C15 Bright Blood Red Lotus

Yu Yuan didn't see anything wrong with his actions.

Was it truly his fault that the two families were on the brink of battle?

Yinn Jue, a mere henchman for his future father-in-law Lim Hanyu, had repeatedly attempted to take his life. Clearly, there was more at play than just the Cold Yin Sect's bidding.

Without Lim Hanyu's tacit support and encouragement, would Yinn Jue have dared to act so recklessly?

Now, with Yinn Jue dead, Lim Hanyu himself had swaggered into Darkmoon City, flexing his power in the Yu family's council hall.

He was pressuring the patriarch to break off the engagement and demanding the Ice Soul Crystal, vowing to seek justice for Yinn Jue's death.

But Yinn Jue had come to kill him in the dead of night!

Why should he and the Yu family submit and suffer such indignity?

Against the likes of the Cold Yin Sect, the Lim family, and bullies like Lim Hanyu, if you don't deliver a harsh lesson, they'll only grow more brazen, trampling you underfoot without a second thought!

That's why Yu Yuan had taken decisive action.

"Despicable!"

Lim Zhuyun watched from a dozen meters away, her eyes turning a frosty white.

A harsh, icy spiritual force radiated from her, and the ice jade at her waist shone with a brilliant, snowy light.

Tiny characters within the ice jade sprang to life!

In a flash, the minuscule script burst forth from the jade, expanding rapidly into daggers gleaming with icy radiance.

Then, a multitude of ice daggers spun around her, weaving a web of spiritual energy like threads of ice.

Yu Lili, about to barrel in, blanched and was forced to halt in her tracks. "Another Spirit Level artifact! The Lim family really spares no expense! Ah!"

"It's not from the Lim family. This Cold Spider Web is a Spiritual Weapon gifted by the Cold Yin Sect," Lim Zhuyun stated coolly. "With your cultivation at the Late Period Yellow Court Stage, you won't break through the Cold Spider Web without a comparable Spiritual Weapon. Once deployed, any Cold Yin Sect members nearby will sense it and come immediately."

She hesitated briefly before adding, "I suspect that a senior from the Cold Yin Sect is stationed near Darkmoon City."

Yu Lili's face turned ashen.

"A senior from the Cold Yin Sect?" Yu Yuan's mouth twisted into a sardonic smile, his eyes brimming with scorn. "So, you knew all along. You knew the Cold Yin Sect was pulling Yin Jue's strings, ordering him to make two attempts on my life. It's clear now—you still see me as the one who deserves to die. You couldn't bring yourself to do it, so you feigned ignorance and let Yin Jue run wild."

In that moment, realization dawned on him.

He finally grasped the true feelings of the woman before him, his fiancée in name only.

"You should have been dead long ago!"

Lim Hanyu's rage was uncontrollable. "You're nothing but a drain, having already brought my daughter years of misery. Do you intend to ruin her entire life? I don't care how you came back or who's backing you; you'll never be worthy of my daughter! Give me the antidote for the Lizard Blood Pill, and I'll ensure only you pay with your life, sparing the Yu family."

"Boom!"

A brilliant yellow column of light burst forth from his chest, his aura surging with renewed ferocity.

Simultaneously, he coughed up blood.

He had forcibly tapped into the mystical Qi and blood of the Xuan Gate, accelerating the spread of the Lizard Blood Pill's blood poison through his organs, and now he was paying the price.

But he was determined to subdue the instigator, even at the cost of his own life.

"Anyone in my way will perish!"

The spiritual energy blade, emanating from the "Yellow Moon," combined with the bright yellow Qi and blood erupting from his chest, transformed Lim Hanyu into a bloodthirsty deity of destruction.

"Snap!"

A senior member of the Yu family, in the early stages of the Yellow Court, burst apart, his bones shattering into chunks of flesh before he could even scream.

The dazzling yellow spiritual light mingled with the Qi and blood, amplifying the might of the "Yellow Moon" dramatically. It loomed like a colossal, life-reaping yellow moon, poised to claim the lives of every Yu family member present.

The elderly members of the Yu family, along with their esteemed guests, were petrified, their courage shattered and their spirits nearly broken.

Yu Wei and Yu Lian, brothers at the Middle and Early Yellow Court Stage respectively, watched in dread as Lin Hanyu seemed willing to burn through his own life just to annihilate everyone present. They silently lamented their fate.

"Sigh."

With heavy hearts, the brothers steeled themselves to confront Lin Hanyu, who appeared hell-bent on mutual destruction.

Yu Yuan, standing behind them, glanced at Lin Hanyu and then at Yu Lili, who had cast the "Cold Spider Web" to no avail. He suddenly called out, "Senior, do you truly intend to just stand by and watch?"

"What? There's someone else here?" Yu Cann, seated in his wheelchair, frantically searched the surroundings. A sense of hopelessness crept into his heart. "Could the Elders of the Cold Yin Sect have been here all along?"

"Hu! Hu! Hu!"

A series of stunning red lotuses blazed forth from outside the hall.

Each lotus, a flawless sculpture of crimson crystal, shone with a brilliant, fiery glow that was too intense to gaze upon directly.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Nine red lotuses collided with Lin Hanyu's conjured giant yellow moon.

The impact caused the moon to burst into a shower of light, rapidly disintegrating.

The lotuses themselves diminished swiftly until they were no larger than a fingernail.

It was then that the onlookers realized the nine tiny flames were orbiting a woman of exquisite beauty.

"Lian Lianyao!"

"City Lord!"

"It's the City Lord herself!"

Yu Cann was thunderstruck, while the rest of the Yu family erupted in elation.

"How did you become aware of my presence?" Yuan Lianyao, ignoring the others, addressed Yu Yuan directly upon her arrival. "I've concealed my energy. With your level of cultivation, you shouldn't have been able to detect me. Even Lim's Second Elder failed to notice me. How did you sense me?"

"It wasn't I who detected you, but the blood poison from the Lizard Blood Pill," Yu Yuan clarified. He then bowed deeply, his expression grave, and said, "City Lord Sis, I am honored to meet you. Here in Darkmoon City, the Lim family has committed heinous acts against our Yu family. We beseech you, City Lord Sis, to deliver justice!"

"City Lord... Sister?" Yuan Lianyao's lips twisted into an odd smile, finding the address somewhat peculiar. "It seems to me that you're the real culprit behind the violence in Darkmoon City. Sure, Second Elder Lim is pushy, but it was you, the foolish scion of the Yu family, who struck first and unleashed that poison pill, wasn't it?"

After his resurrection, he murdered Yinn Jue, then convinced his father to annihilate Lu Yue of the Cold Yin Sect. Now he's plotting to poison the Lim family with the Lizard Blood Pill. What exactly is his endgame?

Yuan Lianyao was skeptical about what her father had told her regarding Yu Yuan.

She had her doubts because she felt her father, who had gone mad practicing the Devil Refining Spell, wasn't entirely reliable.

She was determined to observe Yu Yuan firsthand and uncover the truth for herself.

"Injustice!" Yu Yuan bellowed, "Sister City Lord, the Lim family's henchman, Yinn Jue, has repeatedly tried to assassinate me, intent on my demise. My betrothed, fully aware of his schemes, did nothing to intervene. If not for my sheer luck, I'd be dead. As the ruler of Darkmoon City, I implore you to stand with the Yu family!"

Yu Wei and the other Yu family members listened to his outburst with a sense of the absurd.

Did this young fool not realize that Yuan Lianyao's rise to City Lord of Darkmoon hinged on her favoring the strong over the weak, systematically oppressing or eliminating those less powerful?

Was Yu Yuan seriously expecting her to dispense justice and back the underdog Yu family, or was he just mocking her?

"Are you just making noise to buy time?" Yuan Lianyao huffed dismissively.

Just then, everyone's attention shifted to Lim Hanyu, who had suddenly lost his vigor, deflating like a punctured balloon.

His complexion grew ashen, and his eyes dimmed—a clear sign of deepening poison.

"Yuan Lianyao!" Lim Hanyu spat through clenched teeth, like a wild animal cornered and facing death. "Had you not meddled, I would have subdued Yu Yuan by now and wrung the antidote for the Lizard Blood Pill from him! It was you who struck down my 'Yellow Moon Wheel,' thwarting my success! Now, the blood poison has infiltrated my organs. I've been bested by the Yu family."

"You won't escape this!"

"My elder brother, the entire Lim family, and the Cold Yin Sect will strike back hard against your deeds today! You and the Yu family will feel the full force of their wrath!"

His words seethed with boundless fury.

"Father!"

Lim Zhuyun, also afflicted by the Lizard Blood Pill's poison, let out a mournful cry, her icy gaze filling with vengeful fire.

"Give me the antidote for the Lizard Blood Pill," Yuan Lianyao demanded, her figure gracefully approaching Yu Yuan.

"City Lord!"

Yu Wei and the others called out urgently.

"Hmm?"

Yuan Lianyao's face soured with annoyance. She frowned and gave them a chilling glance, commanding, "Step aside!"

"Move!" Yu Cann's voice boomed authoritatively.

Recognizing the situation, all the Yu family members, including Yu Wei, promptly cleared a path.

Yuan Lianyao continued forward without pause, stopping before Yu Yuan. She regarded him with a curious gaze, then extended her pale, jade-like hand and said imperatively, "Hand over the antidote for the Lizard Blood Pill. If you don't want to drag the entire Yu family down with you, I suggest you act wisely."

Yu Yuan met her gaze unflinchingly and asked calmly, "Sister City Lord, is this a threat?"

Yuan Lianyao was about to affirm when she suddenly recalled Lim Hanyu, who had previously threatened Yu Yuan and was now on the brink of death from the poison. She also remembered Yu Yuan's previous defiant stance, ready to go down fighting.

"This isn't a threat, but a plea—a sincere plea," Yuan Lianyao swiftly altered her approach, adopting an unexpectedly gentle tone. "If you truly regard me as your City Lord sister, then please heed my advice, will you?"

Her voice carried a hint of entreaty.

All the living members of the Yu family and their retainers were stunned.

What was happening?

Could it be that the City Lord of Darkmoon, the renowned 'Bloody Red Lotus,' was genuinely appealing to Yu Yuan with such warmth and even a touch of desperation?

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