Chapter 287: After Drinking (1)_1
Dugu Qianye suddenly came to, puzzled as to how he ended up in front of Dugu Qianye. He then realized what he had just said and turned to see Dugu Qianye enveloped in a cold aura, while everyone else was glaring at him with fury.
"Father, I..."
"Enough!" Dugu Qianye looked at Dugu Qianye with a pained expression and said, "I’ve heard everything that should and shouldn’t have been said! I never imagined you would want the throne so badly, that you’d even betray everyone for it!"
Dugu Qianye looked at Dugu Qianye and said, "Yes, I want it. If you hadn’t been hiding it and even planned to pass it to him after he was born, would I have done this? If you and those ministers hadn’t clung to traditions and refused to acknowledge a master, would I have thought to collude with outsiders? You all want to stay here forever, but I don’t! I want to go out into the world! If being someone else’s slave means I could go out, why couldn’t I do it?!"
"You are out of line!" Dugu Qianye, stunned by Dugu Qianye’s words, tried to strike him but found himself without strength.
Seeing Dugu Qianye wanting to hit him only made Dugu Qianye angrier. He approached Dugu Qianye and said, "You want to hit me, come on then. I’m right in front of you, do it!"
Dugu Qianye struck at him, but couldn’t even lift his arm.
"Heh, can’t do it anymore, can you? How does my Soft Tendon Dissolving Spiritual Powder feel?" Dugu Qianye laughed and said, "We cover our faces with masks all day and dare not meet the Tianyang because we are of the Dark Clan. But we weren’t born like this! What’s wrong with me taking you all to seek the light now? Heh, now you can try, who else still has strength?"
Everyone present tried and found themselves powerless as well.
"I specifically chose this date to punish them so that all of you could come here and be together. By now, the Hong Family should have reached the secret passage exit; they won’t need a day to get here. If you willingly acknowledge a new master, you might avoid suffering. Otherwise..."