Chapter Twenty-Nine: How Dare You Harm Him?

"Ugh..." Su Xue'er slowly opened her eyes. Hearing her voice, Tang Ruoyu quickly got up from her chair and sat beside Su Xue'er.

"Xue'er, you're awake."

Looking at Tang Ruoyu's smiling face, Su Xue'er asked, "Ruoyu, how is the Tang Clan Leader?"

Tang Ruoyu happily replied, "Thank you so much, Xue'er. My father has fully recovered and has even advanced to the Spirit God Realm."

Seeing Tang Ruoyu so happy, Su Xue'er felt good as well. She said, "That's wonderful. The Tang Clan Leader is truly blessed..."

Before Su Xue'er could finish speaking, the Tang Clan Leader's voice came from outside the door, "Miss Su, you are too modest. This is all thanks to you."

Tang Ruoyu turned to look at the door, where the Tang Clan Leader walked in with a spring in his step, looking radiant.

"Father."

"Yes." He then bowed to Su Xue'er, saying, "Thank you, Miss Su, for saving my life."

Seeing this, Su Xue'er quickly said, "Tang Clan Leader, please rise. I only did what I could."

The Tang Clan Leader chuckled, "Miss Su, you are too humble. If you ever face great danger, the Tang family will be the first to protect you."

"Thank you, Tang Clan Leader."

"Miss Su must be tired. I will arrange for a grand feast in your honor," he laughed. He then turned to Tang Ruoyu, "Ruoyu, stay here and take care of Su Xue'er. I'll go prepare the banquet."

With that, he hurried out.

Tang Ruoyu sat down and said to Su Xue'er, "Xue'er, about that matter..."

Su Xue'er naturally understood what she meant. She held Tang Ruoyu's hand, "Ruoyu, I don't demand anything from you. I just hope you'll give Xiao Xuan a chance."

"Alright."

At that moment, Su Xue'er's space ring started to vibrate. Qingyue Po Tian Ji began to stir, making Su Xue'er dizzy before she fainted.

"Xue'er, Xue'er, what's wrong?"

Tang Ruoyu settled Su Xue'er down and then quickly ran out to find the Tang Clan Leader.

Meanwhile, in Su Xue'er's spiritual sea, she looked around and said, "Am I in my own spiritual sea?"

In the distance, something was glowing. As she walked closer, she saw it was Qingyue Po Tian Ji.

"Qingyue Po Tian Ji? Why is it here?"

Su Xue'er tried to grab it, but just as she was about to touch it, it dodged.

Puzzled, she tried again and again but couldn't catch it. Every time she got close, it moved away.

"What's going on? Why is Qingyue Po Tian Ji in my spiritual sea?"

As Su Xue'er pondered, Qingyue Po Tian Ji suddenly flew up to her. When she grabbed it, the spiritual sea became extraordinarily bright, revealing four large characters: Blood Frenzy Attack.

Examining the technique, she quickly memorized it.

Su Xue'er was overjoyed, "So Qingyue Po Tian Ji was trying to show me this technique. But why does an ordinary lower-grade weapon have such strong spiritual energy?"

After a moment of thought, she muttered, "Could it be that this weapon's grade is beyond the assessment of this continent, and that's why it's considered a lower-grade weapon? If that's the case, I shouldn't use Qingyue Po Tian Ji unless absolutely necessary."

Determined, Su Xue'er fell silent. Despite being in her spiritual sea, she saw nothing but spiritual energy, herself, and Qingyue Po Tian Ji. How could she get out?

As she fretted, Qingyue Po Tian Ji flew to her. With a flash, she and the weapon exited the spiritual sea, and Qingyue Po Tian Ji returned to her space ring.

Feeling exhausted, Su Xue'er opened her eyes with difficulty and saw Tang Ruoyu asleep beside her bed.

Looking around, she realized she was in her own room.

Confused, she thought, "What happened? I was at the Tang family, and now I'm back at the Spirit Master Manor?"

She struggled to sit up and shook Tang Ruoyu's shoulder, "Ruoyu, Ruoyu."

Tang Ruoyu woke up to see Su Xue'er calling her name and tearfully said, "Xue'er, you're finally awake. You've been unconscious for half a month."

Su Xue'er was shocked, "What? Half a month?"

"Yes. After you fainted, I brought Father to check on you, but he couldn't help. Then the Chief came to the Tang family. Seeing you unconscious, he told my father that if anything happened to you, our Tang family would be buried with you," she sobbed.

Su Xue'er felt a pang of heartache seeing Tang Ruoyu so upset. She hugged Tang Ruoyu and said gently, "Alright, Ruoyu, I'm awake now. I'll talk to Yu Shi and clear the Tang family's name. Besides, it wasn't your or the Tang Clan Leader's fault that I fainted, right?"

"Mm-hmm." Tang Ruoyu wiped her tears and continued, "Since you fell unconscious, the Chief wanted to disband the team you led. But thanks to Shen Zixuan's insistence, it didn't happen. He said, 'My mother will definitely wake up.'"

She mimicked Shen Zixuan's tone, making Su Xue'er laugh.

Seeing the dark circles under Tang Ruoyu's eyes, Su Xue'er said with concern, "You've suffered a lot these past two weeks."

"It's nothing. But, you know, Shen Zixuan is quite impressive. He made it to the top sixteen all by himself. Now that the top sixteen are competing for the top eight, the matches are one-on-one since there are fewer teams. And it seems your group is up today."

"Then let's go now," Su Xue'er said as she got up to get ready.

While Su Xue'er was getting dressed, Tang Ruoyu said, "Actually, getting into the top eight has a lot of behind-the-scenes maneuvering. For example, when a team from the Beixun Empire faces a team from their imperial city families, the family team just forfeits. So, it's not that hard for them to advance. If the Chief hadn't given his team's spot to you, there's no way they would have made it to the top eight."

Hearing this, Su Xue'er was surprised and asked, "What? His team?"

"Yeah, you didn't know? The Chief originally had a team, but he gave it to you."

Su Xue'er didn't say anything. She understood Yu Shi's intentions and quickly finished getting ready before heading to the competition venue.

Upon arrival, she saw Shen Zixuan sitting with their team in the audience, covered in wounds.

"Hmph, if I hadn't been careless, how could he possibly hurt me?" Shen Zixuan grumbled.

Lu Qing quickly said, "Shen Zixuan, let me go next. You've already lost two matches. If we lose one more, we're out."

Shen Zixuan shouted, "No, I have to win. I can't lose."

Wen Yan and Gu Meng also tried to persuade Shen Zixuan not to push himself, but he refused to listen.

"Xiao Xuan, let Mom handle this," Su Xue'er said.

The fiery Shen Zixuan suddenly calmed down. He turned and saw her.

"Mom."

Tears filled Shen Zixuan's eyes.

Seeing her injured son, Su Xue'er asked Lu Qing, "Who hurt him?"

The killing intent in her voice made Lu Qing shiver. "It was Gongsun Liu from the second team of the Beixun Empire."

Upon hearing this name, Su Xue'er looked at Shen Zixuan with gentle eyes. "Xiao Xuan, Mom will avenge you."

"Mm."

As she left, she told Tang Ruoyu, "Ruoyu, take care of Xiao Xuan. I'll be back soon."

Su Xue'er, holding the Ziyun Jade Sword, stood in the competition arena and shouted to the crowd, "Who is Gongsun Liu? Get up here now."

Seeing this, Yu Shi instantly appeared beside Su Xue'er, concerned. "Xue'er, you're awake."

"If I didn't wake up, the Tang family would probably have disappeared from Qingyun City by now."

Yu Shi chuckled, "Avenge Xiao Xuan," he said, then left.

After a while, Gongsun Liu jumped onto the arena, holding a long spear. He said to Su Xue'er, "I'm Gongsun Liu. You must be Su Xue'er, Shen Zixuan's mother."

"You hurt him?"

"I did. So what?"

"How dare you harm him?"