"Ding-dong!"

The doorbell rang crisply, and the door to the pet shop was pushed open from the outside.

Lu Yuan, sitting behind the counter, didn't even look up; his cold voice simply carried across the distance.

"The shop is closed today. Please come back another day if you need anything."

Lu Yuan made his point very clear, but the other party did not leave.

"I'm not here to buy anything, I'm here to find you!"

A slightly hoarse, low voice sounded, and Lu Yuan, who was sitting behind the counter, finally looked up.

After seeing the person's appearance clearly, Lu Yuan couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth.

"Yo!"

"Isn't this Elder Zhongbei? I didn't expect you to still be alive!"

Lu Yuan spoke with a smile, but his words made Zhong Bei's face turn even darker.

"Arrogant brat!"

"If it weren't for that god-level beast tamer blocking your way back then, you would have died under my palm long ago!"

Seeing Zhong Bei's angry expression, Lu Yuan smiled even more broadly.

"Tsk tsk tsk!"

"Even now, you're still being stubborn! We're both god-level beast tamers, so why do you have so many excuses?"

Zhong Bei is not only a revered god-level beast tamer, but also one of the elders of the Jiang family. He is respected wherever he goes. How could he have repeatedly stumbled on a conceited child?

He was so angry that his face turned red and his hair seemed to stand up.

"You little brat..."

Zhong Bei was about to say something when another voice came from behind him.

"alright!"

"Elder Zhongbei, we haven't come here today just to argue!"

Immediately afterwards.

A familiar face emerged from behind Zhong Bei, took two steps forward, and stood in front of Lu Yuan.

"Long time no see!"

Jiang Ye stared intently into Lu Yuan's eyes, a faint smile playing on his lips.

"Should I call you 'Boss' like before, or should I just call you by your name, Lu Yuan?"

Hearing Jiang Ye's meaningful tone, Lu Yuan's expression remained unchanged, and he calmly put down the account book in his hand.

"Just call me by my name! It sounds more friendly, don't you think?"

Jiang Ye stared intently at Lu Yuan, not wanting to miss any expression on his face, and even trying to discern his psychological state from the changes in his expression.

But unfortunately.

Lu Yuan's expression remained unchanged throughout.

This gave Jiang Ye a bad feeling.

"You seem very calm?"

Lu Yuan raised an eyebrow at him upon hearing this.

"So how should I react? Surprised? Or scared?"

Seeing Lu Yuan's completely fearless demeanor, Jiang Ye's bad premonition deepened, and the question in his mind blurted out.

"By now you should have guessed that I'm from the Jiang family. Aren't you afraid I'm here to kill you?!"

After learning about Li Xingchi's actions that day, Jiang Ye reported the whole matter to the elders of his family.

After extensive investigation, they quickly determined that the owner of the pet shop was the same person as Lu Yuan, whom they had been chasing.

Back in the secret realm, it could be explained that Lu Yuan and Jiang Ye had never met before, so he naturally didn't know that Lu Yuan was the young master of the Jiang family, and he could still chat with him.

But now.

Zhong Bei stood right behind Jiang Ye.

Even if Lu Yuan still doesn't understand Jiang Ye's identity, he should at least know that they came with ill intentions. After all, Zhong Bei once went so far as to bring several experts to Ling'an Continent to ruin the joint school exam in order to kill Lu Yuan.

But.

Given this situation, why is Lu Yuan still able to maintain such a relaxed and calm demeanor?

Immediately afterwards.

Lu Yuan then answered his question.

“But your words and actions don’t seem like you want to kill me, and you can’t kill me right now.”

Upon hearing this, not only Jiang Ye, but even Zhong Bei was stunned.

Can't kill him?

This kid is way too arrogant!

With a god-level beast tamer here, how could he possibly fail to kill a young lad like him?

Provoked by Lu Yuan to his face, Zhong Bei's expression became increasingly unpleasant.

But the facts are indeed as Lu Yuan said.

His orders were not to kill Lu Yuan.

Although no one could figure out how Lu Yuan had traveled from Ling'an Continent to Wanjietian, they had to stop Li Xingchi from recruiting Lu Yuan into the Li family's camp, otherwise the expansion and rise of the Li family would become even more difficult to control.

However, Lu Yuan possesses the special ability to bestow divine beast bloodlines upon pet cubs.

This ability was unprecedented, and even the Jiang family was reluctant to give up such an extraordinary talent.

so.

The Jiang family's final decision was to win over Lu Yuan before he could leave home.

But that's only the most ideal scenario.

If Lu Yuan firmly states that he will not join the Jiang family, then we will choose to eliminate him!

In conclusion.

Under no circumstances should Lu Yuan be allowed to join any faction other than the Jiang family.

Thinking of this, Zhong Bei's expression turned ruthless.

"Don't be so arrogant, kid!"

"You only have two choices now! Either you obediently join the Jiang family, or I'll kill you right now!"

Zhong Bei was fully aura activated, ready to kill Lu Yuan at any moment.

The humiliation he suffered on Ling'an Continent was still vivid in his mind. In his heart, he didn't even want Lu Yuan to agree to join the Jiang family. He just wanted to kill Lu Yuan immediately!

Seeing Zhong Bei's expression, Jiang Ye frowned slightly in displeasure, but ultimately did not speak up to stop him.

In his view, Lu Yuan's attitude was indeed too arrogant.

Even if Lu Yuan intends to join the Jiang family, he must first be given a warning and his arrogant attitude must be curbed.

However.

Faced with the powerful pressure emanating from Zhong Bei, Lu Yuan didn't even blink.

"I will not join the Jiang family."

"And I think I've made myself perfectly clear; you can't kill me now."

Seeing Lu Yuan's completely indifferent expression, showing no regard for him or Zhong Bei, Jiang Ye's face grew increasingly grim.

What makes this kid so confident and fearless?

Could it be...?

Jiang Ye was thinking quickly, and a very likely reason gradually emerged in his mind.

Could it be that this kid has already joined the group that leaves home?

If Lu Yuan really joins the Li family, then the Jiang family will have even less ability to restrict the Li family's development in the future, and before long, they will even lose the ability to resist them.

Thinking of this, Jiang Ye looked at Lu Yuan again with a hint of resentment in his eyes.

"You don't actually think that just because you've joined the 'Leave Home' group, we won't dare to touch you, do you?"

Hearing Jiang Ye's words, Lu Yuan was completely confused.

Leaving home?

What business is it of yours to leave home?

In which sentence did you mention leaving home?

but.

Seeing the resentment in Jiang Ye's eyes, Lu Yuan quickly understood.

It seems this kid mistakenly thought he had joined the "Leave Home" movement, which is why his emotions started to escalate!

"If I become someone who leaves home, you'll probably have more reservations if you want to kill me, right?"

Instead of explaining his relationship with leaving home, Lu Yuan smiled and asked Jiang Ye a question in return.

After receiving this answer, Jiang Ye felt that Lu Yuan was confirming his conjecture, and became even more convinced that Lu Yuan had already defected to Li Xingchi and joined the Li family.

"snort!"

Jiang Ye snorted coldly.

"You think the Li family is too powerful! Perhaps in a few years, my Jiang family won't be able to compare with the Li family, but right now, if I want to kill you, the Li family can't stop me!"

"Besides, Li Xingchi is currently trapped somewhere else by my trap. Even if I wanted him to come and rescue you, he wouldn't be able to get here in time!"

"And once we kill you, by then it will have already happened, and he won't dare to say anything even if he wants to!"

After saying these words, Jiang Ye stared straight at Lu Yuan.

"I'm giving you one last chance. Do you want to submit to the Jiang family?!"

Faced with Jiang Ye's threat, Lu Yuan did not show any fear, and even the smile on his lips did not change.

"While I am very grateful for your help in restraining Li Xingchi, I am sorry, I have no intention of joining any faction."

The words fell.

Before Jiang Ye and Zhong Bei could react, Lu Yuan left the pet shop through the back door that had been prepared in advance, and in the blink of an eye, he had already darted nearly a hundred meters away.

"Grab him!"

Jiang Ye suddenly came to his senses and hurriedly called Zhong Bei to chase after Lu Yuan.