After Cao Kun left, You Lian'er finally could no longer contain the questions in her heart. "Mother, just what are the Seven Spirit Blades? Is this secret really so important? Important enough that even Medicine King Hall would lower themselves to ask us for help?"
"You're still young. I can't tell you yet. When you're older and stronger, I'll naturally tell you," Madam You said with a smile.
"How am I young? I'm already seventeen!" You Lian'er protested indignantly.
"All right, all right, that still only makes you a little adult. This matter has far-reaching implications. Even I know very little about it. Alas, in the end, our You Family has declined. We can only trade the secrets accumulated by the You Family over a thousand years for our continued survival. Lian'er, you'll have to shoulder this family in the future. You must understand the hardships involved," Madam You said with a sigh.
Seeing her mother's sorrow, You Lian'er could only do her best to comfort her. She knew her family's situation very well herself. With the Fang Family pressing them harder at every turn, how could her mother not be under enormous pressure?
"Medicine King Hall are no good either. They already made a move against me this time, and they even had a hand in the Fang Family stealing the Netherworld Demon Zither," You Lian'er said resentfully. Although she did not know what the secret of the Seven Spirit Blades actually was, from what she could see, Medicine King Hall's interest in it far surpassed their interest in the Heavenly Demon Canon. Naturally, she was deeply displeased about telling them such a secret.
"All right, I know what happened to you. This time, I thought too highly of them. I thought they would remember that favor. I never