Chapter 554: Blood Sacrifice in Jiangnan: The Twilight of the Family

The air in Jiangnan, usually soft with the scent of rain and ancient gardens, was thick with the metallic tang of fear. The Light family's ancestral estate, a sprawling compound of classical architecture that had stood for over a century, was a fortress on this night. Its white walls and black-tiled roofs, which normally spoke of elegance and heritage, now seemed like the bones of a mausoleum waiting for its final occupant. Every corridor was patrolled, every shadow held a guard, their hands...