âYou...â Yu Shishi was weak to begin with. Now under the stress of the other sideâs accusing glare, her trembling face only got worse as she got in front of her maid as a shield. âI wonât let you hurt my maid, and sheâs not wrong.â
Although this lady of the Yue house was the granddaughter of Senior Yue, her personality was nothing alike to the selfish old man. Of the biggest difference here, sheâs willing to stand up to those in power if she believes the right was on her side despite everything, which was exactly whatâs happening here.
âYue Shishi, you dare get in my way when I havenât even punished you yet? Donât forget, your Yue house is only a subordinate faction under the Celestial Palace, what makes you think you can defy me?â Gradually darkening across the face, Keeper Ling bluntly states this without a hint of mercy.
In light of the threat, the lady did not move though. She may be weak, sickly and powerless, but that wonât hinder her stubborn nature. Sure enough, a sarcastic smirk forms along the ladyâs lip.
No wonder the Lord never returned to the palace for so many tears, heâs likely chilled to the heart by this group of people. Such a place where everyone blindly believes in this Ruo Xiâs words, what meaning is there to stay here?
âIâm willing to be punished, but you need to let go of my maid.â Yue Shishi bit her lip but kept her firm expression of unyielding nature.
âAlright, in that case, youâll take three of my strikes. If you can withstand it then Iâll let your maid off the hook.â Keeper Ling says, his eyes flashing a cold menacing light.
Of course, because of how sick and frail the other girl was, the old grumpy man would never use his full force and control it in kind. Nevertheless, it still doesnât mean he wouldnât make it hurt to show a point of whoâs in charge.
Heâs not afraid of Healer Yu coming out to demand a explanation, but he wonât allow any loss to come to the Celestial Palace. As an alchemist capable of creating a level fourteen grade Dan pill, even he as the strongest Keeper around must think twice of crossing the other elderâs path.
Yue Shishi didnât struggle over the demand. Closing her eyes, she confronts the bastard with her pale face, causing the injured maid in the rear to grow increasingly urgent. The poor maid wanted to cry out several times there, but she didnât have the energy and fell over multiple times in the end as she struggled to get up.
However, fate wasnât going to let Yue Shishi meet her end so quickly today. Right as Keeper Lingâs palm strike was about to make contact, a loud thundering voice booms over and sent the whole place into a shock.
âKeeper Ling, what are you doing?â The ground rumbles over that echoing voice.
Next thing everyone knew was a old elder running a white alchemic robe descending in front of the girls and meeting the attack head on with his own fist. Sparks flew from the impact, almost like metal scraping against metal.
âWhat am I doing?â Stumbling backwards from the unexpected exchange, it was Keeper Ling who lost the struggle first. Getting dark in the face at the new arrival: âWhy donât you ask your precious disciple over there?â
Originally Healer Yu still had on an irate face against the grumpy Keeper, but that instantly changed once this head alchemist turned around to meet the sickly lady. âShishi, tell grandshifu here what happened. I will help you get justice if you suffered any indignation.â
Because of the urgency of the matter, those maids from before didnât have time to explain the whole story, only saying Shishi was in danger and that he needed to hurry outside. Even so, this head alchemist of the Celestial Palace didnât question the urgency. He knows this girlâs personality better than anyone else. Unlike his disciple was who selfish and likes to pick on the weak, this girl was kind, patient, and gentle, only ever retaliating when pushed into a corner.
âGrandshifu,â trembling along the eyelashes like sheâs about to cry, âjust now Ruo Xi said my grandfather is dead, is that true? Did something happen befall him?â