At this moment, Ji Haoyuan heard Master Binghuo's words, and a thoughtful expression appeared in his eyes.

Indeed.

From the current situation they observed, the Ji Family now was indeed progressing very well.

The entire family not only had its overall strength improved, but also the number of industries under its name had seen a significant leap.

It's just uncertain whether the family, during this process, had been cultivating the temperament of its young members in a targeted manner.

Because based on his current observations.

The power the Ji Family currently possessed would be completely insufficient to support the current scale of the family's businesses without him, a newly ascended Nascent Soul, backing it.

"Let's go, Senior Sister, let's look ahead."

For now, suppressing these thoughts, Ji Haoyuan turned to Master Binghuo with a smile.

No matter what, the current situation of the family was something to be gratified and pleased about.

Boom!

However, before the two could walk much further, they suddenly heard a loud explosion coming from outside the Maple Leaf Marketplace.

Soon after, strong fluctuations of magical combat spread out.

The two exchanged a glance immediately.

Ji Haoyuan frowned slightly.

Especially when he heard the sound from outside the marketplace, his face instantly darkened.

"Who are you guys?

Do you know what this place is? How dare you brazenly attack my grandchild and me here! Are you not afraid that the Ji Family's law enforcement team in the marketplace will come after you?"

Outside the marketplace.

An elder, looking about in his sixties, was struggling to fend off three masked cultivators' attack.

The elder's cultivation was at the seventh level of Qi Refining.

But on the opposite side, each of the three masked cultivators who suddenly appeared had at least the seventh level of Qi Refining.

Of which, the highest cultivation even reached the ninth level of Qi Refining.

Most importantly, beside the elder, there was also a girl in a green dress, about eighteen years old.

The girl's cultivation was only at the fourth level of Qi Refining.

At this moment, facing the attack of the three cultivators in the late stage of Qi Refining, she had little ability to resist.

If not for her grandfather, the elder, tightly protecting her, shielding her from their attacks, she would probably already be dead.

"Hand over your storage bags, and we'll leave.

Otherwise, old man, you and your granddaughter will all stay here for us today!"

The leading cultivator at the ninth level of Qi Refining spoke coldly.

Upon hearing his words, a flicker of realization crossed the elderly man's mind.

Having lived to this age, he had developed a kind of subtle intuition about many affairs.

At this moment, a trace of anger and grief appeared on his face as he shouted angrily:

"You are people from the Ji Family's Profound Treasure Pavilion!

You... you actually...!"

The Profound Treasure Pavilion mentioned here by the elder was one of the Ji Family's properties in the Maple Leaf Marketplace.

While selling various magical artifacts, elixirs, and talismans, it also acquired various treasures and demon beast materials from cultivators.

Not long ago.

He and his granddaughter had just been to that Profound Treasure Pavilion.

They intended to sell an unknown artifact handed down from their ancestors to that pavilion, to use the proceeds to buy some cultivation resources for his granddaughter.

However, the people at the Profound Treasure Pavilion claimed that the item they brought was worth very little, offering only a low price for it.

Of course, the elder was unwilling.

Although he was unsure what exactly the artifact left by his ancestors was.

But the material of the artifact was extremely sturdy.

Even with his cultivation strength, attacking it with full force didn't inflict the slightest damage.

Under these circumstances, the elder naturally didn't want to sell it cheaply.

However, he didn't expect that just after they left the Maple Leaf Marketplace, they would immediately encounter an assault from the three in front of them.

Additionally, the words just spoken by the other party made it immediately clear to the elder.

The assault on his grandchild and him was likely connected to that Profound Treasure Pavilion.

Thinking of this, the elder's heart almost kept sinking.

He really didn't expect that such incidents of murder and treasure robbery would occur in the Ji Family's marketplace, which had always had a good reputation and reviews in the outside world.

Most importantly, this place was not far from the Maple Leaf Marketplace.

If the other party was truly determined to deal with his grandchild and him, they wouldn't have any chance to resist at all.

"Quickly make a move, kill them now!"

Upon hearing the elder's recent words, a cold-to-the-extreme killing intent flashed in the eyes of the leading cultivator at the ninth level of Qi Refining.

Evidently.

The elder's recent speculation was not wrong.

But precisely because of that, they couldn't let the grandparent and grandchild go.

Boom!

At this instant, the assault from the three became increasingly ferocious.

Additionally, their main target was not the elder but rather the girl in the green dress he was protecting.

Thud!

Suddenly.

An insidious and deadly dark streak suddenly pierced through the elder's right shoulder, right as he managed to block an attack for his granddaughter.

A blood hole the size of a bowl appeared on his right shoulder.

It almost tore off his entire right arm.

Had the elder not instinctively dodged slightly at the critical moment.

The recent dark streak would have struck his heart instead of his right shoulder.

"Grandpa!"

The girl in the green dress immediately let out a shocked cry.

But at this moment, the elder no longer had the time to respond to his granddaughter's call.

Because, by now, the attacks from the three had come once more.

And this time, the attacks were evidently more ferocious.

Before the elder was injured, it was already extremely strenuous to fend off the attacks of the three.

Now, being injured, he almost had no strength left to resist.

Seeing a longblade magical artifact approaching, he instinctively wanted to dodge. But then, he noticed from the corner of his eye that the target was not him, but the girl in the green dress beside him!

"Yan'Er, get out of the way!"

In that instant, the elder's eyes widened in anger.

Yet it was only then that the girl in the green dress realized that the attack was aimed at her.

In a rush, her magical artifact was instantly shaken away.

Seeing that longblade magical artifact about to sweep over the girl's slender neck.

At this moment, an invisible force of Magical Power suddenly struck the longblade magical artifact, knocking it aside directly.

"Who goes there?"

This sudden change immediately made the three cultivators attacking the grandparent and grandchild wary.

Their gazes simultaneously turned towards the direction where the Magical Power had just appeared.

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