Inside the patriarch of the Ji family's inner chambers, the room was in disarray. The patriarch, his anger not yet subsided, looked at his wife, who had been by his side for many years. How could she be so foolish as to send out the Ji family guards? It was as good as telling their enemies that the Ji family was related to them by marriage. What if this attracted powerful individuals? He remembered that even the Old Ancestor of the Chou family had fallen. Hadn't he been placating the Chou family all these years out of fear of their Old Ancestor?
Ever since the Ji family's Old Ancestor ascended, they had been at a disadvantage compared to the Chou family. Allowing her to flaunt her power in the Ji family had long caused resentment among the clan members. Now that the Chou family was gone, he felt a slight sense of relief, but what good deed had this foolish woman done? The Ji family would eventually be ruined by her.
Madam Chou wept, her maternal family now gone, her once gentle husband revealed his true colors.
"You, you're bullying me now that my family is gone. Don't you remember that without my Chou family, you wouldn't have become the patriarch? Now, you're unwilling to even have the Ji family guards assist in finding the real culprit. What right do you have? Tell me, what right?" Madam Chou shouted indignantly.
"Ignorant woman, what do you know? Even your Chou family's Old Ancestor's cultivation was silenced. Do you think our Ji family can defeat them? Even if we find them, it will just be sending a few more heads. Do you want to lure them here and have the Ji family annihilated as well? Don't forget, your daughter and son are in the Ji family!" Patriarch Ji wished he could knock Madam Chou's head open to see if water had gotten in.
Upon hearing about her own daughter and son, Madam Ji suddenly fell silent. Yes, she still had her daughter and son...
"Father, Mother, my maternal grandfather's family was murdered?" Ji Qianqian, injured and frightened, had returned to the Ji family and fainted. After a period of panic, the Ji family summoned a spirit doctor to treat her. She had only woken up today. Little did she know that as soon as she left her room, she overheard a maid saying that her maternal grandfather's entire family had been wiped out overnight.
"Qianqian, why are you here?" Madam Chou caught her daughter, who rushed towards her.
"Mother, is it true? Maternal grandfather and the others..." Ji Qianqian asked anxiously, gripping her mother's hand. She couldn't believe it was true. Her maternal grandfather's cultivation was already at the early stage of Void Transformation, how could this have happened?
"Qian'er, it's true. You must cultivate diligently and avenge your maternal grandfather. Mother is counting on you!" Madam Chou hugged her daughter and wept profusely. At this moment, she also realized her husband's words made sense. Her children were the most important now. What if those people were drawn to the Ji family?
"Mother, do you remember the 'Ji idiot'? I suspect it was her. She must have come for revenge," Ji Qianqian said as if she had just remembered. She hadn't witnessed her cousin being killed by the 'Ji idiot', only later hearing from a maid that her own Old Ancestor had come and taken her Chou family cousin away. When she woke up, she only saw Ji Jiu, the owner of the Nine-tailed Fox divine beast, and was so frightened that she fled home in a hurry. She had fainted as soon as she entered the house and didn't have time to tell her mother and father. She never expected something like this to happen. This was definitely Ji Jiu's doing.
"Qianqian, you're talking about Ji Wuye's foolish sister? But wasn't her sister lost at sea? And wasn't she foolish? How could she have cultivation?" Patriarch Ji listened with suspicion.
"I... I... my cousin..." Ji Qianqian stammered, afraid to speak.
"What 'I'? Speak quickly!" Patriarch Ji had a bad premonition... and couldn't help but raise his voice.
Ji Qianqian was startled. Her father had never spoken to her so harshly.
"One day, the 'Ji idiot' was seen by my cousin. He told me to bribe the wet nurse to trick the 'Ji idiot' out, then we went out to sea, and he forced my sister to jump into the sea..." Ji Qianqian no longer cared about being exposed. If Ji Jiu was indeed seeking revenge, she wouldn't escape either, so she had to prepare early.
"Slap!" Ji Qianqian covered her face, looking at her father in shock, tears streaming down like a broken string.
"Beast, how could you? That's your own cousin! You actually colluded with outsiders to harm a sister from the same clan! Don't you know what your cousin is like? How many women has he harmed!" Patriarch Ji looked at his daughter, in whom he had placed great hope, with utter disappointment.
"Ji family, how dare you hit my daughter! That foolish girl was fancied by my nephew; it was her good fortune. She has no cultivation, no spiritual roots, and no parents. My nephew fancied her, and she still dared to resist! Truly ungrateful!" Madam Chou said with disdain.
Even though Patriarch Ji was not a benevolent person, he was shocked by Madam Chou's words and looked at her. He slumped onto a stool. The Chou family was rotten to the core. How could the children raised by a woman like Madam Chou be any good?
Hahaha~~~~ He suddenly threw his head back and laughed. What was the point of him snatching the position of patriarch? Ever since he colluded with the Chou family to harm his brother and became patriarch, the Ji family had been doomed. He had always been unwilling; he was the legitimate son, and he had cultivation talent just like his brother, so why did his father give the patriarch position to the concubine's son? Now he finally understood. Whether as a brother, husband, father, or person, he was a failure. His concubine brother's son, Ji Wuye, no matter how many schemes he laid against him, had still grown into a noble and upright man. Looking at his own children, if he hadn't turned a blind eye and helped clean up their messes, they would have been devoured long ago. https:/
Suddenly, the housekeeper rushed in from outside, his footsteps flustered.
"Patriarch, something's happened! Ji Wuye and Ji Chenmu have brought a woman and broken in."
"What?" Ji Qianqian's face changed drastically. She wondered if Ji Jiu had returned.
"Let's go see what's happening." Patriarch Ji calmed himself and walked out with the housekeeper.
"I'm going too. I want to see who gave Ji Wuye the guts," Madam Chou said, her anger flaring upon hearing that Ji Wuye, who had injured Ji Qianqian, had arrived. She was determined to make sure he never returned.
The group came out to the main courtyard and arrived at the training grounds of the Ji family's mountain gate. They saw Ji Wuye locked in combat with his son. The clan elders had all arrived. Just as Ji Wuye was about to stab Ji Qianlong with his sword, he hastily shouted:
"Stop!"
Ji Wuye glanced at Patriarch Ji, sneered, and showed no intention of stopping.
An elder flew forward to save Ji Qianlong:
"Ye'er, you must not!"
Ji Wuye recognized it was an uncle who had helped him and withdrew his sword.
Ji Qianlong, having narrowly escaped death, was drenched in cold sweat. He couldn't believe that the person he always defeated and bullied had improved his cultivation so rapidly in just a few days!
"Ye'er, why are you causing trouble at the clan gate upon your return? You showed killing intent towards Qianlong just now. Aren't you afraid of violating clan rules and being expelled from the clan!" the uncle who saved Ji Qianlong rebuked Ji Wuye.
"Uncle Ji, you should ask Ji Qianqian, the fourth daughter of the Ji family. She harmed my sister first, and I am merely imitating her."
"What? Is that true? Tell me in detail." Uncle Ji's mind focused. He knew Wuye's character and that he wouldn't fabricate things!
"She colluded with my sister's wet nurse to trick my sister into leaving the house and offering her to the young master of the Chou family, who is her cousin. She caused my sister to fall into the sea," Ji Wuye said after bowing to Uncle Ji.