"Brother, eat slowly. I won't keep you company,"
Upon seeing who Xiao Zhihong was entertaining, Xiao Zhiyi decided he wouldn't stay any longer and took his leave.
Everyone could tell that the Second Prince had come specifically for the Third Prince, to see what he was up to.
Third Prince Xiao Zhihong's brows furrowed tightly.
Ever since the First Prince, the Crown Prince, disappeared, the Second and Third Princes had been coveting the position of Crown Prince. Neither was willing to yield to the other, and they had been locked in a protracted struggle.
Now, even when he was meeting someone, the other party had to come and investigate. This was simply too much!
"Your Highness, the Second Prince came here deliberately, didn't he?"
Su Fan's mission was to instigate conflict among the princes. At this moment, Su Fan couldn't forget to fan the flames.
"Hmph!"
Xiao Zhihong snorted coldly. Even outsiders could see it. He, as a prince, was living too miserably!
"Your Highness is vying for the position of Crown Prince with the Third Prince, aren't you?"
Su Fan asked Xiao Zhihong in a low voice.
Xiao Zhihong's expression changed, and he looked at Su Fan with displeasure.
"Inciting discord within the royal family is a grave offense. Dare to speak nonsense again, and I'll cut out your tongue!"
Su Fan immediately fell silent.
However, he didn't believe Xiao Zhihong would harm him over such a matter. Not to mention that he was now Xu Mu's adopted son, and given the Third Prince's relationship with the Grand Tutor's mansion, he wouldn't easily move against someone from the Grand Tutor's mansion.
Xiao Zhihong merely warned Su Fan not to speak carelessly. Even if he guessed correctly, he had to keep it to himself.
"Let's go. Fengnian's funeral arrangements aren't finished yet."
Xiao Zhihong waved his hand, dismissing Su Fan.
Su Fan was not yet valuable enough for Xiao Zhihong to win over. He hadn't shown his worth.
Su Fan could only withdraw.
It seemed that to instigate conflict among the princes, he would need to find opportunities slowly. A single word of instigation was not enough.
Returning to reality, he continued his cultivation, preferably raising his strength to the middle stage of the Kaiyang realm as soon as possible. After several days of unlimited consumption of attribute pills, he was close.
...
Su Fan's hometown.
After taking the Breakthrough Pill, Long Ying had indeed managed to break through the last bottleneck with his meager true qi, entering the Yuheng realm.
Long Ying was overjoyed.
He wanted to avenge his brother! He wanted Su Fan to taste the pain of losing a loved one too!
Long Ying looked at the two people busy at Su Fan's home, a cruel smile appearing on his face.
"Don't blame me. Blame your good son!"
Long Ying muttered to himself.
He moved, intending to capture Su Fan's parents. He wanted to kill them in front of Su Fan, to make Su Fan experience what heart-wrenching pain was!
"Friend, want to play chess?"
Just as Long Ying took a step forward, a voice interrupted his action.
Long Ying turned his head and saw an old man in a security guard uniform sitting under a large willow tree, with a chessboard in front of him. Due to the darkness, he couldn't see the old man's face clearly.
"Hmph!"
Long Ying snorted coldly, paying no mind to the old man. He was just an ordinary security guard.
"Don't go. You've come all this way. One game?"
The other party suddenly stood up and walked over, grabbing Long Ying's arm to prevent him from leaving.
Long Ying was about to get angry when he was suddenly startled.
The old man had been more than ten meters away just now. How could he have moved so fast? He was beside him in the blink of an eye.
Long Ying turned back in confusion. When he saw the old man's appearance, he was immediately shocked.
"It's you!"
Fang Yunzi stroked his beard.
"You know me?"
Fang Yunzi asked in confusion. He had seen this person acting suspiciously just now, and his gait indicated he was a martial artist, so he had become vigilant. Now, to his surprise, the person actually recognized him.
Long Ying certainly knew Fang Yunzi. At the Martial Alliance auction, Fang Yunzi had beaten Ye Nantian from backstage to the front, leaving him unconscious. He remembered it clearly.
"Mind your own business. This has nothing to do with you."
Long Ying warned Fang Yunzi.
After breaking through to the Yuheng realm, Long Ying's confidence had soared. He didn't believe that apart from those reclusive families, there were any other Yuheng realm experts in the world. As long as the reclusive families didn't emerge, he was invincible in the world.
"Oh? Are you planning to harm which couple?"
Fang Yunzi glanced at Su Fan's home and asked.
Long Ying was slightly stunned.
Could it be that the other party was also here to cause trouble for Su Fan?
"Are our objectives the same?"
Long Ying asked in confusion.
Fang Yunzi immediately understood whether Long Ying was friend or foe.
"The target is the same, but the purpose is different."
Fang Yunzi said softly.
"You dare to try and harm the people I protect? Aren't you slapping my face?"
Fang Yunzi suddenly exerted force. Long Ying felt as if his arm was being clamped by iron pliers, his bones about to be crushed.
"Get lost!"
Long Ying suddenly exerted his strength, and his Yuheng realm power was fully revealed.
Fang Yunzi, caught off guard, was actually shaken off by Long Ying.
"Yuheng realm!"
Fang Yunzi was very surprised. There were very few martial artists who broke through to the Yuheng realm in this world. No, there were practically none.
It wasn't until Su Fan's Breakthrough Pills appeared that he managed to break through. Others would need Breakthrough Pills to break through as well. This meant that the person in front of him had bought a Breakthrough Pill at the auction and broken through. Judging by the timeline, it was plausible.
"This kid. He shouldn't have exposed the Breakthrough Pills. Isn't he just asking for trouble?"
Fang Yunzi grumbled.
"Old friends, come out and stretch your muscles."
It would be impossible for Fang Yunzi to take down Long Ying alone in a short time. Both were newly entered Yuheng realm experts, and their strength was likely comparable. He couldn't delay, as a prolonged fight could easily alert Su Fan's parents.
"We saw him long ago. We thought you could handle him yourself."
The elders of Baiyun Temple emerged from the shadows, all of them Yuheng realm experts. In the past two days, under Su Fan's unlimited supply of Breakthrough Pills, they had all successfully entered the Yuheng realm.
Long Ying's eyes widened.
"How is this possible!"
Long Ying couldn't believe it. How could so many Yuheng realm experts appear?
Even the Long family now had at most this many Yuheng realm experts. Su Fan had hired so many Yuheng realm experts to protect his family? What was his identity?!
"Take him down!"
Fang Yunzi gave the order, and six Yuheng realm experts immediately surrounded and attacked Long Ying.
Long Ying was startled and, without hesitation, leaped into the air and turned to flee.
"Trying to escape? Immortal Trapping Formation!"
Fang Yunzi formed hand seals, and a semicircular shield enveloped Long Ying, completely trapping him within.
Long Ying punched the Immortal Trapping Formation. The formation let out a muffled sound, and ripples spread across the barrier, but the barrier remained completely intact.
"Don't bother. This is an Immortal Trapping Formation set up by three Yuheng realm experts. Even if you were at the peak of the Yuheng realm, you wouldn't be able to get out!"
Fang Yunzi said with a snort.
Cold sweat broke out on Long Ying's forehead. Was he really going to be captured today? He had only just entered the Yuheng realm!
Long Ying was unwilling.