Chapter 98 You dare touch my people?!
The old ancestor was determined to die.
Duan Jiuyou was awakened by the pain.
Her chest cavity was filled with a bunch of damaged internal organs, making it difficult to breathe freely. She could only inhale slowly and exhale gently, afraid of disturbing her shattered organs.
But how could someone so badly injured let her off so easily? A single breath nearly took half her life.
Since she developed the ability to feel pain, she often felt that she was only one step away from death, but she could not die. No matter how many times she fainted from the pain, she could always wake up with a tenacious will to live.
This feeling is no less than being slowly sliced to death; every time I wake up, it's like going through a cycle again.
She realized that death is so painful for a person, so painful that she now has a sense of awe towards it.
She gripped the soft bedding beneath her tightly. Yan Kuo said she screamed like a pig being slaughtered. She didn't want to lose face like that, but the pain was unbearable. He challenged Yan Kuo to try it himself! He'd scream even worse than her. She only advised others to bear it because she wasn't in pain herself!
She was about to curse Yan Kuo as well, when she heard a familiar voice from outside the hall—
"At least it's better than you not even being able to wear a red dress."
The two attacked each other, one after the other. Duan Jiuyou could imagine the scene without even looking: two well-dressed monarchs, one calm and collected, the other arrogant and unruly. Di Jiang was naturally the latter, and both of them spoke with an air of "you are not as good as me".
What's so arrogant about him? What gives him the right to be so arrogant? Just because she agreed to his marriage proposal?
Even if they were together before, things aren't over now! What does he take her for? A plaything he can easily fool, or a trophy to show off in front of Bai Yanxing?
Duan Jiuyou gritted her teeth in hatred, grabbed Liantang's hand and sat up halfway. This movement made her pant, and she tried her best to calm down, forcing herself to change her clothes.
She was unwilling to show weakness in front of Di Jiang, and even unwilling to let him know that she had removed a divine bone for him.
While Duan Jiuyou was getting ready, Di Jiang had already "defeated" Bai Yanxing. His relationship with Duan Jiuyou was, in any case, closer than Bai Yanxing's. Bai Yanxing couldn't compare to this intimacy, but the arrogant Lord of the Great Wilderness in front of him might not be any better off.
A soft "Di Jiang" came from inside the hall. Di Jiang recognized Duan Jiuyou's voice and immediately responded, "Jiuyou!"
Immediately, he was stunned into losing all face by the next loud shout.
"Get in here!!"
This loud shout was so powerful that it almost echoed throughout the entire Earthly Breath Mountain.
Bai Yanxing, unusually, couldn't maintain his composure and let out a laugh while sipping his tea.
When Di Jiang arrived, he was prepared to be met with great anger. He did not feel that he had lost face, nor did he need to save face in front of Jiu You.
Even now, Di Jiang still thought there was only a small misunderstanding between the two. He didn't take the matter too seriously and was unaware that Duan Jiuyou had suffered two serious injuries in just a few days.
The pain of having bones removed, the damage to the five internal organs.
She endured the pain for an unknown amount of time, where he couldn't see her.
Liantang opened the palace doors, and Dijiang entered. Duan Jiuyou sat on a soft chair. The chair in the main hall was tall and large, and she nestled inside it, her posture languid, her eyes sharp, much like a decisive and ruthless empress.
He stood at her feet, like a subject coming to pay homage.
The Queen said, "You have won."
On Dragon's Breath Mountain, although the Wild Clan withdrew their troops, they still inflicted considerable damage on the Dragon Clan. As for the two of them, she was kept in the dark by him and almost became his wife. He kept her by his side, and no matter how the Dragon Clan and the Wild Clan fought for power in the future, she would stand by his side without hesitation.
Di Jiang realized that Jiu You had misunderstood him, and quickly explained: "I was unaware of this matter at first, and I did not give the order for the Longyan Prefecture incident."
He explained to her that, in order to prove that what he said was true, he had even called in Feng Chen and Xue Ciyi to testify for him.
Duan Jiuyou listened quietly the whole time, only asking Di Jiang one question: "When did you find out that the claim of the Mandate of Heaven was false?"
Di Jiang took a deep breath, knowing he couldn't avoid it, and said with a stiff upper lip, "The night we exchanged the wolf cubs."
“Change to a wolf cub.” Duan Jiuyou pondered. “In other words, you had two whole months to tell me the truth, but you chose to keep it a secret. During that time, I struggled with a choice, unable to give up the chance to be reborn, yet unable to give up you.”
“Jiuyou.” Di Jiang looked troubled. His way of solving problems was always to eliminate the problem at its root. He thought that as long as he could keep it from Duan Jiuyou, that would be enough. Anyway, the Dragon Clan could not be kept, and that little yellow master who had taken the spiritual treasure was no good either.
He changed his perspective and said to Jiuyou, "I have never intended to use you, neither before nor now. Think carefully, have I ever used Ao Zong to do anything for me? It was indeed wrong of me to hide it from you, but..."
"But have you ever thought about it from my perspective? Have you ever considered whether I might hate you!"
Duan Jiuyou was emotional.
She foolishly came to the Ten Realms with the intention of helping them rise to power. Although she didn't say it, she felt deeply indebted to the Dragon Clan!
She wanted to put everything back on track, believing that everything she was doing was right. Because of this, she could rebel against him with a clear conscience, and because of this, she earned the infamy of being a traitor!
How will history, with its iron pen, record this event?!
It is said that she was deceived and went astray, and after living for more than 70 million years, she still couldn't distinguish between truth and falsehood, right and wrong.
Or is it that she colluded with the Desolate Clan, reigniting the war for the heavens and plunging the Heavenly Realm into war once again?
The officials of the Tiansheng court are all insulting her to her very nose! Even if she were to retort to each and every one of them, could she silence the public outcry?!
Now, which wounded soldier in the Tiansheng army camp isn't cursing Duan Jiuyou's ancestors?!
The achievements of nine dynasties have vanished into thin air, and the founding heroes have turned into traitors and rebels!
She had a sincere heart; she loved him deeply and trusted him implicitly. She even exchanged her life for his divine bones, yet he used love as an excuse to keep her in the dark!
He pressured her to make a decision and urged her to marry him as soon as possible because he was worried that she would regret it if she knew the truth!
And what did she get in return for constantly sacrificing herself for him?
Duan Jiuyou felt a sharp pain in his chest; his severely injured body could no longer withstand such a shock.
When Di Jiang saw her curled up in pain, he realized something was wrong. He rushed over and asked in a panic, "Jiuyou, what's wrong? Why are you in so much pain?"
Why does it hurt? Isn't it because of him?!
Why did you get injured? Wasn't it because of him?!
Duan Jiuyou's eyes were filled with hatred. Despite the excruciating pain, she somehow found the strength to push away Di Jiang, who was trying to hug her.
"It's none of your business! Just remember, from this day forward, our relationship is completely severed, and we have no further connection whatsoever!"
Di Jiang was pushed to the ground by Duan Jiuyou. She was strong, and he was caught off guard. He sat on the ground stunned for a moment, then seemed to realize something and got up, saying, "You were like this when you came back from Wanshan Ridge last time. You could feel pain then? What kind of deal did you make with Feng Nanyu? Did you trade your painless bones for my life?!"
"It's more than just exchanging bones for a life! Our ancestor knelt on the Wanshan Ridge to beg Feng Nanyu to save you. She was a high-ranking official of nine dynasties, and ten emperors had never received a single kneel from her! And yet you lied to her like this. Do you know how much pain it takes to have a painless bone removed!"
Liantang could no longer hold back and rushed to Dijiang to protect the ancestor. She wouldn't let Dijiang touch the ancestor, and she didn't want to see him at all!
"Get out! The ancestor has already made it very clear to you that no matter what happened in the past, we are now strangers!"
As they spoke, Yun Qing, Rong Xu, and the others had already made their move. It turned out that the disciples of the Ao Sect were not away from Dixi Mountain, but were all guarding the palace. They pushed Di Jiang towards the door. Feng Chen and Xue Ciyi tried to mediate. Di Jiang was worried about Jiu You's health. With so many people surrounding him, he couldn't even see him for a second. In desperation, he unleashed a beam of light to shake off the disciples.
He easily pushed them away, but this action only enraged Duan Jiuyou. Upon seeing him make a move, Duan Jiuyou gritted his teeth in anger: "You dare touch my people?!"
Di Jiang was caught off guard by her rebuke and awkwardly said, "I just wanted to check your injuries."
Enraged, Jiuyou roared, "You think your medical skills are better than Yan Kuo's? You think you can make the painless bone grow back into my body?" Not content with that, he continued, "Why are you dressed so festively! To celebrate the Desolate Clan's crushing defeat of Tian Sheng again?"
She had noticed the crimson robe on Di Jiang long ago. Of course she knew it was their wedding attire, and the more she knew, the more jarring it became!
Di Jiang didn't dare to reply to a word, just stood there letting her scold him. She fainted again while she was cursing. He rushed over, carried her back to his bedchamber, and urgently summoned Liu Jiyun, the great physician of the Wilderness Clan, to come and treat her.
After taking Yan Kuo's pulse, Liu Jiyun gave the same conclusion: the illness could only heal on its own, and there was no cure.
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