Dragon Lion Peak is located in the core region of the Celestial Flame Academy and is the domain of Duanmu Jie.

Seed students like Duanmu Jie have their own mountain at the Celestial Flame Academy, enjoying much better treatment than ordinary students.

After all, in the entire Celestial Flame Academy, there are fewer than thirty individuals who can be designated as seed students.

Each of them is an incredibly brilliant genius, destined to become Qi Dao Grandmasters as long as they grow steadily.

Therefore, it is very reasonable for the Celestial Flame Academy to treat them so well.

"Junior Sister Lin'er, I have already sent Old Ge to kill that waste Ye Chen. Old Ge's cultivation has reached the Sixth Layer of the Gang Qi Realm; crushing that waste would be no different from squashing an ant. I want to see who can save that waste this time." In a splendid palace on Dragon Lion Peak, Duanmu Jie's mouth curled into a sinister smile, speaking with a tone full of mockery.

Beside him stood a graceful woman in purple, her beauty unparalleled.

This woman was none other than Ye Lin'Er.

"Sending a Sixth Layer Gang Qi Realm expert to kill that waste Ye Chen is truly overkill. To deal with such trash, casually sending a Qi Dao Master would be enough," Ye Lin'Er couldn't help but sneer, her expression full of contempt.

In her view, so what if Ye Chen managed to defeat Xiao Lan by luck?

In the presence of a true Qi Dao Master, his strength is just a joke.

Even a Qi Dao Master who has just stepped into the Gang Qi Realm could easily crush Ye Chen, that waste.

"I sent Old Ge mainly to deal with Ye Ming, that old man. However, his Dantian is on the verge of collapse; Old Ge should be able to deal with him easily! I've already instructed Old Ge to kill Ye Ming and his wife in front of Ye Chen to make him taste despair. This is the price of offending me, Duanmu Jie," Duanmu Jie said coldly, his expression extremely cruel.

"Ye Chen, oh Ye Chen, do you really think you, a waste, can fight against me? You're overestimating yourself. I have a thousand ways to make you die without lifting a finger. You can go to hell to accompany your dead father," Ye Lin'Er sneered in her heart, her expression extremely sinister, sending chills down one's spine.

One day later, Ye Chen emerged from the Canglan Mountain Range, riding his horse swiftly toward Kunzhou Prefecture City.

"Foster Father, I will soon reach the Yuelai Inn. Please hold on," Ye Chen said, his heart burning with anxiety.

He had already rushed out of the Canglan Mountain Range as quickly as possible.

However, the canyon where the Phantom Leopard was located is five hundred miles away from the outskirts of the Canglan Mountain Range. Even Ye Chen spent about a day.

Thus, he is really worried that his foster father's Dantian has completely shattered.

By then, even owning a Purple Heart Fruit wouldn't restore Ye Ming's cultivation.

Half an hour later.

"No! How could this happen?" Ye Chen's pupils suddenly shrank, staring fixedly at the Yuelai Inn, which had turned into ruins, his face looking worse than a dead man's.

Whoosh.

In the next moment, his body transformed into a humanoid beast, rushing into the shattered Yuelai Inn, searching for his foster father and mother.

However, he only found two corpses—those of the innkeeper and the waiter.

As for his foster father and mother, they were nowhere to be found.

"Foster Father, Foster Mother, you must not be in trouble, you must not be in trouble," Ye Chen stood rooted to the spot, lost and muttering to himself.

Bang.

Suddenly, he punched a pillar in front of him, turning it into dust.

"Damn it, damn it, what the hell happened here? Where have my foster father and mother gone? Could it be that Ye Kun found them here?" Ye Chen couldn't help but let out a hysterical roar, his facial features twisted together, looking extremely ferocious.

To him, his foster father and mother were his most cherished family in this world.

If anything happened to them, he would be inconsolable with grief.

"Master, please calm down. Your foster father and mother will be safe. There's a letter here; it might contain news about them," at this moment, the Tower Spirit's soul body floated out from Ye Chen's body, pointing to a letter on the bed, comforting Ye Chen.

"A letter?" Ye Chen's body trembled, and he rushed to grab the letter, quickly tearing it open.

Earlier, he was so worried about his foster father and mother that he hadn't noticed the letter.

"Ye Chen, your foster father and mother are in my hands. If you want to see them one last time, hurry to the Canglan Mountain Range. Otherwise, you will never see them again in this life," Ye Chen read the letter and saw this line, written in blood, shockingly eye-catching.

In addition, the letter included a map, leading to an ancient forest in the Canglan Mountain Range.

"Master, it seems your foster father and mother were captured. If you rashly go to rescue them, it will be extremely dangerous. With your current strength, you can only contend with a Third or Fourth Layer Gang Qi expert. Meeting a more powerful presence could cost you your life," the Tower Spirit advised Ye Chen, its brows tightly furrowed.

"No, I absolutely can't just stand by and watch my adoptive father and mother get killed, otherwise I will never forgive myself for the rest of my life." Xiao Lan's eyes turned bloodshot, unable to calm himself down.

Swoosh.

The next moment, he jumped onto his steed and raced toward the direction of the Canglan Mountain Range.

"Master, don't be impulsive. Although you have the Myriad Dao Space, if the enemy ambushes you, you simply won't have the time to hide in it. It's best to first understand the enemy's details before you go to rescue your adoptive parents." The Tower Spirit couldn't help but sigh.

He naturally knew Xiao Lan was very worried about his adoptive parents.

However, for him, Xiao Lan's life was the most important. If anything happened to Xiao Lan, he didn't know how many ages it would be before he could find a new master again.

"I don't have the time to do that. If I don't go now, my adoptive father and mother could be killed at any moment." Xiao Lan's fists clenched tightly, emitting a sharp crackling sound, his expression anxious to the extreme.

"Well! Then I will try my best to assist you," the Tower Spirit helplessly shook his head.

Though he had no combat strength, he could sense everything within a few miles.

So as long as Xiao Lan got close to the people who captured his adoptive parents, he should be able to sense their number and strength in advance.

Half an hour later, in the outer region of the Canglan Mountain Range, within a sparsely populated Ancient Forest, a black-robed elder was sitting cross-legged atop a bluestone.

On the nearby tree, two people were bound, none other than Ye Ming and Xiao Hui.

"There's still the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, if that waste Xiao Lan hasn't arrived here, I'll kill one of you first," the black-robed elder said, staring indifferently at Ye Ming and Xiao Hui, expressionless.

"Old geezer, if you have guts, kill me instead. A strong man like you at the Sixth Layer of the Gang Qi Realm stooping to deal with someone like Lan'er, a True Qi Realm Cultivator, disgraces our Qi Dao Masters." Ye Ming shouted angrily.

"Noisy." The black-robed elder's eyes flashed a cold gleam, a wave of his right hand sending a burst of Gang Qi at Ye Ming's face.

With a loud snap.

The next instant, Ye Ming's facial muscles sank in, several teeth shattered in his mouth, blood flowing profusely.

He, the first strongman of Kunzhou Prefecture, had never suffered such humiliation. Under normal circumstances, he would've fought the black-robed elder desperately.

But now, his strength was reduced to barely a tenth, leaving him at the old man's mercy.

"My husband." Xiao Hui couldn't help but cry, deeply distressed for her husband.

She knew Ye Ming had always been extraordinarily proud, valuing dignity above life itself.

But now, the black-robed elder was trampling on his dignity at will, which was even more unbearable than killing him.

"You old dog, a man can be killed but not humiliated, give me a quick death!" Ye Ming's eyes turned crimson, grinding his teeth at the black-robed elder.

"Huh! You want to die, but I won't grant you that. When the time is up, I'll kill your wife first. Then, I want to see the taste in your heart!" the black-robed elder sneered coldly, his gaze sent shivers down one's spine.

"Damn it! You're a beast without humanity!" Ye Ming's pupils suddenly contracted, his whole body trembling violently as he hysterically roared at the black-robed elder.

Thinking of his beloved wife being killed before his eyes by the elder, Ye Ming felt unbearably miserable.

This pain of losing a beloved is unbearable even for a few.

"Alright, time is up. Since that waste Xiao Lan hasn't appeared, you're going to die now." A cup of tea later, the black-robed elder abruptly stood up from the bluestone, expressionless, and strode toward Ye Ming and Xiao Hui, terrifying murderous intent surging all around him.

"Master, I found your adoptive father and mother, as well as a black-robed person. His cultivation has reached the Sixth Layer of the Gang Qi Realm, and you absolutely cannot match him," at this time, within the Ancient Forest a few miles from the black-robed elder, the Tower Spirit said with an extremely grave expression to Xiao Lan.

He could sense that a few miles away the black-robed elder's cultivation had stepped into the Sixth Layer, far stronger than Ye Kun.

While Xiao Lan now had cultivated the Myriad Dao Human Emperor Body to the First Level of Foundation Establishment Realm, possessing the Power of a Hundred Tigers.

However, his strength was significantly behind those like Ye Kun, who was a Fourth Layer Gang Qi Realm expert.

As for a Sixth Layer Gang Qi Realm expert, Xiao Lan had no chance of defeating them.

If he rashly tried to save his adoptive parents, he would be in mortal danger at any moment.

"Tower Spirit, how are my adoptive father and mother now?" Xiao Lan hurriedly asked, his expression appearing extremely anxious.

"They're fine for now, but not good, that black-robed man has already harbored murderous intent towards your adoptive parents." The Tower Spirit's face suddenly changed greatly.

At this moment, he could clearly sense the terrifying killing intent emanating from the black-robed elder.

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