Outside the Suncreek Villa.

Crowds were milling around, having seen dark clouds of gas rise up from the Suncreek Villa's courtyard.

In a nearby inn, a couple of excited lookers were eagerly waiting for something to happen as well.

They knew that the result might make or break House Luolan.

"These rumors in Xia City are getting out of hand. Are they idiots? No matter how foolish Li Luo might be, he wouldn't kill his branch artificers right in his headquarters."

The speaker was a slim girl with long, green hair, her mouth currently curled upwards in disdain.

House Jinque's Si Qiuying.

Beside her stood her brother, Si Tianming. They too had hurried over upon hearing the news. After all, House Jinque and...