"Su Fan, we have no enmity, there's no need to kill me," Jiudi said, looking at Su Fan with caution, fearing he might attack suddenly. He had no confidence at all.
"Tell me, where is Lin Yao?" Su Fan wasn't looking to trouble Jiudi, he just wanted to know Lin Yao's whereabouts. Lin Yao had tricked him once, and that debt couldn't go unpaid.
Jiudi hesitated, unwilling to tell Su Fan Lin Yao's location. Su Fan narrowed his eyes.
"Three..."
Without another word, he began to count down.
"She runs a carriage shop called Zhanche in the capital!" Jiudi, not waiting for Su Fan to say "two," immediately betrayed Lin Yao and revealed her whereabouts.
"Very good," Su Fan nodded with satisfaction.
There was nothing left here to miss. It was time to leave, to let his master rest in peace. Su Fan fiddled with the ground, using gems to set up a formation. A curtain of water appeared before everyone's eyes, the exit.
Just as Su Fan was about to leave, Xiao Lan suddenly grabbed him and shook her head.
"There's danger," Xiao Lan whispered to Su Fan. Su Fan was startled.
"You all go ahead," Su Fan said to Li Jun and the others. Li Jun and Wu Yun exchanged glances and could only step into the water curtain to leave. Su Fan was now the one in charge here, as he was the strongest.
As they entered the water curtain one by one, only Su Fan, Su Bei, and the Hu sisters were left in this world.
"You sensed danger?" Su Fan finally confirmed with Xiao Lan.
"Yes, a very strong sense of crisis, stronger than ever before," Xiao Lan nodded. Su Fan frowned. A crisis stronger than ever before, what had happened outside? Su Fan didn't understand, but since Xiao Lan had sensed danger, they couldn't rush out.
"Then how do we leave?" Hu Xuelan asked with a frown. Su Fan had received the inheritance, and he had opened the way to leave. Now, they could only rely on Su Fan's arrangements.
"I have a way to leave. Do you remember the environment at the summit of Taiping Mountain?" Su Fan asked the three of them. They all nodded.
"We remember."
"Good." Su Fan took out three Bagua tokens from his pocket. He had prepared them in advance for emergencies, for escape. Since they were a team of four, he had prepared four.
"Take this, think of the environment at the summit of Taiping Mountain, and wave it. You can teleport to the place you are thinking of." Su Fan explained to the three how to use the Bagua token.
The three looked at the Bagua tokens in their hands with curiosity. They weren't surprised that Su Fan had such a magical item, assuming he had obtained it along with the inheritance.
"Remember how to use it. We'll gather at Taiping Mountain. I'm leaving first," Su Fan said to the three, setting an example. He waved the Bagua token and instantly disappeared before them.
Watching Su Fan disappear, the three became eager to try.
"I'll go first!" Su Bei stepped forward, willing to be the first guinea pig. Su Bei closed his eyes, waved the Bagua token, and instantly vanished from his spot.
Hu Xuelan and Xiao Lan followed suit. They closed their eyes and waved the Bagua tokens in their hands. They felt a slight sway, a sense of weightlessness, and then the feeling of solid ground. Slowly opening their eyes, they found themselves indeed on the summit of Taiping Mountain.
"Alright, is the danger gone?" Su Fan asked Xiao Lan, seeing that everyone had arrived. Xiao Lan gently shook her head. The sense of crisis had disappeared upon arriving here.
"That's good. You two should return to your sects. Don't go out recently. We don't know where the crisis is coming from. Until we figure it out, it's best to stay put in your sects. With the protection of your sects, they shouldn't be able to do much to you," Su Fan instructed Hu Xuelan and Xiao Lan.
"Take these two pills. They can help you improve your strength." Su Fan handed them two attribute pills. These pills had little effect on him now, and he hadn't touched the remaining ones. Hu Xuelan and Xiao Lan had gained nothing in the inheritance ground this time. As teammates, Su Fan had the right to compensate them.
"Thank you." Hu Xuelan didn't stand on ceremony. Su Fan had obtained the inheritance, and these pills were nothing to him. The two accepted them with peace of mind.
"Then we're leaving. Going home." Su Fan bid farewell to the two, clapped Su Bei on the shoulder, and with a wave of his Bagua token, instantly vanished from the mountaintop. Su Bei followed suit, waving his Bagua token and teleporting home.
Meanwhile, in the stone chamber outside the inheritance ground, Li Jun, Wu Yun, and the others were surrounded by a group of old men. At the forefront was a dark-faced old man.
"Where is the inheritance? Who got it?" the dark-faced old man asked them. The few exchanged glances. These old men were all notorious figures in the martial world, some had even caused trouble at their sects. The dark-faced old man leading them was particularly infamous, known as Black Impermanence, ruthless in his actions, and anyone who offended him died.
"It... it was taken by Su Fan. He hasn't come out yet," facing such a fearsome figure, they dared not resist.
"Su Fan?" The old men looked curiously at the curtain of water. As time ticked by, their patience quickly ran out. No one emerged from the water curtain.
"You dare to trick me!" Black Impermanence's face grew darker, and he strode towards them in anger.
"Senior! Senior! We truly didn't lie. It was really taken by Su Fan, but for some reason, he hasn't come out," a pfft! Black Impermanence struck with a palm, and the speaker exploded instantly, splattering blood and flesh on the others.
"Speak! Where is the inheritance!" Black Impermanence said with a cold face.
"Senior, I am a Level 1 assassin from the Assassin Alliance, Jiudi. It's impossible for all of us to lie to you. Everything we've said is the truth. It was truly taken by Su Fan of the Su family. Young Master Long even died by his hand," Jiudi, as a member of an assassin organization, was somewhat similar to the notorious Black Impermanence. He nervously stepped forward to explain. This time, Black Impermanence believed him somewhat. It was true, it was impossible for all of them to lie.
"Why hasn't he come out? Can he live in there?" Black Impermanence said with a cold face.
"Perhaps he left through another way. This return channel was opened by Su Fan. Perhaps there's another method of leaving within the inheritance that we don't know about," Jiudi guessed. Black Impermanence fell into deep thought. Jiudi's words had some logic. Since that person had obtained the inheritance, there might be other ways to leave the inheritance ground within it.
"I'll believe you for now." "Old Poison," Black Impermanence chose to believe Jiudi for the moment, but he wouldn't let them go so easily.
"Brother." An old man with a face full of pustules walked over.
"Give them the Five Poisons Pill, so they don't expose our tracks," Black Impermanence said to Old Poison. Old Poison smiled, took out a few foul-smelling pills from his pocket, and forcibly stuffed them into their mouths.
"What you just ate is called the Five Poisons Pill, personally refined by Old Poison. If there's no antidote within a month, your internal organs will burn, blood will flow from your orifices, and you will eventually dissolve into a pool of liquid. You will behave yourselves for this month, not mention our whereabouts to anyone, and help me find that Su Fan and bring him to me!" Black Impermanence said, his cold gaze sweeping over everyone present, his eyes filled with murderous intent. Having ingested the Five Poisons Pill, the others could only obey the old men's orders, daring not to speak out.