I've already become a Titled Douluo and now the System shows up?

"Heh, weren't you just doubting whether I have become a god or not?

Do you want to verify the authenticity?

I might very well be a false god."

Dai Mubai sneered coldly at the Duchess, who knelt on the ground.

"Honored Ancestor, my mother was just speaking rashly out of sheer anxiety, she has always held the utmost respect for you without any doubt."

Dai Yueheng, sensing the imminent danger, pleaded incessantly on behalf of the Duchess.

"Exactly, exactly." The Duchess also kept kowtowing to Dai Mubai, "Honored Ancestor above, I was just deluded by a momentary folly, hence my nonsensical words.

I have always held you in the highest esteem and respect, without the slightest doubt."

"Hmph." Dai Mubai snorted coldly. "Do I look easy to deceive?"

"Do you really think I am a fool?"

As Dai Mubai spoke, he waved his hand, and an invisible force struck the Duchess's face as if it were a slap.

It left a deep, bloody handprint on her face immediately.

The half of the Duchess's face visibly swelled up before their eyes.

However, the Duchess did not show any hint of resentment; instead, she expressed her gratitude to Dai Mubai, saying, "Thank you, Honored Ancestor, for your mercy, thank you for sparing me."

"Hmph!"

"You only get one chance, and if you dare to offend me again, it won't be as simple as a slap.

Next time, you might not even live to see the second day."

Dai Mubai spoke with an air of arrogance.

"I understand, I understand, I will never dare again."

The great Duchess kept bowing incessantly to Dai Mubai.

"Alright, stand up, both of you, I have some things to ask you."

Dai Mubai waved his hand impatiently.

Then, he walked over and sat down in the master's seat in the center of the hall.

Everything seemed so natural.

Yet, no one dared to object.

After the Duchess and Dai Huabin stood up, they stood on the left and right sides of Dai Mubai, respectively.

Without Dai Mubai speaking, they dared not speak.

They did not even dare to raise their heads.

"I've noticed that in this residence, there are only two bloodlines of the White Tiger Clan. Where have the others gone?

Or is it that our White Tiger Clan is not flourishing and there are only two of you in this generation?"

Dai Mubai, resting his hand on the armrest of the chair and propping up his cheek, asked with some curiosity.

Ah, this...

Hearing Dai Mubai's question, the Duchess and Dai Yueheng exchanged glances, then once again knelt to the ground with a 'thump'.

"What are you doing now?"

"I am asking you a question, why are you kneeling?"

Dai Mubai furrowed his brows, a forehead full of question marks.

"Our honored ancestor, you must be our advocate!"

The Duchess sobbed, "Our White Tiger Clan has always been few in number, but it has not depleted to this extent.

Among the younger generation of our White Tiger Clan, there were two others.

However, one of them became a traitor to our Clan and even plotted to kill another clansman, my son, Dai Huabin!"

As she spoke, tears flowed uncontrollably down her cheeks.

It wasn't an act; her heart ached genuinely.

She had always believed that the once great White Tiger Clan was now in decline.

But today, at last, she saw a chance for a turnaround.

She could not let this opportunity slip away, no matter what.

"What?

In this day and age, there are still such tragic incidents of kin slaying kin?"

Dai Mubai's expression darkened, "Didn't I abolish that rule ten thousand years ago?

I even declared fratricide a grave crime."

The crowd: "..."

Is our ancestor hard of hearing?

Did he really listen closely to what we said?

The two were at a loss for words at Dai Mubai's question.

Dai Yueheng could only toughen up and say, "Ancestor, my mother just said that it was a betrayal…

That's why such a thing happened."

"Have you caught the traitor?"

Dai Mubai asked.

But he found Dai Yueheng and the Duchess looking increasingly ugly.

All was unsaid.

That meant they hadn't caught him.

"All useless trash, can't you even handle this little thing?"

"Forget it, I have official matters in Soul Land. You deal with these trifles yourselves."

Dai Mubai waved his hand dismissively.

He was naturally an impatient man, preferring to solve problems with his fists, not his brain.

He couldn't be bothered to sort out this messy affair.

"And the previous generation?"

"Where is your father?"

Dai Mubai asked Dai Yueheng again.

"My father..."

At the mention of Duke Baihu Dai Hao, Dai Yueheng's expression changed once again.

Heartache, regret, remembrance… all sorts of complex emotions flickered across his face.

Dai Mubai thought this guy seemed to have learned some face-changing trick, puzzling and inscrutable.

"Alright, stop beating around the bush, just speak plainly.

I'm in a hurry."

Dai Mubai hadn't forgotten the favor Tang San had asked of him.

It was certainly on his agenda.

He had merely intended to multitask, checking in at home on the way, but this home was more destitute than he had imagined.

With just a few big cats and little cats, what could their White Tiger Clan possibly use to turn the tables?

This wasn't a joke.

Unless he took action himself.

Otherwise, there was no hope at all.

"To answer the Ancestor, my father also died not long ago…"

"Hmm?"

Dai Mubai was puzzled, "To become my descendant and inherit the title of Duke, one should at least have the strength of a Titled Douluo, and with the White Tiger Martial Soul, how could he die?"

A Duke of the Empire, a Titled Douluo, a high-grade Martial Soul…

All these combined, Dai Mubai thought, constituted a very powerful force.

"Ancestor, regarding this matter, I must mention that rebel, that traitor again.

If not for him, the Duke wouldn't have died at all.

It was he who killed Duke Bai Hu!"

The Duchess, unable to hide the venom in her eyes, said, "It was all because of that bastard, that illegitimate child."

"It's that family traitor again?"

Dai Mubai's brows furrowed tightly, almost forming a straight line.

He found the situation increasingly preposterous.

A person who betrayed the family had almost brought it down.

If this child hadn't betrayed them, could it mean that the White Tiger Clan had the chance to climb back to the pinnacle of Soul Land?

"Now tell me what exactly happened with that traitor…"

Initially, he didn't want to know, but it seemed that understanding was not optional.

"This matter is a bit long, Ancestor…"

"Then make it short, I'm really pressed for time…"

"Alright."

The Duchess nodded, intending to describe the events as briefly as possible…

And to simplify parts of it…

For instance, how they framed Huo Yuhao she didn't say, how they made life difficult for Huo Yuhao's mother she also didn't mention, and certainly his mother's death was something she would omit…

She only spoke of how the Duchy Residence raised a boy who turned rebellious, betraying the Duchy and the Xingluo Empire for his own selfish desires.

He even attacked his own blood relatives, his brothers and father, lower than a beast.