"I don't care, I just want the Little Devil! Even if you catch me a phoenix or a dragon, I still won't take it!" Mi Xi shouted arrogantly, shoving away Mi Wei's hand. "If you dare kill the Little Devil, I'll tell everyone in Tianque City that you're just putting on an act!"

"You arrogant and ignorant brat, are you trying to drag the entire Hidden Sect down with you?" Mi Tang'an could no longer contain himself. He slammed his fist on the table and roared, rolling up his sleeves and pulling out a rattan whip, ready to strike. "Today, I will teach you a lesson on behalf of the sect leader!"

"You old bastard, how dare you!" Mi Xi didn't back down either, jumping up with one hand on her hip and the other pointing directly at Mi Tang'an, shouting, "If you touch a single hair on my head, I'll have my father kill you, and your son, your grandson... no, I'll kill your whole family!"

"Fine! Fine! Then I will kill you today, you wicked creature, and use the lives of my entire family to exchange for the Hidden Sect's reputation for tens of thousands of years!" Mi Tang'an was also enraged by Mi Xi's ignorant and vicious words, and he lashed out at Mi Xi with the rattan whip in his hand.

"Bang!" The sound of flesh being torn open echoed in the room.

Mi Xi's voice came out two seconds later, belatedly, but she only showed shock, not pain.

Mi Wei held Mi Xi, who was not much thinner than her, in her arms, with a deep, bloody gash on her back that revealed the bone.

Blood gushed out, quickly soaking through her cloud-white dress, blooming like a tree of blood-red plum blossoms.

"Weiwei!" Mi Tang'an was shocked and immediately put down the rattan whip in his hand. He was both heartbroken and angry: "How could you be so stupid? Don't you know that by protecting her like this, you are harming her, and you might even implicate the entire Hidden Sect!"

"I'm sorry, Elder, Xi'er will always be my sister." Mi Wei trembled slightly from the pain, her pretty face turning pale, but she still held Mi Xi tightly in her arms, saying, "I promised Father and Mother that I would protect her for life, no matter how wrong she is, I will not break my promise to Father and Mother. I will take the blame for Xi'er's mistakes, and I will also handle the matter of that little devil properly for her. I beg you, Elder, for the sake of my father and Mother, believe me this once and don't blame Xi'er anymore."

Mi Tang'an already had a good impression of Mi Wei, and seeing how loyal and kind she was, and how she was hurt because of it, he felt even more sorry for her. His opinion of Mi Xi was also extremely bad. He angrily turned away and left, not wanting to make things difficult for Mi Wei any further.

"Sister, does it hurt?" Mi Xi was also a little frightened when she saw the wound on Mi Wei's back.

Thinking that the whip should have struck her instead, Mi Xi's anger flared even more: "Sister, don't worry, you won't have taken this whip for nothing. When we return to the Hidden Sect, I will definitely..."

"Don't say anything, Xi'er, it's just a superficial injury. You can go back and meditate to regulate your breathing. It's nothing serious." Mi Wei used her spiritual power to stop the bleeding first, and then pulled Mi Xi to sit down.

Mi Xi knew she was going to say something about Ji Fenghua, so she spoke up first: "Sister, I really like the little devil. He's very nice and obedient. Really, if you met him, you would like him too. Please help me, don't let them kill the little devil, okay? I really want this demon pet."

“But he’s a demon, and your parents won’t agree to you keeping him,” Mi Wei wanted to persuade Mi Xi again.

Mi Xi went over and hugged Mi Wei, playfully pushing and rubbing her, ignoring Mi Wei's injury on her back: "Sister, please help me this once."