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Chapter 3517: 4.1117 Seeing Clearly

Was she resenting her?

But she had no choice! The clan patriarch had given a strict order that no one was allowed to visit her in the dungeon. Although Mu Qingya was worried about her daughter, she couldn't defy the old patriarch's command.

In the main hall, Old Master Mu sat in the principal seat.

Several Mu family elders, the Mu family patriarch, and many other brothers were also present.

This was a public trial. Mu Qingya, as Mu Rouxuan's mother, was an exception allowed to come to the main hall to listen to the interrogation, but she didn't have much right to speak.

"Mu Rouxuan, do you plead guilty?" Elder Dao, always straightforward, spoke with immense authority.

For a respected family of talismans to produce an evil Talisman Curse Master was utterly ridiculous and brought immense shame upon the Mu family.

Rumors that Miss Mu was a Talisman Curse Master had already spread widely outside, and many people were coming to the Mu family's doorstep frequently, demanding an explanation.

From the public's perspective, such a terrifying existence as a Talisman Curse Master needed to be dealt with as soon as possible to prevent them from growing powerful and becoming a threat to the entire Divine Continent.

"Plead guilty to what?" Mu Rouxuan shrieked, raising her bound hands and glaring fiercely at everyone in the hall. "I don't plead guilty! I'm not guilty at all! It's you, you weak and incompetent people, who can't even protect your own daughters and granddaughters! Others say a few words about punishing me, and you want to punish me! Hahahahaha!"

With that, she burst into a wild, maniacal laugh, sounding utterly unlike a normal person.

Old Master Mu frowned slightly and sighed. "Leaving aside whether you are a Talisman Curse Master or not. During the competition, you poisoned your own sister, intending to use talismans to murder her. You don't plead guilty to that either?"

"She deserves to die!" Mu Rouxuan's eyes gleamed with poisonous light. "She repeatedly went against me, a mere village woman from the lower star domain, yet without the self-awareness of someone from the lower star domain!"

"Silence!" Old Master Mu roared, losing his patience. He looked at her with disappointment. "Rouxuan, you have greatly disappointed your grandfather."

Mu Xingchen looked at her with a faint gaze, not speaking, only shaking his head.

"Disappointed? Haha, ha! Disappointed??" Mu Rouxuan shrieked at them, "When I was a genius, what did you tell me? 'You are the hope of the Mu family, you are the only one who can inherit the legacy of Patriarch Chaoyang! You will definitely become a Heaven-level Grand Talisman Master in the future!'"

"Now, you say you're disappointed in me? Is it because in your hearts, there's someone better who can inherit the mantle of Ancestor Chaoyang!" Mu Rouxuan scoffed coldly. "Why, when a better person appears, must I become a discarded piece of chess and be abandoned by you?"

"Why do I have to surrender everything I've worked so hard for all these years? If it were you, would you be willing? Would you??"

"Beast!" Mu Jingfeng roared, slamming his hand on the table and slapping Mu Rouxuan across the face.

This heavy slap completely shattered the last bit of familial affection in Mu Rouxuan's heart.

She stared at them with cold, sharp eyes, scoffing as she curled her lips. "It's because I didn't want to lose so badly, didn't want to disappoint you so badly, that I've come to this point today."

She turned and looked at Mu Xingchen, speaking coldly, "Brother, give a message to Qiao Mu for me."