"What's wrong?" Xie Xiaofeng asked Chen Hao with a puzzled look.

"The passenger in the front seat of that van has been possessed by a fierce ghost, and the persons sitting in the back are all carrying guns. I think they're coming for me!" Chen Hao explained anxiously. "You three go and call Ye Yuqiao down, and I'll deal with them! We'll meet up later inside Tianhong Hotel near the school!"

Having said that, without waiting for the others to react, Chen Hao dashed towards the van.

Watching Chen Hao's figure disappear into the distance, Xie Xiaofeng looked at Tang Jing and Tang Chao with a sense of helpless confusion. He didn't understand why Chen Hao was so confident he could handle those armed men.

Tang Jing shrugged her shoulders with a sneer, "Since he loves showing off so much, just let him be."

Xie Xiaofeng nodded reluctantly, then said, "Then wait here for me; I'll go call Ye Yuqiao down."

"Better let my brother do it, he's faster!"

With an "Mhm," Tang Chao then leaped, effortlessly jumping to the third-floor balcony of the old building where Chen Hao's home was located. From there, he jumped again onto Chen Hao's balcony, completing the process in less than five seconds, stunning Xie Xiaofeng who watched the entire feat.

"Your brother—your brother... He!" Xie Xiaofeng was so surprised he was lost for words.

"That's right, my brother is a martial arts expert!" Tang Jing said with a hint of pride. As Xie Xiaofeng recovered from the shock, she continued to explain, "My brother was weak since childhood, so he started learning martial arts from a hidden master our family knew. It was intended to improve his health, but he turned out to be a martial arts genius."

"Heh!" With nothing to say, Xie Xiaofeng could only respond with an awkward smile, thinking that someone from a family of Onmyoji being a martial arts prodigy was as strange as someone from a medical family being squeamish with blood. No wonder Tang Chao's mana was far inferior to Tang Jing's; it seemed his interests were all in practicing martial arts.

After a pause, Xie Xiaofeng suddenly showed a look of astonishment and exclaimed, "If that's the case, then why didn't you let your brother deal with those men instead of letting Chen Hao take the risk?"

Tang Jing shrugged again, with a certain schadenfreude, "As you saw just now, he didn't give us a chance to speak before charging ahead!"

"Do you really dislike Chen Hao that much?" Xie Xiaofeng looked at Tang Jing somewhat helplessly and asked, "You don't have any personal grudge with him, right? Look, I was able to set aside such a big grudge between him and me, why can't you just treat him like a normal person?"

Tang Jing huffed coldly and adjusted her glasses. Suddenly, two angry sparks flickered from behind her lenses, and she said with a look of disgust, "If you knew what he had done to Lin Xiaofan before, you wouldn't think that way!"

"Ah!" Xie Xiaofeng's face brimmed with curiosity, and he asked, "So, what did he do to Lin Xiaofan before?"

Just then, the sound of wind from above their heads suddenly intensified, and a figure swiftly approached them from the sky. The next moment, Tang Chao returned to the two of them, alone.

"Where is Ye Yuqiao?" Xie Xiaofeng questioned.

"She wasn't in the room!"

Xie Xiaofeng said, "Her house is right below Chen Hao's, maybe she went home?"

Tang Chao shook his head again and again, his face showing worry, his brows deeply furrowed, "There are signs of a struggle in the room, and there is lots of black chicken blood and red lines through copper coins on the floor. If I'm not mistaken, an Onmyoji took her away forcibly while we were not around!"

"What!" Xie Xiaofeng was shocked! He thought that whoever wanted to use black chicken blood intended to use the extremely Yin blood of black chickens against Ye Yuqiao's Yang Spirit body. Other than him and Chen Hao, only members of the Yin Yang Master Association knew of Ye Yuqiao's weakness. He had just explained to his grandfather, Xie Da, why Ye Yuqiao only had a Yang Spirit. It seemed the Yin Yang Master Association wanted to capture Ye Yuqiao to threaten Chen Hao.

With a loud "Bang!", a gunshot thundered through the air, followed by sharp, urgent screeching brakes.

The three of them hurriedly looked forward, and now there were flashes of fire and the sound of gunfire. Chen Hao's figure was still sprinting on the pavement further ahead, still momentarily unhit by bullets.

The van quickly turned around, and Chen Hao's figure disappeared from Xie Xiaofeng, Tang Jing, and Tang Chao's view after a turn. What puzzled them was why Chen Hao was forcing all the Yang Energy out of his body while running. Could it be he had some secret spells that could solidify Yang Energy to block the incoming bullets?

"I'll go help him!" Tang Chao said.

"No need!" Xie Xiaofeng immediately objected, "Since he said to meet at Tianhong Hotel, then he must be confident in escaping from those men. Let's hurry over there instead!"

Twenty minutes later, Xie Xiaofeng, Tang Chao, and Tang Jing took a taxi to Tianhong Hotel. Along the way, they saw countless Wandering Souls roaming about through their Yin Yang Eyes, a sight usually only seen during the Ghost Festival. Luckily, the Yin Yang Master Association had already dispatched Onmyoji to clear and drive away these restless spirits.

But where had Ye Yuqiao gone?

After sitting down in the hotel lobby, Xie Xiaofeng made a phone call to Xie Da.

After the call connected, Xie Da informed Xie Xiaofeng that it was indeed individuals from the Yin Yang Master Association who had captured Ye Yuqiao, but it was not a decision made by the association. Instead, five Onmyoji, including group leader Liu Yongping, whose Yin Souls had been burned by Chen Hao, acted on their own. Ye Yuqiao was now at Liu Yongping's house, and the five of them demanded through Xie Da that if Chen Hao did not return their Yin Souls within a day, they would burn Ye Yuqiao to death.

Half an hour later, Chen Hao finally arrived near Tianhong Hotel, and the van that had been chasing him was now far behind. He quietly entered the hotel through the back door, then hurried into the restroom on the first floor. At that moment, there were five bullets in his body, with each wound still bleeding from the bullet's course through.

After closing the restroom door, Chen Hao closed his eyes and used the Nether Eye Power above his left eye to force the five bullets out of his body. As the bullets were expelled, the blood flowing from his wounds swiftly flowed back into his body and the wounds then healed.

Then, Chen Hao picked up the five bullets and flushed them down the toilet.

"Phew!" Chen Hao let out a long sigh of relief. It was only then that he drew the Yang Energy that he had expelled from his body back in. He smiled smugly to himself, thinking that it was fortunate he had had the presence of mind to expel his Yang Energy and completely lose consciousness; otherwise, being penetrated by five bullets would certainly have been enough to make him faint from pain.

Suddenly, Chen Hao slapped his hands together with a regretful expression. He had just missed using the Nether Light to reveal the fierce ghost attached to Chen Ren, the leader of the Brotherhood Gang; Regrettably, Chen Ren had reflected the Nether Light back at him with a mirror, resulting in him getting hit by three bullets.

After leaving the restroom, Chen Hao walked into the lobby.

"Chen Hao!" Xie Xiaofeng, who had been anxiously waiting on the lobby sofa, called out excitedly and stood up to wave at Chen Hao. He had been afraid that Chen Hao had been shot since it had taken him so long to appear.

Chen Hao responded with a wave and a smile, but his expression quickly grew grim when he didn't see Ye Yuqiao. He quickened his pace to the sofa and asked urgently, "Where's Ye Yuqiao? Didn't you bring her with you?"

"Ye Yuqiao... she... she was just taken away by Liu Yongping with his men, while we were clearing out those Yin Souls beneath your family's building."

"Liu Yongping!" Chen Hao suddenly burst into fury, his blood boiling with heat. Thinking of the torture Ye Yuqiao might suffer, he was frantic with anxiety and unable to contain his rage. He tilted his head back, and a plume of scorching purple flame shot out from above his left eye into the air.

Seeing the purple flames, Xie Xiaofeng, Tang Jing, and Tang Chao were all taken aback.

After Chen Hao released the flames from his left eye, Tang Jing asked in an urgent tone, "Chen Hao, how come you are spewing Nether Fire from within you?"

Chen Hao merely gave Tang Jing a cold glance and did not answer her question. Then he turned to Xie Xiaofeng and asked, "Was Ye Yuqiao taken to the Yin Yang Master Association?"

Xie Xiaofeng shook his head and whispered, "It's not safe to talk here. Let's get a room and talk there."

Afterward, the four of them entered a guest room. Inside, Xie Xiaofeng told Chen Hao about Liu Yongping taking Ye Yuqiao to his own home without permission, and the ultimatum he was given: return the Yin Souls within a day or Ye Yuqiao would be burned alive.

Chen Hao was stunned by the news and sat on the bed in silence. After a while, he ran his hands through his hair and said in despair, "The Yin Souls have been burned away. How am I supposed to return them now?"

Hearing Chen Hao, Xie Xiaofeng sighed, realizing that if Chen Hao had any way to retrieve the Yin Souls, he would have already done so for Ye Yuqiao.

Just as everyone was at a loss, Tang Jing suddenly brightened with excitement and said, "Perhaps they can be retrieved."

Upon hearing this, Chen Hao, who had been in a state of helplessness, suddenly looked up and took two steps towards Tang Jing, grabbing her hands excitedly, "Have you thought of a way?"

Tang Jing, surprised by the sudden grip on her hands, angrily shook Chen Hao's hands off, first giving him a fierce glare, but then curbing her anger, considering his urgent motive to save someone.

"When I was young, I heard from my grandfather," Tang Jing said with some uncertainty, "it seems like your Chen Family has a spell to call back Yin Souls and Primordial Spirits."

"Our family?" Chen Hao was taken aback, incredulous.

Tang Jing nodded slightly, her tone still uncertain, "As far as I know, in our city, your family is the only prominent Chen family that practices Onmyoji."

Xie Xiaofeng suddenly slapped his thigh and sighed, "What a pity! Your grandfather is currently in a coma at the hospital; it would be great if he could suddenly wake up."

"Your grandfather is in a coma in the hospital?" Tang Jing asked, surprised.

Chen Hao didn't pay attention to Tang Jing's question and instead hurried to take out a small incense burner, three sticks of incense, and two red candles from a small wooden box he carried. He then set the incense burner and candles on a dressing table in the room, lit the three sticks of incense, and placed them into the incense burner.

"What are you doing?" Xie Xiaofeng asked, puzzled by Chen Hao's actions, as Tang Jing and Tang Chao also looked on in confusion.

"Going to see my grandfather!" Chen Hao said as he closed his eyes.

"Isn't your grandfather lying in a hospital bed right now?"

"I'll explain when I get back!" Chen Hao said with his eyes closed. After finishing his statement, he began to chant, "Body of ultimate Yang, Yin cannot linger; Body of ultimate Yang, Yin cannot linger..."

Soon, his Yin Spirit left his physical body, and continued to chant, "No boundaries exist between Yin and Yang, no place where Yin doesn't belong; No boundaries exist between Yin and Yang, no place where Yin doesn't belong..."

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