Chapter 196: Destroy

"Heh, this Li Luo is truly bold, to actually just take in those resonance refiners from the Xiling County branch like that..." As the crowd dispersed, Duze Beixuan raised an eyebrow by the restaurant window.

"He wants to take these resonance refiners into the Xiyang House headquarters."

Duze Honglian smiled faintly and said, "Recently, under the pressure from our Duze Mansion, their Xiyang House has been trying to recruit resonance refiners, but the results have always been poor. Now that these resonance refiners from the Xiyang House Xiling County branch have suddenly arrived in Daxia City, he is naturally going to have ideas."

"I have to say, this Li Luo has ambition, and quite a bit of nerve."

"All these years, the Xiling County branch has been occupied by Pei Hao, providing no tribute to the Luolan Mansion. If the Xiyang House headquarters can absorb this batch, they would indeed be able to catch their breath."

Duze Beixuan nodded and laughed, "That Pei Hao is also a man of deep schemes. I don't believe he really came to deliver a gift of love to Li Luo."

"I don't believe it either."

Duze Honglian narrowed her long, slender eyes. She stared at the main gate of the Luolan Mansion headquarters and said, "But as for what tricks Pei Hao has, we can just wait and watch the show. This is an internal feud within their Luolan Mansion; the more boisterous they get, the better it is for our Duze Mansion."

"Go and have people keep a close eye on Xiyang House. Once there is any situation, come and report it. Our Duze Mansion will help them spread the word properly."

Duze Beixuan nodded with a smile, his face full of anticipation.

A private room by the restaurant window.

Pei Hao watched with a calm expression as Li Luo, Jiang Qing'e, and the others all entered the Xiyang House headquarters. Although there was some distance, he still distinguished what Li Luo had said earlier.

"After possessing dual resonances, he has indeed become much more confident." Pei Hao smiled faintly, but his eyes were ice-cold.

He remembered back when Li Taixuan and Tantai Lan were still around; Li Luo could be said to have been infinitely glorious. Back then, whenever he went to pay his respects to the two Mansion Masters, he would meticulously prepare gifts for the still-young Li Luo.

Especially in the first few years after Li Luo was born, everyone in Luolan Mansion was overjoyed, believing that Luolan Mansion had an heir and would surely stand tall in Daxia for a long time to come.

At that time, Li Luo was the focus of Luolan Mansion.

The moment he was born, he possessed almost everything. In the future, he would even become the controller of Luolan Mansion, while he, Pei Hao, could only remain like a house slave, left to be driven by him.

Although he did not reveal any of his thoughts at the time, the fire of jealousy burning in his heart made him suffer immensely.

This Li Luo was just born better than him, that's all!

By what right could he become the master of Luolan Mansion in the future? Moreover, when he was only a few years old, Li Taixuan and Tantai Lan had already arranged a marriage contract for him with Jiang Qing'e, finding him a girl that countless people would dream of in the future.

Those parents of his really pampered Li Luo to the extreme.

But as the saying goes, prosperity leads to decline. No one expected that after that, Li Taixuan and Tantai Lan would head to the King-level battlefield, gone for years with no trace, while Li Luo, who had been pinned with such high hopes, was exposed as having a natural empty resonance, making cultivation difficult and making it impossible for him to shoulder the heavy responsibilities of Luolan Mansion in the future.

When he first heard this news, Pei Hao, who never touched alcohol, downed three pots of wine that very night.

At that time, the ambition in his heart began to spread. He began to wantonly win over people's hearts, and Li Luo's empty resonance was his greatest weapon to persuade others. After all, no one wanted the future master of Luolan Mansion to be an empty-resonance waste.

Everyone had to think about their own future; who wouldn't want to live better?

If he had been given more time back then, he would have truly taken control of Luolan Mansion.

But unfortunately...

Jiang Qing'e made her move.

When she stood on the stage of Luolan Mansion, she revealed a wrist and charm that made people wary. Moreover, she possessed the most orthodox status; she was the personal disciple of Li Taixuan and Tantai Lan. In terms of status, she was undoubtedly more than a notch higher than him, a registered disciple.

And most importantly, she also possessed a Ninth-Grade Light Resonance, with astonishing potential, which was enough to attract many people's hearts to her.

So Jiang Qing'e quickly stabilized the situation in Luolan Mansion and began to contend with him.

Even, if it weren't for the fact that Pei Hao had long premeditatedly grasped the weaknesses of several Pavilion Masters, forcing them to stand on his side, he would likely have been unable to contend with Jiang Qing'e by now.

After all, Jiang Qing'e's future was too dazzling.

She even had the possibility of breaking the record for reaching the Marquis stage set by Li Taixuan and Tantai Lan.

So a few months ago, Pei Hao burned his bridges, taking people to break with Jiang Qing'e and Li Luo, which also effectively cut off any thoughts others might have had of leaning toward Jiang Qing'e.

However, he never expected that after that time at the old residence, he would receive worse news one after another.

Li Luo had broken his empty resonance!

Not only did he possess a resonance again, but he also took first place in the Tian-Shu County grand examination, entered the Saint Profound Star Academy, and finally, it was even revealed that he had a rare dual resonance!

That young Mansion Master who was once like a waste had suddenly become dazzling.

At this moment, Pei Hao suddenly felt like a clown.

If Li Luo had revealed this dual resonance earlier, he would naturally have hidden his ambitions, but this guy... was he deliberately using an empty resonance to play with him?

Since that's the case... then let's fight to the end!

In Pei Hao's eyes, a fierce light flashed. Compared to Li Luo's dual resonance and Jiang Qing'e's Ninth-Grade Light Resonance, he might indeed be somewhat inferior, but at least for now, he still held the advantage in strength.

The current Luolan Mansion is tottering; how could the two of them, Li Luo and Jiang Qing'e, possibly support it?

Besides, did he really think Pei Hao had no backing?

Now it can only be said that the struggle between him, Pei Hao, and Li Luo and Jiang Qing'e has just entered the main act. As for the outcome, we will have to wait and see.

And as Pei Hao's thoughts turned, the lights in the room suddenly dimmed significantly. He looked up and saw a crack slowly opening behind the wall.

So he got up, walked into the crack, and followed the somewhat dim stairs behind it. About half a moment later, he passed through the stone stairs and arrived in a spacious and bright room.

The room was quite simple, with only a figure sitting cross-legged before the bright floor-to-ceiling window.

The figure had their back to him, making it impossible to see their appearance, and their gaze through the floor-to-ceiling window could just see the scene inside Xiyang House not far away.

Pei Hao stepped forward and bowed slightly to the figure.

"Today's show, this was your handiwork, right?" The figure smiled and asked.

Pei Hao nodded: "Just a small appetizer for Li Luo."

"That Li Luo is not what he used to be, you know."

A trace of gloom flashed in Pei Hao's eyes, and he said slowly: "Although I don't know if his previous empty resonance was real or fake, if he thinks he can save Luolan Mansion, it can only be a pipe dream."

"Moreover, Noble One... your forces are so strong; if you were willing to make a move, Luolan Mansion could never have persisted for so many years."

The figure said faintly: "We naturally have our own concerns. You only need to do your job."

"Since you have come to Daxia City this time, you should be prepared."

"Our goal is very simple; we only need you to weaken Luolan Mansion by any means necessary. I am waiting for your good news. As long as you can do it, everything you want, I can give you."

"So, do not let me down."

Pei Hao looked at the figure, then his gaze passed through the window, looking out at Xiyang House, and he slowly lowered his head.

"Noble One, rest assured. The things I cannot get, even if I destroy them, I will absolutely not let him, Li Luo, enjoy them."

The figure laughed: "Why does it feel like you have extreme hatred for Li Luo? Li Taixuan and Tantai Lan shouldn't have treated you badly, right?"

Pei Hao said calmly: "My respect and love for the two Mansion Masters come from the heart."

"Heh heh, it is precisely because you respect them too much that you hate Li Luo? I think this must be a kind of jealousy, right? Because the moment Li Luo was born, he could effortlessly obtain all their love, and this kind of love is something you could never obtain no matter how hard you tried," the figure said.

Pei Hao said slowly: "Shouldn't one be jealous of this?"

"He obtained all the love the moment he was born, and even when he was still too young to understand, he already had a marriage contract with a future peerless genius like Jiang Qing'e..."

The figure was silent for a moment, then smiled and sighed: "It is indeed enviable."

"So..."

"Let us destroy him."