Liu Family’s main residence. Recently, it has been like a hellish nightmare for the Liu Family, with one misfortune after another coming in quick succession. Now, within the Liu Family, there is a sense of panic. All major enterprises have withdrawn, whether it be the middle-level chief stewards or the lower-level helpers and tenant farmers, morale is extremely low, and even basic daily work is not completed well. It is no wonder that rumors are spreading outside, claiming the rise of the Wang Family, with the downfall of the Liu and Zhao Clans imminent. Yet, the Liu and Zhao Clans seem to be possessed, not taking any action or countering, as if they have already accepted this situation. Only the true core family members of the Liu and Zhao Clans know their real plans. A secluded courtyard slowly opens. A simply dressed middle-aged man walks out, his physique sturdy and his walking style robust like a dragon and tiger, radiating strong fierce energy. He is Liu Shenghao, the Spirit Platform Realm successor the Liu Family has meticulously trained for dozens of years. The Patriarch, Liu Shengye, who has been waiting here, smiled happily and approached with a cupped fist salute, "Brother, have you mastered the breakthrough to the Spirit Platform Realm? If the polishing is not thorough, perhaps it’s better to wait longer; our Liu Family can still endure." "Shengye, you’ve worked hard." Liu Shenghao’s eyes were filled with powerful confidence, "Decades honing a sword, I am greatly assured of advancing to the Spirit Platform Realm. Bring me the Celestial Spirit Pill and the auxiliary Spirit Pills. Today shall be the day I ascend to the Spirit Platform Realm." "Good, good, good." Patriarch Liu Shengye was moved, almost shedding tears. Recently, it’s been too tough for the Liu Family. Not only did the civilians within their territory rush to work on the Wang Family’s Zhuwei Lake project, But even some wealthy households didn’t hesitate to sell off ancestral holdings to purchase futures in the Wang Family’s Zhuwei Mansion estate, all hoping for gains despite potential losses. Under strong public and promotional warfare, everyone views the Liu and Zhao Clans as vicious floods and beasts, desperately avoiding them. In this, the Liu and Zhao Clans are completely powerless to counterattack. "As long as Brother reaches the Spirit Platform Realm," Liu Shengye excitedly smirked, "Several strong Spirit Platform Realm warriors among us will seize the moment and secretly kill that hateful Wang Shouzhe. All adversity will utterly, completely turn around." In the eyes of the Liu and Zhao Clans, Wang Shouzhe has become the number one enemy, replacing Wang Longyan. Once Wang Shouzhe is eliminated, the so-called rise of the Wang Family will be nothing more than a groundless aerial castle doomed to collapse. Even those who betrayed the Liu and Zhao Clans will eventually face retribution. Liu Shengye led Liu Shenghao all the way to the Patriarch’s courtyard, smiling and saying, "The Celestial Spirit Pill is hidden within the mechanism secret chamber of my bedroom; aside from the Ancestor, Yoonghao, and a few close ones, no one knows its location. Let me retrieve it for Brother~" He entered the bedroom, activated a mechanism, and a wall slowly opened. He walked into the secret chamber, retrieved a brocade box from the hidden cabinet, and then handed it to Liu Shenghao saying, "Brother, the family’s hope rests entirely on you." "Rest assured, Shengye." Liu Shenghao, slightly excited, accepted the long-desired brocade box, opened it and saw indeed there were several jade bottles inside. He opened one jade bottle, intending to sniff the aroma of the Celestial Spirit Pill, when suddenly his expression drastically changed: "This, what is this?" He poured it out, only to find a lump of flour. Liu Shenghao inwardly exclaimed that things were not good and hurriedly opened the auxiliary Spirit Pills bottles one after another, unsurprisingly, they were all replaced with flour balls. He roared, "Shengye, what’s going on?" Liu Shengye, having lived his entire life, never felt so flustered before. He sweated profusely, body trembling: "Impossible, impossible! Only a few people know about this secret chamber. Is it possible that Yoonghao did this? Someone, bring Yoonghao here." Liu Yonghao knelt in the courtyard, having been beaten until he spat blood, and said miserably, "Father, I didn’t take it, I really didn’t take it." "Oh yes, I remember now. Fifth Brother Yoongzhou invited me for flowers, no, for drinks, that day I drank too much and didn’t know what I said. Could it be..." "Yoongzhou?" Liu Shengye looked confused, "Yoongzhou is doing well, why would he want the Celestial Spirit Pill? No, it’s been a while since I saw Yoongzhou." "Yoongzhou said he was going to breakthrough to the Sixth Layer of the Qi Refining Realm and would strive for the family’s rise, so he went into seclusion." ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs, ᴘʟᴇᴀsᴇ ᴠɪsɪᴛ 𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹~𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮~𝚗𝚎𝚝 With such pulls involved. The Liu Family discovered Liu Yongzhou is indeed missing; the so-called seclusion was purely a blinding technique. At this point, the Liu Family finally realized there’s an issue with Liu Yongzhou. His problem is likely connected to Zhong Luoxian of the Zhong Family. The Liu Family members rushed to "Xia Garden," only to find the gates tightly shut, long deserted, with Zhong Luoxian nowhere to be found. In the Liu Family’s main residence. A group of elders, even Ancestor Liu Zhide, all gathered together. "Could it be that Yoongzhou was bewitched by Zhong Luoxian, stole the Celestial Spirit Pill, and betrayed the family to join the Zhong Family?" "Alas, day prevention, night prevention, internal traitors are hard to guard against. Yoongzhou nephew is muddled!" "Even if Zhong Family is a Celestial Human Family, they should not conduct such despicable acts, right? We should go to Changning Guard City Mansion to report them, demand they hand over the traitor Liu Yongzhou." "The Zhong Family’s powerful influence, and being the Celestial Human Families’ Hundred Islands Guard, how would they pay attention to us?"