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Chapter 3513: 4.1113 Dealing with This Family

A small gatekeeper opened the main door and was immediately startled by the scene before him.

A large crowd of onlookers, who enjoyed a good spectacle, surrounded the entrance, all staring at him with peculiar expressions.

This servant, accustomed to wielding power and authority within the six great noble families, naturally couldn't tolerate people gathering like this in front of the Shi family mansion.

He immediately shouted, "What are you doing?!" and stepped out, intending to disperse the crowd.

To his surprise, as he stepped out, he crashed headfirst into something rigid. He stared blankly at the seemingly empty air, instinctively reaching out to touch it.

Upon touching it, he discovered something strange: his finger sank into a series of undulating, faint glows, as if being adsorbed by something. Then, his finger was suddenly bounced back by a force, startling him greatly.

He, being in the midst of it, didn't understand what was happening, but the onlookers outside saw it clearly.

The entire Shi family mansion was enveloped by a large-scale talisman array, completely covering them.

This array seemed to form a transparent protective layer, like a transparent covered bowl, fully encasing the Shi family within it.

The servant, unaware of this obstruction at the gate, had charged out earlier, and everyone had witnessed him plunging headfirst into the thin wall of that "covered bowl," instantly being repelled by the fluctuating force.

Everyone exchanged glances, their faces filled with surprise.

These passersby had actually come out early in the morning to buy groceries...

They noticed the area was filled with purple light, staining half the morning glow, and were thus drawn to it out of curiosity.

To their astonishment, upon arriving closer, they discovered that the Shi family, one of the six great noble families, was surrounded by a large-scale talisman array.

Terrifying. No one knew who was so intent on causing trouble for the Shi family that they would place such a barrier over their mansion.

This wasn't simply an enclosure, but a complete confinement of everyone in the Shi family, wasn't it?

The servant's face turned instantly pale. He immediately rushed towards the main door again.

With a loud "bang," he was miserably repelled by the force, falling heavily to the ground, his face a picture of confusion.

The onlookers clearly saw that the binding force of this array was terrifying. Once hit by an external force, it would rebound with a counter-shock force more than ten times greater.

A group of curious onlookers gathered outside the Shi family mansion, peering in, shaking their heads in sympathy, yet with eyes that couldn't hide their excitement as they asked around about what was happening.

The servant scrambled to his feet and limped into the mansion, shouting in alarm, "Patriarch, Patriarch, something terrible has happened!"

The Shi family's steward walked out from the corridor. Seeing the servant shouting and running towards him, his eyes filled with panic, he couldn't help but step forward and slap him across the face.

"What's all this ruckus about? With our Shi family's vast estate, how could anything bad happen?"

The Shi family steward snorted angrily, about to scold him further, when the servant said, looking as if he'd seen a ghost, "It's true, Steward! Something terrible has happened, Steward! Go outside and see. Our main gate has been surrounded by some special means. We can't get out at all!"

"Nonsense!" the steward retorted.

Their esteemed Shi family, though not the most prominent among the six great noble families, was still an old and established family. Who would dare cause trouble at their doorstep?