And Yidier brought them to her family, was it truly just to invite him, King Yan Ning, as a guest?
Nonsense, Ning Beichen wasn't a three-year-old child.
Therefore, Yidier's intentions were also not pure, but Ning Beichen didn't mind being used by her.
Simply put, Yidier wanted to leverage his power to establish her authority.
The pressure of a Celestial Venerable made the people in Yidier's family unable to stand.
And the few young people who had intended to attack Ning Beichen were sent flying like discarded rags.
Ning Beichen, as if from a textbook, demonstrated what it meant to suppress others with power.
The aura of a Celestial Venerable immediately alerted the high-ranking members of Yidier's family. Soon, three elders were seen flying from a distance, landing in front of Ning Beichen and shouting to stop.
Ning Beichen then retracted his Celestial Venerable's imposing aura and stood still, looking at them like an unmovable mountain.
"We were unaware of the Celestial Venerable's arrival and did not welcome you properly."
The three elders quickly approached Ning Beichen and cupped their fists.
Ning Beichen remained silent, only looking at them with his hands behind his back, which made the three elders somewhat apprehensive.
It wasn't that Yidier's family truly feared a Celestial Venerable; this wasn't Ning Beichen's world. Here, everyone cultivated, and although Celestial Venerables were not common, they were not exceedingly rare.
However, no one wanted to offend a Celestial Venerable without reason. If there was a misunderstanding that could be resolved, they would naturally prefer not to gain an enemy of Celestial Venerable rank.
It was just that the people of Yidier's family were also bewildered. Most Celestial Venerables knew of their family. Unless the family had done something to offend them, a group of Celestial Venerables wouldn't bother them, because the ancestor of Yidier's family was also a Celestial Venerable.
Ning Beichen's silence made the three men uneasy, as they didn't understand the situation.
At this moment, Yidier was seen stepping forward hastily and said to the three elders.
"Grandpa, Third Grandpa, Fifth Grandpa, these are friends I brought back. I invited them to be guests, but my cousin and the others..."
Yidier recounted the incident of the woman provoking Ning Beichen from beginning to end.
Upon hearing this, the three elders became very angry, realizing it was their family's younger generation who had caused the trouble.
Even they dared not offend a Celestial Venerable. Did these juniors truly believe they could do as they pleased by relying on the family?
"Scum, guards, take them away and lock them up."
The eldest elder commanded sternly, then bowed to Ning Beichen again, apologizing.
"Celestial Venerable, please calm your anger. I will strictly discipline them."
"Disrespectful and lacking in basic manners, they indeed need proper discipline, lest outsiders say your family's foundations are rotten from top to bottom."
Ning Beichen, however, cast a cold glance at him and said.
However, he stopped short, not wanting to escalate further. He didn't mind helping Yidier, but that didn't mean he wanted to create another enemy.
"Yes, yes, yes, I will strictly discipline them. Celestial Venerable, please, come inside."
The three elders, covered in sweat, dared not retort after Ning Beichen's words.
Ning Beichen nodded and walked forward with Liu Yilin and the others, then deliberately said.
"That so-called cousin said Yidier's mother was a lowly servant and even slapped Yidier. Your family members are quite arrogant, aren't they? Arrogant towards outsiders and equally arrogant towards your own kin."
The brows of the three elders twitched violently. These minor family disputes were merely squabbles among the younger generation. They, being in high positions, rarely concerned themselves with such trivial matters.
However, since Ning Beichen had spoken, they could not dismiss it lightly. One by one, they pledged that they would handle the matter seriously.
Ning Beichen's gaze swept towards Yidier. Seeing her secretly rejoicing made Ning Beichen feel a bit amused, yet also a little sympathetic towards her.
Family matters were often the most helpless and difficult to handle. Ning Beichen could be impolite to them, but Yidier could not. Even if her cultivation was high and her power immense, she could not act with impunity within the family.
Ning Beichen also had no intention of staying here long, planning to leave with the women at dawn the next day.
However, some things were beyond Ning Beichen's expectations.
In the evening, while Liu Yilin, Luo Yingying, and Jin Yuehe were strolling in the garden, they encountered a man who was being overly familiar with Liu Yilin and spewing vulgarities at them.
Liu Yilin and Luo Yingying were relatively calm, but Jin Yuehe, being a very traditional woman, could not tolerate such insults. With a palm strike, she severed his heart's pulse.
If this man, whose heart's pulse was severed by Jin Yuehe, were merely some distant cousin of Yidier's family, it wouldn't have been a big deal.
But this man, whose heart's pulse was severed, was the son of the current head of Yidier's family, and moreover, their only son. This matter was not so easily resolved.
So, when Ning Beichen and the people of Yidier's family learned of this news, both sides were stunned.
Ning Beichen was stunned, not because Jin Yuehe had severed the man's heart's pulse, but because he wondered if he had been too kind. So kind that no one took him, a Celestial Venerable, seriously.
His own women dared to be molested. If he had been there, it wouldn't have been just severing the heart's pulse; even the parts would have been untraceable.
Meanwhile, somewhere in Yidier's family, a woman was weeping inconsolably while holding her son, whose heart's pulse had been severed.
"My darling son, how could you have died so miserably? If you're gone, how can your mother live!"
After crying, the woman hysterically roared at the man beside her.
"Your son has been beaten to death, and you're still standing here? Why aren't you going to kill the woman who killed our son and avenge our son!"
"How I wish I could, but the woman who killed Zhe'er is someone from the Celestial Venerable's party..."
"So what if she's from the Celestial Venerable's party? Doesn't our family have Celestial Venerables? My son was killed, and I don't believe our ancestor will not intervene. I'm going to find our ancestor."
The woman pushed her man aside and stormed out angrily.
"Aunt, Aunt..."
Yidier, having received the news, hurried over, wanting to explain on behalf of Ning Beichen and his group. Seeing her enraged aunt, she quickly chased after her.
The woman, who was already heartbroken, saw Yidier and her anger flared up even more. She slapped Yidier twice across the face and cursed her fiercely.
"It's all your fault, you little slut! The people you brought back killed my son. I want you to pay with your life for my son's death."
With two sharp slaps.
Yidier's cheeks on both sides swelled.
"Aunt, it was my younger brother who went to harass them, and that's why she retaliated."
Yidier, ignoring her swollen face, quickly tried to intercede for Jin Yuehe.
Because no one knew better than she did the terror of King Yan Ning. He was a formidable figure who could fight three Celestial Venerables alone.
If things truly escalated, the entire family might be destroyed by that devil.
Therefore, Yidier's actions were not to help Ning Beichen, but to help her family.