"Elder... she has nothing to do with this, she's just..."
"Since she's involved in my clan's dispute, we can't let her stay here. She must return to the clan."
Ling'er frowned, "Elder, she is my friend, I can't let you..."
"Ling'er, I'll go." Xue Zi Ning stepped forward, took Ling'er's hand, and whispered, "I don't want to make things difficult for you."
Ling'er shook her head, "No... you can't go, they will..."
"Ling'er, you must remember that you are a member of the Feng Yin clan."
Upon hearing this, Ling'er bit her lower lip, "Elder, I know, but she is an innocent person..."
"There have never been innocent people in this world..." the Elder said coldly.
Ling'er was about to speak again, but Xue Zi Ning stopped her, "I'm fine."
"Elder, when we return to the clan, she will be with me," Ling'er said.
The Elder did not speak. With a wave of his hand, a white light opened, and they entered it.
Xue Zi Ning did not expect that beneath the deserted desert lay a beautiful place of green mountains and clear waters.
"Sister, didn't you expect it?" Ling'er leaned close and whispered.
Xue Zi Ning nodded, "I really didn't expect it."
She thought the desert would remain desert beneath the surface.
"This is where the gods dwell, the closest place to the gods," Ling'er raised her head to the sky and said slowly.
Xue Zi Ning: "..."
Gods beneath the desert?
"Sister, follow me for a while, speak less, and if possible, try not to speak. The people in the clan are not friendly to outsiders," Ling'er instructed.
Xue Zi Ning nodded, "I know."
Ling'er held her hand. The elder in front suddenly stopped and said, "Feng Ling, Feng Xian, come with me to the clan temple."
Feng Ling was startled, looked at Xue Zi Ning, and asked, "Elder, what about her?"
"Feng Ling, you know outsiders are not allowed in the clan temple."
"I know, then can I take her back to my room?" Feng Ling asked.
"Third sister, do you think the clan temple is a place you can come and go as you please? Even if you are the clan leader, you don't have that authority," Feng Xian said sarcastically.
"But..."
"Ling'er, you go ahead, I'll wait for you here..." Xue Zi Ning said.
Feng Ling shook her head, "Sister, you don't know, here..."
"Go ahead, I have my ways."
Seeing Xue Zi Ning's calm and composed demeanor, Feng Ling inexplicably trusted her.
"Sister, if there's anything you can't handle, wait until I get back," Feng Ling instructed reluctantly.
Xue Zi Ning reached out and stroked her head, "Don't worry, I'll take care of myself."
Feng Ling smiled, "Sister, wait for me..."
Watching the direction Feng Ling left, her gaze deepened considerably.
"Do you think she'll be alright just because you're protecting her?"
Feng Ling frowned, "Second sister, what do you mean?"
"I mean, she is doomed to die," Feng Xian said triumphantly.
Feng Ling's gaze turned cold, "She's mine, I won't allow anyone to touch her."
Feng Xian curved her lips into a cold smile, "This is probably not up to you to decide, after all, you're powerless to help now."
Feng Ling trembled all over, looking coldly at Feng Xian, and said angrily, "What exactly do you want to do?"
Seeing Feng Ling's angry expression, Feng Xian smiled triumphantly. She leaned forward and said word by word, "Everything you care about, I will destroy one by one."
"Feng Xian..." Feng Ling gritted her teeth and squeezed the words out from between them.
"What? Do you hate me? But what can you do?" Feng Xian laughed heartily.
Feng Ling clenched her fists tightly and said angrily, "I was young before and didn't know how to protect the people most important to me, but now I've grown up, and I won't let you hurt the people most important to me again."
"Is that so? Then let's wait and see!" Feng Xian said slowly.
Feng Ling looked at Feng Xian and said, "Second sister, I thought you would grow after all this, but I was wrong. Not only have you not grown, but you've trapped yourself. I pity you now."
"You..."
Feng Ling walked past her.
Feng Xian stomped her feet in anger. This damned girl was as annoying as her mother back then. Despite having no combat ability, she still used her meager strength to protect her once weak self.
Such a person was also very pathetic.
Entering the clan temple, Feng Ling's expression became solemn, as she saw the rarely seen Fourth Elder and Fifth Elder were present.
Feng Xian also saw them and walked up to Feng Ling, saying sarcastically, "You have quite the influence, even the Fourth Elder and Fifth Elder have come."
Feng Ling glared fiercely at Feng Xian.
Feng Xian smiled, "Am I wrong? Feng Ling, you do have a lot of influence."
"Silence," the Great Elder suddenly spoke.
The arrogant and overbearing Feng Xian also stopped speaking. The five elders were all in the clan temple.
The Great Elder brought them here. The elders exchanged glances, and the Great Elder said coldly, "Feng Ling, Feng Xian, do you know your crime?"
"Elders, I have committed no crime. I did not bring an outsider into the clan," Feng Xian was the first to clear herself.
The elders' gazes turned to Feng Ling. Feng Ling remained unmoved and replied, "I brought the person in."
"Feng Ling, do you know the clan rules stipulate that no one is allowed to bring outsiders into the clan? If anyone violates it, even if you are the clan leader, there will be no favoritism."
"I know, so I am willing to accept punishment," Feng Ling said.
"Feng Ling, you don't have to be punished, as long as you kill her yourself," the Fourth Elder suddenly said.
Feng Ling shook her head, "She has done nothing wrong, and I have done nothing wrong. If it is only because of clan rules, then I am willing to accept punishment."
"Feng Ling..." the Fourth Elder looked at Feng Ling with some disappointment.
Suddenly, there was a sound from outside, and the elders' expressions became solemn. The Great Elder stood up and said, "I will go out and see." Da Feng Novel Network
The elders exchanged glances. The clan's soul lamp had not been touched for a long time.
It wasn't a clan member touching it, but no one could make it sound. Who was it that had struck the soul lamp now?
The Great Elder looked at the person holding the soul lamp, his gaze deepening, "You struck the soul lamp..."
Xue Zi Ning looked at the lamp carved from jade in her hand, somewhat surprised. She had only seen soul lamps in her great-grandfather's notes and never expected them to actually exist in reality.
"The sound just now, did it come from this?"
The Great Elder nodded, "Yes, tell me, how did you make the sound?"
Xue Zi Ning shook it slightly, and the soul lamp emitted a pleasant sound.
The Great Elder could hardly believe that this person had activated the soul lamp so easily.
How could he face himself after studying it for so many years?
"You..."
"What is its use?" Xue Zi Ning asked.
The soul lamp seeks those with destiny. Our clan's rule is that we must grant one condition to the person who strikes the soul lamp.