"Fifth, Sixth, immediately investigate every detail of this matter for me. Bring all the information and evidence, without leaving out a single thing, to the back mountain."
"Seventh and Eighth, come with me. Capture that wretch, and we'll head to the back mountain to catch up with Third."
The Eldest finally made his decision.
The moment he spoke, everyone's expressions changed.
Fifth was the one who had just relayed the intelligence one piece after another.
Back then, as the Fifth Elder and a powerful elder, he had been in charge of intelligence from all sides.
"Eldest, Xian Wuhuan is the mountain lord after all. That couple's reputation is already rotten enough—surely they wouldn't go too far, would they?" Fifth asked.
"You said it yourself: that couple's reputation is already foul. Would they care if it became even fouler?"
The Eldest shook his head noncommittally and said in a deep voice, "If I'm not mistaken, that Zi Xiaoyao should be the son-in-law chosen by the Poison Couple."
"That wretch wants to lay hands on their son-in-law. How could the Poison Couple possibly let it pass so easily?"
"Don't forget, that Poison Couple are ruthless people who would even kill their own father, their Qin brothers, and their own nephews still in swaddling clothes."
The six elders fell silent at once.
How could they not know how terrifying that couple was?
"Say no more. The Poison Couple don't acknowledge us uncles, but Third is our Qin brother. More than ten of his sons were killed by the Poison Couple. Menghan is still his grandnephew, and with the face of us six old fellows added in, that old bastard should personally teach him a lesson," the Eldest said.
After remaining silent for a while, the six elders all let out helpless sighs.
That