This house was the Wei Family's fallback.
In this universe, no one could claim they would last forever. Since ancient times, countless giants had vanished into history. The Wei Family was clever and had prepared more than one fallback.
A fallback could only keep them safe. Rebuilding their power would be far more difficult.
The mood in the house was oppressive. Since the Wei Family had arrived, they had rarely gone out. Many eyes watched from outside the gate, all belonging to the Eastern Frontier Alliance.
The Wei Family was bait. Whoever took them in would be fished out by Lu Yin. Seeing through this, Wei Baichuan had chosen not to flee, foiling Lu Yin's plan.
The Wei Family members in Ten Thousand Cities were bait too. The Eastern Frontier Alliance would never let them move freely.
"I can't take this anymore! Hiding like rats all day—I'm going out there to fight them!" a young member of the Wei Family roared, trying to charge outside, but the others held him back.
"The Young Master's life or death is unknown, and the Eastern Frontier Alliance hasn't used the family head's life to threaten him. That's the one piece of good fortune we have. We can't give the Eastern Frontier Alliance an opening!" an elder of the Wei Family scolded.
The people around them lowered their heads, their faces filled with sorrow.
The once-mighty Wei Family had fallen this low.
No one knew where Wei Rong was except one person: Qiong Xi'er. She was the one who had hidden him.
Wei Rong wasn't as down and out as the outside world imagined. He looked reasonably well. Though the Wei Family had fallen, Wei Baichuan, Weixin'er, and the others were still alive, and many members of the family had taken refuge in Ten