Three days later, Baishi Town.

Ever since experiencing a major gun attack three nights ago, a large number of police officers had been deployed to the town for cleanup and investigation, so the town had been very calm these past three days, and Chen Hao and his party staying in the town felt very safe.

At noon, after having had lunch, Chen Hao and his company drove off from Baishi Town in the Exorcism Special Vehicle, with only a few short days remaining until the National Yin Yang Masters Conference.

In the Exorcism Special Vehicle.

Due to concerns about sudden gunfire, Tang Jing no longer sat in her usual spot in the front passenger seat, but moved to the back to sit with Chen Hao and Ye Yuqiao. Although three days had passed, Tang Jing was still terrified, with the sound of intense, piercing gunshots echoing in her ears.

"Who knows what kind of ambush and attacks we'll encounter next?" Tang Jing muttered.

"Don't worry about it!" whispered Ye Yuqiao in Tang Jing's ear.

Tang Jing nodded, then leaned her head on Ye Yuqiao's right shoulder and said in a low tone, "Yuqiao, even though we've encountered many terrifying demons and ghosts, as well as numerous dangers before, I've never felt as scared as I have these past few days."

"Do you know why that is?" Xie Xiaofeng, who was driving, said with a smile, "That's because humans are the most terrifying!"

At that moment, Chen Hao, sitting to the left of Ye Yuqiao, also leaned his head on her left shoulder, imitating Tang Jing's tone, "Yuqiao, I'm actually very scared too, I just never told you."

"Naughty!" Ye Yuqiao lifted her left hand and pinched Chen Hao's cheek.

Looking at Chen Hao and Tang Jing leaning on the shoulders of the goddess from left and right through the rearview mirror, Xie Xiaofeng's face showed an envious expression as he sighed helplessly, "If only I could lean on the goddess's shoulder too, even just for a minute."

Tang Jing sneered contemptuously, "Dream on, Xie Xiaofeng!"

"First, you'd have to be a girl," added Chen Hao, "or you'd need to make an effort to turn yourself into one through artificial means."

Tang Jing and Ye Yuqiao laughed at this, lightening the atmosphere in the vehicle back to its usual joviality.

However, at that moment, a sense of ominous premonition suddenly sprang up in Chen Hao's heart, feeling that danger was imminent.

A loud "bang" sounded from the nearby mountains, causing every pane of glass in the Exorcism Special Vehicle to tremble violently.

Immediately, Chen Hao turned his head to look behind, towards the direction from which the loud noise had come.

All he saw was a glaring ball of fire growing closer!

With a "boom," flames soared into the sky as the Exorcism Special Vehicle was destroyed by a bomb that had come flying toward them.

..

Two hours later.

Y City, Yin Yang Master Association.

In the president's office.

The phone suddenly rang.

Rende Shan, who was engrossed in going through documents, answered the call. After speaking for a short while, his face turned deathly pale, his eyes widened in shock.

After hanging up the phone, following a long moment of stunned silence, Ren Deshan shakily dialed the number of Xie Xiaofeng's grandfather, Xie Da.

Upon the call being connected, the calm and aged voice of Xie Da came through, "Deshan, it's been a long while. How are things at the Association these days? The National Yin Yang Masters Conference is happening in a few days. Are you calling to ask me about Chen Hao, Xiaofeng, and the others?"

"Elder Xie," Ren Deshan said in an extremely low voice.

"Deshan, what's wrong?"

"There's been an incident!" Ren Deshan said tearfully, "I just received a call; the minibus carrying Chen Hao, Xiaofeng, and the others was attacked and blown up!"

..

In the evening, as the sun set in the west.

In D City, at the headquarters of the Yin Yang Master Association of the East Country.

Inside the courtyard, Luo Pengfei was sitting on a rattan chair watching the sunset, his face adorned with a particularly contented expression. Ever since he had concluded that Lu Siwei was dead, there was an undeniable excitement in his heart.

In a few days, the grand meeting of the Yin Yang Masters of the East Country would take place, and all the practitioners with profound mana would converge in this very garden where he was.

He had been waiting for this day for a long time and had secretly been preparing for it as well.

As Luo Pengfei was engrossed in his excited anticipation for the future, unable to contain himself, Ah Xin approached him.

"Ah Xin, do you have any good news?" Luo Pengfei asked, a hint of a smile at the corner of his eye.

"I'm not sure if it counts as good news," Ah Xin replied.

"Ah Xin!" Luo Pengfei's face showed urgency; he sometimes found Ah Xin's way of speaking irritating. "What is the news, exactly?"

"The Exorcism Special Vehicle that Chen Hao and the others were in was blown up, and they were all on board at the time."

"Ho ho!" Luo Pengfei laughed twice, then admired aloud, "It really is true that when it comes to killing, you must hire a professional assassin—simple and crude!"

Still smiling, Luo Pengfei furrowed his brow and asked in doubt, "Ah Xin, clearly this is good news, why would you say you're not sure? Could it be that Chen Hao and his companions escaped unscathed from the explosion?"

"Not sure if it counts as unscathed," Ah Xin explained.

"Ah Xin!" Luo Pengfei became visibly displeased. "Stop beating around the bush when you speak, that's what old folks like to do."

"The vehicle was indeed blown up, but the people have disappeared; not a single body was found. It's unclear if they were vaporized by the blast or if they've gone into hiding."

Luo Pengfei was very surprised and, after a moment's thought, asked, "What about Chen Hao? That kid Chen Hao can't be killed easily; did you see him?"

Ah Xin shook his head.

"Now that's strange! Where could they have gone? Ah Xin, what do you make of this?"

"There are three possibilities!" Ah Xin responded, his face expressionless, "One is that they were all blown to pieces; the second is they might be temporarily hiding to avoid further attacks and will show up at the Yin Yang Master meeting; and the third possibility is that they might be preparing a counterattack. Chen Hao is a martial arts expert, and killing may not be difficult for him, so we need to be careful during this time."

Luo Pengfei chuckled dismissively and said, "If he dares to come, I'm always ready to welcome him."

As night fell, on Mount Qingyun.

At this moment, near the entrance of the Feipeng Sect's barrier, numerous wild beasts roamed about. These seemingly ordinary forest animals were actually demons sent by Luo Pengfei to guard the entrance to the Feipeng Sect, preventing others from getting close.

Suddenly, there was a slight disturbance in the air above the bamboo forest at the entrance to the barrier, and a person descended from the sky, landing on a bamboo stalk.

"Awoo!"

"Roar!"

Then two wolf demons and three tiger demons rushed into the bamboo to surround the person.

Instead of fear, the corner of the person's mouth curled up slightly in the face of the snarling tiger and wolf demons.

Then, one of the tiger demons broke the bamboo stalk the person was standing on, and the other demons leapt high to pounce on that person.

Three minutes later.

Both wolf demons and all three tiger demons lay within the bamboo forest, slain by the intruder.

Afterward, the person slowly walked up to a cliff engraved with a giant peng bird.

"Feipeng Sect, I've arrived!" Chen Hao declared.

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