The Duan Chenfeng brothers sat in the back seat, with the taciturn young assassin beside them.
They had originally intended to express their gratitude to Ling Feng.
However, upon seeing Ling Feng's phone ring, they slightly postponed their words of thanks.
Ling Feng raised his phone; it was Yang Fei calling.
"What is it?"
"Heavenly Venerate, we have a lead regarding the surveillance incident last time!"
Yang Fei's voice was somewhat somber, clearly having deliberately lowered its volume.
Ling Feng's expression remained unchanged. "Continue, I'm listening."
"It's the Elder Council! We've investigated some clues, and some signals revealing your location were transmitted from the Elder Council. Although they can't monitor our actions in real-time now, your subordinate fears they will continue to launch assassination attempts against you, Heavenly Venerate!"
Yang Fei spoke word by word, his killing intent growing more intense with each utterance.
This outcome was what Yang Fei had previously speculated, but it was also the result he least wished to see!
Trouble within the Elder Council meant the identity of the mole was narrowed down, and whoever those individuals were, Yang Fei could not easily deal with them, which also made Yang Fei feel suppressed!
"Those people have already come. Their target was me, but you also need to guard the Duan family well."
Ling Feng's voice remained calm.
Upon hearing this, Yang Fei's expression drastically changed, and his tone became somewhat uncontrolled.
"What? Those scoundrels have already launched an assassination? Could it be related to the incident where the Duan Chenfeng brothers were kidnapped this time..."
"Yes, it was a group of assassins, well-trained and expertly disguised as travelers. I have eliminated them."
Ling Feng calmly revealed the truth of the matter, and before Yang Fei could express surprise, he hung up the phone.
Dudududu...
Yang Fei listened to the dial tone from the phone, bloodlust flashing in his eyes.
"These bastards, they're still relentlessly pursuing! Do they really think the King of Zhenbei will be intimidated by them!"
Ba Yilan approached Yang Fei from behind, sensing the killing intent emanating from him, and her footsteps faltered slightly.
Yang Fei suddenly turned around, sensing movement behind him. Ba Yilan was clearly startled and quickly explained.
"I'm sorry, Brother Yang Fei, I didn't know you were on the phone."
Yang Fei realized his killing intent had frightened Ba Yilan and quickly reined it in, saying calmly, "It's nothing, Yilan. How is Old Bai after taking the herbal decoction?"
Ba Yilan nodded repeatedly. "It's already showing some medicinal effect. Uncle's complexion has improved significantly, and he's sweating profusely. I can tell that some toxins are being expelled."
"Good, that's good."
Ba Yilan could see that Yang Fei was troubled and couldn't help but ask, "Brother Yang Fei, is there any trouble with Brother Ling Feng?"
"It's nothing. The people have been rescued, and Brother is accompanying them to the Duan family's ancestral home. He should be back after donating those supplies," Yang Fei explained casually, as some matters could not be disclosed to Ba Yilan.
Meanwhile, after Ling Feng hung up the phone.
Duan Chenyang also apologized, "I'm sorry, Mr. Ling. You were almost implicated this time."
Ling Feng replied without looking back, "It's fine. You advised me not to come, but I insisted on coming myself."
"Alas, we have been saved by you again, Mr. Ling. I, Duan Chenfeng, already owe you so many lives!"
Duan Chenfeng also expressed his sincere gratitude.
Ling Feng shook his head. "Speaking of which, this matter is my fault for implicating you. Those people were after me. Duan Chenyang had already noticed this."
Duan Chenfeng looked at his elder brother in the wheelchair with surprise.
Duan Chenyang's expression was somewhat grim. He took a deep breath before saying calmly, "Indeed, although these bandits had firearms, they wouldn't have been able to intercept us so easily on their own."
"And precisely at this moment, that passenger bus suddenly broke down, halting us, which gave these bandits the opportunity!"
"At that time, I cast a divination and learned that the calamity was in the southwest. After the divination, I realized it was your calamity, Mr. Ling, and clearly, these bandits did not possess such capabilities."
"This place is desolate and uninhabited. Besides us and the bandits, there was only this busload of people. Although their acting was superb, I could still discern something unusual from their eyes and expressions, thus concluding that these people were no ordinary individuals!"
Duan Chenfeng listened with astonishment and couldn't help but smile wryly. "Brother, you knew all this beforehand, why didn't you tell me?"
Duan Chenyang shook his head. "Heavenly secrets must not be leaked. My using Xuanmen methods to transmit a message to Mr. Ling is already a partial leakage of heavenly secrets. If I had explained the truth to you, we would have been in mortal danger at that moment!"
Having said that, Duan Chenyang took out an ancient coin from his hand.
"Whether Mr. Ling came or not, we would not have faced this calamity! At most, we would have lost some property, which is why I didn't make a fuss."
Duan Chenfeng nodded repeatedly. "So that's how it is!"
"Heh heh, but Mr. Ling still came."
Duan Chenyang continued to smile wryly, as if feeling his message had been somewhat redundant.
Ling Feng could naturally see Duan Chenyang's thoughts and said slowly, "Your message this time provided me with some quite important information."
"Oh? That's good, that's good!"
Duan Chenyang nodded repeatedly. As long as he hadn't implicated Ling Feng, his conscience was clear.
Then, the car fell silent, and the few of them subconsciously looked at the young assassin beside them.
The young assassin also appeared quite flustered, clearly unaccustomed to being so close to strangers. He huddled in the corner, like a startled little beast.
"Hey, you don't remember anything? You at least remember your name, right?"
Lin Shuainan, who disliked overly serious atmospheres, immediately took the initiative to ask.
The young assassin shook his head repeatedly. "For... forgot."
"Ah? You forgot your name? Then what do you usually do? Besides killing and training, sigh, do you assassins have poison in your mouths? I saw someone grit their teeth and just kick the bucket!"
Lin Shuainan was clearly very interested in an assassin and kept asking questions.
"That's a potent poison, connected to the dental nerves. As long as the nerves are subjected to a certain pressure, the poison will enter the bloodstream and be instantly fatal!"
The young assassin's face turned pale as he spoke of this matter.
"Hey, then why are you okay? Big Brother, I remember you knocked out his teeth. Hey, that's not right. If this thing kills you when the nerves are pressured, you knocked out his teeth, so how are you fine?"
This was also something the young assassin was curious about, and he stared intently at Ling Feng.
Ling Feng, however, was deep in thought and was somewhat annoyed by Lin Shuainan's incessant chatter.
He responded coldly, "Drive the car. If you want to know, I'll knock out two of your teeth, and then you'll understand!"