Shocked! The Young Master's Petite Darling Is a Master of Mysteries-Chapter 233 Scheming

"Xia Liang!" The woman narrowed her eyes and chuckled, "It was you who begged to marry a young lady from the Heavenly Maiden Clan initially, and now, it is you again who belittles her! Xia Liang, do you think that apart from your Divine Clan, no other sects deserve to be human?!"

Xia Liang smiled coldly, "You’re right, my Divine Clan is protective. If you offend someone from my Divine Clan, even if you were the king of heaven, I’d destroy you!"

As Xia Liang finished speaking, he suddenly turned his palm over. With his palm movement, a fierce wind arose, and even the space echoed with the sound of layers of rifts.

Xia Mian narrowed his eyes. His cheap grandfather indeed had kept a secret move from him.

With such power, he likely couldn’t harm him. 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

So, had this cheap grandfather just been acting with him all along?

Then, what was the purpose of his act?

Xia Mian lowered his eyes, a cold clarity in them. Indeed, between people, even the closest, there lay hidden thoughts within.

As Xia Mian’s thoughts drifted, a faint dragon’s roar emerged from the cracking space, Xia Liang’s lips curved wider, "Dying under my Wandering Dragon is your blessing."

As Xia Liang’s words fell, a white air dragon roared out from the shattered space, rushing straight towards the woman.

The woman’s face changed drastically, and she quickly pulled out a flute, playing it mournfully.

However, unfortunately, this air dragon was transformed from Xia Liang’s spiritual power and was not controlled by the woman’s Beast Taming Skill!

Under the woman’s incredulous gaze, the air wave dragon pierced directly through her body.

The woman’s eyes widened, unable to understand until her death how she was killed in the Withered Wood Forest by someone from the Divine Clan!

Wasn’t the Withered Wood Forest restricted to people from the Divine Clan? And she had even fortified the restriction after entering...

Could it be that the legends were all false!?

The woman’s figure shattered and was absorbed by the air wave dragon, as if she had never appeared in this world.

The Withered Wood Forest returned to its previous cold and oppressive state, the wind howling mournfully.

Xia Liang turned back, glanced at Xia Mian, "Frightened, my dear granddaughter?"

Xia Mian slightly tugged at the corner of her lips, "Grandfather indeed has great skill!"

This "grandfather" carried no emotion, which Xia Liang naturally caught on to, and he lightly frowned, "If my dear granddaughter wishes to learn, grandfather can teach you."

Xia Mian pursed her lips and smiled faintly, "I don’t need it."

With those words, Xia Mian turned to Xia Weizhang, "The guide who led us here earlier had issues."

A touch of seriousness appeared on Xia Weizhang’s face, "I’ll go find that person right away."

He said, then walked towards the outside of the Withered Wood Forest.

The things that person brought indeed belonged to Ding Cheng, and there were pieces of Ding Cheng’s clothing in the Withered Wood Forest.

Was Ding Cheng dead or alive? Where did she go?!

Xia Weizhang was now burning with anxiety!

"I left a Tracking Talisman on him; I’ll go with you to find him!" Xia Mian said, exchanging a look with Lu Zechuan, then turned to follow Xia Weizhang out.

"Xia Mian!" Xia Liang squinted his eyes, calling softly, "Is an outsider really worth all this effort?"

That outsider, Xia Liang had heard about his deeds before, was a bounty hunter who had delivered Song Juan into the hands of Xia Weiyang for a bounty! If not for Ah Mu’s timely appearance, Song Juan might have died in Xia Weiyang’s hands long ago, leaving no room for any of these stories!

Xia Mian pursed her lips, "Right and wrong, Ding Cheng is at fault, but she has also helped us."

Besides, Ding Cheng seemed inherently not a bad person.

"How could the Divine Clan produce such an oddity like you!" Xia Liang shook his head, sighed helplessly, and slowly looked towards the depths of the Withered Wood Forest.

"Thank you!" Xia Liang said loudly towards the depths of the Withered Wood Forest.

A seemingly old voice came from the depths of the Withered Wood Forest, intertwined with the wind, indistinct.

Xia Liang, however, heard it clearly, "Hmm, don’t worry, I’ll take care of the matter between those two."

With those words, Xia Liang turned and left the Withered Wood Forest.

Back then, during the Hundred Families’ war, the Wood Clan was besieged by the Hundred Families, and everyone said that the war was initiated by the Divine Clan.

No one knew that the war was actually started by the Wood Clan.

The Wood Clan Leader inadvertently obtained a cultivation technique, and during cultivation, went mad and slaughtered his kin. Xia Liang happened to visit the Wood Clan and witnessed it all... Xia Liang’s first wife, Xia Zhun’s mother, also left this world forever in the Wood Clan...

That cultivation technique was practiced by most people in the Wood Clan, and after tasting its benefits, no one was willing to stop. As a result, more and more people went mad.

Until, within the Wood Clan, kin slaughtered each other...

Xia Liang could not bear such a human tragedy and decided to help the Wood Clan.

Seemingly destructive, yet leaving a trace of bloodline for the Wood Clan, a chance for their resurgence.

Deep within the Withered Wood Forest lay the former Wood Clan Leader, but not his physical body, rather his spirit.

Due to the events of the past, Xia Liang never wanted his clan to disturb the Wood Clan Leader’s healing.

He declared to the outside world that this place was forbidden, restricted to the Divine Clan.

But, as long as that Wood Clan Leader was willing, the restriction here could actually be lifted for specific individuals.

The Wood Clan Leader did not resent the Divine Clan for their actions back then but did not want to face people from the Divine Clan, hence setting the restriction here, preventing them from using magic upon entering.

But, when Lu Zechuan appeared here, he knew that their Wood Clan had successors.

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After leaving the Withered Wood Forest, Xia Mian sensed the Tracking Talisman left on that guide, but frowned, "I can’t sense it anymore."

Can’t sense it?

Xia Weizhang lightly frowned, unable to sense it means only two possibilities: that person’s magic surpasses Xia Mian’s, which is impossible. Another possibility is that the person has already left the Divine Clan.

Xia Weizhang squinted his eyes, his gaze icy, "The Great Elder’s concerns are indeed justified; someone possessing our Divine Clan’s Space-Time Traveling Stone has started to plot against us..."

Xia Mian narrowed her eyes, "The Great Elder has gone to the Heavenly Maiden Clan for so long and hasn’t returned?"

Xia Weizhang felt a twinge in his heart, "No."

The Great Elder carried a soul stone, Divine Clan people could sense each other through the soul stone.

But now, Xia Weizhang couldn’t sense the Great Elder’s soul stone.

"Then is he still alive?" Xia Mian asked again.

Xia Weizhang closed his eyes and sensed again, his expression slightly relaxed, "Alive."

Xia Mian softly acknowledged, "But even alive, the situation might not be good!"

People from the Divine Clan had never left the Divine Race Space, so even if some wanted to target them, they had no way. But now that people from the Divine Clan have left, the situation could be different.