"Dayan, what happened?" Mother's voice was calm. Nothing seemed to have happened on her end.
"Mom, I got myself into trouble again..." I told her the whole story from beginning to end. If killing all two hundred members of the Tang Household who cultivated the Profound Dao wasn't considered a major incident, then there was nothing major in this world.
The situation really was unclear now. If the Aristocratic Clans refused to let the matter go, we would definitely face their sanctions. The authorities were probably already figuring out how to deal with me. What was I supposed to do if they attacked the Four Little Immortal Daoist Temple?
I had no idea what to do, so I would only feel at ease if I brought Mother to live at the Four Little Immortal Daoist Temple. At worst, I could build a villa near Madam Qi's current cavern.
"That's the situation, Mom. You should come live in Dalong County. Forget about doing business there, and bring Xue'er and Miao Xiaoli too. It's dangerous there as well," I said.
"Mm, I understand. But not today. Xiaoli is here too. If anyone strange really shows up, I'll bring both of them over," Mother replied simply.
"By the way, is there really something going on between us and the Xia Household, or not? If there isn't, why were they so eager to issue a clarification before? That isn't something a major Aristocratic Clan would do. I've already come this far, so you should tell me about it. Even if you don't, I'll be coming into contact with them soon anyway. Mom, you don't know this, but Xia Ruize is so much like me. If we aren't biological brothers, then we must be distant cousins." I spoke to Mother.
There was silence on the