Long Miaomiao's own abilities allowed her to construct an independent space. After all, when she created that space, Long Miaomiao had already successfully transformed into a dragon, a true dragon. Accomplishing such a feat was not difficult for her.
However, for the sake of caution and to achieve certain other effects, Long Miaomiao borrowed the power of the Fuxi Qin fragments.
The reason Ye Tiancheng felt the Fuxi Qin fragments were everywhere was that Long Miaomiao's water domain territory covered a vast area. The extent of her water domain space determined the area it encompassed.
It wasn't that it couldn't be compressed, but Long Miaomiao simply hadn't done so.
This meant that Long Miaomiao's water domain territory space included the entire small mountain village, and was even larger than the village itself. Ye Tiancheng, being within that village, naturally sensed this, even though it involved two superimposed spaces.
Under such circumstances, it was only natural that he felt the aura of the Fuxi Qin fragments coming from all directions.
Ye Tiancheng had initially thought that the entrance to Long Miaomiao's water domain territory should be somewhere in the guesthouse. However, there was no indication of this, and the entire illusionary space was so vast.
This was because, generally, people preferred to compress the area of their illusionary spaces to be very small, perhaps even a tiny patch of land. Few people chose to have the space they built cover an area as large as their domain.
This was also for concealment and as a form of protection.
However, in reality, because Long Miaomiao did not think this way and acted contrary to the norm, the situation was that as long as one was within the coverage of the space, at least within that entire small mountain village, they could enter that space from any location by finding an entry node or obtaining Long Miaomiao's permission.
After Long Miaomiao revealed the truth to Ye Tiancheng, she was equally willing to retrieve the two Fuxi Qin fragments and hand them over to Ye Tiancheng.
Taking away the two Fuxi Qin fragments was not a difficult task for Long Miaomiao, nor would it cause the space to collapse. She could support the space with her own power alone.
They first went directly to the small mountain village to retrieve Long Miaomiao's two Fuxi Qin fragments.
At the same time, there was another matter that Nie Chongyang had asked Ye Tiancheng to help with, something he wanted Ye Tiancheng to keep an eye on if possible.
The issue was that Nie Chongyang had not yet been able to track down the whereabouts of the guesthouse owner, Mei Mei, and her husband. Especially after realizing how Mei Mei's husband sustained his life and the things they had done, it was unlikely that it was solely due to impersonating the great black snake, the Dragon God. There might be others involved.
In such a situation, it was even more imperative to apprehend them as soon as possible.
It was acceptable to capture others gradually. After all, the great black snake had already been dealt with by Nie Chongyang and his team, so it could no longer assist those people in their wrongdoings. With their threat reduced, even ordinary departments could handle their apprehension.
However, individuals like the guesthouse owner, Mei Mei, and her husband posed a much greater threat, and they were still at large. Coupled with Mei Mei's husband's need for life extension, there was a constant danger as long as these two were not apprehended.
Let alone Nie Chongyang, Ye Tiancheng himself wanted to capture them.
Because when combined with their previous encounters, it became very clear that this couple likely had their sights set on Little Fox. The extremely ugly man Little Fox had encountered earlier, who gave her a bad feeling, was very likely Mei Mei's husband.
He was one of the vessels of the guesthouse owner Mei Mei's husband.
Ye Tiancheng and the others had seen his photograph and image before, and based on their deductions, it was easy to confirm this.
If someone threatened the life of his brother, how could Ye Tiancheng not care? Therefore, when Nie Chongyang mentioned it, and Ye Tiancheng was already planning to return, he readily agreed.
Moreover, he had Long Miaomiao with him.
Long Miaomiao had served as the Dragon God of that village for so many years, and it was not in vain. Over the years, she had actually mastered many important things. At the very least, she had considerable control and understanding of the villagers under her protection.
Although if one were to directly ask Long Miaomiao if she knew who Mei Mei was, she certainly wouldn't. Just like humans, who has the leisure to distinguish every ant at their feet and know their individual differences?
However, if she were informed of the matter and asked to investigate, she would have unexpected convenience.
These people had grown up on her territory and enjoyed her protection. Naturally, they would be registered and their status as those under her protection declared.
With this explanation, the significance was greatly different.
Long Miaomiao could easily find every person under her protection, and even track them down. Since these people were under her jurisdiction, she could control any of them if she wished.
The guesthouse owner, Mei Mei, and her husband, having lived in that village since childhood, were naturally included in this list.
Ye Tiancheng and the others first found the Fuxi Qin fragments, and this time they were quite successful, obtaining two fragments at once. Then, they focused on the whereabouts of Mei Mei and her husband.
Long Miaomiao had to put in some effort while tracking them.
After all, although these two lived under her protection and were under her jurisdiction, Mei Mei later turned to other entities to extend her husband's life. Otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to do these things. In short, Long Miaomiao's control over them was weakened to some extent.
Fortunately, this did not pose an insurmountable challenge for Long Miaomiao. She eventually managed to ascertain their whereabouts and, along with Ye Tiancheng and Nie Chongyang, apprehended both of them.
The guesthouse owner, Mei Mei, helped her husband extend his life, not hesitating to harm others for it. The method she obtained was from an unknown source, and that person even had someone above them.
These details were all revealed by Mei Mei and her husband during subsequent interrogations after their capture.
As for the person behind it, Ye Tiancheng had a vague feeling that they were inextricably linked to whoever had caused the Fatty's current state.
He just didn't know why they would target the Fatty and orchestrate these events, or what deep-seated hatred they held against Ye Tiancheng to go to such lengths.
Ye Tiancheng himself couldn't figure it out.
Finally, Ye Tiancheng concluded that he was probably just too unlucky.
After all, the guesthouse owner Mei Mei's search for a life-extension method for her husband had likely happened several years ago. By this time, so much time had passed. It was unlikely that someone had been plotting to harm Ye Tiancheng so many years in advance.
Ye Tiancheng had not yet made a name for himself back then, so where would he have provoked such a hidden enemy?
Therefore, Ye Tiancheng was more inclined to believe that this person happened to be hiding in this location, or that they coincidentally had subordinates here. It was just Ye Tiancheng's bad luck to run into them, fall into the trap, suffer heavy losses, and be betrayed by his good brother.
Thinking of this, Ye Tiancheng couldn't help but sigh, wondering how the Fatty was doing now.
Even if they were to meet, the Fatty would probably only want to stab him again, rather than reconcile with him.
Ye Tiancheng could only hope that this incident was not a one-sided affair, or that the country or other entities would be more eager for this matter to be resolved.
If the Fatty couldn't recover, Ye Tiancheng would spend his entire life searching for a way to restore him to normal.
Although being stabbed was a blow, it was impossible for Ye Tiancheng not to feel disheartened. However, after so many years of brotherhood, Ye Tiancheng still couldn't let go. There wasn't much he could do, but he would give it his all and not easily give up on the Fatty.
He would do the same if it were Little Fox.