8 Shang Clan

Gangting City.

Mo Xie and the others finally arrived without any more troubles crossing their path, just a few beasts that were slaughter on their way.

Shang Litian and Elder Han led the way with his disciples, Mo Xie is then behind them together with Shang Ting, all of them directly went to the Clan's grand hall.

"Patriarch!" Elder Han and the others bowed.

The patriarch name is Shang Xinyue, he smiled as he waved his hands: "Tian'er, come here to father."

"Yes, Father."

Litian smiled as he walks towards his father.

"You were kidnapped because of our carelessness, something like that will never happen again, sacrificing our treasure for your life is worth it, go with your mother and rest first."

Litian nodded his head as ran towards his mother, Chu Liuxuan.

Although Xinyue spoke of it, clearly, he felt the burden, 1/3 of their Clan's whole fortune had been burned.

He then looked at Elder Han, he then noticed someone standing beside Shang Ting.

Shang Xinyue frowned as he asked: "Ting'er, who is this?"

Elder Han glanced at Shang Ting, waiting for her reply.

Shang Ting trembled at first, but after a while, she calmed down and spoke.

"He is our savior Father, and..."

"And" Shang Ting felt something is amiss.

"And the person I promised to marry for a yea-"

"Crack!" Before Shang Ting could finish her word, a loud noise immediately echoed, Xinyue's armchair broke into pieces as he glared at Mo Xie.

"Elder Han, explain!" Xinyue's tone is clearly in rage, they had already lost 1/3 of their fortune, now someone is wanting to get his daughter?

Elder Han replied: "Yes, Patriarch." He looked at Mo Xie as he walks closer to Xinyue.

Elder Han whispered at the Patriarch, retelling the story without any part missing.

The Patriarch, Shang Xinyue's expression kept changing.

After Elder Han finished his story, he moved back to his position.

"What is your background?" Xinyue asked.

"I am Mo Xie, a mere orphan of a war, my Clan were killed by a group of bandits"

Hearing Mo Xie's word, Xinyue frowned.

"So you want to use our Clan to kill those bandits?"

Mo Xie chuckles as he replied: "Replying to Father-in-law, you wouldn't be able to touch those bandits even with your whole army, you would only scratch their fingers unless you have a Black Gold practitioner in your Clan, that will be a different story."

Hearing the word Father-in-law, Xinyue couldn't help but tremble in anger, a kid is belittling his Clan and is also taking liberties of his daughter.

"Just take a treasure out of our treasury, I will not allow you to be married to my Daughter."

Mo Xie smirked, he then looked at Xinyue and spoke: "Are you sure?"

Although Mo Xie only spoke of three words, Xinyue felt an extremely terrifying aura, but after scanning him from head to toe, Xinyue is only a mortal.

"I am!"

Mo Xie smiled as he looked at Shang Ting and asked: "Will you go back with your words?"

Shang Ting trembled, a kind-hearted person like her couldn't break her own word, especially to someone that had saved their Clan.

"Father, this..."

Xinyue glared at Shang Ting and spoke: "You better stay out of it!"

Mo Xie sighed, this patriarch is clearly too overbearing, he took the box from Shang Ting and drew it to the ground in front of Xinyue.

Xinyue was shocked, but before he can say anything, Mo Xie spoke.

"I will clear the slate with your Clan, I will, from now on, have no connection with your Clan."

After speaking, Mo Xie looked at Shang Ting and added: "I will be collecting my payment for this mission, Young Miss Shang."

Shang Ting trembled, it felt like something inside her broke, tears started to fall from her beautiful eyes as she slumped on the ground.

Seeing this, Mo Xie sighed and started to walk out of the Clan: "Forget it, I will just get another mission."

"Wa- Wait!"

Shang Ting spoke, trying to grab Mo Xie's clothes.

"Ting'er, if you follow him, I will disown you!" Xinyue spoke in a cold tone.

"FATHER!" Shang Ting exclaimed, she immediately went and followed Mo Xie.

Mo Xie was astounded: "Are you sure?"

Shang Ting smiled sadly as she nodded and spoke: "I am Shang Ting, the Shang Daughter, I will never break my own promise!"

"Shang Ting!" Xinyue shouted, clearly unhappy of the turn of event.

Shang Ting looked at her father and spoke: "Father, you taught me that we, the Shang Clan will always treasure our words like a sacred oath, yet, you, the one that taught me this want me to break the promise I had made.

Father, if you wish to disown me, I have no qualms about it, farewell."

Shang Ting and Mo Xie's silhouettes slowly vanish as they walk out of the Shang Clan's manor, heading to the Exit of the clan.

Xinyue frowned and spoke: "That lass will come back here in a month or less, let her be.

Elder Han, follow Shang Ting, bring three gold taels, tell her not to reject, she can come back after she calms down."

Elder Han nodded his head as he followed at the two.

Xinyue looked at the elders and supreme elders as he spoke: "Have I made a mistake?"

"Patriarch did not, like the Shang Clan, what qualification does an orphan have to marry into one of our princesses?"

"We can also send someone to kill that boy, better than getting our Princess soiled."

"I agree."

"I agree."

"I disagree."

All of the supreme elders and elders looked at the location of that voice, all of them immediately bowed.

"Grand Elder!"

"Father!"

The one that spoke is the Grand Elder, the previous Patriarch of the Shang Clan.

The Grand Elder looked at them and sighed: "We are the Shang Clan, our Clan was just saved by a stranger, yet we repaid his grace with enmity, can you face our ancestors after what you have done?"

Hearing the Grand Elder's word, all of them bowed in shame, but what they had spoken is true too, hence, they can only grit their teeth.

The Grand Elder then walks towards a table and wrote something on a scroll, after a while, he handed it to one of his subordinates.

"Send it to your Young Miss Ting, tell her that she can read it after a month's time."

"Your subordinate obeys." After receiving the scroll, he immediately exited the grand hall.

"Father, what have you written?"

The Grand Elder looked at Xinyue and spoke.

"That once they find it difficult, they can always return, we will then hold the grandest wedding as a compensation for the rude behavior that our Shang Clan had shown the little lass."

Hearing the Grand Elder's words, a lot of the elders felt dissatisfied, they are really going to marry one of their Clan's princess to a stranger without any background to show?

Remembering his Daughter's expression, Xinyue could only sigh: "Yes Father, it will be as you had said."

The Grand Elder nodded his head as he took a stroll outside the Clan.

Patriarch Xinyue sighed as he spoke: "Yin Bi."

"Yes!"

A woman appeared from the back of the Patriarch's throne wearing black clothes covering her full face and body, only the eyes can be seen.

"Try to observe them as much as possible, better, you can live beside their home for now."

"Your order, I shall do." After Yin Bi spoke, she immediately vanished.

Patriarch Xinyue sighed as he looked at the sky: "Have I done the wrong thing or the right one?"