Chapter 2867 - 2871: If You Act Without Benevolence, I Shall Forsake Righteousness

"Very well, our Yuanling Clan people are all brave men! But I, Yuan Mo, won’t let you die in vain for my daughter.

The power disparity is too great, and the only result of fighting head-on would be the destruction of the Yuanling Clan."

Yuan Mo looked at Lia and asked, "Lia, are you willing to sacrifice yourself for the Yuanling Clan’s future?"

Hearing this, Lia shivered, originally holding her father’s arm, she suddenly let go and retreated towards Ling Xiao.

She was willing, her father was the one who loved her most in the world, but she never expected her father to say such things.

How can she endure such words?

"Father, I’m not that great, and I’m unwilling!

Why must I sacrifice myself for the entire tribe?

You, as a father, are pushing your daughter into the pit; such a father, how can you have the right to ask me to die for you?"

Lia’s long-held belief collapsed.

She thought her father was the greatest person in the world, someone she could rely on.

Since her mother was killed by the Chen Royal Family, the only person she could rely on was her father.

But now, her father is pushing her into the pit, a pit from which she can never climb out.

"Lia, you must understand your father’s good intentions.

The Yuanling Clan is currently at a critical moment of survival, and your one sacrifice can ensure their survival, how great is that, as my daughter Yuan Mo.

You should do this."

Yuan Mo looked at Lia and sighed.

"They say a tiger won’t eat its cubs, but you as a father are disappointing to the extreme!"

The mouth beneath the silver mask said disdainfully.

Ling Xiao genuinely couldn’t stand watching anymore.

Lia can choose to sacrifice, but as a father, Yuan Mo is truly unreasonable to let her sacrifice.

Perhaps he is a great clan leader, but absolutely not a good father.

"Who are you to dare speak so arrogantly in my Yuanling Clan Tribe?"

Yuan Mo asked coldly, looking at Ling Xiao.

"Father, he’s not a bad person, he’s my friend and just wants to do business with our tribe.

Oh, he also said that with him here, he can definitely protect our tribe from the Chen Royal Family’s intrusion."

Lia hurriedly said.

"Not a bad person?"

Yuan Mo frowned, his daughter truly naive, who would write ’bad person’ on their face in this world.

"Clan Leader, this guy seems to be wanted by the Chen Royal Family."

Wu Pa stepped forward and said.

"Oh?"

Upon hearing this, Yuan Mo showed a hint of a smile.

"Haha, brother, our tribe has been quite busy lately, if you want to do business with us, no problem, but you’ll have to stay in the tribe for a few days."

Saying this, Yuan Mo said to Wu Pa, "Wu Pa, go arrange accommodations for this gentleman, make sure he is treated with care, and don’t let anyone disturb him!"

These words, though seemingly pleasant, are understood by smart people.

This isn’t the way to treat guests; it’s obviously meant to detain Ling Xiao and then hand him over to the Crown Prince.

Ling Xiao saw through this old man’s intention at a glance, but he didn’t expose it.

After all, he had promised to help Lia, staying would be fine.

"Mr. Ling Xiao, please rest well, I’ll come to see you later."

Lia is indeed still naive, she did not hear any other implication in her father’s words.

"Ling Xiao, come with me!"

Wu Pa looked at Ling Xiao, his eyes showing a bit of schadenfreude.

Ling Xiao did not say anything, followed Wu Pa to a very nice tree house.

The tree house was spacious and comfortable, but the guards outside did not lift his spirits.

"Ridiculous, they are even monitoring me?

If I, Ling Xiao, want to leave, the entire Yuanling Clan couldn’t stop me!"

Ling Xiao laughed coldly, he had no good impression of the Yuanling Clan’s clan leader Yuan Mo.

Originally, he indeed planned to protect the Yuanling Clan.

But now, he only plans to protect Lia alone.

Whether the others live or die has nothing to do with him.

This Yuan Mo thinks handing him over to the Crown Prince will earn the Crown Prince and Chen Dynasty’s forgiveness.

Ridiculous to the extreme!

They don’t understand the situation, simply foolish.

Thinking of this, Ling Xiao stepped out of the room, intending to directly take the Life Essence.

Since this old man treated him unjustly, he no longer needs to care about his previous promises.

"Stop!"

As he stepped out of the room, he was blocked by four figures; these four were clearly warriors selected by the Yuanling Clan, their strength not weak.

Likely warriors second only to clan leader Yuan Mo.

"Is this how your tribe treats guests?"

Ling Xiao’s eyes shot a ruthless light, thinking he was easy to bully, these people really blinded themselves.

"Return! By order of the Clan Leader, until tomorrow you may not leave this room by even one step."

One of them said in an extremely cold, even commanding tone.

"I’m not your prisoner, I’ll leave when I want to, do you think you can stop me?"

Ling Xiao spoke coldly.

"Guest shouldn’t make things difficult for us, this way you’ll be safer, if you insist on leaving the room, don’t blame us if you’re hurt."

The person still spoke unceremoniously.

"Oh? You intend to use force then?"

Ling Xiao laughed coldly.

"By order from the Clan Leader, if the guest insists on going out, we can act accordingly, including using force to stop the guest."

The person’s face showed a murderous expression, his body emanated a cold aura.

"Just you?"

Ling Xiao suddenly widened his eyes, the icy killing intent in his gaze fell on the four in front.

The four martial artists felt their bodies as if pierced by sharp blades, experiencing substantial harm and pain.

They retreated fearfully, cold sweat streaming down their foreheads.

"Get lost!"

Ling Xiao stepped forward.

When his right foot hit the ground, a terrifying power erupted from beneath, sending the four bodies flying, exploding in mid-air.

"Considering Lia, I’m not killing you today, but worthless pests like you best not provoke me again!"

Ling Xiao coldly threw out a sentence before turning away.

The four watched Ling Xiao’s retreating figure in fear before struggling to stand and ran towards the clan leader’s tree house.

Soon after Ling Xiao left.

The Yuanling Clan leader Yuan Mo came with people, looking at the empty room, Yuan Mo’s face was very unpleasant.

"Useless fools, can’t even guard a person, when the Crown Prince pursues this tomorrow, who’s responsible?"

Yuan Mo shouted angrily, slapping the face of the warrior leader responsible for guarding.

"Father, why treat him this way, Ling Xiao said he would protect our Yuanling Clan, but treating him like this, he’ll surely be disheartened."

At this moment, even Lia understood what her father had done.