Wei Qing Shan struggled to lift her head and looked at the elder.
She remembered this elder had praised her as clever and obedient in front of her parents. She never expected their second meeting to be in such a situation.
“Wei Qing Shan does not know.”
“Wei Jiu does not know.”
The two answered in unison.
The elder frowned, “One of you poisoned the family head, and the other committed insubordination. Faced with the consequences, you still refuse to confess, making matters worse.”
“Then do you know that I poisoned my brother entirely because Wei Lan deceived me, and Wei Jiu trespassed into the ancestral hall only to save me? What wrong have we two committed?”
Wei Qing Shan spoke earnestly, hoping to move the elder.
The elder’s eyelids drooped, “I only look at the results.”
Wei Qing Shan was stunned, then gave a bitter smile. Indeed, since the elder was invited by Wei Lan, he naturally wouldn’t stand on her side. She had actually pinned her hopes on him; how deluded she was.
“Since that is the case, I have nothing more to say.”
Wei Qing Shan shook her head and sighed, feeling lost and suddenly drained of all strength, losing the will to argue.
She thought, let it be.
Her brother died by her hand, so she would repay with this life.
She silently closed her eyes.
The elder slowly raised his arm, terrifying power gathering in his palm.
Once the spiritual energy had fully converged, this palm strike would undoubtedly kill Wei Qing Shan.
The Wei family members, led by Wei Lan and Wei Qian, showed anticipation on their faces.
Wei Jiu’s eyes turned crimson, desperately resisting the oppressive pressure. However, his actions were like a mayfly trying to shake a tree.
As the elder’s palm was about to descend, Wei Jiu, flustered and panicked, suddenly grabbed a protrusion at his waist.
This is…
A decisive glint flashed through Wei Jiu’s eyes. With a desperate resolve, he forcefully crushed that protrusion.
*Buzz—*
A strange power spread out.
The space suddenly fluctuated violently.
The elder’s movement was interrupted. He looked at the surrounding changes with alarm and uncertainty, his brows suddenly twitching twice.
Wei Lan, Wei Xuan, and others were also greatly shocked. Some clan members with unstable minds suddenly knelt down, shouting loudly, “The ancestors have manifested! The ancestors have manifested!”
Wei Qing Shan, hearing the commotion around her, opened her eyes in confusion and happened to catch sight of a slender figure appearing out of thin air.
“Senior…?”
Wei Qing Shan looked astonished, then remembered something and turned to look at Wei Jiu. She saw Wei Jiu nodding at her with great excitement.
Wei Qing Shan was speechless.
Xu Yi’s eyes widened as she looked at the group staring at her as if they had seen a ghost, feeling equally bewildered.
She had just been fighting a saber-toothed tiger. The beast’s claw had grazed her face. Fortunately, she dodged quickly, only sustaining a minor scratch. Just as she was about to retaliate, a white light flashed, and she inexplicably found herself here.
“Who are you?”
Upon seeing Xu Yi, the elder’s expression slightly softened.
This was because Xu Yi was merely in the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm, far from being a match for him.
“I…”
“Elder, she must be the helper that Wei Qing Shan and Wei Jiu summoned. There’s no need to say more, capture her immediately,” Wei Qian shouted from behind.
When this woman appeared, her heart began to race wildly. A strong sense of unease made her want to eliminate this woman at once.
Wei Qing Shan and Wei Jiu?
Xu Yi turned and glanced, indeed seeing the two kneeling on the ground in a sorry state.
Xu Yi instantly understood what was happening.
When she had entrusted the young mountain eagle to the two for care, she had given them a teleportation talisman capable of summoning her, to prevent any accidents, but forgot to retrieve it later.
It seemed the two had encountered trouble and then crushed the jade talisman, summoning her.
Understanding everything, Xu Yi felt a mix of exasperation and amusement.
She was only casually acquainted with these two, and the teleportation jade talisman was left behind for the sake of caring for the young mountain eagle. Now, due to a moment of negligence, she was being dragged into a family dispute, truly making it difficult to disengage.
“Uh, if I say I just came to take a look and will leave immediately, will you believe me?” Xu Yi asked sincerely.
The Wei family members responded with disdainful snorts.
Xu Yi sighed helplessly. It seemed she couldn’t avoid getting involved in this mess.
“Then, you all come at me.” After Xu Yi uttered this seemingly provocative statement, she immediately took out a formation plate and placed it beneath her feet.
A thick curtain of light instantly expanded, enveloping her.
“Senior…”
Wei Jiu endured the shame and called out to Xu Yi.
Xu Yi glanced sideways. The two, who had been dressed impeccably before, were now slumped on the ground like frost-bitten eggplants.
Considering that they had carefully looked after the young mountain eagle, Xu Yi allowed the formation plate’s light curtain to expand outwards, also enveloping the two.
“Many thanks, Senior, many thanks, Senior.”
“We’ve caused you trouble, Senior.”
Wei Jiu and Wei Qing Shan’s gratitude towards Xu Yi was evident.
Xu Yi had appeared at their most desperate moment and was willing to protect them. Only those who had truly experienced such a situation would understand their joy at surviving.
“Then you two must remember that you owe me a favor from now on,” Xu Yi reminded them.
She never advocated for doing favors without expecting anything in return.
She believed that kindness should be repaid, and grudges should be settled.
She wondered if she would still be able to collect the Wei family’s high bounty after this unexpected incident.
The Wei family members were stunned by Xu Yi’s series of actions.
It wasn’t until Xu Yi, along with Wei Qing Shan and Wei Jiu, took refuge within the light curtain that the Wei family members reacted, becoming enraged and beginning to denounce Xu Yi, Wei Qing Shan, and the others.
Under everyone’s watchful gaze, the elder slowly raised his hand again.
For a formation plate used by a cultivator in the Integration stage, he only needed to exert three parts of his strength to shatter it.
The elder looked at them with disdain and slowly brought his palm down.
He intended to make the three within the light curtain die in terror.
Wei Qing Shan and Wei Jiu did indeed watch his every move with worry, just as he had predicted.
Although they were willing to believe the senior, sometimes the gap in strength could not be bridged by external means.
This formation plate looked ordinary; could it truly withstand a strike from a Tribulation Passing stage cultivator?
With such doubts, the slow palm strike finally landed on the light curtain.
*Splat!*
It sounded like a water droplet falling on bluestone.
Under everyone’s gaze, the light curtain gently rippled and then quickly returned to its calm state.
The elder’s skin visibly turned red and hot.
The Wei family members around him also seemed to have been struck mute, all falling silent.
At this moment, only one thought occupied their minds.
Is that all? Is that all?
Wei Jiu and Wei Qing Shan were stunned for a moment, and then both showed expressions of ecstatic joy.
“It blocked it! It blocked it!”
Xu Yi said with a hint of pride, “This is just the beginning. Let me tell you, even if that old man outside beats on this formation plate for ten days and ten nights, it won’t break.”
A product of Teacher Yu Wen is always a masterpiece.
She had used the formation plate given by Teacher Yu Wen to take down even Qiu Yuan Feng, so she wasn’t afraid of stopping an old man in the early stage of the Tribulation Passing realm.
Xu Yi’s light curtain did not block her voice, so her words immediately reached the Wei family members, causing their expressions to vary.
“Arrogant brat!”
The elder trembled with rage. Ever since he became a cultivator in the Tribulation Passing stage, no one had dared to speak to him so disrespectfully.
In his fury, he raised his arm again. He decided that this time, he would use his full strength!