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Chapter 4717: 4.0469 Long Qian's Confession

"I knew this day would come! I shouldn't have given birth to your mother in the first place, let alone raised a little beast like you!" Long Qian glared at Qiao Mu with a horrified expression, screaming, "Back then, Long Chuyun and Long Chuyu entered the Long clan's sacred ground together. Chuyu came back covered in wounds, but your mother obtained the Ten-Thousand-Year Mermaid Pearl."

"How could there be no foul play in that?"

"Your mother knows best what she did."

Long Qian coughed up a string of blood, looking utterly deranged, like a broken jar that had given up all hope. Anyway, her life wouldn't last much longer. Her body couldn't sustain her. Moreover, having lost her nine layers of spiritual water, she could now feel her cultivation fading away little by little. This feeling, falling from the Transcendent Divine Realm to rock bottom, was something she, at her age, simply couldn't bear. She couldn't, like a young person, fall and then rise again. There was no chance! Before she died, if she could eliminate this major threat for the Long clan and drag this black-hearted little poker face to hell with her, that would be a great achievement.

"The Ten-Thousand-Year Mermaid Pearl is an artifact passed down through generations of Forgetfulness River Long clan ancestors, a treasure that can enhance bloodline power. Your mother took it for herself and refused to return it."

"What use do I have for a daughter like that?"

The Soul-Locking Arrow, glowing with a soft green light, hovered in mid-air amidst Long Qian's excited roars, its tip pointed directly at Qiao Mu's heart, trembling slightly. It seemed as though it could pierce through her heart at any second.

"Do you think I'm doing all this for myself?" Long Qian roared. "I'm doing it for the future of the entire Forgetfulness River Long clan! You only covet your own interests, only see the petty gains right in front of you. Which one of you is willing to look to the family's future? Willing to make a small sacrifice?"

"The Ten-Thousand-Year Mermaid Pearl is originally a family asset, it should be passed down through generations of the Forgetfulness River Long clan, not given solely to your mother, and then solely to you!" Long Qian shouted coldly, "You asked me if I sent people to Sikong Star to kill your mother, didn't you?"

"Yes!" Long Qian said coldly. "If only she had taken the family's responsibility to heart and handed over the Ten-Thousand-Year Mermaid Pearl earlier, none of these troublesome things would have happened."

"You are the same," Long Qian said coldly. "As cold-blooded and selfish as your mother, completely disregarding your own family."

"Selfish and cold-blooded people like you are destined not to go far in life."

Having said this, Long Qian suddenly pointed a finger at the Soul-Locking Arrow in mid-air. Long Hui and his sister let out a mournful shriek, both pairs of eyes fixed on the Soul-Locking Arrow as it swiftly flew towards Qiao Mu.

"Grandmother," Long Hui slid forward, but knew he couldn't possibly catch up to the arrow's speed.

In that instant, quicker than words could tell, a red figure suddenly darted to Qiao Mu's side, shielding her. Countless streams of wood spiritual energy surged out, firmly "grabbing" the rapidly approaching Soul-Locking Arrow within a tangle of vines.

Qiao Mu's heart gave a heavy leap. She looked up and saw Immortal Venerable Peach Blossom turn his head, winking at her playfully.

"Qiao Qiao, what are you hanging around here for?"

A surge of anger immediately welled up in the little poker face. She glared at him irritably. "Stop with the silly, sarcastic nonsense. If you couldn't block that arrow just now, what would you have done?"