CH 544

544: Holy Rank Intimidation

He hated iron for not becoming steel. Why hadn’t he seen how muddle headed his son was before now?

It wasn’t Wan Wan who sold them out? Wan Cheng was a little stunned. But the words had already been spoken. But then again, if Wan Wan hadn’t been suspicious, Gan Jui would have never suspected. This was still Wan Wan’s fault!

Thinking about it like that made Wan Cheng feel a lot better about himself.

Wan Wan was disappointed her brother had such a low opinion of her. His guilt only lasted a brief moment before disappearing entirely.

When did their relationship become like this? She remembered when she was young; he had loved her the most. But now, what was she to him? What place did she hold in his heart? She was afraid even if the entire Wan family were put together, they couldn’t compare to Ning Bi’s position in his heart.

“Master Wan, if you want to teach your son a lesson, please do so at home. I don’t have the time to listen to you lecture your son.” Old Master Qui said impatiently.

Master Wan immediately retreated to the side with a panicked look on his face. “This junior lost his composure for a moment. Please do not be offended Old Master Qui.”

Wan Cheng watched his father act humble in front of the old master of the Qui family. He was so embarrassed to have Ning Bi witness it.

His dissatisfaction with his father increased.

The Qui family immediately surrounded Wan Cheng and Ning Bi.

Shui and Feng Wu arrived just as they did so.

Shui couldn’t sit still and had rushed out as soon as she heard Ning Bi’s whereabouts. Along the way she met Feng Wu and Ai Lin.

Feng Wu and Ming Xi rushed over when they heard the news as well. Ai Lin joined them so she could watch the show.

Ai Lin was curious about the number one infatuated woman in the novel. It wasn’t easy for someone to become crazy because of love. She believed someone like that was rare, a once in ten thousand years kind of thing. Maybe this Ning Bi could be used as an example in textbooks – of course it would be as a negative example.

Aside from these guys, Juntian and Tian Ya arrived as well.

Earlier, Juntian was just about to catch them when they used the teleportation scroll and escaped. He had searched around for a long time but failed to find them. Even after Tian Ya came to help, they still had no luck.

Fortunately, after hearing about Ning Bi, Master Wan contacted the Qui family and gave them some clues.

The Qui family and Feng family had put out huge rewards for information about Ning Bi but no one had been able to provide anything useful. This time they were lucky because Master Wan contacted the Qui family.

Everyone was there except for Old Master Feng, Master Feng, and Madam Lan. There was no reason to send out two family heads just to kill Ning Bi.

A big reason for Old Master Qui being there was because the Qui family had lost their reputation a bit the past two days.

The last time the Qui family suffered a major loss was because of Shui.[notes] This time the family was implicated again because of her so many of the elders in Qui house had a strong opinion about her.

The family had planned on marrying her off the last time she got in trouble but Madam Qui interfered and the whole matter was stopped dead in its tracks. Now, because of the Ning Bi situation, the odds of forcing Shui to marry out increased by at least fifty percent.

Shui knew this too and she hated Ning Bi to the bone. It was fair to say Ning Bi’s move cost Shui the rest of her life.

“Ning Bi! Was I not good to you?! After your fiancé died, I went to visit you every day. Everything that was delicious or fun, I brought over to you. I gave you everything I could. How could you do this to me?! What did I do wrong?! And An’an and the rest, don’t you feel guilty that they died so horribly?!”

Shui broke through the crowd and rushed to the front to confront Ning Bi. The hatred in her eyes was so strong it was almost palpable.

She had been struck by lightning for two nights straight. The family elders were dissatisfied with her because of the amount of family resources they had to use. Unlike her brother, she was not the family heir. For him they would not have hesitated to use all their resources. She was just a daughter who was destined to marry out. If it weren’t for the fact that she was the legitimate daughter of the main branch, the family would never have used as many resources as they had.

After tonight, whether she lived or died would be up to her; the Qui family would not use any more precious artifacts on her.

No one could understand the fear, the terror of what it felt like to wait for death.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about! I don’t know! I don’t know!” Ning Bi squatted down on the ground with her head buried in her arms, looking for all the world like she was being bullied.

“Ning Bi, you actually did do it!” Wan Wan hadn’t believed it when Juntian said it, but now even Shui was saying it. She knew Shui and Ning Bi had a very good relationship, just as good a friendship as the one they shared.

If it was all a lie, then how could Shui be so resentful and how could the Qui family be so nervous?

“I didn’t! Xiao Wan, you must believe me! I really didn’t do anything!” Of course Ning Bi wasn’t going to admit to it. She gritted her teeth and denied everything. She knew what would happen to her if she admitted guilt. She tried her best to look innocent and pitiful with her big puffy eyes and tear stained cheeks.

“In order to save one person, you sacrificed the soul of seven friends. Tell me, was it worth it?” Shui asked blankly.

Of course, Ning Bi wouldn’t answer nor did Shui expect an answer.

“What are you trying to do?! Ning Bi is innocent! You can’t do this to her!” Wan Cheng saw the undisguised murderous intent in their eyes. Even though he knew he wasn’t invincible, he still stood in front of Ning Bi to protect her.

Ning Bi wanted to leave. When Wan Cheng blocked her front, she tried to pull out a teleportation scroll and escape. Unfortunately it wouldn’t be that easy to escape in front of a holy rank powerhouse.

She had only just started to activate the scroll when Old Master Qui snorted coldly and began to hum. Ning Bi felt her body freeze up and pressure press in all around her.

“Plop. . . ” she burped up a mouthful of blood. It felt like the bones in her body were being crushed.

This was pressure from a holy rank powerhouse. Absolute strength suppression.

“RuoShui, go kill her and avenge yourself.” Old Master Qui didn’t kill Ning Bi himself but spoke softly to his granddaughter.

Shui shivered for a moment but then she nodded her head fiercely. She took a sword from one of the guards and walked forward one step at a time toward Ning Bi.