"Strange, Ruan Jinzhu has vanished without a trace, and she doesn't have a formation-breaking bead on her. How did she leave?" Nangong Feiyan said in disbelief.
Ning Beichen and Nangong Feiyan had searched for several days without finding any sign of Ruan Jinzhu, as if she had never existed.
"No need to look, she's already out," Ning Beichen suddenly said.
"Out? How is that possible? She doesn't have a formation-breaking bead..." Nangong Feiyan asked in surprise, but then she quickly understood.
"The Annam King's Imperial Seal?"
"That's right. This is the royal遗址 of the Annam Kingdom. With the Annam King's Imperial Seal, she's equivalent to the owner here. If she's the owner, how could she be trapped?" Ning Beichen nodded at Nangong Feiyan.
"Junior Brother, we miscalculated this time. We shouldn't have given her that imperial seal." Nangong Feiyan stomped her foot, feeling angry at herself. If she hadn't been held hostage by that wicked woman Ruan Jinzhu, Ning Beichen wouldn't have had to give the Annam King's Imperial Seal to her.
"It's alright. The monk may flee, but the temple remains. If she hadn't injured you, it would be one thing. But since she dared to injure you in front of me, it means she doesn't respect me. Those who don't respect me have graves with grass three feet high by now!" Ning Beichen said fiercely.
"Junior Brother, you really don't have to do this for me..." Nangong Feiyan said.
"Senior Sister, don't say such things. Never say them again. If Senior Sister is bullied and I, her Junior Brother, remain indifferent, then what's the point of me being here?"
"If the roles were reversed, and I were the one being bullied, would Senior Sister avenge me?" Ning Beichen asked.
"Of course, I would. Anyone who dares to mess with you, I'll kill them," Nangong Feiyan said without hesitation.
"Exactly. There aren't many people I care about in this world, and Senior Sister is one of them. I won't let Senior Sister be wronged." Ning Beichen's expression was full of murderous intent.
"Junior Brother..." Nangong Feiyan's eyes welled up with tears. Now that she was the only one left in the Nangong family, she had long considered Ning Beichen her closest kin. Therefore, she only wanted to treat him well, never expecting anything in return.
"Senior Sister, no more words. There's nothing left here. Let's get out first."
With the formation-breaking bead, Ning Beichen and Liu Yilin left the Annam King's royal遺址 smoothly and returned outside.
Ning Beichen managed to retrieve the gold, silver, and golden bricks from within. Although he couldn't carry them himself, he had people.
Before long, Xiao Jiu arrived with a helicopter and landed there, taking away all the gold, silver, and golden bricks. This was not ill-gotten wealth. The Annam King had been dead for hundreds of years, making it ownerless. If Ning Beichen didn't take it, should he leave it for the Ruan clan to fund their war effort? Although Ning Beichen wasn't short of money, he spent it like water and had a large number of subordinates to support. Moreover, their strength was beginning to lag, and he needed a vast fortune to enhance their abilities.
A beautiful mountain villa belonging to the Ruan clan.
A few people flew in from outside, or rather, they were thrown in from outside.
"Who?"
"Who is it?"
"Audacious!"
The people inside the mountain villa shouted, rushing out. Then they saw a man leading a woman swaggering into the villa.
"Audacious! How dare you trespass on Ruan Clan Villa!" The guards of Ruan Clan Villa charged at Ning Beichen. They didn't take a mere man and woman seriously.
"Scram!" Ning Beichen's aura erupted, and with a bang, all the guards were sent flying. Upon landing, they were all incapacitated.
"He's so powerful! Kill him quickly! Use guns, shoot him!" another guard shouted, as many guards drew their weapons to kill Ning Beichen.
With Nangong Feiyan behind him, Ning Beichen couldn't let them have the chance to fire. Streaks of afterimages flashed in all directions, and in the blink of an eye, all those holding weapons fell to the ground. This technique was only possible after Ning Beichen's promotion to Grandmaster. Previously, he could only manage two afterimages at best.
Soon, all the guards in the Ruan Clan Villa were down, and no one could stand before him. Ning Beichen had come today to seek justice for his Senior Sister Nangong Feiyan, not to be a guest.
Just then, a sallow-faced, square-jawed middle-aged man emerged from a house, his eyes sweeping over Ning Beichen and Nangong Feiyan.
"Very good. It's been a long time since anyone dared to cause trouble at my Ruan Clan's place." The square-jawed man lunged at Ning Beichen and threw a punch at him.
With a bang! An afterimage flew out. It wasn't Ning Beichen, but the square-jawed man who had thrown the punch at Ning Beichen. After hitting the ground, the man dragged himself seven or eight meters before crashing into a wall behind him and finally stopping. The square-jawed man looked at his broken arm with extreme terror, staring at Ning Beichen in disbelief. He was the martial instructor here, the steward of the Ruan clan, yet he couldn't even withstand a single punch from this man. No, to be precise, when he threw his punch, the man had merely flicked his hand, as if swatting away a fly, and sent him flying. Their strengths were on completely different levels.
"Uncle He." A woman emerged from the house, helping the man on the ground.
"Miss, I'm sorry, I couldn't stop him," the square-jawed man said shamefully.
"I know. Leave it to me," the woman was Ruan Jinzhu, who had tricked Ning Beichen earlier.
"No, Miss! This person is very powerful. Hurry and notify the Master." the square-jawed man said fearfully.
"Let me talk to them first." Ruan Jinzhu stood up. Did she not know how powerful Ning Beichen was? Precisely because she knew, she had been afraid to come out. She just hadn't expected that while she knew Ning Beichen was powerful, she didn't realize he was this powerful.
"Feiyan, we're friends. I didn't really hurt you, can't you forgive me this once?" Ruan Jinzhu smiled at Nangong Feiyan behind her. This man was clearly not easily fooled, so she turned her strategy to Nangong Feiyan.
"Heh heh, do friends slit each other's throats?" Before Nangong Feiyan could speak, Ning Beichen chuckled mockingly. His Senior Sister was too kind, which was why she couldn't deal with a shameless woman like Ruan Jinzhu. But with Ning Beichen here today, Ruan Jinzhu dared to try and deceive his Senior Sister? She was simply too audacious and ignorant.
"Feiyan, I did that unintentionally. If I hadn't, the man by your side would have killed me. For the sake of our sisterhood, can you forgive me this time?" Ruan Jinzhu put on a pitiful expression.