Number One listened with a sullen face to the busy tone of the phone being hung up.

His face looked extremely ugly.

Although Lin Yuan has a bad temper, he is actually a nice person.

To give him such a blatant cold shoulder must mean he's been angered by some idiot.

So he quickly called Ding Yun to find out more about the situation.

After finding out what had happened, he immediately called the Du, You, and Wu families and reprimanded them all.

The final result was that all three families were stripped of their spots in subsequent batches.

The three families were completely bewildered. They had no idea what had happened or why such a sudden change had occurred.

But when he tried to call the three younger members, he couldn't get through to any of them.

Suddenly, a bad premonition cast a shadow over all three families.

Before the family's dark cloud could even descend, the three people who witnessed Lin Yuan making the phone call were also stunned.

They never expected Lin Yuan to dare to do this!

However, since they hadn't heard Number One's voice, they remained skeptical about the veracity of the story.

Whether Ding Yun actually made the call to Number One is also questionable.

If Lin Yuan and the others knew what these three were thinking, they would probably be so angry they'd laugh.

An idiot is an idiot. Not only is his thought process abnormal, but he can also find so many non-existent reasons for himself!

Lin Yuan didn't bother to say anything more to them.

He glanced coldly at the three of them and said, "Now that you're in my hands, you'll have to follow my rules. Don't expect me to protect you!"

Before the words were even finished, Ye Qiao and the others also chimed in, "We won't protect you either."

Although Ding Yun and the others didn't say anything, their meaning was already quite clear.

After all, they had gone to great lengths to be able to stay by Lin Yuan's side. If they offended Lin Yuan for the sake of these people, it would truly be a loss.

Ming Dongfang looked at them with some surprise, but ultimately said nothing.

Although he wasn't entirely clear on the real inside story, he understood one principle.

That means there's no such thing as a free lunch.

Wanting to cultivate alongside others and also wanting protection—where in this world is there such a good deal?

However, he also realized the situation and knew that he needed to build a good relationship with Ding Yun first.

Because Lin Yuan might not protect them, but Ding Yun might.

After all, everyone was assigned to complete a mission.

As for those three idiots, let them court death.

The meeting ended in an awkward atmosphere.

Jiang Rushi still has not shown up.

At first, the people on Mingdongfang's side didn't realize it.

After all, there were women in Lin Yuan's team, and more than one.

So at the time, no one went to confirm which one was Jiang Rushi.

It wasn't until someone asked out of curiosity that they learned she had actually gone into seclusion.

Wu Youlan was already angered by Ye Qiao's attitude, and now that she had finally found a handle, she began to spread rumors, "What do you mean by seclusion and not coming out? I think he's already dead. They're just using this as an excuse to keep it from us."

In the past, the other members of the team would occasionally chime in and flatter them because of their background and connections.

But after this incident, everyone saw through the true nature of these three people.

If they get any closer to them, their mission will fail.

Don't be fooled by the fact that Lin Yuan didn't directly drive anyone away.

His phone call was an ultimatum to them.

If anyone dies unexpectedly during his subsequent cultivation, he will not care, nor will he take responsibility for it.

Because this was entirely their own doing.

Wu Youlan was spoiled and was somewhat surprised that she hadn't received a response after waiting for so long.

She turned to look at her teammates who were eating together.

If it weren't for the particular curiosity and confusion in her eyes at that moment, the others could have continued to play dumb.

Someone couldn't help but speak up, "You should just say less."

They were from prominent families and weren't afraid of Lin Yuan, but the others were.

If these three people offend Lin Yuan, and he is afraid of the power behind them, he will be in big trouble if they implicate him.

"What do you mean?"

Wu Youlan was instantly enraged.

She has always been pampered and spoiled since childhood, and she has never been questioned like this before.

And what did she say wrong?

That Jiang Rushi is nothing more than a peasant from the mountains. If she hadn't been clinging to Lin Yuan all this time, how would she have been qualified to cultivate by his side?

The news of her death has been kept secret, and we can't even tell anyone?

Du Yong'an agreed that her suspicions were valid and chimed in, "You're afraid of them, but I'm not!"

"They really tried to kill me just now, weren't you afraid?"

Yu Geng had already come to his senses.

He was indeed scared, but in the end he felt that Lin Yuan did it because he had a guilty conscience.

How can you call Number One and not let Number One speak?!

Isn't it because they're afraid they'll notice something's off, so they're doing this on purpose?

These people had never worked alongside Lin Yuan, so they were unaware of Lin Yuan's attitude towards Number One.

Ding Yun and the others were all too familiar with it.

Let alone speaking to Number One like that, there was a time when Lin Yuan was so angered that he almost turned against Number One.

Lin Yuan has long since transcended the realm of ordinary people.

Let alone a national leader, he could easily destroy the entire world if he wanted to.

People today should be thankful that he wasn't the main villain.

Otherwise, the entire planet Earth would have ceased to exist long ago.

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