"Misunderstanding?" Xu Qianqing chuckled. "Are you saying my friend lied?"

Xu Qianqing believed Luo Xiu's words without question. If Luo Xiu said Ye Xingzhou stole the elixir, then he must have stolen it!

Ye Piaoling's eyes narrowed slightly, his expression unchanging. "Since Miss Chu's friend is so certain it was Xing Zhou, does he have any evidence?"

In fact, Ye Piaoling was feeling a little guilty. He knew, of course, that Ye Xingzhou had brought back a Heavenly Grade Elixir from his trip to Sea City; he had been the first to find out. He was well aware that Ye Xingzhou had used despicable means to get it, but it was a Heavenly Grade Elixir, after all! Instead of criticizing him, he had praised him to no end, believing Ye Xingzhou had made a huge contribution to the family. Now that they had such a treasure in their possession, how could they possibly let it go?

"That's right!" Ye Xingzhou chimed in. "This waste insists it was me, but does he have any proof?"

With his grandfather backing him, his confidence surged. As long as he denied it to his dying breath, no one could touch him. Not even the Chu Family.

He stared at Luo Xiu, who was standing beside Xu Qianqing, and said coldly, "Waste, if you can't produce any evidence today, don't even think about leaving this place!"

Ye Piaoling then added to the pressure, speaking with indifference. "My grandson is a man of some standing in the Capital City. How can I allow you to slander him like this? If my grandson's reputation in the Capital City is ruined over something baseless, is that a responsibility you can bear, you brat?"

As he spoke, Ye Piaoling secretly released his spiritual pressure, attempting to shatter Luo Xiu's willpower completely.

"The Family Head is right! You brat, what are your intentions, publicly tarnishing the reputation of our Young Master Ye?"

"If you don't give us an explanation today, don't even think about leaving!"

At this, a group of Ye Family Martial Artists stepped forward, their demeanors aggressive and imposing.

Chu Tianming let out a silent sigh and turned to Xu Qianqing with a questioning look. Although he had never thought much of Luo Xiu, and was in fact quite displeased to see him being so intimate with his precious daughter earlier, he had to support her now that she had stepped forward. But the problem was, without direct evidence that Ye Xingzhou had stolen the elixir, his hands were tied.

"You want evidence, right? Fine, I'll give it to you."

Just when the Ye Family members thought Luo Xiu would back down, ready to turn the tables on him, his calm words instantly shifted the pressure back onto them.

Luo Xiu turned to Xu Qianqing. "Please cast my phone to the big screen."

"Of course." A smile appeared on Xu Qianqing's face as she took Luo Xiu's phone and quickly walked aside. It seemed Luo Xiu had proof after all. If he had proof, this would be much easier to handle!

Meanwhile, a bad feeling crept into Ye Xingzhou's heart.

A moment later, Luo Xiu's phone interface appeared on the big screen. Luo Xiu, holding his phone, found a video and pressed play.

It was surveillance footage from the main hall of the number one villa in Sea City Riviera. Before coming to the Capital City, Su Shenyun had downloaded the video and sent it to his WeChat, telling him he would most likely need it. It seemed it was finally time to use it.

In the video, everyone present could clearly see how Ye Xingzhou had switched the elixir. They could even hear his subsequent conversation with Lin Xiyue. His nauseating, hypocritical nature was on full display.

At that moment, the room fell silent.

Ye Xingzhou's face flushed crimson, and he stood amidst the crowd, not daring to look up. He felt as though he were standing naked on the street for all to see, wanting nothing more than to find a hole to crawl into. He had never imagined there would be security cameras in the hall!

However, even after the video finished playing, the hall remained so silent you could hear a pin drop.

Luo Xiu swept his gaze across the room and saw everyone's eyes glued to the big screen, looking completely stunned. With a sigh, he ended the screen casting and turned off the video.

As the projection ended, sounds gradually filled the hall.

"That just now... was that a Heavenly Grade Elixir?"

"The Spirit Light is so strong, and there are even accompanying phenomena. It must be a Heavenly Grade Elixir!"

"My heavens... Heavenly Grade Elixirs still exist in this day and age?!"

"No wonder Young Master Ye stole it. Who wouldn't be tempted by that?"

"If I'm not mistaken... that must be the Holy Origin Golden Pill!"

Listening to the crowd's chatter, Luo Xiu felt extremely annoyed. He had wanted to keep a low profile, but it seemed that was impossible now.

Chu Tianming cleared his throat, pulling everyone's attention back to the present. His gaze landed on Ye Piaoling's face as he asked with a smile that was not quite a smile, "Family Head Ye, I wonder what you have to say now?"

Ye Piaoling's fists clenched, his old body trembling. He felt as though he had no face left to show. But since things had come to this, he could only brazen it out.

"I... I did not expect Xing Zhou to commit such a despicable act," he said. "Patriarch Chu, rest assured, I will discipline him severely when we get back!"

Chu Tianming's expression darkened. "We can discuss that later. For now, please have the Young Master return the elixir to its rightful owner."

"Impossible!" Ye Xingzhou blurted out. "I've already sold the elixir!"

He was already exposed, so he decided to throw caution to the wind and be completely shameless. He strode out from the crowd and stood at the front, declaring loudly, "Besides, I took that Heavenly Grade Elixir from my fiancée, and she hasn't said a word. What does it have to do with this piece of trash?"

"Indeed!" Ye Piaoling nodded, his gaze falling on Luo Xiu. "Xing Zhou went to Sea City and became engaged to Miss Lin. What does something he took from his own fiancée have to do with an outsider? Furthermore, what Xing Zhou did cannot be considered theft!"

Luo Xiu was thoroughly disgusted by the grandfather and grandson's shamelessness.

"I left that elixir with her."

Ye Xingzhou scoffed, "And how are you going to prove that? Is your name written on it? Your name isn't on it, is it?"

"Let's take a step back," Ye Piaoling added smoothly. "Even if you *gifted* that elixir to my future granddaughter-in-law, it would then be her property, with no connection to you. Correct?"

His choice of words was cunning. Luo Xiu had said he 'left' it with her, but Ye Piaoling deliberately twisted it into 'gifting' it to her. Something given away no longer belongs to the giver. That was precisely the point Ye Piaoling was trying to make.

"Moreover," Ye Piaoling continued, "that's a Heavenly Grade Elixir. Who knows what dirty means you used to obtain it?"

Xu Qianqing gritted her teeth. "He refined it himself!"

At these words, the hall erupted in an uproar, and all eyes shot toward Luo Xiu.

He could refine a Heavenly Grade Elixir at such a young age?

Ye Xingzhou laughed with disdain. "Heh, what a joke. A waste like him could refine a Heavenly Grade Elixir?"

"Fuck you!"

Luo Xiu could no longer hold back. He suddenly cursed and lunged forward, kicking Ye Xingzhou hard in the leg. The kick was so powerful it snapped Ye Xingzhou's right leg clean. But Luo Xiu didn't even give him a chance to scream. He grabbed his hair, dragged him over for a brutal beating, and finally stomped him to the ground.

"Insolent brat!"

Seeing Ye Xingzhou beaten so savagely, a Ye Family Martial Artist, unable to contain his rage, let his aura flare as he struck at Luo Xiu with his palm.

"Scram!" Luo Xiu roared, backhanding him across the face.

BOOM!

The Ye Family Martial Artist was sent flying backward in a straight line, slamming into the hall wall and covering it in spiderweb cracks.

With his foot on Ye Xingzhou, Luo Xiu swept his cold gaze over the Ye Family. "I will only give you one chance," he said slowly. "Hand over the elixir by the end of the day. Otherwise... I will wipe the Ye Family from the face of the earth!"

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