Chapter 1352: Chapter 1352: Squeezing Perception (2 Updates)
Chen Yushan and several Inspection Group members thoroughly examined the crime scene several times. However, just like before, they couldn’t find any clues at all.
Instead of returning to the Inspection Group afterward, Chen Yushan chatted enthusiastically with Yang Hong. Upon learning that Yang Hong was looking for a house, she cheerfully invited Yang Hong to stay with them.
Chen Yushan lived in Lijing Garden, one of the two apartments Ye Haochuan had bought. She was currently staying with Kou Jing, so adding Yang Hong wouldn’t be too crowded.
Poor Ye Haochuan initially planned for Yang Hong to stay alone for convenience. However, he couldn’t turn down Chen Yushan’s kind offer now.
Then again, he thought, although he couldn’t have Yang Hong alone, if he could convince Chen Yushan, Yang Hong, and Kou Jing to serve him together, that wouldn’t be bad either.
Just as Ye Haochuan indulged in his fantasies, the phone suddenly rang. It was a call from An Li.
“Something’s wrong, Auntie and…”
“What happened to them?” Upon hearing about his mother, Ye Haochuan immediately panicked.
“Auntie and Su Yingxue were taken away by some cultivators. My people have too low Cultivation, they couldn’t stop them…” An Li quickly explained the situation.
According to An Li, these people were all at the Foundation Establishment Stage, with the highest being at Foundation Establishment Peak.
Under An Li, only Xiong Fei, Little Wu, and a few others could withstand them. However, these people couldn’t always be stationed there, creating an opening for the incident.
“Where did they go?”
“They moved very fast; we haven’t tracked them down yet. All we know is that they were heading west of the city!” An Li said, feeling a bit ashamed.
“Quickly investigate!” Ye Haochuan urged, and immediately rushed towards the city west.
However, after nearly ten minutes of flying, he still couldn’t find any trace of his mother or Su Yingxue.
Ye Haochuan’s brow furrowed tighter as he gradually came to a halt. At his speed, he was at least several times faster than Foundation Establishment cultivators. If they really went this way, he should have caught up by now.
“Damn it, when I catch you, I’ll tear you to pieces!”
Ye Haochuan’s heart was anxious. At this moment, he terribly missed Yue Deng. If the Tracker Tiger were still around, he wouldn’t feel this lost.
Now that his mother and Su Yingxue’s lives were at stake, he felt utterly helpless, causing him immense urgency.
Ye Haochuan gritted his teeth and rapidly extended the range of his Perception. The larger the Perception range, the exponentially greater the Spiritual Energy consumption.
Moreover, as the number of items to determine quickly rose, the Soul Power consumption would significantly increase. If his soul was overdrawn, he risked becoming mentally impaired.
But now, Ye Haochuan couldn’t care about that. Every minute wasted meant more danger for his mother and Su Yingxue. He had no time to spare.
Soon, his Perception had quickly expanded from several miles to tens, even hundreds of miles.
Ye Haochuan felt dizzy and extremely tired, his responses somewhat sluggish. Nonetheless, he was determined, ignoring these effects. He forcefully used Spiritual Energy to stimulate his soul, keeping it awake enough.
The distance of a hundred miles covered the entire Beiyang District of the Imperial Capital, but he still found nothing.
Ye Haochuan’s mind buzzed as if it could collapse at any moment.
But he clenched his jaw and continued to extend his Perception.
At that moment, almost every cultivator above Foundation Establishment in the Imperial Capital shuddered, thoughtfully looking in Ye Haochuan’s direction in the sky.
At the Yang Family in the Imperial Capital, Yang Quan, who was joking with a pretty woman, suddenly sensed something and smirked evilly, “Can’t hold back so soon? Ye Haochuan, you’re in for it! Haha!”
On the other side, Long Xiaotian also felt this Perception and abruptly tensed up, muttering, “Has this kid gone mad?”
He said this and hurriedly flew toward where Ye Haochuan was.
At the Zhu Family in the Imperial Capital, Old Master Zhu Chengzhou was leisurely sipping tea, but in the next moment, he frowned and muttered, “Who dares to be so reckless and probe the entire city?”
“Perhaps it’s some junior, oblivious to the Xuanmen rules!” Zhu Huacheng answered to the side.
“Whether a junior or not, rules are rules. As the Chief of the Outer Domain of Xuanmen, I cannot let this go unchecked!”
Zhu Chengzhou said calmly, then his body vanished from its location.
The Long and Tu families reacted similarly, and before they knew it, all the powerful beings in the Imperial Capital were disturbed.
Yet, as the instigator of all this, he was entirely unaware. He kept pushing his Perception to the limit, encompass the entire Imperial Capital.
Poof~
By forcefully extracting Spiritual Energy, all of Ye Haochuan’s internal organs were severely injured. In merely a few breaths, he had spat out several mouthfuls of blood.
His face now paled to the extreme. Compared to his physical injuries, the crisis to his soul was far more threatening.
Having consumed too much Soul Power, his soul showed signs of faint dissolution.
He knew he had taken too big a risk this time.
Yet he did not regret it, for his mother and Su Yingxue were in grave danger, and he had no choice.
The next moment, he finally opened his eyes and softly said, “Found them!”
Before the words fully left his mouth, he ignored his injuries and swiftly executed the Great Yan Step, rushing towards that direction.
“Where does this audacious junior come from, daring to act out here? Surrender at once!” A burly figure suddenly blocked his path, shouting loudly.
“Get out of the way!” Ye Haochuan had no time to waste, shouting directly.
The man’s face turned livid, yelling, “How insolent, daring such rudeness to this old man, today I must teach you some manners!”
With that, he waved his hand, sending a streak of Sword Qi.
This man, at Core Formation Late Stage, seeing Ye Haochuan at Core Formation Mid-Stage, thought a casual strike would be enough to capture him.
He didn’t know that to Ye Haochuan, he was nothing more than an ant.
“Xuanwu Force Vein, activate!”
Ye Haochuan didn’t waste any more words, directly activating the Xuanwu Force Vein to burst through.
Swoosh~
That Sword Qi dissolved instantly under Ye Haochuan’s punch, and he continued his pace, ramming straight at the man.
The man was shocked by Ye Haochuan’s strength, not realizing that in the next moment, Ye Haochuan was only half a step away from him.
He hurriedly gathered Spiritual Energy, forming a Protective Shield.
Ye Haochuan didn’t punch; he directly rammed through with his body.
Crack~
The Core Formation Late Stage shield fared no better than paper against Ye Haochuan’s might, shattering completely.
“Not good!” The man shouted in alarm, but it was too late to react.
Thud~
The two bodies collided heavily, one maintaining momentum, while the other flew backward.
Poof~
The man spat out a mouthful of blood, staring in shock at Ye Haochuan as he moved away, muttering, “What an astonishingly powerful junior!”
He was quietly relieved that Ye Haochuan didn’t intend to kill. Had Ye Haochuan struck with a punch, he’d be nothing but pulp.
As Ye Haochuan vanished, several figures arrived almost simultaneously. Leading them was none other than Old Master Zhu Chengzhou from the Zhu Family.
“House Holder Long, what happened?” Seeing the disheveled cultivator, Zhu Chengzhou inquired.
A House Holder is a sub-branch leader within a great family. In the secular world, they are often referred to as Family Heads, but compared to the real Family Head, there’s a vast difference in status.
This cultivator was the highest decision-maker in the Long Family of the Imperial Capital.
He, along with Zhu Chengzhou and others, simultaneously sensed Ye Haochuan’s Perception, but being closer, he arrived first.
He originally wanted to make an appearance but instead ended up being embarrassed.
Upon hearing Zhu Chengzhou’s question, the House Holder’s face grew even more awkward, but soon he replied indignantly, “That brat is insolent, daring a sneak attack!”