Chapter 2
"Senior Sister, I've prepared a new wedding robe for your husband." The junior brother learned from yesterday's lesson and knew that if he wanted to avoid being scolded in the future, he would first have to win over his brother-in-law.
Ye Zi nodded and put the robe into her storage bracelet.
She had forgotten to give a gift upon their first meeting, but thankfully her junior brother was thoughtful.
The eldest disciple stepped forward: "Eldest sister, this is a body-protecting pill. It just so happens that a top-grade one has been produced. I'm giving it to your husband."
Ye Zi took it and opened it; there were actually eight: "Not bad, you've improved."
Only after confirming that his senior sister had truly praised him did the junior disciple dare to beam with joy: "Thank you, senior sister."
The little junior brother tugged at Ye Zi's clothes, holding up a talisman that glowed with spiritual light in his small hand: "Good luck talisman, to bring good luck to my senior brother-in-law."
"Bring back candied hawthorns." Ye Zi rubbed her little junior brother's head.
"Thank you, Senior Sister." The junior brother's wish had come true.
Ye Zi walked to her master's side and glanced at her master's storage ring with a hint of ambiguity.
My fellow disciples have all given me gifts, how could I, as their master, leave empty-handed?
"This brat, this is blatant robbery!" Master Yunqing raised his hand and tapped his disciple on the head.
He then took out a map: "The marked points are where the contracts are signed."
"Remember, if there are any unusual occurrences in the Li family's inner quarters, ignore them," Master Yunqing cautiously advised.
Ye Zi accepted it: "Disciple will remember it."
Master Yunqing took out another pill and handed it to Ye Zi: "Take this before entering the Li residence. If anything unexpected happens, eliminate them directly. Master will handle the rest."
"Yes." Ye Zi gripped the antidote tightly.
Tianlong Pavilion Villa
"Boss, there really is a formation on the nameless mountain." Luo Yi and the others, including Master Qiu, worked all night at the foot of the nameless mountain before returning at dawn.
"And then?" Luo Hengzhi seemed to be in good spirits, and for some reason, she hadn't dreamed last night.
Luo Yi felt a little embarrassed to talk about what happened last night, but she still told the truth: "As soon as we entered, we were trapped in a ghost wall. We were trapped all night, and at dawn, we were thrown out by a force."
"When I opened my eyes again, I was already on the highway outside the nameless mountain." After Luo Yi finished speaking, he secretly glanced at Luo Yunheng's expression.
"Master Qiu, have you said what kind of formation it is?" Luo Hengzhi's expression remained unchanged, and his tone was indifferent.
"It's uncertain. They only said it was a formation within a formation, guessing it's an ancient formation, but ancient formations have long been lost, and nothing has been passed down to later generations," Luo Yi repeated Qiu Daoist's words.
"Go and rest first. We'll go back to the old house today." Luo Hengzhi didn't ask any more questions. As long as she was sure there was nothing unusual, that was enough.
Upon hearing that they had to go back to the old house, Luo's face darkened with anger: "Boss, without the old house, our business would have been much smoother. Why do we have to go back and suffer..."
Luo Hengzhi raised her hand to interrupt Luo Yi: "Before leaving the old house, we still need to go through the motions on the surface."
"Yes." Luo Yi knew that his boss wouldn't do anything unnecessary, but the thought of his boss having to deal with those idiots made Luo Yi's fists clench.
Li Family Old House
After leaving the nameless mountain, Ye Zi slapped a concealment talisman on her body and flew directly towards the Li family's old residence on her sword.
When they arrived near the Li family's residence, Ye Zi reappeared, having changed her form.
He transformed into an ordinary person in his twenties, dressed in casual clothes and wearing glasses.
Ye Zi stood at the corner not far from the Li family's house, looking towards it.
The main gate is a place where energy gathers. The Li family's main gate is surrounded by a thin layer of golden energy, but a cloud of yin energy shrouds the plaque.
They occupy auspicious locations to commit sinister acts.
Ye Zi took the antidote pill, went straight to the Li family's house, and knocked on the door.
"Who is it, banging so loudly? Don't you know how to ring the doorbell?" A woman with a mean face opened the door angrily.
The woman looked Ye Zi up and down, her disdain deepening: "What are you knocking for..."
Before she could continue shouting, Ye Zi pushed her aside and went inside.
The courtyard was noticeably more sinister and malevolent, and it was also mixed with a poisonous gas that was specifically designed to target cultivators, as prolonged exposure could damage their spirit and soul.
There's something like this at the foot of the mountain?
The woman was pushed to the ground and was stunned. Seeing Ye Zi walking inside, she quickly scrambled to her feet and shouted, "Someone is robbing me! Help!"
A group of security guards ran out and surrounded Ye Zi.
"If you dare to rob my Li family, just kill me." A woman in her early thirties with a charming appearance walked out, her face filled with an arrogant and domineering air.
"Bring Li Man out. I'll collect the substitute dowry." Ye Zi looked coldly at the crowd and said calmly.
"Are you the one who joined the group order yesterday?" The speaker was a beautiful woman with a pure and innocent appearance, Li Man, the one who was betrothed to Luo Hengzhi. Li Man pretended to be innocent, but her eyes could not hide her contempt. "With your looks, you are quite a match for that good-for-nothing Luo Hengzhi."
Ye Zi glanced at Li Man and said coldly, "Enough with the nonsense, where are we signing the contract!"
“You…” Li Man was used to being flattered, and this was the first time someone had dared to treat her like this. She didn’t know how to respond for a moment.
"Kill her, I want her... dead." Li Man realized that she had been humiliated, and she could no longer pretend to be innocent and naive, completely revealing her true nature.
The security guards raised their stun guns, only to find that they couldn't move at all.
"What's going on? Why aren't you doing anything?" Seeing that the security guard wasn't moving, the girl kicked the guard next to her to the ground.
"I can't move," the security guard said aggrievedly as he fell to the ground after being kicked.
“I can’t move either,” the other security guards echoed.
The alluring woman realized something was wrong and immediately turned to call for help.
Ye Zi glanced at the alluring woman, who was heading in the direction her master had instructed her to go—the back courtyard, from which the Li family's dense yin energy flowed.
"A bunch of useless trash, what's the point of keeping you around?" Li Man snatched the stun gun from the security guard's hand and vented her anger by hitting him hard.
Ye Zi glanced at the noisy Li Man, frowned, and teleported to stand next to the girl, raising her hand to grab the girl's hair and pull it down.
"Ah... let go of me." The girl was in pain from being pulled and kept hitting Ye Zi's hand.
"Shut up," Ye Zi snapped.
Li Man was scolded and immediately shut her mouth, not daring to scream anymore. She could only silently shed tears from the pain.
"Let's go sign the contract," Ye Zi said.
"Okay, I'll take you there, just let me go," Li Man said, crying.
Ye Zi not only didn't let go, but pulled even harder, shouting, "Hurry up!"
"Okay, okay." Li Man cried, tears streaming down her face, and dared not make any more requests. She pointed to a room.
Once Ye Zi confirmed that it was the room her master had marked, she pulled Li Man over there.
"Brother, open the door quickly." Li Man cried and knocked on the door as she walked to it.
The person inside opened the door and pointed a gun at Ye Zi.
"Brother." The girl cried even harder when she saw the person in the room.
"I am Li Yan. Release my sister, and I guarantee you'll sign the contract, get the money, and leave smoothly." Li Yan pointed to a table full of cash inside the room to show his sincerity.
Ye Zi had seen guns online, but this was the first time she had seen one in person. She knew that these things were quite powerful.
Ye Zi also knew... this thing was very expensive!
My junior brothers will definitely like it. It's my first time coming down the mountain, so I should bring them something back with me.
Ye Zi casually tossed Li Man aside.
Li Yan pulled his sister behind him, his eyes blazing with murderous intent. He pointed the gun at Ye Zi and said fiercely, "You're asking for death..."
The unfinished words were stuck in my throat.
Ye Zi grabbed Li Yan's neck with one hand and held a pistol in the other.
After glancing at the gun in her hand a few times and confirming that it was real, the gun slid directly into Ye Zi's sleeve and was stored in her storage bracelet.
This thing is expensive, so keep it safe!
Before Li Yan could finish his harsh words, he was choked and didn't even see how it all happened.
Li Man did see it, but it happened too fast, so fast that she couldn't believe her eyes. She was so frightened that she didn't dare to move and collapsed to the ground.
Ye Zi grabbed Li Yan by the neck, dragged him to the table where the money was kept, and pointed: "How much?"
“2 million... not a penny less,” Li Yan said with difficulty.
Ye Zi waved her hand on the table, and 2 million yuan in cash entered her storage bracelet: "Contract, take it out."
Li Yan stared wide-eyed in disbelief as the money vanished into thin air.
“Demon…” Li Yan broke out in a cold sweat instantly.
Ye Zi noticed that the brother and sister were talking too much nonsense, so she tightened her grip on their necks and snapped, "Hurry up!"
Li Yan's face flushed red. He dared not delay and quickly opened the drawer to take out the contract.
"A marriage alliance agreement?" Ye Zi saw that the Li family had stamped the contract, but she didn't see the marriage alliance agreement signed between the Luo family and the Li family.
We need that thing to pick up Luo Hengzhi from the Luo family.
“Yes…yes.” Li Yan quickly pulled open another drawer.
After checking and finding no problems, Ye Zi carefully put away the marriage agreement and contract.
"You beast, whatever you are, stop and leave immediately." A man dressed in Taoist robes stood at the door, pointing a peach wood sword at Ye Zi.
Ye Zi's cold gaze shot towards the Taoist priest with a sinister aura standing at the door. A Taoist practitioner actually dabbling in evil magic, he deserves to die!
Ye Zi threw Li Yan to the ground.
With a slight lift of his right hand, a spirit sword appeared in his grasp.
The Taoist priest's pupils constricted when he saw the sword appear out of thin air. He was so frightened that he staggered and took a step back.
"Demon, prepare to die!" The Taoist priest took out a gourd from his robes, the gourd enveloped in black, sinister energy.
Ye Zi's eyes instantly turned cold, filled with chilling killing intent.
"go."
Ye Zi softly uttered a single word.
The spirit sword automatically unsheathed itself and met the gourd. Before the gourd could touch the spirit sword, it turned into powder, and the remaining yin energy was purified.
The Taoist priest turned and ran in fright, but it was too late. The spirit sword pierced through the Taoist priest's back, and in the blink of an eye, the Taoist priest's soul was destroyed.
"Ah..." Li Man, who was lying at the door, watched a living person turn to ashes with her own eyes. She was so frightened that she kept screaming.
"How annoying," Ye Zi frowned and looked at Li Man.
Li Man felt a chilling cold, covered her mouth to keep herself from making a sound, and shrank into a corner, not daring to look at Ye Zi.
Ye Zi drew her sword and walked out; the affairs of the Li family's inner quarters were handled by her master.
Now, she is going to pick up Luo Hengzhi.
Luo Family Old House
"Why is this good-for-nothing back?" Luo Ming walked to the window and saw Luo Hengzhi being carried out of the car.
"There might be a happy occasion happening at our old house today." Luo Yan, dressed in a green suit and looking quite flamboyant, had a look of anticipation on his face.
"Good news? What, are you getting married?" Luo Ming glanced at Luo Yan's outfit and found it an eyesore.
"Why would I get married?" Luo Yan slapped Luo Ming on the forehead. "Let's go see that good-for-nothing."
"Young Master Luo is really something else. Didn't he say he ran away from home? Now... how come he's shamelessly coming back? It's really funny."
Luo Tiantian is from a collateral branch of the Luo family. The former Luo Hengzhi was the eldest son of the Luo family and a business prodigy, an unattainable figure for her.
She tried every means to get close to Luo Hengzhi, and repeatedly tried to please him in a humble and obsequious manner.
However, Luo Hengzhi didn't even glance at her, making her lose face in front of everyone.
Now, things are different. Luo Hengzhi has caused the deaths of her biological parents and is also crippled in both legs. Anyone can take advantage of her.
"Who are you?" Luo Hengzhi asked with a puzzled look.
“You…” Luo Tiantian heard the laughter of the people around her again, just like before. But why was he, Luo Hengzhi, now just a useless piece of trash?
"Young Master Luo will come back, of course it's Luo Hengzhi. He'll find that without the Luo family, he's not even as good as a dog." Luo Ming raised his foot and stomped hard on Luo Hengzhi's knee.
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