Fan Wubing rushed back to the Fan Family Mansion in Kuiyu City without stopping.

As soon as he returned, he saw his father, Fan Qi, leading a group of people digging the mountain, looking extremely anxious. A crowd had gathered around, watching the commotion, muttering words like "calamity star" and "bringing disaster."

He had a rough idea of what was going on.

Fan Wubing didn't let his father worry in vain, quickly squeezed through the crowd, and went up to him, "Dad, I'm here."

Fan Qi, his heart burning with anxiety, was stunned when he suddenly saw his son standing before him, intact and upright, thinking it must be an illusion. He stared dumbly for a while before exclaiming, "Why are you here! Are you hurt anywhere? Let me see."

His father examined him from head to toe. Seeing no injuries, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and laughed, "My son is blessed with great fortune!"

The onlookers were amazed, thinking wasn't he supposed to be buried under the mountain? How did he walk out from behind?

Fan Qi quickly pulled Fan Wubing aside, "What exactly happened inside the forbidden area?"

Fan Wubing replied, "I took the thing from inside, and then it seemed to lose support and collapsed. The mountain cracked open, revealing another path, and I escaped through that."

"Really took it?"

"I really did. Although I'm not quite sure what it is, Fan Family Forbidden Land seemed to exist for it. Speaking of which, Dad, what exactly is that forbidden area all about?"

"I don't know the specifics either. I only know that the forbidden area existed before the Fan Family established itself here. It's even older than the history of Kuiyu City. Now that it has collapsed, the runes on the Family Head Order have disappeared too."

"I see."

Fan Qi continued to ask, "What about the guardian spirit of the forbidden area?"

"You mean that withered locust tree?"

"Yes."

"It's a bit precarious. After all, it's a tree and can't run. But I feel..." Fan Wubing thought for a moment, "Dad, we probably don't need to worry about it. It's one with the forbidden area, and without the forbidden area, it doesn't really have a purpose of its own anymore."

Fan Qi pondered, "Well, it's good as long as you're safe."

Fan Wubing laughed, "I have a strong fate. Even Heaven can't kill me, how could a mere mountain collapse do it."

"Then do you have confidence for the Five-Year Pass this time?" Fan Qi was most concerned about this.

"Don't worry, Dad. I have multiple layers of backup. Even if I'm attacked twice in a row, I can handle it."

"Really?"

"Really."

"You better not just be saying comforting words to ease my mind."

"I'm being realistic."

"That's good, hahaha..." Fan Qi finally let go of his worries, feeling extremely relieved.

At this moment, a member of the Fan family came rushing over, "Patriarch, Patriarch, bad news!"

Fan Qi's expression immediately darkened, "What are you so flustered about?"

"Something happened over at the Little Abyss Valley Spirit Mine! Dong Baishan of the Dong Family, along with more than twenty other families' younger generation, are causing trouble outside the Spirit Mine. We are seriously outnumbered and can't handle it! Ming Jue asked me to come to the family for aid!"

"What!" Fan Qi's face immediately turned black, "The older ones can't do it, so they send the younger ones to make trouble! Go to the martial arts field, have Fan Zhe, Fan Miao and others take people to support immediately!"

"Wait, Dad! I—"

Fan Qi interrupted before he could finish, "Wubing, you don't need to worry about this. Just prepare well for the Five-Year Pass at the end of the month."

Fan Wubing couldn't decide if he should laugh or cry, "Dad, at least let me finish."

"Go ahead."

"I just came back from the Little Abyss Valley Spirit Mine. I happened to run into Fan Mingjue and the others confronting those troublemakers. Then..."

"Then?"

"Then, no need to support them. They're probably about to return."

Fan Qi stared at Fan Wubing, not quite reacting for a moment, then was shocked, "You mean... you took action?"

Fan Wubing sighed, "I thought fighting them was a bit of bullying with strength, but I had no choice, being the Fan Family Patriarch's son."

Bullying with strength... Aren't you the youngest one?

It dawned on Fan Qi that his son was a Nascent Soul, and at that level, you could count the Nascent Soul cultivators in the whole Kuiyu City on one hand. A Nascent Soul bullying a bunch of Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment types is indeed bullying with strength, isn't it?

"Don't worry, Dad, I held back, just broke their bones," Fan Wubing said seriously, "Our Fan Family has always valued benevolence and righteousness, so after teaching them a lesson, we treated their injuries."

Fan Qi couldn't be happier, his smile was nearly splitting his face, "Wonderful, wonderful! Truly wonderful! No wonder you're my son."

They didn't bother to lower their voices, letting the people who were still watching overhear their conversation. There were naturally families among them that had wanted to take a share of the Spirit Mine yesterday. Upon hearing this news, they were taken aback and hurriedly left, eager to check on their own children.

But they didn't really need to check for themselves.

Not long after, members of the Fan family used ox carts to bring back the twenty-odd young people from other families, all with broken bones, unable to move but howling loudly, back to Kuiyu City.

From the city gates in the south, all the way to the Fan Family in the north of the city, stopping in front of the Fan Family Mansion.

The injured were haphazardly thrown over the ox carts like sacks, their cries rising and falling, drawing quite a crowd.

Fan Qi had been personally waiting at the entrance, and seeing that all his family members were safe and sound, he breathed a sigh of relief.

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