In Netherworld, Qian Mansion.

Li Zhengwen, upon learning from his nephew Li Ming of the incident where bride kidnappers came to his door, immediately rose to seek out his godfather Qian Feng.

It was late into the night, and Qian Feng had already gone to sleep. He was suddenly awakened by the increasingly loud cries outside his door. He immediately pushed the woman in his arms away, got out of bed, and walked towards the door. After opening the door, he saw that Li Zhengwen had just hurried to the entrance, his face streaked with tears.

"What has happened?" Qian Feng asked, frowning.

Li Zhengwen knelt on the ground and clung to Qian Feng's legs, sobbing, "Godfather, the people who kidnapped the bride three days ago came to my family in the mortal world today. They also caused a commotion in the ghost market, scaring away everyone there!"

Upon hearing this, Qian Feng was greatly shocked and then anxiously asked, "They didn't cause trouble at the bank and the exchange?"

What Qian Feng was most concerned about at the moment was the bank and exchange that the Qian Family had established inside the Li Family compound.

Li Zhengwen raised his eyes to look at the vacant-eyed Qian Feng and slightly shook his head, "Not yet, my brother and Qian Dada have already taken people to stop them. But!"

"But what?" Qian Feng's tone was extremely anxious.

"Clan Leader, Clan Leader, it's terrible!" Just then, a series of urgent footsteps and panicked shouts came from afar. Soon after, two henchmen who had just returned to the Netherworld from the Li Family in Dao County of the mortal world, ran up to them.

The two henchmen first bowed to Qian Feng and then said with a salute, "Clan Leader, it's terrible, Qian Dada has been killed by several powerful Onmyoji, and the Li Family's steward was also injured by those people."

"What!" Li Zhengwen's eyes shone sharply as he then stood up and walked over to the two henchmen, grabbing the arm of one of them in agitation, "You said my brother has been injured, is he alright?"

"Get out of the way!" Qian Feng, frantic with urgency, pushed Li Zhengwen aside and asked the two henchmen with a hoarse voice, "If Qian Dada is dead, doesn't that mean there is no one looking after the bank and the exchange?"

"To respond to the Clan Leader," the henchmen's tone suddenly turned solemn, and hesitantly they said, "This… this…!"

"Speak up!" Qian Feng ordered loudly.

The two henchmen were so scared that they immediately knelt on the ground, trembling as they said, "To answer the Clan Leader, both the bank and the exchange have been burned down by those people!"

"What!" Qian Feng exploded with rage, his face filled with fury! Suddenly, a beam of purple Yin wind rose from the palm of his left hand and he struck towards the two henchmen. In an instant, the henchman vanished before their eyes along with the purple wind.

Seeing this, the weeping Li Zhengwen quickly covered his mouth with his hands, his eyes filled with terror as he dared not make any more noise.

After a pause, Qian Feng suddenly turned around, his anger palpable as he said, "Notify Jian Yi and Jian Er to immediate take men to the mortal world and kill those Onmyoji, I want not even their Yin Souls left!"

Jian Yi and Jian Er were the two swordsmen of Qian Mansion ranked first and second respectively. Their names were bestowed by Qian Feng himself. In Qian Mansion, only the top five experts were granted names by Qian Feng personally, with Jian Yi ranked third and Jian Er ranked fifth.

"Godfather, I'm afraid."

"Afraid of what!" Qian Feng glowered with anger.

After hesitating for a long while, Li Zhengwen told Qian Feng about how the Li Family had hired Assassins from the Netherworld, the Snake King, and the Corpse Driver Master to Y City to snatch back the fiancée, only to come back with nothing.

After hearing this, Qian Feng was quite surprised. After a moment, he said somewhat displeased, "Are you worried that my Qian Mansion's third and fifth-ranked experts won't be able to deal with those Onmyoji?"

Li Zhengwen blinked and let out a very soft "Mhm."

Qian Feng snorted with anger, his face showing indignation, "I refuse to believe that my Qian Mansion's third and fifth-ranked experts can't even handle a few young Onmyoji! If that's the case, then it only means that what I, Qian Feng, have raised are nothing but a bunch of good-for-nothings. I might as well recruit new people! Enough talk, go and notify Jian Yi and Jian Er!"

Seeing Qian Feng in his fury, Li Zhengwen didn't dare retort and nodded repeatedly, saying, "Yes, yes, I'll go notify them right away!"

After leaving Qian Feng, Li Zhengwen immediately ordered a servant to summon the troops, while he personally went to find Jian Yi and Jian Er to convey Qian Feng's order. Before long, Jian Yi, Jian Er, and fifty armored cavalry had assembled in the back courtyard of Qian Mansion.

When Jian Yi and Jian Er led the cavalry out of the side door of the Qian Mansion, suddenly a sedan chair blocked the narrow road outside the side wall of the mansion.

Then, under the frost-like moonlight, the eighth Dharma King under the Ghost King, King Ning, stepped down from the sedan chair and leisurely walked up to Jian Yi and Jian Er.

"King Ning!" Jian Yi and Jian Er bowed to King Ning, and though the relationship between King Ning and the Qian Family was hostile in private, they still had to observe the pleasantries in public.

"Are you on your way to Dao County?" King Ning asked with a smile.

Jian Yi and Jian Er lowered their heads and, after a long while, just grunted in acknowledgment.

King Ning stepped forward, placed his hand on Jian Yi's shoulder, his expression suddenly changing as he glared and thundered, "Tell your Clan Leader that Dao County is my territory. If anyone from the Qian Family dares to set foot in it without permission, do not blame me for being merciless!"

Having said that, King Ning turned and returned to his sedan chair. A few days ago when the Snake King led his horde of snakes to invade Y City, King Ning heard about Chen Hao's abduction of the bride-to-be of Qian Feng's son—whose Nether Soul hadn't entered the bridal chamber—during the wedding procession.

Although King Ning had had conflicts with Chen Hao before, resulting in several of his subordinates being killed by Chen Hao, nothing pleased him more than causing trouble for Qian Feng. So as soon as he learned of the commotion Chen Hao caused at the ghost market in Dao County, King Ning guessed that Qian Feng would surely send someone to seek revenge on Chen Hao and hurriedly made his way here.

He wanted to take this opportunity to give Qian Feng a hard time. If Qian Feng insisted on sending people to Dao County, he would then intervene and kill those sent by the Qian Mansion.

Watching King Ning's sedan chair disappearing into the distance, Jian Er asked Jian Yi, "So, are we still going to Dao County?"

"Nonsense!" Jian Yi's voice was as cold as his appearance, "Of course we can't go, to go would be suicide! Hurry back and report to the Clan Leader."

Consequently, Jian Yi and Jian Er led the armored cavalry back to the Qian Mansion.

When Jian Yi and Jian Er found Qian Feng, he was fully engrossed in writing by the window, trying to vent the anger in his heart. The two approached the window, their footsteps not light, yet Qian Feng did not notice them. Seeing the sharp strokes of the characters Qian Feng was writing, Jian Yi and Jian Er did not dare to interrupt.

It was only after a long time, when Qian Feng put down his pen, that he noticed Jian Yi and Jian Er outside the window.

"Why are you still here in the mansion!" Qian Feng's countenance darkened instantly, "Didn't I send you to Dao County to kill those Onmyoji?"

Jian Yi and Jian Er bowed their fists and then recounted their encounter with King Ning at the side gate to Qian Feng.

Qian Feng slammed the table and rose abruptly, breaking the writing brush in his hand into two.

"Clan Leader, calm your anger!" Jian Yi and Jian Er knelt and pleaded.

After pondering for a long while, Qian Feng finally spoke, "Forget about going to Dao County, going there is tantamount to seeking death! Leave now."

"Yes!"

After Jian Yi and Jian Er left, Qian Feng closed his eyes. Suddenly, he vanished from his room.

A moment later, Qian Feng appeared atop Yue Mountain in the mortal world.

Qian Feng opened his eyes and shouted down the mountain.

Soon after, a huge shadow stepped over the treetops and boulders beneath Qian Feng's vantage on the mountainside and swiftly floated to a stop two meters in front of Qian Feng.

"My Lord, it has been many years, how have you been?" the shadow emitted a strange sound.

"Not well recently!" Qian Feng spoke in a very low tone, "Since I cannot take action myself, I need you to kill some people for me!"

"My Lord, say the word, and I will kill whomever you wish."

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