Midnight.

Capital City, West Mountain Suburbs.

This is a vast natural park, filled with various trees, some of which have begun to turn yellow.

Inside the park, the lake is clear, swans are by the lake, and the scenery is exceptionally beautiful.

However, this natural park is not open to the public.

Outside the park and around it, soldiers with real guns are on patrol, and in the shadows, there are unknown experts stationed, with security levels extremely strict and high.

Within this natural park, there are several independent villas, inhabited by the most elite families of the Capital City.

The Qiu Family, one of the seven smaller families of the Capital City, resides here.

By the lake, amidst the maple forest, inside a spacious villa.

A man in black with headphones, hurriedly stepped inside from the entrance of the villa courtyard.

"Steward Wu, Young Master Yiming's communication watch sent a message; we suddenly cannot detect Young Master Yiming's pulse."

The man in black reported to an elder inside the villa.

The elder referred to as "Steward Wu" by the man in black, seemed to be at the age of sixty or seventy, wearing tidy gray cloth garments, hands behind his back, with wrinkles on his face, yet his eyes were dark and profound, exuding a subtle and restrained aura.

"What did you say?"

Steward Wu's brows immediately furrowed.

"Three minutes ago, we suddenly received a message on Young Master Yiming's communication watch, and the pulse reading suddenly dropped to zero."

The man in black said.

"At this time, Young Master Yiming might be taking a shower, or might be inconvenient, so he took it off."

Steward Wu glanced at the deep night, saying.

There have been similar situations before, although the watch is high-tech and waterproof, Young Master Yiming sometimes takes it off while showering and at inconvenient times, such as during closed-door cultivation breakthroughs.

"Steward Wu, this time the pulse suddenly dropping to zero is unusual, it weakened a few times before dropping to zero."

The man in black said with a grave expression.

"What?!"

Steward Wu's old face tightened his brow, a sharp brilliance shot from his eyes, and he stared at the man in black, inadvertently revealing an immense presence.

The man in black stood rigidly, naturally possessing a strong mental fortitude, but at this moment, in front of the somewhat stooped Steward Wu, he couldn't help but sweat coldly.

"Yes, Steward Wu, we attempted to redial Young Master Yiming after detecting the situation, but the watch showed that the receiver inside Young Master's watch could no longer receive any information, it must be... broken!"

The man in black glanced at Steward Wu, saying.

"Broken?!"

Steward Wu's eyes were deep and fixed on the man in black.

"Hmm, it should be damaged by external force, the communication watch is broken, the components and structure inside are all damaged."

The man in black nodded, saying.

"Damaged by external force, that's impossible!"

Upon hearing this, Steward Wu's eyes flashed with spiritual brilliance, immediately shaking his head.

"Young Master Yiming is currently in university in the Mortal Realm, just recently he became a Celestial Tier expert; with Young Master Yiming's strength, he holds the power of a Sect Leader in the Ancient Martial Realm, even an expert in the Innate Realm knowing Young Master Yiming has the Tang Sect and the Qiu Family behind him would hardly make a move."

Steward Wu said solemnly.

"Steward Wu, perhaps Young Master Yiming inadvertently damaged the communication watch during cultivation or while sparring with others."

The man in black glanced at Steward Wu, saying.

"Then what about the weakened pulse?"

Steward Wu's expression darkened, shaking his head coldly.

"This..."

The man in black was at a loss for words.

In reality, both he and Steward Wu knew very well there were only two possibilities regarding the situation; either the communication watch was broken or Young Master Yiming was possibly... murdered.

"Investigate immediately, lock down the location when Young Master Yiming lost communication!"

Steward Wu commanded with a stern voice, realizing the matter was unusual.

"Steward Wu, we've already locked it down; the last signal from Young Master Yiming's communication watch was five hundred meters into the forest near a military training point in Jiangnan City."

The man in black said.

Nowadays, it's easy to lock down a person's geographic location, even accurately to meters.

"Near the military training point in Jiangnan City?"

Steward Wu's brows furrowed, with a trace of contemplation in his eyes.

Jiang University should be having military training these days, Young Master Yiming appearing near the military training point in Jiangnan City isn't surprising.

Maybe things aren't as bad as he imagined, who in the Mortal Realm can kill Young Master Yiming? In the Ancient Martial Realm, aside from those age-old powers, who'd dare make a move on Young Master Yiming!

"Steward Wu, should we report this to Elder Qiu?"

Asked the man in black.

"The elder has already retired for the night."

Upon hearing this, Steward Wu slowly shook his head, the Qiu Family being one of Huaxia's top families, the elder's health is of utmost importance; with Elder Qiu present, the status of top families won't waver even slightly, unless it's an extremely special circumstance, only then would he awaken the elder.

"Immediately deploy our people to search the forest area and see if there's any evidence."

Steward Wu ordered sternly.

"Yes, Steward Wu."

The man in black nodded, quickly walking away.

The night was deep.

Qin Yang coldly glanced at Qiu Yiming and the other three corpses, flicking his finger, three clusters of flames shot out, burning the corpses.

After a fleeting glance at the turned-to-ashes corpses, Qin Yang left the forest without looking back.

In the open field, the bright moon hid away, stars sprinkled across the sky.

Qin Yang chose a clean spot, sat cross-legged.

After swallowing a Primordial Spirit Pill, he closed his eyes, began to circulate spiritual power, faint starlight shimmered around him.

Gradually, the Power of the Stars converged into Qin Yang's blackened hand, pushing the snake venom toxins toward the tip of his index finger.

Finally, with a thought, the toxins at the tip transformed into a droplet of black blood, floating out of Qin Yang's body.

"Phew."

Qin Yang exhaled lightly, as soon as he opened his eyes, he saw several military vehicles with lights on speeding toward the forest in this direction.

"Indeed, the Qiu Family's influence isn't small, they sent people over so quickly."

Seeing this, Qin Yang's gaze darkened, murmuring to himself.

However, upon arriving, they'll only find a pile of ashes.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

As the five or six military vehicles scanned through the field, Qin Yang's figure flickered and vanished.

After the five or six military vehicles passed by, Qin Yang's figure appeared at the edge of the field.

The military vehicles parked by the forest, from which dozens of armed soldiers disembarked, these individuals were well-trained and led by German Shepherd dogs.

Swiftly getting off, they quickly headed into the forest.

After glancing indifferently, Qin Yang's figure flicked and returned to the dormitory building.

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