Inside the Heavenly Prison.
Hu Qingxuan gripped Zhang Yu's arm tightly, her expression panicked, and said:
Zhang Yu, listen to me.
"Li Feitian may be a bit arrogant and domineering, but... he's still my friend. You can't kill him."
"Friend?"
The moment Zhang Yu heard those two words, his face turned gloomy and ugly.
He slowly turned his head, his dark eyes staring intently at Hu Qingxuan, as if trying to see right through her.
"He's your friend, so you can just wipe the slate clean by him running amok in the street, treating human life like dirt, killing so many innocent Wei Kingdom soldiers and civilians?"
"Because he came to save you, can Prince Jing, whose chest was pierced by a single finger and whose life hangs in the balance, and the Xiao Family members who were terrified and bleeding from all five orifices by his oppressive aura, just rightly become sacrifices?"
Zhang Yu's voice wasn't loud, but every word was like a knife, carrying suppressed anger to the extreme. Each word struck Hu Qingxuan's heart like a heavy hammer.
"You think you can expect me to back down and show leniency just because you say he's my friend?"
Then I'd like to ask Miss Hu, what about the lives of those ordinary people who were trampled underfoot by the Crimson Blood Sect's iron hooves and crushed like ants?
In your eyes, are you just like dust on the roadside, not worth mourning?
Zhang Yu's face was ashen, his chest heaving slightly.
He had completely lost patience with Hu Qingxuan's arrogant and self-important attitude.
"I... I didn't mean that..."
Hu Qingxuan was rendered speechless by the barrage of questions, her pretty face flushing red and then turning pale as she frantically tried to defend herself.
"So what do you mean?"
Zhang Yu pressed closer, his expression terribly grave.
"That's right. You are Direct Disciple of the Medical Immortal Valley. Looking across Yuhua Prefecture, only the Holy Son and Princes of those Top Sect can barely catch your eye."
As for the guards, commoners, and royal family members of the Wei capital... in your eyes, they are nothing more than ants that can be crushed at any moment.
What do you care about their lives or deaths?
"How... how could you say that to me?"
Hu Qingxuan became a little anxious, and her eyes reddened slightly.
She may not be a bad person at heart, but her environment and the people around her constantly remind her of one fact.
She is Favored Daughter of Heaven, unique, and completely different from the mortal world.
This long-term adoration and indoctrination had long since detached her from the mundane world, making her accustomed to being superior and indifferent to the lives and deaths of All Beings.
Perhaps she herself didn't realize that her heart had already been elevated to the highest heights.
It is precisely because of her deep-rooted, yet unwilling-to-admit, arrogance and indifference.
Du Jun deliberately arranged for her to fall into Zhang Yu's hands, hoping to use Zhang Yu to smooth out her unrealistic and unapproachable edges.
At this moment, with Zhang Yu ruthlessly exposing the prejudice she was unwilling to show, Hu Qingxuan was at a loss for what to do.
His usual quick wit was completely useless at this moment, and he could only stammer out a sentence blankly:
"No... no matter what, Li Feitian came here because of me."
If you kill him, it's the same as me killing him; you can't put me in an unjust position.
"Hahaha!"
Upon hearing this, Zhang Yu suddenly burst into wild laughter, the sound echoing through the empty Heavenly Prison, filled with irony and sorrow.
"So you know it was you who caused this trouble?"
Zhang Yu stopped laughing, but his eyes grew even colder. "But you have no idea that the trouble you've caused today far exceeds your imagination."
He stepped forward, getting closer to Hu Qingxuan:
"Those Princes and Holy Son of Yuhua Prefecture are all arrogant and look down on All Beings."
Do you know what will happen when this group of "prodigies" who usually can't stand each other hear that Hu Qingxuan, the pearl of the Medical Immortal Valley, has appeared in the Martial Dao- poor Wei Kingdom?
Hu Qingxuan shook her head, somewhat bewildered.
She's been praised too highly and lacks understanding of these brutal struggles, casually saying:
What could happen?
At most... at most they'll come here to vent my anger, pick me up, and maybe teach you a lesson while they're at it.
"Innocent!"
Zhang Yu laughed in anger:
"Even a single Crimson Blood Sect can achieve this."
They kill indiscriminately, force people to kneel, and treat the country like dirt.
In the eyes of those Princes Holy Son of Yuhua Prefecture, our million people of the Wei Kingdom are nothing more than a group of 'resources' and 'fun' to be harvested at will."
"I don't know what kind of charm you possess that makes so many Holy Son and Princes flock to you,"
Zhang Yu looked at Hu Qingxuan, his eyes filled with anger at her lack of ambition:
"But I can assure you that after today, you will become one of their possessions, with no room for escalation."
"That's impossible. They've been so good to me, how could they force me...?"
Hu Qingxuan instinctively retorted.
Zhang Yu scoffed.
"Previously, they were separated by different places, and they checked and balanced each other. No one dared to be the first to jump out and monopolize you."
But now, you've brought them all together.
In this meeting, one of them will surely emerge as the ultimate victor, who will then decide your fate!
Zhang Yu's voice was resolute, carrying an undeniable certainty:
"And this process will be anything but gentle."
They'll fight tooth and nail here for you.
As for the Wei Kingdom...
Zhang Yu gazed into the distance, his tone heavy, "We are destined to become collateral damage in this grand feast; widespread suffering and devastation are inevitable."
Hu Qingxuan's face turned ashen after Zhang Yu's words.
For the first time, she truly began to confront the potential disaster she might bring.
This disaster not only befell the State of the Wei Kingdom, but also belonged to Hu Qingxuan.
She wasn't stupid; Zhang Yu's words struck her like a thunderbolt.
She understood, she understood completely.
I also realized how foolish I had done.
Just because of her competitive spirit and unwillingness to admit defeat, she actually brought such a terrible disaster upon herself and the entire Wei Kingdom.
Waiting for the ultimate "winner" to appear.
She, Hu Qingxuan, will no longer be a person with independent will, but will be like a priceless commodity, to be taken away at will by the strongest.
From now on, she will lose all her choices, become a plaything, or even... worse.
Regret, like a venomous snake, instantly gnawed at her heart.
She regretted it.
He regretted throwing a tantrum in the Heavenly Prison, and even more so... he regretted his extraordinary "Azure Wood Sacred Body."
"If... if I lose this Azure Wood Sacred Body, will everything end?"
She murmured to herself, her voice barely audible, carrying a glimmer of desperate hope.
At this point, she subconsciously glanced at Zhang Yu beside her, with a last glimmer of hope, as if she had made a decision in her heart.
The outside world, unaware of the specifics, simply assumed that Zhang Yu had backed down.
Li Feitian said arrogantly, "You lowly dog, put me down now!"