"I don't know what you're talking about." Miaoqiu said with her head lowered, her heart beginning to panic, fearing that i Ruyan's secret would be discovered.
"Heh, how could you not know? She's your sister, after all. She only returned to the Xu Family once before, and it made your family extrely displeased. But now she's suddenly co back with you to Luoyan Dock at such a critical ti—don't you think it raises suspicions?"
The Second Elder spoke leisurely, gazing at Miaoqiu's conflicted expression as though he was savoring it.
"Furthermore, we also know that i Ruyan and Lin Tian have an ambiguous relationship. Rumor has it that they're lovers. Their sudden appearance—can you really say it has nothing to do with the Xu Family?"
Xu Miaoxiu fell silent. With all this evidence piling up, there was no point in denying it.
This wasn't a court; there was no judge. Even if the elders couldn't produce irrefutable evidence, any clear-eyed person could see that the Xu Family was definitely involved, and in a very critical role at that!
"Hmm! Bring i Ruyan up here!"
Thud...
The heavy door of the Assembly Hall opened, and two disciples from the family alliance entered, supporting a woman dressed in black leather.
They then placed her directly on the cold floor.
At that mont, i Ruyan was unconscious, her complexion deathly pale, and her lips devoid of color, as if she had fallen gravely ill.
"Ruyan!"
Seeing this scene, Miaoqiu's limp body suddenly found strength. She lifted her heavy legs and trudged over to i Ruyan, propping her body against her own chest.
"What did you do to her?" Miaoqiu glared at the elders in the hall, her eyes, usually filled with charm, now brimming with intense anger.
"What did we do to her? Haha, this young girl looks quite attractive; saying such things might easily lead to misunderstandings. You want to know what happened to her? Check her pulse yourself. We are all martial artists, we should have so dical skills, right?" The Sixth Elder teased with a smile.
Miaoqiu snorted softly, took i Ruyan's hand, and felt her pulse, quietly sensing it.
The pulse was weak, extrely feeble. This was a sign of both blood and energy deficiency, which, if severe, could indeed be life-threatening.
i Ruyan's current condition wasn't serious; she only needed rest, and in ti, she would recover.
This was due to over-exhaustion. The alliance hadn't done anything to her, but rather... she had given too much as the eye of the Array.
It must be understood that 'Fox Words Bewitching the Masses' is the Xu Family's foremost Array. Besides needing nurous supplentary materials, the eye of the Array is the most crucial. The stronger the eye, the stronger the entire Array. If the eye weakened, the opposite was true.
i Ruyan hadn't trained; she only had an excellent natural bone structure, but that was all.
She was still an ordinary person, unable to control the entire Array, serving rely as its eye. The one actually manipulating the entire array was Miaoqiu.
Miaoqiu understood i Ruyan's condition very well, so she didn't dare to drive the Array too forcefully, or even use it for long.
If the limits were surpassed, one might 'sacrifice oneself for the Array' at any ti. Although doing so would push the Array to its extres, it clearly wasn't worth the price.
She had already calculated i Ruyan's limits, so how did it co to this...
"Now do you understand why? It's not that we've done anything to this young girl, it's your own folly." The Sixth Elder laughed, "Oh, by the way, many people here might not know yet? This young girl has the 'Enchantnt Physique,' just like that old vixen from their family hundreds of years ago, naturally born with allure."
Swoosh...
With those words, aside from the Sixth and Second Elders, the entire room was in an uproar, showing expressions of disbelief.
"Enchantnt Physique, no wonder she hasn't been in the Xu Family all these years. Probably afraid of being discovered, huh? Too bad, she got exposed after all." The First Elder, usually taciturn, sneered, "Just like that old fox, another troubleso thing! Kill her!"
"No!" Miaoqiu imdiately hugged i Ruyan tightly, as if to absorb her into her own body.
The thing she feared most had happened!
She still rembered the fate of the ancestor back then, branded as a demon, one hunted by all! Eleven families all sought to eradicate the Xu Family, but because of the 'Fox Words Bewitching the Masses' Array, they never succeeded.
However, the ancestor also sacrificed herself to the Array, and along with her fall, nurous experts from the other eleven families perished.
From that battle onward, the Xu Family's reputation soared, becoming a family almost no one dared to provoke!
All because of just one person—the ancestor of the Xu Family!
And now, another such person had appeared, with the sa physique, the sa natural allure. If allowed to grow, she would be a huge threat.
The best way to suppress this danger was to nip it in the bud!
The Xu Family was indeed afraid of such an occurrence, so they preferred to let i Ruyan stay among the common people rather than forcibly bring her back.
It wasn't to help her; it was to harm her! And even the entire Xu Family could be hard!
"Heh, who do you think you are? Do you think just because you say no, it ans no? A demonic girl who hasn't matured yet—if not killed now, then when?"
The First Elder was filled with killing intent, his aura quietly spreading, pressing towards Miaoqiu and i Ruyan through the air.
This aura was countless tis stronger than that of the Second Elder. Before it fully descended, Miaoqiu was forced to spat out another mouthful of blood! i Ruyan's face grew even paler! Breathing beca irregular, with the risk of suffocation at any mont!
The difference in Inner Strength between the First and Second Elders was like that between clouds and mud! They weren't even in the sa realm!
Miaoqiu felt that this old man could kill her in her pri state with just a flick of his wrist!
"First Elder, stop!"
Xu Bai Rou's voice resounded again. This ti, she dared not use the Charm Technique on the First Elder, as the backlash alone could severely injure her, an act of recklessness!
Yet, the First Elder seed not to hear, unmoved.
Boom...
Suddenly, another wave of Inner Strength appeared in the hall, counteracting the First Elder's, relieving much of the pressure on Miaoqiu and i Ruyan.
However, there was a huge gap between the two Inner Strength fluctuations as well.
"Hmm?"
The First Elder suddenly turned his head, his eyes like eagle's eyes, staring at Xu Bai Rou, frowning, and asking, "Do you also wish to die?"
The First Elder was such a person, his murderous intent nurtured on the battlefield was extrely heavy, plus, with his imnsely powerful ability, ordinary people dared not provoke him, let alone go against him.
Let alone soone like Xu Bai Rou, who dared to oppose him head-on!
Boom...
Suddenly, the First Elder's killing intent intensified even more. A wave of Inner Strength, like a raging storm, crushed all of Xu Bai Rou's defenses, engulfing her entirely.
"Pfft..."
A sar of blood trickled from the corner of Xu Bai Rou's mouth.
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