That man was the same one Ji Fengyao had seen in the mines of the Dongdan and He families. He had once gone up to curry favor with Ji Fengyao, who was disguised as He Xiaotou. However, he was no longer the disheveled, burly man he had been before.

Like Bai Yusheng and Zhuang Shaohan, he was completely wrapped in a black bodysuit and wore a black mask.

Those large, double-lidded eyes, like the North Star, shone brightly, and those sharply defined eyebrows pointed diagonally to her temples.

These are very young eyes, still radiating a youthful energy.

The sharpness emanating from the boy's eyes and brows gave him an air of wisdom and a sharp edge, yet it was firmly and subtly concealed in the corners of his eyes and brows. Unless seen face to face, no one could sense it.

He was currently keeping a close eye on Bai Yusheng, Zhuang Shaoze, and the others, thinking to himself:

This is not a member of the Zhou family.

The He Xiaotou who went into the Dongdan family's and He family's mines last time was not the He Xiaotou who later disappeared.

But why would they impersonate members of the Zhou family to provoke the Dongdan family?

What benefit would they gain from stirring up a conflict between the Dongdan and Zhou families?

As he was pondering this, he sensed that a gaze from the Dongdan family's camp was peering toward his hiding place.

The boy subconsciously turned his head to look, and his eyes met Ji Fengyao's through the dense forest.

He's from the Dongdan family, but this young cultivator's aura...

The boy didn't see Ji Fengyao clearly, but the aura emanating from her made him feel as if he had seen her before.

The dense forest was dark and gloomy. Ji Fengyao had only glanced at the boy's location unintentionally during her patrol and vaguely sensed that someone was there.

When she looked back at the spot where the boy had been hiding, he had already left.

"There are people around, stop arguing and make this quick; if things go wrong, abandon your belongings and retreat separately. Survival is the most important thing." Ji Fengyao's heart tightened, and she used her divine sense to notify Lu Yang, An Xinjin, Hao Yan, Bai Yusheng, Zhuang Shaoze, and others.

Are there really people around?

When Ji Fengyao spoke earlier, Lu Yang and An Zijin had already spread their divine senses to search the surroundings, but found nothing.

At this moment, Ji Fengyao confidently told them again that there were people around, and their vigilance immediately rose to the extreme.

Even An Zijin couldn't detect that person's presence, which shows that the person's cultivation level was at least at the Great Completion stage!

It's a long story, but in reality, everyone's reactions all happened within a few breaths.

Dong Danmo trembled violently, partly from anger, but mostly from the fear of losing her hairpin. While anxiously observing the reactions of the He family members, hoping to find the thief, she angrily shouted, "Stop pretending! I saw the Zhou family's clothing beneath your black robes! If you dare to do anything reckless, I will report this to the clan upon returning to Yanjing. Then we'll see how your Zhou family explains themselves!"

Bai Yusheng and Zhuang Shaoze listened to Ji Fengyao's suggestion.

The two men exchanged a glance and waved their hands in unison, saying, "Since you don't believe me, then go ahead and report it. If someone takes the blame, we won't keep this stuff. Brothers, let's all go for it! Take as much as we can, don't leave them even an empty box!"

"You want to steal it? Our Dongdan family isn't going to be trifled with!" Dongdan Motong said to Lu Yang with a fierce but weak expression, "Seventh Uncle, go and catch that foul-mouthed bastard. I'm going to personally twist off his head and go to the Zhou family in Yanjing to demand an explanation!"