Several days passed in the blink of an eye.
Lu Yuan kept an eye on what was happening in room 638 next door from his hotel room every day.
Just as Zhu Jiayi had said before, Zheng Ran left early and returned late every day, always alone, and there was no sign of anything unusual about his behavior.
Not only that.
Even the messages sent back by Mu Ruxing's subordinates who were sent out to track Zheng Ran and the other two men in black all came back as normal.
They were just like normal tourists visiting Yandu, either resting in their rooms or strolling around the attractions.
The only outlier.
It's likely that the other two men in black, besides Zheng Ran, would sneak into room 638 to rest each night, avoiding the sight of others.
Looking at the information she had gathered over the past few days, Mu Ruxing's attitude shifted from initial certainty to skepticism.
If these three men in black really kidnapped the Wu family father and son, how could they have been wandering around Yandu for so many days as if nothing had happened?
But Lu Yuan didn't think so.
Rather, it's more accurate to say...
The actions of Zheng Ran and the others only intensified his suspicions.
Yandu has just experienced a beast tide attack that can be described as devastating. Normal people would not even have time to be scared and run away. How could anyone rush to visit Yandu at this time?
The more normal Zheng Ran and the others acted, the more Lu Yuan felt they were trying their best to hide something.
finally.
On the fifth day of the action plan.
As usual, Lu Yuan followed Zheng Ran out of the hotel, and then drove after him to meet up with two other men in black.
I thought the three of them would drive around Yandu like they did a few days ago, but to my surprise, they drove directly out of Yandu and into the remote suburbs.
Lu Yuan keenly sensed that there might be clues, and without thinking twice, he immediately drove off to follow.
After leaving Yandu City, we continued driving for nearly twenty minutes.
They eventually parked the car outside an abandoned factory.
Lu Yuan parked the car in a grove of trees a few dozen meters away from the factory. After watching Zheng Ran and the others jump out of the car, he looked around warily before walking into the factory.
then.
Lu Yuan also got out of the car and looked around.
This place is not only far from the city of Yandu, but also in an extremely remote location.
Even by normal driving, it takes about an hour to get there, and if you don't know the exact location, it may take even longer.
Thinking of this, Lu Yuan's nerves instantly tensed up.
Normal people would never come to a place like this. Zheng Ran and his group must be here to do something shady. Maybe they can find clues about the Wu family father and son here.
After a brief moment of thought, Lu Yuan first sent a message to Mu Ruxing on his phone, then put the car he had driven into his beast-taming space and quietly made his way into the abandoned factory.
The space inside the abandoned factory was much larger than Lu Yuan had imagined.
He carefully felt his way along the wall and followed the broken stairs to the second floor, where he finally saw Zheng Ran and the others who had entered the factory earlier.
At this moment, the three of them were sitting in different places, and their masks had been removed, revealing their full appearance.
Besides Zheng Ran, there was also a middle-aged man who looked to be in his forties.
To Lu Yuan's surprise...
Surprisingly, there was also a boy who looked to be about the same age as him.
The boy's status was clearly higher than Zheng Ran's and the other middle-aged man's.
“Young Master Jiang, we’ve already wasted almost a month here, but the task assigned by the master is still not complete. Shouldn’t we take some other action?” Zheng Ran turned to the young man and asked tentatively, his tone respectful.
After hearing his words, Jiang Xiujie glared at him.
"You think I want to waste this much time here?!"
"Who would have thought that kid surnamed Lu would leave the Divine Beast Pavilion when the beast tide attacked, and instead of running away, he ran towards the center of the battlefield! We wanted to take advantage of the chaos of the beast tide to kidnap him, but now it's all for nothing!"
"The summoned beast tide was repelled; what a waste of one of my treasures!"
At this point, Jiang Xiujie scratched his hair in frustration.
Lu Yuan was startled after hearing this.
The beast tide was actually summoned by someone?!
No wonder he felt that the beast tide was suspicious at the time.
Putting aside the question of how so many demonic beasts could possibly appear near the Scorching Sun Forest, the appearance of a high-level demonic beast like the Flying Beast would have been something the Divine Martial Pavilion couldn't possibly have missed.
However, if it was summoned by someone with ulterior motives using a treasure, then all these strange occurrences can be explained.
only.
What are their reasons for doing this?
Jiang Xiujie was very likely referring to himself as the young man surnamed Lu, and he also mentioned the Divine Beast Pavilion.
Could it be that they came specifically for me and the Divine Beast Pavilion?
Lu Yuan frowned.
If that's the case, then what's going on with the Wu family father and son?
On the other side.
Seeing Jiang Xiujie's unfriendly expression, Zheng Ran tactfully changed the subject.
"Young Master Jiang, please don't be angry. We haven't come away empty-handed! We not only auctioned off a sixth-tier cultivation technique, but we also unexpectedly captured a kid who awakened a time-based talent! If we can recruit him, it will be a great achievement!"
Upon hearing this...
Lu Yuan was stunned for a moment.
A kid who has awakened a time-related talent?
Isn't that describing Wu Mingxu?!
People who can awaken time-related talents are extremely rare, and the only person he knows who has awakened time-related talents is Wu Mingxu!
really!
These are the people who kidnapped the Wu father and son!
When Wu Mingxu was mentioned, Jiang Xiujie's expression softened slightly.
good!
Although there has been no progress on the matter of the Divine Beast Pavilion, he has still made some good gains during this period.
While a sixth-tier cultivation technique may not seem like much, people who have awakened time-related talents are rare. If we can bring him under our command, I believe the patriarch will forgive him for spending so much time on the mission.
But.
Thinking about this, Jiang Xiujie felt a surge of irritation again.
"Are those two still not willing to budge?"
“No.” Zheng Ran shook his head. “Wang Chao has only given them some water during this time, but hasn’t given them any food, yet they still refuse to join the Jiang family.”
"Tsk!"
Jiang Xiujie's expression revealed impatience.
He used the treasure to trigger a beast tide around Yandu in order to create chaos, kidnap Lu Yuan, and demand that he join the Jiang family and reveal the method for cultivating divine beast bloodlines.
Unexpectedly, Lu Yuan did not choose to hide in the Divine Beast Pavilion or run away, but instead went to the center of the beast tide to participate in the battle alone.
When they arrived at the Divine Beast Pavilion, Lu Yuan had already joined up with the main force of the Divine Martial Pavilion.
Forced into a corner.
Jiang Xiujie planned to kidnap Zheng Meng, the seemingly weakest of the two shop assistants, to find out the secret of the divine beast's bloodline in a different way, and then use Zheng Meng's life to threaten Lu Yuan into submission.
But an unexpected second event occurred.
He hadn't expected that there would be a master in the Divine Beast Pavilion who was about to break through to the Illusion God level.
In a place like Ling'an Continent where spiritual energy is scarce, there are very few people who can break through to the Illusion God level. Therefore, he did not even bring any high-level henchmen when he came to carry out this mission.
If they want to force their way into the Divine Beast Pavilion and kidnap Zheng Meng, they will inevitably have to fight a big battle with Mu Ruxing.
This will not only attract a lot of attention, but may also expose the purpose of their trip.
at last.
They had no choice but to settle for second best and focus their attention on Wu Mingxu, who had been sent back to guard the house by Lu Yuan.
"I originally planned to kidnap that kid surnamed Lu, but since that didn't work, I picked a shop clerk I could kidnap quietly and take away to find out the secrets of the Divine Beast Pavilion from him. But I didn't expect to accidentally run into a time-based ability user. This kid is too difficult to deal with!"
Jiang Xiujie grabbed the pitching machine in a state of near collapse.
He originally wanted to find out the secret of how the Divine Beast Pavilion cultivated the bloodline of divine beasts from Wu Mingxu, but he didn't expect to discover that this kid had awakened a time-related talent!
This is such a pleasant surprise!
Just as Zheng Ran said.
If we could recruit a Beastmaster who has awakened a time-related talent, it would be a great achievement!
But Wu Mingxu was even more stubborn than Jiang Xiujie had imagined.
No matter what conditions Jiang Xiujie offered to invite Wu Mingxu to join the Jiang family, the latter remained unmoved.
In order to achieve the goal.
Taking advantage of the fact that the beast tide had just receded and the chaos had not yet completely ended, Jiang Xiujie and his group used Wu Mingxu's life as leverage to quietly take away Wu Qiushan.
Moreover, in order to avoid being exposed immediately, they deliberately made up excuses to disguise everything.
To this day, no one knows that the Wu family father and son have been kidnapped by them for nearly a month!
only.
The Wu father and son were even more stubborn than Jiang Xiujie and the others had imagined.
Whether threatened with their lives or lured with benefits, these two simply refused to join the Jiang family.
Jiang Xiujie simply cut off their water and food, and subjected them to torture in every way to weaken their will.
Five days passed, but the two still refused to budge.
It's just like a stone.
It smells bad and is hard!
Jiang Xiujie was unwilling to let go of the time-related talent that had come to him so easily, so he always had a headache whenever he thought about it.
"Since they still won't budge, then let them continue to starve! Just keep them alive as long as they're clinging to life!"
Jiang Xiujie said angrily.
He just wouldn't believe it!
You can't fill your stomach with pride; hunger is what you really feel.
If you keep starving them, one day their spirits will be broken by hunger, and they will admit their mistakes and bow down to him.
He would make those two kneel before him, begging to join the Jiang family!
"Understood!" Zheng Ran nodded in agreement, then tentatively brought up the Divine Beast Pavilion again, "What about the Divine Beast Pavilion..."
Mentioning the Divine Beast Pavilion gave Jiang Xiujie an even bigger headache.
"Why don't we just storm into the Divine Beast Pavilion and kidnap that kid surnamed Lu? There's no need to go through all this trouble!"
Jiang Xiujie simply said, "What the hell?"
He has already investigated.
The person they feared, Mu Ruxing, was at the Divine Beast Auction House every day, only returning to the Divine Beast Pavilion to rest in the morning and evening. If they made their move while Mu Ruxing was away from the Divine Beast Pavilion, they could kidnap Lu Yuan before anyone could react!
However, Zheng Ran and the other middle-aged man clearly disagreed with Jiang Xiujie's proposal.
"Young Master Jiang, don't forget the patriarch's repeated instructions before his departure: we must never reveal our identities. Our information comes from the Myriad Realms Heaven, and we must never be discovered."
"What's there to be afraid of?!" Jiang Xiujie's expression was arrogant, his tone full of disdain. "It's just the lowest-level Ling'an Continent. So what if my identity is exposed? At worst, I'll just go back and find more people to wipe out this city!"
In his words, destroying an entire city was as simple as killing a cat or dog.
The lives of tens of millions of residents in Yandu were like ants in his eyes, not worth caring about at all.
"That won't do! Young Master Jiang, if you insist on doing this, then I will have no choice but to immediately return to the main family and report this matter to the head of the family!"
Hearing Zheng Ran bring up his status as the head of the family to pressure him, Jiang Xiujie's face immediately turned gloomy, but in the end he just snorted coldly.
"I understand! I'll think of another way!"
Zheng Ran gave Jiang Xiujie a deep look, but said nothing. She got up and went into the small room next door.
Through the gap in the door, Lu Yuan could see the Wu father and son with their hands and feet bound.
Just as revealed in the conversation between Jiang Xiujie and Zheng Ran.
At this moment, Wu Qiushan and Wu Mingxu looked extremely disheveled, their faces pale and their eyes vacant and wandering, clearly having been so hungry that they were somewhat delirious.
Seeing this, Lu Yuan forcibly suppressed his anger and shifted his gaze to Jiang Xiujie.
He hasn't forgotten.
The key points mentioned in the conversation between Jiang Xiujie and Zheng Ran just now.
They came from the Myriad Realms Heaven!
Moreover, they came specifically for the secrets of the Divine Beast Pavilion.
Wu Mingxu was arrested in his place by sheer coincidence.
Regardless of his position, he had to rescue the Wu father and son safely.
but.
He recalled the words that the Lu family patriarch had once spoken.
His mother, Li Liuxin, came from the Myriad Realms Heaven. After her family was destroyed by her enemies, she fled to the Ling'an Continent, where she met his father, Lu Zhaoming, by chance. The two fell in love and got married.
But after that, the sulfur core suddenly disappeared.
Months later, he delivered the newborn boy to the Lu family's doorstep, while he himself, in order to escape being hunted down, has been missing ever since, and his fate is unknown.
As our ancestors said.
Only those with the blood of those who have left home can awaken the beast-taming talent without elemental attributes, and be able to contract two or even more beasts at the same time.
His "Submission of All Beasts" is among the most precious talents.
There is absolutely no limit to the number of beasts that can be contracted.
If the Myriad Realms Heaven finds out about this, it will definitely attract their attention, and they might send even more assassins.
So until now.
Lu Yuan kept his ability to contract multiple beasts at the same time a secret, and almost no outsiders knew about it.
But he didn't expect it.
Despite keeping this matter a secret so well, Wan Jie Tian still came knocking on my door for other reasons.
Is this some kind of destiny?
Lu Yuan was deep in thought when suddenly a furious shout came from behind him.
Who are you?!
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