Chapter 513: Who's Really Helping Whom Cultivate? Tearing Off All Pretense to Ruin Her

It would be easy enough to lure them away with a simple trick.

‘Those two acted on their own without reporting in. They deserve to suffer a bit and learn a lesson. Still, they are my people, and their disappearance is no small matter. I’ve already notified the Four Great Dukes to launch a full investigation.’

“From now on, the rest of you will act together,” Jiang Lan said coolly.

Of course, he had no intention of actually expending much effort to find them. This was a perfect opportunity to temper their arrogance.

“Yes, Young Master.”

Xiang Xiao and the others exchanged a look.

The Helian Family and the Tantai Family were currently at odds, and the situation on Immortal Ascension Island was tense. For Jiang Lan’s people to suddenly disappear at a time like this…

Once this news spread, it would surely cause a huge stir.

…

As expected, the disappearance of Jiang Lan’s two followers quickly sent huge waves across Immortal Ascension Island.

The Four Great Royal Families immediately dispatched men to investigate everywhere, searching for any clues.

The already tense atmosphere, where everyone was on edge, grew even more urgent, carrying the heavy sense of an impending storm.

Many people had a premonition that Immortal Ascension Island was about to descend into chaos.

Jiang Lan held a noble status, representing both the Prime Minister’s Mansion and the Great Xia. For even he to be attacked and his subordinates to go missing meant it was obvious someone was secretly plotting against him.

And anyone with the audacity to oppose the Prime Minister’s Mansion and the Great Xia surely had an extraordinary background.

Furthermore, the conflict between the Helian Family and the Tantai Family had grown even more intense in recent days.

Bloody conflicts of varying degrees had broken out in several major cities on the border of the Demon Abyss. Some shops, restaurants, Gambling Stone Workshops, and Weapon Pavilions were smashed to pieces.

Some young disciples of the Helian Family, leading numerous subordinates, swept through like a roving hurricane, leaving chaos and devastation in their wake.

Eventually, some of the older generation from the Tantai Family had no choice but to appear and suppress the violence.

The other Noble Families and Dao Lineages were caught in the middle, suffering considerable losses as innocent bystanders.

In the past few days, an increasing number of cultivators and living beings had begun to evacuate Immortal Ascension Island.

As the situation grew more severe, many merchant guilds’ cargo ships set sail one after another, intending to escape the looming disaster.

Deep within the Helian Family’s ancestral lands, inside a magnificent complex of buildings, only a few people were present. But the aura each one exuded could not be underestimated.

A handsome, middle-aged man with a long beard sat in the head seat. He was none other than Helian Wen’s father, Helian Changkong, the current Patriarch of the Helian Family.

Beside Helian Changkong was Helian Wen’s grandfather, Helian Xiang.

The other elders present were all high-ranking and highly respected clan elders of the Helian Family, their cultivation all at the level of the Seventh Realm, the Dharma Realm.

Helian Changkong’s demeanor was calm, but his tone was laced with coldness. “I have already reported the matter to the two grand elders in the Elder Pavilion, Helian Wuchang and Helian Wuliu. They are now investigating the details of the Three Saints Heart Refining Pill’s theft from all those years ago. If something truly happened, it’s impossible for it to have left no trace.”

“As long as they can find evidence, we can reconstruct what happened back then, clear Wen’Er’s name, and reveal the truth to the public. We will see that vicious woman, Tantai Qing, ruined and disgraced, and make her pay the price she deserves…”

As he spoke, his face was like ice, and his fists clenched so tightly they made a cracking sound.

The expressions of the Helian Family’s Elders were just as grim and ugly, filled with anger.

“I always felt something was off about what happened back then. With Wen’Er’s character, how could he possibly have stolen the Three Saints Heart Refining Pill?”

“Not to mention, Tantai Xu and the others were guarding the Elder Pavilion. What was his cultivation level at the time? How could he have possibly pulled the wool over everyone’s eyes and successfully escaped?”

“It’s clear now that this was all a trap set by the Tantai Family. They wanted to use Wen’Er to steal the Three Saints Heart Refining Pill so that Tantai Qing could consume it. In the near future, the Tantai Family would produce a Saint and, in one fell swoop, crush our Helian Family, and the Gongsun Family, under their feet.”

“The Tantai Family… how truly vicious…”

Helian Wen had already secretly found his grandfather, Helian Xiang, and told him the entire truth about that year.

Within the Helian Family, many clan members had been unwilling to believe that the once-dazzling and promising Helian Wen would do such a thing.

Now, upon learning the truth, many of the Elders breathed a sigh of relief, but it was immediately followed by rage, indignation, and a thirst for revenge.

In recent days, at their direction, the younger generation of the Helian Family began causing trouble for the Tantai Family, smashing their shops and restaurants. They even dispatched disciples to contest some of their mining territories.

Such a deep humiliation and hatred… if they didn’t get revenge, how could they justify all the years of frustration and anger?

The favored son of the Helian Family, reduced to a traitor who stole a Holy Object from the Elder Pavilion.

This matter had always been regarded as a disgrace by the Helian Family, becoming the butt of countless private jokes.

“The Tantai Family clearly intends to align with the Prime Minister’s Mansion. Tantai Qing and Jiang Lan have even been appearing together like a couple these days.”

“And according to the prophecy left by our ancestors, the seal on the Demon Abyss will break within three years at the latest. The Tantai Family’s actions are likely an attempt to use that Li Sheng, who stands behind the Prime Minister’s Mansion, to evacuate from Immortal Ascension Island…”

“Heh. Nothing more than asking a tiger for its skin. Entrusting the very foundation of a Saint’s Noble Family to an outsider… Do they really think that just because he’s a Saint, Li Sheng is selfless and without any private ambitions?”