The Xie Household's Evil God Descends in Person

In the past, when the people of Qingwu County encountered evil spirits, they could only ask the Big Three to perform rites and drive them away. Returning Dragon Abbey offered the widest range of services, and its fees were steep.

Father's purpose in holding today's ceremony could not have been clearer—

He wanted the Xie Household to become a fourth choice for Qingwu County's million residents.

What daring!

Xie An realized he had underestimated his usually gentle, refined father.

Before, Xie An had respected Xie Zhengtang with a son's affection for his father. But now... he genuinely admired him from the bottom of his heart.

Though his father had focused the publicity on Wuqiao Town, he had also meant for the news to spread.

That was why so many wealthy families and gangs had come to witness the ceremony today.

In plain terms, they had come to see whether the Xie Household could pull it off.

If today's ceremony failed, the Xie Household would be nothing more than a farce.

If it succeeded, the Xie Household would rise to an entirely new level. Of course, it would also face far greater risks.

After all, it was taking territory from the Big Three.

Xie An vaguely remembered A Shan saying that the Xie Household had built granaries holding three hundred thousand shi of grain and vaults holding a million taels of silver in Wuqiao Town...

Clearly, Father, Uncle Shui, and his elder sister had been planning this for a long time.

Xie An immediately weighed the plan's chances in his mind.

First, the Xie Household was immensely wealthy. Two-tenths of Qingwu County's outer-city tax revenue came from it each year. That alone showed its influence.

Second, the Xie Household had an Evil God of its own... His elder sister and father