Chapter 429 Kindness and Friendship
“To deal with a mere worldly woman like you, I don’t need to mobilize my entire Gao family.”
The man in the blue robe chuckled and pointed at the man in the middle: "Our Second Elder is enough."
The gray-robed man rubbed his hands together, looking impatient: "Second Elder, let's not waste any more time. Let's get this woman over with as soon as possible so we can enjoy ourselves sooner."
Even though they were all members of the Gao family, they weren't entirely united.
As a family that has existed for hundreds of years, there are many factions within the family, and each faction hopes to become the number one in the family.
But resources are limited, and it's clearly impossible to distribute them equally among everyone.
If family members want to obtain more resources, they have to find their own way.
Spirit stones, cultivation resources, women with high aptitude, good marriage partners... and so on.
Indeed, in the Hidden Realm, women with high talent are also an important resource.
The more talented a woman is, the greater the probability that she will give birth to a child with high aptitude.
Unfortunately, most highly talented women come from large families, since small and humble families don't have enough resources to push someone to the Golden Core Realm or even higher.
Women from large families were often used as desirable marriage partners and sent to even larger families.
The Gao family had long since declined, and families of the same social class looked down on them. Unless the other party's daughter was not good enough, they would never be used for marriage alliances with them.
This resulted in the children born into the Gao family becoming less and less talented.
Now that they've finally met a woman at the Golden Core stage, shouldn't they put in all their effort to get her to have children for them?
This is also why they did not immediately report Yu Zhiyi's whereabouts.
They hoped to get her pregnant with their child first.
If they miss this opportunity, once she enters the Gao family, it will be their turn.
To be precise, the Second Elder still had some hope, but the gray-robed and blue-robed men had no chance at all.
Yu Zhiyi didn't know what they were thinking, but she knew that she could survive for another while.
Fifteen minutes later.
The three members of the Gao family lay limply on the ground, their eyes wide with disbelief. The Second Elder was especially horrified: "You...you actually broke through to the mid-stage of the Golden Core Realm?"
Upon hearing this, both the man in the gray robe and the man in the blue robe were filled with terror.
Lin Qingxi was also somewhat taken aback.
Yu Zhiyi smiled slightly: "Thanks to you all."
This isn't a humble remark or something used to annoy someone; it's a statement of fact.
If they hadn't crashed into her from behind, causing her to contract the wrong weapon, she wouldn't have been able to advance a small realm in such a short time.
With a slight twist of his wrist, the black stick was spun into a beautiful flower shape.
"You...you have already killed two of our Gao family's juniors. If you kill us too, the Gao family will spare no effort to hunt you down until you are dead!"
The color drained from the gray-robed man's face; where was the slightest trace of arrogance?
Yu Zhiyi laughed: "Aren't you all hunting me down right now?"
The man in the gray robe choked.
The Second Elder had calmed down and said in a deep voice, "Miss Yu, we were blind to your greatness and offended you. We hope you will forgive us this time."
"You're not going to chase me anymore?" Yu Zhiyi raised an eyebrow.
The Second Elder said, "Everything has a cause and effect, and Miss Yu is a reasonable person. She would not kill Wen Feng and the others without a reason. It must be because they committed an unforgivable mistake that Miss Yu had no choice but to take action against them."
"Don't you all understand this already? What, you're only just realizing it now?"
The Second Elder pretended not to notice the sarcasm in the words and said in a deep voice, "I, Gao Keyong, swear to heaven that as long as Miss Yu spares us this time, we will never have any more evil intentions. If we ever see Miss Yu again, we will definitely keep our distance."
The two men in gray robes nodded repeatedly.
Yu Zhiyi smiled faintly: "As for me, I certainly won't kill innocent people indiscriminately, but that doesn't mean I'm a fool, nor does it mean I won't eliminate any potential threats."
The man in the gray robe and the man in the blue robe fell to the ground one after the other, their eyes wide open in death.
The Second Elder's eyes were bloodshot: "You vile woman! We've begged for mercy, why won't you let us go?!"
Yu Zhiyi raised an eyebrow: "You think I'll let you go just because you beg for mercy? What if I'm outmatched today and I'm the one who loses in the end? If I beg for mercy, will you let me go?"
The second elder choked for a moment, but was about to say "yes" quickly.
Before he could say anything, Yu Zhiyi interrupted, "Don't even think about lying to me. You can see the true nature of the Gao family just by looking at Gao Wenfeng and his son. If we were the ones who just lost, you wouldn't have let me go at all."
"Besides the oath you just made... the Gao family doesn't just have the three of you, there's also the patriarch, the grand elder, and countless experts."
“The three of you will not lay a hand on me again, but you were able to leak my whereabouts to the Gao family, allowing them to lay a trap.”
The second elder's face was ferocious.
Clearly, Yu Zhiyi guessed correctly.
That was indeed his plan.
If it weren't for the fact that cultivators cannot make vows casually, and that once a vow is made, one must keep it, otherwise one will suffer all kinds of misfortunes, he wouldn't even want to keep his promise.
Yu Zhiyi smiled gently: "Don't worry, I won't kill you for now."
Second Elder: "..."
Not for now?
In other words, they could kill you at any moment?
It would be better to kill him right now!
Living in constant fear and anxiety, that feeling is even worse, isn't it?
Yu Zhiyi couldn't hear his thoughts, and even if she did, it wouldn't matter.
Having crippled the Second Elder's cultivation and placed a restraint on him, Yu Zhiyi dripped blood onto the nameless sword to bind it to her, thus transforming the simple, unadorned longsword into a giant sword.
"Indeed, the key to flying on a sword lies in successfully contracting the weapon."
Yu Zhiyi muttered something and threw the Second Elder up.
She turned to look at Lin Qingxi, only to see the little girl with a pale face, hesitant to go up.
"What's wrong?"
She thought her voice was gentle, but Lin Qingxi shivered.
Yu Zhiyi: "..."
She said with some helplessness, "Don't worry, I'm not a bloodthirsty person, and I would never kill innocent people indiscriminately. The reason I attacked them is because I have an irreconcilable feud with the Gao family. If I let them go today, they will definitely come back for revenge in the future. They will not let me go just because I spared their lives today."
"Oh...I see."
Lin Qingxi breathed a sigh of relief.
She said, "Miss Jiang... oh no, Miss Yu doesn't look like a serial killer at all."
The flying sword rose into the air once more.
Yu Zhiyi set up an isolation barrier and asked the Second Elder some questions in a friendly and cordial manner.
She knew almost nothing about the Hidden Realm, and although Lin Qingxi was a person from the Hidden Realm, she only knew some common knowledge.
If you want to fully understand the Hidden Realm, the Second Elder is a good candidate.
Under Yu Zhiyi's friendly questioning, the Second Elder readily confessed everything he knew.
One hour later.
Yu Zhiyi thought about it carefully and made sure she hadn't missed anything. She even asked the three of them how they found her.
This ended the Second Elder's time of fear and trepidation.
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