Chapter 173

Chapter 173: Words That Kill the Heart

With her daughter at her side, Du Ruo Lan trembled as she said, “There really was a misunderstanding. I never meant to give you the Rong Ling Pill. I only wanted you to fall asleep so you would miss the chance to go to Hao Ran Sect. But I don’t know how Zhen Zhu ended up giving you the Rong Ling Pill.

“When your father brought Zhen Zhu to accuse me, I didn’t even have time to confront her. Your father killed her with a single palm strike.

“Your father cares about appearances. Your birth represented the alliance between the Feng and Wei families. Even if your mother was gone, he still wouldn’t let anything happen to you. I wouldn’t be stupid enough to touch his bottom line, so I have to explain this clearly to you.”

Yun Xi set her teacup down. Her expression did not change, but she gave a cold snort. “If you really want to prove the truth, soul-searching is the simplest way.”

The moment Wei Yun Qing heard that, she moved in front of Du Ruo Lan protectively. “Wei Yun Xi, don’t go too far. Don’t think that just because you’re a Golden Core cultivator, you can do whatever you want.”

Yun Xi released Golden Core pressure. The two figures swayed and collapsed to the ground. Only then did she say, “I really can do whatever I want. But I’m a very reasonable person. Whether your mother is telling the truth or not, only she herself knows. But her intent to harm me was real. She can’t deny that.”

Du Ruo Lan only had Qi Refining level four, and she had been pampered for years. How could she endure Golden Core pressure? She lay on the ground, unable to move at all, and blood began to seep from her seven orifices.

Wei Yun Qing was at least mid Foundation Establishment, so she was in better shape and could still endure it. When she saw Du Ruo Lan like that, she regretted bringing her mother here to see Wei Yun Xi. She realized that the current Wei Yun Xi gave her a very dangerous feeling.

Even so, she still inched closer to her mother, taking most of the pressure onto herself and giving Du Ruo Lan a chance to breathe.

Yun Xi watched Wei Yun Qing’s misery with satisfaction. She suddenly felt she had the talent to be a villain. Then she lightly flicked her fingertip, and a needle of ice as fine as a hair slipped into Du Ruo Lan’s body. It entered her egg-sized dantian and lay hidden there without a sound.

Yun Xi withdrew her pressure and said, “Du Ruo Lan, you’re Father’s pillow companion, so I’ll give you that face. From now on, don’t appear in front of me again. When I see you, I think of how you tried to ruin my aptitude.”

Du Ruo Lan’s whole body went soft. She now understood deeply the terrifying gap in cultivation. Just now, she thought she might die here.

The moment Wei Yun Qing shook off the pressure, she turned and helped her mother up, preparing to leave this courtyard. She was still too weak, so she could only choose to avoid the edge for now.

Yun Xi saw the fear and unwillingness in their eyes. She said flatly, “Du Ruo Lan, you think I blocked your daughter’s road, but you chose this road yourself. If you hadn’t coveted Wei Ling Yue’s status and the resources that came with it, why would you have been willing to enter the manor as a concubine?

“What did Wei Ling Yue tell you? That he formed a dao companion bond with my mother only because of the family, and had no choice? You’re pitifully foolish to believe that. He clearly coveted the Feng Family’s influence and alchemy. He wanted my mother to help him become clan head.

“But my mother never thought highly of him, and she didn’t let him get his way. So after he lost the chance to become clan head, he deliberately distanced himself from my mother, and then went to you to play the devoted lover.

“The most shameless person is him. My mother’s ‘death’ had his hand in it. You didn’t know that, did you? Even the Youth-Preserving Pill he used to make you happy was something my mother prepared for me.

“Do you know why he demanded it back from you yesterday? Because I wanted to reclaim the resources my mother had left in his care. He had no choice but to take it back and return it. The condition was one healing pill.

“Look at him. He’s selfish. He always chooses himself first. For his own interests, he can throw anything away. The so-called love between you and him is the most worthless thing of all.

“But don’t worry. As long as I’m here, Wei Ling Yue will never become Wei Family’s clan head, and he will never form a golden core. You’ll have plenty of chances to grow old with him, and let your love have a burial place.”

Yun Xi’s words were like arrows, each one striking Du Ruo Lan’s chest without missing a beat. Du Ruo Lan’s face grew paler and paler, until she finally spat out a mouthful of blood and fainted.

“Mother!” Wei Yun Qing cried out urgently.

“She won’t die. She just fainted.”

As Yun Xi spoke, she flicked her sleeve and opened the array, signaling Wei Yun Qing to leave.

Wei Yun Qing lifted her mother in her arms. She glanced at Yun Xi, then turned and left Zhuo Hua Courtyard.

Once the array closed again, Dian Dian hopped onto the jade table and said, “Master, you’re strong enough now. Why didn’t you just deal with those two directly?”

Yun Xi propped her chin on her hand. “You think I don’t want to? Something is stopping me.”

Just now, for an instant, she truly had killing intent. She did not want to let Wei Yun Qing keep growing. But at that moment, her heart tightened in warning, forcing her to abandon the thought.

Dian Dian did not understand what Yun Xi meant, but that did not stop him from reporting what he found. “Master, Wei Yun Qing has a huge treasure on her.”

Yun Xi raised a brow. “How huge? Better than mine?”

“Of course it can’t compare to Master’s, but it’s not bad.”

“Do you know what it is?”

Dian Dian twitched his nose. “When Master suppressed her just now, Dian Dian secretly went closer and sniffed. That treasure seems to be on her left hand. As for what it is, Dian Dian needs to get closer to confirm.”

Yun Xi thought carefully. There had been nothing on Wei Yun Qing’s left hand, but Yun Xi herself had a storage ring that could be concealed. Wei Yun Qing likely had something similar. So Yun Xi waved a hand and said, “Don’t risk getting close to her. You’re my trump card, and you’ll have a big role to play later. She’ll be in the clan these next two days anyway. Just have Feixia keep watching her.”

Dian Dian swished his tail smugly and happily went to communicate with the Feixia Butterfly.

On the other side, Wei Yun Qing carried the unconscious Du Ruo Lan back to Begonia Courtyard, alarming the servants in the courtyard.

Seeing the chaos, she impatiently drove everyone out. First, she used a hand seal to clean the bloodstains off her mother’s face. Then she fed her mother a low-grade healing pill. Only then did she hold Du Ruo Lan’s wrist, circulate wood-element spiritual energy, and heal her.

In less than fifteen minutes, Du Ruo Lan woke up. After being helped up to sit, her face showed deep dejection.

Wei Yun Qing also let out a breath of relief. When she had infused wood-element spiritual energy, she discovered her mother was only injured internally by pressure, with no danger to her life.

“Mother, are you alright?” Wei Yun Qing asked.

Du Ruo Lan shook her head and gave a bitter smile. “I hated Feng Jia Yun for half my life, and in the end I was the biggest joke. Feng Jia Yun didn’t care. Her daughter doesn’t care either. Only I was foolish enough to try to seize your father’s heart, but his heart holds only himself.”

Wei Yun Qing did not know how to comfort her mother. She had also heard what Wei Yun Xi said. Though it sounded like provocation, Wei Yun Qing knew that someone who held such overwhelming advantage would not bother to lie.

She could only say stiffly, “Mother, Father can’t be relied on, but you still have your daughter. I will definitely make you someone people respect, someone everyone envies.”