The Ninth Lady is a rebellious person.

Chapter 489 Turning the Enemy Against Them; If You Can't Have Them, Destroy Them

Rong Huanxuan had lived for nearly twenty years and had seen her nominal father no more than five times. When he suddenly appeared in her courtyard, her first reaction was not joy, but fear.

She wasn't a stupid person. From the news of her mother Xi Yun's sudden death to his appearance in front of her now, something must have been exposed. He killed her mother, and now, perhaps, he's here to take her life!
Looking at the withered girl before him, Wuyouzi's gaze shifted from indifference to estrangement, and finally to cold resentment. He said, "You knew all along that the child you placed in the Lang family was your niece, yet you not only took her bones and muscles but also her soul, didn't you?"

Rong Huanxuan's pupils contracted sharply, and she swallowed hard: "I..."

"Don't try to deny it, denying it is useless." Wuyouzi suddenly put a finger to his lips and sighed: "If you are brave enough to admit it, I can give you a quick death, or I can praise you for having the pride of your ancestors. But if you don't admit it, then you and your mother are equally evil and ugly, so you can only die like her, with your tendons and bones pulled out and cut into a thousand pieces."

Upon hearing this, Rong Huanxuan trembled, inexplicably recalling that scene. Looking at the man with an extremely gloomy aura, she didn't feel that he was threatening her, but rather that he was earnestly stating a fact to her.

He's serious!

He really did kill his mother; now he's just giving her a choice of how to die.

Tears streamed down Rong Huanxuan's face from extreme fear. Her lips trembled as she said, "I didn't know. It was after the accident that my mother told me. The patriarch asked me to fuse with her bones to rebuild my Dao root and solidify my foundation. I... I had no choice. I am the young master of the Rong family. I cannot lose, I cannot fail!"

Tears welled in her eyes as she looked at Wuyouzi and said, "I hate her, I hate that she's your daughter, while I... But I can only move forward, and they're forcing me to move forward too. You know the current situation of the Rong family. You were once the young master, so you know better than I do what the family head is like. I don't want to end up like you, crippled and relegated to a corner, invisible. If I were crippled, I would be discarded like trash. The family head wouldn't allow someone as worthless as me to bask in resources without contributing anything."

Even if she were his daughter, she wouldn't receive any preferential treatment. Isn't this brother in front of her a prime example?

Wuyouzi listened expressionlessly, showing no emotion whatsoever in response to her sobs.

Rong Huanxuan laughed bitterly, "But I'm still ruined. All my efforts have been in vain. Miss Xuan, haha, he won't even give me the status of a young lady."

In her life, the identity she was most proud of was Young Master Rong, and the identity she valued most was also Young Master Rong. She would be the head of the family and the authority of the clan in the future, but now she has nothing. She has no identity, not even the identity of the eldest daughter of the direct line who makes people dare not underestimate her!
Miss Xuan, she's just a pathetic wretch who can be discarded at any time!

Rong Huanxuan suddenly felt utterly hopeless and said, "If you want to kill me, then do it. It doesn't matter."

When she was a child, she longed for this so-called father's attention, affection, and care. Later, she no longer needed it. Later still, she was no longer worthy of it. Now, dying at his hands is perhaps better than being killed by someone else.

"Want to die? How easy! Rong Yiming crippled your cultivation, but he also spared your life, giving you both the chance to live and the ability to die. If you want to die, you can kill yourself at any time. You're only saying this because you're afraid, you don't have the courage to face death, and you're just relying on someone else to do it!" Wuyouzi sarcastically exposed her thoughts, saying, "If you don't even have the courage to die, how can your cultivation improve even a little? Your current situation is due to three reasons: first, karma and retribution—you used your intelligence in the wrong place; second, you weren't strong enough; and third, you weren't ruthless enough!" Rong Huanxuan froze.

"But it doesn't matter anymore. You have only yourself to blame for what you have done. It is the law of cause and effect. You have to pay for the sins you have committed." Wuyouzi glanced at her indifferently: "But you are right about one thing. It all started because of Rong Yiming's greed. Since you don't want to live anymore, why not drag his pride and joy down with you to the underworld? He has betrayed your trust, hasn't he?"

His voice was like a succubus, coaxing and enticing.

Rong Huanxuan's body trembled slightly, a faint ripple appearing in her empty eyes, and she murmured, "You want to use me against him!"

"That's right, I want him to see how pathetic he is, how he's been betrayed and abandoned by everyone." And that's not all; he wants Rong Yiming to see how foolish his choice was, how he was betrayed and turned against by the heir he had so carefully raised!

Death is too easy; Rong Huanxuan should do her part to atone for her sins.

"What do you want me to do?" Rong Huanxuan asked in a trembling voice.

Wuyouzi bowed slightly, his voice low and inflammatory, saying, "Rong Yiming's act of sacrificing his own family is said to be for the sake of the Rong family's reputation, but you yourself know the truth. It's nothing more than sacrificing a pawn to save the king. By crippling you, he protects himself and what he cares about most: his hypocritical facade and the Rong family's power. So, if you, this tool, become too hot to handle and troublesome, then of course he can destroy you without hesitation. But you're unwilling, aren't you? You are the young master, diligently cultivating and practicing the Dao. In the future, barring any unforeseen circumstances, the Rong family's power will fall into your hands. I believe that, given your nature, you should destroy what you cannot have, shouldn't you?"

Rong Huanxuan's breathing quickened, a dark glint flashed in her eyes, and a morbid, frenzied excitement and pleasure appeared on her pale face. If she couldn't have it, she would destroy it?
"The Rong family's protective array uses the direct bloodline as its guide, but its core is the soul of each patriarch. In other words, Rong Yiming is the current core. You are young and probably don't know that the array also has weaknesses. If a soul of the same bloodline as him activates the core, it will introduce foul energy into the core, causing the array to collapse from its very core. At that time, Rong Yiming will be the first to suffer the backlash. Once the array loses its power, the Rong family's territory will lose its support, and no one will dare to approach it. Anyone with ulterior motives, even those with malicious intent, will dare to come and seize its resources."

Rong Huanxuan was stunned: "You are also a direct descendant..."

“But I am not possessed by demons, nor do I possess any impurities, while you are burdened with filthy demonic energy.” Wuyouzi interrupted her, his tone chilling, and said, “Even if I were, I would still have to divide my attention to deal with him. Besides, it would only make sense for you to personally retaliate against him, otherwise, how could you face his righteous act of sacrificing his own family, how could you face the blood ties he gave you?”

Dogs fighting, hair all over their faces, nothing is more interesting!

"Okay, I promise you!" Rong Huanxuan trembled with excitement.

Looking at her seemingly mad appearance, Wuyouzi sneered inwardly, while at the same time feeling a slight excitement. Internally, the collapse of the clan's protective formation had backfired, damaging his essence. Externally, he and Lang Jiuchuan were eyeing the Rong family with covetous intent, and Rong Yiming was bound to fall into an abyss of no return!

(End of this chapter)