The elders cast a glance at the rude Wei Yunqing, then tacitly left the council hall together. No one answered her question, and her face flushed red with anger. Never before had she been so thoroughly ignored.
Afterward, she stormed off to see Wei Lingyue. From him, she learned that Wei Chenyin had officially returned to the family, taken over Ancestor Nanfeng's position, and summoned the clan elders for a discussion. Wei Yunxi had accompanied her throughout, and the difference in the two sisters' standing within the family was plain for all to see.
Seeing his eldest daughter's ugly expression, Wei Lingyue brought up the old matter again. "Yunqing, this is all because your father failed to form a core, making you suffer humiliation alongside me. If I had advanced to Golden Core, my voice in the family would carry more weight too. Look—"
Yunqing did not respond at all. She was not stupid. Wei Yunxi was also his daughter, and the only reason the Family Head held her in such esteem was because she had already formed a core and earned the family's regard through her own strength. Yunqing could do the same. There was no need to take a roundabout path.
Her mother had specifically warned her before to beware of Wei Lingyue scheming against her. If there truly were an opportunity to advance to Golden Core, she would only keep it in her own hands, not give it to a father who offered her no help whatsoever.
It could only be said that this father and daughter were equally selfish and self-serving. Yunxi ought to be grateful that she possessed a mature soul. Otherwise, if she continued to be taught by people like them, one day they would block her own path to immortality.
Now, Wei Lingyue,