The Sect Leader Has Taken in a New Female Disciple

Faced with Shen Lieyang’s furious roar, Liu Rushuang suddenly sneered viciously, "You still aren’t ruthless enough!"

"Though you later massacred that group of bandits, some things... can’t simply disappear by erasing traces!"

"I told you to shut up!" Shen Lieyang rose abruptly, his Divinity Transformation Realm oppression crashing down like a mountain.

Liu Rushuang was forced back half a step by this aura but quickly regained her composure, a hint of spite flashing in her eyes.

"Shen Lieyang, why yell at me? The Eight Great Families—Su, Zhao, Yan, Han, Shen, Liu, Lu, Zhou!"

"Back in the day, I was married into your Shen Family with great pomp from the Liu Family, and after so many years, if I haven’t achieved merit, I’ve certainly endured hardships, and I even bore you twin sons!"

Her voice suddenly turned sinister, "Moreover... haven’t you noticed? It’s another cycle."

"Your niece, whether in cultivation or Array Master talent, surpasses the entire younger generation."

"Back then, the old master didn’t choose her father as the Family Head, but might skip over you all... and choose her!"

Shen Lieyang’s chest heaved violently, finally collapsing into his seat, "Then let her be... I don’t covet the Family Head position!"

"Don’t covet?" Liu Rushuang reacted as if hearing the world’s biggest joke, "You didn’t think that way in earlier years!"

"If you want one not to be known unless he does nothing... if Shen Hanyi truly becomes Family Head, do you think our third branch will have any chance of survival?"

She suddenly discarded the fragments in her hand and lunged forward, grabbing Shen Lieyang’s collar.

"The greatest revenge isn’t simply killing someone... it’s letting them go through the suffering again!"

"Her and her brother lost their mother when they were young... If she becomes Family Head, I swear, your two sons will soon lose their mother..."

She licked her lips, "And even... lose their father!"

Shen Lieyang looked up sharply, his eyes bloodshot, "She wouldn’t do that!"

"Oh, she wouldn’t." Liu Rushuang released her grip, smoothing her sleeves with a light laugh.

"Just like Shen Juefeng wouldn’t have imagined... his own third brother would hire bandits to rob the Storage Bag filled with settlement from the Outer Domain he brought back to the Shen Family."

The hall suddenly fell into dead silence.

After a long pause, Shen Lieyang rasped, "Regardless... this matter ends here."

Liu Rushuang adjusted her collar, a cold smile playing on her lips, "It’s already too late."

"What do you mean?" Shen Lieyang looked up abruptly, his eyes flashing coldly.

"That assassin targeting Shen Hanyi used the very item the Liu Family sent me as a marriage gift—’Heart-Burning Bone-Eroding Flame’."

Liu Rushuang spoke indifferently, "To this day, there seems to be no second trace of such Anomalous Fire."

Before she finished speaking, Shen Lieyang suddenly stood, his iron grip fiercely clutching her slender neck, "You’re courting death..."

Liu Rushuang’s face flushed red from the chokehold, yet she stared back at him stubbornly, "Feeling like you’re riding a tiger and can’t dismount?"

"Not only did she survive, but her cultivation also broke through to Spirit Slash Realm Perfection. Truly, fate plays tricks."

"You’re going to get me killed!" Shen Lieyang’s eyes bulged in rage, his hand veins popping.

Liu Rushuang suddenly let out a strange laugh, forcing out a few words with difficulty, "What if I told you... I never hired any killers from the Blood Contract Pavilion?"

Shen Lieyang looked as if struck by lightning, his fingers unconsciously loosing their grip.

"Cough, cough..." Liu Rushuang coughed violently, rubbing her reddened neck, "When I found out ’Heart-Burning Bone-Eroding Flame’ was stolen, she’d already safely returned."

"Haven’t you realized someone wants to solidify this matter completely?"

Shen Lieyang staggered backward, falling heavily into his chair, his face ashen.

"Back then, her mother’s death, and now an attempt on her life..." Liu Rushuang spoke in a haunting voice, "Once she becomes Family Head, the new and old accounts will be settled together."

"Now, you, including me, can only keep going headlong, forced to face the consequences."

"Was it Big Brother, or Second Brother?" Shen Lieyang’s voice trembled.

Liu Rushuang sneered, "You can investigate yourself. Maybe, it was your two sisters-in-law and their families behind them?"

"After all, many are eager to see a family in internal trouble and external threats."

She said, patting her hem and turning to walk towards the hall doors, "Think it over here. Some things, even if you don’t do them, someone will push you to do them, or even... do them for you."

Just as Liu Rushuang walked out of the hall, a dark shadow quietly approached.

Liu Rushuang touched the bruise on her neck, speaking coldly, "Have you found out?"

"Madam, this subordinate is incompetent; her whereabouts are still unknown."

Liu Rushuang sighed softly, "Forget it. Now that she’s reached Spirit Slash Realm Perfection and doesn’t reside often in the Shen Family, finding her is hardly easy."

"Withdraw everyone; we’re not in a hurry..." She grinned meaningfully, "Someone else will be more anxious than us."

Once the shadow left, she summoned another guard, "And what about Shen Heng and Shen Li?"

The guard hesitated, "The two young masters... had another fight just now."

"Again for that Su Family girl?" A hint of mockery flashed in Liu Rushuang’s eyes.

"Exactly."

Liu Rushuang shook her head and sighed, "These two useless fellows, can’t they see the Su Family is just toying with them?"

"Madam, should we intervene?"

"No need." Liu Rushuang’s gaze was deep, "Words alone are useless; a personal experience of the matter will leave a lasting impression."

"Let them cause trouble. With fewer schemes in their heads, at least..." She paused meaningfully, "Others won’t see them as threats."

She changed the topic, "Any movements from the first and second branches?"

The guard respectfully handed over a Jade Scroll, "This records their recent activities."

Liu Rushuang accepted the Jade Scroll, swept it with her Divine Sense, paused at a point, then nodded as if indifferent, "Keep monitoring them!"

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