Chapter 396 Clues (2)

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To ask this young master why he did it would be superfluous. If the person is happy to do something, they don't need to explain it to someone like you, a small servant.

No explanation needed at all!

Just as expected, this young master wouldn’t explain himself to Xianyao; he only wanted to teach Xianyao a lesson and make him suffer. This was just the beginning; there would be more to come.

Originally, this young master had already harbored resentment towards Xianyao before, but since Xianyao always followed rules and worked late in the academy every night, he didn’t have a chance for revenge.

Later on, when he found out that Wu-Xuan Lingxiao no longer paid attention to Xianyao, he gradually put aside his grudge. But today, after seeing Wu-Xuan Lingxiao greet and talk to Xianyao again, he was infuriated once more.

That’s right, simply because of a greeting. If Xianyao knew about it, he would be even more depressed: Boss, is it really necessary for you to flip your lid over just a greeting

"You still dare to pick them up" the young master said coldly.

“This...Young Master, my job is to take care of these books,” Xianyao replied.

“Is that so Then if something happens to these books, it’s your responsibility, right” The young master sneered at Xianyao, who had a twitching smile on his face.

"Yes, it's my responsibility. But…" Xianyao was about to say that he wouldn't be responsible if someone else deliberately caused the damage.

“No need for ‘buts’. Prepare yourself to be expelled from the Wu-Xuan Clan!” The young master continued his cold smirk and then slashed with a palm at the books, breaking them this time.

"Young Master, you can’t do this. These books are very precious!" Xianyao collected the nearby fragments immediately, thinking inwardly that these were books he hadn't had a chance to read yet; couldn't the young master wait until after he was done reading them

Also, why be so angry Can’t you even vent your anger on books What a lack of class!

Xianyao simply filtered out this person’s temper. The young master got angry because of him and not the books; he just used the books as an excuse to make Xianyao have work-related mistakes, leading to his expulsion.

"You don’t need to worry anymore; these damaged books can't be restored. Pack your things and get out of Wu-Xuan Clan. This is already lenient treatment for you," said the young master coldly.

“Why do I have to leave the Wu-Xuan Clan Haven’t I done anything wrong,” Xianyao didn’t comply with the young master’s wishes; he continued to pick up the scattered pages on the ground. Fortunately, there was no wind blowing them away now.

In fact, it was precisely because there was no wind that these books had been taken out for airing, otherwise flipping through them would be difficult.

“Do you still want to struggle Fine, then I’ll take my time and play with you,” the young master sneered disdainfully. He thought Xianyao valued his position here and was desperate to stay; thus he wouldn’t let him off easily but rather make Xianyao suffer miserably.

This incident today would naturally be blamed on Xianyao, and he would tell the supervisor that Xianyao had damaged the books!

However, at this moment, he still needed to follow Wu-Xuan Lingxiao. Therefore, reporting to the supervisor could wait for later; it was troublesome to deal with him directly anyway, so he could send someone else over later.

He believed that Xianyao would definitely receive punishment regardless of whether or not he was immediately expelled this time, which naturally depended on how important these books were. If they were very important, then the consequences would be severe; he hoped they weren’t so important and just give him a small punishment.

What he could touch upon probably wouldn't be too significant!

A day passed, and this young master was once again rejected by Wu-Xuan Lingxiao. In reality, she had completely ignored him and even spared herself the effort of refusing his advances verbally; she simply let him follow her.

Regardless, he would be unhappy every day as he followed her, and previously, when he vented his anger on servants like Xianyao, he now finally had someone to focus his wrath upon.

He came to the academy hoping to see if Xianyao was still there and whether or not he had been punished. He wanted to watch a little while and add some spice to the mix.

In his anticipation, he saw something he didn’t want to see; just like yesterday, Xianyao did as usual without any punishment at all.

Could it be that they still don't know about this

"You really have guts to hide such a big thing. But the consequences will only be worse. Truly foolish servants," he appeared in front of Xianyao, sneered coldly, and then went to find the supervisor to instill fear in Xianyao that punishment was imminent, so as to make him regret his decision to hide it.

This is also the reason why he appeared before Xianyao first; it was intentional!

"Xianyao, what did that young master say just now" At this moment, Xianyao was working with another servant. That servant found those young masters' words incomprehensible.

"I don't know, I feel like he's a bit off his rocker." Xianyao replied directly; these were the honest thoughts in his heart.

"Shh, you really are bold to speak of this. Saying such things about those young masters will cause us trouble, even though some of them can be despicable, not all of them are bad. Young Master Lingfeng is a good person." The servant whispered and lightly complained.

“He came looking for trouble anyway, whatever I say would lead to the same result. No need to mind too much; we should continue our work as long as we haven't done anything wrong, they can't harm us.” Xianyao continued his task without caring about it.

"That may be true, but they are still our masters after all, it's better not to cause trouble," the servant said.

“I never cause trouble, but when troubles find me, I have no choice but to deal with them. This is also an unavoidable situation.” Xianyao continued working while saying this.

"Alright." The servant nodded and then went back to work.

On another side, after searching for a bit, the young master finally found the academy's steward responsible for overseeing Xianyao and directly asked,

"Why haven't you punished that servant, Xianyao"

"Punish Xianyao Young Master Lingjian, where do you get this idea from" The steward was utterly confused; he had no clue what the young master meant.

“It looks like that dog slave really is so bold as to not tell you about it and try to hide it. He destroyed many of the books under his responsibility yesterday, which is a major offense! Do you know how important these books are for our academy Even common books need to be handled with great care and cannot be damaged in any way; that dog slave actually did so much damage and tried to cover it up. Truly daring as a dog!” Young Master Lingjian raged, spouting all this at once, leaving the steward no chance to ask questions until he finished.

"That shouldn't have happened. Xianyao works very carefully; he has never made any mistakes so far," the steward said in disbelief; Xianyao had worked under him for a while and his performance was satisfactory.

“He hasn’t made any mistakes because he’s covered up all of them. This is just one of many!” Young Master Lingjian coldly replied, convinced that Xianyao must be doing so; where there's one, there are more.

"I'll ask him about the situation and thank Young Master Lingjian for your reminder!" The steward said, intending to speak with Xianyao alone. He believed this matter would end here after a reminder from Young Master Lingjian.

Therefore, his words contained an implication of "Go on with your business, I'll handle the rest."

The steward found that Young Master Lingjian didn't seem to want to leave but followed him instead, which made it strange for him; was he going along

No, if they were going along, it would only be at first, now after several turns, he still kept following as if wanting to see how he dealt with Xianyao.

How did this Xianyao offend Young Master Lingjian

Although Young Master Lingjian wasn't of the Xuanyu family but rather Surname Shang, his mother was the headmaster's sister. Their relationship didn’t need much explanation; apparently his strength wasn’t weak either as it was said that even ordinary elders couldn’t be his match, thus he held more prestige within the Xuanyu Clan.

Young Master Lingjian himself could also be considered a martial arts prodigy, though not on par with Xuanyu Lingxiao, compared to ordinary geniuses he still had certain advantages. Therefore, his influence in the Xuanyu Clan was considerable.

Additionally, his father was also an adept not weak at all...

The reason why they were within the Xuanyu Clan was due to his father being a wandering swordsman without a family who married into the Xuanyu Clan. However, he couldn’t use the surname Xuanyu; this wasn’t because of unwillingness on his part but rather from that of the clan.

The Xuanyu Clan, like other major families, only allowed male heirs to inherit the family name; even if a daughter was the headmaster’s child, her children couldn't bear their family's surname!

This not only prevented unnecessary internal conflicts but also had an important reason concerning bloodline purity. They all wanted to maintain their clan’s lineage.

Generally speaking, male lineages could continue on indefinitely; however, female descendants would still carry the bloodline for one generation but then it became extremely rare in subsequent generations.

Some bloodlines were only passed down through females, making them quite rare. Such bloodlines typically belonged to matriarchal clans!

In this land, inheritance of bloodlines was very important!

The reason why Young Master Shang Lingjian wanted to marry Xuanyu Lingxiao had to do with inheriting the Xuanyu Clan's lineage; in his case, having a child with someone from the same clan would allow their son to inherit the pure Xuanyu bloodline and be on par with others within the clan.o only cares about love. I will prove to him how great I am, enough to be his other half. If anyone dares to sabotage us, I’ll destroy them!” Black Snow said coldly. No one would doubt her words.A wom...