I, the Son of the Demon Emperor, Had My Eyes Gouged Out by My Fiancée on Our Wedding Night - Chapter 2

2: The Ten Thousand Bones Demon Emperor’s Decree

“What? Say that again!”

Upon hearing the servant’s report, the Xiao Family’s patriarch erupted in fury.

With a whoosh, he shot up from his chair and stormed toward the courtyard.

“Are you certain?!”

The patriarch, Xiao Zhengang, had overseen the family’s affairs for years without major incident.

Under his leadership, the Xiao Family had flourished, its prestige soaring.

Taking in a live-in son-in-law like Lu Yuan was supposed to secure their future.

No one could have predicted this.

Xiao Zhengang’s face darkened as he repeatedly demanded confirmation.

“Master, every word is true!”

“At first, I didn’t believe it either. I went to see for myself before daring to report!”

The steward trembled, his voice unsteady.

Having served the Xiao Family for a century, attending to two generations of patriarchs, he had never encountered such a situation.

Not only was the current patriarch enraged, but even the family’s ancestral elder had ordered a full investigation.

“Bastards! Who dares commit such an atrocity in my Xiao Family?!”

“Investigate this thoroughly! No matter who’s responsible, no matter the cost—find the culprit!”

“And silence the servants! Anyone who leaks this will be beaten to death!”

Xiao Zhengang’s strides were frantic, his heart ablaze with fury.

This was a scandal—one that would tarnish the Xiao Family’s reputation forever.

Along the way, he repeatedly questioned Lu Yuan’s condition and ordered servants to track down Xiao Yun’er.

But the moment he entered the bridal chamber and saw the bl00d-soaked bedsheets, his mind exploded in rage.

“Damn it… This…!”

Xiao Zhengang’s face flushed crimson, his eyes bulging.

His raised arm trembled with suppressed fury.

“Where is Xiao Yun’er?! Where the hell has she gone?! How could she vanish at a time like this?!”

His roar was like a dragon’s breath, scorching the air.

“W-We don’t know!”

The servants kowtowed, their voices shaking.

“Useless!”

Xiao Zhengang glared at them before sighing.

He knew blaming them was pointless.

Just then—

Lu Yuan was helped into the room, his face cleaned of bl00d but his eyes wrapped in white bandages.

Before Xiao Zhengang could speak, Lu Yuan sneered:

“Don’t bother asking me. I don’t know where Xiao Yun’er is either.”

Xiao Zhengang’s eyes narrowed as he scrutinized Lu Yuan.

The only reason he had allowed this marriage was for those eyes.

With them, the Xiao Family could have risen to new heights.

But now?

Xiao Yun’er was missing.

Lu Yuan’s eyes were gone.

A blind man was worthless.

The thought made Xiao Zhengang’s rage burn hotter.

His daughter was gone.

Yet this trash was still alive!

“Worthless fool. You should’ve died instead!”

Xiao Zhengang spat through clenched teeth.

“What did you just say?!”

Lu Yuan slammed the table and stood, his voice a thunderous roar:

“Who the hell are you calling worthless?!”

If this had been the original Lu Yuan, he might have endured the insult.

But this Lu Yuan?

Would not tolerate it.

“So this is the Xiao Family’s true face? Disgusting!”

“Your daughter gouged out my eyes, and instead of hunting her down, you insult me?!”

Lu Yuan pointed at Xiao Zhengang’s face, unleashing his fury.

Why should he fear?

He had backing.

What was the Xiao Family to him?

“Audacious! You dare raise your voice at me?!”

Xiao Zhengang rose, his eyes blazing.

His frustration had already reached its limit.

A scandal had struck the Xiao Family.

His daughter was missing.

And now this blind cripple dared to defy him?

The more he thought, the angrier he became.

“You’re just a eyeless waste! How dare you disrespect me?!”

“Guards! Drag him out and execute him!”

“A husband who can’t even protect his wife doesn’t deserve to live!”

Xiao Zhengang’s only thought was containing the scandal.

Killing Lu Yuan would silence the matter.

The Xiao Family had only valued Lu Yuan for his eyes.

Otherwise, a backgroundless, powerless nobody like him would never have been allowed to marry in.

Now that his eyes are gone?

He was useless.

Better to kill him and bury the truth.

“You wouldn’t dare!”

Lu Yuan’s voice turned icy as he heard footsteps approaching.

The servants hesitated.

“I’d like to see who dares touch me!”

His words dripped with killing intent.

As a transmigrator, he had seen through the Xiao Family’s hypocrisy long ago.

“What are you waiting for?!”

Xiao Zhengang bellowed.

“No one will know if he dies! Feed his corpse to the dogs!”

“Such bold words!”

Lu Yuan laughed coldly.

“But I doubt you have the guts!”

With a flick of his wrist, a token flew from his spatial ring.

“Recognize this?!”

He held it aloft, a ghastly smile on his pale face.

To everyone present, that smile was terrifying.

Even the guards who had moved to seize him collapsed to their knees.

Xiao Zhengang’s face twisted in horror.

“T-This… can’t be…!”

His voice trembled as he stared at the token in Lu Yuan’s hand.

Then—

Thud!

Xiao Zhengang’s legs gave out, and he fell back into his chair, all his rage vanishing in an instant.

The token was real.

It radiated the aura of a Great Emperor.

Tokens could be faked.

But Emperor-level aura?

Impossible to replicate.

Yet if this was truly the Ten Thousand Bones Demon Emperor’s Decree…

How could Lu Yuan possess it?!

“Where… did you get this?!”

Xiao Zhengang’s voice shook, his fear impossible to hide.

The Ten Thousand Bones Demon Emperor’s Decree was the symbol of the Ten Thousand Bones Demon Sect.

It was personally bestowed by the Demon Emperor himself.

Only the sect’s most elite members could wield it.

With this token, one could walk unopposed across the land, feared by all clans and sects.

So how…

How did a nobody like Lu Yuan have it?!