Elder Qu told Ling Luo Yi the current situation on the Ancient Spirit Continent in detail.
When she heard that the Ancient Spirit Academy had become the number one power on the Ancient Spirit Continent, Ling Luo Yi let out a light laugh. That old man was quite capable, it wasn't a waste of all the cultivation resources she had given him over the years.
At this moment, within the Heavenly Profound Domain, Wen Zonglin, the Dean of the Ancient Spirit Academy, who was still sitting on the back of his contracted beast, sneezed. Wen Zonglin touched his nose, "Who is cursing me?"
The contracted beast turned its head, wanting to say something.
Wen Zonglin looked at it and said impatiently, "Just say what you want to say, don't be so hesitant."
"Master, I actually wanted to ask, didn't that girl give you a few Cloud Boats? Why aren't you using them?"
Wen Zonglin froze, then slapped his forehead and said regretfully, "Oh, I forgot, I forgot!"
Wen Zonglin carefully took out a Cloud Boat from his storage ring. The Cloud Boat unfolded, and Wen Zonglin immediately ran inside. He placed a normal-sized Crimson Spirit Stone at the bow.
"Ah, it's still so comfortable in this Cloud Boat," Wen Zonglin said enjoyably as he lay on the soft lounge chair.
He used to travel by contracted beast. After obtaining the Cloud Boat, he didn't go out much, so he didn't react immediately.
"Master, according to the speed of the Cloud Boat, it will take us seven months to reach the Heavenly Martial Kingdom. By then, who knows where that girl will have run off to. Are you still going?" the contracted beast asked cautiously after shrinking down and staying to the side.
"Of course I'm going! That brat finally came back, and she didn't even come to see me! I must beat her up!" Wen Zonglin said indignantly.
The contracted beast cast a pitying glance at its master. It wondered who would be beating whom by then.
Meanwhile, Ling Luo Yi had understood the current state of the Ancient Spirit Continent.
The number one power was her old man's Ancient Spirit Academy. The second power was the Jade Sword Sect. She seemed to recall the old man mentioning that the old sect leader of the Jade Sword Sect was his friend. The third power was the Myriad Ghost Hall, a den of villains.
Besides these, there were other major powers, but they were insignificant compared to the three major powers mentioned above.
Ling Luo Yi did not want to change the existing structure of the Ancient Spirit Continent, so she just listened.
Ling Luo Yi returned to the ship's cabin. Ling Luo Chen took her back to her room, which was opposite his own room. Next to Ling Luo Yi's room were the rooms of Zhu Xue and Zhu Shuang.
"Luo'er, rest well. For the next month, we can only stay on the Cloud Boat."
"I know, thank you, Elder Brother," Ling Luo Yi said with a smile.
Ling Luo Chen watched her enter the room before returning to his own.
Ling Luo Chen lay on his bed, organizing what he had just heard. Elder Qu called her Miss Ling with a very respectful tone. As far as he knew, Elder Qu was not this respectful even to young ladies from noble families. Thinking of a certain possibility, were those speculations true?!
Ling Luo Chen did not go to Ling Luo Yi to confirm. Whether it was true or not would not change the fact that she was his sister.
For the next period, the Cloud Boat continued to fly towards the capital of the Dragon Qing Kingdom without any incidents.
Meanwhile, in Cloud Abyss City, the theft of the Wei family's treasure vault had become common knowledge, and other families began to suppress the Wei family.
At first, they were a bit hesitant, fearing the Wei family's ancestor, the strongest person in the Heavenly Martial Kingdom, and the Wei family's eldest elder, the president of the Beast Tamer Guild.
However, later, the Wei family's ancestor and the eldest elder fell gravely ill. They didn't believe it at first. After the Wei family's eldest elder's affairs in the Beast Tamer Guild were suspended, they learned that the news was true and began to suppress the Wei family vigorously.
In the Wei Manor, Wei Wensong's anger surged as he listened to the Wei family steward report the new losses. Beside him, Madam Yin continued to cry as if she hadn't seen anything, adding fuel to the fire.
Wei Wensong couldn't help but scold, "Cry, cry, cry! All you know is to cry!"
Madam Yin was not to be outdone and roared back at him, "Why are you yelling at me?! If you're capable, go solve the Wei family's crisis! Will yelling at me solve it?! My Tian'er, Hong'er, and Yingying, their injuries have not healed, and they still need to take medicine. And their father is useless and can't help them!"
"You!" Wei Wensong almost fainted from anger.
"What about me! Is what I said false?!"
Before Madam Yin was married, she was the treasure of the Yin family patriarch at the time. She was doted on and raised with a pampered and arrogant disposition. After marrying into the Wei family, one of the five great noble families, she became even more arrogant. Later, when she became the matriarch, she only slightly concealed it to maintain her image.
But now, with all her children injured, and Wei Wensong not comforting her but yelling at her, she could no longer tolerate it.
"Get out!" Wei Wensong didn't want to talk to her; the more he talked to her, the angrier he became.
Madam Yin didn't want to leave, but Mama Liu said, "Madam, you should go out first. The Patriarch is angry right now. You can't cause trouble at this time, otherwise, what if the Patriarch really abandons the Third Young Master?"
Thinking that if Wei Wensong abandoned Wei Chu Hong, she and her four children would truly have no future in this manor.
Thinking of this consequence, Madam Yin became afraid.
Mama Liu supported Madam Yin and left.
After Madam Yin left, the Second Elder stepped forward and said, "Patriarch, this is not the time to be anxious. We must first identify the culprit."
"The culprit?" Mentioning this, Wei Wensong's suppressed anger flared up again. "Who else could the culprit be but Ling Luo Yi!"
Seeing that his reason was consumed by rage, the Second Elder said, "Patriarch, you cannot lose your reason. Ling Luo Yi has been gone for ten days, and no one else from the Ling family has interacted with us. How could the Wei family be suppressed to this extent?"
"If it's not her, then who is it?! Aren't they the ones who hate the Wei family the most!" Wei Wensong knew the Second Elder had a point, but he didn't know who was behind it, so he could only attribute it to the Ling family.
"Patriarch, have you forgotten? Besides the Ling family, the one who is most wary of the Wei family is..."
At this point, the Second Elder pointed upwards.
"You mean the Royal Family!" Wei Wensong was not stupid. With the Second Elder's reminder, he quickly thought of this possibility.
"Yes. Besides the Ling family, the Royal Family has always been wary of us. The news from our spies planted in the Ling family indicates that the Ling family has been cultivating and has not made any moves against the Wei family. Since the Ling family has not acted, the only one who could cause so many families to move against us is the Royal Family."
"Second Elder, are you sure the Ling family hasn't acted!" Wei Wensong still didn't believe that the Ling family was not involved.
"Patriarch, this is the news from the spies. The spies will never betray the Wei family!"
"If the Ling family hasn't acted, the Yin family wouldn't have moved against us either. The Kong family, Qi family, and Xiao family have all been watching from the sidelines. The only one who could have acted against us is the Royal Family." Wei Wensong said, as if he had thought of something, "No! If the Royal Family made the move this time, then the Kong family must have also acted!"
"That's right, the Kong family has always been on the side of the Royal Family! Patriarch, what should we do?"
"What should we do? How would I know what to do! If this was really done by the Royal Family, given our current situation, there is nothing we can do."
No matter where it was, the Royal Family held absolute power.
If the ruler wants the minister to die, the minister must die!
This was not just a saying.
Even in a world where strength reigns supreme, as long as your strength is not significantly higher, this saying still applies.