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As Fang Shu settled deep in the mountains and squeezed the spirit vein dry, strange disturbances also arose throughout the Tang Family's immortal mountain.
Lady Tang, her daughter, and Grandma Qin were keeping the clan grounds sealed, guarding the family estate with care. All three sensed the disturbance.
"Is this... something wrong with the ancestors' spirit vein?" Grandma Qin blurted out.
Tang Zhu frowned. At once, she followed the inherited formula, extended her divine sense, connected with the formation around the family residence, and sensed the movements within the immortal mountain.
Then the girl looked at her mother and hesitated before saying:
"Mother, someone is drawing upon the source of the mountain's spirit vein. It should be Master Hu. If this continues, I fear the mountain's spirit vein will suffer grievous damage to its vitality and be difficult to restore in the future."
Yet after hearing this, Lady Tang remained quite calm, without the slightest hint of surprise.
She merely nodded. "I understand."
Her attitude caught Grandma Qin and Tang Zhu off guard. One old and one young, both seemed to want to speak but held back.
Seeing their expressions, Lady Tang smiled lightly and said:
"It is fine. This was already within my expectations. Besides, Fellow Daoist Hu is an honest and generous man. He should leave our clan a breath of life. So long as we survive the critical century ahead, there should be no issue."
At these words, Tang Zhu immediately fell into thought and said nothing.
Grandma Qin, however, could not help saying, "Then what about after a hundred years? If the spirit vein in the mountain runs dry, Miss and the Tang Family will..."
Lady Tang's smile grew even brighter. "After a hundred years? If my Tang Family cannot turn things around within these