Jiang Cheng's eyes were red, "What supervision office?! This is my sect!!!"

"You can't take it from us!" Jiang Cheng shouted.

"Watch and see." said Wen Chao with a smirk.

The Jiangs was very furious.

Wang LingJiao scrunched her brows, "Madam Yu, you must discipline your son properly. Since hundreds of years ago, all of the sects have been under the Wen Sect. In front of the Wen Sect's envoy, how could he say things like your sect and my sect? I had originally been hesitating. Lotus Pier is so old and it had brought out quite a few dissidents, so could it really take on the heavy responsibility of being a supervision office? But seeing how obediently you followed my orders and how your personality suits my taste, I've still decided to give this great honor to..."

Before she could finish, Madam Yu gave her an echoing slap.

"Deserved!" exclaimed the Jiang disciple knowing that the slap must have hurt so much.

"How dare you to tell me on how to discipline my son for such matter?" Madam Yu muttered angrily.

"Because he lacks of discipline." said Wnag LingJiao.

"You're the one who is lack of discipline." saod Jingyi.

"The Jiang Sect will forever belong to them and not for some lowly Wens." he added.

The slap was shocking both in sound and in force. Wang LingJiao was slapped with such force that she spun around a few times before finally falling to the ground. Blood gushing out of her nose, she widened her eyes.

The few of the Wen Sect's disciples within the main hall were alarmed at once. All of them unsheathed their swords. With a wave of Madam Yu's hand, a brilliant ring of purple light shot out of Zidian. A large portion of the disciples collapsed immediately.

"You see that?" asked one of the Jiang disciple.

"That's how powerful our madam is." he added.

"Yu Ziyuan! How dare you hurt my woman?" asked Wen Chao.

Wen Rouhan gave him a forceful smack on the back making him cough blood.

With all her elegance, Madam Yu walked toward Wang LingJiao and looked down on her. Suddenly, she bent down and grabbed Wang LingJiao's hair. Pulling her up, she gave her another slap of wrath, "How dare you?!"

She had been enduring this for too long. Right now, her face was twisted as she advanced toward Wang LingJiao. Face swollen, Wang LingJiao began to scream. Without holding back at all, Madam Yu gave her another slap, cutting off her ear-piercing scream. She shouted, "You look at its owner before you hit a dog! You barged into my sect, and you want to punish my person in front of my face? What a thing you are, how dare you be so undisciplined?!"

"Go Madam Yu! Show her!" Wei Wuxian shouted.

Madam Yu just scoffed at him while others gave him a look of disbelief.

"That must've been really hurt." said MianMian.

"Of course it is. Even a simple smack from her can make me stumble." said Jiang Cheng.

"Women are scary." he added.

"No. You're mother is scary." said Nie Huaisang.

As she finished, she threw Wang LingJiao's head to the side. Like she considered it dirty, she took out her handkerchief and wiped at her hands. JinZhu and YinZhu stood behind her, faces bearing the same smile of disdain as she bore. Wang LingJiao covered her face with shaking hands, cheeks stained with tears, "How... How dare you do something like this... Neither the QishanWen Sect nor the YingchuanWang Sect will let you go!"

"I will let Yu Ziyuan go." said Wen Rouhan.

"Fuqin, you can't." said Wen Chao.

"Yes, I can." said Wen Rouhan with a dark look.

"What is Yingchuan Wang Sect by the way?" asked Nie Huaisang.

"That's my sect." said Wang LingJiao.

"Never heard of that. It might be some useless sect." said Jin Zixuan with a clear disdain in his face.

Madam Yu tossed her handkerchief on the ground before kicking her over, cursing, "Shut up! Such a scum of a maid-my MeishanYu Sect has roamed the cultivation world for hundreds of years, and I've never heard of some YingchuanWang Sect! Of which gutter did this menial sect crawl out?! Is it full of things like you? You mentioned the superior and the inferior before me? Then let me teach you what superiority and inferiority means! I am the superior, you are the inferior!"

On the side, Jiang Cheng was already in the middle of helping Wei WuXian up. Watching the scene unfold, both of them were shocked speechless.

"I can say that it's true." said Wei Wuxian.

"But, she should've acted like that since the time that that woman entered Lotus Pier." said Sizhui.

"Now I have proof why Jiang-xiong is so cruel. She's just like her mother." said Nie Huaisang.

Jiang Cheng glared at him.

"I have never done such thing." he said.

"But, you can and you will." said Nie Huaisang.

Madam Yu looked behind her. JinZhu and YinZhu understood. Both unsheathed a long sword and circled the hall. With fast, merciless moves, they had killed all of the Wen Sect's disciples within seconds. Wang LingJiao saw that it'd soon be her turn. She threatened with the last of her strength, "You... You think that you can silence me? You think Young Master Wen doesn't know that I'm here today? You think that he'll let you go, after he knows about this?!"

YinZhu sneered, "You sound as if he has let us go already."

Wang LingJiao, "I'm close to Young Master Wen, I'm the closest one! If you dare do anything to me, he'll..."

"He'll do what? Kill us? We already expected that." said Madam Yu.

"What do you mean by that?" asked Jiang Cheng.

"None of us will die." he added.

"Do not hope." said Madam Yu.

Madam Yu gave her another slap. She mocked, "He'll do what? Cut our hands or our legs off? Or burn down our residence? Or lead thousands of people to raze Lotus Pier to the ground? Build a supervision office?"

JinZhu approached, sword in hand. Wang LingJiao's eyes were filled with fear. Kicking her legs, she shrunk back as she shrieked, "Somebody! Help! Wen ZhuLiu! Help me!"

"He's there." said Madam Yu with a smirk.

"Do you know him, a-niang?" asked Jiang Yanli.

"He's my greatest opponent." said Madam Yu as she looked at Wen Chao's direction where Wen Zhuliu was seated.

Both greet each other with a nod and a smirk.

Madam Yu's expression hardened. With one foot on Wang LingJiao's wrist, she unsheathed her sword. Just as the blade was about to fall, it suddenly bounced away.

Wei WuXian and Jiang Cheng turned to look. The doors to the hall had already been blown apart, and a man of a tall physique barged inside. He wore black clothes and had on him a grave expression. It was Wen Chao's personal guard, a cultivator of very high level, Wen ZhuLiu.

Her sword having fallen, Madam Yu held Zidian across her cheek, "CoreMelting Hand?"

Wen ZhuLiu's voice was cold, "Violet Spider?"

"Why are you two greeting each other like friends who never meet each other for a long period of time?" asked Nie Huaisang.

"What do you think they should do?" asked Jin Zixuan.

"Attack one another." said Nie Huaisang.

"That will happen a moment later." said Madam Yu.

"Just wait." she added.

One of Wang LingJiao's hands was still under her foot. She felt so much pain that her features looked twisted, tears smeared all over, "Wen ZhuLiu! Wen ZhuLiu! Help me, help me now!"

Madam Yu snorted, "Wen ZhuLiu? Core-Melting Hand, isn't your original name Zhao ZhuLiu? Your surname clearly wasn't Wen, but you wanted to change your surname no matter what. Everyone's rushing like ducklings. Is the surname of those Wen-dogs really that precious? Turning back on your ancestors-how laughable!"

Wen ZhuLiu remained unswayed, seemingly indifferent, "Each serves their own master."

"What does that mean?" asked Nie Huaisang.

"It means he serve his own master which is Wen Rouhan that's why he changed his last name." said Wei Wuxian.

"And?" asked Nie Huaisang.

"And what?" asked Jiang Cheng.

"I'm expecting bloodshed here." said Nie Huaisang.

"Huaisang, you little innocent thing. Bloodshed won't happen yet. Just wait." said Wei Wuxian with a laugh.

"I've been waiting." said Nie Huaisang.

"Why are you so excited? Do you want us to die?" asked Jiang Cheng.

"I'm sure you'll survive, Jiang-xiong." said Nie Huaisang.

The two of them had just exchanged a few words, yet Wang LingJiao began to scream again, unable to bear it, "Wen ZhuLiu! Don't you see what I look like?! Why are you chit-chatting instead of killing her right now?! Is this how Young Master Wen told you to protect me?! Watch out or else I'll denounce you!"

Madam Yu ground her foot into her arm. Wang LingJiao broke into a wail. Wen ZhuLiu, on the other hand, knit his brows. He was protecting Wen Chao under Wen RuoHan's orders. He'd never liked Wen Chao's character to begin with. Yet, there were no worst circumstances, but only worse circumstances. Wen Chao ordered him to come protect Wang LingJiao. The woman was not only shallow and conceited but also cruel at heart, gaining much dislike from him. However, no matter how much he didn't like her, he couldn't go against Wen RuoHan and Wen Chao's orders and kill her. The good thing was that Wang LingJiao loathed him as well. She ordered that he could only follow from a distance, prohibited from appearing in her sight unless she told him to, so that she wouldn't be as annoyed. Yet, in such a situation, the woman was on the verge of losing her life. If he did nothing, Wen Chao would definitely fly into a rage and refuse to let him go. And if he refused to let him go, then Wen RuoHan wouldn't leave the matter at that either.

"Don't worry, I dislike the woman more than how you dislike her so you can kill her, Wen Zhuliu." said Wen Rouhan.

"Fuqin, you can't." said Wen Chao.

"I can." said Wen Rouhan.

"What made you like this, fuqin. Eversince we came here you have a change of heart." said Wen Chao.

"Why don't you take a guess?" asked Wen Xu.

"You made a lot of trouble already, Wen Chao." he added.

Wen ZhuLiu, "Excuse me."

Zidian flew out. Madam Yu shouted, "How pretentious!"

Wen ZhuLiu's large hand waved. He grabbed Zidian without any concern!

When Zidian was in its whip form, it was covered in the flow of spiritual energy. The energy's power could be either strong or weak, fatal or insignificant, dependant on the control of its master. Madam Yu had been holding an intent of killing since long ago, not only wanting to destroy all of the Wen-dogs but also in caution of Wen ZhuLiu. Thus, the energy flow was at more than maximum power when Wen ZhuLiu grabbed it without any difficulty!

"Just how strong is he?" asked Nie Huaisang.

"So strong that made everyone of you to fear of hurting or attacking me and JiaoJiao." said Wen Chao.

"Not against us." said Wei Wuxian.

"I can already imagine how he will die." said Jiang Cheng.

The two smirked at one another.

Within the years of it being in use, Zidian had never met such an opponent. After it had been grabbed, Madam Yu paused for the slightest moment. Wang LingJiao used the chance to scramble out. She took out a cylinder of fire-light from her lapels and shook it a few times. A light shot out of the cylinder. Along with a sharp whistle, it rushed out of the wooden window and exploded in the sky outside. Then, she fumbled out a second one, a third one. Hair tangled, she mumbled, "Come... Come... Come here... Everyone, come here!"

Through the pain, Wei WuXian pushed Jiang Cheng, "Stop her from sending any more signals!"

"This b*tch." cursed the two.

"She's really is the root of all of this." said Jiang Cheng.

"Too late. It's all too late. We can only watch now how the Jiang Sect will survive the attack." said Madam Jin.

"Only if they survive." laughed Wen Chao.

Jiang Cheng let go of Wei WuXian and lunged in the direction of Wang LingJiao. Yet, at the same time, Wen ZhuLiu was closing in on Madam Yu. He looked as if he was about to knock her down. Jiang Cheng hurried, "Mom!"

"Focus on your target." said Madam Yu.

"But a-niang." said Jiang Cheng.

"I can manage." said Madam Yu.

He immediately gave up on Wang LingJiao and threw himself over. Wen ZhuLiu didn't even turn his head as he struck, "Not even close!"

Jiang Cheng's shoulder suffered the attack. Blood immediately burst from his mouth. Wang LingJiao had already let out all of the signal firelights. Sharp whistles and bright sparks filled the entire grey-blue sky.

Seeing that Jiang Cheng was injured, Madam Yu roared. The light over Zidian grew in intensity, becoming almost white in color!

"Wen Zhuliu!" Madam Yu shouted in rage as her ring turned into a whip.

"How dare you hurt my son?" she asked.

"There's nothing more dangerous than a rage of mother who saw her son being hurt." Lan Qiren muttered.

"You're mad and in rage when someone hurt your son but what about what you did to my mother?" asked Sizhui.

"Should we just let it go?" he added.

"Did I ask you to let it go?" asked Madam Yu.

"If you want to kill me then do it. I will even be so kind to just sit here and wait for your sword to stabbed to death without even fighting back." she added.

"Because sooner or later, I will still die." she whispered.

Wen ZhuLiu was blasted into the wall by Zidian's sudden eruption. JinZhu and YinZhu pulled out two long, sizzling whips from their waists as well, and began to fight Wen ZhuLiu. The two maids had been close to Madam Yu ever since she was young. All of them were taught by the same person. Their combined attacks were by no means to be reckoned with. With the opportunity, Jiang Cheng and Wei WuXian, both still unable to move, were picked up by Madam Yu with each hand as she rushed out of the hall. Many disciples still surrounded the training field. Madam Yu commanded, "Get dressed and armed, now!"

"Where is she going?" asked Nie Huaisang.

"There's only one thing possible." said Wen Rouhan.

"She's going to escape!" exclaimed Wen Chao.

"How are you so dumb?" asked Wen Rouhan.

With the two in her hands, she rushed onto the pier. The pier of Lotus Pier always had a few small boats docked in it, to be used by the Jiang Sect's disciples for roaming within the water. Madam Yu tossed them onto the boat. She jumped into it herself as well. Holding Jiang Cheng's hand, she helped him regain himself. Jiang Cheng had only coughed up a mouthful of blood. His injuries weren't too severe. He asked, "Mom, what do we do?"

Madam Yu, "What do you mean what do we do?! Can't you see yet? They came here prepared. Today's fight couldn't have been avoided. Soon afterwards there'll be herds of those Wen-dogs arriving. Leave first!"

"What does she mean by leave first? We won't leave." said Jiang Cheng.

"It's better if you leave, you two are still injured that made the both of you can't fight." said Nie Huaisang.

"That's not possible, we can't just leave." said Wei Wuxian.

"We can still defend our home." he added.

"With a lesser chance of surviving." said Lan Qiren.

"Still, we can fight." said Wei Wuxian.

Wei WuXian, "Then what about Shijie? Shijie went to Meishan the day before yesterday. If she comes back..."

Madam Yu glowered, "Shut your mouth! It's all because of you little...!"

"Why is she still mad at him?" asked Sizhui.

"What do you expect? For her to show him affection?" asked Jin Zixun.

"No. At least don't blame him." said Sizhui.

"It's not his fault." he added.

Wei WuXian could only stay quiet. Madam Yu took off the Zidian ring that she wore on her right hand and put it onto Jiang Cheng's right index finger. Jiang Cheng was shocked, "... Mom, why are you giving me Zidian?"

Madam Yu, "I've given it to you, so it'll be yours from now on! Zidian has already recognized you as its master."

"That's how I got Zidian?" asked Jiang Cheng, his face getting pale.

"I don't have a good feeling about this." he added with a sob.

"She will be leaving with us, right?" he asked his son.

"No, I won't." said Madam Yu.

Jiang Cheng was confused, "Mom, won't you be leaving with us?"

Madam Yu stared at his face. Suddenly, she embraced him and kissed his hair a few times. With him in her arms, she murmured, "Good boy."

She hugged him so tight that it seemed as if she wanted turn Jiang Cheng into a baby and stuff him back into her stomach, so that nobody could hurt him, nobody could tear them apart. Jiang Cheng had never been hugged by his mother like this, much less kissed. His head was buried in her chest but his eyes were wide open, not knowing what to do.

Jiang Cheng was crying silently.

"Why do I feel like it is a goodbye?" he murmured.

"Because, it's really is." Jiang Yanli muttered as she herself was crying too.

"A-niang." they both cry making their partners hugged them so tight.

"If only she could do that to me most of the time." Jiang Cheng hiccupped.

"Then I could be a good son." he continue.

One hand holding him, Madam Yu grabbed Wei WuXian's lapels with her other hand as though to strangle him to death. She spoke through clenched teeth, "... You damn little brat! I hate you! I hate you more than anything else! Look at what our sect has gone through for your sake!"

Wei WuXian's chest heaved up and down. He said nothing. This time, it wasn't that he held back his words or that he had unspoken comments, but that he really couldn't say anything.

"I'm sorry." Wei Wuxian mumbled.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry." he repeated as the tears keep flowing from his eyes.

"It's not your fault and I knew that." said Madam Yu.

"Don't be sorry, I'm just being heartless as always." she added.

"Don't worry, you won't suffer the same as your future self from now on." she whispered.

Jiang Cheng hurried to ask, "Mom, won't you be leaving with us???"

Madam Yu let go at once. She pushed him onto Wei WuXian.

She leaped onto the dock. The boat rocked side to side amid the water of the river. Jiang Cheng finally understood. JinZhu, YinZhu, all of the disciples, and all of the treasure that YunmengJiang Sect had passed down from one generation to the next were still inside Lotus Pier, unable to be evacuated within a short period of time. After this, a grim battle would have to happen. As the mistress, Madam Yu couldn't flee, yet she worried about her child. Perhaps selfish, she could only let these two escape first.

"It's not selfishness, it's a duty." said Wen Rouhan.

"She's just doing her duty as the Madam of the Sect." he added.

"What duty?" asked Nie Huaisang.

"Keeping the heir safe. When faced with battle that has a less chance of winning, the sect leader or the mistress has a duty to save the heir in order to continue the legacy of the sect." said Lan Qiren.

"Just like what happened to Xichen, he have to run away for him to continue the legacy of the Lan Sect and take back the control of it after the battle.

Knowing that there'd be immense danger after they parted, Jiang Cheng was more than scared. He stood up and tried to leave the boat as well, but currents suddenly shot out of Zidian. A rope of lighting tied the two tightly to the boat. They couldn't move at all. Jiang Cheng shouted, "Mom, what are you doing?!"

Madam Yu, "Don't make such a fuss. It'll loosen up when you're somewhere safe. If anyone attacks you on the journey, it'll protect you as well. Don't come back. Go to Meishan straight away and find your sister!"

"How can she go to the battle without Zidian." asked Jiang Cheng.

"I have sword, I can fight." said Madam Yu.

"Just leave with us, please." Jiang Cheng pleaded.

"You know I can't." said Madam Yu.

"Come here." she said and Jiang Cheng immediately stood up and run to her.

He was enveloped in a tight embrace.

"Can we be like this, forever?" he asked.

"I'm afraid, we can't." she answered.

After she finished, she turned to Wei WuXian and pointed at him, "Wei Ying! Listen to me! Protect Jiang Cheng, protect him even if you die, do you understand?!"

Wei WuXian, "Madam Yu!"

Madam Yu raged, "Did you hear me?! Don't talk nonsense to me, I'm only asking you-did you hear me?!"

"What is she talking about? My mother isn't raised to be their protector." said Sizhui.

"That's not his purpose in life." he added.

"No wonder, my mother end up to what he is right now." he whispered.

"A-niang." Jiang Cheng mumbled, still inside her embrace.

"No, Wei Wuxian shouldn't take that as a responsibility." said Madam Yu.

"Wei Wuxian, you're not born to be like that." she added.

"And I did wrong." she continue.

Wei WuXian couldn't struggle out of Zidian. He could only nod his head. Jiang Cheng shouted, "Mom, Father isn't back yet. If anything happens can't we manage through it together first?!"

Hearing him mention Jiang FengMian, for a split second, Madam Yu's eyes seemed to turn red.

Immediately, she cursed with a loud voice, "So what if he's not coming back? Can't I do anything without him?!"

"My lady." Jiang Fengmian mumbled.

"Even Madam Yu have her own insecurities when it comes to her husband." said Nie Huaisang.

"Because it was all his fault as to why his family end up like this." said Wen Rouhan.

Jiang Fengmian was looking down while his fist was clutching Madam Yu's robes.

After this, she cut off the rope that leashed the boat with her sword and kicked the side of the boat hard. The water was fast and the wind was heavy. Along with the kick, the boat drifted yards away at once. With a few spins, it sailed quickly yet steadily toward the center of the river. Jiang Cheng wailed, "Mom!"

He shouted for dozens of times. However, Madam Yu and Lotus Pier were farther and farther, smaller and smaller. After the boat was far into the distance, sword in hand, Madam Yu went back within the gates of Lotus Pier with a flash of her purple robes.

The two struggled as hard as they could. Zidian had almost sunk into their flesh, yet it still remained.

"My heart breaks at the sight of this." said Madam Jin.

"They're still too young to face such tragedy." she added.

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Hello guys!

I deeply apologize for not updating yesterday because unfortunately I lost my internet connection when I got home since yesterday and I only manage to got it back tonight.

So here's an update for all of you.

Hope you'll like it!