"Purple Jade Pill Furnace?"

Zhao Xingjin bolted away.

Looks like he’s planning to fetch that so-called Purple Jade Pill Furnace.

Ye Liuyun didn’t bother chasing him, just coldly watched the middle-aged man in front of him.

"Hmph!"

The other man, meeting Ye Liuyun’s gaze, snorted, his face full of arrogant disdain.

"Just you wait. With the Patriarch and the Purple Jade Pill Furnace, you don’t even stand a chance. Every single one of you will die here!"

A quality Spiritual Artifact really does make a huge difference for a Martial Artist.

Judging by the looks of it...

This Purple Jade Pill Furnace might really be something good.

"Is that so?"

Seeing the guy’s expression,

Ye Liuyun just chuckled.

"It’s a pity, though. That scene’s one you’ll never get to see!"

If he really wanted to give chase, Zhao Xingjin’s speed was nothing—he could easily catch up. The only reason he didn’t was pure curiosity about what this so-called Purple Jade Pill Furnace actually was.

But once Zhao Xingjin got his hands on that Purple Jade Pill Furnace, whatever he pulled off, none of these Zhao family people would get to see!

"You—!"

Ye Liuyun’s words made the man’s face twist, just about to spit out something in return.

But in the next instant, Ye Liuyun struck.

"Swish!"

Ignoring the corpse cut cleanly in two, Ye Liuyun turned his gaze elsewhere.

With Jiang Jing and Shi Sheng at the forefront, plus so many others joining in, the once-chaotic courtyard soon went totally quiet. Every Zhao family member present was laid out neatly on the ground.

As for some of the wandering Martial Artists the Zhao family had lured in with Pill sales—

The ones who managed to escape were only a handful; almost all of them were now sprawled out here in neat rows.

"Sir! Sir!"

Zhao Xingjin still hadn’t returned!

He could sense Zhao Xingjin’s aura was still within the Zhao Mansion—clearly, the guy was set on grabbing that Purple Jade Pill Furnace and then making his stand!

Ye Liuyun wasn’t in a rush.

Just as well—he was curious to check out what that Purple Jade Pill Furnace actually was.

Maybe he’d bag another treasure for free.

As expected.

Why hoard stuff when snatching it right off others is so much faster!

He was just about to seize this chance to have the guys search through the mansion. At the very least, he wanted to sniff out the Zhao family’s Pill stash.

No way did he believe the Zhao family made and ate Pills on the spot. There’s got to be a whole stockpile somewhere.

And right then—

A familiar call rang out suddenly.

Turning around, he saw it was Feng Feiyi, still dressed up in a Zhao family servant’s uniform.

No wonder.

Ye Liuyun had headed straight for the Zhao family as soon as he arrived in Lingdan City, simply because he’d sensed Feng Feiyi’s aura right there inside Zhao Mansion.

He’d figured that the Zhao family must’ve captured Feng Feiyi, which was why he’d demanded they hand over Feng Feiyi from the very start.

But looking at things now, maybe that wasn’t the case after all!

"Feng Feiyi!"

"Man, I’m glad you’re okay!"

"Hahahaha!"

Si Nan and the others couldn’t help bursting out laughing when they spotted Feng Feiyi.

Though Feng Feiyi had his share of wounds, big and small, his aura hadn’t changed much—no sign of weakness, which was good enough.

"What’s with the outfit? Didn’t the Zhao family catch you?"

After a laugh, Si Nan and the rest looked Feng Feiyi up and down, full of curiosity!

Seeing familiar faces again,

After all those tense days, Feng Feiyi finally let himself breathe easy.

Hearing Si Nan’s questions now, Feng Feiyi explained with a grin.

"That day, I was being hunted by the Zhao family. They had men guarding every gate of Lingdan City. I managed to get a message out, but I couldn’t leave myself!"

"Lingdan City is basically their turf—if I kept hiding, sooner or later I’d be caught."

"So I thought, the most dangerous place is the safest place. If I hid inside the Zhao Mansion itself, wouldn’t that be the last place they’d look?"

The Zhao family had spent days sending people all over Lingdan City, searching for Feng Feiyi.

But they got nowhere.

Turns out, the real reason was Feng Feiyi had been hiding right in Zhao Mansion the whole time. No way the Zhao family was gonna search their own house.

Being careful and smart, Feng Feiyi had managed to pull off the perfect hiding-in-plain-sight trick!

"Hahahaha!"

Si Nan and the others cracked up again after hearing about Feng Feiyi’s plan.

"No wonder you’re you!"

"Gotta admit, that’s genius."

"Bet the Zhao family would never have figured it out!"

If it’d been them, even Si Nan wouldn’t have come up with something like that right away!

"Heh heh!"

After all those nerve-wracking days, Feng Feiyi finally relaxed and felt like himself again.

"Sir!"

At the same time, Feng Feiyi looked at Ye Liuyun with eyes full of gratitude.

Seriously.

Feng Feiyi hadn’t ruled out the possibility that Ye Liuyun might just ditch him; after all, compared to himself, the Zhao family could offer Ye Liuyun way more and way better perks.

He only sent that message to the Embroidered Uniform Guard when he had zero options left.

He never expected—

Faced with a choice between Feng Feiyi and the Zhao family, Ye Liuyun still chose him without hesitation.

Seeing the look in Feng Feiyi’s eyes,

Ye Liuyun didn’t even need to guess what he was thinking. Smiling carelessly, he reached out and patted Feng Feiyi on the shoulder.