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Chapter 287: After Drinking (1)_1

Chapter 287: Chapter 287: After Drinking (1)_1

Dugu Qianye suddenly came to, puzzled as to how he ended up in front of Dugu Qianye. He then realized what he had just said and turned to see Dugu Qianye enveloped in a cold aura, while everyone else was glaring at him with fury.

"Father, I..."

"Enough!" Dugu Qianye looked at Dugu Qianye with a pained expression and said, "I’ve heard everything that should and shouldn’t have been said! I never imagined you would want the throne so badly, that you’d even betray everyone for it!"

Dugu Qianye looked at Dugu Qianye and said, "Yes, I want it. If you hadn’t been hiding it and even planned to pass it to him after he was born, would I have done this? If you and those ministers hadn’t clung to traditions and refused to acknowledge a master, would I have thought to collude with outsiders? You all want to stay here forever, but I don’t! I want to go out into the world! If being someone else’s slave means I could go out, why couldn’t I do it?!"

"You are out of line!" Dugu Qianye, stunned by Dugu Qianye’s words, tried to strike him but found himself without strength.

Seeing Dugu Qianye wanting to hit him only made Dugu Qianye angrier. He approached Dugu Qianye and said, "You want to hit me, come on then. I’m right in front of you, do it!"

Dugu Qianye struck at him, but couldn’t even lift his arm.

"Heh, can’t do it anymore, can you? How does my Soft Tendon Dissolving Spiritual Powder feel?" Dugu Qianye laughed and said, "We cover our faces with masks all day and dare not meet the Tianyang because we are of the Dark Clan. But we weren’t born like this! What’s wrong with me taking you all to seek the light now? Heh, now you can try, who else still has strength?"

Everyone present tried and found themselves powerless as well.

"I specifically chose this date to punish them so that all of you could come here and be together. By now, the Hong Family should have reached the secret passage exit; they won’t need a day to get here. If you willingly acknowledge a new master, you might avoid suffering. Otherwise..."

On the stage, Dugu Qianye turned to look at Dugu Qianye and said, "I have already cleared your name. Now you belong to me!"

Dugu Qianye nodded. His word was his bond!

Zi Xiao, bound on the other half, was displeased and said, "What ’belong to you’? They’re just your servants at best. I am the one who belongs to you!"

Dugu Qianye automatically filtered out and ignored Zi Xiao’s intermittent assertions of ownership.

"Ah, another tough fight ahead. I hope their strength isn’t as demoralizing as the people here," Dugu Qianye said.

Dugu Qianye looked at Dugu Qianye, with some doubt in his eyes.

"Everyone here has been poisoned by your brother, they can’t move, and he just said that the Hong Family is coming. Now only the three of us have the strength to act; if someone really arrives, our peace is gone," Dugu Qianye said.

"But we are bound," Dugu Qianye said.

"Hmm?" Dugu Qianye did not understand.

"These ropes are not made of ordinary material; they are Superior-grade Holy Artifacts specifically refined by an Artifact Refiner, impossible to break free from," Dugu Qianye explained.

Dugu Qianye looked down at the ropes binding her, the dark, seemingly Superior-grade Holy Artifacts?

"Then burn them," Dugu Qianye said.

"This, although it’s not high level, the material is very robust, regular flames can’t burn through it!" Dugu Qianye added.

Dugu Qianye said nothing more, with flames, what couldn’t be burned through!

Everyone in the City of Darkness felt weakened, they could only sit on the ground. Dugu Qianye alone stood, waiting for the arrival of the Hong Family people.

The Hong Family were slow to arrive; it wasn’t until the sun rose the next day that their leisurely silhouettes were seen. At the forefront was Hong Mantian, the Hong Family Head, appearing to be in his forties or fifties, followed by seven others. Perhaps they thought the people of the Dark Clan were all poisoned and no longer a threat, and wanting their own children to gain their allegiance, they brought so many people – if all of them acknowledged a new master, how many people would each get! Therefore, those following looked quite young, probably direct descendants of the Hong Family, except for one elder.

Dugu Qianye looked at this Hong Mantian, guessing he wasn’t from some major clan or power; otherwise, she would have known about it. Yet she had never even heard of them. Though she paid little attention to the outside world, she still knew about those big clans and powers. During Shi Honggui’s 500th birthday celebration, she had learned of quite a few families.

"Hong Family Head, I didn’t expect you to come personally!" Dugu Qianye greeted him.

Hong Mantian looked at Dugu Qianye and asked, "They have no power to resist anymore?"

"Yes, the effect of the powder will last for another day."

Hong Mantian looked at the people sprawled on the ground and said, "You’ve done well." Then he noticed the three people tied to the stakes and asked, "Were they also affected by your powder?"

Dugu Qianye then remembered they had been overlooked, "No, but they are tied up there, powerless as well."

"Traitor!"...

The collapsed people cursed one after another, blaming themselves for not seeing his true nature!

Hong Mantian looked at Dugu Qianye and the others, feeling they might spoil things, and said, "Isn’t it time for the execution? Let’s deal with them first!"

A person stepped forward from behind Hong Mantian and said, "Yes, Family Head."

Hong Mantian watched the person approach the stage, pick up a torch from the ground, and light the kindling in front of each person. The kindling, made of easily ignitable wood, quickly caught fire.

As Dugu Qianye had thought, the Hong Family was not a major clan; at best, they were a lower-tier among second-rate families, meaning they had no formidable figures at the top, the best being at the Primary Level of the Divine Emperor. The Hong Family, despite its lack of strength, enjoyed stirring trouble, always thinking they were in charge and often antagonizing others, thus attracting a host of enemies.

Their encounter with Dugu Qianye was coincidental. He was chasing a Spiritual Beast in some mountains when Dugu Qianye suddenly appeared ahead, at risk of being injured by the beast, but fortunately, Hong Mantian arrived just in time to slay it.

From that point on, Dugu Qianye became acquainted with Hong Mantian.

Although Dugu Qianye was a prince, he had always lived in the City of Darkness, unfamiliar with the outside world, and was easily swayed by Hong Mantian.

The Dark Clan people, witnessing the Hong Family ignite the kindling in front of Dugu Qianye and the others, became frantic and saddened. Dugu Qianye turned his head away in agony.

"How does it feel, watching your beloved son burned to death right before your eyes?" The only person who seemed happy was Dugu Qianye. Seeing Dugu Qianye’s distress, he reached out and turned his face so he could witness the scene above.

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