Danger lurks everywhere

  In the dimly lit underground hall, the air was murky and gloomy. In the darkness all around, an endless chill emanated, sending shivers down one's spine.

  The four sides of the hall have two rows of huge torches that keep swaying, and in the center of the hall is a giant white bone throne. On both sides of the throne are two rows of chairs, one row below the other.

  At this moment, the chairs were already filled with people, but on both sides, there was one position that was empty.

  But sitting in the white bony chair was none other than Lian Jia's master, Lian Ji.

  He lightly tapped his hand on the armrest of the chair, and after a moment, Jian Qi's somewhat cold voice slowly sounded: "Three hours have passed, where are Lao Ba and Lao Shi San? Why haven't they come yet?"

  "Big brother......" The first person sitting on the left hesitated for a moment before saying in a low voice, "Lao Ba and Lao Shi San have gone to take revenge on that kid from the Du family. No matter how we tried to stop them, they wouldn't listen."

  "Hmm——"

  "Arrogant——"

  He slammed his palm heavily on the nanmu wood table in front of him, leaving a deep palm print on it. After a moment, he spoke in a low, ferocious tone: "Fools! Fools! How could our family produce such fools?! Even the three eighth-grade warriors from the Long family can't even last one round under their hands. What can they accomplish with Old Eight and Old Thirteen's meager skills? It's just sending them to their deaths for nothing! It seems we don't need to wait anymore, those two useless things won't be coming back."

  However, the sons of Lao Ba and Lao Thirteen were killed by Du Fei, and they went to avenge them too...

  "My son is dead too!" Lian Ji glared at the man and said coldly.

  His gaze was swept by Lian Ji, and the man trembled slightly, then sighed after a moment, and immediately lowered his head slightly, saying in a low voice: "Big brother... since you also know how many of our clansmen died this time, you should give us an explanation."

  "Lao Er, are you threatening me?" Lian Ji sneered coldly, "Or do you all think that today's events are solely my fault, Lian Ji's responsibility!"

  "We dare not!" The people below looked at each other and immediately bowed their hands in unison.

  A few degrees of ferocious smile appeared on his face, and even Lianji's teeth were chattering with a "chirping" sound. After a moment, the extremely venomous voice finally came out of his mouth: "That is my son...my most beloved son...he died like this! Dead! Du Fei! You don't think I will let go of this Du Fei! As long as the person who killed my son is killed, he must die!!!"

  At this moment, endless killing intent emanated from Lian Ji's body, and even the temperature in the entire underground hall dropped a few degrees instantly.

  "But how will I take revenge?"

  After a moment of silence in the underground hall, someone finally spoke up in a low voice.

  After all, Du Fei's strength is there, and even three eighth-grade martial artists were killed by him with ease. In the Lian family, it was really impossible to find someone who could definitely kill him.

  The one called Lao Er hesitated for a moment, then said in a slightly strange tone, "This time we cooperated with Du Zhenfeng to deal with Du Zhentian and Du Fei, it's also considered as following the orders of the Long family... Now, not only is the young master dead, but all three people from the Long family are also dead. Eldest brother, shouldn't we directly report this matter to the Long family and let them take action?"

  "You mean to say... we don't even have the ability to avenge our own family members? Second brother, didn't you also lose a son?" Lian Ji said coldly after giving him a faint glance.

  "So, big brother, your meaning is......"

  Lian Ji slowly inhaled, then deeply exhaled, his eyes gleaming with icy intent: "To avenge ourselves, we must kill Du Fei! Perhaps it seems now that we don't have the slightest chance, but that's not necessarily true... It's just that the price to pay is a bit too high."

  "What does big brother mean?" Lao Er's face changed slightly, and he said hesitantly.

  "Now even if we have the ability to take action, even if we solve Du Fei, I'm afraid everyone will know that it's our Lian family who did it... Such a foolish thing, I still can't do it." Lian Ji's face was cold and gloomy. "However, one month later is exactly the day when the three-yearly Xuan You Secret Realm opens. The people from the nearby state government will certainly send their family's elite children to enter the secret realm. And in that secret realm, you all know that due to a certain relationship, Dan Shifu's power is equivalent to nothing... As long as we take action at that time..."

  "Indeed!" Old Second nodded slightly, then furrowed his brow and said, "However, the Mysterious Void Realm can only be entered once in a lifetime. I've already had most of the high-ranking members of our clan enter it... As for the other young masters, even if they were to enter, I'm afraid it would be of no use... After all, Du Fei is already a 9th rank martial artist!"

  "As for this matter, I naturally have a plan." Lian Ji smiled coldly, "Bring those three in!"

  "Yes!"

  As the sound fell, in the darkness of the underground grand hall, three people from the Lian family had already rushed over. These three were all about seventeen or eighteen years old, each with a cold face, and they walked to Lian Ji's front, then "thud" - one by one, they knelt on the ground.

  "Lian Hao, Lian Hua, Lian Xing..." The others also saw these three people and nodded slightly.

  However, upon seeing these three people, the second elder still slightly furrowed his brow and said: "Big brother, although these three can be considered the strongest among our younger generation at this moment, their strength is at most at the ninth level of Body Tempering. With their abilities, wanting to deal with Du Fei in the Mystic Void Secret Realm is probably still not possible..."

  "It can't be done now, but it's not necessarily impossible in a month." Lian Ji smiled coldly and immediately knocked on the table, "You three, one month later, enter the Xuan You Secret Realm. I won't ask you to do anything else, just whoever brings out Du Fei's head will become the next family master!"

  Upon hearing this, all three of them were shocked, but each still had a gloomy and cold expression.

  No matter how good the conditions are, you must come back alive.

  It seems that he saw through the thoughts of the three, and Lian Ji continued to say coldly: "From today on, the family's hidden martial arts will be open for you to choose from. The Flowing Flame Technique is also available for you to cultivate... At the same time, the family will select three elders who will pour their lifelong true energy into your bodies... Although it won't have a great effect, it will at least make you all 9th-grade warriors... If you still can't complete the task under these conditions, then you might as well not come back!"

  When the true energy is infused into the body, it means that someone actively gives their own life's cultivation to others. The person infusing the energy will likely die instantly after completing this task, while the recipient can only obtain at most one-tenth of the true energy. However, even so, making three people who have cultivated their bodies to the ninth level advance to become ninth-grade warriors is not a difficult task.

  Adding the eight-part kung fu method, if the three of them join forces, it's not impossible to kill Du Fei in the Xuan You Secret Realm after a month!

  At this point, the three of them had already flown over and were lying on the ground, saying in unison: "We will definitely obey Master's orders, no matter what, we will kill Du Fei."

  "Very good!" Lian Ji lightly clapped his hands, and immediately his gaze slowly swept over the crowd: "Lao Liu, Lao Shi Er, Lao Shi Si... among all of you brothers, the three of you have the weakest strength. This matter will be handed over to you. As for your wives and children, I, Lian Ji, will definitely take care of them!"

  As soon as these words fell, the three people on the left side of him were slightly stiff in their faces, but they still gritted their teeth and nodded.

  At the same time, in a secluded courtyard within the Du mansion.

  At this moment, the three elders of the Du family were sitting face to face, each with a gloomy expression.

  And in front of them, there was still one person, who was none other than Du Jia's youngest and most outstanding member, Du Han!

  Compared to the three elders' faces, Du Han's expression didn't show any unusualness. He simply lightly waved the paper fan in his hand, then put it away and patted his palm lightly before sighing: "It seems that Young Master Du Qing has no chance of recovery?"

  Du Zhenfeng's face turned dark and venomous, his teeth clenched in anger as he said: "Originally, if we just gave Qing'er the Bone-Continuing Powder to take, there would have been a 90% chance of recovery. But now, it seems that not even half a chance remains!"

  "It's like that, but if the three elders are willing to yield to Master, there should still be a few chances..." Du Han said with a faint smile.

  "If there was a chance, you wouldn't be sitting here today!" Du Zhenxuan sneered coldly, "Du Han, you don't need to pretend to be noble... The fact that you're appearing here today means our goals are the same, so we don't need to pretend anymore!"

  "Heh heh, it seems the Second Elder is a wise man! In that case, I'll speak directly... Du Han smiled faintly. "Du Fei must die! Bing Xin Jue will definitely be mine! Three Elders, do you have any thoughts? If we join forces, I think taking down Du Fei won't be a problem."

  "You're not going to go kill him now, are you? That old ghost Du Zhentian has probably already sent people to guard outside his mansion, and we'll just be walking into a trap?" Du Zhenfeng coldly snorted.

  "Haha, such a foolish thing, only the three of you would do... If I didn't need your help in the future, I wouldn't have bothered to come find you." Du Han said calmly.

  Upon hearing this, the three senior elders' faces all changed slightly, and after a moment, Du Zhenfeng grunted and said: "We agree to your terms. As long as you can kill Du Fei, we will definitely support you in becoming the new head of the family!"

  "You're wrong!" Du Han shook his head slightly, "The position of the master, was originally mine, even if Du Fei is stronger, he won't be able to take it away... I want to kill Du Fei, just because he will make Bing Xin decide!"

  "You mean it!"

  "My mind is made up, although my Du family only has a fragment of the scroll, but as long as I cultivate to a certain level, I can obtain the complete version in Yunshui Du family... I, Du Han, am different from you three, your vision is limited to this small Buoyancy City, but I see further... However, no matter what I want, I must enter Yunshui Du family... But if Du Fei is there, my chances will be zero... So, no matter what, Du Fei must die! And you all, will help me..."