flashed, then he saw a plainly dressed woman standing at the door appear in front of him.
A familiar face and a familiar tone.
"Sister."
Xiao Yan's face instantly lit up with a smile of pleasant surprise. Just as he was about to give her a hug, he abruptly stopped, took a step back, and rebuked her with hostility.
"Who are you? How dare you pretend to be a member of my family?"
"Don't force yourself. Given your temperament, it must be tiring for you to be the head of the family." The woman sighed and shook her head, then her gaze fell on the customers inside the hall.
The customers were shocked. They'd never heard of the Xiao Family having a young lady.
However, they didn't dare look at her face. All they could do was lower their heads and kneel, trembling.
"You say you've been wronged, but the way I see it, it's not. In the end, it was you who let that person get close to the Old Lord of Heaven. You said that the Old Lord of Heaven didn't let you do anything, but let me ask you here, could it be that the Old Lord of Heaven was very close to that person when they first met? "
The customers said nothing.
"Of course not. You neglected your duties and allowed that ill-intentioned person to approach the Old Lord. That's why all this happened. However, Xiao Yan's punishment is indeed a bit heavy. Given your temperaments and strength, there's no way you could've withstood forty-nine bolts of tribulation lightning. However, you've committed a crime and have no choice but to be punished. Go receive twenty-seven bolts of heavenly lightning yourselves and face the wall for three hundred years. Who knows, this might be an opportunity for you to break through. You've been a sky supreme for many years, haven't you? "
They'd thought they were dead for sure, but they never would've guessed they'd have a chance to turn things around. Especially when this woman said it might be an opportunity for them to break through.
They were more than willing to accept their punishment, but it all depended on ….
"Alright, go."
Xiao Yan waved at them. The customers kowtowed a few more times, then excitedly rushed off to receive their punishment.
"Little brother, as the head of the family, you have to learn to weigh the pros and cons. You can't just blindly exert pressure. Lightning bolts and rain are all gifts from the Old Lord. You need to learn to use them flexibly. "
"Big Sister."
By now, Xiao Yan was absolutely certain that this woman was the sister he hadn't seen in tens of thousands of years. He reached out and hugged her. She frowned and instinctively wanted to push him away, but after thinking it over, she didn't.
After a while, Xiao Yan released her, grabbed her wrist, and shouted excitedly, "Big Sister, hurry up and come with me to see Father.
"Big Sister, hurry up and follow me to see Father. He will definitely be very happy to see you. If we agree, I'll pass the throne to you too. "
"Little Brother." At this moment, the woman pried his hand away and shook her head at him. "You should be the monarch. I came back this time to retrieve something. As for the rest … forget it."
"Big Sister …."
"Enough, I have to go. Also, you can't tell Xiao Ting that I'm back. Got it?"
"Big Sister, do you still hate Father?"
Just as she was about to leave, the woman trembled. She stared ahead with a complicated expression.
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
