Wait, How Did My Digital Girlfriend Become a Sword Immortal? Chapter 780: Kidnapping

Chapter 780: Kidnapping

Just as Li Qingran was undergoing testing at the Battle Soul Hall, Li Ji arrived at the simple, crude courtyard in the northern part of the city, accompanied by several trusted subordinates.

Yang Fei was sitting in the courtyard, mending clothes. Seeing the uninvited Li Ji, her face turned pale, and the needle and thread in her hand fell to the ground.

"You... what are you doing here?" Yang Fei stood up, instinctively taking a step back, her eyes filled with vigilance and distance.

Li Ji waved his subordinates back and walked into the courtyard alone. His gloomy gaze swept over the shabby dwelling before finally settling on Yang Fei.

Suppressing his anger, his voice squeezed through gritted teeth. "What am I doing here? Heh...

Of course, I'm here to ask my dear wife exactly when and where she managed to put such a massive green hat on my head, Li Ji's!"

Upon hearing this, Yang Fei's body trembled violently, the blood instantly draining from her face.

She stared fixedly at Li Ji, her eyes churning with fury and heartache.

It's you, Li Ji! You're the one who's been out carousing and drinking, shoving all the family affairs onto me, not caring about anything!

And now you have the nerve to question me?"

The World Ring on her body lit up, her gaze as cold and sharp as a blade. She raised a finger towards the sky. "I dare swear to the deities that I have never done anything to betray you or the Flame Boar Family! Do you, Li Ji, dare swear that you have never done anything wrong by me or our daughter? How many lovers do you have outside? Do you really think I don't know?!"

Li Ji looked at Yang Fei's unsightly expression.

Of course, he knew what kind of person Yang Fei was.

When he married Yang Fei back then, he had been quite satisfied with her.

Moreover, if Yang Fei had truly cuckolded him, he couldn't possibly have been unaware.

It was just that the Battle Soul on Li Qingran truly couldn't be explained clearly.

Originally, he wanted to scare Yang Fei a bit, to see if he could pry some information out of her. Instead, he was met with Yang Fei's oath.

The deities of the Canglan World would hear the oaths of mortals. It was said that every Battle Soul corresponded to a certain deity in the heavens.

Once an oath was sworn by the World Ring, the oath would be heard by the deities.

A mortal's lies were nothing but laughable performances in the eyes of the deities.

And whether a deity would mete out punishment was merely a matter of their whim.

Who would dare gamble on that?

What Yang Fei said was ninety-nine percent likely true.

Seeing the conflict on Li Ji's face, Yang Fei immediately let out a cold laugh and revealed the speculation of those two Soul Masters. "A certain His Lordship said that Qingran, because she was lost and adrift in her childhood, might have been accompanied by a powerful World Beast. Influenced by it, her bloodline mutated! This is not taint, this is her opportunity!"

So that's what it was?

Although a bit bizarre, the Soul Masters of the Battle Soul Hall were well-traveled and knowledgeable. With this explanation, it made sense.

Li Ji stared into Yang Fei's eyes, the tightly wound string in his heart loosening slightly.

His expression shifted uncertainly. His anger gradually subsided, replaced by a complex calculation.

If Li Qingran's bloodline mutation was truly caused by a strange encounter, then her innate full Soul Power talent was even more rare...

Such a genius, how could she be allowed to remain outside the family?

His tone suddenly softened, taking on a false note of gentleness. "Fei'er, if that's truly the case, then... then I wronged you.

Now that the misunderstanding is cleared up, look... you mother and daughter living in such a crude place is ultimately not a solution.

Why not... come back to the family with me?

I will restore your status. Qingran will also receive the best training. After all, she did call me 'father' once..."

Looking at Li Ji's calculating face, Yang Fei felt nothing but disgust.

She knew this man too well. What he valued wasn't them, mother and daughter, but the value of Qingran's "innate full Soul Power"!

If Qingran were still that child without Battle Power, he wouldn't give them a second glance.

Moreover, Qingran's Battle Soul wasn't of the Flame Boar bloodline. Even if she went back, she could never truly integrate into the family. She would only become a tool for Li Ji to curry favor with the powerful!

Thinking of this, the last trace of hesitation in Yang Fei's heart vanished.

She straightened her back, her voice cold, hard, and resolute. "Return to the family? Li Ji, from the moment you tacitly allowed Rong Wuhua to drive us out of the house, from the moment you remained unmoved by my pleas, that place ceased to be our home! Whether we, mother and daughter, live or die has nothing more to do with the Flame Boar Family! Please leave!"

Li Ji hadn't expected Yang Fei to be so resolute. The gentleness on his face instantly disappeared, turning livid.

He thought speaking nicely to Yang Fei would persuade her to return. He never imagined Yang Fei would be so stubborn.

He felt his authority as the family head was being severely challenged, and immediately flew into a rage from shame. "Yang Fei! Don't be so ungrateful when offered a way out!

My speaking kindly is giving you a chance!

Do you think you can live well once you break away from the family? Without the family's protection, in this Battle Soul City, you won't be able to take a single step!

I ask you one last time, are you coming back or not?!"

"No!" Yang Fei's reply was firm and decisive. She even stepped forward, blocking the doorway as if to protect the last bit of peace for her daughter.

"Refusing a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit!" Li Ji completely tore off the mask, a ruthless glint flashing in his eyes. He shouted sharply towards outside the courtyard, "Men! Tie up this ungrateful wretch and take her back! I don't believe that with you captured, that little bastard won't obediently come back!"

The several trusted subordinates outside the gate immediately rushed in, pouncing on Yang Fei like wolves and tigers.

"How dare you! Li Ji, you scoundrel!" Yang Fei struggled with all her might, activating her World Ring and fighting against Li Ji's Soul Master subordinates.

She was somewhat capable, actually holding out for quite a while under the siege.

In the end, Li Ji had to personally step in and knock her unconscious before she finally quieted down.

"Take her back! Lock her up! Keep a close eye on her!"

Li Ji withdrew his gaze from the unconscious Yang Fei and waved for his men to take her away.

He simply didn't believe it.

With Yang Fei under control, couldn't he make Li Qingran submit obediently?

...

Li Qingran, following the old Soul Master's request, summoned her Su Xian Sword Battle Soul.

The moon-white sword sheath emitted faint power fluctuations.

Looking at the sword's design, the several old Soul Masters all showed expressions of surprise.

Sword-type Battle Souls in the Canglan World were mostly of the broad-bladed heavy sword, knight's sword, or slender rapier designs. They had never seen a longsword with such a simple, ancient, and elegant design as Li Qingran's.

They couldn't articulate what was special about this Su Xian Sword Battle Soul, but their intuition told them it was no ordinary item.

"I keep feeling like I've seen this kind of sword design somewhere before..."

Paikes stared at the sword in Li Qingran's hand for a long time, then suddenly reached out and pulled a thick tome from the void.

Frowning, he opened the tome and rapidly flipped through the pages. He seemed not to be reading the densely packed text at all; the room was filled only with the 'rustling' sound of turning pages.

Finally, his movements suddenly halted. His gaze fell on a specific page in the tome, and his pupils contracted sharply.

"This... no wonder. I said this sword's design looked so familiar. It's just..."

He swallowed hard, looking at Li Qingran with disbelief.

If Li Qingran's sword Battle Soul was truly related to the existence recorded in this tome, then it would be utterly terrifying.

Not to mention a definite connection...

Even if it were only remotely, barely connected, it would be enough to shake the entire world of Soul Masters!

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