Could it be that she really wanted to kill Dianzhu and Qihua?
They were family after all!
Yaohua couldn't help but feel worried for them.
"It was Lord Chongming who destroyed your Zexin, not my father and me. You can't take revenge on Lord Chongming, so you want to kill us to vent your anger?"
Sensing Dianyu's killing intent, Dianzhu raised her head, not bothering to hide the coldness in her eyes.
"So what? If you hadn't plotted to kill Zexin, how could he have died?"
"You're crazy! Zexin was a demon, but he had such a high reputation in our clan. Don't you understand why?"
"So what? I was supposed to be the next clan leader. It's my choice who to hand over the Pheasant Clan to. What does it matter to you?"
After saying this, Dianyu didn't hesitate any longer. The demonic energy lifted her blood - stained skirt, and for a moment, the smell of blood filled the air.
Yaohua frowned. "Master, should we stop them?"
If this continued, it seemed that one of the sisters would surely die.
Chongming sighed softly. A thick surge of spiritual power rushed towards Dianyu, trapping her firmly.
The spiritual power seemed to be able to block her voice, because Yaohua saw her mouth moving and her hands waving, but no sound came out.
Qihua, who had looked solemn before, slowly stood up with Dianzhu's support. "Thank you, Lord, for not bearing a grudge and saving our lives."
Chongming slowly shook his head. "This is in return for the zither strings you gave me."
Qihua forced a smile, then grabbed Dianzhu's hand and dragged her in front of Chongming.
"Lord, could I ask you for one more favor?"
Chongming's gaze passed over the stubborn face of Dianzhu. He roughly understood what Qihua meant.
"By now, I won't hide anything from you, Lord." Qihua let go of his hand, bent down, and bowed deeply to Chongming. "I'll tell you everything that happened in the Pheasant Clan. I only ask that you protect Dianzhu and my wife. I'm willing to die to atone for my sins."
"Father!" Dianzhu didn't expect her father to say such a thing. She bit her lower lip angrily. "The Lord has already promised to spare you. The Lord can find out those things by himself. Why do you have to do this? Mother and I don't need your protection!"
Qihua ignored her words. "Lord, could we talk privately?"
Yaohua wanted to follow, but her master gave her a glance, so she had to retreat dejectedly and look at Dianzhu, whose face was pale.
"You were originally a family. How did it come to this?"
The elder sister slandered their parents and even wanted to kill her younger sister and father for a lover. It was really strange.
"What's so strange about this? My elder sister and I have never gotten along. It's normal for us to fight." Perhaps because of Qihua's matter, Dianzhu looked worried.
Yaohua smiled kindly. "I heard that you were driven out for trying to poison Uncle Qihua because you wanted to be the clan leader of the Pheasant Clan?"
Although she was now certain that Dianzhu couldn't have done such a thing, she was still curious about the truth.
"My elder sister told you so, right?" Dianzhu seemed to understand. Then she showed a look of disdain on her face. "Well, you don't have to beat around the bush. If you want to know something, I'll just tell you."
It was true that Dianzhu had been driven out for poisoning her father, but at that time, her poison had been replaced by Dianyu. The one who really wanted to be the clan leader of the Pheasant Clan was Zexin.
"Originally, Zexin was a member of our Pheasant Clan." Dianzhu looked complicated. "But somehow, he was replaced by a demon. The real Zexin had already died. Father found his bones by the river and buried him in the ancestral land."
"Did Dianyu know about this?"
Dianzhu nodded. "She knew earlier than we did. But disappointingly, it wasn't until some members of the Pheasant Clan followed Zexin and became demons that she told us this in order to drag father into it."
Yaohua was silent for a while. She couldn't understand why someone would let her father become a demon for a man.
"Father pretended to agree, but actually, he was secretly trying to solve this problem." Dianzhu's tone suddenly turned cold. "But unexpectedly, Dianyu wasn't satisfied with this. She wanted to use me to kill father and make room for that demon!"
Yaohua felt ashamed. She shouldn't have believed Dianyu's one - sided story.
"What happened later?"
Yaohua was becoming more and more curious. Since Dianzhu seemed to hate demons so much, why did she finally work for them?
She didn't hide her question, so after Dianzhu calmed down, she immediately explained.
"I found that under the coercion of those demons, father also started to practice demonic arts. Sooner or later, the Pheasant Clan would become the lackeys of the demons. Therefore, I had to find a way to infiltrate the demons to buy a chance for father."
It turned out that Dianzhu didn't really want to work for the demons.
She just wanted to do something for her father and the Pheasant Clan, so she did this.
But all these were just what Dianzhu said. Yaohua wouldn't fall into the same trap twice.
"Did you do anything bad to infiltrate the demons?"
"What do you mean by 'bad things', Princess?" Dianzhu showed that kind of malicious smile again. "Do you mean bewitching Xie Ling and turning Jincheng into a city of zombies, or using the God - casting in Henan Mansion to steal the faith power of the gods in the Celestial Realm?"
Yaohua stared at her in shock. "You were involved in all those things?"
"If I didn't do these things, how could I gain a foothold in the demons?" Dianzhu smiled indifferently. "What does the life and death of others matter to me?"
Yaohua couldn't agree with her view. "What goes around comes around. Aren't you afraid of retribution?"
The smile on Dianzhu's face grew wider. "I've already suffered retribution."
She pointed behind her. "Look, my useless elder sister is the retribution."
Yaohua never expected her to say such a thing. She was speechless for a moment.
"Okay, then since such a big thing happened, why didn't Uncle Qihua tell my master and even wanted to avoid us?"
This was what Yaohua couldn't understand the most.
"Lord Chongming is impartial. If he knew that so many members of our Pheasant Clan had become demons, they probably wouldn't end well. Father was thinking about the clan, so he had to find another way. Princess, I like you. Well, I'll tell you another secret."
Just as Chongming finished talking with Qihua and came out, he saw Yaohua and Dianzhu with their heads close together. Dianzhu was smiling, and Yaohua suddenly opened her mouth wide.
At this moment, Dianzhu looked in their direction, her eyes flickering slightly.
"Princess, your master and my father are coming out."
Yaohua was still shocked by what Dianzhu had just told her. She subconsciously looked in Chongming's direction.
Suddenly, a chill rushed into her chest.
Dianzhu placed a palm on her chest, still wearing that kind smile on her face. "I'm sorry for going against my father's wishes, but I think the demons are better."