Lu Mo and Cecilia both had a great time.
But Gellenson and Yisang were the complete opposite. Gellenson was utterly immersed in pain. Yisang’s madness showed signs of worsening more than before.
“Why is she ‘Mo’?”
“Damn it, damn it!!!”
“Why did that happen at the end of the trial?”
“Lu Mo, the Kalis family… they all deserve to die!”
Gellenson roared. He slammed his fist onto the table again, shattering it completely.
He didn’t know that “Mo” was Lu Mo. Therefore, he and Yisang’s direction was wrong from the start! Terribly wrong! The entire Liat family paid an extremely heavy price for such a mistake! During this time, Gellenson even dared not show his face before his clansmen.
“Yisang…”
He looked at the woman sitting on the sofa.
“No… impossible…”
At that moment, Yisang’s madness seemed to flare up again. She curled up at the edge of the sofa, hugging her arms, trembling, murmuring incessantly. Her nails deeply pierced her flesh. As her fingers pressed, she carved deep bloody scratches on her arms.
“The clan artifact’s hint couldn’t be wrong… There’s something wrong with her… it’s all her fault… The Holy Sanctuary is helping her, deceiving me together. That must be it! The Holy Sanctuary killed Solaris. Not only is something wrong with her, but the Sanctuary is also guilty! The Holy Sanctuary killed Solaris. They killed Solaris together!!!”
The woman let out a hoarse roar.
“Enough!”
At this point, Gellenson could no longer hold back.
“Shut up!”
He abruptly stood up and shouted at Yisang.
“Yisang! From start to finish, it was you who suspected Lu Mo, even misled me! You made me do this shameful thing that nearly destroyed the family’s honor! Am I and the family not already like this? Isn’t the trouble big enough for you? And now… you’re even suspecting the Holy Sanctuary? Next, are you going to think the whole world is against you? You—”
The next second, the Celestial Force suddenly exploded in Gellenson’s chest. Gellenson didn’t even have time to react before it hit him, denting his chest and spurting blood. He fell backward, crashing to the floor. He endured the pain and tried to get up.
“Say that again if you dare.”
At that moment, Yisang’s voice rang out coldly. Gellenson looked up and saw the woman standing in front of him, somehow.
“Yisang, I…”
Gellenson’s voice trembled. The next instant—the woman stomped on Gellenson’s chin, flipping him onto his back. Then, her high heel ruthlessly pressed down on Gellenson’s face.
“A dog… dares to bark in front of me? …Question me—”
Yisang said.
“Know your place as a dog. Don’t—”
Gellenson’s body shuddered a few times before finally lying prostrate on the ground without resisting. He let the woman trample and vent. In the end, Yisang’s madness seemed to subside somewhat. She gradually calmed down and soon sat back on the sofa.
“We failed…”
She murmured.
“It seems that even the Holy Sanctuary’s tribunal cannot judge Lu Mo…”
Soon, she spoke words that made Gellenson’s heart skip a beat.
“But what if the judgment comes from outside the Sanctuary?”
Gellenson jerked his head up and looked at the woman on the sofa with a pounding heart. He felt that although Yisang seemed to have recovered, she might have become even more insane.
“Yisang, are you planning to—”
Almost that same afternoon, Gellenson followed Yisang out of the Liat family. A few days later, they arrived at the Priscian family again. The old man knew what had happened at the Holy Sanctuary. When he saw the injured Gellenson, he showed even more contempt and disgust.
“Father.”
When his daughter bowed and told him what she wanted to do, he first showed surprise, then anger. For the first time, he looked at his daughter with a cold, oppressive gaze.
“Yisang… do you know what you’re trying to do? This matter is absolutely forbidden! Do you want to break the family’s bottom line?”
But facing the old man’s authority, Yisang let out another cold laugh.
“Don’t play the saint now, Father. You’re not clean, and neither is the entire Priscian family. You’ve crossed the line countless times—”
“Bastard!”
The next moment, the old man waved his hand, and Celestial Force struck the woman’s face. He slapped her.
“Get out!!!”
The old man roared.
But Yisang didn’t care about the slap, nor about her swollen face and the blood trickling from her mouth. She glanced at the old man again.
“I’ll come again, Father.”
With that, she turned and left.
Gellenson never expected such a “loving father and filial daughter” scene to happen. Feeling the old man’s fury, he bowed to him, quickly followed Yisang, and fled the scene as if escaping. If it were anyone else, they might have fled the family long ago and dared not face the old man for a long time. But Yisang was different. After that, every day, she went to see the old man. Either threatening him. Or threatening to die. She seemed determined not to give up until she achieved her goal.
And finally, one day, after Yisang spoke, the old man didn’t drive her away again.
“I agree to this matter.”
He said to Yisang.
“But I can only create opportunities for you as much as possible. If you’re discovered, you’ll have to bear all the consequences alone.”
Yisang bowed.
“Thank you, Father, for your support.”
“Hmm.”
The old man just stared at Yisang quietly, saying nothing.
Two days later, Yisang and Gellenson appeared in the Priscian family’s restricted area. She led Gellenson into an ancient ruin. As they turned a mechanism, the ground trembled, and a flight of stairs leading underground slowly appeared before the two.
As they descended, a bloody smell spread. The sunlight gradually faded. An indescribable darkness and chaos pervaded the dim underground space. This feeling was familiar to Gellenson—demonic aura.
As they went deeper, under the dim light, Gellenson saw cages on both sides. Some cages were empty, with bloodstains from countless years ago on the floor. Some cages contained broken bones and remnants, completely dried and nearly petrified. Some cages still held living figures. Without exception, those figures exuded demonic aura. But among them, besides actual demons, there were many other creatures. A lion beast whose head was completely eroded by black matter, growing a huge single eye. A rabbit with countless tentacles growing from its feet. And even some… trembling humanoid figures.
Yisang ignored these figures. Gellenson didn’t show much surprise either. The two walked forward.
Finally, they came before the largest cage in the underground space. In the dim light, they saw a figure imprisoned inside, completely bound. It was a pure-blooded demon. Its body was entirely nailed to the wall, with many marks of being cut and sewn. Its body seemed to have been used for many different experiments by the Priscian family. But even so, it was still alive. Judging by the demon’s aura, it was at least of high noble rank. This was the strongest demon the Priscian family had captured.
The demon’s talent was a concealment-type ability. During the previous chaos on the inner wall of the Sacred Demon Barrier, it infiltrated the human world and eventually reached the Priscian family’s territory. Later, the demon was discovered by the Priscian family while on a mission and was captured.
Feeling the humans approaching, the demon suddenly opened its eyes. It was already extremely weak, but it still stared at Yisang with utmost venom. It thought the Priscian family was going to do something to it again.
But contrary to its expectations, this time Yisang did not attack it. She just looked at it and asked:
“Do you want freedom?”
The demon was stunned.
“I can give you freedom.”
Yisang continued.
“If you can follow my instructions and kill two humans for me.”
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