"Trying to deceive me? Have you forgotten that the Seven-Colored Lamp can still see you right now?" Wu Xinyuan said disdainfully. But just as he finished speaking, he felt a shadow flicker beside him, and the box in his hand disappeared!

Wu Xinyuan was slightly stunned, immediately looking at his empty hand, seeming puzzled about how the box had vanished.

"What a delicate box, these jade-made boxes are indeed rare, Uncle Ling, you really do have quite the collection of treasures!" This voice was three parts taunting and seven parts amazed, like a child who had just seen a new kind of candy.

Wu Xinyuan immediately followed the sound to the couch, where, previously empty, now sat a person— and this person was the last one Wu Xinyuan wanted yet also did not want to see!

"Ye Xiao!" Wu Xinyuan squeezed out the name through clenched teeth!

Ye Xiao sat on the couch, one hand holding the ancient jade box and the other waving at Wu Xinyuan, smiling and saying, "So it really is Mr. Wu, nice to see you, Mr. Wu!"

At this moment, Wu Xinyuan was perplexed, Ye Xiao had left Minghai City, but why was he here again?

However, Wu Xinyuan reacted quickly. After all, he knew he couldn't beat Ye Xiao, so he immediately stepped back a few steps, pointed at Ye Xiao, and shouted to Wang Luoxin, "Captain Chi Yu, kill him, quickly use the Seven-Colored Dragon Suppressing Formation and kill him!"

Ye Xiao continued to smile slightly, while Wang Luoxin and the others were motionless, instead laughing at Wu Xinyuan!

Wu Xinyuan instantly became very confused, why weren't his hired helpers listening to him? They may act arrogantly because of the Seven-Colored Lamp, but they had taken his money.

"Taking money to ward off disasters is a very good principle," Ye Xiao's voice rose again. As Wu Xinyuan turned to look at Ye Xiao, Ye Xiao, with a raise of his eyebrows, continued, "But, if the person you want to kill is their boss's boss, then who do you think will be unlucky?"

Their boss's boss? After Ye Xiao's statement, Wu Xinyuan was completely stunned.

Now, the Seven from the Seven-Colored Lamp still stood there, unmoving, smiling, not denying Ye Xiao's words—didn't this explain everything?

He had hired Ye Xiao's people to fight Ye Xiao.

At this moment, Wu Xinyuan wanted to smash his own face into a pulp. Had his brain really been trampled by a donkey?

"Is this your trap?" Wu Xinyuan finally realized something unbelievable!

"Mr. Wu, you are really smart. This is indeed the trap I set for you. Didn't you say I wasn't in Minghai City? I can tell you that I was indeed not in Minghai City but in the Northern Territory handling some matters. However, to catch you, I rushed back from the Northern Territory. Luckily, I was not too late!" Ye Xiao, sitting cross-legged, played with the ancient jade box and said with a light smile.

Having heard Ye Xiao's explanation, Wu Xinyuan also understood why he was now in such a passive position; he had indeed jumped into someone's trap early on.

"It's too late, you came back very late!" Ling Shuya said, her eyes brimming with tears and a face full of resentment towards Ye Xiao.

Ye Xiao immediately looked at Ling Shuya with a pained expression and said, "Yaya, I'm sorry, it's my fault for making you suffer. Rest assured, I will definitely compensate you. But before that compensation, we need to let this Mr. Wu understand that breaking into someone's home with the intent to harm their interests is very immoral and comes with a cost."

At this time, Wu Xinyuan was all ears, listening to Ye Xiao; he knew he had to escape, and quickly, since a slow response could lead to serious consequences!

So, Wu Xinyuan suddenly swayed and ran directly toward the window closest to him, but...

In a flash of a shadow, Ye Xiao appeared at the edge of the window, looking at Wu Xinyuan with a cold smile, saying, "If I let you escape today, how can I explain it to Miss Ling? So, I'd appreciate it if you'd cooperate, okay?"

Wu Xinyuan, furious, was now being asked to cooperate by Ye Xiao, which was clearly mockery!

"Give me a chance!" Wu Xinyuan said sternly, seemingly always thinking about how to escape, but feeling rather helpless. To save his life, he could only try to submit first.

"If I don't kill you today, will you cooperate with me?" Ye Xiao asked.

Wu Xinyuan, not sure what Ye Xiao meant, thought for a moment and then nodded rapidly, saying, "As long as you don't kill me, I'll do whatever you say!"

Although Wu Xinyuan wished Ye Xiao dead a thousand times over, clearly, he couldn't defeat Ye Xiao. And now, his legs were not very nimble, making it even less likely that he could overpower Ye Xiao. So, wanting to save his life, he saw no other option but to beg, and this offer not to kill him seemed like a chance in Wu Xinyuan's eyes.

"Good, I respect that you are a gentleman; I definitely won't kill you!" Ye Xiao said and then walked back toward the couch.

Ling Hengyu, Ling Shuya, Zhou Hao, and Weei Jie all looked puzzled. What exactly was Ye Xiao's plan? How could such an enemy not be killed? This couldn't be a joke.

"Boss!" Zhou Hao, his hand on his chest, looked at Ye Xiao, expressing his confusion!

Ye Xiao quickly walked over to Zhou Hao, but just then, all seven members of the Seven-Colored Lamp made a move!

Everyone had seen the actions of the Seven-colored Lamp and the others, and Wu Xinyuan naturally noticed as well.

"Ye Xiao, you said you wouldn't kill me!" Wu Xinyuan hysterically shouted at Ye Xiao.

Ye Xiao didn't turn around, only shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile, "I don't think I touched him, did I? Why are there so many who falsely accuse good people these days?"

As Ye Xiao spoke, he helped Zhou Hao to the sofa and then rich Nine Yang True Qi appeared in his hand.

Zhou Hao was only at the Early Xuan Rank and had recently advanced, his foundation was not very stable. His clash with Wu Xinyuan had greatly disturbed his True Qi within his body. If not promptly rescued, this could be very detrimental to Zhou Hao's Martial Arts Cultivation.

While Ye Xiao was healing Zhou Hao, Wu Xinyuan did not stay any longer and immediately broke through the window to escape. However, when he ran out, he found that Ling Hengyu's guards were still in the yard and had not died, blocking his way!

"Ah?" Wu Xinyuan saw the Ling family's guards and was instantly surprised. At that moment, for Wu Xinyuan, it was truly a dilemma, caught between a rock and a hard place!

"The fight was so fierce just now, and they are all right?" Weei Jie said in surprise.

While treating Zhou Hao, Ye Xiao said with a smile, "It was just for show. Fortunately, I came back a bit earlier, otherwise, there would have been casualties."

Weei Jie said, "The individuals of the Seven-colored Lamp are not very powerful. If they were all at the Middle Stage Xuan Rank, even the Earth Rank masters might fear them. The arrays passed down by the ancients are indeed very useful."

It didn't take long for Zhou Hao's True Qi to be almost completely guided back on track by Ye Xiao's Nine Yang True Qi; the rest he could heal by himself.

"Yaya, how do you feel? Does your neck still hurt?" Ye Xiao asked Ling Shuya, looking at a red scratch on her neck with some heartache.

Ling Shuya shook her head and said, "It doesn't hurt anymore!"

Ye Xiao said, "This Wu Xinyuan really doesn't know how to be tender towards women. It serves him right that he's dead!"

"Rongrong isn't with you then? Didn't she come back with you?" Although Ling Shuya had just been through such an ordeal, she remembered clearly that Ye Xiao had gone to the Northern Territory to find Tang Rong. How come it is only Ye Xiao who has returned now?

Rongrong!

Ye Xiao sighed and said somewhat helplessly, "She has returned to her own home, and she's not coming back!"

Ling Shuya looked at Ye Xiao and suddenly felt a sense of pity.

"We are both still very young, and there will be plenty of time to meet in the future. Moreover, when you see Rongrong in a few years, she will surely have grown into a beautiful and elegant lady," Ling Shuya said!

Ye Xiao nodded and said, "Let's not talk about this anymore. Uncle Ling, I'm sorry for alarming you."

"Was this your plan?" Ling Hengyu also came over to sit by the sofa and looked at Ye Xiao with some disbelief.

Actually, what astonished Ling Hengyu even more was how this renowned Seven-colored Lamp had come under Ye Xiao's management!

That was simply unbelievable. How many secrets did Ye Xiao have?

Ye Xiao said, "If I hadn't used a little strategem, how would Wu Xinyuan have shown himself? If he didn't show up, it would have been too difficult to kill him since we are in the light and he is in the shadow."

"That's true, usually if you want to hire an assassin, you don't need to take action yourself," Ling Hengyu said with a sigh.

Ye Xiao pointed to the jade ancient box on the coffee table, looked towards Ling Hengyu, and said, "Uncle Ling, is this what those people referred to as the Heavenly Book?"

Ling Hengyu gave a wry smile and said, "Yes, this is the so-called Heavenly Book."

"Heavenly Book?" Zhou Hao looked at the jade ancient box and said, "Didn't Wu Xinyuan just say it was the 'Mad God Skill'?"

"Mad God Skill?" Ye Xiao, hearing these three words, was slightly startled and said, "Is the Mad God Skill kept here?"

"Yes, that's what I heard from Wu Xinyuan!" Zhou Hao said!

Ye Xiao looked up at Ling Hengyu and asked, "Uncle Ling, may I open it and take a look?"

"Of course you can; if you want it, I can even give it to you. After all, it's only waste paper to me!" Ling Hengyu said with a faint smile!

Ye Xiao didn't quite understand what Ling Hengyu meant by that, but he immediately picked up the jade ancient box and gently opened it!

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