Ling Luo Yi's forehead was covered in black lines. She hadn't intended to burn down the Wei family, so what was going on?
Ling Luo Yi's confusion didn't last long, as Guan Yue returned.
Guan Yue propped himself by Ling Luo Yi's side, took out a cup of spirit spring water, and drank it.
Comfortable.
Guan Yue stretched his body.
"Speak, what's going on?" Ling Luo Yi asked after watching Guan Yue finish his drink.
Guan Yue's small ears twitched. Why did he sense danger?
Guan Yue took out his storage ring and said ingratiatingly, "Master, look, this is the result of my efforts all night. I took everything from the Wei family's entire treasure vault. Hehe."
He even chuckled sheepishly.
Ling Luo Yi looked at the rabbit changing the subject and said, "Guan Yue, you still haven't answered my question?"
"That..." Guan Yue suddenly poked his paw shyly and said ingratiatingly, "Master, when I was taking the last item, a small snake also crawled in. It was startled by me, and when it fled, it bumped into a lantern. The lantern fell onto many candles, and the candles were still burning, so it caught fire. That courtyard was ventilated everywhere, and when the wind picked up, the fire ignited the nearby cloth, and then..."
Ling Luo Yi's mouth twitched, and she asked, "You didn't burn down the Wei family's ancestral hall, did you?"
Guan Yue chuckled sheepishly again.
Seeing its expression, Ling Luo Yi knew.
After chuckling, Guan Yue retorted, "Master, it wasn't me who burned it, it was that small snake. It bumped into it, not me."
"So, why didn't you extinguish it?"
Upon hearing Ling Luo Yi's question, Guan Yue asked confusedly, "Master, aren't the Wei family our enemies? If their house caught fire, it would be kind of me not to add fuel to the flames. Why should I help them put out the fire?"
Ling Luo Yi suppressed the urge to beat it and said, "Guan Yue, I remember telling you before you left that I had reached an agreement with the Heavenly Dao, and I couldn't kill people casually. Did you forget?"
"Master, I didn't forget, so I didn't kill anyone while I was looking for things," Guan Yue explained and then said, "Master, even if someone from the Wei family dies because of this fire, it won't be counted against you."
"Guan Yue, the Heavenly Dao doesn't like me, did you forget?"
"Uh..."
Alright, ever since that incident, the Heavenly Dao had been very strict with Master. If someone really died because of this fire, with the Heavenly Dao's despicable nature, it would indeed be counted against Master.
"Alright, Master, I was wrong." Guan Yue sincerely admitted his mistake.
"Forget it. If the Heavenly Dao counts this against me, when I get back, I'll tear down its Heavenly Dao Palace."
"Master is so domineering!"
"Alright, let's go back to sleep. You pack these things away first. I'm not interested in these things. When we go to the Long Qing Kingdom, we'll sell whatever we can."
"Okay."
The next day, Ling Hua Yu, Ling Luo Chen, and Ling Luo Yi, the three generations of their family, went to the site of the family head competition. On the way, they kept hearing people discussing the fire at the Wei family's ancestral hall and the theft from the Wei family's treasure vault.
"Hey, did you hear? The Wei family's ancestral hall caught fire yesterday, and the servants took a long time to put it out."
"How could I not have heard? Also, my cousin who works at the Wei family said that the Wei family's treasure vault was stolen."
The latter part was spoken softly, for fear of being overheard.
"Really?!"
"Of course. My cousin said that the Wei family's matriarch fainted when she heard the news."
"Serves them right! Who told them to be so arrogant? Now they're getting their retribution."
"Hey, hey, don't say it was me. The Wei family head strictly forbids this matter from being leaked! My cousin only told me because I'm her cousin, so I can't harm her."
"Don't worry, don't worry, I definitely won't leak it."
They all said that when gossiping, but unfortunately, it all got out later.
Ling Hua Yu also heard it and was very surprised. He asked, "Luo'er, is this true? Was the Wei family really robbed?"
Looking at her gossiping grandfather, Ling Luo Yi was speechless. Grandpa, where is your family head image?
"Grandpa, whether it's true or not, it has nothing to do with us."
Nothing to do with them?
Ling Luo Chen looked at Ling Luo Yi strangely. Why did he feel that this matter had something to do with this girl?
"That's right, it has nothing to do with us anyway." Ling Hua Yu suddenly remembered something and asked, "Luo'er, do you think the person who robbed the Wei family might rob our Ling family?"
"Grandpa, the Ling family has formations and barriers, so they can't get in. Please don't worry," Ling Luo Yi said.
Ling Luo Chen also chimed in, "Grandfather, don't worry, that person won't come to rob the Ling family."
Ling Luo Yi looked at Ling Luo Chen and raised an eyebrow. It seemed that her elder brother had sensed something.
At the competition venue.
Ling Hua Yu entered the arena with the heads of other families, and the competition began.
The families that were on good terms with the Ling family were currently only in Yunyuan City, with a few in the outer cities. However, out of consideration for Ling Luo Yi, no one attacked Ling Hua Yu, except for those who had enmity with the Ling family.
Although they were all family heads, there were differences in the strength of families, and also in the strength of family heads.
After Ling Hua Yu returned from outside, he had not displayed his cultivation, so their perception of him had always remained at ten years ago, when Ling Hua Yu was a ninth-level spirit practitioner.
The strongest among these family heads was only a seventh-level spirit practitioner. Even with contracted beasts, Ling Hua Yu was not afraid, and he still had Luo'er's talismans.
The family heads seemed to be in a hurry, so the hundreds of family heads were quickly reduced to seven: the head of the Kong family, the head of the Qi family, the head of the Xiao family, the head of the Yin family, the head of the Wei family, Wei Wen Song, the head of the Song family, Song Jing Shan, and the head of the Ling family, Ling Hua Yu.
The arena was temporarily divided into three factions: one faction was Wei Wen Song and the head of the Yin family, as they were in-laws, at least on the surface; one faction was Song Jing Shan and Ling Hua Yu, who were son-in-law and father-in-law; and one faction was the heads of the Kong family, Qi family, and Xiao family. Even though they all supported the Ling family, at this moment, they were neutral.
The spectators of the family head competition were all citizens of the Tianwu Kingdom. People from other countries were not interested, so Elder Qu did not come.
As Ling Hua Yu had told Ling Luo Yi before, he took out a talisman, infused it with spiritual power, and sent several ice cones towards Wei Wen Song.
Such competitions not only showcased the strength of the family heads but also the heritage of their families. Therefore, Ling Hua Yu did not feel it was bullying to use talismans, especially since it was the Wei family! Furthermore, they were the murderers of his son and daughter-in-law!
Wei Wen Song reacted quickly and shattered several ice cones, but the last one was too late. Wei Wen Song could feel the surging spiritual power in the ice cone. If it hit him, he would be crippled even if he didn't die. Therefore, Wei Wen Song dodged desperately.
Just as Wei Wen Song dodged the ice cone, he turned his head and was sent flying by a new ice cone.
Wei Wen Song was not knocked out of the arena. He clutched his chest and spat out a mouthful of blood.
Ling Luo Yi watched and shook her head silently, muttering, "He's really weak. He's crippled after one blow. If such a person were to go to the battlefield, he'd probably just be there to make up the numbers."
Ling Luo Chen, who was beside her, heard her muttering and asked, "Luo'er, what battlefield are you talking about?"
They were all family heads, so naturally, they did not need to go to the battlefield.
Ling Luo Yi came back to her senses, shook her head, and said, "It's nothing."
Seeing that she was unwilling to say more, Ling Luo Chen did not press further. He knew that this battlefield should be the battlefield in other continents that Luo'er had mentioned before.
However, did Luo'er mean that she had been to the battlefield?
But why would Luo'er go to the battlefield?
Was she willing, or was she forced?
Ling Luo Chen's mind was filled with questions, but he didn't know how to ask.