His cold words caused Zhongyu Lingshan to regain her composure. A trace of fear flashed through her heart, and she immediately lowered her head, apologizing, "Father, I didn't mean to. I was just in so much pain from the poison acting up again that I spoke without thinking."
Master Zhongyu looked at Zhongyu Lingshan with no warmth in his eyes as if the one before him wasn't his daughter. "Zhongyu Lingshan, you better understand the situation. Do you even realize how important the Frost Jade Toad is to our Zhongyu family?"
Even if it were five Nine-Cycle Soul-Returning Pills, let alone ten, they wouldn't compare to the value of the Frost Jade Toad. Yet now, because of Zhongyu Lingshan's stupidity, they were on the verge of giving away the family's most precious possessions. And here she was, daring to criticize him.
"Father, that's not what I meant." Zhongyu Lingshan felt a pang of guilt and hurried to explain, "I didn't mean to. I was just… Ahhh!"
