Chapter 67: Words That Pierce the Heart

Chapter 67: Words That Pierce the Heart

Night fell, and the Shangguan Family estate was ablaze with lights.

Maidservants carrying delicious delicacies moved in an endless stream through the corridors.

The head of the Shangguan Family, a powerhouse of the Saint King Realm with graying temples, stood outside the mansion, waiting expectantly.

Seeing Qin Xuan walk over, holding his daughter's hand with a gentle, spring-breeze-like smile on his face.

Ignoring the gloomy, funereal expression on Long Chen's face, he hurriedly stepped forward and took Qin Xuan's hand from Shangguan Si.

He gripped his hands tightly, his eyes brimming with tears of excitement. "Young Master Qin, our entire Shangguan Family has been waiting expectantly, and at last, we have awaited your arrival. I had heard from my son that Young Master Qin possesses the bearing of a celestial being. Now that I have the opportunity to see you, it is truly a case of meeting being better than hearing of you!"

Qin Xuan replied warmly, "Uncle Shangguan, please do not be so distant. Senior Brother Shangguan was the Chief Disciple of Thunder Prison Peak and the goal I have pursued throughout my life. His voice and smile are still fresh in my memory, and I have come this time to seek justice for Senior Brother!"

Polite pleasantries, who doesn't know how to say them?

When the Chief Disciple died, he hadn't even entered the Yaochi Sacred Land yet, so how could Shangguan Zhong have heard news of him from his son?

Of course, Qin Xuan didn't care about these fake pleasantries; after all, he didn't even know what the Chief Disciple looked like right now.

"My worthy nephew!" Shangguan Zhong gripped Qin Xuan's hand, his body trembling.

"Uncle!"

Qin Xuan's gaze shifted, appearing visibly moved.

Shangguan Zhong hurriedly welcomed Qin Xuan into the inner hall and said enthusiastically, "Worthy nephew, please, sit!"

After three rounds of drinks and tasting the various dishes.

Shangguan Zhong, as if having met a friend across generations, downed several cups in a row.

Until the atmosphere had gradually eased, he looked at Qin Xuan with anticipation and asked, "Worthy nephew, did you come here this time under the instruction of the Holy Master of Yaochi?"

Making himself at home, Qin Xuan, who was picking food for Shangguan Si, turned his face and shook his head slowly.

Shangguan Zhong's heart tightened.

There was no instruction from the Holy Master of Yaochi.

If it were merely the Peak Master of Thunder Prison Peak, trying to save his Shangguan Family from these raging waves would be as difficult as ascending to heaven!

He added, "Could it be that the Peak Master of Thunder Prison Peak has united with other Peak Masters to secretly vouch for you?"

Qin Xuan chewed a piece of Li Fire Savage Beef, swallowed it, and then replied unhurriedly, "That is not it either. This matter has far-reaching implications, and no one is vouching for me. Even my grandfather, I have made him stay in the Yaochi Sacred Land to cultivate in seclusion, not allowing him to come."

Wine spilled from the cup Shangguan Zhong was holding in his trembling hand.

He calmed his inner excitement and drank the cup of wine.

Looking at Qin Xuan, who had come alone, he asked unwillingly, "The head of the Luo Family, who is also the Chief of the Ziyang Ten Divisions, has a connection with you, worthy nephew?"

Qin Xuan nodded, then immediately shook his head, "It is just that Luo Xinyi previously owed me a favor. She helped me solve a problem, and now that it is repaid, we are even."

Long Chen angrily slammed the table and roared, "Qin Xuan, you are too arrogant!"

Long Chen, who had been listening all along, had long been displeased with Qin Xuan.

This guy had held Little Si's hand right in front of him.

At the banquet, he had repeatedly fawned over her.

His intentions are as clear as day.

Even he had never attempted such intimate gestures.

How could he not be angry?

Now that he had caught an opportunity, how could he be willing to miss it?

He spoke with righteous indignation, "Coming to the Ziyang Imperial Capital to stir up trouble without any preparations—it does not matter if you seek your own death, but by doing this, it is equivalent to putting the entire Shangguan Family in hot oil to fry!"

"Those Aristocratic Families who were already dissatisfied with the Shangguan Family will unite in hatred because of your arrival, forming an impenetrable wall."

"The Shangguan Family has been implicated by you and plunged into raging waves; our situation is already in dire peril!"

Shangguan Zhong lowered his head in helplessness.

What Long Chen said was exactly what he thought.

He knew Qin Xuan had good intentions, but if it were only his own strength...

Trying to shake his Shangguan Family would be as difficult as ascending to heaven, let alone those Aristocratic Families and the high-ranking Prince Ning?

Qin Xuan's open and aboveboard arrival, coupled with his grand welcome, confirmed that the dissatisfaction within the Shangguan Family had accumulated to a limit.

Either they would use this opportunity to turn things around, or they would be pressed down so hard they couldn't even lift their heads.

Without other help, his Shangguan Family was destined to fall this time!

Qin Xuan had a smile on the corner of his mouth, his eyes carrying a hint of provocation, and he asked back, "Why is it that in your eyes, Long Chen, I came here without any preparation and am here to throw my life away?"

"Not to mention whether I have any trump cards, just looking at the present, is the oppression the Shangguan Family is suffering any less?"

"It is just like boiling a frog in warm water; you are slow to realize it, and by the time the Shangguan Family wants to resist, it will be too late."

"I, an outsider, knew to step in and help when Chen Yuan bullied Shangguan Yuan, yet you, the bodyguard, turned a blind eye. Do you intend to wait until the butcher's knife falls on your own neck before you are prepared to resist? By then, how much strength will the Shangguan Family have left to resist!?"

Shangguan Si felt as if she were there, her small fists clenched tightly. She stood up and said indignantly, "Father, we have endured enough, but those guys have no intention of letting us go at all!"

"Continuing to repress ourselves will only fuel their arrogance. At first, it was only the collateral branches of the clan that went missing, then it was the direct line, and now even Yingying has been abducted."

"Father! If this continues, our Shangguan Family will sooner or later fall apart and become hunting dogs in the hands of those guys, becoming tools for them to hunt for treasures!"

She had tried her best to numb herself.

But when the butcher's knife fell on her own sister's head, she could no longer remain indifferent.

That was the sister she had watched grow up since childhood!

She was her closest blood relative.

A while ago, she had also suddenly disappeared, and there has been no news of her since.

She was anxious and burning with impatience; how could she continue to choose to endure?

Shangguan Si glared at Long Chen with dissatisfaction, then looked at her father, her eyes already veiled in mist, "Father, I know your thoughts."

"I also know why you arranged for Long Chen to serve as my bodyguard; it is nothing more than intending for me to enter the Tianya Sword Pavilion to protect myself after the Shangguan Family has completely collapsed."

"Father, have you ever thought about whether your daughter is willing to live alone?"

"And have you ever thought about whether your daughter is willing to marry this coward who only knows how to endure blindly!?"

Qin Xuan raised an eyebrow, "You are going to marry Long Chen?"

Shangguan Si wore a bitter smile and glared fiercely at Long Chen, "It is just a transaction. Those Aristocratic Families want to obtain the Innate Nether Eyes, and the Tianya Sword Pavilion is no exception!"

When Long Chen first came to the Shangguan Family, he was extremely attentive to her.

He would call her his fiancée at every opportunity.

It was not until she slapped him a dozen times that he changed how he addressed her.

Sometimes, he would still shamelessly and intimately call her Little Si.

No matter how she hit him, he would not change it.

It always made her feel disgusted.

Qin Xuan was delighted and hurriedly said bluntly to Shangguan Zhong, "Uncle, the matter of the marriage alliance must absolutely not happen!"

As the head of the Family, Shangguan Zhong was under immense pressure. He lifted his eyes and asked powerlessly, "Why?"

Ignoring the murderous look in Long Chen's eyes, Qin Xuan spoke words as precious as pearls and jade, "Outside of the Shangguan Family, the Innate Nether Eyes are just a legend. None of the women of the Shangguan Family who married out have ever given birth to offspring with the Innate Nether Eyes. The outside world rumors that it is because their Bloodline is not pure enough!"

"The targets that those Aristocratic Families have taken action against, from collateral branches to the direct line, are all for this reason."

"They are also unwilling to frequently imprison members of the Shangguan Family, but instead hope to conceive their own offspring with the Innate Nether Eyes. As far as I know, no one has been able to do so yet!"

"If the Shangguan Family is destroyed and only Young Miss Shangguan is left, I ask you, after those with the Innate Nether Eyes perish, how would those families scramble to obtain someone with the Innate Nether Eyes?"

"By then, Young Miss Shangguan, with her pure Bloodline, will become the object that everyone frantically wants to possess."

"Although the Tianya Sword Pavilion is strong, it is difficult to resist the wolfish ambitions of these people. When that time comes, Young Miss Shangguan will become a vessel for cultivating those with the Innate Nether Eyes!"