"Excellent."
Bai Shengyi showed no hesitation in her favoritism towards Qin Si.
She smiled, her eyes crinkling, radiant and dazzling.
"There was news before that you were at Jue Ren Lu, and he accompanied your daughter to find you," Bai Shengyi said. "He respects me very much. Although we see each other less often, our feelings have never changed."
Even just mentioning someone like that, the happiness in her eyes was impossible to hide.
Bai Qingjiang felt that his obedient daughter was like someone who had obtained the best thing in the world, flaunting it openly and secretly.
A daughter grows up and becomes hard to keep.
He couldn't help but think enviously, yet his heart immediately felt at ease.
The weather today was truly excellent, with bright sunshine and not a cloud in the sky.
Qianxiao Peak was adjacent to Jian Peak and the main peak. Bai Qingjiang, now at the late Nascent Soul stage, could see the faint black mist between the two ethereal peaks at a glance.
He couldn't help but ask, "What is that?"
"Demonic miasma," Bai Shengyi said in a deep voice, recounting what the Wu Shang Sect had done previously. "Although the Nine Revolutions Fortune Stealing Formation has been destroyed, the other two formation eyes, apart from the collapsed Sang Hai Secret Realm, still occasionally emit demonic miasma, and there's no solution yet."
Speaking of this, Bai Shengyi thought of the Obsidian Jun Stone in her hand. Qin Si had given her both pieces from him, meaning she now had three.
Unfortunately, the person named Zifeng was unreliable, and Xing Luo Di Huan could not destroy the Obsidian Jun Stone.
However, Bai Shengyi always felt that this dark stone had other uses, and those demonic miasmas had nothing to do with these stones.
"Wu Shang Sect..." Bai Qingjiang mused for a moment. "In my early years, when I traveled outside, I also killed a few cultivators who had illegally entered the Shen Qi Continent from the Wu Shang Sect. However, at that time, the world barrier was relatively stable, and even if they came, their cultivation was suppressed to Golden Core."
"I didn't expect that after so many years, the Wu Shang Sect is still not giving up." Bai Qingjiang worried, "Then this Shen Qi Grand Gathering..."
"Father, you don't need to worry, we have our plans."
Bai Shengyi's smile was charming, but a closer look revealed a hint of coldness.
The world barrier was destined to be broken, and the Wu Shang Sect's desire to plunder the luck of the Shen Qi Continent had never disappeared. Since that was the case, the Shen Qi Academy would not sit idly by.
"We've arrived."
As Bai Qingjiang reminded her, Bai Shengyi was surprised to find that they had arrived at the capital of the Da Ning Dynasty.
Instead of entering through the main gate of the Bai family, Bai Qingjiang took Bai Shengyi directly to the Bai family's treasury.
"I don't know if we'll run into your grandfather. Your grandfather likes to guard the treasury when he's fine..." Bai Qingjiang stopped talking. "Ayi, what's wrong? Why are you looking at your father like that?"
Bai Shengyi said with a complex expression, "Father, don't you know? Grandfather has already passed away."
She thought Bai Qingjiang would have already learned about what had happened in the Bai family in the past few years since his return!
Bai Qingjiang froze, standing still.
"Who dares trespass into the Bai family!"
Just then, an angry warning shout came from outside!
Bai Qingjiang and Bai Shengyi had not deliberately concealed their actions, so as soon as Bai Sicheng returned home, he sensed the abnormality in the house and rushed to the treasury with people.
Ever since Duke Rong passed away, other aristocratic families had either hastily distanced themselves from the Bai family or rushed to add insult to injury. Even the former emperor of the Da Ning Dynasty had eagerly stripped the Bai family of their ducal title. Just as the Bai family was about to fall, Bai Sicheng was in despair, but he saw a glimmer of hope at Duke Rong's funeral.
At that time, Qin Si represented Bai Shengyi to bid farewell to Duke Rong and single-handedly suppressed the selfish intentions of all the aristocratic families. Bai Sicheng, in a fit of impulse, did something he deeply regretted.
Bai Yu reprimanded him and left home. The vast Bai family was left with only Bai Sicheng. Bai Sicheng had to bite the bullet and take over the family's affairs, only to find that he couldn't get involved at all.
To this day, everyone in the family still called him "Young Master."
Bai Sicheng snapped out of his thoughts and found that the thief in the treasury was still brazenly there, his brow furrowed tightly.
"Thief, my Bai family is not to be trifled with. I advise you... Ayi?" Bai Sicheng exclaimed, "What are you doing hiding in the family treasury?"
Before Bai Shengyi could say a word, Bai Sicheng's barrage of words came down on her.
"Where have you been all this time? Why didn't you come back to see Grandfather off for the last time? And Murong, she is your sister, what wrong did she do that you wanted to harm her? Is her disappearance related to you..."
"Sicheng!" Bai Qingjiang watched from the side, his expression darkening little by little.
Only then did Bai Sicheng notice the person next to Bai Shengyi.
Compared to Bai Shengyi's increasingly beautiful and mature features, Bai Qingjiang's appearance had not changed at all over the years, so Bai Sicheng recognized him immediately.
"Father!" His face suddenly turned pale.
So his father had heard all the scolding he had just given Ayi?
However, the immense joy quickly overshadowed his slight discomfort. He ran over happily, his eyes even reddening with emotion.
"Father, you're finally back! Do you know how close the Bai family was to ruin when you were gone..."
If one had to say who among the three children of the Bai family was closest to Bai Qingjiang, it was Bai Sicheng.
He had lost his parents at a young age and had grown up practically by Bai Qingjiang's side, feeling both filial affection and admiration for him.
Seeing Bai Qingjiang return, he was overjoyed. Just as he stepped forward to hug him, he looked up and met the latter's cold and stern gaze.
"Father?"
Bai Qingjiang looked at Bai Sicheng.
"What do you mean Shengyi didn't come back to see Grandfather off for the last time?"
"What do you mean Shengyi harmed Murong? Do you have proof?"
"What do you mean Murong is missing?"
These questions struck Bai Sicheng dizzy. While feeling somewhat helpless, he also felt a little smug. With his father back, perhaps Shengyi would be more obedient?
He was really too tired. Why couldn't Shengyi think more about the family? He was doing it for her own good, for the good of the Bai family!
"Father, you don't know everything. Grandfather was murdered..." As Bai Sicheng thought this, he recounted everything that had happened.
Bai Shengyi watched coldly, not stopping him, and even thoughtfully dismissed all the servants who had followed Bai Sicheng into the treasury.
The servants were unsure whether to obey when they saw the head butler respectfully withdraw.
They also hurriedly followed suit and retreated.
Once outside, they couldn't help but ask, "Butler, Young Master didn't tell us to leave just now. Will we be blamed for doing this?"
The butler smiled meaningfully, "Of course not. The young mistress's orders, the young master must also obey."
"Young Mistress?" the servant exclaimed. Could that woman really be the elusive young mistress that Master Yu Yue had spoken of?
"Enough, don't think about it. Quickly, someone notify Master Yu Yue and Second Master, and tell them that the young mistress and the First Master have returned."
The servant hurriedly responded and walked out. Just then, a furious roar suddenly came from the direction of the treasury, like summer thunder, carrying immense rage.
"Bastard!"