Ye Xiu rushed back to Qingqing Homestead on his Pipi Pig.
In the yard, he saw Qin Qing, Leng Yue, Mo Luo, Dizang, Chloe, Ye Liuyun, the Taoist Leader, and a four- or five-year-old girl. Except for the little girl, whose mouth was slick with grease as she ate, everyone else's expression was unusually solemn. The atmosphere was exceptionally heavy, broken only by the smacking sounds of the little girl eating her meat.
Upon seeing the Taoist Leader, Gongsun Jian, the faces of Tu La, Lin Chuan, and Cha Muxue paled. "Gongsun Jian?" Tu La blurted out. "You, what are you doing here?"
Gongsun Jian ignored him. In fact, no one paid him any mind.
"What happened?" Ye Xiu asked.
"I'll explain," Qin Qing said. "According to intelligence from our agents on the various islands of the Eternal Islands, the three Judicator Families have issued a bounty to all the lower-class and Fourth-Rank islanders."
