"Oh?"
Li Tianming had not expected the motive to be so simple. He was still somewhat surprised.
"Alas!" The Second Warden suddenly seized Li Tianming's hand and sighed. "Worthy nephew, your uncle has no choice either. In the matter of passing down the family line, I made a grave strategic error. The result now is that Meng'er is still young, while her other brothers are all good-for-nothings. Meanwhile, the other two families are producing geniuses one after another and flourishing with each passing day. If I do not stop them now, and let their next generation of elites enter the demonic viscera, then once I grow old, our family will be devoured by them!"
"Ah?"
This was still quite novel to Li Tianming. He cautiously asked, "Uncle, do you mean that the other two families have their eyes fixed avidly on us?"
How could it be merely having their eyes fixed avidly on them? "They have already gone too far, even grasping my vital weakness!" The Second Warden looked toward Jiang Meng, his eyes reddening as he said, "The last time Meng'er was kidnapped, my blood brother had merely been bewitched and used by others. The true masterminds behind it were those two families! I could deal with that brother of mine, but I could not retaliate against them! It truly infuriates me to no end."
"So that was it..."
Li Tianming roughly judged that the Second Warden was probably not lying about this. Back then, that Eight-Curse Serpent had shown Jiang Meng no mercy. It had not been an act; it had truly harbored vicious malice.
Li Tianming had thought it was simply the Second Warden's younger brother who had done it. He had not expected there to be others behind the scenes.
At this point, Jiang Meng seemed