Lu Yin’s comment caused Xia Ziheng’s eyes to flare, and Headmaster Wen instantly went on guard, worried the other Semi-Progenitor would not be able to restrain himself.

Lu Yin's words were a slap in the Xia family’s face.

Forget a powerful and dignified family like the Xia family—even someone like Xia Zhitong would not be tolerated in a common family, as her actions would ruin any family’s reputation.

This was why the Xia family had opted to use Xia Zhitong to deal with the Yu family. Their tactics had inspired terror in all the other sects and families in the Perennial World, scaring them from helping the remnants of the Lu family after that. The entire affair had caused many people who had once followed the Lu family to suffer greatly.

The Xia family had been overly ruthless with the Yu family. Not only had the family been essentially wiped out, but their reputation had also been permanently destroyed.

However, while the Yu family had been ruined and reduced to a joke, the Xia family was not in a great situation either. No matter what, there was no getting around the fact that Xia Zhitong was a member of the Xia family. Even if she was not a part of the main family line and was just from a branch family, it was still too embarrassing to have such a person associated with the family.

Xia Zhitong had been fully aware that the Xia family was just using her and that this matter would make her unwelcome to everyone aside...