Qingyuan's Rebuke

As his words fell, a clamor of footsteps rose from the front courtyard of the Xie Family, a Ranked Family.

Everyone turned to look and discovered that the newcomers were no strangers.

They were none other than Li Jiaheng, head of the Li Family, a Ranked Family, and Sun Mingrui, head of the Sun Family, a Ranked Family.

When Li Jiaheng and Sun Mingrui saw Xie Rongxuan, head of the Xie Family, a Ranked Family, kneeling before everyone with a bitter expression, their hearts both skipped a beat.

Among the crowd, Zhou Qingyuan, the magistrate of Qingyang County Territory, was filled with fury when he saw the two standing there dumbfounded.

Though within Qingyang County Territory, the foundations and influence of the Ranked Families could dictate the lives of all its people, on the surface, Zhou Qingyuan, magistrate of Qingyang County Territory, was the embodiment of the Imperial House of the Great Yu Immortal Dynasty there!

Zhou Qingyuan, magistrate of Qingyang County Territory, shouted furiously, "Li Jiaheng! Sun Mingrui! Get your asses over here!"

Zhou Qingyuan, magistrate of Qingyang County Territory, was truly angry.

He had thought he could take a gamble and discuss future plans with Wu Bochang, head of the Wu Family, a Ranked Family, Meng Jingshan, patriarch of the Xinghua Village Meng Family, and Baili Shouxi, an elder of the Sixth-Rank Cultivation Family, the Baili Family.

Who could have imagined that Xie Rongxuan, Li Jiaheng, and Sun Mingrui had truly colluded in secret with Yang Shouming, head of the Yang Family, a Ranked Family, Wang Renhua, head of the Wang Family, a Ranked Family, and Zhang Wenhai, head of the Zhang Family, a Ranked Family, intending to jointly murder Meng Jingshan, patriarch of the Xinghua Village Meng Family!

This was nothing less than a resounding slap across