Penny's full name was Penny Singer. Though she was just 24, she was also the first cultivator in her family in centuries, and therefore, also their greatest hope in all that time.

After all, their fate had been tied to the Griffins, prospering or suffering as they did.

It just so happened that after one of their daughters married into the Griffin family and bore them children, Fleur had asked the Griffins to rein in any collateral families and keep them permanently under their control, even as the Qing Eliminating Society rose to power.

Naturally, her method for control was simple: poison.

As long as the collateral branches remained loyal to the Griffins, they would receive a steady supply of the antidote along with wealth and prestige. However, insubordination would be punished swiftly with the death of the entire collateral family.

Fleur's own motive was that her family and their secrets would only increase as long as she lived, and she couldn't just let them fall to decline. H