On the Sky Screen.
Nie Li refused to indulge Nie Wei. He stepped right in front of him and demanded to know why he always considered the Sacred Family's wishes. Was someone like him really an elder of the Heavenly Marks Family?
Nie Wei had never expected the usually timid, withdrawn Nie Li to openly question him, the Deacon Elder whose authority was second only to the patriarch's.
He could not tolerate it. He immediately shouted, "Insolence!" and insisted that he had always enforced the rules impartially.
Nie Li had always had a venomous tongue, and he knew how to wound with it.
He sneered. Was Nie Wei really being impartial? Clearly, he had punished Nie Li so harshly only because the Sacred Family was powerful. As the Heavenly Marks Family's Law Enforcement Elder, could he really act this way with a clear conscience?
Those words stabbed deep into Nie Wei. How could he allow a junior like Nie Li to challenge his authority within the family?
"Nie Li! What nonsense are you spouting?"
Nie Ming hurried into the hall. He had no choice; he had heard what his son was saying even from a distance.
After all, even he normally trembled whenever he saw the Law Enforcement Elder and his family. How could he ever have imagined that his son would dare defy the Law Enforcement Elder like this? He was in a panic even as he ran over.
Reaching Nie Wei, he dropped to his knees with a thud. He ordinarily dared not defy them, but now that his son had done so, he had no other solution. He could only kneel and kowtow, begging them to spare Nie Li's life and offering to take the punishment in his place.
Nie Li could not bear to see his