Seeing his resentment, Yuan Qi reminded him, "You are no match for me."
Huang Hongyuan's eyes were somewhat red: "Master, my children and grandchildren died too tragically. Even if it means mutual destruction, I will avenge them."
"How do you plan to take revenge? Would it be acceptable to have the Bai family offer up half of their wealth and Qi within a hundred years?" Yuan Qi decided to have a proper talk with him. In her previous life, she had a close relationship with the Huangxian clan. When she ascended to immortality, the Huangxian clan even provided her with a magical artifact to help her ascend, but unfortunately...
The Bai family men present gasped in shock upon hearing Yuan Qi's terms.
The old master of the Bai family also spoke up: "Seventh Miss, your conditions are too... Do you think the Bai family is so easy to bully?"
Huang Hongyuan cursed directly: "You old geezer, what do you know? If I were to seek revenge, I would want the lives of everyone in the second branch of the Bai family, and all the fortune of your Bai family. She is merciful and has already left you half, so don't be ungrateful!"
The men of the Bai family were unconvinced. One of them asked, "Seventh Miss, you also said that he was no match for you. If you kill him, the Bai family will pay whatever reward you want!"
Yuan Qi snorted coldly: "Killing him is easy, but the Huangxian clan has tens of thousands of members. I can't afford to offend them, and neither can you. The conditions I just offered are already the most favorable to your Bai family. If you don't agree, I won't get involved in this matter anymore."
She stood with her arms crossed and said to the old man of the Bai family, "You two should discuss it yourselves. You've seen Huang Xian's abilities."
The Bai family members began to whisper among themselves. Most of them did not want to give up half of their family fortune, because doing so would make their future lives much more difficult.
Nobody cares what the word "luck" means.
Old Master Bai sat in his armchair, pondered for a long time, and then asked, "Seventh Miss, what do you mean by 'luck'?"
Yuan Qi sighed and said with a hint of sarcasm, "I thought no one would pay attention to luck. The old master was really wise. Luck, as the name suggests, is the fortune of the Bai family. Now the Bai family is doing very well in the court. Many of them have high-ranking official positions. Many of the children in the family who study are very smart and have a very smooth path in the imperial examinations."
At this point, the old patriarch of the Bai family understood half of it.
Yuan Qi's terrible idea is really infuriating.
"Taking away half of your luck means that the Bai family's career path, the younger generation's future in their studies, their business profits, and their daily interpersonal relationships will all be halved."
A hundred years! All the Bai family members gasped in shock. The price they paid was truly enormous.
"no!"
"No way! Why should we get to this? It's just a few weasels that died!"
...
Yuan Qi knew that ordinary people could not accept such conditions, so she shrugged and turned to leave.
Huang Hongyuan let out a sharp cry, and suddenly, dozens of weasels rushed in from all directions, attacking the people of the Bai family's second branch without any regard for their safety.
Master Bai was the first to suffer, with a large gash cut open on his body, from which blood gushed out.
Bai Erye's two sons, three daughters, and several concubines all suffered misfortune. One daughter's neck was snapped, and she died on the spot.
Screams soared into the sky.
The other four branches of the Bai family scattered and fled, creating chaos.
"I promise, I promise!" Master Bai couldn't take it anymore and shouted.
Huang Hongyuan told his descendants to stop.
The old patriarch of the Bai family dared not underestimate these weasels: "Let's talk again. After all, this matter was caused by the second branch of the family. I am willing to give you half of the Bai family's property, but you can only take away the fortune of the second branch of the Bai family. Is that acceptable?"
Yuan Qi returned after leaving, and stared at Huang Hongyuan as well.
“Fine, for the sake of the Celestial Master, we’ll accept this loss…” Huang Hongyuan was very reluctant.
But Master Bai felt that they were the ones who had suffered a loss. They had lost both their money and their future fortune. What was the point of living?
No matter how much he thought about it, Master Bai was unwilling to accept it. Ignoring the wounds on his face, he crawled to the feet of the Bai family patriarch and said, "Father, you can't abandon me! Without the luck, how will my family survive?"
The old patriarch of the Bai family rebuked him with a gloomy face: "Enough! Do you think I'd be willing to sacrifice the entire Bai family's fortune? Do you think I'd be willing to sacrifice half of the Bai family's assets?"
Huang Hongyuan snorted, almost gritting his teeth as he said, "Don't think you've gotten the short end of the stick. Do you know that those few you killed were about to take human form? Do you know how many years it takes for our Huangxian clan to cultivate before we can take human form? Two or three hundred years! Do you even know that?!"
Bai Youhui secretly slipped to Yuan Qi's side and whispered to her, "My second uncle is the most petty person. He's definitely not satisfied. Seventh sister, be careful when you leave."
Yuan Qi wasn't afraid at all, and instead comforted Bai Youhui: "Don't worry, he'll be plagued by bad luck in the future. If he doesn't scheme against others, he'll be fine and live a peaceful life. But if he does scheme against others, he'll suffer the consequences himself. If your family has any grudge against him, you can take the opportunity to get revenge and make sure he has no chance to fight back."
Bai Youhui's eyes lit up: "Really?"
Yuan Qi smiled sweetly, "Why would I lie to you? Did he bully you before?"
Bai Youhui nodded meaningfully: "You could say that. My second uncle's youngest daughter stole my sister's marriage, and I think I can take this opportunity to win her back."
The old master of the Bai family pretended not to hear their conversation and asked Yuan Qi, "Seventh Miss, will the loss of the second branch's fortune affect the other members of the Bai family?"
Yuan Qi knew that the Bai family patriarch was cutting off an arm to save the family. This was a patriarch of a family considering the overall situation. If he didn't ruthlessly abandon the second branch, the entire Bai family would decline. It was a helpless situation. Fortunately, the second son didn't do much serious work and caused a lot of trouble for the family. The younger generation of his branch had also had many unpleasant experiences with other families because of marriage, and had offended many people.
What happens next depends on the second son's fate.
Yuan Qi had no interest in getting involved in the Bai family's affairs, so he told the truth: "That depends on whether he is honest or not. If he is not willing to accept it, he will ask others for help. Whoever gets involved will suffer the same fate as him."
Master Bai scrambled to his feet and roared at Yuan Qi, "Those are some harsh words! Seventh Miss, what have I done to offend you? Why are you plotting against me like this?"
Yuan Qi looked up and pouted mockingly, "Don't you know how many people you've cheated in the first half of your life? Don't you know who your wife has schemed against? Wasn't the person you were engaged to back then your wife? It should have been your wife's older sister. Do you really not know how her older sister died? You two have committed many sins, dragging down the younger generation. You don't repent, and you still come to question me?"
The old master of the Bai family was aware of what happened to Madam Bai back then, and that incident was quite disgusting.
The woman who was betrothed to Master Bai was the elder sister of Madam Bai. Madam Bai envied her sister for marrying into a high-class family, so she invited her sister to go out for a trip. Taking advantage of her sister's unpreparedness, she personally pushed her sister into the lake. Afterwards, she claimed that her sister had accidentally fallen into the lake and drowned, and even pretended to be sad for a long time.
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