"Elder Xia, this man is a high-ranking Transcendent Powerhouse from the Night Court. He heads the Storehouse. All the Night Court's heavenly treasures, miraculous medicines, and divine weapons are under his management."
"A Transcendent Powerhouse from the Night Court?"
Xia Wuyuan frowned slightly and asked in puzzlement, "What would a Transcendent Powerhouse from the Night Court be sneaking around my place for?"
Gu Qing thought for a moment and said, "Perhaps I've stood out too much in the Night Court lately, and the higher-ups suspect I have an expert backing me, so they sent him to secretly follow and investigate me."
"Is that so?"
Xia Wuyuan stroked his long beard, looking thoughtful.
Xia Shuran walked over to Gu Qing and followed her handsome senior's gaze into the pit.
When she saw that the man lying in the pit really was Deacon He, who managed the Night Court's Storehouse, she looked even more shocked than Gu Qing.
Heavens!
The Old Ancestor was actually this powerful?
He'd knocked a Night Court steward unconscious with just a casual slap?
What about a Night Court elder, or even the Night Court's Court Master?
Could the Old Ancestor knock them unconscious with one easy slap too?
With such a powerful elder in my family, wouldn't I be Haicheng's strongest Transcendent Scion?
Could I swagger around the Night Court like I owned the place from now on?
The more Xia Shuran thought about it, the more excited she became, despite herself.
She knew her Old Ancestor was powerful, but she hadn't expected him to be strong enough to effortlessly take down a Night Court steward in one blow. It truly was an enormous surprise.
It felt as though she, a commoner's daughter, had suddenly discovered that her father was actually the reigning emperor.
"Brother, is this