Yun Che’s loud questioning stunned the seven clan heads who were originally full of rage for a moment, as if a fish bone suddenly stuck in their throats. After a long while, Xiao Xifeng glared and roared, “Yun Che! How dare you, the Yun family, bring up what happened back then! If Yun Canghai hadn’t rashly gone to the Profound Sky Continent, how could you have lost the Demon King Seal!”
Yun Che sneered, “Everyone in the Illusory Demon Realm knows exactly why my grandfather went to the Profound Sky Continent! He didn’t do it for himself, for the Yun Family, or to lose the Demon King Seal! He did it to save the Demon King who was trapped in the Illusory Demon Realm! Xiao Xifeng, why don’t you dare to answer my question directly… When the Demon King fell into the Profound Sky Continent, my grandfather led the ten great elders of the Yun Family to rescue him. What were you seven families doing? Why didn’t you go to rescue him? Answer me!!”
Yun Che's question made the seven family heads' hearts tense uncontrollably, because this was the most acute question for them. When the former Demon Emperor fell into the Profound Sky Continent, everyone thought he had survived a narrow escape. Moreover, they had never been to the Profound Sky Continent. If they rashly broke in, they would most likely not survive. At the same time, the twelve guardian families had prospered for thousands of years and secretly competed with each other for strength. If the strong of the family destroyed the Profound Sky Continent, the family power would surely decline. Therefore, they did not dare, and they were unwilling to take such a big risk in their hearts...Only Yun Canghai insisted that he had not seen the corpse of the former Demon Emperor and would never believe that he was dead! He was determined to lead the ten strongest elders of the family to the Profound Sky Continent...
Therefore, Yun Che’s sharp questioning made them feel uneasy.
Xiao Xifeng took a deep breath and said in a low voice, "You ignorant boy! The former Demon King fell into the hands of the Four Sacred Places of Tianxuan Continent. The Four Sacred Places are extremely powerful, and Tianxuan Continent is their territory. If you rush in, it will only increase casualties! Even if you want to rescue him, you must be fully prepared and plan carefully..."
“Take a long-term view? What a good long-term view!!” Yun Che laughed sarcastically, “What is the duty of the guardian family? It is to protect the lineage of the Demon Emperor! And to protect the lineage of the Demon Emperor, the first thing to do, and also the most basic duty, is to protect the Demon Emperor! Since you know that the former Demon Emperor is in such a dangerous situation, you should know that the more time passes, the more dangerous the former Demon Emperor will be! As the guardian of the family, what you must do is to rescue the former Demon Emperor at the first opportunity, at all costs... And when the former Demon Emperor was in such a dangerous situation, you!! The head of the Xiao family, who is the guardian of the family, actually said the four words "take a long-term view"! "
Yun Che pointed his finger at Xiao Xifeng, his face filled with anger: “I simply cannot understand how you, as the head of a family that protects the Demon King, could have the nerve to say these words in the face of a disaster that concerns the life of the Demon King! Ha… When you fell into the hands of your mortal enemy and were in imminent danger, shouldn’t your family have made long-term plans? When your son fell into the claws of a vicious beast, shouldn’t you have made long-term plans as well? When you saw your wife being stripped naked and abducted by a pervert, shouldn’t you have made long-term plans as well?!”
“You!!” What kind of status does Xiao Xifeng have! He is the head of the Guardian family. There are only a handful of people in the entire Illusory Demon Realm who can make him bow down. How could he have been scolded by others? Now, Yun Che, a junior, pointed at his nose and scolded him in front of all the heroes in the world. He was so angry that he was speechless and his chest was about to explode.
“Ha!” Yun Che sneered, “What a ridiculous, shameless and pathetic excuse! It’s obvious that they are afraid of getting into danger in the Profound Sky Continent and of damaging their family’s power, and thus they are disregarding the safety of the former Demon Emperor’s life!! The Illusory Demon Realm has been stable for ten thousand years, and is growing more prosperous day by day. It is not dangerous or difficult, and it is difficult to show loyalty or treachery! A hundred years ago, when the catastrophe came, it was the time for the twelve guardian families to repay the Demon Emperor’s ten thousand years of grace and fulfill their guardianship responsibilities! And at that time, facing the danger of the former Demon Emperor, the only one who risked his life to save him was our Yun family!! Only our Yun family!!”
“And you!!” Yun Che pointed forward, his voice trembling, “We are both guardians of the family, but for the sake of our own lives and the interests of the family, we have disregarded the life and death of the Demon Emperor! And we even shouted in a high-sounding manner, ‘Let’s take the long view’! That would be fine, but first the Demon Emperor died, then my grandfather died, then the ten great elders of my Yun family died, but instead of feeling ashamed, atonement, or remorse, you have united to slander the heroes of my Yun family, and spread rumors in the Illusory Demon Realm, destroying the reputation of my Yun family, and putting pressure on the newly enthroned Little Demon Empress to impose heavy responsibilities on my Yun family! My Yun family, which was clearly extremely loyal and righteous, and had lost its patriarch, has instead been punished and has declined for a hundred years… Even until today, you have united to expel my Yun family from the guardian family! Your ugly behavior and shameless faces are not worthy of the name ‘guardian family’!!”
Every word of Yun Che's words was like thunder, and every word was infuriating, shaking everyone's heart and soul fiercely. All the voices in the hall became quiet, and everyone stared at Yun Che blankly, listening to his scolding, their hearts agitated for a long time.
“Che’er…well said!” Yun Qinghong clenched his palms. He said nothing, silently looking at this son who made him feel more and more proud, and even a little dreamy.
The faces of the seven family heads all turned ugly. Although Yun Che looked extremely excited and seemed to have lost control of his emotions, every word he said was like a poisonous thorn that pierced the vital points. Jiufang Family Head Jiufang Kui said sternly: "Shut up! Yun Che, you are so bold that you dare to slander our Guardian Family! The place where the former Demon Emperor fell was the Profound Sky Continent! Not an ordinary dangerous place! None of our twelve Guardian Families have ever been to the Profound Sky Continent! Yun Canghai rushed in rashly, not only could he not save the former Demon Emperor, but he would also fall there. It was an extremely stupid act..."
“Shut your stinky mouth!!” Before Jiufang Kui could finish his words, Yun Che had already cursed out loud: “My grandfather is stupid? If my grandfather was stupid, why was he named the Demon King instead of you, Jiufang Kui? Could it be that the former Demon King was also a stupid person!!”
Jiufang Kui opened his mouth, but was speechless.
"If my grandfather was stupid, why was it our Yun family that was the most prosperous a hundred years ago, and not your Jiufang family!!"
"If my grandfather was stupid, why was he the strongest among his peers? Why was he famous all over the world and respected by all the strong men in the Demon King City? Why was he the only demon king in the history of the Illusory Demon Realm? And all this has nothing to do with your Jiufang Family, your Patriarch Tai, and you, Jiufang Kui! If my grandfather was stupid, then you, Jiufang Kui, would be worse than even the most despicable fool!!"
“You…you…” Jiufangkui’s face turned pale and blue.
“Whether my grandfather is a stupid person or not, anyone who knows him, has come into contact with him, or even has heard rumors about him knows it clearly!” Yun Che’s voice calmed down, his eyes trembling slightly: “My grandfather is not stupid, he is more upright than anyone else, and smarter than anyone else. He knows very well what the consequences will be if he takes the ten strongest elders of the family to the Profound Sky Continent… It is very likely that he will be buried in the Profound Sky Continent, and the ten great elders will be buried in the Profound Sky Continent. If this happens, the Yun family will lose the strongest eleven pillars, losing eleven… that is, all eleven high-level emperors! The Yun family’s strength, which was the best among the twelve families, will decline to the weakest overnight.”
"But my grandfather still chose to do it! And he did it without hesitation and without looking back! No one in my Yun family objected, and none of the ten elders backed down! Because our Yun family is a protective family, and protecting the Demon King is our Yun family's highest mission! In my grandfather's belief, the Demon King's life is far more important than his life. In the belief of our Yun family, the safety of the Demon King's lineage is better than the safety of our Yun family! This is our Yun family's mission, and it is also our Yun family's loyalty and pride!!"
“But what did our Yun family martyrs get in return for their loyalty!” Yun Che looked directly at the seven families with a look filled with hatred: “It was you families who ignored the difficulties faced by the previous Demon Emperor and slandered and suppressed us. Today, you even united to expel our Yun family! The lineage of the Demon Emperor suffered such a great disaster, but you families did not lose a single soldier, and were completely unscathed! The loyalty and sacrifice of our Yun family martyrs to the lineage of the Demon Emperor were even called ‘stupid’!”
"Which families are unworthy of the title of 'guardian'? Which families should be expelled? Ha... Are all the people in the world blind and unable to see even this most obvious fact?!"
Yun Che’s words struck fiercely at everyone’s heartstrings… and at every pair of eyes that had been inadvertently blinded by the long-standing rumors.
“Well said…well said…well said!!” Grandpa Mu Feiyan’s hands were shaking. He looked up and sighed, “Brother Yun, this is your grandson! You must be smiling in your grave to have such a grandson!”
“Young Patriarch…” The eyes of all the members of the Yun family were red, and their faces were flushed. Yun Che’s words vented all the grievances, resentment, and unwillingness they had felt over the past hundred years. They called out the voices that they had suppressed in the deepest parts of their hearts but could not shout out, and they also read out the honor and pride of their Yun family. They clenched their arms tightly, and their blood almost boiled. Tears flashed in their eyes.
“Grand Master… did you hear that? The Young Master is trying to clear your name and the name of our Yun Family.” The elders thought of Yun Canghai who was buried in the Tianxuan Continent, and they were filled with grief and could not stop crying.
Xiao Xifeng and Jiu Fangkui, the two family heads, were scolded by Yun Che. Their faces looked as ugly as if they had eaten shit. After holding it in for a long time, they couldn't even utter a word of rebuttal... The faces of the other five family heads were also extremely ugly. Today they were not facing Yun Che alone. There were many heroes around them. If they were completely suppressed by the Yun family today, then the direction of public opinion that had been controlled for a hundred years would completely change...
Yun Che's age in front of them could only be described as "young", but his poisonous mouth and sharp words made them all tremble with fear. For the first time in their lives, they experienced what it meant to "cut the heart with every word". Lin Guiyan, the head of the Lin family, gritted his teeth and said sternly: "Yun Che! You keep saying that you are loyal and keep saying that you are defending your Yun family! It's so ridiculous that it makes people laugh! Yun Canghai is indeed a great man, but his behavior a hundred years ago was extremely stupid, which is known to the world! If he was not stupid, why did he take the Demon King Seal to Tianxuan Continent instead of returning it to the little Demon King before leaving! Otherwise, the Demon King Seal would not have been lost forever!"
“Ridiculous! Who is ridiculous!” Yun Che said with cold eyes and ridicule, “The Demon Emperor Seal was given to my grandfather by the former Demon Emperor to guard! Entrusting such an important item to my grandfather was a sign of unlimited trust in my grandfather! And my grandfather was loyal to the Demon Emperor all his life, how could he fail to live up to such trust! Without the order of the former Demon Emperor, grandpa would never give it to anyone! Although the former Demon Emperor was trapped in the Profound Sky Continent at that time, grandpa firmly believed that the former Demon Emperor was not dead. Even if there were thousands of crises, even if he might die because of it, grandpa would never be willing to hand over the Demon Emperor Seal to others privately... This is the trust and loyalty between the monarch and his subjects! And you, Lin Guiyan, actually think this is ridiculous! Even if the former Demon Emperor lived for thousands of lifetimes, he would never give the Demon Emperor Seal to someone like you to guard it! What qualifications do you have to blame my grandfather!”
Lin Guiyan's face darkened, and he sneered unpleasantly: "Such foolish loyalty is simply a joke!"
Yun Che narrowed his eyes and stared at Lin Guiyan coldly: “Lin Guiyan! Do you know what true loyalty is in this world? Let me tell you… It’s what you call ‘blind loyalty’! The only completely pure loyalty in this world without any impurities is blind loyalty! Among all the emperors, which one doesn’t want his subjects to be blindly loyal! Among all the masters, which one doesn’t want his subordinates to be blindly loyal! You are right, my grandfather was blindly loyal to the former Demon Emperor! He regarded the trust of the former Demon Emperor as the sky! He regarded the life of the former Demon Emperor as more important than his own life! And you, Lin Guiyan, who always talks about ‘loyalty’, can’t do it… Not only can you not do it, but you are not ashamed of it, and you even say it is a joke!”
"All the people of the Lin family, remember what your patriarch just said. Don't be overly loyal to your patriarch. Otherwise, you will be a joke in his eyes... a joke!"
“Yun…Che! You…” Lin Guiyan pointed at Yun Che, trembling all over.
"A person who regards blind loyalty to the Demon King as a joke is actually the head of a guardian family. This is simply a disgrace to the guardian family! My Yun family feels ashamed to be listed as a guardian family with you! And such a person actually has the nerve to accuse my grandfather... Ha, Lin Guiyan, forgive me for being blunt... You are not even qualified to lick my grandfather's toes! The head of the Lin family? Bah!!"
[Sorry, I stayed in Harbin for a long time... I will make some adjustments and try to update.]
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