4756

Chapter 4756: Fortune and Misfortune

Long Xuanji's words made Long Qian's face turn from green to pale, looking very unpleasant. She opened her mouth to argue, but unexpectedly saw Long Xuanji turn and raise her hand to swiftly slap her across the face.

"Slap!"

Long Qian was dumbfounded. She hadn't expected that as a divine soul, being slapped by another soul body could still make her feel a hot, stinging pain at a soul level.

"Long Qian, do you admit your crime?" Ancestor Xuanji demanded with a stern face.

Long Hui and the younger generation of Merfolk clan members had already curled up and bowed low in the seawater the moment Ancestor Xuanji appeared.

"What crime do I have?" Long Qian shouted indignantly.

Ancestor Long Xuanji, just for the sake of a young junior, would so publicly humiliate her, the Clan Leader of the Long family? How could she face the clan members, high and low, after this?

"You are selfish. For your own selfish desires, you have dragged down the entire Forgetful River, and a host of innocent Merfolk."

Long Qian suddenly flared up in anger, "I did not!"

"You did," Long Xuanji directly interrupted her, saying coldly, "The Ten-Thousand-Year Jiaolong Pearl was left behind by our ancestors. It is indeed our Merfolk clan's ultimate treasure. But it was said when it was left that 'the capable shall obtain it!'"

"Did you remember these words, did you take them to heart?" Long Xuanji questioned sharply. "Long Chuyun was your daughter, a very outstanding child. The Ten-Thousand-Year Jiaolong Pearl chose her. This was her fortune and also her misfortune. Her misfortune lies in having a self-righteous mother like you."

"Why did you insist that she contribute the Ten-Thousand-Year Jiaolong Pearl to the clan?"

"Was it really just simply following your instructions, to consecrate the Jiaolong Pearl within the clan, to allow the younger generations to receive its baptism at any time?"

"You clearly knew that those children with poor talent, no matter how much they were baptized, it would be useless. The Ten-Thousand-Year Jiaolong Pearl could only play a negligible role for them."

"This Jiaolong Pearl can only exert its greatest efficacy in the hands of the most talented individual."

"Long Chuyun did not waste this Ten-Thousand-Year Jiaolong Pearl. She gave the Jiaolong Pearl to the most talented child in our clan, the Second Generation Sect Master of my Xuanji Sect."

"This matter should have ended there! It was you, your selfish desires at play, that brought about this great disaster, bringing ruin to the entire Forgetful River!"

Long Xuanji's words were piercing, each sentence making Long Qian's face grow paler.

In the end, Long Qian could only open and close her mouth, unable to utter a sound.

Long Xuanji shook her head. "I know you want to lead the entire Forgetful River back to its past prosperity and supremacy. But everything must be done within your capabilities."

"All things in the world must conform to the will of Heaven."

"The descendants of the Forgetful River Long family, their talent diminishing with each generation, you know this too. Is it truly just because the Ten-Thousand-Year Jiaolong Pearl isn't in the clan?"

"It's because you are corrupt, you are good-for-nothing!"

"Although I despise your weakness and stupidity, at a time like this, I have no choice but to step forward and use my old face to plead for you before this little girl."

"Long Qian, you are blinded by profit and utterly selfish. Because of some trivial matters, you privately summoned thirteen elders who had ascended from the family, causing all of them to perish in Forgetful River."

"I, representing the ancestors of the Long family, take your life. Do you have any questions?"

At this moment, a short blade whizzed to Long Qian's front.

Ancestor Xuanji moved a finger, and the short blade pierced directly through Long Qian's soul body.