"Who said he's my father?" Xiang Bang suddenly said at this moment. "My father isn't him at all, it's my uncle, didn't you know that?"
Hearing Xiang Bang's words, Xiang Mo fell completely silent. This was too chaotic. "This is the excuse you're making for killing your father."
“Hehe…” Hearing Xiang Mo’s words, Xiang Bang chuckled coldly, “Xiang Mo, you may not know, but my mother was forced to marry Xiang Renmo. My mother loved my eldest uncle. Xiang Renmo used the same methods he used on Qing’er to deal with my mother. Also for the position of family head, he killed my eldest uncle, who was my father. Hehe… He’s a beast.”
"Xiang Bang, I don't care whether what you're saying is true or false, I just want to ask you one question: Who exactly is Tianjiao? What is his relationship with Qing'er?" If what Xiang Bang said is true, Xiang Mo really can't imagine what his father has done.
As for why he was captured, he was originally defending against giant beasts in the Northeast Source Gate, which caused him to suffer serious injuries. He was originally planning to wait for Gu Yu, but he suddenly received a message.
The message was sent to him by Xiang Tianjiao, saying she had something to tell him.
For Xiang Mo, the existence of Xiang Tianjiao was full of doubts. Xiang Tianjiao and Qing'er looked too much alike, but if Xiang Tianjiao was Qing'er's daughter, the timeline didn't match up. Xiang Tianjiao was not even thirty years old now, but Qing'er had died sixty years ago. How could a dead person have a child?
What he didn't expect was that it was a trap. He was no match for Xiang Bang, and with his injuries, he was captured by Xiang Bang.
“Hehe…” Xiang Bang looked at Xiang Mo, “You want to know who she is? Haha… She lied to you. If it weren’t for her, it wouldn’t have been so easy for me to catch you.”
"Tell me, who exactly is she?" Xiang Mo asked, his eyes fixed on Xiang Bang.
"Since you're so eager to know, and considering you're about to die, I'll mercifully tell you: Tianjiao is Qing'er's daughter, she's your daughter," Xiang Bang suddenly said.
"Qing'er and my daughter? How is that possible?" Xiang Mo's expression changed drastically upon hearing Xiang Bang's words. This was simply impossible. Although cultivators' lifespans may increase, bone age does not lie.
"Hehe..." Seeing Xiang Mo's incredulous expression, Xiang Bang laughed, "Back then, I killed Xiang Renmo, intending to live happily ever after with Qing'er, but I discovered she was pregnant with your child. I asked her to abort it, but she refused. In my rage, I never expected... never expected..." At this point, tears welled up in Xiang Bang's eyes, showing his deep regret. "I actually killed her, I killed her! Before she died, she begged me to save her child. I went to great lengths, I spared no expense, and I actually managed to save the child."
"So that's how it is, so that's why. Qing'er, what were you thinking? If you liked me, why didn't you leave with me back then? Why?" Xiang Mo murmured. She had actually angered Xiang Bang and died in order to protect their child. But then Xiang Mo suddenly realized something. "That's not right either. She should have been sixty years old."
It's not difficult for a cultivator to preserve an undeveloped infant. With the help of rare and precious materials and the nourishment of source energy, it's entirely possible. However, according to Xiang Bang, it's still incorrect because the age doesn't match.
“That’s right, she should be sixty years old, but I tried to wash away your bloodline from her, but I didn’t succeed. Instead, she almost died. Thinking of Qing’er’s desperate pleas before she died, I obtained the Flowerless Divine Fruit to nourish her. This nourishment has lasted for thirty-two years,” Xiang Bang said. “She looks exactly like Qing’er, exactly the same! You know what? When I see her, it’s like seeing Qing’er.”
“Tianjiao is my child, my child with Qing’er.” Hearing Xiang Bang’s explanation, Xiang Mo was now certain that Xiang Tianjiao was indeed her and Qing’er’s child.
The fig tree does indeed have such effects. It is a divine fruit of India, comparable to the fruit of life. But why would India give such a precious thing to Xiang Bang?
Of course, Xiang Mo wasn't thinking about this issue right now; he was blinded by the fact that Xiang Tianjiao was his daughter.
"Xiang Mo, I'll give you a chance. Transfer the White Tiger Totem contract to me, and I might spare your life, even reunite you with Tianjiao, and give you the position of head of the Xiang family," Xiang Bang suddenly said.
“You’re dreaming,” Xiang Mo said immediately.
“Hehe…” Xiang Bang suddenly laughed, “Xiang Mo, I knew you wouldn’t agree. Do you know why I’m telling you all this?”
"Hmm?" Xiang Mo frowned.
"Have you heard enough, my dear daughter?" Just then, Xiang Bang grabbed at the air, and a figure was pulled through the wall and brought in. It was none other than Xiang Tianjiao, who had been eavesdropping outside.
At this moment, Xiang Tianjiao had an incredulous expression. From childhood to adulthood, Xiang Bang had always told her that Xiang Mo was the enemy who killed her mother. This made her hate Xiang Mo to the core, and she even worked hard to cultivate, with the goal of killing Xiang Mo and avenging her mother.
But she had just heard that the person who killed her mother was the one who had raised her. How could she accept that?
"I'm not saying this to you, I'm saying it to her, hahaha..." Xiang Bang's laughter was somewhat twisted at this moment. "Good daughter, all these years, your father has been drooling over you!"
"Father, what you're saying is false, isn't it?" Xiang Tianjiao still couldn't believe it, and she looked at Xiang Bang and asked.
"Hehe..." Xiang Bang suddenly lifted Xiang Tianjiao's chin with his hand, "My good daughter, everything I said is true. Isn't it unbelievable? How does it feel to have always regarded your own father as your mother's killer?"
"Xiang Bang, you beast! Let her go! If you have a grudge, take it out on me!" Xiang Mo roared angrily as he struggled at the freakish Xiang Bang.
"Hehe..." Xiang Bang seemed quite satisfied with Xiang Mo's performance. "Xiang Mo, do you want to save your daughter? If you do, transfer the White Tiger Totem contract to me."
"I..." Xiang Mo wanted to refuse, but at this moment Xiang Bang's hand grabbed Xiang Tianjiao's neck. With a slight exertion of force, Xiang Tianjiao's face turned deathly pale, and her body convulsed involuntarily.
“If you don’t give it to me, I’ll kill her myself, hehe… She looks so much like Qing’er! So alike!” Xiang Bang said with a twisted look in his eyes as he looked at the struggling Xiang Tianjiao. “When I killed her back then, her eyes were just like this, hahaha…”
"Xiang Bang, let her go! Come at me! Come at me!" Xiang Mo said anxiously as he looked at Xiang Tianjiao, who was about to be strangled to death.
One was entrusted by his mentor, and the other was his own biological daughter. Xiang Mo found it difficult to choose. No matter what he chose, he would regret it for the rest of his life.
“I love seeing you like this, Xiang Mo. Don’t you want to kill me? Haha… From childhood, you’ve always been better than me in every way. You’ve always been favored by everyone. That old bastard Xiang Renmo has his eye on you, and so does Xiang Zhan. Even if you commit a heinous crime, even if you’re ruined, Xiang Zhan will still stand by your side. Unfortunately, you’re ultimately my defeated foe. Xiang Mo, isn’t it hard to choose? Haha…” As Xiang Bang spoke, he suddenly lifted Xiang Tianjiao up. “Transfer the White Tiger Totem contract to me, immediately, right now.”
"Xiang Bang, I'll give it to you, I'll give it to you, just let her go." Looking at Xiang Tianjiao, who had already fainted, Xiang Mo made his choice.
"Very good, hurry up." Xiang Bang put Xiang Tianjiao down and looked at Xiang Mo.
“Without the White Tiger totem, I can’t do it,” Xiang Mo said at this moment.
"Are you lying to me?" Xiang Bang suddenly waved his hand and grabbed Xiang Tianjiao again.
“I’m not lying to you. To transfer the contract, you need a totem. But the totem disappeared with my master’s death and is very likely in the hands of the Holy Mountain. I really have no way to transfer it,” Xiang Mo said. He wasn’t lying to Xiang Bang about this point.
"Xiang Mo, I hope you've thought this through. By the way, I won't kill her. She looks exactly like Qing'er. I'll take her and use her as a substitute for Qing'er." Xiang Bang said again in a perverted way, and then he sniffed Xiang Tianjiao's body.
"You beast!" Upon hearing this, Xiang Mo struggled to his feet. "Come at me! You beast, you beast!"
A strong fighting spirit suddenly emanated from Xiang Mo's body, and the power that had been binding his cultivation was immediately broken by a powerful external force.
"Is that Xiang Zhan?" Xiang Bang's expression changed when he saw Xiang Mo break free from the shackles of his cultivation and suddenly become much more imposing. Xiang Mo was also taken aback. A white tiger slowly appeared behind him. It was not his primordial spirit, but a power left on him by Xiang Zhan through the white tiger totem.
"Disciple, go do what you want to do!" A voice came from the mouth of the white tiger behind Xiang Mo. The next second, the white tiger immediately entered Xiang Mo's body. Xiang Mo's aura immediately rose, and a powerful force spread out, instantly turning the surrounding houses into dust.
Feeling the power within him, Xiang Mo couldn't help but shed tears. His mentor had actually foreseen everything and had even left a white tiger totem of power within him.
“Teacher, I, Xiang Mo, have failed your expectations. From today onward, I, Xiang Mo, will live well and carry on your will,” Xiang Mo said, then looked at Xiang Bang.
"Damn Xiang Zhan, that old bastard clearly wanted to fight to the death, and even gave you a portion of the totem's power. He deserves to die, he deserves it." Xiang Bang felt the power on Xiang Mo's body, and his expression changed again and again. At this moment, with the help of the totem power left by Xiang Zhan, Xiang Mo's combat power had already reached the Emperor Realm.
"Xiang Bang, sixty years ago you plotted against me, murdered my father, and killed Qing'er. Today, let's settle this once and for all!" Xiang Mo's voice immediately resounded throughout the entire Xiang family. Countless figures arrived at once, including several King Realm experts. They frowned as they looked at the imposing Xiang Mo and Xiang Bang, who was holding Xiang Tianjiao's neck.
"What did he just say?" one old man asked another old man beside him.
“He said Xiang Bang plotted against him, and even killed the old patriarch and that woman,” another old man replied.
"Hmm? Could there really be some inside story about what happened back then? I was wondering how the patriarch could have died of anger, given that he was a Marquis at the time?" he murmured to himself.
"What should we do? Whom should we help now?" another old man asked. Judging from Xiang Mo's current momentum, he was definitely no less powerful than Xiang Bang. It wouldn't be easy for Xiang Bang to defeat Xiang Mo.
"Let's take a look first!" an old man said.
The next second, Xiang Mo suddenly moved, rushing towards Xiang Bang in an instant, "If you don't..."
Xiang Bang intended to use Xiang Tianjiao to threaten Xiang Mo, but he suddenly felt a force sweeping towards him from behind. He hurriedly turned around to defend himself, but Xiang Mo snatched Xiang Tianjiao from his hands.
"Xiang Renjie? What are you doing?" Xiang Bang frowned as he looked at the old man behind him. This man was his third great-uncle, and also their father's third uncle.
“Xiang Bang, I’ve seen everything you’ve done over the years, one by one. If you continue like this, my Xiang family will be wiped out of China sooner or later. The reputation and status that our ancestors have accumulated over countless years will be destroyed in your hands,” Xiang Renjie said. “Besides, I have many doubts about what happened back then. When Xiang Renmo died, it was said that he was angered to death, but in fact, he was poisoned. If Qing’er liked Xiang Mo, why did she end up with you? I watched Xiang Mo grow up. With his character, how could he do such a thing? But he never explained anything from beginning to end, which makes it impossible for me to plead for him.”
“Very good, very good. So you’re on his side too.” Xiang Bang said through gritted teeth.
“It’s not that I’m on his side now, but that my Xiang family has always taken it upon ourselves to protect our country, and you are completely unaware of this, which greatly disappoints me,” Xiang Renjie said.
“Defend the country? Haha…” Xiang Bang sneered when he heard Xiang Renjie’s words. “Don’t I want to defend the country? In the current situation, the only way for my Xiang family to protect itself is to remain silent. If we stand up, we will be destroyed. Besides, I have always wanted to defend the country, but that old bastard Xiang Zhan has never given me the chance.”
"Xiang Bang, you're wrong. Do you think that giving you the White Tiger totem means you'll be able to protect your country? Let me ask you, there are millions of Chinese warriors, do they all have totems?" Xiang Renjie asked Xiang Bang. "Aren't they all protecting their country?"
"Heh... They can't even protect themselves, how can they talk about protecting their country?"
"You're completely wrong. Today, I will rid the Xiang family of you, you traitorous beast!" Xiang Renjie said, preparing to make his move. He was a King Realm cultivator, and a late-stage one at that.
The four great families of the Holy Capital are said to have no members at the Imperial Realm, only one Guardian. But do they really not have any members at the Imperial Realm?
"Third Uncle, let me do it. I want to kill him with my own hands," Xiang Mo suddenly said.
“Very well!” Xiang Renjie nodded upon hearing Xiang Mo’s words. “All members of the Xiang family, obey my orders and do not make a move. Moreover, from this day forward, Xiang Bang is no longer the head of the Xiang family. The head of the Xiang family is Xiang Mo.”
"Hahaha..." Upon hearing Xiang Renjie's words, Xiang Bang burst into maniacal laughter. This was something he had never expected! For the position of family head, he killed Xiang Renmo, who, even though he wasn't his biological father, had raised him since childhood and was his second uncle. For this position, he had used the woman he loved. To obtain this position, he could be said to have resorted to any means necessary, utterly devoid of conscience. But today, he had lost everything in an instant.
All of this is because of Xiang Mo in front of us. If he weren't here, how could things have turned out this way?
Just then, the Dingjun Heavy Sword appeared in Xiang Mo's hand, and a terrifying aura instantly spread out. Xiang Mo moved and thrust the Dingjun Heavy Sword toward Xiang Bang.
"Back then, everyone said I was inferior to you, hehe... Well then, just you wait and see." Xiang Bang remained calm in the face of Xiang Mo's attack, and a gilded halberd instantly appeared in his hand.
boom…………
The greatsword and the gilded halberd clashed, and the aftershocks of energy spread out, turning the surrounding buildings into ruins in an instant.
Seeing this, Xiang Renjie frowned. The next second, a golden shield appeared in his hand, which immediately expanded and enveloped Xiang Mo and Xiang Bang.
The aftershocks of their battle were too powerful; if this continued, the entire Xiang family would be destroyed by the aftershocks.
The area covered by the golden dome resembled a fighting arena for a final showdown.
Within the area enveloped by the golden dome, the duel between Xiang Mo and Xiang Bang became the sole focus. Their figures clashed, each collision accompanied by a deafening roar, as if to tear the entire golden dome apart.
The Dingjun Heavy Sword in Xiang Mo's hand roared like a giant dragon, each swing carrying destructive power. Xiang Bang's gilded halberd, on the other hand, flashed through the air like golden lightning, leaving behind dazzling trails.
Their battle was like a fateful duel. Their eyes were filled with killing intent, both determined to utterly defeat and kill the other.
"One sword can quell a thousand armies." After being repelled by Xiang Bang's attack, Xiang Mo suddenly exuded a terrifying aura from the Dingjun Heavy Sword in his hand. A tremendous force emanated from the Dingjun, and Xiang Mo slashed at Xiang Bang with his sword.
"One halberd can subdue a thousand troops." A terrifying aura emanated from the gilded halberd in Xiang Bang's hand, and a tremendous force swept out.
boom……………
The two collided, and the huge shockwave caused the surrounding golden dome to tremble violently.
"Sigh!" Looking at the two fighting to the death, Xiang Renjie sighed. In terms of talent, neither of them was bad, but they could not work together as brothers and even ended up in a life-or-death battle. Who was to blame for all this?
Perhaps if Xiang Renmo hadn't taken Xiang Bang's mother as his own, or killed Xiang Bang's father, perhaps none of this would have happened. The two might even have worked together, one as the head of the Xiang family, the other as the guardian of the White Tiger.
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