Before the maids returned, an uninvited guest arrived at Tianning Courtyard.
It was Wenren Xue and Wenren Yang, accompanied by two dragons.
Wenren Yang immediately began with a barrage of questions: “What exactly did you do? You even angered Father like that?!”
Tian Ning didn't understand his words.
“Is there water in your brain?”
She looked at him with a look of compassionate concern for the intellectually challenged.
Wenren Yang, who had a volatile temper, naturally couldn't stand it. He came to humiliate Tian Ning, so how could he let her off easily!
“I knew Wanjian Sect would never accept a waste like you! Father must be angry because of this!”
He looked self-satisfied and thought he had guessed everything, making him unbearable to watch.
“Wenren Yang, are you blind?”
Tian Ning didn't even glance at him, calmly organizing the talismans she had drawn earlier.
She hadn't been there for a few days, and everything in this room had to be packed away again. It was inevitably troublesome.
“What did you say?!”
Wenren Yang kicked the large box beside him in anger.
It was meant to vent his anger, but unexpectedly, the old box was very sturdy, and he didn't know what it was made of. Wenren Yang's kick resulted in a sharp pain, almost making his expression crack. His face twitched violently, and he felt like his foot was about to swell up like a pig's hoof!
“You, you…!!”
Just as Wenren Yang was about to lose control of his anger, another gentle female voice timely interrupted the impending conflict.
“Sister, Brother is just worried that you and Father are having a conflict; he doesn't mean anything else,” Wenren Xue seemed to be a good older sister trying to ease their relationship. “But Sister shouldn't say such things; Fourth Brother will be heartbroken.”
“Sister, you should apologize to Fourth Brother.”
From the moment Wenren Yang kicked her box, Tian Ning stopped what she was doing.
She didn't expect Wenren Xue to be so disgusting!
Taking advantage of Wenren Yang and the two dragons, she acted wantonly…
Just because she seemed easy to bully?
From beginning to end, Tian Ning had never taken the initiative to provoke her, yet the other party was determined to target her relentlessly.
Tian Ning was not a lump of clay to be kneaded at will.
The one who initiates the trouble is at fault. Since the trouble came to her, Wenren Xue should be prepared to bear the brunt of her anger.
Tian Ning put down what she was holding and walked forward.
At this moment, her pretty little face was set in a frown due to her displeasure.
“Sister, I know you’re not convinced, but if you’re wrong, you should…”
“Slap!!”
Before she could finish her sentence, the small girl, who was thinner and shorter than Wenren Xue, slapped her across the face!
Everyone froze in place!
They hadn't reacted at all.
Even Wenren Xue hadn't expected Tian Ning to slap her face in public!
“Ahhhhh! You, you… what are you doing?!”
It proved that the slap was effective; the irrational Wenren Xue even forgot to speak in a strained voice.
Her tone was much more normal.
But another slap followed.
“Slap!!”
Perfect, symmetrical on both sides.
Tian Ning was quite satisfied with her handiwork.
Indeed, a bad mood can be detrimental. After those two slaps, her mood improved considerably.
Her mood was better, but Wenren Xue was going crazy!
No one had ever dared to do this to her!
She cared so much about her face! That dead girl dared to slap her face!
The two dragons and Wenren Yang barely recovered from their shock.
Young Prince Long Ye reacted first. Murder flashed in his eyes, and he instantly arrived in front of Tian Ning: “You’re seeking death!”
She dared to hurt his beloved woman!
Tian Ning simply called out: “Xiaobai.”
The white cat, who had been lazily sleeping on the bed, unfazed by the commotion, quickly jumped off the bed.
Immediately, the spiritual energy in the courtyard became agitated. A powerful oppressive pressure, like a giant stone, descended. Even Long Ye, with his straight spine, was forced to bend, and the proud dragon blood in his body trembled, as if wanting to kneel…
The white cat's form continuously grew larger. In a moment, it transformed into a white tiger, swatting the young prince who attempted to attack directly out of the room!
“Pfft!” Blood spurted from Long Ye's mouth.
He lay in the courtyard, as pathetic as a dead dog on the roadside.
This immediately deterred Wenren Yang and Long Han, who were comforting Wenren Xue, from taking action.
What kind of tiger was that?
With a single blow, the Young Prince of the Dragon Palace was severely injured!
Spirit Beast? Celestial Beast? …Divine Beast?
No, Divine Beasts are extremely rare. How could a little girl have contracted one?
Yet Long Ye, as a young prince with the Dragon Clan's royal bloodline, was also considered a Divine Beast-level being, yet he was so easily defeated!
“Brother Ye! You… how could you hurt Brother Ye?!” Wenren Xue cowered in fear, unable to believe what was happening.
Tian Ning’s fair and slender arm stroked the white tiger’s fluffy fur. She tilted her head, meeting Wenren Xue's gaze. Her eyebrows curved, and her smile was bright:
“If not him, then should I hurt you?”
The young girl's delicate little face looked innocent and harmless, yet her words were like those of a demon from hell.
“No… don’t hurt me…” Wenren Xue felt a chill spread throughout her body. She didn’t even care about the dying Long Ye on the ground, frantically moving her stiff body, hiding herself behind Wenren Yang and Long Han.
Wenren Yang and Long Han weren’t much better. Just looking at the white tiger's amber eyes made their legs tremble uncontrollably.
Tian Ning watched the three people who were about to kneel down, feigning ignorance: “Can you speak normally now?”
The fearsome white tiger allowed the little girl to touch it, like a docile cat, but the terrifying oppressive pressure around them was no joke. Even Wenren Yang, unusually perceptive, dared not provoke her at this moment.
No one spoke.
The oppressive pressure on them intensified.
‘Thud.’ Wenren Xue, who couldn’t hold on any longer, knelt down. She had only recently broken through to the Golden Core stage; her cultivation base was not yet stable, and she couldn’t withstand such powerful pressure.
Han Ye, who was struggling to get up from not far away, looked vicious. He had never wanted to kill someone so much!
But at this moment, he couldn’t even stand up, let alone resist the pressure and protect Wenren Xue. He could only protect his heart pulse and continuously take restorative pills.
“What exactly does Sixth Miss want? We are family; why make things so awkward?”
Long Han, who usually had a weak presence, broke the silence.
Tian Ning raised her eyes slightly, amused: “You’re almost kneeling down, yet you can still be so brazen? It seems insufficient.”
As soon as she finished speaking, the man, who had been trying to maintain his composure, knelt down with his knees buckling, taking the unlucky fool Wenren Yang with him.
“You… what exactly do you want?” Wenren Yang had never felt such humiliation.
They had misjudged her.
Who would have thought that a wild girl from the Mortal Realm would have such a Divine Beast by her side!
“Apologize,” Tian Ning said directly. She wasn’t unreasonable.
Hearing this, Wenren Yang was the first to breathe a sigh of relief: “I’m sorry.”
He thought, what else could this girl do? She couldn’t possibly kill them. Even if she had such a powerful Divine Beast, so what?
Unfortunately, his apology was too early. Tian Ning slowly shook her head: “No, I don’t feel the sincerity. Fourth Brother, your attitude makes me very sad. If Fifth Sister and the other two have the same attitude, my wounded heart will probably not recover today.”
She made a gesture of clutching her chest.
The white tiger followed suit.
The others felt their heads heavy, almost hitting the ground, ready to kowtow on the spot!
“…”
“What exactly do you want me to do to apologize?”
Wenren Yang gritted his teeth, he was about to collapse.
Tian Ning thought for a moment, feeling that this guy couldn't say anything complimentary about her, so she magnanimously said: “Forget it, it’s just that I have a kind heart, teaching you how to apologize.”
She walked to the table and took out paper and ink.
No one knew what she wrote, but she filled four sheets of paper, and it took a long time before she finished writing and handed one to Wenren Yang.
“Just read it as it is,” Tian Ning instructed: “With some feeling, or you'll have to read it again.”
“…”
Wenren Yang fell silent as he looked at the words written on the paper.
This girl, could she be a little less shameless?
Tian Ning raised an eyebrow: “You’re unwilling?”
This time, without waiting for the white tiger to exert pressure again, Wenren Yang cleverly took the paper and immediately read aloud: “I, Wenren Yang, am selfish, narrow-minded… short-sighted, incredibly stupid…”
How many insults did she write about him?
“My immaturity hurt Sixth Sister’s fragile heart… She is so pure, kind, refreshing, gentle and dignified…”
Wenren Yang twitched at the corner of his mouth.
“Here, I sincerely ask for forgiveness… Sixth Sister, please don’t be angry with Fourth Brother anymore, okay?”
By the end, Wenren Yang was numb.
“Fourth Brother, smile. Are you still angry with me?”
Wenren Yang managed a smile that looked more like crying. He was really fed up with this crazy girl!
But Tian Ning seemed not to see his almost unbearable pain, pulling him up by his collar.
“Alright, I’ve magnanimously forgiven Fourth Brother,” she said, crossing her arms with a proud look. “So, who’s next?”
Wenren Xue and Young Prince Long Ye remained silent in humiliation.
Wenren Yang looked at himself with some delight; apparently, all it took was an apology to get up!
The others kneeling were envious.
But thinking about what Wenren Yang had just read, they only felt humiliation!
Wenren Yang was now smiling like a fool; reading those words was better than kneeling on the ground, wasn't it? Besides, they almost performed a kowtow earlier.
“I’ll go,” Long Han said.
Unlike Wenren Xue and Long Ye, one was a young miss from a noble family who had been pampered since childhood; the other was the high-ranking Young Prince of the Dragon Clan. Reading an apology wouldn't be a problem for him.
Tian Ning gave him the paper without difficulty.
Long Han, as his name suggested, was a person of indifferent temperament, and he was always like that. But beneath his icy exterior lay the heart of a yes-man. He secretly loved Wenren Xue, silently doing everything for her, even actively lowering his status and entering into a master-servant contract with Wenren Yang, just to avoid returning to the Dragon Palace and stay in Wanjian Sect to see Wenren Xue more often…
Looking at the content on the paper, Long Han looked at Tian Ning with complex emotions.
He always thought he was very good at hiding it, but he didn't expect to be discovered by a little girl.
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