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Chapter 4758: The Tide Has Turned

However, Ancestor Xuanji's single sentence blocked their myriad pleas.

"Compared to death and going to the Forgetful River Cold Valley for trials, which do you prefer?"

There was no negotiation to be had!

That was the reality of it.

Ancestor had used her old face to forcibly rescue them from the little stoic's hands; how could they possibly have the gall to continue bargaining?

Long Hui turned towards Qiao Mu. Seeing her clear, cold gaze return to him, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

Ancestor Xuanji beckoned to him.

Long Hui, holding his sister Long Xiangyun, walked over. "Ancestor."

Long Xuanji nodded, extending her transparent palm and gently patting Long Xiangyun's nape a few times from a distance.

Long Xiangyun immediately woke up, looking at the faintly iridescent ancestor before her as if awakened from another world.

"A-Ancestor?"

The moment she spoke, tears streamed down her face.

After being possessed by her grandmother, her soul had been like an observer, silently watching events unfold.

She was fully aware of everything that had happened to her.

It was just that...

She was powerless to stop her grandmother.

She didn't know what to say now, a mixture of emotions overwhelming her, leaving her in a daze.

Long Xuanji sighed, looking at her. "Your name is Long Xiangyun?"

Long Xiangyun nodded.

Long Xuanji said, "Your body was possessed by Long Qian. Although she was driven out by Qiao Qiao earlier, she still resided in your body for a long time."

"Her divine soul is much stronger than yours, causing your physical body to show signs of collapse."

"Se-Senior, is there any way to remedy this?" Tears streamed down Long Hui's face, his heart burdened with unbearable sorrow and pain.

He had started regretting it from just now.

Regretting why he hadn't listened to his father's words, regretting believing his grandmother's deceptive lies.

She had claimed everything was for the clan, that only by saving Long Xueyuan would the Forgetful River Long clan have a future.

But what was the result?!

The result was...

Long Qian personally pushed Long Xueyuan out to block the heavenly lightning, throwing her to her death.

In that moment of life and death, why didn't grandmother consider that by pushing Long Xueyuan to her death, the Forgetful River would have no future?

Ancestor Xuanji was right. It was all grandmother's selfishness.

She had argued and fought, constantly saying she wanted Aunt Long Chuyun to return the Ten-Thousand-Year Jiaolong Pearl.

But in reality, into whose hands would the Jiaolong Pearl ultimately fall?

It was hers! Everything was just for herself!

No matter how grand and righteous her words were, they couldn't excuse her own selfishness.

Long Hui closed his eyes, then knelt before Long Xuanji, knocking his head loudly. "Ancestor, please help Xiangyun. This whole matter has nothing to do with her; she's merely caught in the crossfire."

Long Xiangyun smiled bitterly, reaching out and taking her brother's hand. "Brother, being able to salvage our lives is already a great fortune in misfortune."

"We don't need to trouble Ancestor any further."

Long Xuanji sighed, then turned and looked at Qiao Mu, beckoning to her.

The little stoic walked over with a cold little face, remaining silent for a long time.

Long Xuanji said, "Second Generation Sect Master, do you have anything to say about my arrangements?"

Qiao Mu didn't speak, her expression calm as she looked at Long Xuanji.

For a long time, so long that Long Xuanji thought Qiao Mu was unwilling to speak.

The little stoic finally spoke, her voice very cold and hard, "When you gave me the Ten-Thousand-Year Xuanji Heart back then, did you already know my identity?"

Long Xuanji shook her head, unable to help but chuckle, "Little one, I'm not that omnipotent."

"But speaking of which."