The Zhou family immediately invited several doctors.

However, the doctors who did not choose to continue cultivating immortality had limited abilities, and no matter how they looked, they couldn't figure it out.

Finally, they all shrugged, looking utterly helpless: "Your master doesn't seem to have been poisoned, so we dare not speculate..."

These words have already made it very clear that we can cure diseases, but how can we resist what Heaven wants to govern?

With the head of the Zhou family in trouble, the Zhou family members are all in a state of panic.

After giving some hush money and seeing the doctors off, someone in the clan asked the Zhou family steward, "...Who exactly did my elder brother offend?"

Since it's not an illness, it can only mean that I've offended someone.

Looking at Zhou Rongsheng, who was lying in the hospital bed, delirious and occasionally vomiting black blood, the Zhou family steward had no choice but to bite the bullet and say, "It's about the An family..."

He told her everything about An Yirou.

The Zhou family members retreated repeatedly upon hearing this.

"I originally thought it was fine to offend anyone, as long as I didn't offend the sect leader, but now look what's happened..."

One of the clansmen was furious.

It's a common practice for those who form their own faction not to associate with real people. They are aloof and focused on attaining enlightenment, and are not people like us who have been eliminated from the system can afford to offend them.

If one day we are bullied, we may need them to uphold justice.

They value reason above all else.

Even their own disciples, if they make a mistake, are punished fairly and without error, and they even destroy their own cultivation to teach such disciples.

But if anyone bullies their disciples, they will be fair and ruthless in their execution.

Steward Zhou quickly defended Zhou Rongsheng, saying, "Master didn't offend An Zhengzheng, but her sister."

This is why the master dared to take action.

The clan's eldest uncle nearly flipped the table: "What's the difference?!"

If An Zhengzheng wants to seek justice from his master, can they really refuse?

They still have two masters!

One is the ruthless Wushang Zhenren, known for his 100% ascension rate; the other is the Suotang Zhenren, who was famous a thousand years ago for his genius and protectiveness of his own.

None of them are simple people.

A younger member of the clan added insult to injury: "...I heard that An Yirou is also an inner disciple. She accepted Master Kongyu's greeting gift in front of everyone."

Although the Siyue Sect did not announce it, some people witnessed the disciple recruitment. The Zhou family has quite a few disciples in the Qintian Prefecture.

Zhou family members: "..."

Very good. If I remember correctly, Master Kongyu is also the disciple of the Master of Siyue Sect.

An Yirou is the grand-disciple of the leader of the Siyue Sect!

The Zhou family steward felt a chill run down his spine, realizing the gravity of the situation, even though he had tried to dissuade them!

This is useless...

Some people simply couldn't understand: "Why does my brother have to pick on a girl?"

The Zhou family steward dared not speak.

An Zhengzheng is more than just a maid. The Zhou family's reputation is bad now, their once-genius eldest son has fallen from grace, and they recently suffered a huge loss by acquiring a bunch of materials at a high price.

I heard that it was secretly sold by the Hundred Women Pavilion.

All these factors combined, and the head of the family, being hot-tempered and easily angered, could hardly contain himself and not cause trouble.

If it weren't for the fact that I couldn't bring myself to do something to An Zhengzheng...

"So what do we do now?"

The Zhou family held a family meeting overnight, and each member offered their suggestions.

"This won't do, will it?" someone asked hesitantly.

The person who made the suggestions got annoyed: "This won't work, that won't work, let's see how much time you have left to waste!"

The old uncle, being older, finally made the decision: "They haven't come looking for us yet, maybe they haven't traced us back to us."

"Let's clean this up. Luckily, Sheng-ge'er didn't go through anyone else's hands, otherwise it would have been easy for them to find out... Let's just pretend we don't know anything."

They can't afford to offend a major cultivation sect like Siyue Sect.

Zhou Rongsheng's second wife had been eavesdropping for a long time, and when she heard them make this decision, she couldn't help but burst out laughing.

She pushed the door open and asked urgently, "Where is the master? He's unconscious..."

Blood was still seeping from the corner of his mouth!

A member of the clan came to persuade her: "Sister-in-law, this is really beyond our family's scope!"

"Yes, of all people, it was my elder brother who had to do such a thing. Look at what's happened now!"

Hearing the unanimous support from her clansmen, the second wife became furious and said, "...Don't you hate An Zhengzheng at all?!"

How could they not hate them! Everyone outside was watching the Zhou family make a fool of themselves. Although it wasn't said on the surface, their title as the number one family was already teetering on the brink of collapse.

The two major families behind them are probably trying to surpass them.

But those who haven't attained enlightenment yet still cling to the world of cultivation are inherently abnormal.

Continuing to make trouble will only ruin you!

“Mrs. Xu, you don’t need to worry too much.” The old uncle was much more composed and advised her, “The true men act according to the principles of Heaven. Since Sheng-ge’er didn’t kill the two sisters, the backlash won’t be too severe.”

"The clan has already sent people to invite a wandering master, and has also applied for invitations from other sects. We'll see how it goes then..."

Perhaps fearing she might cause trouble, he carefully instructed her before leaving: "Just stay home and take good care of him. Don't think about anything else. The clan will send some pills and magical artifacts."

"I just hope An Zhengzheng and the others won't do anything more..."

Everyone is busy with their own things right now.

Xu Yunxiang watched their departing figures and said with a sneer, "In the past, you always provided Zhou Xu with all the good things, while my own son... you insisted that he had no talent and that he was inferior to Zhou Xu in everything."

"Now that the Zhou family has offended the Siyue Sect, how can he possibly remain unscathed?"

She turned to her personal maid and said, "Secretly tell the eldest young master about the Zhou family's affairs."

Why should he always get all the good things? Now that the Zhou family is in trouble, we can't let her son bear it all alone.

The personal maid went very cautiously.

We went to a small courtyard below the Buddhist temple.

She spotted Zhou Yu'er washing clothes with her head down from afar via the path enclosed by a fence.

She wore coarse linen clothes, trying her best to blend in with ordinary poor families, washing clothes with her head down, showing no trace of the demeanor of a young lady from the Zhou family.

How utterly despicable! Even the maids are unwilling to do such hard work; I wonder what kind of medicine the Fifth Miss has taken.

"Young...Miss," the maid greeted her, "Is it convenient for you to speak now, Miss?"

Zhou Yu'er raised her eyes and did not miss the contempt in the maid's eyes.

Although there was a hint of embarrassment on her face, she quickly covered it up.

She wasn't going to argue with such a maid. These people had suffered too much and all they cared about was money and wealth. They were so vulgar. They didn't understand the saying, "It's easy to get priceless treasures, but hard to find a true lover."

She wouldn't hold a grudge against someone who doesn't have a sweetheart by her side!

She stood up and said calmly, "Did your aunt send you something again?"