"Aunt Zhang! It really was you!" Old Lady An said with a grimace of grief after understanding, "Twenty years ago, I pitied you and saved your life, never imagining I was nurturing a tiger that would bring disaster. Why would you do this? Was it you who stole Niuniu nineteen years ago?! Speak!"
"Grandma, Grandma, please don’t be angry," An Zhihang quickly helped Old Lady An catch her breath, his usually refined eyes reflecting a chill as he coldly looked at Aunt Zhang and demanded, "Who sent you here? Who the hell are you?!"
Aunt Zhang, seeing the An Family blocking the door, knew there was no escaping this time. She glanced coldly at An Yiqing, her expression eerie.
An Yiqing was startled and immediately dashed toward Aunt Zhang.
"Big brother, second brother! Protect the elders!"
The girl’s timely cry was heard just in time, and An Zhihang and An Zhiyan quickly reacted, each grabbing Old Master An and Old Lady An as well as Kong Shi and An Zisheng and quickly retreating outside! In an instant, Aunt Zhang’s hand, which had been reaching for Kong Shi, grabbed at thin air, precisely as An Yiqing arrived swiftly and overturned her with a kick!
Aunt Zhang performed a carp flip, standing up from the ground with a sneer as she retreated toward the door, her clothes moving without wind as Inner Breath rolled out in waves from the palm of her hand!
Aunt Zhang was actually an Ancient Martial Artist!
The incoming force startled An Yiqing, who couldn’t believe that, during her long stay with the An Family, even Gu Yelin had not realized Aunt Zhang was an Ancient Martial Artist!
In that brief moment of thought, An Yiqing circulated her Inner Breath, concentrating Vital energy in her attack against Aunt Zhang. Accompanied by a burst of strong wind, the room’s curtains moved as if of their own accord. Aunt Zhang felt an overwhelming momentum attacking her, rendering her immobile.
Her heart raced with shock. How could An Yiqing be so powerful! Wasn’t it said she was at the Great Achievement Peak? Could the information have been wrong?!
Aunt Zhang could never have imagined that four Upper Endurance had died at the hands of An Yiqing; it was that very bloody battle that allowed the girl to encounter the threshold of breaking through the Great Achievement Peak, just an opportunity away from entering the Innate Realm!
The outcome was a foregone conclusion, with Aunt Zhang defeated by An Yiqing within dozens of moves. She struggled to move her body, looking at An Yiqing with a face full of despair.
"Speak! Who exactly sent you here?" An Yiqing walked over to Aunt Zhang, her imposing demeanor turning Aunt Zhang’s face deathly pale.
Feeling the fear emanating from the bottom of her heart, Aunt Zhang felt better off dead as she pleaded shakily, "I’ll talk! I’ll talk! Please don’t kill me! Don’t kill me!"
"Speak! Were you the one behind the events nineteen years ago? Why poison us?"
"The events of nineteen years ago were not my doing! It wasn’t me who took you away! Don’t kill me! I was just following orders!" Aunt Zhang struggled to get up from the ground, inching toward An Yiqing’s feet to plead, "Please don’t kill me! Don’t kill me!"
An Yiqing looked down at Aunt Zhang who lay on the ground begging, her face as cold as frost, "Who was it that commanded you? If you tell me, I will spare your life!"
"Alright! Alright! I’ll speak!" Aunt Zhang’s eyes showed a desperate desire to live as she hurriedly said, "The poison—argh! Ugh—"
Aunt Zhang had not finished speaking when suddenly her face turned green, her eyes bulged, and her hands violently grasped at her neck, a look of terror and horror spread across her face.
An Yiqing was startled and quickly moved to check on her, but before she could reach out, Aunt Zhang started flailing her arms, convulsing uncontrollably, and with difficulty spit out a few words: "Save, save, save me! Save—"
Before she could finish her plea for help, she collapsed on the floor, lifeless.