Jinhe City, Yang Family Villa.
"Trash! All of you are trash! So many days have passed, and not a single life has been taken." Yang Xuan Cheng, upon hearing news of the Chu family villa, was so enraged that he trashed his study.
As the Yang family increased the reward price, more and more assassins became restless and took action.
In the past two days, there had been twelve waves of attacks on the Chu family villa, but without exception, none of them had ever returned.
No one knew what had happened inside the villa. Rumors were rife, with some speculating that the Chu family might have a Wu Zun protecting them, or perhaps they used poison, and anyone who entered the Chu family would perish.
"Patriarch Yang, please calm yourself. As far as I know, the world-renowned assassin organization, the Seven Fiends, has already made their move," Zhou Zhi Xiong said. "The Seven Fiends are infamous. They are composed of elite assassins from every field—poison,蛊 (Gu),降头 (Jiangtou), firearms, there's nothing they aren't adept at. With them in action, this endeavor is bound to succeed."
"What good is that? After so many days, have you seen any of the Chu family come out?" Yang Xuan Cheng cursed.
"We've found out that the food for the Yang family is handled by the Wang family, and it's the youngest daughter of the Wang family who delivers it. If nothing unexpected happens, they should have captured the Wang girl by now," Zhou Zhi Xiong said with full confidence.
Yang Xuan Cheng looked at Zhou Zhi Xiong with half-belief and said, "I want to see results, not just hear news every day about people who entered the Chu family dying."
"Yes." Zhou Zhi Xiong then withdrew.
In the Xiangshan Villa, Ye Bu Fan sat cross-legged, consolidating his Foundation Establishment stage cultivation. With a thought, Ye Bu Fan's consciousness entered the spatial jade pendant.
The space within the spatial jade pendant was vast, nearly two hundred square meters, divided into many areas. There was a scroll area for techniques, a magic artifact area, a heavenly treasure area, and a medicine pill area. However, the medicine pill area was quite empty, as those pills were of no use to Ye Bu Fan.
Ye Bu Fan understood that these were the foundations left for him by Lin Xiao Yao.
"Someone's here!" Ye Bu Fan opened his eyes and vanished from his spot.
The next second, a figure appeared where Ye Bu Fan had been, a frown on their face.
"What's going on? I sensed someone here just now, how did they disappear so quickly?" the person muttered to themselves.
"Are you looking for me?" Ye Bu Fan's voice came from behind.
The person abruptly turned around, flipped in mid-air, and a flying knife "shouted" as it shot towards Ye Bu Fan with a whistling sound.
Ye Bu Fan's eyes narrowed, and the flying knife stopped before his eyes.
"Wu Zun!" Seeing that the situation was dire, the opponent turned to flee. The intelligence stated that Ye Bu Fan was an advanced martial artist, but this person could manifest a qi barrier. If not a Wu Zun, what else could they be?
Ye Bu Fan's mind stirred, and his mental energy controlled the flying knife to change direction and fly towards the opponent.
"Since you've come, don't leave so quickly."
Ye Bu Fan sneered, his mental energy controlling the flying knife to instantly sever the opponent's Achilles tendons and hamstrings.
The opponent looked at Ye Bu Fan with hatred, then suddenly made a strange movement—crawling on the floor, arms spread, and a black insect flew out from his mouth.
"They still had a backup plan." Ye Bu Fan smiled confidently, forming a sword seal with his hand. His true qi transformed into sword intent, slicing towards the black insect, which was instantly cut in half and fell to the ground.
"You..." The opponent looked at Ye Bu Fan in terror. The assassination had failed, and they were preparing to bite down on the poison under their tongue, but they found they couldn't move their entire body.
Ye Bu Fan smiled slightly and walked up to the opponent. "Want to die? It won't be that easy."
After breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage, his perception had condensed into mental energy, which could flow into the opponent's body and control their actions.
Currently, Ye Bu Fan was using his mental energy to completely paralyze the opponent's body.
"It's just in time to test the use of my mental energy on you." Ye Bu Fan's mental energy entered the opponent's mind, instantly acquiring the information within.
This person was named Fei Dao, a member of the famous assassin organization Seven Fiends, with the strength of an advanced martial artist.
From Fei Dao's memories, Ye Bu Fan also unexpectedly learned about the Seven Fiends' series of plans and deployments against the Chu family. They were currently divided into three groups. Fei Dao was here to find Ye Bu Fan, another group had gone for Wang Xin Yan, and the remaining group was trying to infiltrate the Chu family villa.
"So that's why you had Gu insects, it turns out there's a Gu master in your team. And a Jiangtou master too." Ye Bu Fan chuckled, and his mental energy exploded in Fei Dao's head. Fei Dao's eyes widened before he collapsed onto the floor.
"The conflict with the Yang family should be resolved now too." Ye Bu Fan let out a long sigh and vanished from the villa.
Outside the Xiangshan Villa, within the man-made forest, Wang Xin Yan moved swiftly through the trees, occasionally looking back, her eyes filled with fear.
"Caw caw caw—"
A crow flew overhead, and a man in a black robe appeared before Wang Xin Yan, blocking her path.
"Little girl, you killed my dual-cultivation female slave. How will I cultivate in the future? How about this, as long as you agree to become my female slave and cultivate with me, I can let you go." The man's lecherous gaze scanned Wang Xin Yan repeatedly.
"Get lost. People like you, who abandon their companions to save themselves, will face retribution sooner or later. I don't fancy a hermaphrodite like you." Wang Xin Yan cursed.
Just now, as Wang Xin Yan was about to head to the Chu family as usual, a tree suddenly fell, blocking her path.
As Wang Xin Yan was about to get out of the car to investigate, a man and a woman jumped out from a nearby hill and blocked her way.
The two attacked Wang Xin Yan without a word. Wang Xin Yan also had a protective jade pendant from Ye Bu Fan. The two were about to easily kill Wang Xin Yan when the jade pendant suddenly erupted with energy, sending them flying.
The two retreated repeatedly, eventually being restrained by the energy from the jade pendant. At the critical moment, the male assassin struck the female assassin, who instantly became his human shield, thus saving his own life.
Seizing the opportunity, Wang Xin Yan found a chance and ran all the way towards the Xiangshan Villa, hoping to get back.
But the person in front of her was too fast. In no time, they caught up and blocked her path.
"Feisty," the man licked his lips. "I like them feisty. I hope you can still curse later."
"Ye Bu Fan!" Wang Xin Yan shouted at the man's back.
Upon hearing this, the man burst into laughter. "Little girl, that trick doesn't work anymore. The Ye Bu Fan you're talking about is probably on the road to the underworld by now, keeping company with my female slave."
Wang Xin Yan covered her mouth and chuckled. "If I wanted to trick you, after saying Ye Bu Fan's name, I should have turned and run. But haven't you noticed I haven't run?"
Hearing Wang Xin Yan's words, the man's expression changed, and he abruptly turned around...