"Be careful." Yu Nianzhen said, and Jiang Yue nodded.
Although he wasnât as sensitive as the swordsman, he could feel that something wasnât right in the main courtyard.
"Hide as much of your breath as you can." The swordsman whispered, and Jiang Yue nodded again.
A moment later, both young men suppressed their qi presence to the limit and activated two invisibility talismans to hide.
When they were confident they wouldnât be easily detected, they sneaked into the courtyard and headed to the main hall.
Along the way, they saw hundreds of Bai family guards and relatives slumped on the ground.
Fortunately, they were just knocked out, and none were dead.
âThey were probably affected by an aerial knockout drug.â Jiang Yue thought.
He thought about waking one up to ask about the situation but eventually gave up the idea.
Although it was beneficial to know the situation before going in, he doubted any of the knocked-out people knew much.
From the looks of it, all of them were going on with their day when they suddenly fainted.
In that case, it was better to find conscious people to understand the situation.
"Donât lag behind." A whisper came from the front.
Jiang Yue rolled his eyes and hurried forward.
âHow does he know where I am?â He wondered, but this wasnât the time to ask.
"There are people just ahead." The whisper came again.
This time, the whisper came from his left, and Jiang Yue instinctively reached out.
His invisible hand groped around for a long time before it was suddenly grasped by a rougher hand.
âCan he see him?â He wondered in confusion.
Although the low-grade silver rank invisibility talismans werenât the best, Yu Nianzhen shouldnât have the ability to see through them.
"You..." He started, wanting to clear his doubts.
However, a hand covered Jiang Yueâs mouth, and his words were cut off.
In the next moment, Jiang Yue heard footsteps and a person exited from the room ahead.
The person was a middle-aged man with a cultivation at the fifth level of the origin forging realm.
As soon as he exited the room, he began to look around, and his expression clouded with each passing breath.
"Did I imagine it?" He muttered under his breath.
With a last look around, he returned to the main hall.
After this, the two young men didnât dare to speak.
Instead, they held hands and silently crept into the main hall.
The main hall was about one hundred square metres, and a young man in his twenties was sitting on the main seat at the front.
Two metres in front of him, five people bound with blue vine were kneeling, and three others were slumped on the ground.
There was also a big hole in the east wall, and a bleeding person was half buried by the collapsed wall.
âWas the crash we heard due to the wall?â Jiang Yue wondered and took a second look at the wall.
However, he didnât have much time to think about it before someone spoke.
"Bai patriarch, what do you say?" The person seated on the main seat asked.
He had a plain face, and his eyes carried a viciousness the two boys had often seen in evil cultivators.
However, this person was not an evil cultivator.
His qi presence didnât contain evil which could only mean that the evil in his eyes was due to his character.
âHe looks a little familiar.â Jiang Yue thought.
Beside him, Yu Nianzhen also thought the same thing.
He was sure he had never met the person, but he looked familiar.
âHis cultivation is at the third level of the origin forging realm.â He thought.
Although this cultivation was unremarkable in the Sea Cloud sect, it was good in a place like Fengying city.
More importantly, some of those serving the person were older and had a higher cultivation.
This could only mean that the young manâs identity was extraordinary in Fengying city.
When he thought of this, a face suddenly flashed in Yu Nianzhenâs mind.
âWang Hui?â He thought.
The person in front wasnât Wang Hui, but his appearance was at least four points similar.
âHe should be a relative, which means he belongs to the city lordâs residence.â
Yu Nianzhen turned gloomy when he thought of that.
More than seven years ago, the Fengying city lord was in the later stages of the qi transformation realm and may have already broken through to the origin tempering realm.
If he was involved in this matter, Yu Nianzhen didnât have the confidence to defeat him.
Also, the city lord was appointed by the Sea Cloud sect.
Dealing with him would require an explanation to the sect, and Yu Nianzhen didnât want this kind of trouble.
âI have to understand the situation first. After that, I will do what I can and nothing more.â He thought.
After all, their relationship with the Bai family was ordinary.
He didnât need to risk his and Jiang Yueâs life for ordinary acquaintances.
"Our Bai family doesnât dare to accept this love. The eighth young master doesnât need to insist." Bai patriarch said.
Although the Bai patriarch was tied up, his voice was strong and full of contempt.
When they heard it, the two boys looked at the speaker and frowned.
âWasnât the Bai patriarch at the third level of the qi transformation realm? Why is he at the second?â They wondered.
Also, many years had passed since they saw the person, and his cultivation should have increased by at least one small realm.
After considering that, the two didnât understand why the patriarchâs cultivation had fallen instead.
As they were trying to figure it out, the realm fell again, and the patriarch became a cultivator at the first level of qi transformation.
âWhat is going on here?â Jiang Yue wondered.
Although he didnât know what was causing the cultivation base to fall, he knew it shouldnât be allowed to fall further.
If it fell by a big realm, the patriarch would be unable to recover and would be stuck in the origin-forging realm for the rest of his life.
"XiaoYing is only thirteen this year. What kind of beast are you?" A woman screamed and tried to jump forward from her kneeling position.
However, she was kicked by an eighth-level meridian awakening realm cultivator and collapsed next to the patriarch.
"Thirteen is an adult. She can give birth."
Bai patriarch felt ill when he heard that and hated himself for being weak.
If he was stronger, he would be able to protect his daughter from this beast that coveted her beauty.
"You..., arenât you afraid of what Bai Zheng will do when she finds out?" One of the kneeling elders asked.
"What can she do? Bai Zheng is an ordinary inner-sect disciple of the Sea Cloud sect. Our Wang family has more people in the sect."
When they heard that, the Bai family despaired.
Everything the beast said was true.
Even if they were wronged in this matter, they could only grit their teeth and let it go.
However, Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen werenât willing.
At first, they thought the cause and effect was related to conflicts in business interests but didnât expect to encounter a beast that was coveting a child.
In fact, this eighth young master of the Wang family could kill the Bai family to snatch the little girl.
However, he was worried the other big families in Fengying city would not accept the matter and would use it as an excuse to unite against the city lordâs residence.
This, in itself, was not a troublesome matter, but if they combined to complain to the sect, an investigation would be made, and the city lordâs residence would be in trouble.
After thinking about it for a long time, he came up with an insidious idea.
For this, he contacted one of his brothers in the sect and acquired three qi leeching worms.
He then bribed a few servants, and they introduced the worms in the food of the three strongest cultivators in the Bai family.
When the Bai family was trying to figure it out, the eighth young master brought his people to attack.
However, he didnât kill people and instead wanted to make a deal with the Bai family.
As long as they handed Bai Ying over, he was willing to help them remove the worms. At that time, not only would the enmity between their families be cancelled, their relationship would be strengthened by marriage.
Unfortunately, the Bai family didnât know what was good for them, and they refused to agree to his plan.
"Bai patriarch, the qi leeching worm is not difficult to solve, but your cultivation wonât hold on until you find an alchemist."
The eighth young master smiled.
Since he had already taken this step, he wasnât willing to back down.
As long as he didnât destroy the Bai family, the other top clans wouldnât care too much.
They would only think that the Bai family was unlucky to give birth to Bai Ying or stupid for refusing to give her up.
"Father, I am willing to go with them." A voice shouted, and a beautiful young girl sprinted into the hall.