A flash of purple light.
A young girl in a purple gauze dress appeared on the peak.
"The smell is a bit strange..." Zi Yun smacked her lips and mumbled.
However, Zi Yun was a child who wasn't picky about food and didn't pay much attention.
Then Zi Yu flicked her hand, and a clump of earth flew into her mouth.
This was Zi Yun's eating habit.
Eating some dirt after a meal helped with digestion.
While eating dirt, Zi Yu pondered.
Weren't the strength of those few foods just now quite ordinary?
Logically, if they had broken in, the people from the master's sect would have discovered them.
Thinking of this, Zi Yun released her demonic consciousness.
Huh?
Did I take a nap and everyone just disappeared?
They even demolished the house?
Zi Yun quickly sensed through the contract and then flew towards the outside of Zi Yun Sect.
She dozed off while flying...
An hour later, Zi Yu caught up with the old antique of Zi Yun Sect.
The girl transformed into a flower shape and seeped into the flying boat.
After entering the hidden cabin of the flying boat, Zi Yu found a corner and continued to sleep soundly.
Around three in the afternoon, the flying boat landed steadily on the Lieyang Mountain Range.
After disembarking, True Person Zi Yun and the elders, like a bunch of bumpkins, greedily breathed in the spiritual energy on the mountaintop.
Every breath of spiritual energy was so dense!
Every breath was an ultimate pleasure!
We are finally living a good life!
Then True Person Zi Yun took a few elders and flew around the mountain range.
One was to see what spiritual mines were stored nearby, and the other was to choose a suitable area to build their base.
After everything was done, it was time to lay the foundation and carve formations.
Once these high-end technical tasks were completed, the remaining heavy lifting could be handed over to the disciples.
Ye Fan was not interested in watching them mess around. After saying goodbye to True Person Zi Yun, he left.
The mountaintop was bare now, and he had no interest in sleeping in a cave.
He returned to the Second Prince's residence with Liang Rujing and Ye Fan continued his leisurely life.
More than a month later.
One day, Ye Fan was strolling through the imperial city with Liang Rujing.
"Fortune telling, fortune telling, no refund if not accurate," a shout reached their ears. "Come and see, whether you're from the south or the north, whether you have something to do or not."
Ye Fan immediately chuckled.
A common small tapestry hung there, with a small flag planted next to it.
Zhang Banxian.
The owner of the fortune-telling stall was a little brat of thirteen or fourteen years old.
"Do you two want a fortune telling?" Seeing customers arrive, the little boy enthusiastically greeted them.
"What can you tell?" Ye Fan asked with a smile.
"Character analysis, physiognomy, feng shui, wealth, marriage, red threads..." the little boy rattled off a long list. "In short, anything you can think of, I can tell!"
"You say you can tell fortunes," Ye Fan pointed at his dirty and tattered clothes. "Do you believe it yourself?"
"Esteemed young master, you don't understand," the little boy said with an air of wisdom. "This is a family heirloom!"
Ye Fan gave him a look that said, "I believe you, you ghost," and was about to leave.
"Don't be in such a hurry to leave, young master." The little boy chuckled, took out something, and said, "If you don't want a fortune telling, we can do something else. Do you want to play a few rounds?"
The little boy placed a stack of thin jade slices on the table and beckoned to Ye Fan.
The uppermost jade slice was carved with some patterns, and the top left and bottom right corners were also carved with the character '壹' (one).
Ye Fan chuckled again.
This was the poker card he had made when he was at Zi Yun Sect.
No doubt it must have been spread by that group of fawning five people...
As Ye Fan thought, it was indeed the case.
After the five people who carried the coffin played poker with the ladies in the brothel for a while, it became a permanent recreational activity in the brothel.
As the brothel appeared, it naturally spread throughout the imperial city...
"Alright, then I'll play a few rounds with you." Ye Fan hadn't played for a long time, so he pulled Liang Rujing to sit on a small stool. "What game should we play?"
"Let's play Cultivation Adventure," the little boy said, his eyes rolling. "One silver tael per sentence."
Ye Fan was very interested in this new game he had never heard of.
As he was unfamiliar with the rules, Ye Fan lost the first sentence without exception.
Normal situation.
No big deal.
Half an hour later, Ye Fan left with Liang Rujing, his face dark.
The new game was not difficult, and after playing a few times, he mastered it easily.
But it was as if Lady Luck had blacklisted him, and he hadn't won a single game!
Even Liang Rujing, who was a bit of an idiot, had won several times...
Sometimes he had a good hand, but he just lost it like that...
For example, one round.
He deeply experienced the thrill of being instantly killed by seventeen cards...
"Young master, please come again when you have time," the little boy called out to Ye Fan's retreating back.
Outside the imperial city.
Mountaintop.
Ye Fan turned the roast meat on the rack, adding seasoning from time to time.
Beside him were Liang Rujing and a group of monkeys, who kept swallowing their saliva.
It was a pity that the Yunming flock had never appeared again, which diminished the beauty of the scenery.
At the same time, a group of masked men arrived at the foot of the mountain.
"Brothers, be careful later," the leader whispered.
"Boss, are you overthinking it?" a subordinate said indifferently. "One is at the Qi Refining stage, and the other is a mortal."
"Still, it's better to be careful," the leader cautioned again, feeling uneasy.
With their cultivation, dealing with one at the Qi Refining stage and one mortal was naturally easy.
Let alone fighting, a sneeze could wipe them out.
But the leader didn't know why, his eyelids had been twitching non-stop today.
He always felt like something was about to happen...
The leader comforted himself.
The other party's cultivation was what it was, so he was probably just overthinking it...
Not long after, the group of masked men crept to the mountaintop.
Peeking their heads, they saw that the targets had not discovered them.
Very good!
Some monkeys saw this scene and immediately chattered.
[Detected enemy is... Forget it, never mind.]
A beam of golden light shot out.
Seeing the monkeys chattering towards the direction behind her, Liang Rujing curiously turned her head.
It was empty, and there was nothing there.
She seemed to hear a sound of something falling.
"Ye Fan, did you hear any sound just now?" Liang Rujing asked curiously.
"Sound?" Ye Fan replied casually, "No."
At the same time, he cursed inwardly.
Useless dog system!
Not even giving the enemy a chance.
Trash!
"Maybe I heard it wrong..." Liang Rujing muttered and continued to stare at the roast meat with eager eyes.
Inside an inconspicuous building in the imperial city.
Several people gathered in a dark secret room.
The candles on the wall flickered, casting their faces in shadow.
"Brothers," one figure said with a hint of sadness, "the brothers who captured the Ninth Princess of Daliang earlier have perished."
"Adding the brothers lost when we captured the Second Prince of Daliang before," the figure continued, "we have lost more than half of our manpower."
Everyone clenched their fists, their faces filled with grief and indignation.
"The only way now is to take a risk!" the figure's tone became firm. "Tonight, we will sneak into the Daliang imperial palace. Our target is the Dan Tower of Daliang!"
"I know that this mission is more difficult than before, and it might even be impossible to complete." The figure paused. "But for Da Ling Country, we must go!"
"Boss, don't worry, we are not cowards who fear death!"
"That's right, what does it matter if we die for Da Ling Country!"
"We will give our lives, and Da Ling will prosper forever!"
...
The others expressed their agreement, their expressions extremely resolute!