A quarter of an hour later, inside Splendor Palace.
Ian Song, in his Azure persona, looked coldly at the utterly wretched Jason Ji, his tone mocking: "Who managed to make the mighty Ji Clan patriarch so miserable?"
"Cough, cough, cough!"
Azure's words triggered a violent coughing fit from Jason Ji, fresh blood spilling from the corner of his mouth.
Azure showed not a shred of sympathy, instead sneering, "Enough, stop pretending to be pitiful. If you've got something to say, spit it out—I'm not about to waste my time chatting with you!"
Jason Ji: "..."
Seated respectfully below, Lana Snow couldn't help but think to herself: Senior Azure is good at everything—except her mouth is a bit too poisonous.
The next moment.
"Thud!"
Suddenly, Jason Ji dropped to his knees before Azure.
"I'm not one of your Ji Clan ancestors, so don't kneel to me," Azure said, shifting slightly to the side.
Jason Ji filtered out Azure's words and wailed miserably, "Fellow Daoist Azure, my Ji Clan is so tragically doomed!"
"How tragic? Tell us—maybe we'll get a laugh out of it!" Azure curled her lip.
"Pfft!"
Already overwhelmed by grief and anger, Jason Ji couldn't stand Azure's relentless mockery any longer and spat out a mouthful of fresh blood.
Seeing this, Lana Snow couldn't help but show a trace of sympathy for Jason Ji. Senior Azure's poisonous tongue really is something most people can't compete with.
Azure just frowned, "What bad luck—you're spitting so much blood the whole room stinks now."
Jason Ji, already furious and desperate, nearly blacked out at those words. He warned himself fiercely: Don't get mad, don't get mad—only Azure can avenge the Ji Clan!
Seeing the timing was about right, Azure waved her hand, "Enough, speak up—what exactly happened?"
Jason Ji wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and slowly began, his voice full of sorrow: "Yesterday, I finished cultivating the Yellow Springs Secret Canon. I couldn't help feeling a bit arrogant, so I planned to wipe out the Miao Clan and monopolize all the resources in the commandery city, and then..."