Chapter 648 A Beauty''s Visit At Midnight (Part One)
"They all had their faces covered. They said that they were the bandits from the Shady Mountain. But I
don''t think they were telling the truth at all.
Their faces were covered with ck cloth. They didn''t say anything else and after they had purloined
the crystals, they fled towards the crystal mine of the Wei family.
However, when we finally got to the mine, they had already disappeared without a trace."
Marwell frowned as he recounted what happened in a husky voice.
"How many superior vital energy crystals did we lose this time?" asked Michelle, whose face had
turned as pale as death.
She knew this was a matter of great consequence, which might affect the future of the whole Meng
family direly.
"Our family has mined two million superior vital energy crystals and ten million vital energy crystals
during thest three months. In this short time, they have thieved one million and nine hundred
thousand superior vital energy crystals and nine million vital energy crystals," said Marwell in a deted
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voice as his eyes took on a defeated cast.
He sat slumped in his chair with his head hanging in dejection.
"What? So many!
Dad, how could this be? How could they be so ruthless?!
What... What are we going to do?"
Michelle looked ghastly pale and her body trembled in shock at the devastating news.
"Michelle, we are finished. The Meng family is finished!
So many vital energy crystals have been stolen. We are bound to be held to ount by the Sky Sect.
We are done for...done for!"
Marwell murmured, staring at the ceiling with vacant eyes while his hands began to tremble as if palsy
had suddenly set in.
"It must be the Wei family. They wanted to ruin us, Dad!"
Michelle shouted with resentment, while she angrily brushed tears of frustration from her bright eyes.
"Yes. But there is no evidence that they did it. And they would never admit it.
Dous must have made a clever n and arranged everything.
During the time when I went to the ck forest to find the elixir for your mother, the Wei family must
have taken the opportunity and made their move. They just want to take our crystal mine and drive us
out of Stone City, so that they can be the only masters of the city."
Marwell surmised with his brows knitting together in defeat.
"Dad, why don''t we go to Elder Xiao of the Sky Sect and tell him how the Wei family have done all
these things and that they are the ones to me?"
Michelle suggested, unwilling to give up without a fight.
"It won''t work, Michelle. The Elders of the Sky Sect won''t bother poking their noses into the squabbles
of the smaller families. You know what kind of people they are. All that they care about is whether we
can mine the crystals and hand them over on time."
"You are right... Then... What should we do next, Dad?"
Michelle sank down next to his chair, her face sinking into utter despair.
"Michelle, our family is finished.
Just help me gather all the remaining crystals that we own.
We''ll just try to plug the leak from our vital energy crystal stores now. We will have to rece what was
taken. Somehow we must repay the Sky Sect."
Marwell shook his head dejectedly.
"But we don''t have that many vital energy crystals, Dad!"
"We''ll just have to sell all of our properties in Stone City and move away. We''ll find some other ce to
make a living."
Marwell waved his hand and sighed.
"Dad! Why don''t we take revenge? An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. The Wei family is so
shameless that they would rob us of our crystals. So why don''t we just go and take theirs?"
Michelle gritted her teeth indignantly.
"Ha-ha, my little girl." Marwell forced a smile.
"We don''t have the strength to do that. You know that we have lost many top soldiers during the fight in
the ck forest.
And on the night when our crystal mine was robbed, many more of our top fighters were killed.
Our family is badly weakened now. We can''t even protect ourselves from our enemies, let alone go and
attack others.
Michelle, forget it. We are done. Just do as I say. We''ll leave Stone City and find a quiet vige to go
and make a living in."
Marwell smiled morosely. His heart ached as he uttered these bitter words. He had built this family and
gathered their wealth with his own two hands. Now everything was over. Their achievements of
decades had copsed almost overnight!
"Dad, maybe we can find help?" suggested Michelle in a low voice.
A bright idea suddenly shot into her mind.
"Help?" Marwell wore a tired smile and shook his head. "I don''t think there''s anyone in Stone City who
would dare to confront the Wei family."
Marwell let out a heavy world-weary sigh.
"What about Austin?
His own strength is amazing, which is known to all. He doesn''t even have to show up himself. You
know that he has captured a level-nine six-headed scorpion-tailed leopard in the ck forest. With that,
we could surely stand against the Wei family''s attack?
And if Austin agrees to help us, we can also disguise ourselves as bandits and break into their mine
during the night, so that we can take back our vital energy crystals!"
Michelle suggested, clenching her fists in excitement.
"Austin?"
Marwell was a little taken aback by her words at first, but soon shook his head. "Austin is a good
fighter. But I''m not sure whether he is strong enough to fight against the whole Wei family. What''s more,
we only have a bowing acquaintance with him. We can''t just expect him to help us. We can''t make a
nuisance of ourselves.
Michelle, please listen to me: Forget it! Can you leave me alone now? I need some rest."
Marwell waved his hand and sighed as if he were mortally weary.
Michelle nodded and walked out of the room slowly. However, when she closed the door, a cold
determination shed across her bright, beautiful eyes. . . .
In his bedroom, Austin sat up straight with his legs nimbly crossed. He had a purplish-brown herbal pot
and a heap of fifth-grade elixir powder in front of him.