Chapter 2868 - 2872: Greed Knows No Bounds, Snake Swallows Elephant

Lia found it difficult to understand, her father actually placed Ling Xiao under soft imprisonment; could this truly be something her father did?

"Shut up! Since he has escaped, you will leave with the Crown Prince tomorrow."

Yuan Mo shouted at his daughter: "Women of the Yuanling Clan are meant to serve their people; marrying the Crown Prince to save the entire tribe is not a bad thing.

Just like how your mother married that Thunder Venerate, enabling me to seize the position of Clan Leader of the Yuanling Clan back then!"

"My mother married the Thunder Venerate?"

This was the first time Lia heard of such a thing.

"That’s right, but unfortunately, her fate was cheap. She died just over ten days after leaving the Imperial Extreme Secret Realm. Evidently, our Yuanling Clan’s martial artists truly cannot leave this Mysterious Realm."

Yuan Mo spoke disdainfully.

"Father, are you sure Mother died because she couldn’t adapt to the outside environment? Or was she tortured to death by that Thunder Venerate?"

Lia could hardly believe her ears. She always thought her father was a great hero, but now she realized her father was so terrifying that she barely recognized him.

"Slap!"

A crisp slap landed hard on Lia’s face.

Yuan Mo coldly looked at his own daughter and said: "Women are the most useless. I, Yuan Mo, only need sons.

Come, lock Lia up and send her to His Highness, the Crown Prince, tomorrow!"

Lia looked at her father, letting others drag her away.

Although she was a Princess, it was only today she understood that in the Yuanling Clan, women had the least status and were the most pitiable, treated as commodities at any time.

Tears filled her eyes, feeling heartache for the first time.

If it had been someone else betraying her, she might have accepted it, but it was her father who sold her out.

For the tribe, her father could even push her into a pit of fire, letting her endure inhuman torment.

She was in despair, feeling for the first time that this world was so dark and dull.

She wanted to kill herself, but it was no use; her inner strength had been sealed, and her hands and feet were bound.

She couldn’t even wipe the tears from her eyes, let alone commit suicide.

Ling Xiao, of course, was unaware of what was happening here. At this time, he was looting the warehouse of life essence storage of the Yuanling Clan.

There were actually six hundred life essences.

This Yuanling Clan had indeed accumulated quite a bit.

He naturally took them all without leaving a single one and then swallowed them all at once.

The energy of the life essences couldn’t be absorbed all at once, so his cultivation level only increased by one-tenth of the energy.

However, a large amount of energy was stored as potential in his cells.

As before, whenever danger is encountered in battle, this potential will be unleashed.

Forcing him thus to break through.

So he was naturally not worried about wasting it.

Ling Xiao did not leave the warehouse, making do with sleeping there at night since this was the most important place in the Yuanling Clan and usually impossible to be disturbed, especially at night.

...

In the morning, there was no sun in the Imperial Extreme Secret Realm.

But the sunlight from outside could still enter this Mysterious Realm through special laws.

In the morning, which originally was a time of awakening for all things, the Yuanling Clan Tribe should logically be bustling with activity.

However, in reality, it was so quiet here, almost giving a sense of deathly stillness.

At the entrance of the Yuanling Clan Tribe, there was a prison carriage.

Poor Lia was locked inside, looking like a gilded cage canary.

To prevent her from committing suicide, Yuan Mo had been ruthless enough.

He looked expectantly into the distance, hoping the Crown Prince would arrive as promised.

As long as he married his daughter to the Crown Prince, their Yuanling Clan would be considered completely safe.

Because they would also become part of the Chen Royal Family.

Lia’s once clean face was covered with traces of tears, but now no more tears could flow.

Because crying all night had drained her tears.

She was very tired at this moment, wanting to fall asleep quickly, but as soon as she slept, endless nightmares awaited her.

She was not afraid of exhaustion, not afraid of hardship, but this unbearable despair made her truly uncomfortable.

To be locked up like goods by her own father, ready to be sent to a beastlike Crown Prince.

She could already imagine the tragic fate awaiting her after the marriage.

Perhaps, like her mother, she would soon be tortured to death.

The female guardian remained loyally by her side, going with her as dowry to marry the Crown Prince.

Wu Pa no longer harbored any desire for Lia.

Though he liked Lia very much, he dared not compete with the Crown Prince for a woman.

In the Yuanling Clan Tribe, there were still some who felt very displeased.

Since when did the brave and unyielding people of the Yuanling Clan become this weak and easily bullied?

Faced with oppression, was bowing the only option?

But they had no choice but to agree with what the Clan Leader said; they were too weak. Weak bowing to the strong is fundamentally justified in the Mysterious World.

Now, all they could do was wait for the arrival of the bridal escort.

About an hour later, a group of figures appeared in the distance.

The Clan Leader of the Yuanling Clan, Yuan Mo, who once dared to face off against Chen Cangxiong, was now timid as a mouse.

Seeing this group, he eagerly went up to meet them.

As expected, it was the Crown Prince, followed by hundreds of martial artists.

"We welcome His Highness the Crown Prince!"

Yuan Mo and all the Yuanling Clan members knelt down.

His Highness, the Crown Prince of the Chen Dynasty, looked at these people with disdain, his face showing several signs of contempt.

Once, this Yuanling Clan was ferocious enough, but ever since the Five Elders came forth, they became docile like turtle grandchildren, making them seem laughable.

"Yuan Mo, you truly are an idiot. Lia, marrying over, is to become the Princess Consort of this prince. How could you imprison her in a cage?"

The Crown Prince questioned Yuan Mo.

"Reporting to His Highness the Crown Prince, Lia is naturally rebellious, not understanding Your Highness’s grace. I was merely afraid of an accident occurring to her, hence my actions."

Yuan Mo hurriedly explained: "If His Highness is willing, I will naturally release her."

"No need. Since you’re marrying off your daughter, there should be dowry, right? I’ve heard your Yuanling Clan has quite a lot of life essence, so bring it all out as dowry for your daughter.

In addition, there’s that Tree Fortress Giant. This prince is very fond of it, so it will belong to this prince from now on!"

The Crown Prince spoke as if this was a common matter.

But hearing this, Lia couldn’t help but recall what Ling Xiao had said before.

The people of the Chen Royal Family are never satisfied.

She didn’t expect such outrageous demands to come so quickly.

"His Highness the Crown Prince, the Tree Fortress Giant is our Yuanling Clan’s Guardian. If given to you, our Yuanling Clan would definitely be in danger."

Yuan Mo remained kneeling on the ground, speaking in utter fear and respect.