You You felt like she was about to explode with anger. Since transmigrating, whether she was being chased by a beast tide, schemed against by Xun Rong, or had her business stolen by the Wu family, she had never been this angry. But the manager's words just now were like sharp knives, each sentence hitting her sore spot.
So what if they're mortals? So what if they're superhumans? They're all her brothers, who have helped her, protected her, and carefully cherished her since she transmigrated, fearing that she might be unhappy in the slightest. They would even risk their lives for her without hesitation—brothers who have shared life and death! With such a life-or-death bond, she would willingly call them "boss." And this person who appeared out of nowhere actually dared to drive them away!
Why should I?!
"Your Majesty the Heavenly Maiden..." The steward was startled, seemingly surprised that You You would suddenly appear, and that she exuded a powerful and chilling aura. His legs went weak and he knelt down.
"Who are you? What gives you the right to drive Boss Lin and the others away?" You You asked, desperately suppressing his anger.
The steward broke out in a cold sweat for no reason, and his body trembled uncontrollably. After a while, he replied, "Reporting to...Reporting to the Heavenly Maiden...Your Excellency, I am...the steward of the Ji family."
"The Ji family?" The Ji family was one of the three aristocratic families she had chosen. At the time, it seemed that there was such a person following behind the head of the Ji family. She became even more annoyed. "Was this the Ji family's idea?"
“This…is not just the head of the family, but the intention of all three family heads.” The steward answered honestly, then added confidently, “The family heads are all considering the Heavenly Maiden’s sake.”
"Considering my feelings?" So she should thank them for being ungrateful on her behalf. You You felt her already saturated anger flare up even more. She took a deep breath and turned to the people who had followed her, saying, "Ling Qi, please go and invite the heads of the Ji, Jian, and Yu families to come here right now!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Ling Qi turned and left without hesitation.
Lin Feng seemed to realize what You You was about to do, his expression changed, and he said with a worried look, "Your Excellency, actually we did it voluntarily..."
"Shut up!" As if guessing what he was going to say, You You turned around and glared at them, losing her temper with them for the first time. "I don't want to hear any of you talk right now. Let's go back to Fufeng first."
After saying that, she waved her hand, silencing the three of them instantly. Even after You You angrily dragged them back to the main hall of Fufeng, she didn't say another word to them, as if she was desperately suppressing her anger.
When the three family heads rushed over, what they saw was You You sitting at the head of the table, his face clouded with anger as if a storm was about to break, and four wooden stakes standing motionless in the middle below.
Upon seeing Lin Feng and his group, the three instantly understood the situation, exchanged glances, and then bowed to You You.
"Why has the Heavenly Maiden summoned us so urgently?" The head of the Ji family spoke first.
You You was furious and didn't bother arguing with them. She pointed directly at the steward and said, "I heard him say that you want to expel Lin Feng and the others from Chengtian Pavilion? That they can no longer call themselves my disciples?"
The Ji family patriarch glanced at Lin Feng and the other two, but did not deny it, nodding and saying, "Reporting to Your Excellency, these three are of mortal origin, and one of them is an extraordinary person. It is extremely rare for any sect in the entire Immortal Marsh Continent to take extraordinary people as disciples. With their status, they are really not worthy of becoming disciples of the Heavenly Maiden."
“You know they are ‘my’ disciples!” You You emphasized the word “my”. “Then who gave you the authority to dispose of my disciples at will without notifying me?” How is this any different from discarding a useful tool after it has served its purpose?
"Your Excellency is mistaken." The three clan heads, completely unperturbed by the matter, continued confidently, "The Heavenly Maiden may not know, but the first group of people to be granted spiritual roots by the Heavenly Maiden were all her relatives. When Your Excellency was in distress, you had no choice but to bestow spiritual roots upon them, but the various sects don't care about such things. If people knew that you had chosen such a group of people as your relatives, you would surely be ridiculed by all the sects. We are only thinking of the Heavenly Maiden's reputation."
"A clean reputation?" You You found it somewhat laughable. "Ingratitude, and this is the clean reputation you're planning to build for me?!"
The three family heads were taken aback. The Ji family head immediately showed a hint of annoyance on his face, seemingly extremely dissatisfied with her lack of appreciation. He continued, "The reputation of a sect is of utmost importance. How can it be ruined because of three people? If you insist on keeping them, even if a sect is established, people will think that Your Excellency has poor judgment in choosing people, accepting all sorts of people, good or bad. Your Excellency, since you have already decided to choose us as your relatives, then we have no choice but to plan for your future."
“That’s right!” Patriarch Yu chimed in. “The Heavenly Maiden comes from the Mortal City and doesn’t understand the affairs of the Immortal Sect. We are just thinking of the Heavenly Maiden and want to eliminate the hidden dangers as soon as possible.”
"Is such a trivial matter worth summoning us all here, Your Majesty?" The head of the Jian family snorted coldly, clearly dissatisfied. "The Heavenly Maiden is young and doesn't understand the intricacies of the immortal sects. To establish a first-rate immortal sect, one must sacrifice certain things, and besides, she's just a bunch of lowly people. So what if she's sacrificed? The Heavenly Maiden didn't bestow spiritual roots upon us, her relatives, in the first batch, and we've already been as tolerant as possible. If Your Majesty truly intends to take action against this, then we'll need to reconsider our choice of a master."
Upon hearing this, the other two nodded in agreement. They didn't see anything wrong with driving Lin Feng and his group away; in fact, they genuinely believed it was for her own good, regardless of what she had previously emphasized about what these people meant to her. You You's lack of understanding stemmed from her narrow-mindedness and failure to grasp their good intentions. It was simply because Lin Feng and his group's background wasn't noble enough.
She instantly felt a bit absurd. She had indeed been too hasty and overlooked an important piece of information: to attract people to invest in and establish a sect, it's not just about strength, capital, and resources; the business philosophy is even more important.
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