Chapter 29: Strike With Another’s Power (1/2)

Chapter Twenty-nine: Strike With Another’s Power

After bidding farewell to Jiang Zhisu, Nie Tian calmly went to find Nie Donghai.

A large number of Nie clan members were gathered at one of their major pavilions. Not only were Nie Donghai and his brothers there, but even members of the second generation were there, including Nie Qian and Nie Kan.

The moment Nie Tian arrived, he discovered that his grandfather looked rather grim and Nie Qian’s face was full of grievances. It appeared that they had been arguing with Nie Beichuan.

Nie Kan turned his head and saw Nie Tian coming their way, and then immediately announced, “Nie Tian is here.”

In a instant, all gazes were fixed upon Nie Tian.

“Nie Tian, has sectmaster Jiang left?” Nie Nanshan asked.

“Yeah.” Nie Tian nodded. “He asked me a few questions, talked to Mr. Li, and then left.”

Hearing that Jiang Zhisu had left, every member of the Nie clan seemed to have a huge burden lifted off their shoulders and suddenly felt relieved.

Jiang Zhisu was so widely respected and feared by the Nie clan that whenever he was around, nobody even dared to speak in loud voice.

“What did the sectmaster ask you?” Nie Beichuan said with a straight face.

Nie Tian didn’t hesitate a bit to repeat Jiang Zhisu’s questions and how he answered.

“You were sucked into a spatial rift and somehow magically returned to our clan?” Nie Beichuan had a strange look on his face, and was staring at Nie Tian with doubtful eyes, as if he hoped to find a loophole in the story from Nie Tian’s expression alone.

Under his gaze, Nie Tian didn’t say a word, and actually appeared quite composed.

After gazing for a while, Nie Beichuan failed to find anything, then suddenly said, “The dagger An Shiyi gave you was a token of apology for trespassing on the Nie clan’s property, thus it should be turned over to the storehouse.”

Nie Donghai let out a cold harrumph. “Second brother!”

Nie Qian also angrily said, “She clearly stated that it was a gift to Little Tian, so it should belong to Little Tian. Why should he turn it in?”

Nie Tian went blank for a moment. However it only took a moment before he realized what Nie Qian had been arguing with Nie Beichuan about.

Nie Beichuan raised his voice and held his head high, glancing around at certain other clan members. “I am the master of the Nie clan! An Shiyi must atone for barging into the Nie clan’s property regardless of our defenses, and she said herself that the dagger in Nie Tian’s hand was the atonement!”

The majority of the clan members who he looked at chimed in.

“The clanmaster is right.”

“It’s a reasonable solution.”

“It’s only fair!”

Only a small percentage of clan members seemed to support Nie Donghai. But knowing Nie Beichuan’s power has been gradually increasing, even if they were dissatisfied inside, not a single one of them dared to speak up.

Nie Qian bit her lip, her bright eyes filled with rage and resentment.

Nie Donghai was utterly disappointed in the clan members. He sighed and prepared to persuade Nie Tian to hand over the dagger.

“Just now…” Nie Tian gradually lifted his dagger-holding hand and while smiling said, “After answering sectmaster Jiang’s questions, I took out the dagger, told him it didn’t belong to me, and said that I wanted to hand it over to Mr. Li.

“However, sectmaster Jiang said that since it was gifted to me, I should keep it and protect it, not letting down An Shiyi’s good intentions.

“But…” He halted briefly, and looked at Nie Beichuan. “Since the clanmaster says the dagger needs to be turned in, I’ll turn it in.”

With these words, he spread open his hand, waiting for Nie Ping, the person in charge of the storehouse, to come and collect it.

However, right after he finished his comments, those clan members who previously clamored and demanded him to hand over the dagger, suddenly all shut up.

Even Nie Beichuan had various expressions flashing across his face.

The truth was that he couldn’t tell whether Nie Tian was telling the truth.

If it was true, and Jiang Zhisu really had said those words, then he… absolutely didn’t dare to contradict his will.

Not to mention that Jiang Zhisu had already left; even if he was still in the Nie clan, Nie Beichuan wouldn’t dare to go to him to verify Nie Tian’s claim.