Seeing their patriarch leave made them sigh in regret.
The elder who caught the storage ring then checked the content; at first, he smiled, but it only lasted for a moment before his face turned ugly.
"Is something wrong, Elder?"
The elder looked at the family, then whispered to the one who asked. The man's face changed for a moment before returning to normal.
He then looked at the others, "Let's move first and find a place to rest. After CuiYing returns to the central region, the other families will start their move.
As for the others, you guys should return to your own sect soon. As your elders, I am sorry for showing you something shameful ."
He then took out a few storage rings and moved some items into them. "This is nothing much, but I hope it can help you on your path of cultivation ahead. Just remember, don't forget you are part of the Xueqi family."
After some more talk, the group then separated, leaving only the elder behind.
"I really regret this; we should have fought back more at that time. If only MingYue were still alive," one of the elders said.
"I know, but what can we say? At that time, I also didn't agree, but even Qingying approved the idea."
"I still cannot believe Qingying did that; she was not that cold-hearted before. I wonder if this is because of the poison."
"Well, people change," the elder's eyes then turned cold and sharp. "Even our patriarch, that stupid bastard, he still dared to take half the contents for himself."
"Hmph, I suggest we just go and kill him now. He really doesn't care about the family's future. Just how can the ancestor's spirit agree to make him the patriarch?"
The elder shook his head, "Probably because there are no better candidates. Even though I don't want to admit it, his talent is still better than us, and he was not that bad before.
Well, I can somehow empathize with his reasoning; after all, we are also all in a similar position."
Hearing his remark, the other elder complained, "We never betray the family; don't lump us with him."
"That is not what I mean. We all have hit the limit of our potential, with no hope of rising to a new realm.
This makes our self-esteem become low, and our minds turn rotten, only thinking about our own personal benefits.
Do you forget, before this, how many politics we had in the family?
We should have used the time and energy to care more for our younger generation.
Even JianFeng berated us. How MingYue sent some resources back to the family, while we old fogies only think our own descendant."
This made the rest of them silent; they realized their wrongdoing.
"Jianfeng… I hope his family survived and ran. He said his granddaughter has some potential."
"One of us should go and distribute the rest of the resources and try to look for Jianfeng. If he survived, he should know what really happened.
As for the rest of us…" The man didn't continue the words, but his eyes turned sharp as killing intent spread around him. The rest of the elders nodded and did the same; they knew what they needed to do.
Meanwhile, at one of the restaurants in Dai Ying City, Cui Ying was sitting in a private room sipping some tea.
"Lady, I thought we would quickly return since we wouldn't help the Xueqi family," one of her attendants asked.
"A golden core cultivator suddenly intervened in a dispute between families in this rundown region that barely has any resources.
Tell me, do you think it's just a simple favor? Even going as far as desecrating their ancestral grave."
"Based on the situation we know so far, the Xueqi family shouldn't have any enemy of that caliber that hates them .
Does lady mean there is something worth to get here?"
CuiYing nodded. "You may not know this, but I remember reading in our family library a mention of the Xueqi Clan in the central region.
That is one of the reasons I agreed to give a favor to that geezer. At their peak, Xueqi was even richer than our clan. I honestly doubt they don't have some inheritance left behind."
"But the Xueqi family never seemed to grow in strength. If they had that kind of resource, they would already dominate this eastern region."
"It's not that simple. Think about it ; if our Situ clan were attacked and destroyed now, and we become the only survivors bringing the family treasure with us, will we give any clue to our enemy?"
"Of course not, lady."
"If I were them, I would wait for a few generations until people start forgetting about it, then I would create a new Situ family as commoners.
After some more time, When I felt everyone already forgot about our family, I would start growing the family to become cultivators again.
Then, I would wait until a true prodigy is born."
"A true prodigy? Don't they have one? But I heard she was missing now. The rumor even says she is dead."
CuiYing chuckled. "That is because, no matter how talented she is, she is still a bud.
Only when she shows her worth and matures can the true treasure be given to her. Otherwise, it will only bring calamity to the new family."
"So, you think the Hua family took this treasure?"
"Yes, otherwise they would not go this far. For now, we will find out more information first.
If this is true, I am sure we can profit from it. After all, having a treasure but no strength to protect it is a sin."
"Should we inform the patriarch about this, lady?"
CuiYing's eyes turned sharp, and with a stern voice, she said, "Not now. If my siblings find out about this, they will also intervene.
Based on what I know, there should be some treasure of Mystic grade, at least. After we get those, those arrogant siblings of mine will need to shut their mouths."