Chapter 33: The Two Clans' Apology

Facing the crowd's welcoming, Ding Xuan had no interest at all, not even lifting his head, and said casually, "Say whatever you want, no need to mind me."

The expressions of Clan Head Sun and Clan Head Gao tightened.

Though the words were spoken that way, they truly did not dare leave this lord to one side.

At this moment, they felt some regret in their hearts again.

If only they had visited the Jiang clan later, now running straight into the City Lord was just as awkward as it could possibly get.

The atmosphere on the scene gradually grew heavy. Jiang Daoxuan looked at the two clan heads before him and said in a teasing tone, "You two arranged to meet together, what matter are you seeking me for?"

Clan Head Gao and Clan Head Sun nervously swallowed their saliva and hurriedly said, "Clan Head Jiang, in these years when you were away, we did not want to encroach upon your Jiang clan's mineral veins and farmlands either, it was just truly unavoidable......."

"That's right! At that time the Tang clan kept threatening us, demanding we target your Jiang clan. You also know that our two clans have no Purple Mansion cultivator holding the fort, and to protect ourselves we could only agree, but we truly never intended to do anything to the Jiang clan. Please see clearly into this, Clan Head Jiang!"

Upon learning of the Tang clan's downfall and that Jiang Daoxuan had most likely broken through to the Purple Mansion realm.

They were thoroughly scared out of their wits.

One must know that the strongest in their own clan was merely at the ninth layer of the Innate realm cultivation base. With just this bit of strength, how could they possibly contend against the Jiang clan?

Hearing their shameless excuses, Jiang Daoxuan's gaze grew darkly cold. He slightly raised his head and gave a mocking smile: "So according to what you say, you are actually victims as well?"

As the words sounded, the two clan heads' bodies trembled, scared into a cold sweat: "No, no, no. Although it was due to being threatened over these years, our two clans ultimately did many foolish things."

"To compensate for the losses suffered by the Jiang clan in recent years, our two clans are willing to offer up forty percent of our family assets as compensation."

"From today onward, our two clans are willing to follow the Jiang clan's lead, without a second word!"

"Yes, yes, yes."

Jiang Daoxuan showed impatience on his face, waved his hand, and signaled the two to shut up.

Once the scene became quiet again, he said coldly, "My Jiang clan has suffered so much misery. If I had not come out of seclusion, the Jiang clan would probably have been forced to the point of clan extermination by you, right? What, you know fear now?"

Once these words came out, the atmosphere of the entire council hall became extraordinarily oppressive.

And everyone from the Gao and Sun clans was scared into silence as silent as cicadas in winter.

Only Clan Head Gao, mustering his courage, was about to say something, but was cut off by Jiang Daoxuan: "These matters can be brought up later. Right now, I am rather curious about one thing — I wonder if Clan Head Gao could answer it for me."

Seeing the other party directly call his name, the corner of Clan Head Gao's mouth twitched, and he said trembling, "P-please, go ahead."

"Before I went into closed-door cultivation, I spent a great price to purchase a Purple Spirit Elixir from the Treasure Pavilion established by your Gao clan. Yet after I consumed it, I discovered this elixir had been tampered with, secretly harboring a certain toxicity, nearly causing all my efforts to come to nothing."

"Clan Head Gao, shouldn't you give this clan head an explanation?"

Jiang Daoxuan's gaze was cold, and killing intent had already crept into his words.

As soon as the words fell, it was like a massive boulder dropping into a calm body of water, causing an uproar throughout the hall!

Clan Head Gao's heart gave a lurch, and he immediately sensed that something terrible was about to happen.

Truly mentioning the one pot that shouldn't be lifted — he had never expected Jiang Daoxuan to bring up this matter to his face!

Damn it! Didn't that Tang Zhengyang say this poison was colorless and odorless, and that even a Purple Mansion cultivator wouldn't be able to withstand it after taking it?!

Clan Head Gao cursed Tang Zhengyang furiously in his heart.

Originally, upon hearing Jiang Daoxuan had come out of seclusion, he had assumed the other party had not taken the Purple Spirit Elixir and had completed the breakthrough relying solely on his own strength, thus narrowly escaping the calamity.

But hearing the other party's rebuke, he instantly understood his judgment was wrong — something big was about to happen!

The Gao clan members behind him were all collectively stunned by their own clan head's boldness.