Yunxi's divine sense had long since discovered who had burst in. Since everything that needed to be explained had already been said, she made no deliberate move to stop the person, treating it merely as a show.
Only after Du Ruolan rushed in did she realize that there were just three people in the council hall. Wei Yunxi sat in the seat of honor, while the Family Head and her younger uncle merely accompanied her. Yunxi looked at her with a half-smile, and the courage Du Ruolan had summoned when charging in instantly deflated.
Yunxi had no intention of speaking first, but Wei Lingtao frowned and said,
"Du Ruolan, why have you barged into the council hall?"
He was unwilling even to call her sister-in-law. Leaving aside the fact that Wei Lingyue's cultivation was lower than his, even her own biological daughter looked down on the Wei Family. When the family was in trouble, she had never once offered a helping hand. Instead, she had reached out to demand resources from the family. The scales in his heart had long tipped toward Yunxi, so he disliked Du Ruolan more and more. Naturally, his tone was far from pleasant.
Du Ruolan trembled before finally giving a curtsey. "Ruolan was presumptuous. Hearing that Yunxi had returned, I wished to inquire about Yunqing's recent circumstances."
Yunxi swept a glance over the meek-looking Du Ruolan, a mocking curve lifting at the corner of her lips. She said lightly, "I have only just emerged from seclusion and have not seen Yunqing in the sect. You may send her a Message Talisman."
The moment Du Ruolan heard Yunxi refer to herself that way, she abruptly raised her head to look at the seat of honor, swallowed, and asked, "You've formed a Nascent Soul?"
"What? You did