Chapter 2 The Formula for the Blood-Staunching Elixir (1/2)
Disbelief showed in the eyes of Lin Lan and the elderly lady behind her.
Just like Chen Dandan.
They knew Zhou Donghuang inside out.
Zhou Donghuang had not yet been able to manifest his qi.
But now, he was able to soundly thrash and injure a level-one adept of the gathered qi and dominate him completely.
They simply could not believe it. Could they be dreaming?
Watching as Hong Yue struggled to his feet, Zhou Donghuang bared his teeth in a savage grin. ”Another false move and I'll end your miserable life!”
Under the murderous glare of Zhou Donghuang, Hong Yue quailed in fear and stood there motionless as though his legs were filled with lead.
”Chen Dandan!”
Zhou Donghuang's gaze found Chen Dandan again, staring daggers at her.
Sensing Zhou Donghuang's murderous rage towards Chen Dandan, Hong Yue's pupils contracted and refocused. Turning to Lin Lan, he reminded her in a low voice, ”Guild Master Lin, restrain your son, don't make things worse…”
”Lady Dandan is the esteemed daughter-in-law of the Hong family!”
By saying this, Hong Yue was blatantly threatening Lin Lan.
Lin Lan paled at this but immediately suppressed her anger. ”Donghuang, come back here,” she commanded, looking lovingly at him standing with his back to her.
Neither of them were her biological children, but how did he come to be so close to her?
Zhou Donghuang turned slowly. ”Mother, are you still protecting her even now?” he asked, his voice betraying a momentary hoarseness.
”This is the last time… from this day forth, I, Lin Lan, and her, Chen Dandan, sever all ties between us!” Lin Lan said, her voice filled with indignation.
”Fine. As a token of respect to you, Mother, I won't kill her today…”
At these words, Chen Dandan breathed a sigh of relief.
”But if I let you walk away just like this...I would feel that I did something too unfair to myself!” Zhou Donghuang muttered.
The moment Chen Dandan changed her expression, Zhou Donghuang darted forward and landed a savage slap on her face.
Piak!
The sharp, clear sound echoed in the chamber, and Chen Dandan fell down beside Hong Yue. Her face began to swell, and she spat out blood and bits of broken teeth. She looked even worse than Hong Yue.
Chen Dandan glared hatefully at Zhou Donghuang, her delicate features twisting into a savage mask. ”Zhou Donghuang, you dare hit me? Do you wish to…”
But Chen Dandan swallowed the rest of her threat upon seeing the cold, murderous look in Zhou Donghuang's eyes.
”Chen Dandan, each person has to take responsibility for his or her actions… I only hope you won't end up regretting this.”
Zhou Donghuang kept his cold gaze on Chen Dandan, his voice completely emotionless.
”Of course I won't regret it!”
Suppressing her murderous rage, Chen Dandan returned his gaze with a humourless smile. As her rage subsided, bewilderment emerged in its wake.
How had this useless piece of trash suddenly come to possess such abilities? Not only had he defeated Hong Yue, but he had managed to close the distance between them and strike her before she could react.
Despite this and the fact that Zhou Donghuang evidently had some ability, Chen Dandan remained nonchalant. The man she, Chen Dandan, was about to marry, was, after all, the first young master of the Hong family of the prefecture capital, a man so blessed that he seemed favored by the gods.
How could he be compared with this piece of trash here?
”Guild Master Hong, let's take our leave.”
Chen Dandan struggled to her feet and led Hong Yue away. At the door of the receiving chamber, she hesitated and gazed back at Zhou Donghuang with a deep look. ”I can only hope that you will be able to withstand the fury that will come down upon the Lin family of the prefecture capital…”
”After all, I do not wish to see the Magnolia Guild that I have grown up in be destroyed just like that.”
A mocking smile pulled at the corners of Chen Dandan's bloody mouth.
”If you don't leave now, make no mistake, I will kill you!” Zhou Donghuang roared through gritted teeth as he stepped forward menacingly, his lips drawn back in anger.
Chen Dandan cowered in fear and turned away, leading Hong Yue hastily away.
”How did we not realize earlier that this sh*t was such a wretched ingrate?”
After Chen Dandan and Hong Yue had departed, even the elderly lady behind Lin Lan had her face twisted in rage.
”Mother!” Zhou Donghuang turned and dashed to the stunned-looking Lin Lan, swept her into a hug and held her closely for a long time.
Lin Lan only then noticed that her son had grown and was now a little taller than she was.
”Donghuang, I'm fine.”
Lin Lan was under the impression that Zhou Donghuang was feeling sorrowful over this whole disastrous episode and had no idea that Zhou Donghuang was actually emotional because he had not seen her for such a long time.
A thousand years had slipped by, and everything changed.
At this moment, only Zhou Donghuang himself could understand how he felt.
”My Lady, what should we do now? The formula is in the hands of the Sunset Guild and effectively belongs to the Hong family… Even though Chen Dandan has betrayed us, the Lin family will not take that into consideration. They will vent their fury on you and the Magnolia Guild anyway.”
The elderly lady was fidgeting with anxiety.
Lin Lan trembled at the elderly lady's words and worry clouded her eyes.
She had expected this outcome.
The Lin family, just like the Hong family, was a great family of the prefecture capital. As a scion of the Lin family, Lin Lan had been sent to Qingshan Town early on to set up a guild to conduct business, the result of which was the Magnolia Guild.
The price for enjoying the protection and resources of the Lin family was a tithe of nine-tenths of the Magnolia Guild's yearly profit.
Only the remaining tenth belonged to the guild master of the Magnolia Guild.