Outside the ancestral temple, it was raining heavily and the clouds were dark.

The sky and the earth are like falling into eternal night, and the occasional lightning and thunder add a terrifying majesty to the sky.

In the ancestral temple, Xi Jingshan felt pain in his heart. He raised his hand to wipe away the tears on Xi Ning's face and said: "An Ning, stop crying. No matter what happens, my father will always be with you, no matter... life or death!"

Xi Ning took a deep breath, raised her eyes and stared at her father's haggard face, and said: "My daughter is not afraid of death, but she can't bear to be embarrassed by her father and can't bear to involve her clan."

In the ancestral temple, an old man in gray clothes said solemnly: "In that case, how about you stop embarrassing your father later and settle it yourself?"

Xi Ning suddenly turned around, her pure and beautiful jade face had regained her composure, and said: "How to end this, please let me know from my uncle."

The old man in gray clothes was silent for a moment and said: "Just now, I have sent people to the outside world to negotiate with the 'Xun Hong' ancestor of Sanqing Taoist Court, hoping that they can give our clan a way out, but at the cost..."

The old man in gray clothes hesitated for a moment, then said: "I just want to hand you over."

Although Xi Ning had expected this, her heart still hurt.

She pursed her lips and glanced at the clan elders present. Seeing that they were all silent, she immediately understood that this decision had the tacit approval of all of them.

Finally, Xi Ning nodded and said: "Okay!"

Suddenly, everyone felt much more relaxed, but their expressions were a little complicated.

"Aning, don't blame us for being cruel. Between you and everyone in the clan, we can only choose to protect the clan."

An old man sighed, his face full of shame.

"I will not."

Xi Ning shook his head, "This happened because of me, and I will bear all the consequences."

Suddenly, Xi Jingshan said warmly: "Aning, father will face all this with you."

Xi Ning's delicate body trembled and she said: "Father, I..."

"do not talk."

Xi Jingshan stopped him and said, "Father cannot protect you, and I feel extremely guilty in my heart. If I don't walk with you again... I will be a father in vain!"

boom!

Outside, there was a sudden thunder and the earth trembled.

A figure hurriedly walked into the main hall despite the heavy rain.

This is a majestic-looking middle-aged man in purple robe. He had previously gone to the outside world to negotiate with the "Ancestor Xun Hong" of the Sanqing Taoist Court.

"How's it going?"

The old man in gray couldn't help but ask.

The middle-aged man in purple robe shook his head dejectedly and said: "They... don't agree!!"

The atmosphere in the ancestral temple suddenly became silent, and everyone's expressions changed.

"Ancestor Xun Hong said that our ancient tribe, the Xi clan, is like fish on the chopping board. They have the final say whether to kill or cut into pieces, but we... are simply not qualified to negotiate terms with them!"

The middle-aged man in purple robe said angrily, "They also said that unless Su Yi appears, we will all die!!"

The atmosphere became increasingly depressing.

The old people of the ancient Xi clan were restless, and their expressions were hard to see.

Who can imagine that even handing Xi Ning over would not work?

"Aning, you are the only one who can save the clan now!"

Suddenly, the old man in gray looked at Xi Ning, "I know, you must have a way to contact Su Yi, right?"

Whoosh!

Everyone in the hall looked at Xi Ning.

Xi Ning lowered her head, her jade face flickered and faded, and she was struggling to the extreme in her heart.

Finally, she shook her head slightly and said, "I can't do it."

boom!

A big shot slapped the desk hard and said sternly: "Is it because I can't do it, or because I don't want to do it?"

Xi Ning responded silently, without saying a word.

When everyone saw this, they couldn't help but become more angry and frustrated.

"It was obviously Su Yi who caused the disaster, but why didn't you let him come forward?"

Someone gritted his teeth and said.

"In your heart, is Su Yi more important than the lives of everyone in the clan!?"

Someone shouted angrily.

Xi Ning's pretty face turned pale, and she quietly clenched her jade hands.

Those elders were so amiable in the past, but now... all of them look ferocious and angry, like fierce gods and ghosts.

This caused indescribable pain and sadness in her heart.

In this matter, it was clearly Sanqing Taoist Court's fault, but why do they all think that it was themselves and fellow Taoist Su who were in the wrong?

"enough!"

Suddenly, Xijingshan shouted loudly, silencing all the sounds in the ancestral hall.

His face was livid, and he was furious, "Before, you all saw clearly that our father and daughter were willing to sacrifice themselves to resolve this catastrophic disaster for the clan! But as a result, Sanqing Taoist Court did not agree at all!!"

"Now, you are forcing Aning to do such unkind and unjust things that go against her true intentions. This is simply too much!"

Everyone could see that Xi Jingshan was furious!

His voice echoed in the hall, and his eyes scanned the people in the hall like cold lightning, "Or do you really think that as long as Su Yi appears, our clan can escape this disaster?"

"wishful thinking!!"

"They will continue to threaten Su Yi with our lives. Unless Su Yi dies, we are destined to not be able to rest easy!!"

His words made everyone's faces darken.

"Then let Su Yi die!"

Suddenly, the middle-aged man in purple robe spoke, "He caused the incident, but it caused our clan to be implicated. He deserves to die!!"

Xi Ning's eyes suddenly became cold and frightening.

This is her clan uncle, named Xi Qingsong!

In the past, I loved to flatter and flatter my father, but I never expected that he would say such shameless and despicable words.

"Why not let the big forces of Sanqing Taoist Court die?"

Xi Ning asked word for word, "They are obviously persecuting our clan!!"

"is it possible?"

The middle-aged Xi Qingsong in purple robe angrily said, "Aning, I think you are crazy. You are still defending Su Yi, but you don't care about the life and death of your clan!!"

"That's enough!" Xi Jingshan suddenly sighed loudly, and said as if he was frustrated, "What the Sanqing Taoist Court did to our clan has been spread all over the world. As long as Su Yi is not dead, he is destined to know it already.

Will he stand up...just wait a minute

knew."

"In the next few days, I will accompany Aning to the ground. No matter what the final result is, our father and daughter will accompany the clan to live and die together!"

After that, Xi Jingshan took Xi Ning and left.

In the main hall of the ancestral temple, everyone's expressions were uncertain, and each one looked uglier than the other.

"This Xi Ning is a selfish scourge!!"

Someone cursed in a low voice.

…

A treasure ship was speeding under the sky at a speed comparable to teleportation. With a flash, it swept thousands of miles away.

On the treasure ship, Su Yi sat comfortably drinking.

The great elder Wei Zhongze sat upright.

The man driving the treasure ship was a mediocre-looking middle-aged man named Li Sanjiu.

It was the people Qiwei brought, just like the retinue.

Li Sanjiu is very dull, cherishes his words like gold, is serious in speech, and is neither cold nor indifferent to anyone.

Even in front of Qiwei, he acted like a mute.

At first, Wei Zhong thought Li Sanjiu was a hidden and terrifying existence.

But when he saw that he was working hard for Qiwei doing all kinds of chores, and Qiwei didn't have a good attitude towards Li Sanjiu, Wei Zhong suddenly didn't bother to pay attention to this person.

"Actually, no matter when we go, we won't be able to seize any advantage."
To be continued...