Not waiting for Wei Chuzhan to rejoice, Ling Luoyi raised her hand. Suddenly, a chilling force surged into his body from his skin, entering his soul and nearly freezing it.
Ling Luoyi repeated what she had said at the Yuan family's. Wei Chuzhan felt the chilling force hidden deep within his soul. He looked at Ling Luoyi in fear, not knowing what this power was.
Seeing Ling Luoyi turn to leave, Wei Chuzhan no longer cared about fear. He roared, "Ling Luoyi, my Wei family's current state is all thanks to you. Even if I become a vengeful spirit, I will not let your Ling family go!"
Ever since Wei Chuzhan succeeded as the family head, the Wei family had fallen into its current state. The pressure he felt was immense. If he didn't release it, he would surely drive himself mad. At this moment, seeing the mocking eyes of the Ling family members, he could no longer hold back. He disregarded his image, shouting and cursing at Ling Luoyi.
Hearing the curses from behind, Ling Luoyi smiled, a sinister and chilling smile.
Ling Luoyi turned her head and looked at the person who was staring at her but unable to speak, her smile becoming even more eerie.
Seeing his silence, Ling Luoyi said softly, "Your Wei family's current situation can only be blamed on your attack on the Ling family ten years ago. You started the fight but didn't finish them off, which led to this. You can only blame the person who proposed this idea back then. As for me, the moment I decided to seek revenge, your Wei family's fate was sealed. And curses? What you just experienced was a curse."
True curses were not uttered with mere words.
Hearing Ling Luoyi's words, Wei Chuzhan dared not speak further. However, there was one thing he had to ask, or he would be unable to rest or eat.
After a moment of thought, Wei Chuzhan asked, "Ling Luoyi, tell me the truth. When you went to Longqing Country, my family's Old Ancestor and Grand Elder suddenly fell gravely ill, and my father is now seriously ill. Are these all related to you?!"
Upon hearing this, and seeing Wei Chuzhan's eagerness to know, Ling Luoyi showed great kindness and said, "Your family's Old Ancestor and Grand Elder's serious illnesses are indeed related to me."
Hearing her admission, Wei Chuzhan felt no surprise. He asked, "How did you do it? You had already left for a long time when they fell ill!"
"Didn't your family's Old Ancestor consume a Qingming Longevity Pill auctioned at my Ling family's auction house?"
"There was a problem with the pill?!"
"The pill had no problem. The problem was that within a month of taking the pill, you could not use spiritual energy, otherwise, the pill's efficacy would be dispersed by the spiritual energy."
This was why the Wei family's Old Ancestor was bedridden and unable to get up. It wasn't because he was sick, but because his body had reached its limit, conserving its remaining strength. A few days prior, after going to the Ling mansion and fighting Ling Huayu, he had collapsed and died from a mere light palm strike from Ling Huayu.
Knowing the true cause of the Old Ancestor's death, Wei Chuzhan asked again, "What about the Grand Elder?"
Speaking of this, Ling Luoyi smiled and said, "Do you remember your family's Grand Elder bidding for a Spiritual Flower Fruit at the Liuyun Auction House?"
"I remember, but doesn't the Spiritual Flower Fruit increase spiritual power? Does this also have a problem?"
"The fruit has no problem. The problem is that the fruit auctioned at the Liuyun Auction House was given by me, and it had a leaf attached."
"A leaf?"
"The fruit of the Spiritual Flower Fruit can increase spiritual power, but its leaves can absorb spiritual power. When harvesting, only the fruit can be picked, and the leaves cannot be attached. Such fruit cannot be stored for too long because when the leaves are attached, the leaves' medicinal properties will slowly erode the fruit's efficacy and leave their own properties in the fruit."
Thus, after consuming the Spiritual Flower Fruit, the Wei family's Grand Elder felt his spiritual power being depleted too quickly. Later, he never woke up due to the complete exhaustion of his spiritual power.
"So that's how it is. You were plotting against us from the start," Wei Chuzhan murmured, then suddenly shouted at Ling Luoyi, "Aren't you afraid someone else would have bought it?!"
Ling Luoyi sneered, "What is there to worry about? If someone else had bought it, I would have just replaced it. I don't only have one."
This applied to both the Spiritual Flower Fruit and the Qingming Longevity Pill.
Wei Chuzhan was speechless now. Indeed, Ling Luoyi was present at both auctions, and the items were hers. If someone else had bought them, replacing them wouldn't have been difficult.
Seeing that Ling Luoyi had admitted to the matters concerning the Old Ancestor and the Grand Elder, but had remained silent about his father, Wei Chuzhan said hatefully, "Ling Luoyi, you've already admitted that the matters of my family's Old Ancestor and Grand Elder are related to you. What about my father? My father is now lying in bed, unable to live or die. Is this also related to you?"
Speaking of the Second Master Wei, Ling Luoyi did not say whether it was related to her or not. Instead, she asked, "Is your father now like a skeleton, on the verge of death?"
"Yes," Wei Chuzhan replied through gritted teeth, his gaze towards Ling Luoyi filled with even more hatred.
"As expected," Ling Luoyi said faintly.
Seeing her admission, Wei Chuzhan roared, "It was you! You poisonous woman!"
If he hadn't known he couldn't defeat Ling Luoyi, Wei Chuzhan would have charged at her. Due to the terrifying chilling force he had just experienced, Wei Chuzhan was now only filled with anger, not daring to harbor any improper thoughts.
Seeing Wei Chuzhan's frenzied state, Ling Luoyi said, "You might have misunderstood something. I never said that your father's condition was caused by me."
Seeing Wei Chuzhan's disbelief, Ling Luoyi kindly explained, "In front of the Ling mansion, didn't your father consume a pill given by the man you brought with you? Speaking of which, your father is quite bold to have dared to consume the Dead Luo Pill."
"What Dead Luo Pill?"
"That day, the man who went to the Ling family with you to seek death gave that pill to your father. Your father swallowed it without hesitation. The Dead Luo Pill can devour the user's vitality, lifespan, and spiritual power, and then feed it back to the owner of the blood that was dripped into it during its refinement. After all these days, your father's vitality, lifespan, and spiritual power should have been completely devoured. He won't last much longer."
Given this, the Dead Luo Pill has always been highly sought after by evil cultivators. They could increase their strength without effort. Who wouldn't want it? However, the strength gained through this method was three parts weaker than cultivating it oneself. Therefore, unless one reached a point where further progress was impossible, most people would not resort to such methods.
After hearing Ling Luoyi's words, Wei Chuzhan collapsed onto the ground.
So, his father had harmed himself?
That man was brought into the mansion by his father, originally intending to use the man to help the Wei family escape their current predicament and even reach greater heights. He never expected Ling Luoyi to defeat him effortlessly, without even the ability to retaliate, and his whereabouts were now unknown.
What were they thinking at the time? How could they have believed that someone of unknown origin, who had not shown any strength before them, could help them? Was it just based on his father's word?
Wei Chuzhan did not doubt the truth of Ling Luoyi's words, as she had already admitted to the matters of the Old Ancestor and the Grand Elder, and there was no need to hide his father's situation.
Seeing that Wei Chuzhan had no further questions, Ling Luoyi waved her hand and said, "Everything has been resolved. It's time for us to return to the mansion."
The Ling family members had no objections to Ling Luoyi's decision. They had heard everything Ling Luoyi had said clearly. In any case, if the Wei family dared to harbor any improper thoughts in the future, they would still perish, and there was no need for them to dirty their hands now.