Arc 10Treasury, Lamp, and Succession

Li Yichen and Mo Yurou uncovered the Jiang Family’s betrayal inside the Heavenly Treasury, rescued the elders, and helped defeat most of Jiang Tianhao’s forces. After returning to Jinling, Li Yichen resumed his school life, while Su Shengnan faced a fight for control of the Su Family that Li Yichen stepped in to resolve.

  • Li Yichen and Mo Yurou bought Qian Qian’s Ancestral Oil Lamp, and Xiao Nan healed her father’s arm before the group left for Urumqi.
  • Mo Yurou bound the lamp’s devil to herself, named him Mo Ying, and the families opened the Sacred Treasury with the Yin-Yang Reversal Eight Trigrams Formation.
  • Jiang Tianhao’s traps killed and injured many members of the Su, Shen, and Qin families before he revealed his betrayal and imprisoned Elder Mo, Elder Wu, and Elder Wang.
  • Li Yichen rescued the trapped elders and learned that Jiang Tianhao had used pebbles containing power from Dazhuang to control the treasury’s mechanisms.
  • Li Yichen saved Qin Wenhan and Shen Beichen’s people, destroyed Old Ghost Lu, and wiped out the Jiang Family forces inside the treasury, though Jiang Tianhao escaped.
  • The elders tried to recruit Li Yichen, while Mo Yurou revealed Mo Ying, and Li Yichen then returned to Jinling University, gave Fang Enmeng responsibility for the Courier Station, and offered Wang Bo a piece of Hetian jade.
  • Li Yichen helped Sun Kai at the judo club, then went to the hospital after recognizing Su Shengnan and found her uncles disputing the Su Family succession.
  • Su Shengnan challenged her uncles with Old Master Su’s written choice of successor, but they called it a forgery and ordered her arrested until Li Yichen offered to wake Old Master Su to give his final instructions.
Chapters 226–250 Vol. 3 Read

Ch. 226I want to report a crime

Li Yichen and Mo Yurou left the lottery shop after Officer Wang arrested the owner, then headed off together. At Ghostface City, the four young heirs prepared to open the Heavenly Treasury, with Su Liang tricked into agreeing that the Su Family would lead the way.

  • Li Yichen kicked the lottery shop owner down after the owner swung a watermelon knife at him.
  • Officer Wang beat and arrested the owner, then apologized to Li Yichen and Mo Yurou before leaving.
  • Li Yichen found the lottery ticket and gave it to Mo Yurou, who put it in her Space Ring as a keepsake of their love.
  • At Ghostface City, Jiang Tianhao, Shen Beichen, and Qin Wenhan flattered Su Liang into volunteering the Su Family to lead the way into the Sacred Treasury.
  • Elder Wang and Elder Mo bickered until Elder Wu stopped them, and the Jinling Three Elders joined the gathering.
  • Jiang Tianhao presented the treasure map and said the Jiang Family believed the Heavenly Treasury was hidden inside Ghostface City.

Ch. 227A family heirloom

The Qin, Shen, Su, and Jiang families learned that the Blood Demon had been killed and prepared to open the Sacred Treasury passage at midnight. Meanwhile, Li Yichen and Mo Yurou visited a secondhand market, where a girl tried to sell a copper lamp that was her family heirloom.

  • Elder Mo confirmed that the Jiang Family’s treasure-map deduction was correct because the Blood Demon had recently set up a Yin-Yang Blood Sacrifice Array nearby.
  • Elder Mo revealed that a Chinese expert had killed the Blood Demon and his followers, and Elder Wu identified the expert as Li Yichen.
  • Jiang Tianhao explained that the families had to wait until midnight to use the Yin-Yang Reversal Eight Trigrams Array to open the Sacred Treasury passage.
  • Mo Yurou complained that the antiques at the night market were all fakes after searching for a gift for her grandfather.
  • A girl brought a dark-red copper lamp to a stall and asked the owner to buy it, explaining that her family needed money because her father was ill.

Ch. 228I'm not a scammer

Mo Yurou bought Qian Qian’s copper lamp for eighty thousand after recognizing a mysterious mark, then accompanied her to meet her injured father. The group entered the shantytown, where Li Yichen endured unwanted attention from women outside the houses.

  • Qian Qian tried to sell her family’s copper lamp in the market to pay for her father’s surgery, but stall owners offered only a few hundred and onlookers accused her of being a scammer.
  • Mo Yurou examined the lamp, noticed its unusual weight and a mysterious mark, and offered Qian Qian eighty thousand for it.
  • Mo Yurou put the lamp in her Space Ring and said she wanted to transfer the money directly to Qian Qian’s father.
  • Qian Qian told Mo Yurou, Li Yichen, Xiaobei, and Xiao Nan that her father had been injured while digging for jade and needed surgery to save his arm.
  • The group followed Qian Qian into the shantytown, where Li Yichen saw heavily made-up women outside dilapidated houses and felt exasperated by their attention.

Ch. 229Help!

Li Yichen and his companions found Qian'er’s father about to amputate his ruined arm, then bought the Ancestral Oil Lamp from him for eighty thousand. After Xiao Nan and Xiaobei mourned their dead parents, Li Yichen offered to take Xiaobei to the underworld, leaving Xiaobei terrified and pleading for help.

  • Qian'er returned home and found her father raising a cleaver to amputate his ruined arm, but she and Li Yichen stopped him.
  • Qian'er explained that Li Yichen had come to help and planned to buy the Ancestral Oil Lamp for eighty thousand, and her father agreed to the sale.
  • Li Yichen transferred the money, and Qian'er's father revealed that someone had once offered only five hundred for the lamp.
  • Qian'er and her father wept over his injury, while Xiao Nan and Xiaobei cried because they missed their dead parents.
  • Li Yichen offered to take Xiaobei to the underworld to see his parents, and Xiaobei panicked and begged for help.

Ch. 230Immortals descended to earth

Li Yichen and his companions hurried to the airport after Xiao Nan miraculously healed Qian Qian’s father. Li Yichen used his abilities to get everyone to the gate in time, and they boarded a flight to Urumqi.

  • Li Yichen received Ouyang Hai’s call that boarding had begun and said goodbye to Qian Qian and her father.
  • Xiao Nan healed Qian Qian’s father’s swollen, discolored arm with light and tiny white flames from her palm.
  • Li Yichen carried Xiao Nan into the air toward the airport while Mo Yurou and Xiaobei followed, leaving Qian Qian and her father stunned.
  • At the airport, Li Yichen put Mo Yurou, Xiao Nan, and Xiaobei into his Space Ring, then passed through the terminal wall and quickly reached the boarding gate.
  • Li Yichen brought his companions back out beside Ouyang Hai, who handed their boarding passes to the attendant.
  • Li Yichen, Ouyang Hai, Mo Yurou, Xiao Nan, and Xiaobei boarded the plane bound for Urumqi.

Ch. 231Oil Lamp Devil

On a flight, Mo Yurou activated the Bronze Lamp and released a devil who tried to attack her, but Li Yichen easily overpowered him. The devil begged for his life and agreed to become Mo Yurou’s pet, and she decided to judge him by his behavior.

  • Li Yichen and his companions boarded a plane, where Mo Yurou explained that the Bronze Lamp’s ancient mark made it valuable.
  • Mo Yurou dripped her blood onto the mark and rubbed the lamp, freezing the plane and summoning a blue-skinned devil.
  • The devil threatened to eat everyone and lunged at Mo Yurou, but Li Yichen slapped him and subdued him with his aura.
  • Li Yichen ordered the devil out of the lamp and considered destroying him, while Mo Yurou asked to keep him as a pet.
  • The devil agreed to serve Mo Yurou, and she said she would keep him if he behaved.

Ch. 232The Pet Contract

Mo Yurou sealed the Ghost King-level demon as her pet, renamed him Mo Ying, and learned he could transform into anything he had seen. After Li Yichen and Mo Yurou arrived in Urumqi, the experts on Stone Mountain began preparing the Yin-Yang Reversal Eight Trigrams Formation.

  • Li Yichen used Mo Yurou's blood to bind the demon to her, and he warned the demon that the bond would last as long as he lived.
  • Mo Yurou learned the demon's name was Saiban, renamed him Mo Ying, and told him to call her Big Sister.
  • Mo Ying transformed into Li Yichen, provoking Li Yichen to punch him and warn him not to touch Mo Yurou; Mo Yurou forbade Mo Ying from taking either of their forms.
  • Li Yichen, Mo Yurou, and their group landed in Urumqi and checked into the airport hotel Ouyang Hai had booked.
  • On Stone Mountain, Jiang Tianhao announced that the midnight hour had arrived and assigned the families their positions for the Yin-Yang Reversal Eight Trigrams Formation.

Ch. 233Opening the Sacred Treasury Again

Jiang Tianhao and the assembled experts opened the entrance to the Sacred Treasury, and the four families entered its vast passage. After they ran deep inside without encountering danger, a streak of yellow light suddenly raced toward Su Liang’s group.

  • Jiang Tianhao led 168 experts in activating the Yin-Yang Reversal Eight Trigrams Formation, which blasted open the entrance in Ghostface City.
  • Su Liang led the Su Family into the Sacred Treasury, followed by the Shen, Qin, and Jiang families and then Elder Mo, Elder Wu, and Elder Wang.
  • Inside, Master Liu warned Su Liang that the smooth, jointless cavern seemed suspicious, but Su Liang dismissed him and charged ahead.
  • The groups ran one or two thousand meters through the passage without meeting danger, while Jiang Tianhao stayed behind them.
  • Su Liang questioned whether the treasury was real, and a streak of yellow light suddenly raced toward the group along the ground.

Ch. 234Heavy losses

The four families suffered heavy casualties from two bursts of stone spikes in the passage, while their experts used different techniques to survive. Jiang Tianhao accepted the losses as bait, intent on securing the final victory.

  • Master Liu warned Su Liang and the others to get airborne, but the first wave of stone spikes killed ten Yellow Level fighters and one Profound Grade fighter from the Su Family.
  • Su Liang ordered his family to stay alert and spread out as the group advanced more cautiously.
  • A second trap made everyone heavier and sent them falling toward a fresh wave of spikes, forcing Su Liang, Master Liu, Qin Wenhan, Shen Beichen, Jiang Tianhao, and the other experts to use their abilities to survive.
  • The second attack left the families with further losses, bringing the Su Family's toll to fifteen Yellow Level fighters and three Profound Grade fighters across both attacks.
  • Master Lu asked whether the losses were worth it, and Jiang Tianhao said they were acceptable if the Jiang Family had the last laugh.

Ch. 235Time to draw in the net

Jiang Tianhao sealed the expedition’s retreat and led the Jiang Family deeper into the corridor, while the other families pursued them and found the bodies of their fallen members gathered ahead. As everyone examined the corpses, a sinister voice announced that the trap was meant to catch them all.

  • Jiang Tianhao crushed a pebble marked with the character for seven, causing the path behind the group to disappear, then claimed the Jiang Family would lead the way and ran deeper into the corridor.
  • Shen Beichen realized Jiang Tianhao had tricked them and led the Shen Family in pursuit; Qin Wenhan, Su Liang, Elder Mo, Elder Wang, and Elder Wu followed with their people.
  • The surviving members of the Shen, Su, and Qin Families chased the Jiang Family for several kilometers but found no trace of them, while the corpses behind them sank into the floor.
  • Master Liu used a vine to pull a body closer, and Qin Wenhan recognized it as a dead member of the Qin Family; three men then approached and confirmed that the bodies belonged to the fallen from all four families.
  • Shen Beichen questioned why the corpses had appeared there, and a sinister voice declared that the bodies had been gathered to catch everyone in one net.

Ch. 236Corpse Explosion Technique

Jiang Tianhao revealed that the Jiang Family had trapped the other families and used corpse explosions to devastate them. After capturing Su Liang and confronting Qin Wenhan and Shen Beichen, he trapped Elder Mo, Elder Wu, and Elder Wang inside a stone chamber with a mysterious spell.

  • The corpses exploded in succession, killing most of the Su, Qin, and Shen Family fighters and severely injuring Master Liu and Master Jin.
  • Jiang Tianhao and Master Lu emerged from a hidden doorway with the intact Jiang Family forces, and Jiang Tianhao ordered Su Liang captured and his legs broken.
  • Shen Beichen appealed to Elder Mo, Elder Wu, and Elder Wang for help, and Elder Mo confronted Jiang Tianhao about the Jiang Family's plan.
  • Jiang Tianhao crushed a stone marked with the character for eight and cast Stone Prison Space, sealing the three elders inside a chamber.
  • A human face appeared on the chamber wall and taunted Elder Mo, Elder Wu, and Elder Wang.

Ch. 237Outwitting the Three Elders

Elder Mo, Elder Wang, and Elder Wu struggled to escape a shrinking stone chamber whose walls repaired themselves after every attack. With the room down to ten meters square and their strongest treasures failing, Elder Wang asked Yufen to find a solution.

  • Elder Mo struck the wall and wounded the escaping attacker, but admitted the brat had still gotten away.
  • Elder Wu searched the seamless chamber, then realized it was shrinking and warned the others they could be crushed.
  • Elder Mo used the Cloud-Piercing Awl to drill into the wall, but the opening closed and the chamber shrank again.
  • Elder Wang smashed the wall with his Mountain-Shaking Hammer, but the deep crater began repairing itself before he could break through.
  • Elder Wang and Elder Mo ran out of ideas, and Elder Wang asked Yufen to find a way out.

Ch. 238Composite Technique

Elder Wu, Elder Mo, and Elder Wang tried to escape their shrinking stone chamber with their Composite Technique, but the attack failed. Elder Wang used Li Yichen's Stone Token to save Elder Wu, and Li Yichen sensed it had been crushed and suspected it was connected to the Heavenly Treasury.

  • Elder Wu, Elder Mo, and Elder Wang combined their attacks and detonated talismans, but they blasted into the wrong direction and failed to break out.
  • As the chamber shrank, Elder Wu urged the two men to stop bickering, and Elder Mo worried about Yurou and Li Yichen.
  • Elder Wang revealed Li Yichen's Stone Token and insisted Elder Wu use it to escape while he and Elder Mo remained behind.
  • Elder Wu crushed the Stone Token and vanished, while Li Yichen sensed it and wondered if someone had encountered the Heavenly Treasury.

Ch. 239No peeking

Li Yichen brought Mo Yurou to check on her grandparents after sensing they were in danger, then used his power to reveal what was happening inside the Sacred Treasury. They found Elder Mo and Elder Wang alive but trapped together in a rapidly shrinking space.

  • Li Yichen went to Mo Yurou's room to warn her that her grandparents were in danger and ask her to return with Uncle Ouyang and the children the next day.
  • Mo Yurou revealed that she had not given her grandparents the Stone Tokens, and Li Yichen agreed to take her to them immediately.
  • Li Yichen and Mo Yurou appeared beside Elder Wu, who told them Elder Mo and Elder Wang had used their Stone Tokens and might be in grave danger.
  • Li Yichen made the square transparent and enlarged a view of the Sacred Treasury, showing that Elder Mo and Elder Wang were still alive.
  • Elder Mo and Elder Wang bickered as the space around them shrank to about one meter square.

Ch. 240The Stone Demon "Dazhuang"

Li Yichen rescued Elder Mo and Elder Wang from the Stone Prison Space and learned that the Jiang Family had trapped them using the Stone Demon’s power. He introduced Dazhuang, who revealed that he had given nine power-drawing pebbles to Jiang Lüzi years earlier.

  • Elder Mo and Elder Wang discovered they were alive, and Elder Wu beat them for their past misdeeds after Li Yichen brought them over.
  • Elder Mo and Elder Wang blamed Li Yichen for not warning them, but Mo Yurou and Elder Wu stopped them from retaliating.
  • Elder Mo explained that the Jiang Family seemed able to control the Stone Prison Space’s mechanisms.
  • Li Yichen summoned Dazhuang, and Mo Yurou learned that they had been inside the Stone Demon’s belly.
  • Dazhuang said he had given nine pebbles to Jiang Lüzi years earlier, each of which could draw on part of his power.

Ch. 241Grand Puppet Art

Old Ghost Lu used the Grand Puppet Art and Corpse Explosion Technique to overwhelm the Qin and Shen families’ fighters, then attacked them with demonic flames. Li Yichen suddenly transported Qin Wenhan and the others to Ghostface City, leaving Old Ghost Lu and Jiang Tianhao stunned.

  • Li Yichen concluded that the Jiang Family had used the Heavenly Treasury search and Dazhuang to eliminate its rivals, and he vowed that the Jiang Family members would not leave, especially Jiang Tianhao.
  • Old Ghost Lu used the Grand Puppet Art to control four wounded Profound Grade fighters and send them against Master Lü and Master Jin.
  • Master Lü and Master Jin killed the four controlled fighters, but Old Ghost Lu detonated their bodies with the Corpse Explosion Technique and gravely wounded both masters.
  • Jiang Tianhao demanded that Qin Wenhan and Shen Beichen swear allegiance to the Jiang Family, and they refused.
  • Old Ghost Lu unleashed the Heaven-Filling Demonic Flame, but Li Yichen transported Qin Wenhan and the others to Ghostface City.
  • Old Ghost Lu discovered that his targets had vanished and asked Jiang Tianhao how it had happened.

Ch. 242Shadow Movement

Li Yichen wiped out the Jiang Family’s force in Ghostface City, though Jiang Tianhao escaped, and the chapter ended with Old Master Su collapsing after learning the Su Family’s people had been wiped out. Su Shengnan also learned that her grandfather had been trying to protect her and planned to pass the family leadership to her.

  • Jiang Tianhao realized the Jiang Family’s people had vanished and tried to lead them out, but Li Yichen trapped them beneath a rain of stone spikes.
  • Jiang Tianhao escaped by crushing his last pebble, while Old Ghost Lu evaded the falling spikes with Shadow Movement before Li Yichen crushed him inside a contracting stone chamber.
  • Mo Yurou fainted at the sight, and Li Yichen lamented that Jiang Tianhao had escaped as Elder Mo noted the Jiang Family force had been wiped out.
  • Jiang Tianhao appeared outside Ghostface City, then fled from Qin Wenhan and Shen Beichen, who called their families for reinforcements; Su Liang also recovered and called someone.
  • Old Master Su told Su Shengnan he had kept her away from danger and intended to make her family head, and she apologized after understanding his intentions.
  • Su Liang called with news that everyone had been wiped out, and Old Master Su collapsed as Su Shengnan called for a doctor.

Ch. 243Bureau 749

After the treasure hunt, Li Yichen declined offers to join Bureau 4 or Bureau 9 and joked that he might one day merge the bureaus into Bureau 749. Once Mo Yurou woke and ate, she gave Elder Mo and Elder Wu two stone tokens and revealed that the bronze lamp she carried held a surprise inside.

  • Shen Beichen and the others were collected by their families, and Elder Mo explained that the weakened Su Family would likely be devoured while the Shen and Qin Families joined forces against the Jiang Family.
  • Elder Wang, Elder Mo, and Elder Wu argued over recruiting Li Yichen, but he said he wanted to keep enjoying his life at school and had no plans to join a bureau.
  • Li Yichen joked that he might take over and merge the three bureaus into Bureau 749, and the elders dismissed the idea as bragging.
  • Mo Yurou woke up crying because she was hungry, and Li Yichen and the others shared their hot pot supplies with her.
  • Mo Yurou handed Elder Mo and Elder Wu two stone tokens, then showed them a bronze lamp and said the real surprise was inside it.

Ch. 244Saint-Tier Healing

Mo Yurou revealed Mo Ying, while Li Yichen reunited with Ouyang Hai and took charge of Xiaobei and Xiao Nan. Elder Wang welcomed Xiao Nan as his god-granddaughter, and she healed his bruised face with Saint-Tier Healing.

  • Mo Yurou summoned Mo Ying, a powerful devil, and told Elder Mo and the others that another surprise was on its way.
  • Li Yichen took Dazhuang out of Ghostface City and met Ouyang Hai, who left Xiaobei and Xiao Nan with him.
  • Xiaobei tried to flee, but Li Yichen swiftly caught him, prompting Elder Wang and Elder Mo to argue over which bureau should recruit him.
  • Elder Wang decided to make Xiao Nan his god-granddaughter after learning that her parents had died and she had only her big brother left.
  • Xiao Nan healed Elder Wang's bruised face with Saint-Tier Healing.

Ch. 245A thirty percent stake

Li Yichen agreed to take a thirty percent stake in the Ouyang Family’s scar-removal medicine business, then returned to Jinling University and learned Wang Bo would soon leave the Courier Station. A first-year student named Fang Enmeng approached Li Yichen to ask whether he was hiring.

  • Elder Wang celebrated Xiao Nan’s Saint-level healing ability, while Elder Mo tried unsuccessfully to trade Xiaobei for her.
  • Ouyang Hai promised to transfer the proceeds from the seed jade to Li Yichen, who suggested investing the money in the scar-removal medicine business instead.
  • Ouyang Hai offered Li Yichen a stake in the business, and Li Yichen settled on thirty percent without taking part in its management.
  • Li Yichen returned to Jinling University, where Wang Bo told him he would start an internship next week and could no longer look after the Courier Station.
  • Fang Enmeng introduced herself as a first-year student and asked Li Yichen whether he was hiring.

Ch. 246Heartfelt Charity

Li Yichen turned the Courier Station into Heartfelt Charity, appointing Fang Enmeng to manage student workers and their pay. After leaving the shop in her hands, he gave Wang Bo a piece of Hetian jade as a graduation gift.

  • Wang Bo mistakenly made Fang Enmeng wary, so Li Yichen explained that they needed help at the Courier Station.
  • Li Yichen proposed using the station's income to pay financially struggling students and appointed Fang Enmeng as its first manager.
  • Li Yichen taught Fang Enmeng how to handle the reports and earnings while Wang Bo questioned his motives.
  • Fang Enmeng finished learning the files, thanked Li Yichen, and invited him to dinner, but he declined and left her in charge.
  • Li Yichen called Wang Bo over and gave him a piece of Hetian jade as a graduation gift, but Wang Bo complained that it looked like a rock.

Ch. 247Beaten up

Li Yichen gave Wang Bo a valuable piece of Hetian jade, which a rock-loving classmate appraised at about three hundred thousand yuan. After hearing Sun Kai was being beaten at the judo club, Li Yichen rushed there and discovered his opponent was a girl.

  • Li Yichen gave Wang Bo a piece of Hetian jade and asked him to spend extra time teaching Fang Enmeng.
  • Wang Bo video-called his rock-collecting classmate, who identified the jade as top-grade and estimated it was worth about three hundred thousand yuan.
  • Li Yichen heard that Sun Kai was being thrown around at the judo club and hurried there to help him.
  • Li Yichen leaped through an open window into the judo club and landed in front of Sun Kai after he was thrown onto the mat.
  • Li Yichen realized Sun Kai's opponent was a girl, while Yang Weifeng and Zhang Yong called him down from below the mat.

Ch. 248I concede

Li Yichen secretly intervened when Sun Kai kept fighting the girl he loved, and Sun Kai suddenly gained the skill to defeat her. The girl conceded, leaving her promise to become Sun Kai’s girlfriend in effect.

  • Li Yichen learned that the girl had agreed to date Sun Kai if he could beat her, then disappeared while Sun Kai prepared to fight again.
  • The girl threw Sun Kai through the air, but an unseen voice offered to help him, and he landed steadily after losing consciousness.
  • Sun Kai stood firm against the girl’s throws, lifted her into the air, and tossed her safely back to the ground.
  • The girl attacked Sun Kai again, but he evaded every move until she stopped and conceded.

Ch. 249He chickened out

Sun Kai fled the judo club after his new girlfriend suggested they get a room, then fainted and was taken to the hospital, where Li Yichen noticed Su Shengnan arriving. At her family’s bedside, the dying patriarch named Shengnan as his successor, but her uncles pretended not to hear and moved to choose a new family head.

  • Sun Kai backed away from the girl, claimed he needed a hospital checkup, and fainted after leaving the judo platform.
  • Yang Weifeng, Zhang Yong, and Li Yichen took Sun Kai to Jinling People's Hospital, where the doctor found only minor bruising and said he would recover with rest.
  • Sun Kai asked his friends to wheel him around the judo club so the girl would feel sorry for him.
  • Li Yichen recognized Su Shengnan as she entered the hospital and went after her.
  • The dying Su family patriarch said the family head should pass to Shengnan, but the three men at his bedside denied hearing him.
  • The eldest uncle declared that the Su Family needed a new leader and said they should choose a family head.

Ch. 250They didn't dare gamble

After Old Master Su died, Su Shengnan’s uncles disputed the succession and rejected her claim to inherit the family head position. Li Yichen offered to briefly revive Old Master Su so he could give his final instructions, leaving the family scrambling to stop him.

  • Second Master Su, Third Master Su, and Fourth Master Su argued over who should lead the Su Family while Su Shengnan mourned Old Master Su.
  • Su Shengnan confronted her uncles for prioritizing the succession over the family’s troubles and drove away two men sent to remove her.
  • Su Shengnan presented Old Master Su’s handwritten statement naming her as successor, but the three uncles called it a forgery and ordered her arrest.
  • Li Yichen arrived and offered to wake Old Master Su long enough to give his final instructions.
  • Second Master Su and the others protested Li Yichen’s involvement because they did not dare risk him proving Su Shengnan’s claim.
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