Xia Wenting covered the distance of three steps in two and swiftly arrived before Purple Clothes, his hand immediately reaching for her slender neck!
"Stop!" I shouted, rushing to Purple Clothes' side.
"Wait!" Xia Cangyun shouted to stop him as well, apparently feeling that Xia Wenting had gone too far. So many children were watching here. If he did something so degrading, there would be no turning back, and the reputation the Xia Lineage had built over many years would be ruined in an instant.
Xia Wenting's hand had already clamped around Purple Clothes' neck, yet she still looked half-asleep. Perhaps she heard my voice, because she looked toward me, and her lotus-white arm quickly reached out and settled over Xia Wenting's hand.
I was startled, then inwardly cried This is bad. Xia Wenting of the Xia family should be Xia Yunyan's eldest son. I had no idea what relationship Xia Yunyan had with the old master of the Xia family, Xia Yunxuan. If they were the old matriarch's son and grandson, and Purple Clothes killed him, the situation would become extremely complicated!
"Er... ah... whoa!" Xia Wenting went from surprise to shock and then to agony. It all happened within a single second!
Purple Clothes' eyes narrowed. She seemed to have begun absorbing his power!
I had witnessed this before. Because she was a Purple Bamboo, absorbing other people's energy was her greatest specialty. Yuezheng Ling and the Prince of Jin had both failed to escape her absorption, and their levels had fallen one after another.
Yuezheng Ling was still sealed by me, awaiting my Uncle-Master Nangong's return so he could personally interrogate and deal with her.
"Purple Clothes! Stop!" I hurriedly intervened. Purple Clothes glanced at me, then waved her hand and sent Xia Wenting flying!
Bang! Xia