Nine Nether Dragon Emperor-Chapter 265: What cheap lives do we have? We have the lives of dogs!

But now, it had actually gone directly into Ning Xuan's hands! And it was so docile! What the hell was going on? The upper echelons of the Wu Family were completely baffled.

High above, Ning Xuan sighed.

"Ning Xuan, don't push us too far!"

"Exactly! Damn it, you reap the benefits and still play innocent!"

"Give us back our sword!"

...

Ning Xuan's single sigh made the entire Wu Family boil with rage. This man was pushing his luck, and they wanted nothing more than to skin him alive!

Ning Xuan was even more speechless. "You think I'm sighing over this sword? No, I'm sighing for all of you!"

He looked at them as if they were a bunch of idiots.

They exchanged glances, and then someone roared furiously, "You want to kill us? Don't think for a second that we're afraid of you! As a swordsmithing family with a heritage spanning hundreds of years, we naturally have trump cards!"

"That's right! We have something far more powerful than this Cloud Floating Sword! Once it..."

Ning Xuan cut him off. "Trump cards? You've got nothing! Relax, I'm not going to kill you. On the contrary, I'm prepared to let you live."

Immediately, the man who had just been boasting about their trump cards asked with a hopeful face, "Really?"

The others remained silent. When their ancestor was used for the Blood Sacrifice, they still harbored a glimmer of hope. After all, they had the Cloud Floating Sword. But the moment the sword ended up in Ning Xuan's hands, they knew the game was over. Their earlier posturing had been nothing more than the final struggle of a dying beast. Now that Ning Xuan said he would spare them, their bravado vanished instantly.

"Really. You're all too foolish. If I killed you, I would undoubtedly feel so guilty that I wouldn't be able to sleep at night."

After saying this, Ning Xuan sighed again, and only then did the Wu Family understand the meaning behind his earlier sigh.

Fuck! Are those even human words? He'd feel so guilty about killing us that he'd lose sleep! That's the ultimate humiliation! He's saying we're worth less than ants! Fuck, fuck, fuck! This is just...

"Haha, Young Master Ning, your discerning eyes are spot on! You couldn't be more right!" one of the Wu Family's higher-ups said with a sycophantic smile, bowing and scraping before Ning Xuan. It's already come to this. What use is dignity anymore? Staying alive is the only thing that matters!

With one person taking the lead, others immediately chimed in.

"Right, right! Our lowly lives aren't worth the Young Master dirtying his hands!"

Surprisingly, this statement was challenged by another of the Wu Family's higher-ups.

"Lowly lives? Are we even worthy of that title? We have the lives of dogs!"

"Right, right! To call us lowly is an insult to lowly lives! If the Young Master were to strike at dogs like us, it would only dirty his hands!" 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

Beside Ning Xuan, both Wawa and Yun Wangshu were dumbstruck. It was the first time they had ever seen people debase themselves to such an extent. It was one thing for Wawa, who had met so few people in her life, but Yun Wangshu was different. She was one of the four Peak Masters of the Dao Xuan Institute, a well-traveled and knowledgeable individual. To claim they were lower than dogs, to prostrate themselves so completely—it was a total abandonment of all pride.

"You win! We're leaving!" Ning Xuan said bluntly, turning to leave with the two of them.

If I stay here any longer, I might not be able to stop myself from hitting them. These people are so shameless, it makes me want to punch someone!

"Here, take this piece of junk back!"

He even flung the Cloud Floating Sword back toward them.

A sword forged by a bunch of mongrels must be stupid too! What use is it to me?

The Cloud Floating Sword was speechless. It felt truly wronged. Just born, only to be abandoned and scorned.

The members of the Wu Family were ecstatic. We get to keep the Cloud Floating Sword! This is an incredible stroke of luck! With this, how could we not have a chance to rise again?

Immediately, someone reached out to catch the sword.

SPLAT!

The Cloud Floating Sword streaked past his neck. A head soared into the sky as blood sprayed for dozens of feet.

The Wu Family members were all stunned. Then, one of them raged, "Ning Xuan, you've gone too far!"

"Are your words just hot air? You promised not to lift a finger! We humbled ourselves completely, and yet you..." The man was on the verge of tears as he spoke.

The others were filled with righteous indignation. Even a clay doll has a temper, and Ning Xuan's actions had thoroughly enraged them.

"I called you fools, and you really are fools. Even I, who don't wield a sword, could see that the blade moved on its own," Yun Wangshu said. Although she too was puzzled, a glance at Ning Xuan had told her all she needed to know. He would never go back on his word.

"Right, right! It was abandoned, so it must be trying to prove it's smarter than you. That's why it killed someone," Wawa chimed in, glancing at the Cloud Floating Sword.

Then, everyone watched as the Cloud Floating Sword actually nodded.

The Wu Family members were suddenly overcome with the urge to end it all. Damn it! Even a sword is looking down on us! And this is the one we poured hundreds of years of effort and resources into creating!

At that moment, they were so frustrated they wanted to vomit blood. But the final blow was yet to come.

The Cloud Floating Sword flew toward Ning Xuan of its own accord.

"You were forged by the Wu Family. They are your true masters," Ning Xuan said.

Hearing this, the Wu Family members were almost moved to tears. Suddenly, all their grievances felt worthwhile. Someone looked at the Cloud Floating Sword with anticipation, only to see it begin to buzz. It was just like a toddler trying to coax its parents.

The corners of the Wu Family's mouths twitched, their faces darkening.

Ning Xuan continued to refuse, speaking righteously, "A gentleman does not take what others treasure. I will not have you! Go!"

"Young Master Ning is such a good person!"

"A truly virtuous act! I think we should erect a memorial tablet for him!"

"Idiot! Memorial tablets are for the dead! We should make a Longevity Plaque and worship him!" the higher-ups muttered among themselves.

Just then...

BOOM!

A towering bloody aura surged into the sky.

THUMP!

Before the Wu Family members could even understand what was happening, they instinctively fell to their knees, trembling uncontrollably.

Meanwhile, Wawa's voice rang out. "Oh dear, Junior Brother, it's grown attached to you! It's saying that if you don't take it, it will drench this land in a river of blood!"

The Wu Family finally understood.

PFFT!

One of them was so frustrated he spat out a mouthful of blood. Another had a more extreme reaction, convulsing a few times before collapsing to the ground, frothing at the mouth as if in the throes of an epileptic seizure.

The Wu Family had well and truly broken down. This is too damn infuriating! The sword we spent everything to forge is now using both carrot and stick tactics just to be with Ning Xuan! Shit, shit, shit! I can't think about it. The mere thought is enough to make a person explode! This is so fucked up!

"Ning Xuan, you should just take it. I think it's telling the truth," Yun Wangshu also chimed in, persuading him.

As Ning Xuan looked toward the Cloud Floating Sword...

WHOOSH!

A streak of sword light flashed, and another high-ranking member of the Wu Family was struck down by his own sword.

"Don't be angry. It's just proving that Sister Wangshu wasn't wrong," Wawa immediately explained on its behalf.

Sure enough, the Cloud Floating Sword nodded repeatedly.

The members of the Wu Family were completely despondent. Why is it always us who gets hurt?

"Young Master Ning, only you are worthy of this sword! We beg you, please take it away," someone said to Ning Xuan, their voice a near-plea.