136: Chapter 136 The sky has fallen over the Luo family.

The doorman spread his arms, blocking their path, and shouted angrily, "How dare you trespass into the Luo Estate! Someone, come and throw them out!"

Before the words were finished, Liu Tingting reached out and patted the doorman on the shoulder, giving a light push, and the doorman flew out, landing in the bushes.

It just so happened that a dog had defecated in the bushes today, and the household servants hadn't cleaned it up properly, so it smeared all over the doorman's face.

"Wah, how dare you..."

Liu Tingting couldn't be bothered to pay attention, leaped up, and flew onto the roof of the front hall.

The Luo Estate's architecture was exceptionally tall. The front hall was built on a five-foot-high platform, the column bases were also five feet, they used thirty-foot giant wood for pillars, and the bracket system added another ten feet of height.

In short, it was a full five zhang off the ground, even taller than the main hall of the county magistrate's office.

This leap left the servants and handymen stunned.

The doorman was so scared he shuddered all over.

Although he was just a doorman, he was, after all, a doorman for the Luo Family and had some experience; he knew that this level of strength meant they were not ordinary people.

Xia Shaoxin also kicked off with both legs, stepped on the large flower bed in front of the hall, and barely managed to leap onto the roof of the front hall.

He looked down and was shocked beyond measure.

The Luo Estate was truly huge!

The so-called Luo City was half owned by the Luo Estate.

With two Ninth Level of Qi Refining members in the Family, they could indeed act arrogantly in the local area.

Even the magistrate of Shangliu County was not as imposing as the Luo Estate.

The Luo Estate was alarmed.

Soon, a fat old man ran over.

Seeing the two people standing on the roof, he hurriedly asked, "May I ask who you are, and why have you trespassed into my Luo Estate?"

Xia Shaoxin asked, "What is Elder Luo Xi to you?"

"How bold! Is the name of my Luo Family's Uncle Ancestor something you can just call out?" The group of people behind him instantly erupted.

Xia Shaoxin ignored them and changed the name, "Fine, let's not mention Elder Luo Xi then. What about Uncle Ancestor Luo You? What is he to you?"

The old man was dumbfounded and stammered, "He is my granduncle, my grandfather's elder brother."

As expected, the current Luo Family had no direct connection to Uncle Ancestor Luo You or Elder Luo Xi; they were all grandnephews.

"What is your name?" Xia Shaoxin asked.

A junior in the back, not yet understanding the situation, shouted loudly, "The Family Head is older than you, how dare you ask for the Family Head's name!"

In fact, Xia Shaoxin had already inquired that the person in charge of the Luo Family was named Luo Hai; he just wanted to confirm if this person was indeed Luo Hai so he could convey important matters.

Xia Shaoxin jumped down from the roof and landed steadily.

The Luo Family's front hall was exceptionally tall; if a Mortal jumped down, they would definitely break their legs.

Liu Tingting also gracefully flipped down from the front hall roof, but she deliberately used force, shattering the hard stone slabs on the ground.

Those ignorant juniors finally realized what was happening, dared not watch the spectacle anymore, and fled one after another.

Liu Tingting swept her eyes across the crowd, and everyone hurriedly avoided her gaze.

"Old man, may I ask your name now?" Xia Shaoxin said with a slight smile.

The old man hurriedly stepped forward and cupped his hands, "This old man is named Luo Hai, the Family Head of the Luo Family. May I ask, Immortal, how should I address you? Are you an old acquaintance of my Uncle Ancestor?"

Xia Shaoxin did not want to tell them his name, so he kept a cold face and remained silent.

Luo Hai dared not press the issue and turned to the people in the estate, saying, "The two Immortals are likely just passing by; hurry and prepare a banquet to entertain them properly."

Xia Shaoxin was here today to deliver the remains, so he didn't want to eat their food.

What kind of meal was this? Was it even good?

Without wasting words, he took out his Storage Pouch. It was small, held in his palm, but when he shook it in the wind, it turned into a large sack.

Even the stupidest person could see that these two were truly Cultivators, and everyone dared not make a sound.

That doorman was so scared he fainted.

Xia Shaoxin had originally intended to take out Uncle Ancestor Luo You's corpse, but felt it would be unseemly, so he walked into the front hall and ordered the Luo Family to find a piece of white cloth to spread on the ground.

Then, he took out the bones one by one and placed them on the ground.

Luo Hai asked in shock, what was the meaning of this?

Xia Shaoxin stood up and bowed solemnly to the bones.

"This is the skeleton of Uncle Ancestor Luo You, which Elder Luo Xi retrieved. Fortunately, not a single bone is missing."

Xia Shaoxin's voice was not loud, but it was like a thunderclap, silencing the Luo Estate's front hall completely.

"What did you say?"

After a long while, Luo Hai reacted, his lips trembling uncontrollably, and he shouted angrily, "Do not speak nonsense!"

"I am speaking nonsense? Uncle Ancestor Luo You has been missing for fifty years, do you not know this?" Xia Shaoxin asked seriously.

Thud, Luo Hai collapsed to the ground.

Uncle Ancestor Luo You had suddenly disappeared fifty years ago; how could the Luo Estate not know that they had lost a pillar of support?

But disappearance was not death; it always seemed to give people a glimmer of hope.

What if Uncle Ancestor Luo You had gone to some place to enter secluded meditation?

Once he emerged, he would be at the Foundation Establishment stage, and the Family would only become more prosperous.

Even if Uncle Ancestor Luo You didn't return, as long as Elder Luo Xi was there, the Luo Family could still hold on.

"Did Elder Luo Xi find the whereabouts of Uncle Ancestor Luo You?" Luo Hai spoke with great difficulty, as if someone were choking him.

"Yes, but unfortunately, Uncle Ancestor Luo You passed away fifty years ago."

"Where was he found?"

"This involves Immortal secrets; do not ask."

Luo Hai understood; he was just a Mortal, and if he couldn't ask, he shouldn't ask.

"What about Elder Luo Xi? Why didn't he come back with you? Does he have more important things to do?"

There was a look of longing and fear in Luo Hai's eyes.

Xia Shaoxin understood what the people of the Luo Family longed for and what they feared.

Unfortunately, the news he brought could definitely not fill people with hope.

"Elder Luo Xi, his corpse was taken away by the Shanyuan Sect."

Ah!

Ah ah!!

The Luo Estate instantly exploded.

Everyone fell to their knees on the ground with a thud, and the sound of wailing resounded throughout the entire mansion.

Watching the people sprawled all over the ground, Xia Shaoxin was also somewhat moved.

This deep sorrow was hard to define—whether it was because the Luo brothers had perished, or because the Family's pillar of support had collapsed—but the sorrow was real.

Liu Tingting was startled by the massive sound of mourning that suddenly flooded into her ears.

She had never seen such a scene before.

Cultivators had a detached Heart-Nature; when elderly Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters of the Chiyan Sect passed away, people only had moist eyes at most, and very few would wail loudly.

Xia Shaoxin thought to himself, with so many people weeping for the Luo brothers, the brothers must have supported the Family often in their daily lives; all their hard work over the years was worth it.

"Senior Elder Luo Xi ordered me to deliver the remains of Uncle Ancestor Luo You to be buried with his parents. My task is complete, so I shall take my leave."

He pulled Liu Tingting along and strode away.

Luo Hai's mind was buzzing, and by the time he remembered he should have asked them to stay for a meal, Xia Shaoxin had already left Luo City with quick strides.

Liu Tingting did not speak along the way, her expression grave.

"What are you thinking about?" Xia Shaoxin asked.

"I am thinking, if someone in the Family cultivates and achieves a certain level of success, will the people in the Family become this wealthy?"

"Yes, that is the meaning of a Family."

Oh!

Xia Shaoxin smiled and said, "Since you became an Inner Sect Disciple of the Chiyan Sect, your Family must be very prominent in your local area as well."

Liu Tingting said indifferently, "I don't know. Since I went up the mountain, I haven't seen anyone from my Family, nor have I received a single letter from home."

Xia Shaoxin suddenly realized that this might be Elder Qian Yunchang working behind the scenes.

Elder Qian Yunchang had cut off Liu Tingting's connection with her Family, allowing himself to replace the position of her Family in Liu Tingting's heart.

In this situation, if he were to shatter Elder Qian Yunchang's image, it would make Liu Tingting very upset.

It might even cause her to run off alone again.

So Xia Shaoxin did not continue this topic.