Chapter 461 — Cloud and Rain at a Turn of the Palm
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"Bastard!
" Yu Ruyi had scarcely died when the whole Liu household was thrown into uproar. One black coffin after another burst open with a bang, bang, bang, and mighty figures shot skyward from within!
Some coffins merely opened without anyone emerging, yet from them came waves of dreadful pulsation, sheets of divine light churning and brewing inside; though the powers within never showed themselves, the effect was truly awe-inspiring. As one of the ten great clans of the Western Lands, the Liu family kept a low profile, but their strength was truly formidable. This God-Burial Valley was the Liu family's holy ground; that Shen Mu had killed Yu Ruyi here was in itself a violation of their most sacred taboo, and since the dead was a powerhouse of the True Heaven Palace, the Liu family's fury was inevitable. Shua, shua, shua—figures descended all around Shen Mu.
At once a bleak, sinister wind rose and clouds of gloom gathered in waves. The figures stood within that murk, shadowy and indistinct, their faces unreadable; one could not tell whether they were human or ghost.
They were about to tear apart the arrogant wretch who had broken the Liu family's rules when they suddenly caught sight of the Azure Profound Water Dragon Pearl in Xiong Qi'er's hand. They halted in alarm, not daring to advance. "Everyone, stop!
" Liu Ruyin cried, beside herself with fury.
"No one is to lift a hand! " She turned to look at Shen Mu, and there he stood as though nothing had happened, stuffing a great eye of jade into his Taotie Pouch. Her daughter, meanwhile, was clapping and cheering, urging Shen Mu to do it again.
Liu Ruyin's head throbbed as though it would split. She glanced at Yu Ruyi's corpse beside her, and her headache worsened. Her original intention had been merely to let Shen Mu and Yu Ruyi meet—just to meet.
She did not care whether the two could come to terms; if they insisted on fighting, then at least they must not fight in the Liu household.
The only one she had needed to guard against was Yu Ruyi: so long as Yu Ruyi did not kill Shen Mu within the Liu household, all would be well.
As for Shen Mu, this big boy was merely a divine-power cultivator of the Six Harmonies realm; there was no need to take him seriously. But who could have guessed that it was precisely this notion that went wrong!
Yu Ruyi had barely shown her face before that villain Shen cut her down, and the villain had the nerve to feign innocence—infuriating!
Killing Yu Ruyi might have been manageable, but the crux was that she had been killed inside the Liu family's God-Burial Valley, and that put the Liu family in the wrong.
When the True Heaven Palace came to demand satisfaction, could the Liu family bear it? "Still, if we hand that villain Shen over to the True Heaven Palace, it will likely atone for our crime. " She blinked.
"But the Azure Profound Water Dragon Pearl is in the little princess's hands—we cannot afford to offend her. . .
" Just then a fragrant wind swept in, and several women of the True Heaven Palace arrived, drifting down lightly.
Seeing Yu Ruyi's corpse on the ground, they flew into a rage and demanded sharply, "Liu Ruyin, what is the meaning of this? " Liu Ruyin's head hurt even more.
"This was the work of Sect Master Shen, who has come from the Central Lands. It has nothing to do with my Liu family.
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" One of the women said sternly, "Nothing to do with your Liu family? Liu Ruyin, that is easy enough for you to say, but the one dead is an elder of our True Heaven Palace.
Your Liu family need not think you can wash your hands of this! " Another woman stepped forward, her voice and expression both harsh. "Patriarch Liu, if your Liu family wishes to preserve itself, then seize that man Shen at once and hand him over to the True Heaven Palace for judgment.