44 Sowing Karma, Repaying Debts (1/2)

Xia Xingyue looked fierce and full of killing intent. When she awakened from her sleep earlier, she was astonished to find a seal bearing down on her soul. Apart from Jiang Tian, no one had close contact with her soul so he was the most likely culprit.

But for what reason? Why would he do such a thing? Didn't we give him what we wanted and cared for him like a family? Why would he do this to me?!

It was the first time that Xia Xingyue experienced such betrayal. In this faraway land, battles happened frequently and traitors were expected within the ranks. Though she had her suspicions, she didn't expect that Jiang Tian had such a venomous heart.

Rotating her cultivation base, power enveloped her body and strength surged within her fists. Yet as the thought of harming him appeared in her mind. The Seal Slave attached on her Sea of Memories throbbed and bestowed upon her, intense pain that made her cry in anguish.

”AAAAAHHHH!” She screamed wantonly, her throat almost ripped from the force of her shriek. The Slave Seal not only attacked her soul but also amplified that pain that she felt.

Bang!

She crashed on the ground and rolled while clutching her head, void of the dignified facade as the Patriarch of the Xia Clan, Xia Xingyue's expression reddened in shame, anger and humiliation.

”I planted a Slave Seal on your Sea of Memories, as long as the thought of harming me appeared in your mind, it would activate and give you unimaginable pain.”

Jiang Tian's voice was as cold as ice. His stoic expression stared at Xia Xingyue as if she was nothing but a mere pebble on the side of the road.

”W-W-why.. Why would you do something like this? Didn't we give you everything that you wanted?” Xia Xingyue said in a sorrowful and somber voice, her expresssion filled with sorrow.

Jiang Tian swept his gaze over at the Patriarch and knitted his eyebrows. From the novels that he read, powerful people like Xia Xingyue possessed shrewd minds and cautious nature, yet why was she so naive?

”Patriarch, are you forgetting the fact that I do not have the obligation to obey everything that you said? I may be a disciple of this Clan but that doesn't mean that you could take advantage of me due to the difference between our status.”

”And as for the giving me everything that I wanted. Hmmph! What a joke! The debts that I incurred from Xia BIngyue has been paid by saving her life! As for the cultivation manual, I gave you a blueprint of that Three-Layered Armor! It should be effective that even now, the Silent Monastery should be scrambling to find methods against it.”

”I did all of that and obeyed you as my Senior yet you attacked me due to a slight suspicion. Now, tell me, was it bad that I counter-attacked and sealed all routes of your escapes for the sake of my future?”

Jiang Tian scolded in a dignified tone, void of the delight and excited tone that he frequently used towards Xia Xingyue. The latter stared at him with a listless expression, at this moment, the valiant and prideful Patriarch of the Xia Clan looked pitiful as tears fell from her eyes.

It drenched her cheeks and her eyes widened in shock. When was the last time that she cried? Apart from the time where her parents died and her lover, Huang'er leaving her for the sake of her Clan, she never cried again.

Yet, facing such a dilemma that could potentially destroy her entire Clan and the efforts that she made in the last several decades. Xia Xingyue's tears that she kept for several decades rushed like water from a broken dam.

”Wuwuwu, why would you... Do this to me...Wuwuwuwu, don't you feel ashamed of biting the hand that fed you? Wuwuwu...” Xia Xingyue sobbed and cried like a wronged kitten.

”Wha...” Jiang Tian was taken aback, witnessing such a beautiful woman crying like there's no tomorrow right before his eyes with her shoulders intermittently trembled stumbled him.

Within his lifetime, he exprienced all sorts of tribulations and encountered all sorts of obstacles and encounters, yet when it comes to a crying woman, Jiang Tian didn't know what to do as he just stood there like a frozen statue.

”Ermmm, Patriarch, it's not like I will do something bad to the Clan. I just enslaved you so I have an insurance when something goes wrong, okay? Calm down, come here, come here, don't cry please...” Jiang Tian sat down and patted his thighs, gesturing towards Xia Xingyue.

Xia Xingyue lifted her head, expression riddled with snot and tears, she sniffed and said in a small voice, ”Will you really not do anything against my Clan?”

Jiang Tian's countenance turned weird. Xia Xingyue's current appearance contrasted her usually dignified face. It was as if he was facing an imposter! Lifting his twitching lips into a smile, he said in a gentle voice.