"I'm not going back." Dongdan Shuiyue, who was lying on the ground like a dead dog, struggled to prop herself up, but with great effort.

"You're already like this, yet you still refuse to return to Yanjing. Do you want to become a complete cripple?" Dongdan Yinxiang said with a hint of sarcasm.

"Sixth Elder, Eighth Elder, many things in Guyue City are known only to the young master and me," Dongdan Shuiyue said with resentment, but she did not retort to Dongdan Yinxiang. She forced herself to say, "Now that the young master is gone, I am the only one left who knows the truth. I cannot go back at this time."

"But the injuries on your body..." The Sixth Elder with the three braids feigned concern.

"It's alright, it's just a minor injury, I'll recover with some rest," Dong Dan Shuiyue said through gritted teeth.

The Golden Core is almost shattered, and the cultivation level is about to fall below the Foundation Establishment stage. Is this considered a minor injury?

In front of everyone, Dong Dan Yinxiang couldn't be too sarcastic, so she gave a cold laugh and remained silent.

Anyway, everyone knows the truth.

If a cultivator damages their dantian foundation, they are already a cripple. Why should she lose her composure for a cripple?

She would love for Dongdan Shuiyue to stay in Guyue City and be completely ruined, preferably like Dongdan Wenhao, to die and rot here!

Seeing that Dongdan Yinxiang no longer objected, the Sixth Elder, with his three white braids, smiled magnanimously and stroked his chin, saying, "Very well, since you are so understanding, I won't refuse you. You can stay in Guyue City, and let the Eighth Elder return to Yanjing to report the news. However, you must take care of your injuries and not overwork yourself. Yinxiang will take care of everything!"

It means, you can stay;

But you don't need to worry about anything else, as Dongdan Yinxiang will take care of it.

Dong Dan Shuiyue felt a surge of frustration rising in her chest, and she almost vomited on the spot.

She harbored a deep resentment:

Her father, for some reason, knew that Dongdan Yinxiang was coming, yet he didn't send a single trusted confidant to her.

Otherwise, how could she have ended up in such a predicament?!

However, that's all in the future. Right now, the entire He family is definitely under the control of the Sixth Elder and Dongdan Yinxiang.

If she wants to find help, she must find another way.

After everyone had gone back to their rooms to rest, Dongdan Shuiyue quietly called He Lancai over.

This girl had always tried to curry favor with her, but at that time, she had Dong Danmotong by her side, so she always looked down on He Lancai, this country bumpkin.

"Go and tell the people at the auction house to change all the lanterns outside to white," Dongdan Shuiyue said, taking out two low-grade spirit stones of extremely poor quality and still maintaining her former airs as a young lady, as she ordered He Lancai.

Unexpectedly, He Lancai glanced at the two low-grade spirit stones and showed a hint of interest, but still pretended to be indifferent and said, "The Sixth Elder and Miss Yinxiang said that Miss Shuiyue should not be bothered with matters of Guyue City in the future. Anyone who dares to disturb Miss Shuiyue's rest will be cut off from cultivation resources for three years and will find it difficult to be valued by the Dongdan family in the future."

"I asked you to do it, not the other way around; no matter what, I am still the eldest daughter of the Dongdan family. Don't I even have the right to ask you to deliver a message?" Dongdan Shuiyue was furious, and blood trickled from the corner of her trembling lips.

He Lancai realized that her condition was really not right and was afraid that she would be so angry that she would die. She couldn't bear the blame for that.

"Miss Shuiyue, please don't make things difficult for me. The He family is now under Miss Yinxiang's control. I dare not disobey you, much less disobey Miss Yinxiang," He Lancai pleaded with a bitter face, utterly exasperated.