1914 How Dare You Demand an Explanation From Me? Li Yang had intended to squash the fact that Qian Yu had died, so no one found out about it. However, some young members of the Qian family had been so happy over Qian Yu’s death that they leaked the news of his death. Thus, in less than three days after Li Yang returned to the Freedom Federation, all the elite factions of the Freedom Federation found out about Qian Yu’s death. Given that Qian Yu was a Freedom Envoy, his death was big news. Many members of the Freedom Federation’s inner circle wanted to propose one of the reserve candidates to take his place. This allowed many families to see an opportunity. All the families that the reserve candidates were a part of started to pour resources into them to help them to distinguish themselves. But even the families that did not have reserve candidates did the same by injecting resources into their younger generation. The number of reserve candidates for the Freedom Envoys was set. Once one was bumped up, someone would have to take their place. All of the families injecting resources into their younger generation were hoping that one of their younger members could take the place of the reserve candidate who had been bumped up. The federation envoys were their representatives and their honor. Once a federation lost its envoys, even if only the large factions in the federation were aware of it, all of these factions should share the same sense of grief. But besides the pain felt by the Qian family, none of the other families could be bothered to pretend. All of them were secretly rubbing their palms together as they eyed each other as rivals. Clouds always covered the sky above the Freedom Mystic Temple. It was rumored that there was a sacred item hidden in the clouds. The Freedom Federation’s sea was an endless swatch of blue, and the waves crashed against the skirt of the white stone statue on the shore. When the waves made contact with the stone statue, a melodious echo was produced. Everything seemed normal in the Freedom Mystic Temple besides the fact that the people who were usually bowing in their rituals were now prostrating on the ground while they quivered in fear in front of the angry members of royalty. A clear ring of gold and metal clashing against each other reverberated from the seat in the Freedom Mystic Temple. A girl with hair pinned up and a pair of beautiful cat eyes glared as she tapped her long fingernails on her seat. As a result, a white gash was left in the small dark red gem. “Goddess of Mercy, at this meeting, you have to give me an explanation!” The girl pointed furiously at another even more extravagant seat, at the girl with gold and red hair seated on it. The girl’s fishtail created a miniature sea of three square meters below her. As the fishtail moved, it kicked up small waves in the sea. The girl, who appeared extremely relaxed, suddenly swept her tail forcefully. A 500-meter-tall wave rose from the miniature sea and crashed into the glass ceiling of the Freedom Mystic Temple. The girl sneered. “Na Na, how dare you demand an explanation from me? Is it because you have awakened your birth horoscope or that your higher demon’s four horns have started to twist into a crown? Hehe, there are only three seats in the Freedom Mystic Temple’s cloud level. You can give me an explanation once you’re able to take one of the seats.” Anger filled the Goddess of Mercy’s face, and devil tattoos climbed up her face. In a fit of fury, not even an expert who had awakened their birth horoscope could control one’s emotions. The first seat in the cloud level was empty, while a young man with handsome features dressed in red robes and gold hair was seated on the second seat. The mole at the corner of his eye and his slightly raised lips gave him an aura of inexplicable brilliance. The man gently massaged his forehead as though he was watching a show with amusement but was not engrossed in it. One of the 13 seats below the cloud level had always been empty. Besides Na Na, the figures on the remaining 11 seats all looked wistful. When the Goddess of Mercy put on such an attitude, even Li Yang, who had also suffered at the hands of the Goddess of Mercy, dared not voice his support for Na Na. At that moment, the Goddess of Mercy said mockingly, “Your son, who hasn’t even awakened his beast pattern, was about to be killed by someone of a similar age in the Radiance Federation when he used his life-preserving move to summon you to the friendly battle. “The moment that you saved his life, you shamed the Freedom Federation. As the person who personally humiliated the Freedom Federation, what gives you the right to question why I took away from your profits? If we’re talking about explanations, you should be the one to give all of us an explanation.” The Goddess of Mercy’s words caused everyone, including the gold-haired man, to turn their attention to her. The Goddess of Mercy rarely gave her opinion, but she had been absolutely scathing in order to target Na Na. Everyone present knew that Lu Ou was Na Na’s son, but none of them had ever spoken about this fact in front of Na Na. If they did, it would be no different from embarrassing her. In order to help Lu Ou awaken his beast pattern, Na Na had expended a large amount of effort. Alas, it had been for naught. When the Goddess of Mercy humiliated Na Na, she poured salt into this wound of hers. The Goddess of Mercy had killed the young experts of other families for her favored expert’s sake. This incident had resulted in a lot of controversies. The Goddess of Mercy was unconcerned with the Freedom Federation’s profits. Yet, she was now turning the canon onto Na Na using the excuse of the Freedom Federation’s pride. Na Na was about to awaken her birth horoscope and take a seat on the cloud level. Yet, the Goddess of Mercy was not afraid of offending her. At that moment, Li Yang noticed Na Na looking at him. He knew what he needed to say when he saw her cold gaze. The Goddess of Mercy had never seen him as one of her own. If he did not stand with Na Na, he would lose the opportunity to gain a beneficial ally in her. However, he did not have much grounds to face the angry Goddess of Mercy. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞 “Goddess of Mercy, why did you have to push Na Na to cough up so many resources when she said she was going to compensate the Radiance Federation?” The Goddess of Mercy scoffed and replied, “The Moon Empress has awakened her birth horoscope and possesses a Heavenly Family Fey that at least reached Eternal. There is also that old man. What makes you think that the Radiance Federation would have let you off? Did you expect me to step in to save your stupid idea?”