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“I also just found out that they were the missing escaped slaves from a branch of my Yu Family.” Yu Haiheng gazed at Si Yu who stood behind Shen Ying, his eyes filled with malice. “She and the girl called Yu Hong are former human cauldrons who belonged to Perfected Nascent Soul Zhen Xiang, a branch member of the Yu Family.”
Human cauldron!
Everyone was shocked as they turned to look over at Si Yu.
“Perfected One Zhen Xiang suddenly died a year ago, but his body was nowhere to be found.” Yu Haiheng continued, “Following his death, the nine human cauldrons that were under him also vanished. According to the person who last saw Zhen Xiang, he did not return from chasing the traitor who stole his Dharma artifact. He was without a doubt harmed by those nine human cauldrons, so as the patriarch of the family, of course I have to help my people seek justice.”
“It’s obvious that Zhen Xiang colluded with Fiendish Cultivators and tried to silence us,” Si Yu rebutted loudly.
“In that case, you admit that you are an escaped slave of the Yu Family?” Yu Haiheng sneered.
“You…”
He then turned to look straight at Shen Ying and said sarcastically, “What a coincidence it is. Nine human cauldrons escaped from our Yu Family, and your Invincible Sect came to the recent competition with nine disciples. Now look, Sect Master… don’t you think that you should give my Yu Family an explanation?”
Shen Ying’s eyes turned cold and her expression grew solemn.
“Patriarch Yu, do not spout nonsense!” The more Xuan Yuanyu heard, the more he trembled. He quickly stepped forward and rushed up before a certain someone who was seeking death, shouting, “You said that the nine who escaped from the Yu Family were human cauldrons, but look at Si Yu. She is the strongest Golden Core cultivator. Everyone knows the talents of human cauldrons, so how could she have won the competition if that were true? You must have made a mistake!”
“Yes, yes!” Yin Yuanfei seemed to finally react and rebutted, “Moreover, Si Yu is a Body Cultivator. I have never heard of there being Body Cultivators in the Yu Family?”
“What are you guys trying to say?” Yu Haiheng became angry as if unhappy with these people supporting their arguments. “Are you saying that I could possibly make such a mistake as the Yu Family Patriarch? Besides, she has just admitted it herself.”
“Patriarch Yu, it’s best to check thoroughly.” Xuan Yuanyu glanced over at Shen Ying’s gloomy face and tried to persuade Yu Haiheng, desperately sending signals at him. “Moreover, she’s a Golden Core cultivator, so how could she defeat someone at the Perfected Nascent Soul stage?”
In reality, all the three families present knew that the Yu Family’s purpose was not to capture some escaped slave. It was just that the sudden appearance of the Invincible Sect which possessed such formidable capabilities had driven the families to start scheming.
The Upper Azure World had an abundance of resources. For the aristocratic families, there were only two ways to handle a new rising power like this—either befriend or suppress. It was obvious that all three of them, the Yin, Yu and Xuan Yuan Family were trying to pull strings and befriend them. Because the Yu Family had missed out on the initiative, they had chosen the other approach.
They were attempting to suppress this small sect while it had not yet become established and stable so as to prevent future troubles and maintain the unique position of the aristocratic families. Since they had chanced upon this opportunity, naturally, they would not give lee way and suppress the Invincible Sect. If it were in the past, the other families would have come to a mutual understanding and perhaps even given a helping hand.
However!
The sect master of Invincible Sect was a Great Immortal!
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The one who had beaten up the five Traveling Immortals so badly when she had just entered the Upper World and almost tore down the Xuan Yuan Family in one day—Great Immortal Shen! What’s more, no one had a grasp on how powerful she actually was. Up to this point in time, he had not even dared to think about retaliating!
If Yu Haiheng thought that such a person was a good target to bully, then the Yu Family would end up in pitiful straits!
“Hmph, who knew what kind of means they resorted to?” The Yu Family still did not let it go. Yu Haiheng glanced at Si Yu, saying, “Don’t forget that Zhen Xiang had lost a Dharma treasure and she suddenly became a Body Cultivator. Isn’t this proof? On top of that, the Senior Sister that she mentioned has the Yu surname! I have already tested her bloodline—she is indeed a descendant of the Yu Family’s collateral kin and one of the missing escaped slaves. As for Zhen Xiang’s death, even if they weren’t the culprit, they also…”
“I did it.” Shen Ying could not stand listening to it anymore as she raised her hand, saying, “That scum was thrashed by me.”
Everyone was shocked as they turned to look at her in unison. The members of the Yu Family sneered.
Xuan Yuanyu was stunned. How could the Great Immortal admit it?! Was this the prelude to a frontal clash?
“Great Immortal, you… did a great job in thrashing him!” Xuan Yuanyu changed what he was about to say, tenaciously maintaining a serious look on his face. “That Perfected One Zhen Xiang must not have been a good person for you to take him out personally.”
Yu Haiheng: “…” This Xuan Yuanyu has a screw loose, right?
“That scum forced people to become human cauldrons, used them to test medicine and poisons, and even used living people to refine pills. He was indeed not a good person!” Shen Ying spoke the truth.
“What, refining pills using living people!” Yin Feng was stunned. This was something that Fiendish Cultivators would do.
“That’s all nonsense.” Yu Haiheng panicked as if not having expected her to respond in this manner. “Zhen Xiang was a branch family member who was known for being friendly and amicable. Who would believe that he’d done such things?”
“I believe it!” Xuan Yuanyu immediately raised his hand to show his stand.
“…” Yu Haiheng was dumbfounded.
“I believe that Great… Sect Master Yi would not malign people. Since she has already disposed of him, he must have committed a huge wrong.”
“Xuan Yuanyu!” Yu Haiheng was fuming, unsure of why Xuan Yuanyu would rather offend the Yu Family and stand by the side of the Invincible Sect.
“Master Yu, this is a misunderstanding. Quickly release Invincible Sect’s disciples, will you?” I am trying to save you dude!
Xuan Yuanyu’s underlying message did not get across to Yu Haiheng. Yu Haiheng sneered and looked directly at Yin Feng, asking, “Does Master Yin also think that Zhen Xiang deserved to die?”
“This…” Yin Feng glanced back and forth between Xuan Yuanyu and Yu Haiheng. Wasn’t this problem between the Yu Family and the Invincible Sect? Why did the two of them begin fighting first? He felt some hesitation, not knowing which side to stand on, but in the end he looked over at his son’s expectant face and said with a sigh, “I also believe in Sect Master Yi’s character. If there really was someone in the Yu Family committing such evil deeds, Master Yu should really thank Sect Master Yi for helping you to clean your sect.”
“All of you…” Yu Haiheng was obviously unhappy with this outcome. His intention to suppress the Invincible Sect had not only ended with no gains, it had also dragged out an ugly matter from his family into the open. “Even if that’s the case, they are still the escaped slaves of my Yu Family.”
“Master Yu, that’s not right,” Xuan Yuan Family interrupted. “Zhen Xiang really did commit such evil deeds, so he cannot be considered to be of a decent sect and naturally would not be considered as one of the Yu Family’s people. The human cauldrons under him are also no longer the family slaves of the Yu Family, so how are there still escaped slaves?”
“There still isn’t a definitive conclusion for this matter. A one-sided story is insufficient to use as evidence.” Yu Haiheng still did not want to let it go. “Since Zhen Xiang’s body is nowhere to be found at present, how can we be sure that he did practice fiendish arts?”
“It’s in Upper Azure Town,” Shen Ying replied. “That guy should still be beneath the ground. You guys can go and dig a little. You should be able to dig up his body.” She then pondered for a bit before adding, “Yeah, maybe you need to dig deeper.”
Underground!
Xuan Yuanyu shivered, recalling certain images, and he suddenly did not feel like asking what had happened in Upper Azure Town anymore.
Yu Haiheng’s face went completely black with no argument to refute her. The Yu Family had already received some news with the matters regarding Zhen Xiang. They had only been using it as an excuse to suppress the Invincible Sect, but if they were to find Zhen Xiang’s body, because a Nascent Soul’s corpse did not rot, a check of the meridians would clear everything up.
“Since the truth has not been investigated, this matter shall be laid to rest for today.” Yin Feng took a step forward. “Master Yu, please release the two disciples of Invincible Sect.”
“Yes, Master Yu, quickly let them go!” Xuan Yuanyu urged.
Delighted, Si Yu finally relaxed her nerves and looked over at Shen Ying with excitement.
“Right.” Shen Ying thought of something and she turned over to look at Yu Haiheng, slowly saying, “I don’t care about their pasts, but no matter what you find out in the future about Little Green or Little Red, they are the girls of my Invincible Sect. You can’t just capture them like this! I don’t have a good temper—you better remember that.”
What was that supposed to mean? A small sect master threatening the Yu Family! Yu Haiheng was so mad and was about to stand up when Xuan Yuanyu quickly went over to hold him back, smiling and nodding at Shen Ying.
“Of course, of course! This is a misunderstanding, so there’s no need to make a fuss about it. Master Yu, quickly release the other disciple of the Invincible Sect.”
He desperately winked at Yu Haiheng who finally understood what he meant. With a begrudging sneer, he finally suppressed his anger and signalled the Traveling Immortal elder at the side. The other party nodded and with a flash, disappeared from the hall.
Moments later, he reappeared to throw a person to the floor with a thud to land next Shen Ying.
In the few hours that she had been gone, Yu Hong’s original bright and beautiful clothing had been stained in dark red blood. There were wounds on her body and face which were so deep that the bones were visible. Her previously intricate hairstyle had been completely messed up, making her look extremely miserable.
“Senior Sister!” Si Yu quickly rushed over and helped her up carefully.
Yu Hong raised her head towards Shen Ying at the side and her eyes lit up as she softly called out, “Sect Master.” She opened her mouth try to show a smile to not let Sheng Yin worry, but the wounds on her face immediately began to bleed.
That was the last straw for Shen Ying—something inside of her exploded out.
She raised her head to look up with a laugh.
“Heh… I really don’t like being reasonable!”
“Great Immortal, no!”
It was too late, however; the next moment, Shen Ying was already behind Yu Haiheng.
…
Xuan Yuanyu’s heart skipped a beat. It’s over!
