Dawn was breaking.

Although it was still a school holiday, Xie Xiaofeng had gotten up early and left his house. He wore a dark-colored hoodie and a baseball cap pulled low over his head. He walked with his hands thrust into his pockets, headphones in his ears, looking cool.

At seven in the morning, he arrived at a fast-food restaurant just outside Wang Chuan's residential complex. He chose a seat by the window where he could eat his breakfast while keeping an eye on the entrance to Wang Chuan's complex.

It wasn't until 7:45 AM that Xie Xiaofeng finally saw Wang Chuan's car leave the complex. He immediately left the fast-food restaurant and took a taxi, following closely behind Wang Chuan's vehicle.

Half an hour later, Xie Xiaofeng followed Wang Chuan's car to the hospital. A few minutes after that, he trailed Wang Chuan to the Department of Gastroenterology.

As time slowly passed, by the time Wang Chuan came out from seeing the doctor, it was already past eleven o'clock. Wang Chuan's face was very grave, his eyes dim with a look of utter despair. Seeing this, Xie Xiaofeng couldn't help but wonder if Wang Chuan was suffering from some serious illness.

After Wang Chuan walked away, Xie Xiaofeng went into the internal medicine department of the hospital, and after some inquiries, he was shocked to discover a secret: Wang Chuan was already in the late stages of colorectal cancer, which had been diagnosed nearly six months earlier. He also found out that Wang Chuan had always opted for conservative treatment, refusing to undergo chemotherapy.

After learning this, Xie Xiaofeng immediately called his grandfather, Xie Da, to ask if he knew anything about Wang Chuan's recent health status. In fact, Xie Da had no idea Wang Chuan was suffering from cancer.

Thinking back to the time Wang Chuan had been away on a long business trip, Xie Xiaofeng asked Xie Da about the trip. However, Xie Da didn't know the reason for the trip; Wang Chuan had only told him it was for personal matters.

Xie Xiaofeng had an intuition that Wang Chuan's departure from Y City some time ago definitely had something to do with his illness; furthermore, the theft of the Five Elements Stone might also be related to these matters.

After hanging up the phone, Xie Xiaofeng continued to follow Wang Chuan.

At twelve-thirty in the afternoon, to Xie Xiaofeng's surprise, the seriously ill Wang Chuan didn't go home to rest or have lunch with his family. Instead, he drove out of the Y City downtown area alone and came to a maple forest in the southern suburbs.

From a distance, seeing Wang Chuan's car parked on the side of the road in the maple forest, Xie Xiaofeng got out of the taxi and slipped into the forest. He skulked behind the trees, following Wang Chuan with utmost caution.

Not long after, Xie Xiaofeng followed Wang Chuan to the very center of the maple forest. In that world dyed red by the autumn leaves, he saw...

Before he could even be surprised, [there was] a buzzing in Xie Xiaofeng's head—he had been knocked unconscious.

"Wang Chuan, you've been too careless!" a strange and eerie voice echoed through the forest.

Wang Chuan turned around and sneered, "I deliberately lured this kid here!"

"Oh?" another voice commented. Then, a figure limping towards Wang Chuan appeared, carrying the unconscious Xie Xiaofeng on his shoulder.

"This kid just absorbed some mana from a piece of the Five Elements Stone not long ago. I'll need to extract the Five Elements Magic from his body on that day!" Wang Chuan explained.

At this moment, Wang Chuan felt very smug. He had purposely left an obvious clue for Xie Xiaofeng, intending to make him suspicious, to follow and confront him. Indeed, Xie Xiaofeng had fallen for his trap.

"Who is this kid? Will his family come looking for him here?"

"I'm not worried about his family finding this place, but there is someone who I'm concerned might!" Wang Chuan frowned, picturing Chen Hao in his mind. He didn't know if Xie Xiaofeng had told Chen Hao about this matter. He had thought that Chen Hao would come with Xie Xiaofeng to trail him, so he could catch them both in one fell swoop, but to his surprise, only Xie Xiaofeng had come today.

"Who is it?"

"The current president of the Y City Onmyoji Association, Chen Hao!" Wang Chuan ground his teeth as he spoke, his tone filled with rage.

"You mean the kid who defeated King Ning?" the lame man exclaimed in surprise.

"Exactly! It's him!" Wang Chuan said, hands behind his back, as a cold light flickered in his squinted eyes. "But don't worry, I have figured out a way to lure him away. It won't affect our plan for tomorrow night!"

"What method?" At this moment, the person with the odd yin and yang accent approached Wang Chuan and asked.

"Her!"

..

The next day.

The last day of the school celebration long holiday.

Early in the morning, Chen Hao received a call from Ren Deshan, who informed him that the Yin Yang Master Association had a visitor today—Chen Yushan, the female president of the A City Yin Yang Master Association, the only female president of a Yin Yang Master Association throughout the entire East Country.

Ren Deshan also told Chen Hao that Chen Yushan's visit to Y City had two purposes: one was to meet Chen Hao, having heard of his defeat of King Ning; the other was an urgent matter for which she needed to consult with Chen Hao.

After hanging up the phone, Chen Hao went downstairs to enter Ye Yuqiao's house. At that moment, Ye Yuqiao had not yet woken up. Seeing her sleeping so peacefully, Chen Hao could not bear to disturb her and merely left a wisp of warm breath on her lips before quietly leaving.

"Where are you going?" Just as Chen Hao stepped out of the room, Ye Yuqiao's languid voice upon waking suddenly floated into his ears.

"Yuqiao, you're awake!" Chen Hao turned back and looked at Ye Yuqiao with a goofy smile.

Yawning and rubbing her eyes sleepily, Ye Yuqiao murmured in a soft voice, "You should call me Your Majesty!"

"Alright!" Chen Hao sat on the edge of the bed, pinched Ye Yuqiao's pale, tender cheek, and chuckled, "Your Majesty!"

"Ouch, that hurts!" Ye Yuqiao raised her hand and slapped Chen Hao's hand away, frowning deeply. After yawning, she struggled to keep her eyelids open and looked at Chen Hao.

After a brief pause, she closed her eyes again and said softly, "Kneel and be granted an audience!"

Chen Hao scratched his head helplessly; Ye Yuqiao had been more and more like a little girl these past few days.

Half an hour later, Chen Hao arrived at the Yin Yang Master Association. At this time, in the hall, Ren Deshan was chatting enthusiastically with a short-haired woman who looked to be about forty years old and was wearing a pair of black-framed glasses.

This woman was Chen Yushan, the president of the A City Yin Yang Master Association.

"President Chen, you've finally arrived!" Ren Deshan said excitedly, his voice filled with warmth.

"Ah!" Chen Hao was somewhat taken aback by the honor.

Once Chen Hao had taken a seat and they had gotten acquainted with one another, Chen Yushan cut straight to the point. She told Chen Hao that when King Ning was in charge of King Ning's Manor, he had set up the Yin Soul Prison in the city where she presided as president. This Yin Soul Prison typically held ghosts with high levels of Yin Qi Spiritual Power or who were greatly resentful and were Five Elements Yin Souls; they had to be sealed with seven enchantment seals on the prison doors.

Just a few days prior, on the very night that King Ning died, chaos erupted in the Netherworld of all the cities and counties managed by King Ning's Manor, just as it did in A City.

At that time, a peculiar incident occurred...

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