"Run? Why would we run?" Liu Qi looked at the Ice Crystal Dragon Scale Beast in confusion.
"Damn it, we killed their people, and now they've come knocking. We're not running? Have you gone stupid, Old Liu?" the Ice Crystal Dragon Scale Beast said in astonishment.
Liu Qi curled his lip. "You killed them. I didn't. After they left that day, I never saw them again."
"Oh my, Old Liu, has your memory really... Oh, I get it. You have to fool yourself before you can fool others, huh? You really know your stuff." The Ice Crystal Dragon Scale Beast grinned.
"Did I? I didn't." Liu Qi rolled his eyes at the Ice Crystal Dragon Scale Beast and sat down cross-legged to cultivate.
Just then, a eunuch came running over in a panic. "Lord Liu, Lord Yuan asks that you go to the front hall."
"What is it?" Liu Qi asked with a frown.
"This servant does not know either. It seems someone has arrived," the eunuch said with his head lowered.
The Ye family? So soon?
With that thought, Liu Qi hurried toward the front hall with the Ice Crystal Dragon Scale Beast. The moment he reached the entrance, he caught a faint scent of blood.
Liu Qi's expression changed sharply. He rushed into the front hall and saw Yuan Xiang clutching his chest as he leaned against a pillar, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth from time to time.
Looking farther ahead, Ye Fan was seated high upon the dragon throne. Beside him stood a beautiful woman, none other than Wei Qionghua.
"What happened?" Liu Qi asked grimly.
He did not believe Ye Fan could have injured Yuan Xiang.
"You are Liu Qi, correct? You serve my useless son. Since you are a subject of Great