Chapter 1 Iron House

Wenjia Mountain City is a city of cultivators, so naturally there is no curfew.

Even late at night, there are still many people who like nighttime activities, frequenting places like taverns and clubhouses, gathering in groups of three or five, making it quite lively.

But for most people, the night is also a time for rest.

Most of Wenjia Mountain City still succumbs to the tranquility of the night, smoothing out the hustle and bustle of the day.

In the Tie family's mansion in the west of the city, the Tie family's mistress is bathing in the hot spring. In the misty smoke, her alluring figure sways particularly charmingly in the candlelight.

The secretly peeping gaze becomes even more fiery.

The sound of swallowing saliva repeats constantly in the corner.

"Xiao Xi! Bring my clothes in!" The Tie family's mistress called out, but received no response.

Then she called out twice more.

Looking around strangely, she seemed to become alert, hugging her chest with both hands, the water rippling even more, vaguely visible.

"Madam! I'm here!"

A tall woman walked in. Her face was also charming, but her frame was a bit large, making it seem somewhat discordant.

"Who are you? Where's Xiao Xi?" The Tie family's mistress shrank back in the bath and asked the woman who came in sternly.

The woman admired the Tie family's mistress's beauty at the moment, making a wretched laugh: "Xiao Xi went to meet her lover. I'm filling in for her tonight."

"Madam! Your skin is so good, I wonder if it feels as smooth as it looks."

"Madam! You are a compassionate female Bodhisattva, why not let me experience it properly and fulfill my wish?"

The Tie family's mistress sternly said, "Where did you come from, you lowly servant, daring to be so presumptuous? Someone... throw her out!"

She shouted twice, but everything was silent, and no one answered.

The woman laughed even more wildly, her originally beautiful face turning rough and rugged.

What was clearly a woman's face, now, on closer inspection, was clearly a man's.

"Thief, you're using illusion techniques!" The Tie family's mistress didn't care about being shy, and waved her fingers repeatedly, and the water in the pool shot out like bullets.

However, these scattering water droplets did not repel the person who changed from woman to man. He seemed to have a layer of transparent talisman armor on his body. The water droplets fell on him, only causing weak ripples, and did not break through the defense at all.

"Madam! Don't resist, why not indulge with me?"

"I promise, you will be very happy." The person who had completely turned into a man took off half of his clothes and jumped into the pool.

In the shadows, under the flickering candlelight, there seemed to be a ferocious beast pouncing on a defenseless little white rabbit.

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But after he entered the pool, he suddenly found that he couldn't move at all.

The original milky white pool water had disappeared completely, and what appeared around him were two nets, one above and one below.

The Tie family's mistress, who was originally charming and seemed to be a plaything in his palm, had also disappeared, replaced by a young man in black night clothes.

"Illusion technique?"

"Despicable and shameless!" The man, wearing only a dudou, roared angrily.

Ye Chuxiao flew a talisman from his fingertip and stuck it on the man's mouth.

Then the large net made of talisman paper began to shrink continuously.

After a while, the large net completely bound the man into a ball, which Ye Chuxiao held in his hand.

Silently sneaking, carrying the man, Ye Chuxiao left the Tie mansion and returned to his own courtyard.

Tonight's situation is special. All the prominent figures in the city are going to attend Mr. Nanshan's farewell banquet.

That's why this person who steals fragrance and jade dares to do whatever he wants in the Tie mansion.

And Ye Chuxiao was also able to conveniently prepare in advance in the Tie mansion, waiting for the rabbit.

As for why Ye Chuxiao was sure that the Tie family's madam was targeted by the wicked thief.

This is not difficult.

In Wenjia Mountain City, there are only a few female cultivators who are famous for their beauty, but whose cultivation is not high, and are relatively easy to get.

Ye Chuxiao had actually made arrangements in advance, so it was not wrong for this man to run into Ye Chuxiao's trap.

Restraining the man on a suspended chair, surrounded by formations that locked down the heavens and earth, reversing the order of yin and yang, ensuring that within a certain period of time, the person bound would distort his perception of time and space. Once his perception was distorted, even if he thought of a way to escape, there would be mistakes in using it.

Not only that, but the talisman ropes that bound him had also turned into brands, tightly embedded into the man's flesh and blood, hindering all his actions.

As long as he slightly mobilized his power to release it, he would feel a tearing, shattering pain all over his body.

"Nangong Zi?" Ye Chuxiao tore off the talisman on the man's mouth and asked.

The man glanced at Ye Chuxiao, revealing a bit of greed, and then said arrogantly, "That's right! It's your master, me!"

"Who are you, daring to plot against me? I advise you to release me, otherwise, once your master escapes, I will definitely take your yuanyang and suck you dry."

"Unless you never touch any woman again in your life, otherwise, you will never know whether the woman you fall in love with is the one I transformed into."

Saying this, he laughed even more wildly, as if he was not the one in a passive situation at the moment.

Ye Chuxiao sneered, "You don't need to provoke me. You want me to simply kill you, so you can be reborn in the other place you arranged in advance?"

"Falling into my hands, and still so arrogant, I don't quite believe that you don't have any backing."

Nangong Zi's expression froze, no longer as arrogant as before.

"You... how did you know?" Nangong Zi asked.

"Is it hard to guess? A guy like you has done so many cases and hasn't died completely. It's not enough to rely on a trick to disguise himself as a man or a woman. He probably has a life-saving trump card, made arrangements in advance, and is not afraid of death." Ye Chuxiao said.

"I won't kill you, I can torture you and make you wish you were dead." Ye Chuxiao then said slowly.

Nangong Zi stared at Ye Chuxiao with an ugly face, and his tone softened: "I admit defeat! How do you want to deal with me?"

"I have a treasure hidden. If you let me go, I can tell you where the treasure is hidden."

Ye Chuxiao ignored Nangong Zi's plea for mercy, but instead activated the methods in the talisman rope, as if thousands of ants had penetrated into Nangong Zi's bone marrow and began to tear at it.

He sealed Nangong Zi's mouth again, preventing him from shouting out.

So that he could only endure the pain himself.

Hanging Nangong Zi up, he faced the roof.

Before long, if he wasn't too stupid, he should be able to discover the 'opportunity' that Ye Chuxiao had arranged in advance.

A wisp of Dao rhythm that had been placed in advance, as well as the incantation of the Denglou Secret Technique (Ascension to the Tower Secret Technique).

In order to relieve the pain and escape, Nangong Zi would not be able to help but try, even if he guessed that there was something strange about it.

As long as he practiced it, he would fall into Ye Chuxiao's routine.

Ye Chuxiao was only waiting for Nangong Zi to cultivate the Denglou Secret Technique to a certain height, then he would kill him to take the Dao rhythm and graft the progress of his Denglou Secret Technique.

This kind of method is already close to the demonic path.

But for scumbags like Nangong Zi, Ye Chuxiao had no psychological burden to use this method.

After temporarily dealing with Purple Butterfly Nangong Zi, Ye Chuxiao changed into more gorgeous clothes, took a carriage out of the small courtyard, and went straight to the Wen family mansion.

The Wen family mansion sounds old, but it is actually a building of dozens of floors.

Located near the top of the mountain, half of it is exposed outside the mountain, and the other half is deeply inserted into the mountain.

If you stand further away to watch, the whole building looks like a long spear piercing the sky.

Some people also say that it is a gun.

It was once the divine weapon used by the old master of the Wen family. Now it has been transformed into this dozens of story building. It is accumulating spirituality in a special way to complete a further transformation.

In front of the Wen family mansion, the gatekeepers were checking the invitations of guests from all sides.

Ye Chuxiao was personally welcomed in by Wen Tingting, attracting a lot of attention at the gate.

Taking the elevator up, the elevator reached the twenty-ninth floor. Stepping out of the elevator door was a huge banquet hall.

At this time, the banquet hall was already extremely lively.

Most of the people here are Wen family cultivators, as well as some retainers who are attached to the Wen family, and a small number of foreign dignitaries.

The protagonist of this banquet, 'Mr. Nanshan', has not yet appeared.

The crowd was divided into small circles, talking in groups of three or five.

The appearance of Ye Chuxiao and Wen Tingting attracted some attention, but not many people took the initiative to say hello.

Recently, Ye Chuxiao has indeed become famous, but the Wen family cultivators still seemed cautious about contacting Ye Chuxiao.

On the contrary, some foreign cultivators were approaching at this time, and young and energetic cultivators even publicly challenged Ye Chuxiao.

Ye Chuxiao agreed to all of them, but temporarily postponed it until after tonight.

"This is Xiao Gongzi (Young Master Xiao), who is on good terms with Ting Meimei (Little Sister Ting), right!"

"Meimei (Little Sister) usually hides him so well. Seeing him today, he is really a talented person. My sister is also moved!" A voice that sounded two-faced came from the side.

Then, a woman in a fiery red dress, her hair deliberately dyed red, and her plump figure perfectly presented by the dress, walked into the banquet hall with two handsome young cultivators on her arms.

Her appearance seemed to have been deliberately adjusted, and the proportions were very perfect.

But when paired with her temperament, the feeling it gave people was always that of a seductive and cheap woman, lacking affinity and making people feel very distant.

"Meimei (Little Sister)! Why not give this handsome and valiant little brother to me?"

"My sister's playmates, you can choose whatever you want, Meimei (Little Sister)! One for three is also possible!" The red-haired woman smiled lewdly at Wen Tingting, but her eyes could not hide her jealousy of Wen Tingting.

Ye Chuxiao didn't look at the woman much, but whispered to Wen Tingting, "Do you need me to handle it for you?"

Wen Tingting took a deep breath, and then smiled: "No need!"

With that said, she was still a little distance away from Ye Chuxiao, but now she took the initiative to take Ye Chuxiao's arm.

"Unlike my sister, I don't have such a good appetite and I'm not picky about meat or vegetables."

"Xiao Dage (Big Brother Xiao) has the talent of heaven and is expected to enter the Intent Realm before the age of thirty. Even grandfather will treat a Junjie (Outstanding Talent) like him with courtesy. How dare sister slander him like this?" The seemingly harmless Wen Tingting now bared her teeth.

Some cultivators around, seeing that there was a show to watch, all gathered around.

Ye Chuxiao frowned slightly, but then he took a step and stood side by side with Wen Tingting.

The cultivators who looked like gigolos beside the woman in red stepped forward at the woman's suggestion.

Behind him, a total of twelve flying swords flew out like a peacock opening its screen.

They all attacked Ye Chuxiao with a sneak attack.

Although it was a sneak attack, he was able to control twelve flying swords in an instant, and each flying sword had its own trajectory, which showed that this person still had some attainments in the art of controlling swords.

"Is he really expected to enter the Intent Realm, or should my sister help you check it out!"

"Don't be fooled by a seemingly impressive guy who is all flash and no substance, wasting the family's resources in vain." At this time, the woman in red said, as if adding this sentence would not be considered a sneak attack.

Faced with the flying swords coming from all directions, Ye Chuxiao stood still, made a knife with one hand, and waved it casually.

Ding!

With a sound of collision, the spiritual nature of the twelve flying swords was cut off at the same time, and they all fell to the ground.

The gigolo who launched the sneak attack was now hit hard, suddenly spewing out a mouthful of blood, and the whole person became sluggish.

"What's going on?"

"How did he make a move?"

"Is this a double act? Can we set up a stage for this kid to make a name for himself?"

Among the crowd, many people did not understand.

Only a few cultivators with profound cultivation said: "Although the realm seems to be comparable, the vision and accumulation are actually too different. The gigolo beside Wen Shuya, although he launched a sneak attack, his actions were not a secret in the eyes of this Gongzi (Young Master) Xiao Ye. He only needs to hit the energy transmission node of the opponent's sword control with a single blow to make all his attacks backfire."

"So that's how it is!"

"I can do it too!" Someone muttered.

These words only made the experts sneer.

It's simple to say, but difficult to do.

To directly grasp that fleeting flaw and make a move between lightning and flint, how could ordinary people do it?

Seeing her own gigolo being injured, Wen Shuya became angry and wanted to make trouble.

But then she heard a commotion coming from the side.

Then she saw the crowd moving, and an old man walked into the banquet hall in the midst of the crowd's adulation.

This old man was the protagonist of the banquet, 'Mr. Nanshan'.

Behind Mr. Nanshan, there were also two children holding glass treasure boxes.

The boxes contained his 'Nanshan Zhai Notes' (Nanshan Study Notes), which he had summarized throughout his life.

These notes were exactly what many cultivators were seeking at this banquet.

Ye Chuxiao also looked at the two glass treasure boxes, and his eyes shone brightly.

This thing is a summary of the wisdom of an intellectual for many years. Observing it can verify one's own reasoning, which is equivalent to a shortcut to embarking on the realm of wisdom.

Ye Chuxiao was certainly determined to get it.

At this time, there were really not a few cultivators who had the same intention as Ye Chuxiao.

They also noticed each other's intentions and became wary of each other.

Especially Ye Chuxiao, who had shown off a little earlier, was the target of many people's defense.