The arena was silent, and many who had just followed the uproar to demand Bai Ruozhu to get out lowered their heads. They spoke insincerely to avoid offending the Second Elder. Where did their innate pride go?
"This is unfair. Yesterday she poisoned , and my body hasn’t recovered. She must have calculated it long ago, claiming she wouldn’t use poison as a ans to publicly humiliate ," Fo Lanying was unwilling to believe her own failure and began to look for excuses, sowhat flustered.
Bai Ruozhu sneered, "Didn’t you ask the Second Elder to call a doctor for a check yesterday? If you felt your body hadn’t recovered, you could have refused to compete with ."
Bai Zepei walked over and pulled Bai Ruozhu, "Miss, let it go. Let’s leave; there’s no fairness here, and saying more would only be a waste of ti."
Bai Ruozhu nodded, "Alright, let’s go back."
Then she bowed to Elder Su and the Fifth Elder, "Thank you both for upholding justice. I shall take my leave now."
"You..." Fo Lanying still wanted to argue, but her mother pulled her back, and she angrily returned ho.
Having returned ho early, the Second Elder, who had been waiting for half a day, finally saw the mother and daughter arrive and angrily shouted, "Why did it take you so long to return? Where’s my chanicalchanism Cat?"
"Father, don’t be angry. Wasn’t it Bai Ruozhu who stopped Ying’er, forcing her to kneel and apologize..." Du Fei gave her daughter a look and quickly said.
"What? Bai Ruozhu is courting death!" The Second Elder roared in anger, "Daring to make my granddaughter kneel, they better not think they can leave unscathed!"
Fo Lanying’s eyes were filled with hatred. Now Bai Ruozhu was dood; once she was dead, Fo Lanying would be the esteed outstanding woman once more, and the clan would soon forget about this competition.
"Where’s my chanicalchanism Cat?" The Second Elder asked again.
Fo Lanying hurriedly handed over the disassembled chanicalchanism Cat, and the Second Elder’s face changed rapidly as he roared furiously, "Where’s the teoric iron inside?"
Du Fei and Fo Lanying were both taken aback; they didn’t know the chanicalchanism Cat used teoric iron, and the Second Elder had never ntioned it.
Fortunately, Du Fei reacted quickly and said, "Was there teoric iron inside? Could it be Bai Ruozhu disassembled the chanicalchanism Cat and stole the teoric iron?"
Fo Lanying hurriedly said, "Yes, I didn’t see any teoric iron; she must have taken it!"
"Bai Ruozhu! I won’t let you get away with this!" The Second Elder roared and turned to leave, slamming the door hard on his way out.
In the backyard, Fo Wenhui was working on making chanical devices. He was a chanist obsessed with creating chanical objects, and his project was nearing completion. He wasn’t interested in his daughter’s affairs and just focused on crafting a chanical Puppet.
Finally reaching a crucial mont, he was startled by the old man’s angry shout, instantly disrupting the most critical step and rendering months of effort in vain.
He had been yelled at by the old man so much as a child that he instinctively shivered at the old man’s loud voice, and as a result...
Fo Wen ran out, crying, "What happened? Why did Father suddenly shout? My chanical Puppet, all gone to waste!"
Du Fei, enraged, pinched his arm, "You only know about making chanical Puppets. A big incident happened at ho, and you didn’t know. Your daughter almost got killed!"
"What?" Fo Wen was shocked, "Ying’er didn’t go out for training; how could soone want to kill her?"
Du Fei, undeterred by the potential uproar, continued, "An outsider claiming to have Jiuli Bloodline ca into the clan, and isn’t she the illegitimate child born by the Jiao Family’s old lady outside? She tampered in competition against Ying’er and nearly killed her, even forcing Ying’er to kneel. Just now, our father found out the teoric iron in his chanicalchanism Cat was missing, and it must have been taken by Bai Ruozhu."
Du Fei was shocked, "How did Father’s chanicalchanism Cat have teoric iron? And how could it be stolen?"
"Our father gave the chanicalchanism Cat to Ying’er for competition, but it was destroyed by Bai Ruozhu..." Du Fei continued to explain but noticed Fo Wen seed lost in thought.
Suddenly, Fo Wen lightly slapped his head, muttering, "I wondered why Father’s earlier-made chanicalchanism Cat was so perfect. It turned out it had teoric iron inside. Father is indeed tight-lipped, never ntioning it for years. That chanicalchanism Cat was just at Ying’er’s level to control, but with teoric iron added, it indeed was a rare and fast chanical Puppet."
Du Fei stomped her foot in anger, "At this ti, you’re still thinking about chanical fabrication. Hurry and help Father get back the teoric iron!"
"Alright, I’m going now." Fo Wen ran out hurriedly.
On the other side, the Second Elder had already found himself in front of Jiao Yunyun’s Diaojiao Building. His furious deanor quickly attracted soone to report to Elder Su and the others that the Second Elder was looking for trouble with the Bai Family.
"Bai Ruozhu, co out and face . How dare you steal my teoric iron! Hand it over, or face death!" The Second Elder shouted beneath the Diaojiao Building, his voice bolstered by inner strength, carrying far enough for Elder Su and the Fifth Elder, who had co due to rumors, to hear.
Additionally, the Fourth Elder and the Seventh Elder also arrived, already aware of today’s events, feeling that the Second Elder oppressing a junior in such a manner was disgraceful.
"teoric iron?" Elder Su and the Fifth Elder had been talking together earlier and now arrived together. At these words, they exchanged a look with each other.
Inside, Bai Ruozhu wanted to go out but was held back by Jiao Ling, "Ruozhu, don’t go. It’s too dangerous. Let speak to the Second Elder; we can’t let him bully people like this!"
"Aunt, I’ll deal with what I stirred up myself. Otherwise, what difference is there between and Fo Lanying? You all shouldn’t concern yourself," Bai Ruozhu pressed Jiao Ling’s hand, quickly rushing out of the Diaojiao Building.
"This isn’t what she stirred up; it was really who..." Bai Zepei started to say, shaking his head, "I shouldn’t have returned."
Jiao Ling and Jiao Yunyun exchanged glances, both feeling sorrow; when did the clan beco like this?
Bai Ruozhu exited the door and jumped directly down from the building, looking at the Second Elder, "If the Second Elder is dissatisfied with , co at directly! Talking about teoric iron, when have I ever stolen your things?"
"The chanicalchanism Cat you destroyed used a small piece of black teoric iron; it’s now missing. If not you, who else could have taken it? Hand it over quickly, or I won’t be courteous!" The Second Elder roared, having previously suffered internal injuries due to a chanical Puppet he made with heart’s blood being destroyed, he coughed after his shout.
At this mont, many people had already gathered, showing shocked expressions upon hearing about the black teoric iron. It was known that black teoric iron was extraordinarily rare, and not every chanist could get their hands on it.
"Although I’m not an officially recognized chanist, I have learned so chanical Techniques from my aunt. As far as I know, teoric iron is extrely rare, let alone black teoric iron. Such a precious item, would the Second Elder have casually let Fo Lanying use it? Moreover, a chanical Puppet with added teoric iron would be twice as strong as a puppet of the sa level. Was there really black teoric iron in that chanicalchanism Cat?" Bai Ruozhu questioned in return.
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