Chapter 123: Eating His Words

The Yuan Family, Shortgrass Hall. Yuan Wutong sat upright before his desk, flipping through an ancient tome titled “Ancient Tales of Gold and Stone.” He wore loose white clothes, and he cut a lean figure. He had a bookish air, like a scholar who’d never participated in worldly conflict. Everyone in the family knew their leader was an avid reader. Whenever he had a spare moment, he was sure to have his nose in a book.?He’d long since lost track of how much money he’d spent amassing...