Chapter 92 Ancestor Worship Ceremony

Chapter 92 Ancestor Worship Ceremony

While Ling Yunxiao and Qi Qingxiong were fighting, Lou Yuqing and her group successfully entered the Hu family's residence. Before them lay a beautiful scene of artificial hills and flowing water, clearly the Hu family's back garden.

At the moon gate, two maids carrying food boxes turned around and were about to bump into them. Lou Yuqing and the other three quickly hid in the space of the artificial hill.

Most of the servants in the Hu family were low-level Qi Refining cultivators. After Lou Yuqing and the others used their concealment technique, the two maids did not notice anything unusual.

One of the maids whispered, "After the Second Miss found out that her affair with Young Master Xie had spread throughout the city, she smashed a lot of things. She's probably not going to calm down anytime soon. Let's go slowly, lest the Second Miss gets angry and punishes us."

Another maid sighed, "How slow can it be? We're just lowly maids who deliver meals. We have no background or status. If we're late, the Second Miss will have a perfect excuse to vent her anger on us."

The two maids walked nervously through the back garden toward Hu Ruofeng's boudoir.

Si Nidie peeked out and saw that they had walked away. She asked, "The four of us are too conspicuous. It would be better if we split up and investigate the Hu family. Who will come with me to investigate Miss Hu the Second?"

"I'm with my senior sister." Lou Yuqing put away the communication jade slip. She tried, but still couldn't contact Ling Yunxiao. She originally thought it was because of the barrier, but now that she was inside, she didn't know why it still didn't work.

They paired up, and Shen Lijun and Chu Qingyang naturally formed a group together, leaving in opposite directions. Before leaving, the four of them agreed to meet in the back garden.

The Hu family was large and powerful, with many servants coming and going.

Lou Yuqing and Si Nidie used invisibility techniques to carefully follow behind the little maid. As long as they did not use their spiritual power, those with lower cultivation levels than them could not see through their disguise.

At that moment, a series of loud crashes and bangs came from inside the room.

Hu Ruofeng roared in fury, "You lowly commoners! You're all lowly commoners! How dare you interfere in my affairs? I'll tear their mouths apart! I'll tear their ears apart!"

"Please calm down, Miss." The maidservant knelt down and pleaded, her voice trembling, almost inaudible compared to Hu Ruofeng's.

"How can you expect me to calm down?!"

As soon as Hu Ruofeng finished speaking, the sound of whipping rang out, "crack crack crack," creating a gust of wind, followed by the screams of her personal maid, sending chills down everyone's spine.

Two maids carrying meals stood at the courtyard gate, trembling with fear. They knew the second young lady had a wicked nature, but they hadn't expected that even her personal maids hadn't escaped. In that case, they were in even greater danger.

When the servants passed by the courtyard, they quickened their pace, fearing that the Second Miss would take her anger out on them. The rumors outside had become increasingly unbearable over time, which showed just how angry the Second Miss was.

Moreover, the second young lady's temper wasn't exactly good to begin with. Compared to the second young lady who was prone to hurting people, they preferred the eldest young lady who was gentle and mild-mannered. If the head of the family hadn't died young, the current lady wouldn't be the matriarch now.

Hearing the sounds of whipping and pleas for mercy from inside the room, Si Nidie's face showed displeasure. She transmitted her voice to Lou Yuqing and cursed, "This woman is indeed worthy of colluding with Xie Wenheng and being treacherous. They are all cut from the same cloth."

Lou Yuqing already knew Hu Ruofeng's personality from the system, so she wasn't too surprised to see this, but she still felt a little sorry for her when she heard the wailing.

Just then, a woman dressed in jewels and silk, surrounded by servants, came to the courtyard. Her appearance was somewhat similar to Hu Ruofeng's, and she was none other than the mistress of the household.

She glanced at the two young maids who were curtsying, and a casual remark weighed on their hearts: "If you are bringing food to the young lady, why are you lingering and not going in?"

The two maids fell to their knees with a thud, opening their mouths to explain. But the next moment, the mistress of the house directly ordered the servants, "Drag these two derelict maids away and beat them to death!"

"Madam, spare our lives!" the two maids cried out in anguish. They never imagined that a simple meal delivery would cost them their lives.

Lou Yuqing stopped her senior sister's raised hand and shook her head.

Si Nidie's eyes were filled with rage. She couldn't stand people who treated human life like dirt. If it weren't for the fact that this was a trial in a small world, she would have already been unable to suppress her killing intent.

The matriarch ordered the servants to stay outside and entered alone: ​​"Ruofeng, your mother has come to see you!" Taking advantage of the moment the door closed, Lou Yuqing and her senior sister entered the courtyard.

The sound of whipping inside the house stopped abruptly.

Hu Ruofeng said angrily, "What's the use of my mother coming to see me? If I don't shut those lowly people up, how will I ever be able to face anyone in the future!"

The door opened, and a strong smell of blood wafted out.

The smell of blood came from the personal maid lying on the ground, convulsing. Her body was covered in wounds, her skin torn and bleeding.

Hu Ruofeng held the whip in her hand with a gloomy expression. Her clothes were stained with the other person's blood, and some blood was even splattered on her face, making her look particularly fierce.

"How did you get yourself into this state? Quickly wipe it off." The mistress of the house took out a handkerchief and gently wiped her daughter's face, but she ignored the miserable state of her personal maid, which seemed extremely ironic.

Perhaps feeling that this wasn't enough to vent her anger, Hu Ruofeng arrogantly pointed at her personal maid and said, "Mother, she dirtied my floor. Send her away. I don't want to see her again!"

"Alright, alright, Mother will do as you say. Go change your clothes. There's blood on them, don't you feel uncomfortable?" The matriarch of the family had an indulgent expression.

He turned and used magic to move his personal maid to the courtyard gate, then calmly ordered, "Clean it up."

"yes!"

Lou Yuqing found this scene absurd and suddenly recalled a wise saying: Behind every bratty child is a bratty parent. Hu Ruofeng's ruthless nature was largely due to the madam of the household.

She listened patiently.

The matriarch looked at her daughter, who had changed her clothes, and said with a helpless smile, "Ruofeng, you need to restrain yourself a bit lately. All the branches of the Hu family are on their way, and we can't afford to make any mistakes."

"Mother, did you come here just to warn me?!" Hu Ruofeng said indignantly. "I'm the one who's been wronged! You have no idea how awful those lowly people's words were. I really wanted to kill them all!"

Si Nidie rolled her eyes. You've already done it, why are you afraid of what people will say? You keep calling yourself a lowly person, as if you're so noble.

"I'm not blaming you. It's no big deal if a few servants die, but the family's ancestral worship ceremony is in three days. Your status as heir will be determined at the ceremony. During this time, it's best not to cause any trouble." The matriarch's tone gradually became stern.

Lou Yuqing and Si Nidie exchanged a glance and memorized the four words "ancestral worship ceremony".

Hu Ruofeng knew her mother meant well, but she couldn't help but retort, "Mother, you're overthinking it. Among the next generation of the Hu family, I am the most talented. Who else could be the heir besides me!"

The matriarch looked at her daughter and said slowly, "Hu Ruoyan's talent is no less than yours."

Hu Ruofeng immediately jumped up and down: "She was kicked out of the list of candidates for successor by my father long ago. In recent years, her cultivation has stagnated. She is not even as good as the members of the Hu family's branch clan. How can she be worthy of competing with me!"

From a very early age, Hu Ruofeng regarded her elder sister as her greatest enemy in life, but as time went by, she found that she had left her sister far behind.

This gave her a strong sense of accomplishment and pride. The other party was no longer her opponent, and she did not suppress the other party because she wanted the other party to witness firsthand how she gradually achieved glory.

She has always done this very well. Even on the night Xie Wenheng came to propose to her elder sister, she deliberately got drunk and seduced him into a one-night stand, all so that her elder sister would lose any chance of turning her life around.

In her view, Baiyan Sect was the most powerful force in the area. Once Hu Ruoyan established close ties with Baiyan Sect, it would mean that she had the right to oppose her, which was something she could not tolerate.

As for Hu Ruoyan's refusal of the marriage proposal, she completely ignored it.

She secretly met with Xie Wenheng not because she loved him, but because she saw an opportunity to profit from it. In addition, she was indeed very happy being served, so she reluctantly went along with it.

But what happened next was completely out of her control. The whole city was talking about her scandalous affair with Xie Wenheng, and she was furious when she heard about it!

The matriarch patted her shoulder, her eyes deep: "Mother has discovered that Hu Ruoyan has been making some moves recently, but what exactly they are is still unknown."

Hu Ruofeng was taken aback. In her mind, Hu Ruoyan was already a defeated opponent, so she was a little surprised to hear that the other party seemed unwilling to give up.

“But it doesn’t matter,” the matriarch continued, her tone very gentle. “No matter how she tries, as long as your mother is here, she can’t shake your status as heir.”

Upon hearing this, Hu Ruofeng's anger gradually subsided. Yes, with her mother around, Hu Ruoyan was nothing. Once the ancestral worship ceremony was over, the other party would be nothing more than her plaything.

She had already decided to let the other party go, but since the other party was secretly plotting something, she shouldn't blame her for disregarding their sisterly bond.

Hu Ruofeng assured, "Mother, rest assured, I will stay in my room from now on until the day the ancestral worship ceremony begins, and I will make Hu Ruoyan bow down to me!"

"It's good that my son knows. There are priorities in everything." The lady of the house smiled. "Hu Ruoyan's matter is a minor one. Let her struggle for a few more days."

Hu Ruofeng nodded, then, as if remembering something, asked, "Is Hu Ruoyan's face really fully healed?"

Lou Yuqing saw the look of jealousy on her face and thought to herself that the relationship between the first wife and the second wife's daughter was truly complicated.

"It's all better now." The matriarch didn't care about it. If face were so important, the head of the Hu family wouldn't have married her less than three months after his first wife's death.

By then, the Hu family had already risen to prominence. Her ability to marry into the family was not based on her looks, but on the power of her family behind her.

Hu Ruofeng, however, was not as forgiving as the mistress of the household. She gritted her teeth and said, "Why didn't the demon capture her and disfigure her? She was a good-for-nothing and was even beaten to death by the demon hunter. She deserved it."

The resentment in his words was undisguised.

Lou Yuqing was silent for a moment, then realized why the communication jade slip hadn't responded. After the demon was captured, Ling Yunxiao must have left the Hu family.

After the mistress of the house left, Hu Ruofeng continued to berate Hu Ruoyan, spewing out a string of insulting words that made Lou Yuqing and Si Nidie feel uncomfortable. Seeing that there were no other clues, they left the courtyard and went to look for clues elsewhere.

at the same time.

After seeing off the other three disciples, Ling Yunxiao and Qi Qingxiong looked at each other for a long time before unanimously choosing to leave.