"Looking for the Ye Family?" Huang Zhenyang was startled. "What for?"

"To have them make a move and gauge Xu Ke's strength." Huang Sheng picked up his phone and dialed the number.

He didn't want to fight a battle he wasn't sure he could win.

Even if Ouyang Shuang was certain to kill Xu Ke, he at least wanted to thoroughly probe Xu Ke's capabilities. At this moment, using the Ye Family as a weapon was his best choice.

The call connected.

"Huang Sheng?" a man's voice came from the other end.

"First Master Ye, long time no see," Huang Sheng said with a slight smile.

He was speaking to the Ye Family's eldest young master, Ye Fan.

"To what do I owe the pleasure of a call from the Helmsman of the Huang Family?" Ye Fan asked.

"Can't I call you just to catch up?" Huang Sheng replied with a faint smile.

"Don't fucking play dumb with me!" Ye Fan suddenly bellowed. "I haven't settled the score with you for my brother's death yet!"

"What does your brother's death have to do with our Huang Family?" Huang Sheng asked, remaining calm.

"If it weren't for your idiot of a brother, how could my fourth brother have been schemed against by the Wang Family?" Ye Fan said fiercely.

The brotherly bond within the Ye Family was strong. When Ye Chen died, Ye Fan had wanted to rush out and kill everyone from the Wang Family. Now, hearing from Huang Sheng, he immediately directed his anger toward him.

"That's because your brother has terrible judgment," Huang Sheng said with a small smile.

When the Wang Family sent the surveillance footage to the Ye Family, they hadn't forgotten to send a copy to the Huang Family as well. The main reason was that the Wang Family wanted to send a message… that Huang Qi would very likely end up just like Ye Chen, beaten to a pulp.

"What did you say?" Ye Fan exploded in rage.

"Alright, Brother Fan," Huang Sheng laughed. "Getting any angrier is pointless. You know the real culprit isn't our Huang Family."

He knew Ye Fan's temperament: impulsive and quick to anger, more susceptible to a soft approach than a hard one. Calling him 'Brother Fan' was enough to get him to calm down.

"Hmph." Ye Fan also knew the true culprit was the Wang Family. After a cold snort, he reined in his anger.

"Brother Fan, I'm calling you today because I have a favor to ask."

"What is it?"

"Xu Ke and my Huang Family have agreed to a deathmatch. I was hoping you could help me test Xu Ke's strength," Huang Sheng said slowly.

Ye Fan was taken aback. "A deathmatch? Isn't Xu Ke an ordinary person? Besides, isn't he dead?"

He was not yet aware that Xu Ke was still alive.

"He faked his death," Huang Sheng stated calmly.

Silence fell on the other end of the line.

Ye Fan realized something. "We were tricked?"

"I'm afraid so."

Ye Fan gritted his teeth. "That bastard Xu Ke! He was actually hiding his strength?"

To successfully fake one's death in front of so many people is impossible without an extremely formidable cultivation base. Xu Ke's strength must be significant.

"That's why I hope the Ye Family can send someone to probe his abilities," Huang Sheng said. "During our negotiation at the Bamboo Pavilion Residence this afternoon, he revealed strength at least at the Innate Middle Stage."

"You should send someone quite powerful. If possible, it wouldn't be out of the question to just kill him."

After Huang Sheng finished speaking, Ye Fan sneered, "We're not the ones in a deathmatch. Why should we help your Huang Family test him?"

Although he hated Xu Ke, he didn't want to waste manpower. Ye Chen was already gone, and Song Zhong's whereabouts were unknown. His Ye Family was the one that had suffered the most grievous losses.

"Because if our Huang Family, as a party to the deathmatch, breaks the rules and takes action ourselves, the Martial Alliance won't sit idly by," Huang Sheng explained slowly, not the least bit anxious.

Before a deathmatch, neither party was allowed to attack the other in violation of the rules. This was a regulation of the Martial Alliance.

"That reason isn't good enough," Ye Fan snorted.

"Fine. In that case, I will submit the evidence of the Ye Family scheming against the Wang Family last year to the Martial Alliance," Huang Sheng said with a smile.

Ye Fan's expression changed dramatically. "Didn't we agree you'd get thirty percent and wouldn't submit it? Didn't you say you were afraid of the Wang Family discovering your betrayal? Are you fucking screwing me over now?"

Last year, the Huang Family was still cooperating with the Wang Family. The Ye Family had only been able to snatch a real estate project worth hundreds of millions from the Wang Family because of the Huang Family's assistance. If Huang Sheng submitted the evidence to the Martial Alliance now, the matter of malicious competition wouldn't significantly impact the Ye Family as a whole. However, it would tarnish the reputation of Ye Fan, the main architect of the scheme. With such a black mark on his record, it would be difficult for him to inherit the position of Family Head in the future.

"We're no longer afraid of the Wang Family finding out about our betrayal," Huang Sheng said with a faint smile.

The situation was still under his control.

Ye Fan fell silent.

"It's not a difficult task. To show my sincerity, I can even return the evidence to you," Huang Sheng added.

After a long pause, Ye Fan squeezed out a reply through clenched teeth, "Fine. When this is over, hand the evidence to me."

"Agreed."

BEEP. BEEP. BEEP.

The call ended.

「At the Ye Family estate.」

"That motherfucker Huang Sheng is going too far!" Ye Fan roared.

The people beside him were as silent as cicadas in winter.

After venting his frustration, Ye Fan took a deep breath and ordered, "Go, call the Li Family. Tell that punk Li Jun to get his ass over here."

"Yes, sir," the person beside him hurriedly nodded.

"I've raised so many dogs; it's about time I let them out to bite someone," Ye Fan sneered.

Previously, he hadn't confronted the Wang Family and had forced the Li Family to endure humiliation without fighting back, all because he didn't want to provoke Wong Ting. But now that Wong Qifu had clearly parted ways with Wong Ting, Ye Fan was no longer afraid. Besides, he couldn't possibly go test Xu Ke's cultivation himself with his bodyguards in tow. If he messed up and got captured by Xu Ke, it would be a huge problem. Therefore, he planned to send his own men with Li Jun to probe Xu Ke.

Dogs, after all, are raised to be used.

「Seven o'clock in the evening.」

As Xu Ke was cultivating, his phone suddenly rang. He glanced at the screen.

It was Li Jun.

Xu Ke's face darkened. "What do you want?"

"Hey Xu Ke, I wonder if the furniture in room 403 is broken yet. Should I help you replace it?" Li Jun's arrogant voice came from the other end.

Xu Ke sneered. "You were shivering at home for so long. How does it feel to finally be let out?"

He wasn't surprised that Li Jun was out and about. Now that the news of him being Wong Qifu's fiancé was public, it was inevitable that Li Jun would be the first one sent to make trouble. After all, he had once been humiliated by him.

"You…" Li Jun's arrogance was immediately deflated by Xu Ke, leaving him feeling as if he'd swallowed shit. Then, he sneered again. "What? Did being kept by Wong Qifu give you a backbone?"

He knew Xu Ke was extremely proud. Accusing him of living off a woman would surely infuriate him.

But Xu Ke just smiled faintly. "Of course. It gave me more of a backbone than you'll ever have."

Hearing this, Li Jun's face turned ugly.

How has this guy changed so much?

Li Jun took a deep breath. "I'm giving you one hour to get your ass over here, or I'll smash your place up."

"No need for that trouble."

"Go ahead and smash it."

"I'll just call the police."

With that, Xu Ke hung up.

Waste my time going over there? Is this guy an idiot?

Li Jun stared at the disconnected call, his hands shaking with rage.

Damn it! What the hell is wrong with Xu Ke?!

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