Chapter 153: Burning of the Murong Mansion (2)
Translator: Sissy That Walk
But no one paid any attention to her, because they were busy putting out fire.It was Murong Xiyi who had noticed Murong Qingxue who was trembling with fear and asked a few pages to send her back to her own house.
It took a long while to put out the fire, but as you could imagine, this fire had taken away a lot from them. The gardens were the the first to be affected, over a half of guests halls and living quarters were burned down. But the best out of the worst was there was no loss of life except some injuries.
There was one thing that was certain which was Murong Qingyan didn"t care at all, like she just said she had nothing to do with Murong Family when she turned around and walked away.
A lot of people had seen Murong Qingyan walking out, to be accurate, a lot of people in the capital had heard it when Murong Qingyan made her announcement for she instilled Internal Chi in her voice to make everyone hear that.
The other three big families soon send their pages out for more information, so did the royal family.
All the people in the capital city had seen the big fire in Murong Family not long after Murong Qingyan renounced them. They couldn"t help but wonder whether these two things relate to each other or not.
They also had seen Huangfu Jue and Xuan Yi who followed Murong Qingyan and walked out from Murong Family, but it was hard to tell whether Murong Qingyan and they were together for they didn"t have any communications, not even eye contact.
Soon the three big families confirmed that Murong Qingyan indeed had renounced Murong Family.
In Nangong Family---
Nangong Tingli and Nangong Ye were sitting in the guest hall and listened to their pages" report.
When Nangong Tingli heard Murong Qingyan had renounced them mercilessly and set Murong Mansion on fire, he pounded the table with excitement, “Hahaha, they serves them heartless bunch just fine! I knew it! I knew this Murong Qingyan girl was no longer the good-for nothing like she used to be. That girl, hmm, that girl surely is brave!”
Nangong Ye on the other hand looked rather collected compared to his father who was wild with joy, “Father, I know you think this is good news, but... but I just feel this is not as simple as it looks like.”
“I don"t care what the whole story is, but this is good news for us, isn"t it?” said Nangong Tingli with killing intent flashed across his eyes, “I know Murong Qingyan is a good cultivator, but once she leaves the famous Murong Family, she is a what? A rogue cultivator! Do you have any idea how hard it is to be a rogue cultivator?”
Nangong Tingli had not forgotten what Murong Qingyan did to his son at the Family Contest, how dare she insult his precious son in front of so many people! His son still looked a bit pale on the face, alas, still recovering from that fight with Murong Qingyan.
“Buy father, don"t you find it odd?” Nangong Ye shook his head and narrowed his eyes, he a.n.a.lyzed, “Murong Family was on fire right after Murong Qingyan walked out from the gate, there were so many great cultivators in their family, I honestly believe Murong Qingyan has something to do with the fire, if not everything.”
“All I know is this has nothing to do with us.” Nangong Tingli smiled, “Murong Family won the glory of t.i.tle of being the First Family in our Jianghu Underworld due to Murong Qingyan"s success, they will enjoy all the perks rewarded by the royal family for the following four years!” said Nangong Tingli indignantly, “I have been so worried that Murong Family will take advantage of this opportunity and expand their influence even more. But look at them now, I"m sure they will be busy rehabilitating themselves from the heavy loss in the fire!”
“But father,” chimed in Nangong Ye, “Don"t you find it odd that Murong Qingyan has walked away from them uninjured after she renounced them?”
“Ye, just keep this in mind, Murong Qingyan and her relations.h.i.+p with Murong Family has nothing to do with us.” Nangong Tingli looked at Nangong Ye in the eye and said, “My good son, your only task now is to look after yourself, all right? Soon you will be heading off to the Four College, there is going to be an entrance test before they decide which college you are going to enroll into.”
Nangong Tingli took a deep breath, “Your entrance test will decide your treatment in it. As for Murong Family, I know you and Murong Qingxue are engaged, but that girl Murong Qingxue"s mother is a concubine after all, I don"t want you to put too much thought on that girl, you deserve better. Let"s see how it goes, all right?”