Chapter 3315 — Accepting Punishment
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"Who... who sent us? We brothers came to loot and plunder, that's all—we just took a fancy to this place, the Dark Night Palace, and wanted to seize it..." Xiao Si's heart lurched. Could Wei Zhao have seen through something? Still, he would never admit it—if he did, and Wei Zhao learned they were disciples of Ancestor Xuanchen, wouldn't he immediately unleash his ruthless hand and wipe them all out?
After all, the enmity between Wei Zhao and Ancestor Xuanchen was no secret—it was out in the open for all to see!
Wei Zhao had even dared to torment Ancestor Xuanchen's own daughter, Little Eleven, until she was barely human. To say nothing of a few disciples who had come to stir up trouble—would Wei Zhao ever let them off? So he absolutely must not admit it!
Whether to keep the secret or to keep his life, he could not say a word.
A faint trace of mockery flickered at the corner of Wei Zhao's mouth. He had known they would not talk. But it did not matter—he knew perfectly well who had sent them, and he needed no proof at all.
Yet just then, as Wei Zhao was about to say something more, hurried footsteps suddenly echoed from the side door of the reception hall! It was the Grand Elder, supported by Elder Su, arriving at the reception hall!
The moment the Grand Elder stepped through the door and saw Wei Zhao, Gu Mengyao, and that gang of robbers standing off against one another in the hall, she assumed swords were drawn and a fight was about to break out—and she was startled half to death!
"Heroes, please, let us talk this over—this old woman has come late..." The Grand Elder had misread the situation entirely, still thinking the Dark Night Palace was the weaker party. Seeing blood all over the floor, she assumed some disciple had been wounded, so the moment she entered, she lowered her posture and spoke in the most ingratiating tone!
There was no help for it—when you live under another's roof, you must bow your head. This was the principle the Grand Elder had always lived by: while there is green mountain, there is no fear of running out of firewood. If the Dark Night Palace was destroyed, everything would be destroyed with it; if there was even a thread of hope, it had to be fought for!
"Heroes, isn't it the Dark Night Palace's territory you want? Fine—today this old woman will have all the disciples withdraw and clear this land out for you, so that you heroes may establish your own sect here!" the Grand Elder continued without pause.
"Huh?!" Xiao Si and Xiao Wu were baffled. What had the old hag come running out for now? Could it be that, seeing someone backing her up, she had come deliberately to say the opposite of what she meant and put on airs?
It had to be that! In the current situation, how would Xiao Si and Xiao Wu dare covet any Dark Night Palace territory? Wasn't that just courting death? The moment they moved in, Wei Zhao would slaughter them all. Anyone with half a brain would not do something so suicidal!
So in Xiao Si's and Xiao Wu's eyes, the Grand Elder, that old thing, was a textbook example of putting on airs. But even knowing she was putting on airs, they dared not voice a single complaint—could they not see Wei Zhao still standing there glaring at them like a tiger eyeing its prey?
Did they really want to die, daring to go head-to-head with Wei Zhao?
So although Xiao Si's expression was somewhat ugly, he still cautiously spoke with a pleasant face: "Elder Grand Elder... we brothers failed to recognize the mountain when we saw it—we had no idea the Dark Night Palace had such a formidable patron now. Please don't make fun of us brothers..."
"Yes, yes—and Palace Master Chu, we didn't know your boyfriend was this formidable. If we had known, we wouldn't have dared come and make trouble even if you gave us a hundred times the courage. We were wrong—we'll leave right now!" Xiao Wu chimed in, his heart pounding with fear.