The Emperor God Wife Is Naughty
12. The Secret of the Xie Clan

"So explain it correctly. I have to go upstairs to get my stuff and get out of here. I haven't eaten since morning." Xie Ran was honest. He cannot think clearly if he has not eaten. In addition to killing to live, the principle is also to eat to live. If he does not eat, he will die.

"In short, the illusion I created was devoted to humans who had someone who cared about such as family, lovers or most precious friends. The figure that appeared was usually something more valuable. The more valuable that person is, the more cruel the illusion."

"So you think Iceberg is precious? What's worth?"

"What 'Ice Mountain' can become valuable and attack you brutally?" The heartbroken flower thinks that the iceberg in question is the original mountain in the north.

"That's not what I meant. The Iceberg I'm referring to is the nickname of an unnamed cold man."

"A man? Do you like it?" Broken hearted flowers intend to flirt.

"No. I hate him." Xie Ran emphasized his words. He hated it so much that he wanted to harbour it to the core of the earth long ago. It could have appeared in the illusion and allowed itself to be killed just like that. There are still many debts!

Again the broken-hearted flower was made silent. Why does the illusion of a broken heart bring up a hated person? The longer he got the more stupid he lingered with this stupid human.

"But if in illusion he becomes evil. Why didn't he kill me and let himself get killed?" Xie Ran was still confused.

The heartbroken flower was again made to think hard. "That's ... I don't know. Maybe he also hates you because the illusion of a broken heart brings up something opposite."

"Why does he hate me?"

"Am I a psychic?" Broken heart flowers are upset. "Forget my word. It's possible that he cares more about you or something like that so he can break my illusion. Don't be sad."

"He hates me," chuckled Xie Ran smiling superficially ignoring the heartbroken Flower's words. "I hate him too. Just natural! Even the whole world hates me."

Broken hearted flowers don't know how to behave. The crazy man in front of him was extremely difficult to guess. He intended to cheer her up by saying the second possibility, but the girl was more catching the first possibility.

The average human likes a good reputation to be flattered, why this one man prefers to be hated and insulted! Is he a demon that likes to be hated?

It's ridiculous! So ridiculous!

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In the main hall of the Xie clan, Tang Zhi who got news regarding the earthquake that occurred gathered some people and elders to talk about the Lotus Pagoda.

At first Tang Zhi thought the earthquake was caused by the pendant. But in retrospect, the pendant was already sealed so that its power could not come out.

He knew the power inside there was very strong and could destroy Pagodas. Even magic stones could not affect him. That was why he sealed the outside with his strength so that the power from within could not come out.

But the earthquake that happened this time left him confused. Was it caused by someone else?

He had already sent someone to check, but nothing was found other than a trap. He didn't know how to identify it.

"Tang Zhi, if the power within the Xie Clan Pendant came out and destroyed the Pagoda, everything would be over. Why did you keep it in the Pagoda? You should have kept it in a safer place like the back mountain." One of the Elders gave a suggestion.

It was Elder Xie Lan, Xie Yun's younger brother. She was in a relationship with Tang Zhi to get rid of everyone on Wen Xi's side.

Wen Xi's identity was mysterious yet deeply cared for the ancestor so much that it made everyone envious and wanted to take over.

Who would have thought that the clan ancestor bequeathed him a strange pendant that was so powerful that even Tang Zhi could not trace it. It was foolish for Wen Xi to give the precious treasure to her foolish daughter.

Within the hall had five elders. The first elder was Xie Lan, followed by Xie Zhu, Xie Jun, Xie Mo, and Xie Wei.

Previously having seven Elders, the other two were killed for refusing to cooperate whereas the other five followed Tang Zhi who was basically stronger than them. Even Tang Zhi herself killed two elders, Xie Lu and Xie Bao.

Basically, the current Xie Clan was all siding with Tang Zhi without exception. Xie Ran was just useless trash being used. His name was used for the life of the Xie Clan while his people were locked up in a dilapidated residence. It was a secret of the Xie Clan that was not known to the public.

After all if they knew, no one would dare to oppose the Xie Clan. The current Xie Clan was much more terrifying when it came to thinking about strength.

"Elder Lan, the back mountain can only be unlocked by the purest blood of the Xie Clan. So far, no one had found the purest heir of the Xie Clan, no one else could open it other than the ancestor."

"Pure Klan Xie?" Tang Zhi knew nothing about this. Why would this old man hide such an important thing from her? Do they take it lightly! "Why did I just find out?"

The elders looked surprised for a moment. They forgot about this before that they had to look for the heir of the clan who had a good magic constitution and had the pure strength of the ancestor.

They originally thought that it was Xie Ran. But that thought was immediately refuted given that such trash did not even have the qualifications to be recognized within the clan. That's why they forgot about it and didn't bring it up again. Not a single descendant of the Xie clan possessed that qualification.

Suddenly Tang Zhi thought of something. "Is there a special sign?"

"The heir of the pure Xie Clan did not have any physical-looking special marks. That was why it was difficult to find him if the entire clan children were not well honed. Ancestor Xie was famous for his supreme and pure magic in Zhongbu Continent. His true descendants should have the strongest mental strength. It's hard to find if it's not tested." Elder Zhu explained.

He himself was uncertain as this matter was known only to the Elders. More specifically only Xie Yun and Wen Xi knew.

It used to be that Xie Yun inherited the strength of Ancestor Xie, that was why Xie Yun became the strongest existence until the Emperor himself did not dare to provoke. It was a pity that his daughter fell far down and became an idiot. Xie Ran did not even show talent when he was 7 years old like what had happened to Xie Yun and Wen Xi.

One was a goddess beauty in Zhongbu Continent and the other was the strongest existence. But instead his son is a totally unattractive and diseased idiot.

Even they had to think that Wen Xi had turned away and had an outside child. Of course it was not fundamental even though it was the only thing that could be explained for the Xie Ran's differences among the other members of the Xie Clan. Even Xie Chen was not that bad, just that he had the best strength among the other Xie Clan children.

But their thoughts were inversely proportional to Tang Zhi. Tang Zhi did not express her opinion, she just silently thought about what strength Ancestor Xie had hidden in the back mountain until only someone who had inherited the ancestral power alone could open it.

His mind was spinning, but he could only associate it with someone who had been personally examined. High magic qualifications despite not feeling any real mental strength, but he felt his qualifications were higher than his own.

"really?" Tang Zhi's words rightly made the Elders stir. No one else had the strength of Ancestor Xie other than Xie Yun, not even Xie Chen who had the highest talent in the Xie Clan had it.

"But will there be any adverse effects? Opening it, it should use blood as an introduction." Tang Zhi asked again. Although he knew how the effect of blood on magic would be extraordinary, it was still different this time.

"For ordinary magic the effect is only related to the qi in the body. But for magic in the back mountain is different. As Xie Yun had once examined, it looked like a flat mountain without any trace, but it kept a secret passage that no one even knew what was there. When Xie Yun opened it a few years ago, he fell ill from using too much magic. There was a bit of an accident back then so no one could go deeper. Xie Yun said there was a stronger force inside so that it could suppress him and put him in a coma for a few days."

Listening to this, Tang Zhi increasingly thought that this was an interesting thing. When else could he find something as powerful as that pendant? If he could absorb the power within there, he would become even more invincible.

"If you may know, does the Chairman have a candidate? Do we have to test all the children of the Xie Clan, pit them and determine?"

"It can be done, but ...." Tang Zhi had thought of another possibility when a beautiful smile was engraved. "It's not wrong to try someone."

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Xie Ran had arrived at the last floor of the Lotus Pagoda. After a full day he finally recovered the strength to accept the final challenge. But when he reached the end of the stairs, he found nothing to welcome him.

Although quiet and quiet, it does not rule out the possibility of danger coming. He took out his dagger putting on a watchful attitude while paying attention to the ins and outs of the room.

There was nothing else upstairs other than some stuff filled with colorful magic. These items had their own aura even though they were already disguised by protective magic. It made Xie Ran feel watched all the way.

Xie Ran's gaze was shifted on a jade-white object floating in the air accompanied by protective magic. There was a high table below, but the pendant that had become as white as milk floated in the air and twitched up and down as if hanging.

Xie Ran did not lower his guard even though the goal was right in sight given his previous fate. He did not want to enter the trap for the umpteenth time and repeat from the ground floor. That's not funny.

The day was getting night and of course the room became quite dark from top to bottom. There were only faint rays of protective magic of that various types.

The pendant was protected by a dark purple magic that had quite a suppressive aura. Xie Ran was able to sense it when he got near that dark purple magic.

Every magic here has an alarm that triggers a magic stone to signal a break-in. Xie Ran had to tread carefully if he wanted to take the pendant without being caught.

So he could only take it another way. He could have used manipulation, but the magic stone that sensi was going to give an alarm in time before he finished the magic and was caught off guard.

Therefore, Xie Ran used the last trump card he had to unlock this strange seal and took out his mother's pendant.

His hands formed a pattern so quickly that red rays grew on the hands. It flowed like water towards the protective seal and circled around it like a ball. He used his innate mental strength to slowly absorb into the seal and sabotage it without another touch of magic.

The magic stone would only react if there was another magic approaching, but not the innate mental strength especially that Xie Ran possessed.

The stream of light grew to such an extent that it covered the dark purple seal that it became dense. The light grew dense before finally absorbing slowly as if it was sucked in by the seal.

This is the first step of taking the pendant without having to break the seal. He only needed to make the seal willingly absorb and release just like letting in and out of the air.

The red light that had been successfully sucked in by the seal formed a small solid that enveloped the pendant. The pendant was filled with a dense red color and was like a larger marbles.

Xie Ran could not pull it straight away or make it vanish and change hands. He's not that good. Since he couldn't pull it straight away, he repeated the same thing even if it took more time.

The flow of dark purple magic was clearly visible. Xie Ran looked for a gap to exit then glued the red marbles inside onto the seal wall floatingly.

A little more pendant will come out completely. Half a step away, he could get a pendant and rest for a moment.

Controlling innate mental strength was so difficult and drained a lot of energy. Although he had recovered, his recovery period was not enough. After all, he had just experienced a life and death battle.

Just when the pendant was about to come out completely, the dark purple seal immediately realized and clung tightly to his mental strength. It made Xie Ran's mental strength stick by the seal and gooey like gum. Xie Ran pulled her forcefully to the point of making her mental strength thin in the pendant.

"Great teacher, why don't you help? My power will run out and you will be locked up again!" Xie Ran was already upset. Cold sweat poured out on his body. His hands continued to swing in front trying to pull the pendant while his mental strength grew thinner like a thin piece of gum.

Xie Ran cursed several times at the Ice Mountain that did not acknowledge him. Is it so hard to come out and help her? It doesn't make sense!

As long as Xie Ran was busy pulling the pendant, he had forgotten the fact that the current magic stone had given a warning to the holder out there and was about to come here.

He was also unaware that the dark purple seal cast black magic that propagated into the pendant then flowed into his mental strength and into his hands. The dark magic was like a worm that kept moving agilely in Xie Ran's hands and spread to his body like a net.

By the time everything was spread out, Xie Ran only realized it when the dark magic was creeping into his head.

Xie Ran quickly made an explosion in his mental strength so the seal exploded into pieces leaving fireworks exploding. He severed his mental strength letting it protect the pendant in the air.

Suddenly Xie Ran's vision changed. His irises turned dark purple and his gaze was filled with fear. He tried to maintain his consciousness and hit his head many times and shook his head violently.

He felt his head hit by a rock and turned dark. Although he did not fall, he felt lost sight of him.

After the darkness faded, he saw flames enveloping his territory. Burned houses and scattered bodies.

Xie Ran was completely unable to speak so surprised. He felt like he had returned to a past where everything in his life had turned miserable.

The cause of his vengeance and the cause of his destruction.

For the second time, he looked at the pavilion that was engulfed in flames. He clearly remembered what happened that day.

The day that the whole man was slaughtered.

"LIU YES!"