Ever since Xiang Hua made a deal with Lu Xiaotian, he had rarely returned to the Prince's Estate. He only sneaked back to pay respects to his mother, and felt no sense of belonging to the estate. On his last visit, however, he had run into Yu Guanzhong.
In the eyes of Yu Guanzhong, a Golden Core Late Stage Cultivator, Xiang Hua had made no effort to conceal his aura, so his cultivation level was impossible to hide. A bastard heir who had never been particularly quick to cultivate had advanced so far in such a short time. Naturally, this caught Yu Guanzhong's attention.
When Xiang An heard about it, envy and jealousy gnawed at him. He had gone to considerable lengths to persuade the Prince of Changning to send men to summon Xiang Hua. If He Chongshan and several other Golden Core Cultivators weren't there to back him up, he never would have dared come to the Drunken Immortal Winehouse. The suppression higher-level cultivators exerted on those beneath them was simply too great.
"Born of the same roots, why should we torment one another so cruelly? Second Brother, don't you think you've gone too far?"
Hearing Xiang An accuse him of stealing spiritual items from the Prince's Estate, selling them, and using the proceeds to buy pills that raised his cultivation, Xiang Hua flew into a rage. He watched Xiang An's smug expression, and a trace of murderous intent flashed through his heart. The pills he had consumed over the past eleven years amounted to an astronomical number. What spiritual items in the Prince's Estate could possibly be worth that much?
"The innocent need no defense, and the guilty will be exposed in time. For now, it's only a suspicion; no one's saying it's certain. We're just asking Seventh