Executing Venerable Tong, Twenty Years of Lies

"Not good! Is that Lüqiu Qingfeng?"

Venerable Tong, summoned from the spirit beast pouch in a daze, opened his eyes. When he saw Lüqiu Qingfeng's ice-cold face, he jolted and staggered several steps back in fright.

He had long been prepared for this moment from the instant he fell into Wei Tu's hands. Yet now that he truly faced it, his heart still trembled with extreme unease.

"Lüqiu Qingfeng, this poor Daoist protected your clan for thousands of years and bestowed countless favors upon it. Had you not defied this poor Daoist's decree and made it impossible for me to save face... I would not have issued an order to exterminate the three clans of your branch..."

After drawing a deep breath, Venerable Tong regained his composure. He still maintained the bearing of a Spirit Transformation Venerable as he coldly recounted the old grudges between them.

Back then, when he bestowed a marriage upon Lüqiu Qingfeng, he had indeed intended to force the Lüqiu Clan to wholly take Lesser Vast Palace's side. But for the Lüqiu Clan, this had not truly been a bad thing.

The only sacrifice had been Lüqiu Qingfeng, the imperial princess and future ruler of the Eastern Glory Demon Kingdom.

But... having received the Lüqiu Clan's cultivation, Lüqiu Qingfeng ought to have made certain "sacrifices" when it came to matters of great principle.

It had been a fair bargain.

At least, that was how he had seen it at the time. As a Venerable, he believed he had bestowed no small favor upon the Lüqiu Clan.

It was Lüqiu Qingfeng who had rejected his "bestowed marriage." To evade the marriage, she had fled to the Extreme Mountain Sect... disregarding both his dignity and that of Lesser Vast Palace. That was why he had resorted to ruthless