The small courtyard is shaded by green grass.

A rare quiet place in a bustling metropolis.

Gao Han and Zhongli Tingzhou flew here. He left the hovercraft he bought before to Gao's father and mother. Now he no longer needs a means of transportation.

There were two people guarding the gate of the courtyard. Suddenly, they felt the aura of two powerful men and immediately became alert.

They found that the person coming was very powerful and they were no match for him. Both of them tensed up their muscles.

"Don't worry, it's Gao Han and Zhongli Tingzhou." Yuan Yuxian, who also felt their presence, walked out of the courtyard.

The two of them immediately breathed a sigh of relief, "Sister Yu Xian, is Gao Han's strength already so strong?"

They could understand that Zhongli Tingzhou was very powerful, after all, they had heard of him as the first genius of China a thousand times. But Gao Han, they were also people who had participated in the investigation and knew that he had not been practicing for a long time.

Hearing the resentment and disbelief in the two people's words, Yuan Yuxian couldn't help but let out a bitter smile, "Yes, he gave me too many surprises, but..."

Yuan Yuxian laughed happily again, "I am also relieved that he is so talented. My brother and Uncle Tianping were so talented back then. It is normal for their descendants to have such talent. The stronger he is in the future, the better it will be for us."

"Yes, yes, yes." Thinking of this, they both became happy.

"Aunt." Gao Han saw Yuan Yuxian before he landed.

"Come in, come in." Yuan Yuxian nodded and led them into the courtyard.

There are people inside and outside the courtyard, guarding it closely.

"There aren't usually so many people here, but things are different now." Yuan Yuxian explained as he walked.

In the past, they would not have arranged so many people to guard it in order to prevent people from discovering that this ordinary-looking courtyard was actually unusual. However, the feud with the Yuan family has reached a white-hot stage, and who knows what Yuan Zhengshan will do next.

Yuan Tiansheng and Yuan Yuxian couldn't afford to gamble, so they simply sent someone to watch the courtyard to prevent anyone from breaking in.

"Are these people the subordinates of my great grandfather and aunt?" Gao Han saw that some of the people's features looked familiar.

"No, it should be said that we are a group of like-minded people. We have the same goal."

Yuan Yuxian didn't explain it in detail, but Gao Han guessed it roughly.

These people should all be those who were persecuted by the Yuan family.

But there are indeed not many people. Under the surveillance of the Yuan family, it is not easy to recruit these people by doing these small tricks.

After crossing the courtyard, Yuan Yuxian brought them to a room.

Before I pushed the door open, I heard a coughing sound coming from inside.

Gao Han was stunned for a moment, and Yuan Yuxian had already pushed open the door.

The furnishings in the room are plain and simple, and you can see everything in the room at a glance.

Yuan Tianping was lying on a rattan chair, his face was paler than what he had seen during the video call, and there was no trace of blood in it.

"Why is it so..." Yuan Tianping raised his head while speaking, and saw Gao Han next to Yuan Yuxian at a glance. His voice instantly disappeared. After a moment, his body trembled, and he wanted to stand up excitedly. He looked at Gao Han in surprise, "Why are you here?"

Yuan Yuxian hurried forward to support him, "Uncle Tianping, please slow down, don't be anxious."

Yuan Tianping hit her and said, "Gao Han is here, why didn't you tell me?"

Yuan Yuxian smiled and said, "I want to give you a surprise."

"You little girl." Yuan Tianping didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He looked at Gao Han again and lowered his voice, "Why did you come here suddenly?"

Gao Han glanced at Yuan Yuxian and said, "I came to see you."

Yuan Tianping's eyes suddenly moistened, "I'm glad you have this intention."

Yuan Yuxian moved aside, and Gao Han hesitated for a moment before stepping forward to take her place.

Holding Yuan Tianping's arms with both hands, he looked even thinner under his clothes, and there were blue veins under his skin that could not be hidden. Looking closely, the dark blue color under his eyes was more obvious, which was a sign of being terminally ill.

Gao Han lowered his eyes.

Yuan Yuxian didn't want to disturb the conversation between the grandfather and grandson, so she turned around and prepared to go out. Seeing Zhongli Tingzhou standing at the door with no intention of leaving, she couldn't help but hint at him with her eyes.

Zhongli Tingzhou looked straight ahead and pretended not to see it. This was also his chance to recognize Gao Han as his biological grandfather, so why should he go out?

Yuan Yuxian's mouth twitched. Don't think she couldn't see it. Forget it. She didn't dare to go up and pull him away. She was obviously Gao Han's biological aunt, but this man dared to treat her like this.

After going out, Yuan Yuxian closed the door.

Twenty minutes later, Gao Han and Zhongli Tingzhou came out.

"Grandpa has gone to bed." Gao Han told Yuan Yuxian.

Yuan Yuxian was not surprised. Considering Uncle Tianping's current condition, it was already quite good that he could be alert for twenty minutes. So he took him to see Yuan Tiansheng.

"Have you met your grandfather?" Yuan Tiansheng's injuries have almost healed, and now he looks much better than the day he was injured.

"Yes, I want to ask about Ming Haifeng." Gao Han went straight to the point.

Yuan Tiansheng already knew the purpose of his coming here and felt very heavy-hearted.

Gao Han saw this and came up with an unpleasant answer in his mind, "Ming Haifeng can't do anything about it, right?"

Yuan Tiansheng nodded slightly. "He was seriously injured this time and needs to recover for a while. I thought it wouldn't be too late to come back after he recovered. After all, I have waited for so many years, but he still refused."

"Why is that?"

"Because he has no choice. The Life-Devouring Poison is too overbearing and stubborn. Even he, whose strength is still at its peak, cannot do it." Yuan Tiansheng said bitterly. In front of his brother, he never showed any abnormality.

"That means there is no way?" Gao Han frowned.

Yuan Yuxian suddenly shouted, "We won't give up. We have waited for so many years. We can't give up saving Uncle Tianping just because of a setback."

"No one said we won't save Tianping, it's just that, we can wait, but Tianping may not be able to wait that long." Yuan Tiansheng rubbed his eyes tiredly.

Yuan Yuxian suddenly became speechless and gritted her teeth unwillingly.

Gao Han recalled the first time he saw Yuan Tianping. He looked so thin and his vitality was draining away. It was said that he had been like this for decades. It was really not easy for him to survive until now.

Now that hope is shattered, we can only think of a new solution, but while doing so we must also maintain his life.

"How did you keep grandpa alive in the past?" Gao Han asked.

"We take turns to transfer spiritual energy to Uncle Tianping, but a huge amount is required each time," said Yuan Yuxian.

“How big is extremely large?”

"The energy that the Life Devouring Poison devours each time is actually the spiritual energy in Uncle Tianping's meridians. Moreover, this thing is insatiable and devours spiritual energy almost all the time. Every time it is transported, it requires at least half of the spiritual energy of a strong man like Uncle Tiansheng."

Yuan Tiansheng is a first-class strong man. His spiritual power is very powerful. Several second-class strong men are not as good as him.

It is conceivable that if second-rate strongmen like Yuan Yuxian were to transfer spiritual energy to Yuan Tianping, it would take up the spiritual energy of two or three people.

Once the spiritual energy is exhausted, it will take two to three days to recover to its peak state. Using spirit beads or crystal cores can shorten the time a bit, but these strong men cannot be there all the time.

Yuan Tianping's illness requires someone to stay by his side at all times and help him when he needs it.

Before, when Yuan Yuxian and Yuan Tiansheng went to the main disaster area to find Ming Haifeng, they did not bring anyone with them so that they could stay with Yuan Tianping and be on standby at all times.

And this is still the most ideal situation. People like Yuan Zhengshan are like death warrants. If you encounter them when your spiritual energy is exhausted, there is only one outcome, and that is death.

Not everyone can endure this kind of tightrope-walking life.

Gao Han had previously wondered why Yuan Tiansheng, a first-class warrior, had only a few subordinates. This was actually related to this incident.

When they recruit people, they must not only ensure that they will not have any ulterior motives, but also ensure that they will not develop a rebellious mentality because of Yuan Tianping's affairs and then betray them.

"Today is the day your grandfather needs spiritual energy. I'll go over first and you two can chat." Yuan Tiansheng stood up.

“需要帮忙吗？”高寒诧异的看向主动开口的钟离庭洲，后者立刻俊眉一皱，“看什么，作为爷爷的孙子之一，给他送点灵能，难道不正常吗？”

袁天生和袁余仙齐齐怔愣住了。

“正常。”高寒嘴角轻轻抽搐一下，又低估了这戏精的脸皮，这种上赶着讨好他爷爷的机会，戏精怎么可能不马上把握，叮嘱道：“悠着点，别乱来。”

钟离庭洲又张扬，又自信地说道：“我像那种人吗，不就是一点灵能，没有了，我一下子就能恢复。”

袁天生没什么反应，袁余仙就先无语了，虽然承认他确实很天才，但是天才也有一个度的吧。

她虽然不知道钟离庭洲突破一等后，灵能提升了多少，不过也听说他在一号城的战绩，知道他的灵能肯定和一般的一等炼灵者不一样，但是灵能可不是说恢复就能恢复的。

如果一下子就能恢复满，在战场上就真的无敌了，打起来没完没了的，战争也不可能那么快就结束。

眼前的钟离庭洲，和她印象中低调沉稳的印象不一样，袁余仙不得不抱着怀疑的态度。

高寒却一脸若有所思的表情，他想到一件事。

刚刚就觉得奇怪，只是一时没有想明白。

如果强者的灵能恢复的速度都不快的话，那他之前在战场上，恢复的大半灵能，到底是算快，还是还可以？

将这个念头暂时抛开，高寒打算之后找时间再测试一下。

“姑姑，我之前让你查的事，怎么样了？”两人一走，高寒就问袁余仙。

袁余仙知道他留下来就是想问自己这件事，“你说的那两个人，我已经查过了，确实有些问题。”

“那有没有找到证据？”高寒连忙追问。

袁余仙遗憾地摇摇头，“事情没那么简单，我去查他们的时候，发现一些奇怪的痕迹，似乎也有人在查他们。”

高寒皱眉，“难道是钟离家的人？”

“不像，因为他们似乎在抹掉证据，我怀疑，有可能是袁家人，眼下最希望钟离庭洲出事的，非袁家莫属。”袁余仙斩钉截铁地说道。

高寒思索片刻，否定道：“也未必是袁家，袁家最近可能没有精力再管其他事，也有可能是魔灵的人。”

“和魔灵有什么关系？”袁余仙怔了一下，突然想起来，钟离庭洲以魔王的身份，杀过不少魔灵的人。

高寒却给她一个出乎意料的答案，“袁家和魔灵有勾结。”

袁余仙大惊。

高寒把他和钟离庭洲在主灾区偷听到魔灵与袁大几人对话的事告诉她。

“袁争山这是疯了吧，居然敢跟魔灵勾结在一起，他是嫌袁家现在的麻烦还不够吗？”袁余仙冷笑不已，越来越期待，袁家东窗事发的那一天，“不过按你说的，是魔灵的可能性确实很高。”

“姑姑，你还查到什么？”高寒追问。

袁余仙让他不要着急，“是查到一些，陈家清那个事倒是容易，他坑害的队友，有一部分是蓬莱的学生，只要找到几个受害的学生，就能帮钟离庭洲证明，他杀死的陈家清是个恶人。”

“我已经找到其中两个学生，他们已经答应，如果真的闹起来，愿意出来作证。”

“王河稍微麻烦点，他是雇佣兵，认识很多三教九流的人，因为会做人，人缘不错，他的死，一直令被蒙在鼓里的人气愤不已，如果钟离庭洲是魔王的消息被爆出来，这些人可能会成为不利于他的证明。”

“不过，再怎么伪装，也还是会留下破绽，没有任何一个伪装的人，能够做到长时间不漏痕迹。”

高寒眼睛微微一亮，“姑姑找到关键证据了？”

袁余仙笑了，“你知道的，既然是雇佣兵，肯定会涉及到一些利益分配的问题，王河表面和善，实则心狠手辣，他并不是一人作战，其实还有一些人在为他做掩护。”

“你的意思是，找到这些人，就可以作证吗？”

“不错，除此之外，还有一个东西也能做证明。”袁余仙说着，露出狡诈的微笑，“你知道，王河在雇佣兵的圈子里，还有一个什么样的称呼吗？”

高寒摇摇头，他对王河一点也不了解，要不是他抽不开身，就自己去调查了。

“散财老好人。”袁余仙一字一句地说道，特别的讽刺。

一个杀人越货的雇佣兵，居然会有散财老好人这样的称呼。

“这就是我说的，王河很会做人，他散财的对象，都是精挑细选的，专挑有潜力的人救济。”

“你知道，有潜力的人，未来多多少少会有些成就，王河在他们最困难的时候雪中送炭，比平时更能得到他们的感激。”