The Heaven Family!
One of the Five Great Noble Families—and the one that had signaled the three families, including Meng Tianqi's, to wipe out the Hou Family.
Since the Hou Family planned to collect their debt, their first target was the Heaven Family!
"What did you say?"
"A challenge letter? To our Heaven Family?"
"And the Hou Family sent it? What kind of joke is this?"
"Tell me, why is the Hou Family still alive? How did they even get the chance to send us a challenge letter?"
"Hahahahaha! Good, very good! Is this how you handle things?"
The Heaven Family Head stared coldly at the trembling clan member, fury burning in his eyes.
Was a mere Hou Family really that hard to kill?
"Family Head, what... should we do?"
"What should we do? Do you really need to ask me? A mere Hou Family—I don't know where they got the nerve, but they dare send our Heaven Family a challenge letter and demand repayment."
"Tell those three families that if I hear the name Hou Family again, they won't need to exist anymore."
"Does a trivial matter like this warrant my personal involvement?"
"Do you have no brains?"
"Do you know who I am, and who they are?"
"Yes... understood, Family Head."
Forget the Hou Family as it was now—even back when it ranked among the Six Great Noble Families, the Heaven Family had never taken it seriously.
After all, the Hou Family had never had much ambition, nor much drive to cultivate, so its strength had never been impressive.
That was why, back then, so many people in the Land of Heavenly Halberd refused to accept the Hou Family as one of the Six Great Noble Families.
It had no stone stele, no strength to speak of, and