"Under orders?"
"More or less."
The Hunchbacked Elder's tone carried a hint of melancholy. Seemingly unwilling to discuss the matter further, he changed the subject and asked, "Girl, tell me—what is the White Emperor Family's situation now?"
"Are they all well?"
Cloud Cliff Saintess was somewhat excited and failed to notice the strange look on the Hunchbacked Elder's face. Seeing him ask again about the White Emperor Family's current circumstances, she did not dare conceal anything.
She immediately laid out the White Emperor Family's present situation in full.
She did not dare hide the slightest detail.
She recounted everything, from how the White Emperor Family was now feared by the Liehuang Imperial Clan to how it had been infiltrated by the Four Great Evil Spirits, describing it all one by one.
The Hunchbacked Elder's expression turned ugly as soon as he heard this.
A sharp killing intent even flashed through his eyes.
"What a disgrace!"
"My Bai Family is the descendant of a mighty Emperor. How had we declined to such a state today? Such a vast Bai Family was actually being held up by four measly Divine Martial Realm cultivators?"
"And you even allowed those damned Evil Spirits to infiltrate the family?"
The Hunchbacked Elder was clearly furious at their failure to live up to expectations.
Cloud Cliff Saintess hurriedly said, "Ancestor, please calm your anger... As long as you are still here, we descendants have nothing to fear. Those Evil Spirits that infiltrated the family are even less of a concern..."
"You are wrong!"
The Hunchbacked Elder shook his head, a trace of unwillingness and sorrow flickering in the depths of his eyes.
"Though I am still here, I can no longer leave this place for the rest of my life. Even if I wished to do something