Chapter 18 (1/2)
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Desperate Measures
The great hall was silent. Even an idiot and a blind man would know that Li Chengfeng was no ordinary mortal from this world. They also knew of the kill order sent by the palace 19 years ago, the night when too much blood was shed, when tens of thousands of babies met cruel deaths and too many families and clans were completely decimated!
The Li family's survival had been completely dependent on Madam Xie's wit and luck!
If news of this peculiar incident spread, then the Li family would have nowhere to hide no matter where they escaped to!
They also knew that this Sun Boren, whose eyes had been burned away… He was a cultivator of the Spiritual Mountain Sect!
Offending the Spiritual Mountain Sect was also enough to cause extermination of her family!
They were at a dead end here!
If living things like ants yearned to stay alive, humans too!
As Sun Boren twitched on the ground, a golden invitation fell from his sleeve. When the corner of the invitation card hit the ground, the dead-silent hall seemed to come alive once more.
Madam Xie slowly stood up and quietly walked over to pick the golden invitation up. She smiled, “That whole disaster happened all because of this!”
She clutched it pitifully and walked over to the fire pit. She gazed at the glowing firewood within as the invitation trembled in her hand for a while, then suddenly fall.
Green Bead had reflexes quick enough to react. She shrieked and slapped the golden invitation out of the pit, then pounced forward to hold it tightly to her chest. Tearfully, she said to Madam Xie, “Madam, this is the only hope for our Li family!”
Madam Xie smiled as she cried. “Hope? There is no hope!”
Green Bead looked at Li Chengfeng unconscious on the ground and had an odd look. She asked cautiously, “Madam, the young master might still be an ordinary mortal, we're not sure…”
Madam Xie suddenly roared, “Shut your mouth!”
Green Bead stopped talking when she saw Madam Xie's fierce glare but still hugged the invitation to her chest.
Green Bead was a servant that Madam Xie bought when she was very young but she had grown up in the Li family and treated them as such. Their glory was her glory, their demise would also be hers.
If Madam Xie hoped Li Chengfeng could become a successful cultivator to rebuild their family, why wouldn't Green Bead hope the same?
Madam Xie looked at Zhao Xiaobao coldly. In a smart move, he immediately kowtowed, “Don't worry, Madam. My life belongs to the Li family, I will keep this secret forever!”
Madam Xie sighed in relief as her gaze turned gentler. “Thank goodness I have you two! I have practically raised you two too, and I trust you both!”
Green Bead and Xiaobao knelt at the hall, looking tearfully at Madam Xie.
She sighed. “Looks like our days in Cheng'an City are numbered!”
They looked at each other. Green Bead found the courage to ask, “Madam, we're… leaving?”
She nodded. “We cannot stay!”
Green Bead asked, “When do we leave?”
She thought for a moment. “We have ancestral prayers in a few days. After the ritual, we will leave.”