Volume 5, Chapter 20 – The Bai Family’s Summoning Ceremony

The internal affairs of the Bai family were undoubtedly secrets that could not be shared externally.

But faced with Bai Lianyue’s cold gaze, Bai Chengwu could only helplessly choose to spill everything.

Due to the psychological shadow that had accumulated in his heart for years, he didn’t have the courage to defy Bai Lianyue.

“Actually, these past few years…”

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Dozens of minutes quickly passed, with Bai Chengwu tactfully telling the evil god young lady everything. And after listening to his lengthy report, Bai Lianyue sat silently on the sofa, propping her chin with one hand, tilting her head as she fell into deep thought.

“Hmm…”

“So I’m treated as already dead. When I died, you actually celebrated… truly worthy of you all.”

“As for Xingwu? She’s actually treated as missing? Because there was no corpse…”

“I never expected the old master would still be thinking about Xingwu.”

“So Bai Xu is still the heir candidate, not the official heir?”

“No wonder Bai Bin would be so displeased.”

“The old master’s physical condition is quite poor, probably won’t last more than two years… so you’re planning to find that what’s-it-called Grace Group? To get medicine?”

Raising an eyebrow, Bai Lianyue asked with a grave expression.

“Yes, more or less. But it’s not Grace Group, it’s Tianen Financial Group.”

“Oh, that’s not important anyway.”

Bai Lianyue muttered to herself.

Tianen, huh? A financial group that suddenly rose in recent years… why does it feel… just hearing the name is somewhat irritating.

“Anyway, regardless… from what you’ve told me, that brother of yours has the highest possibility of doing bad things.”

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At this moment, Bai Lianyue’s usually cute and dazed pupils rarely flashed with a trace of wisdom.

In the evil god young lady’s view, those who would do bad things were often the ones who gained the most in the end.

After Xingwu’s death, weren’t the biggest beneficiaries Bai Bin and his son?

Therefore, in the evil god young lady’s eyes, these two guys were undoubtedly the prime suspects.

As for Bai Bin? Regarding this eldest son of Uncle Bai Xuansheng, Bai Lianyue had never had any good feelings toward him since childhood…

“Don’t you think so? White Third?”

“About elder brother, I’m not certain.”

Bai Chengwu shook his head quite honestly.

“Not certain? That’s fine, I’ll just verify it myself.”

“Verify?”

“Right… I plan to go back for a bit.”

“Go back? You don’t mean?”

His pupils suddenly contracting, unease clearly seeped into Bai Chengwu’s eyes.

“You don’t mean you’re going back to the Bai family?!!”

Bai Chengwu wasn’t clear about Bai Lianyue’s current identity.

But intuition told him… this former castoff who had been expelled from the Bai family… now seemed to have become some rather eerie, indescribable terrifying existence…

Glancing around at the massive crimson pupils on the walls that kept blinking and casting unsettling gazes toward him, Bai Chengwu couldn’t help but suck in a breath of cold air.

Bringing this monster back would probably…

However, before Bai Chengwu could think much more, Bai Lianyue’s extremely chilling voice, full of oppressive force, echoed in his ears.

——”What? Do you have an objection?”——

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“No no no no!! None none none!!”

Guided by his survival instinct, Bai Chengwu frantically shook his head.

“It’s just, I was thinking, you, in your current state… might not be good for going back.”

“Not good for going back?”

“Yes, yes.”

Bai Chengwu nodded anxiously:

“The Bai family’s main residence in Cangdu is protected by ancestral spirit power. People without Bai family bloodline, unless the family head or the old master agrees… would have great difficulty entering.”

“Bai family bloodline?”

“Yes, yes.”

Regarding this explanation, the evil god young lady laughed quite disdainfully:

“That’s not really a problem~ This should work, shouldn’t it?”

“Eh?”

The next instant, under Bai Chengwu’s bewildered gaze, an ice-blue light suddenly appeared in Bai Lianyue’s pupils, and black liquid surged from beneath her feet, directly enveloping the blue-haired girl.

As the black liquid churned, Bai Lianyue’s form gradually began to change.

Watching this scene, Bai Chengwu was completely stunned.

“This, this, this is??!!”

This actually works?!

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At the same time, in the Bai family main residence in Cangdu.

The Bai family’s most important ancestral spirit summoning ceremony, held once every decade, was secretly proceeding within the Ancestral Spirit Hall. On this day, all young generation Bai family members who met the strength requirements would gather here and, under the leadership of the Bai family’s strongest member, use the power of the Divine Monument to initiate the summoning ceremony.

At this moment, the summoning ceremony was already more than halfway complete, with seventeen of the twenty-four young generation Bai family members having successfully summoned ancestral spirits to serve as their future guardians.

Looking at those epic-level soul entities emanating powerful auras, several Bai family elders sitting on the viewing platform couldn’t help but show excited and thrilled expressions.

The Bai family elder named Bai Qian pleasantly stroked his graying beard:

“Mm, very good, very good. Currently, aside from four failures, seventeen people have summoned ancestral spirits. This success rate is quite excellent. In the past, it was good if ten out of twenty people could summon ancestral spirits.”

“Grand Elder, it’s more than just good.”

The Second Elder Bai Hua beside him chuckled softly.

“Among these seventeen ancestral spirits, eight are actually Divine Martial Realm experts!! This truly exceeded expectations. This generation of young people is truly outstanding.”

“Indeed, the heavens truly bless the Bai family.”

Bai Qian said with relief.

While expressing his feelings, the old man’s gaze slowly moved toward the young man with slightly graying hair in the center of the hall—that is, Bai Xu, who was the son of current Bai family head Bai Bin.

“I wonder what level of ancestral spirit Young Master Bai Xu will summon?”

Upon hearing this, all the elders including Bai Hua focused their gazes on Bai Xu.

Focused on this Bai family genius.

At this moment, Bai Xu’s expression was solemn as he slowly raised his fingertip. Blood slid down his fingertip and dripped into the summoning array carved with ancient runes beneath his feet.

Instantly, the patterns on the array suddenly lit up, white light expanding rapidly like surging tide, illuminating the entire hall.

Accompanied by thunderous spiritual power fluctuations, under everyone’s shocked gaze, a tall ethereal figure slowly condensed in the radiance.

It was a man wearing black ancient armor, with complex and ancient patterns carved on the armor. His hands were clasped behind his back, his bearing dignified and steady.

Even before the phantom had fully solidified, an inviolable aura was already faintly emanating from around him.

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The moment the soul entity slowly opened its eyes, an incredibly heavy oppressive force swept across the entire venue like a raging tide. The Bai family members felt their minds shake, as if their souls were being gripped by an invisible force, breathing became difficult, and cold sweat seeped from their foreheads…

However, although they were suppressed to the point of extreme discomfort, all the elders including Bai Qian showed unprecedented excitement on their faces!

“This, this is?! Divine Departure Realm!! A Divine Departure Realm ancestral spirit!!!”

“Hahaha!! Excellent!!”

“The heavens truly bless the Bai family!!”

“After a hundred years, someone in our clan can finally summon a Divine Departure Realm ancestral spirit!!! Hahaha!!”

Instantly, excited cheers echoed throughout the hall.

Amid the cheering, Bai Qian respectfully approached a man not far away, smiling as he bowed.

“Congratulations, Clan Leader. Young Master Bai Xu is truly amazing, to actually summon a Divine Departure Realm ancestral spirit.”

Hearing this, the black-haired middle-aged man smiled calmly, as if none of this surprised him.

“Hehe, this was within expectations.”

Of course, although he appeared calm on the surface, Clan Leader Bai Bin was quite pleased internally at this moment.

Bai Xu, very good, very good. You haven’t wasted all the resources I invested in you—quite promising, hehe.

A Divine Departure Realm ancestral spirit? The old man’s ancestral spirits back in the day didn’t seem this powerful… Tianen Financial Group really does have something to offer.

Recalling his previous transaction with Tianen Financial Group, Bai Bin playfully curved his lips and slightly raised his head, smugly directing his gaze toward the distant high platform, toward that figure obscured by curtains.

“Old man… now let’s see how long you can remain stubborn.”

Your most beloved Bai Xingwu, even if she were still alive? Could she summon a Divine Departure Realm ancestral spirit?

Obviously impossible…

Not to mention, that girl was already dead…