Why did you provoke me?

Jia Daoyi led the man into a spacious room.

But the scene inside was truly terrifying. Countless lines swayed erratically throughout the room.

All the bone painters collectively fell into a semi-comatose state.

"Master Gong, what do you think?" Jia Daoyi turned to look at the reinforcements he had invited.

Master Gong was a woman in her fifties, dressed appropriately, holding a handkerchief in her hand, her fingers slender and fair. She raised her head, her eyes slightly narrowed.

Jia Daoyi did not make another sound to disturb them.

"It's actually a Level 2 Alien." Master Gong's fingers twitched slightly, and her own lines suddenly shot towards a point in the air.

The lines there seemed to have encountered a natural enemy, scattering in all directions. A bluish object hung from the bottom of a black line.

The woman surnamed Gong slowly approached, and a very faint scent wafted over. She seemed momentarily dazed, then stood still.

Suddenly, a black line lashed out at the woman's body, causing her to shudder, but she did not move.

Looking at the scene before him, Jia Daoyi sighed inwardly. Had another one fallen into the abyss?

About ten minutes later, Jia Daoyi left the room on his own.

Fake Fairy rushed forward, "Clan leader, how is Master Gong?"

"Didn't I tell you to leave? Why are you still here?" Jia Daoyi retorted.

"I was just worried, so I waited outside. It's good to have someone to run errands for me."

The fake fairy's expression was sincere, and her words were also appropriate, so Jia Daoyi didn't say anything more.

She glanced around the room, then at the clan leader beside her. Fake Fairy tentatively asked, "Master Gong, have you also fallen for this trap?"

Jia Daoyi slowly walked out of this area.

"Clan leader, should we continue to seek help from other clans?"

It took Jia a long time to speak, "Inviting people costs money! This is the fourth one already. Unless we invite the merchant, but that wouldn't be enough to show our sincerity."

Fake Fairy paused for a moment. The clan leader really dared to think that the old ancestor of the Shang clan had surpassed the Bone Painter and had not been seen for many years.

"So what do we do now? We can't just give in."

"The favors you owe someone for helping you out are no different from working for a certain power. You're both powerless, you have to bow your head and depend on others."

At this moment, the fake fairy saw the helplessness of the clan leader's younger brother.

He quietly slowed down, considering the decision to submit. This was a matter of great importance concerning the honor and disgrace of his family, and he mustn't be implicated.

Jia Daoyi glanced casually at the fake fairy behind him out of the corner of his eye. He curled his lip; with such a lack of responsibility, even if given an important task, he would still be a good-for-nothing.

"Zhengxue, gather your assets. A family like ours will not choose annihilation as long as there is even a sliver of hope."

"Clan leader, are we really going to take this path? Won't we be in a very passive position later?" Jia Xian'er tried to persuade Jia Daoyi. "How about I keep some of my assets outside? What if we have a chance to leave this organization in the future?"

"Go and convene a meeting of the clan elders. This is a life-or-death moment that will determine the fate of the clan, and I cannot make the decision alone."

The fake fairy bowed her head and agreed, but in her heart she was thinking, "She speaks so grandly, but in reality she's just looking for someone to share the blame."

Jia Daoyi didn't care about Jia Xian'er's attitude or thoughts. But there were too many people in the family with ulterior motives over the years, so it wouldn't hurt to take this opportunity to reorganize things.

Jia Daoyi's thinking was simple: if such a superpower truly existed, the hidden families would certainly know about it. No one could withstand the investigation of a hidden family; anyone or anything that threatened their family would be eliminated without hesitation, without even the slightest thought of trying to win them over.

Therefore, he no longer believes that these ten people have a solid background, and given the opportunity, the Jia family may go even further.

Fake Fairy had wanted to leave for a long time, but leaving now would give others cause for gossip, and he also wanted to see how those bone-drawing masters were doing. That's why he delayed until now.

"Alright, I'll go and invite the clan elders, and then I'll return the account books. I hope you'll be lenient and leave me some. I'm not doing this for myself, but to leave the clan with a glimmer of hope."

Jia Daoyi nodded in agreement, "Our family always needs some peripheral businesses. No one else is as good as you. They're clumsy and their accounts are a mess. We have no choice but to use you as an example."

The frustration in Jia Xian'er's heart felt like it was about to burst out of his body. He was good at falsifying accounts, but he had never heard of anyone using someone who falsified accounts as a typical example.

Jia Daoyi sighed, "There's a lot of shoddy stuff here. Even if they want to count and verify it, it will take them a lot of time. This makes it easier for them to transfer the rest of the family's good stuff away."

Fake Fairy felt that his legs weighed a ton, and he thought it was alright not to leave.

"Clan leader, for the sake of the clan, I would be willing to contribute anything, even myself, let alone some financial resources."

"Are you really willing?" Jia Daoyi's words startled the fake fairy.

What doesn't the fake immortal understand now? He was abandoned by his family, and he became the scapegoat.

"I am willing, but I am used to my current life and cannot endure any hardship. I hope my family will continue to support me in the future."

"No problem. I will have them record your contributions to the family in the family log. The family will not forget your dedication."

"Go ahead and do it well and thoroughly, so that it doesn't become riddled with loopholes before anyone investigates."

"You can rest assured I'll handle things!" The fake immortal's heart was bleeding. He knew his younger brother, the clan chief, was no pushover. No matter how sweet his words were, they couldn't change the fact that he had been abandoned.

After leaving this place, Jia Xian'er sent someone to invite the clan elders, while he left his main family and went directly to the city's headquarters.

He sat in his chair, lost in thought for a long time. Since the family had clearly made it clear that he should take the blame, did that mean that someone had really done something unforgivable and he had just happened to be caught in the crossfire?

He summoned his trusted confidants and ordered, "Sort down the publicly known businesses and hand them over to the family. Also, find a reason to send everyone who did the work that day to work in the mines."

He remembered that Nangong Tianshou had said that he knew the key figures in that force, and asked if he should make contact with them to find a way out for himself.

Upon receiving instructions from Secretary Wu, Jing San issued an ultimatum to the Jia family: "If you do not make a decision, I will eliminate all the bone-drawing masters in your family."

This immediately seized control of the Jia family's lifeline.

Jia Daoyi had no choice but to give in. But when it came time to sign the contract, Jing San and the others disappeared, leaving only one sentence: "Prepare your things, we will send someone to receive them later."

At this moment, Secretary Wu received another message from Jing San: "The Jia family has agreed to our demands, but we don't understand how to sign the contract! What should we do?"

Secretary Wu felt that his hairline seemed to have receded in the past few days. This was a hot potato, and he couldn't make a decision about it.

So he changed the subject, "The Zhou family, you did the same thing?"

Jing San cleverly spoke up, "Not yet. We dare not make a move rashly this time; we'll see what the sect decides."