I'm About to Die, Can't I Buff My Junior Sister's Strength?

19: Xiao Zheng, have you eaten dragon gall? How dare you bully Lord Shen’s junior sister?As soon as these words were spoken, the seated Elders of the Xiao Family, all bearing injuries, fell silent.

Seeing that the old men wouldn’t speak, the woman continued, her voice laced with even deeper sarcasm: ”A certain person’s wrong decision has caused hundreds of people in our Xiao Family to suffer, and now we must even abandon our homes. It’s ridiculous... shameful!”

The handsome, middle-aged man with graying temples, who was seated in the head position, immediately darkened his expression. His already severe injuries caused the pain in his chest to intensify, but a hint of sorrow flashed in his eyes, and he offered no rebuttal.

”Xiao Hui, don’t speak so harshly. How could the Clan Head have anticipated the General Commander’s betrayal?” A white-haired old man frowned deeply. He was the Second Elder of the Xiao Family and held significant influence within the family.

”You can’t say that either. If Xiao Qinger hadn’t insisted on setting that Three-Year Agreement and drawing a clear line with the Yun Family, how would the Huang Family dare to be so presumptuous?”

The speaker was the only Elder without injuries, who was also the Grand Elder of the Xiao Family, second only to the Clan Head in power—Xiao Zheng.

”My father is right. ’Thirty Years East of the River, Thirty Years West of the River’ sounds good, but she’s already crippled. What difference would another three hundred years make?”

”Moreover, the Huang Family even proposed a Marriage Alliance. For her own selfish desires, Xiao Qinger refused to marry, acting all high and mighty?”

”I heard she even went looking for some Immortal Sect. Her?”

”Is she worthy?”

”If she can enter an Immortal Sect, then I, Xiao Hui, could probably become a Personal Disciple of the Three Sects.”

The middle-aged woman stood beside Xiao Zheng, sneering.

”Enough!” the Second Elder roared.

”Xiao Hui, Qinger treated you like a real sister back then, yielding so many resources for you to use. I won’t dwell on how you treated her after she lost her cultivation, but are your words still so vicious now? Doesn’t your conscience hurt?”

Xiao Hui merely sneered in response: ”Heh, weren’t those resources the Xiao Family’s? Were they Xiao Qinger’s own?”

”That’s right, with a father who is the Clan Head and a Second Grandfather who dotes on her so much, how could she lack resources? It’s just a shame she became a cripple...”

”You!” Veins bulged on the Second Elder’s forehead, and his face instantly turned ashen.

Xiao Zheng also frowned slightly at this point, feigning anger: ”Hui’er, that’s enough...”

”Father, I’m just stating the facts,” Xiao Hui retorted, unconvinced. A flicker of cunning flashed in her eyes before she sighed: ”Alas, our Xiao Family has had its Legacy in Yunzhou for thousands of years. Now that we must leave, I truly don’t know how to face our Ancestors...”

At this moment, Clan Head Xiao Zhan, seated at the head, finally spoke, his voice hoarse.

”Xiao Hui, if you have something to say, just say it directly.”

Xiao Hui didn’t speak, but an Elder from the Xiao Family beside her stood up and said: ”Actually, resolving this isn’t difficult. The Huang Family said that as long as the Xiao Family agrees to a Marriage Alliance and replaces the current eyesore, they are still willing to coexist peacefully with the Xiao Family...”

”In this way, our Xiao Family will remain the Xiao Family of Yunzhou City, and we will even gain the backing of the General Commander’s Mansion...”

”Old Third, are you crazy? What’s the difference between a Marriage Alliance with the Huang Family and plotting with a tiger? They are suspected of colluding with the Yao Race!” The Second Elder was furious, abruptly standing up upon seeing the figure who had stepped forward.

How could he not understand the meaning of those words? They wanted the Clan Head to step down, and the Demon Suppression General’s cross-examination from last night was still fresh in his memory.

But when he saw the surrounding Elders, all remaining silent and showing no surprise at the Third Elder’s words, as if they had known beforehand, he was instantly stunned.

”Good! Good! Good!” The Second Elder shouted in a deep voice, his eyes red and his fists clenched.

”What a pack of Ungrateful Wretches!”

”Our Xiao Family of Yunzhou was famous for its Unity! How did we become like this?!”