Chapter 1598 - 816: Clan Property
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"But from the news I heard before, that Profound Opening Powder was a gift you brought from the Small Sect, and you already gave it to the Small Clan yesterday. What, a gift you have already given out actually still belongs to your Small Sect? If this sort of thing spreads, are you not afraid of being laughed at by others?" Chu Yueli said bluntly.
Xiao Kuangyun, who had been beaten until his head was spinning, was rendered speechless and instantly widened his eyes.
"Xiao Lingxi is a member of the small family, not of your Small Sect. The Profound Opening Powder has already become the property of the Xiao Family and no longer belongs to your Small Sect. Under such circumstances, even if Xiao Lingxi did steal the Profound Opening Powder, it should be handled by the Xiao Family. This matter has nothing to do with your Xiao Sect."
Chu Yueli lifted her eyes to look at Xiao Yunhai. It was only a glance, yet it made Xiao Yunhai’s entire body tremble, and his stature unconsciously shrink by half. Chu Yueli continued casually: "Master of the Small Clan, how will you deal with the situation where the culprit of the theft is one of your Small Clan’s members?"
Xiao Yunhai glanced at Xiao Kuangyun, clenched his teeth, and forced himself to appear calm: "If a child of this Clan commits theft... the lightest punishment is three months of seclusion in the Back Mountain Area... What Xiao Lingxi stole is an important treasured item of the Xiao Sect, so she should receive the heaviest punishment... She should be confined in the Back Mountain Area for fifteen years. During those fifteen years, she is not to take even half a step beyond the Reflection Canyon in the back mountain!"
Xiao Yunhai shifted his gaze away and no longer spoke.
"Then what are you staring blankly for? Are you not going to lock her up inside that Reflection Canyon?" Xiao Kuangyun’s previously composed expression turned into furious rage! Even if he was unwilling to bow his head, even if he had become more foolish than before, he still knew that Chu Yueli had preserved quite a bit of his reputation. Otherwise, she might have directly exposed his accusation, which would have simultaneously made him unable to obtain Xiao Lingxi, cost him his greatest face, and humiliate him publicly to the point that he would be unable to step off the platform.
Although Chu Yueli did not expose Xiao Kuangyun in public, nor restore Xiao Lingxi’s innocence, Xiao Lie was still filled with gratitude in his heart, and this made him respect her deeply. This dignified "Frozen" Seven Fairy was a person of noble character, who stepped out for a young girl of a small clan. This could be considered the highest benevolence, the greatest favor, and immense kindness... At the very least, she had prevented the nightmare of Xiao Kuangyun taking Xiao Lingxi back to the Xiao Sect.
"The girl I personally taught went astray and deceived the small family for more than ten years, so I should receive the same severe punishment." Xiao Lie’s complexion remained calm; as he watched the Fourth Elder walk over, he spoke coldly.
In front of Chu Yueli, how could Xiao Cheng dare act rashly? As he led Xiao Lie and Xiao Lingxi toward the back mountain, he did not dare utter a single word and simply submitted to the rules.
Although Xia Qingyue ultimately ended the fifteen-year matter in a painful situation, she understood that what Chu Yueli had accomplished was already her absolute limit. Obviously, Xiao Lie’s voluntary request to be limited to Reflection Canyon was to accompany Xiao Lingxi while also protecting her from harm. Perhaps, from the standpoint of safety, there was nothing to worry about. As for what would happen afterward, they could only leave it to fate.
"In that case, our Master basically has no reason to remain here any longer." After Xiao Lingxi and Xiao Lie were taken to the back mountain, Chu Yueli said coolly: "Master Xiao, after leaving Fuyun City, I will still be nearby..." Qing Yue, let us depart."
The last sentence Chu Yueli spoke made Xiao Kuangyun secretly clench his jaw... "After you leave Fuyun City, I will still be nearby." It was obvious her words were a warning not to provoke Xiao Lingxi! Although she only said this casually for the sake of protecting her safety, because she wished to protect her, this protection would inevitably continue until the very end.
After Chu Yueli and Xia Qingyue left, Xiao Kuangyun slammed his fist down hard, smashing the armrest of his seat into pieces. The Master-level chair trembled violently and broke apart into chunks of wood. He had originally thought he would obtain two stunning beauties, beautiful enough to topple a city or a state, yet he did not expect that this plan would actually become a complete waste of effort. The result was merely expelling an insignificant person, and confining two people within the small clan, no more than a Reflection Canyon. This was absolutely, completely, fundamentally different from the outcome he wanted!
At this moment, he still had not realized that not only had he failed to gain what he desired, he had instead brought upon himself and the entire Small Sect a calamity akin to drowning! In the outskirts of Fuyun City, in the corner of an abandoned house.
Xiao Che sat quietly there, leaning his powerless body against the cold wall behind him. His lifeless eyes stared into space, as if his soul had already left his body. He had been sitting in this position for several hours.
On the Azure Cloud Continent, he had been abandoned by his parents, and until the day he died, he never knew who his biological parents were. His only connection to them was the pendant he always carried on his chest.
In the "Blue Wind Empire," his parents had both died when he was young, but at least he knew who his parents were and what they were called. He even had a grandfather and a little aunt. Yet God had decided to play another cruel joke on him. Everything was unexpected, everything was false.