Chapter 399: The Heaven’s Mandated Daughter

When hearing Fu Young words, Xiao Ran was so furious that she gritted her teeth, but under Ting Lu’s warning, she did not dare say another word. In fact, she secretly felt relieved. Although she did not want to admit it, she knew that compared with Ting Lu, she knew far too little.

Because of this, she often appeared ignorant and reckless in her actions. If not for Ting Lu, she might have been drained into a dried corpse by Fu Young at Wailing Ghost Valley. Just now, she might also have angered Tushan Qing and ended up suffering the same fate as the Gou family. She understood all of this very clearly. However, she could not forget the humiliation of being called an idiot again and again and being angrily scolded as a fool. Just wait! One day, once she figured everything out...

Xiao Ran’s mind was filled with all sorts of thoughts that could not be known by Ting Lu, but on the surface, she looked frightened and uneasy as she said to Tushan Shanhe, "Senior, I did not intend to hurt Xiao Shou back then. It was Senior Sister Yu’s order. She was my master’s direct disciple and entered the sect before me. Her cultivation was also higher than mine at the time, so I could not resist her. Senior, I..."

"So you’re saying that the one who wanted to harm my Tushan Clan member was your senior sister? Your senior sister was also the one who killed the Hell Flame Beast? And you destroyed the secret realm unintentionally?" Tushan Shanhe’s killing intent toward Xiao Ran grew stronger, but not the slightest trace appeared on his face. Instead, he seemed even calmer.

His expression seemed to encourage Xiao Ran, causing her to repeatedly nod. "That is indeed what happened. Please forgive me, Senior."

Yet even then, she ultimately did not follow Ting Lu’s suggestion and hand over the things in her storage ring as compensation for destroying the secret realm. This added another point of dissatisfaction to Ting Lu’s opinion of her: short sighted and greedy for material possessions.

Upon hearing this, the corners of Tushan Shanhe’s mouth curled into a cold and cruel smile. He was about to slap this woman who was spouting lies to death.

Xiao Shou had seen this expression in the original story before. He knew very well how protective the Tushan Clan was of its own members, as well as the special expression Tushan Shanhe wore when he developed killing intent. Xiao Shou’s brows immediately furrowed, and he remembered how Tushan Qing had once killed so many members of the Gou family for his sake.

Now, was he going to kill the female protagonist for his sake again? If Xiao Ran were not the female protagonist, then just based on the fact that she had injured Young’er and caused him to remain unconscious for several days, Xiao Shou would have personally dealt with her. But she was the female protagonist. Even Yu Lin only dared to continuously scheme against her, making her commit countless evil deeds and accumulate immense karmic debts before daring to act against her.

Then, if Tushan Shanhe killed the female protagonist, how would the Heavenly Dao treat him after that? Xiao Shou did not dare gamble on the outcome. Even though he did not have much affection for Tushan Shanhe, he did not want him to get into trouble simply because he had protected him. Thinking of this, his expression became firm. He sent a voice transmission to Tushan Shanhe. "Uncle Shanhe, this person bears the Mandate of Heaven and is protected by the Heavenly Dao. Killing her would bring misfortune. Please be cautious."

Someone who bears Mandate of Heaven? After receiving Xiao Shou’s voice transmission, Tushan Shanhe immediately withdrew the attack he was about to unleash. He looked suspiciously at Xiao Ran and secretly sent a voice transmission to Tushan Qing. "Hey! Your grandson says this woman bears the Mandate of Heaven. Can you take a look for me and see if that’s really the case."

"No need to look! I already knew she was! I was originally planning to watch you suffer for a hundred thousand years. Sigh! My precious grandson is simply too soft hearted." Tushan Qing boredly picked at his ear. Before the White Silver Secret Realm was destroyed, quite a few members of the Tushan Clan who entered the secret realm had obtained opportunities that allowed them to awaken their Heavenly Eyes. Tushan Qing’s Heavenly Eye was one level higher than those of the other clan members. It was the Eye of Foresight.

Just as its name suggested, he possessed the ability to foresee the future. However, unlike Fu Young’s Heavenly Eye, which he could use freely and activate or deactivate whenever he wished, every use of Tushan Qing’s Eye of Foresight consumed a tremendous amount of vitality. Even for members of the Tushan Clan, who possessed more than ten times the lifespan of ordinary cultivators, this was difficult to endure.

When his Heavenly Eye first awakened, he foresaw himself devouring the Heavenly Fox inheritor. That single act of foresight directly drained one tenth of the vitality within his body, reducing his lifespan by one tenth compared with his fellow clan members. Precisely because of this ability, Tushan Qing came to know many things he should never have known. This was also why, he was disliked by his clansmen regardless of how terrible his personality was among the clan members.

Even so, he still gave off an air of unfathomable depth. However, because this ability was too precious, and because Heavenly Eyes and similar divine abilities could be taken away, only the patriarch of the Tushan Clan knew about the Eye of Foresight. No one else knew. They only knew that Tushan Qing was not only overwhelmingly powerful in battle, but was also extremely proficient in the Dao of Fate. They did not know that this came from the ability of his Heavenly Eye.