“Patriarch, Leng Ruoxue wants to see you.” A servant walked in to report.
“Leng Ruoxue? What is she doing here?” an elder murmured.
“Invite her in!” Huo Yi ordered coldly.
“Yes, Patriarch.” The servant left the hall.
“Hello, Patriarch Huo,” Leng Ruoxue said courteously as she walked into the meeting hall under the servant’s lead.
Huo Yi nodded and said very politely, “Miss Leng, long time no see. Please have a seat.”
“Miss Leng, may I know what brings you here?” the first elder couldn’t help asking curiously. He had a very good impression of Leng Ruoxue and had always hoped that the Huo family would have a mistress like her. Unfortunately, she wasn’t interested in their young master. Alas! What a pity!
“I’m here about the Xu family.” Leng Ruoxue cut straight to the chase and observed the reactions of the people sitting.
The Xu family? The elders exchanged glances, but no one spoke. They were all waiting for her to continue.
Leng Ruoxue glanced coldly at Huo Yi and the elders sitting there and cursed in her heart. What cunning old foxes. She then continued, “I want to deal with the Xu family. I wonder if the Huo family has any intentions of cooperating.”
“What can you offer for this cooperation with our Huo family? We are the first Great Family on the Ling Feng Continent,” an elder took the lead to say.
“Apart from being the first Great Family, how many Spiritual Supremacies does your Huo family have now?” Leng Ruoxue asked instead of answering. To be honest, others might care about the Huo family’s status, but she didn’t care at all. After all, she just needed to bring out one divine beast casually, and it would be enough to cause the Huo family no small amount of trouble.
“Erm…” The elder fell silent. There were two Spiritual Supremacies in the Huo family, but only the patriarch of the Huo family was at home. The other, the former patriarch of the Huo family, had long since disappeared.
“I’m here to cooperate with you with sincerity. I don’t care if you don’t cooperate with me because of your high status. But I have to say this first. If we cooperate now, our relationship will be equal. But if you want to cooperate with me in the future, that may not be the case,” Leng Ruoxue said half-seriously, half-threateningly. The best way to deal with such self-important families was to crush them with imposing manner.
“Miss Leng, you want to cooperate with us to deal with the Xu family, and the Xu family wants to cooperate with us to deal with you. The Xu family’s offer is very generous. I wonder what conditions you will offer?” another elder, who was very calculative, said.
“I will not make any offers. I don’t care if you want to cooperate with the Xu family to deal with me. I just hope that you won’t regret it later.” Leng Ruoxue’s cold eyes glanced at the elder who spoke just now, then looked around at the other elders with a smile that was not a smile, and finally looked at Huo Yi.
After staring at Huo Yi for a few seconds, Leng Ruoxue averted her gaze and turned to Freak. “Since the Huo family isn’t sincere in cooperating, let’s not waste time.”
“Let’s go!” Freak said expressionlessly and stood up.
“Hey, Miss Leng.” Seeing that Leng Ruoxue and Ye Chen really left, the first elder glanced at Huo Yi, then stood up and chased after them.
“Miss Leng.” The first elder caught up with Leng Ruoxue and looked at them apologetically.
“What’s the matter, First Elder?” Leng Ruoxue asked with a smile.
“Erm… I hope you don’t mind what happened just now,” the first elder said awkwardly. He never knew that a little girl could make him feel so stressed.
“First Elder, I’m very petty. Since the Huo family looks down on me and isn’t willing to cooperate with me, then forget it,” Leng Ruoxue said indifferently. But she knew that the Huo family probably wouldn’t cooperate with the Xu family. Plotting with the Xu family for benefits was definitely a dead end. Huo Yi wasn’t that stupid.
After saying what she wanted to say, Leng Ruoxue and Freak left the Huo family’s main residence under the first elder’s helpless gaze.
“Xue’er, this Huo family really doesn’t know what’s good for them. They will regret it in the future,” Freak said indignantly on the way back to the inn.
“Freak, I’m not angry. You don’t have to console me like this,” Leng Ruoxue said, a little touched.
“Hehe, it’s good that you’re not angry.” Freak smiled, not caring that Xue’er had seen through him. Xue’er’s understanding of me is getting better and better.
…
After watching Leng Ruoxue and Ye Chen leave, the first elder returned to the meeting hall.
“Patriarch, are we really not choosing to cooperate with Leng Ruoxue?” the first elder asked directly after sitting down in his seat.
“First Elder, Leng Ruoxue is just a little girl. What qualifications does an ignorant little child have to cooperate with our Huo family?” an elder said disdainfully.
“Ignorant little child? Ninth Elder, I’m afraid you’re not Leng Ruoxue’s opponent with your strength,” the first elder berated while looking coldly at the ninth elder. These people of the Huo family had always been high and mighty for many years. They thought highly of themselves and looked down on others.
“How is this possible? I’m a peak Spiritual Sovereign!” the ninth elder roared in disbelief. Wasn’t the first elder exaggerating a little too much?
“You can choose not to believe.” The first elder didn’t bother to talk nonsense with them. Instead, he stared at Huo Yi and waited for the patriarch to decide.
“Let’s wait and see first.” Huo Yi slowly spat out these words. The Xu family and Leng Ruoxue would have to face each other sooner or later, so he didn’t intend to participate in their battle for the time being. To put it plainly, he wanted to be the fisherman that benefited from the fight. But he would find out later that fishing for benefits from Leng Ruoxue wasn’t a good idea.
…
After returning to the inn, Leng Ruoxue and Freak formulated a detailed plan to ensure that nothing would go wrong.
The next day, Leng Ruoxue and Freak went to the imperial palace and met up with Huangfu Zhen, ready to attack at any moment as promised.
Huangfu Zhen looked at the time and said to Leng Ruoxue, “Ruoxue, let’s do it.”
Leng Ruoxue nodded. “You’ll take care of Xu Lian’er. Leave the men in black to us.”
