Chapter 273: Change of Compensation
Chapter 273: Change of Compensation
"Look, this is the message Xia Zhirou sent me yesterday. She said she encountered an illusion and asked me to save her. Now I know that she deliberately sent me away so that she could bring you to deal with Ruan Ruan!"
The head of the Xia family and the ancestor of the Xia family knew from a distance that the communication seal was real!
The other elders walked forward to check with a skeptical attitude.
When they found out that the communication technique was indeed correct and that this was indeed the message sent by Xia Zhirou, their originally solemn faces instantly turned as dark as the bottom of a pot.
"It turned out to be like this..."
At this moment, Xiao Yin on the side stretched his neck and hummed a few times.
The head of the Xia family and the ancestor of the Xia family only then discovered that Xiao Yin and Jimo Qianyi next to them had been immobilized by the Xia family elders using magic.
He quickly waved his hands and removed the magic from the two of them.
"That's not true!" Xiao Yin refuted Xia Zhirou's words as soon as he could speak, "All the students in the academy know that Xia Zhirou and Ou Ye have been targeting Ruan Ruan openly and secretly."
Jimo Qianyi nodded, "I can prove it."
As they talked, they came to Ruan Xihe and asked her with concern if she was okay.
Ruan Xihe shook her head. The spiritual power in her body had recovered halfway, and the empty dantian no longer had the dry pain.
She pointed at the bits of black clothes that remained on the ground. The body of the man in black had long been crushed into meat residue and disappeared.
"These people were brought by Xia Zhirou."
She explained to the head of the Xia family and the ancestor of the Xia family.
The head of the Xia family had an unpleasant expression on his face, but the people he brought with him had already investigated the identities of these men in black, and the result was indeed as Ruan Xihe said, they were brought by Xia Zhirou.
The other elders heard things from Xiao Yin and Jimo Qianyi that were different from what Xia Zhirou said, and then learned that all of this was directed and acted by Xia Zhirou herself. Their faces changed dramatically.
"We are sorry, Miss Ruan." The fifth elder was the first to apologize to her.
Several other elders followed suit and apologized.
When it was the third elder's turn, his expression was somewhat unnatural. He felt extremely guilty and angry, and at the same time, he blamed himself a little.
He never expected that he, a man over fifty years old, would be fooled and led around by a guy who was about fifteen or sixteen years old in the mansion, and almost hurt the life of an innocent person!
"I acted rashly without investigating the truth of the matter. It was my fault. I beg the head of the family to punish me!"
The third elder fell to his knees with a thud.
Patriarch Xia glanced at Ruan Xihe secretly and said, "Third brother, you almost hurt someone just now. You should ask for her forgiveness instead of coming to me for punishment."
The third elder naturally knew this truth, but he was too ashamed to face Ruan Xihe.
If Ruan Xihe had not been so powerful that he could have blocked his Spiritual Lord's move with his Spiritual Emperor cultivation, if it had been someone else, I'm afraid they would have already...
The third elder lowered his head even lower.
He knelt and turned around, lowering his head and not daring to look at Ruan Xihe, and said in a deep voice: "I was wrong just now. I almost hurt your life. I will accept any compensation you want."
"If you don't want to, I am willing to exchange my life for yours. I will not resist if you take my life with your own hands."
The head of the Xia family also began to smile apologetically, "The Third Elder is right. Miss Ruan, it depends on what kind of compensation you want, or whether you want the Third Elder's life, my Xia family will accept it. After all, he was wrong first, and my Xia family will never say no!"
Ruan Xihe glanced coldly at the third elder, then looked away.
She looked around, and her sight finally fell on the palm of the Great Elder's hand, or more precisely, on the dagger in the Great Elder's hand.
"I want it."
Ruan Xihe raised his hand and pointed at the dagger.
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's expressions changed drastically again.
“Master, you can’t do that!” The great elder knelt down and guarded the dagger tightly.
Several other elders also began to discuss with Ruan Xihe, "Miss Ruan, can you exchange for compensation? This dagger is the sacred object of my Xia family, it must not fall into the hands of outsiders!"
Xia Yuanbai just stood there without moving.
For him, the Xia family's sacred objects, the rules of passing them down from generation to generation and handing them over to their destined persons should have been abolished long ago.
The head of the Xia family did not expect Ruan Xihe to make such a request, and was caught in a dilemma for a moment.
Ruan Xihe frowned and asked Xia Yuanbai beside him, "Is this dagger really important to your Xia family?"
She didn't care whether the Xia family's relics were sacred or not, but Xia Yuanbai was her friend, so she should ask Xia Yuanbai.
"It's okay. I think it's just so-so." Xia Yuanbai hesitated for a moment, then said, "In fact, no one in the Xia family would use it. It's better to give it to you. I'm serious."
At this moment, the ancestor of the Xia family, who had been silent, spoke up, and his words were powerful.
"give her!"
When the elders heard his words, they all knelt on the ground, and even the high-ranking guards behind them all knelt down.
"Grandmaster, think twice!" The elders advised in unison, "You know, this sacred object is related to the safety of our Xia family. If it is obtained by someone with ulterior motives..."
The Xia family ancestor turned around impatiently, put his hands behind his back, and turned his back to them, "I know, give it to her."
In terms of emotion, Ruan Xihe was able to take on a move from the Spirit Lord with her Spirit Emperor cultivation, so her future prospects were limitless. If she really wanted to do anything bad to the Xia family in the future, even without the help of the holy object, the Xia family would still suffer a disaster of subversion.
It would be better to give the holy object to her now, so as to make fewer enemies and more friends for the Xia family.
Logically, Xia Zhirou framed her first, and she fought back normally, but was attacked by the elders of the Xia family. It is their responsibility to pay compensation.
The head of the Xia family seemed to know what the Xia family ancestor was thinking. He waved his hand to the elder and said, "Give the holy object to Miss Ruan. The family tradition of our Xia family is to keep our promises."
Seeing that the head of the family and the ancestor were so insistent, it would be useless even if the other elders insisted.
The fact that the holy object was sent out could not be changed, so now they could only change their strategy, which was to improve Ruan Xihe's favorability as much as possible so that she would not feel dissatisfied with the Xia family and turn against them.
The Great Elder adjusted his expression, held the dagger in both hands, and walked up to Ruan Xihe with a smile on his face.
Ruan Xihe reached out and took it, and then the dagger disappeared in an instant.
Seeing that the eldest elder of the Xia family still showed his eight-teeth smile and laughed dryly at her, Ruan Xihe felt a chill all over her body and got goose bumps.
"Okay, Great Elder, take back your fake smile. It makes me physically uncomfortable."
Xia Yuanbai was beside Ruan Xihe, so naturally he also saw the Great Elder's smile. He frowned, and with some disgust he reached out his hand and manually closed the Great Elder's lips.
The Great Elder felt bitter, as the Young Master did not understand his good intentions at all!
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