Chapter 24: Is the Adorable Godfather Angry?

"Xiaotong, what did you say?"

"The guards from the Ming estate have climbed over the wall into the backyard! Godfather! What should we do?"

Godfather?! This cry infuriated Ming Yue. What exactly had that harlot and this little bastard done to make Shi Zhiyan willingly become the child's godfather and the husband of that good-for-nothing?

...This is absolutely outrageous!!

"How is the girl?" Shi Zhiyan’s brows knit together as he asked urgently. He knew that Ming Xi had not yet recovered from her wounds, and this was practically driving her to her death!

"She is still holding on for now, but Mother won't last much longer! What do we do, Godfather?" Xiaotong asked anxiously.

Tsk! Shi Zhiyan’s expression shifted abruptly. This Ming Yue—she dared to play a diversionary tactic on him?!

This was undoubtedly a challenge to his dignity and his intelligence!!

"Xiaotong, take this to your mother. Just a light wave is enough to activate it! Do you understand?" Shi Zhiyan hurriedly chanted a spell, calibrating his brush. Once finished, he handed it to the boy. Xiaotong took it and said with delight, "I understand! Godfather is the best!"

With that, Xiaotong ran off toward the house, brimming with excitement.

It was only after Xiaotong had left that Ming Yue noticed the sudden, murderous intent in his eyes.

...A chill ran through Ming Yue!

"...A diversionary tactic, is it, Miss Ming Yue?" Shi Zhiyan’s gaze was so piercingly sharp that Ming Yue didn't even dare to breathe.

"I... I already told you, this is for the sake of the family! Ming Xi is fundamentally wrong. She stole the Chiming and the Oracle; she is guilty. Do not be so unreasonable and unable to distinguish right from wrong!"

"Heh, unreasonable? You’re the one being unreasonable, aren't you? Those bruises all over Ming Xi’s body—do you dare say you weren't the one who caused them? And now you intend to finish her off completely because of this matter? Are you the one talking about reason?!"

A murderous aura began to spread from an unknown source.

Shi Zhiyan, who had shown no desire to fight just moments ago, now looked as if he wanted to tear Ming Yue to shreds.

The other young ladies couldn't help but whisper among themselves: "No way, right? He’s even seen Ming Xi’s body?" "Then it's over. I suppose this talisman master has fallen for that good-for-nothing." "If the Second Sister doesn't retreat now, she's going to suffer! After all, this talisman master is at the third rank of Ink Profound!"

"All of you, shut up!!" Ming Yue could no longer bear their whispering, her emotions inflamed to the breaking point. "Shi Zhiyan, let me tell you, no one from childhood until now has ever dared to treat me with such an attitude. No one has dared to glare at me like that or mock me so. You have gone too far... you have truly gone too far!!"

A powerful surge of profound energy roiled within Ming Yue, filled with resentment and fury. Her eyes seemed to turn blood-red.

"What is so good about that good-for-nothing? What right does she have to be protected? What is the point of that good-for-nothing being alive?!"

Ming Yue gasped for air, then stomped her foot hard against the ground. A powerful aura echoed through the air, causing everyone around her to hold their breath in fear.

"...A duel." Ming Yue finally issued the challenge. "Shi Zhiyan, I want to duel you!!"

Shi Zhiyan let out a cold snort and said indifferently, "You asked for this. I didn't want to raise a hand against a woman, but now... I’m going to teach a beast a lesson!!"

A heavy, oppressive atmosphere blanketed the surroundings. This time, Shi Zhiyan leaped into the air empty-handed and attacked Ming Yue. Ming Yue, refusing to be outdone, leaped into the air as well, channeling all her spiritual energy into her left foot and kicking mercilessly at Shi Zhiyan.

The onlookers could not see their faces; they only felt two powerful forces erupt and collide violently. A deafening blast resonated through the heavens!

Ming Yue, a sixth-rank Purple Profound, was actually challenging a third-rank Ink Profound?!

"Second Sister!"

"Second Sister!"

The other young ladies could not imagine what had happened, only seeing a few drops of blood splatter and scatter in the air!

"Could it be... that Second Sister has already..."

"Second Sister!!"