"You're in the Martial Domain Realm." Nalan Youruo spoke angrily, turned, and left.
"The Martial Domain Realm..."
The spectators were instantly scared witless. They dared not meet Tang Wen's eyes, afraid of angering this godlike figure.
The Nalan Residence housed a mysterious woman of exalted standing whom it had long supported.
Never mind the servants-even the clan chief treated her with the utmost courtesy.
The servants knew only that this graceful, deeply feminine woman-a woman among women-was named Qiu Ci.
They knew she had trained an extraordinary disciple like Nalan Youruo.
Thus, every servant in the residence addressed her as "Grandmaster."
Nalan Youruo stormed into the residence and headed straight for the rear courtyard.
There was a separate courtyard at the back called the Forgotten Garden, where Qiu Ci lived.
The clan chief had decreed that anyone who entered without the Grandmaster's permission would be killed without mercy.
Even the clan chief, Nalan Xingde, would ask beforehand and enter only after obtaining Qiu Ci's permission. He would never barge in uninvited.
What a stern prohibition...
And what an exalted courtesy this was to Qiu Ci.
Of course, there was one exception: Nalan Youruo could come and go as she pleased.
For she was Qiu Ci's prized pupil.
Nalan Youruo marched angrily into the Forgotten Garden and found her master playing chess with her father, Nalan Xingde, in the pavilion.
"Master! Father!"
"Can't you see I'm playing chess with the Grandmaster?" Nalan Xingde gave his daughter a mildly reproachful look, signaling her not to interrupt.
"My sister was almost beaten to death!" Nalan Conghui said indignantly beside her.
"Beaten to death?" Taken aback, Nalan Xingde stopped with a chess piece in his hand, turned toward his daughter, and continued, "No, who would dare hit you?
"Besides, how many people in this