Chen Ding's Grievance!

Chen Family Domain.

Chen Li, the Chen Family's Third Elder, sat upright in his chair, his expression dark as though covered by a layer of frost.

Seated around him were the Chen Family's senior figures who had withdrawn with him from the front lines.

Every one of them wore an icy expression that inspired fear at a glance.

Several days ago, while they had still been stationed at the outer perimeter of the Padtic Demon Eye, they had already learned what had happened to the Chen Family—

The Scripture Repository had been ransacked, Chen Ding had suffered a Severe Wound, and Chen Kou had gone half-mad.

They had thought matters were already bad enough.

Who could have imagined that something even more explosive was waiting ahead—

The Chen Family treasury was empty!

Empty in the literal sense!

The Chen Family's accumulated wealth of countless centuries

was gone!

That damned thief had even torn up every single spiritwood floorboard used to nurture beast pet eggs!

He hadn't left them so much as a strand of hair!

When they had first received the news, half of the Chen Family's senior figures had fainted on the spot.

The other half had suffered blocked qi channels and vomited mouthfuls of blood in rage.

But the Demon Eye had been in turmoil at the time, and they had still needed to assist in the defense, leaving them unable to return.

Only after everything had temporarily settled did they rush back.

The moment they arrived at the Chen Family, they did not even have time to rest before gathering in the Council Hall, determined to uncover the full truth of the matter.

Amid the suffocatingly oppressive wait, the Chen Family disciples finally arrived.

The crowd parted, revealing Chen Ding reclining in a stretcher chair.

The master