Tang Yuan cursed internally: "Your grandpa isn't afraid to die! Your grandpa is purely tricking you two simpletons into going to your deaths!" But his mouth pleaded incessantly: "Two great heroes, I've told you everything... I... I am just a laborer, with no status in the Noble Hall," two great heroes... have pity on your old man, with an eighty-year-old mother above and children below crying for milk!" Please be merciful and benevolent..." Huh? Eh? Where did everyone go?"

Before he could finish speaking, the two masked figures in black simultaneously shivered. They were utterly shameless! This fat man's pleas were so shameless... an eighty-year-old mother, children crying for milk..." Didn't you just get married? According to the intelligence, your mother isn't even forty yet, where is your eighty-year-old mother coming from?"

Eighty years old. You could even be their great-grandmother..."

Looking again at his girth, both these men were clearly people of high standing. They truly lost all interest in even touching him. Besides, they would settle accounts with this fatty later; dealing with him now might jeopardize finding the Marrow-Cleansing Pill. That wouldn't do at all." After all, this fatty still had to manage the auction; he couldn't die yet.

The two flashed, disappearing with the extreme speed of the Hong Fei Ming Ming (Vast Flying Darkness). Lingering near this fatty any longer, they might just be disgusted to death,"

Tang Yuan begged with his eyes closed for a long time. When he opened them, he realized they had long since vanished... Everything that had just transpired felt as unreal as a dream.

He fiercely pinched himself, letting out a sharp "Ouch!" in pain. Hastily scrambling up, he inspected his body and found bruises everywhere. The marks on his neck still throbbed fiercely. The fatty stood there stunned for a moment, finally coming back to his senses,"

A sharp, painful, overly frightened scream, like one mourning a father's death and mother's remarriage, erupted with earth-shattering volume: "Help! Someone come quickly... Something terrible has happened!"

The clear sound, like a high-octave tenor, drifted lingeringly through the silent night sky. It shocked not only the Noble Hall but also every sleeping soul within a radius of several li surrounding it...

That sound was utterly terrifying!

Far away, the two masked figures in black, who were currently soaring at great speed, stumbled, nearly falling to the ground.

Both remembered they hadn't hurt the fatty that much; why was he screaming so miserably?

When Hai Chenfeng and Song Shang returned, Tang Yuan was still sitting on the bed, trembling with lingering fright. With his hurried gasps, the fat on his body shook violently.

"What happened? What in the world happened?" The two rushed into the room like a whirlwind.

"What happened?! How dare you two ask me what happened?" Tang Yuan finally regained his composure. Spitting furiously with righteous indignation, he cried: "If I had waited for you two to come back to ask what happened, this young master's flesh would have been stripped off and used to light the Sky Lanterns! Damn it, why does everyone say the same thing when they threaten me? Is lighting the Sky Lantern that much fun? Is being fat a crime, damn it!"

Fatty Tang roared his indignation. After roaring, he realized that Hai Chenfeng and Song Shang, who had just arrived, had also vanished.

"Ignoring me! Fine, fine, fine! Someone! Prepare a feast for this Great Shopkeeper to calm my nerves. Bring lots of fatty meat, tendons, and a few baskets of steamed buns!" Tang Yuan shouted, realizing that from the fright and shock, his stomach was already rumbling with hunger, "extremely eager to devour half of it."

It seemed that Fatty's resolve to lose weight, despite his assertion, was genuinely difficult to achieve! Mei Xueyan and Snake King Qianxun had already become quite close with Guan Qinghan during their journey from Tiannan to Tianxiang, feeling both sympathy and admiration for her predicament. Now that the three were living together, their attitude was naturally quite warm. They each had their own room, with Guan Qinghan in the middle. That night, as usual, the three chatted late into the night before sleeping.

Hearing about Jun Moxie's former profligate deeds, both Mei Xueyan and the Snake King showed charming, knowing smiles. Of course, all three of them now believed that the Jun Moxie of that time was merely feigning his role. It must have been hard for him to maintain such a disguise; being the number one dissolute prodigal son of Tianxiang required immense effort to pretend so convincingly.

Guan Qinghan, having just weathered a storm, was still somewhat anxious. Suddenly having two congenial companions living with her brought her great relief. In the past few days, accompanied by the two women, she had gradually shaken off the shadows of the past, becoming much more cheerful, no longer looking sorrowful and burdened as before...

That night, the three women had just parted and returned to their respective rooms, about to undress for bed, when Mei Xueyan frowned. She blew out the oil lamp on the table in one breath. She sharply sensed two powerful auras moving directly toward this location—truly formidable experts. In a moment, the Snake King Qianxun also sensed them, tapping gently on the window frame. Mei Xueyan hissed, signaling caution. In the darkness, a cold light flashed in Mei Xueyan's eyes. With her here, she would like to see who dared to cause trouble under the nose of the Tai Sui (the supreme authority)!

Could the power of mere worldly experts truly impress the gaze of this Heavenly Punishment Supreme Being?

The Snake King Qianxun was exceptionally perceptive and instantly understood. She immediately suppressed all her own aura, watching to see what would unfold.

The dark night deepened. Two black figures, darker than the night itself, silently glided like bats in the gloom, landing almost soundlessly before the gate of the small courtyard. Their eyes, gleaming sharply, simultaneously fixed on the plaque of the small courtyard.

Yaxiang Xiaozhu (Elegant Fragrance Retreat).

This was the place. No doubt about it.

The two exchanged a glance, instantly confirming their mutual understanding!

In their eyes, worldly families like this held nothing worth paying attention to!

Their movements were truly as light as feathers. With a single flash, they entered the small courtyard, and with another flash, they were already at the door.

"They are using Suo Di Cheng Cun (Shrinking the Ground to an Inch)—this is almost the peak achievement of human Qinggong!" Mei Xueyan’s pupils contracted. She never expected that the ones coming to the Jun family to pull off such petty, sneaky business would be two Grandmaster-level experts!

Judging solely by their cultivation, either one of them was no less formidable than the Prairie Eagle God, Ying Bokong!

Although both were masked, preventing recognition of their true faces, Mei Xueyan clearly determined that these two must have come from either the Hidden Immortal Palace, the Supreme Gold City, or the Dreamlike Blood Sea!

In the entire mortal world, apart from these three locations, there was nowhere else capable of dispatching two Supreme experts for such clandestine activities. Moreover, even if other places wished to, they might lack the capability to send out two peak experts of the Supreme level simultaneously!

In the blink of an eye, the two reached the entrance. They seemed to listen intently to the sounds within the room for a moment, finally selecting their target. Since the room Mei Xueyan occupied faced the direction they entered from, and Mei Xueyan deliberately emitted the even breathing pattern typical of someone deeply asleep, this led the two Supreme masters to unanimously select this room.

Tang Yuan’s confession gave the two immense confidence and great hope. Who would have thought that such a cowardly fat man would set up such an incredibly precise death trap?

Therefore, the two proceeded without any hesitation, walking over brazenly and openly.

This was not entirely their fault. Everyone on the continent knew the rumor that the Jun family harbored peerless experts. It was even rumored that the ultimate expert behind the Jun family was absolutely invincible in the current age!

But such news might fool others, yet to the Dreamlike Blood Sea, this news was simply a monumental joke!

Invincible? Who dared claim invincibility? Especially in front of the most powerful entity in the mortal world, one of the three great Holy Lands—the Dreamlike Blood Sea? That was beyond even a joke!

True world powerhouses, once they reached the bottleneck of the Supreme realm, would be invited by the Three Holy Lands to enter the sanctuary. The excuse was sacred: to jointly study profound esoteric arts for the peace and future of the entire continent, preparing for the War of Seizing Heaven. No powerhouse had a reason to refuse! It could be said that in the eyes of those in the Three Holy Lands, there were no so-called masters left in the mortal world!

Even if one or two were temporarily tied up by worldly affairs and couldn't leave immediately, they had already scheduled a date to depart, just waiting to finish their respective matters before reporting to the Three Holy Lands.

"All the strong ones of the world, fall into my grasp!"

As for that so-called invincible expert of the Jun family... they genuinely wished to see him. The eight individuals sent from the Dreamlike Blood Sea were all previously top-tier figures of prestige; which one wasn't a Supreme-level expert? How could they possibly take seriously a so-called master?

Therefore, the two masked figures were confident that worldly forces could not possibly harm them. They proceeded as if entering their own home, calm and composed. They walked forward boldly, reaching the door, and actually tapped gently, with polite formality.

It must be known that this room was Guan Qinghan's residence! Before the Jun family officially announced her as their adopted daughter, in name she was still Jun Moxie’s daughter-in-law, the widow of Jun Moyou!

In common terms, she was a widow!

Tapping lightly on a widow's door in the middle of the night!

These two experts from the Dreamlike Blood Sea could actually commit such an act...

A soft yet ice-cold voice came from inside: "Who is it?"

The two masked men exchanged an awkward glance. These two were quite old, both one or two hundred years old. No matter how strong their power or how high their status, what they were doing right now was difficult to execute gracefully. However, hearing a woman's voice confirmed that the person inside was indeed that Guan Qinghan. Rumor had it this beautiful woman's speech was usually quite cold.

So, after confirming their target, the two immediately decided to stop speaking and act directly: secure the item and leave quickly. With a slight movement of their palms, the two doors silently disintegrated into dust, and two figures flashed inside—it was the ultimate Qinggong that tracked no snow and rode the wind like lightning!

In an instant, the two stood inside the room.

Opening their eyes, they saw a beautiful woman in white sitting quietly before the desk, her eyes staring coldly at them like icy stars. Upon seeing the woman's appearance, both simultaneously praised inwardly: Jun Moxie truly had a magnificent fortune with women!