"It really is you!" The man's eyes flashed with a sharp light, veins bulging on the hand gripping the iron bars as he spoke, "It truly is the young master."

Before he finished speaking, the man knelt to the ground, eyes filled with tears, and immediately knocked his head three times on the ground.

Ye Tianfan was also taken aback, quickly stood up and stepped forward, saying, "Let's talk this out, I can't accept such a big gesture from you!"

Judging by the man's appearance, he seemed over forty years old. Given Ye Tianfan's age, he could call him big brother or uncle, but regardless of the title, this man was older than him. Kneeling and kowtowing to him was too much to bear.

"Young master, I am Bai Yufei! Haven't you recognized me?"

By this time, the man's face was covered with tears.

"Bai Yufei?" Ye Tianfan carefully recalled for a moment. He felt he'd heard the name before, but had no memory of the person in front of him.

"I was a medicine servant of the Yao Family. When you celebrated your full-moon banquet as a child, it happened to coincide with my son's full-moon. Thanks to Elder Yao, my son also benefited and was able to attend your full-moon banquet. At that time, I even held you."

As soon as Bai Yufei finished speaking, Ye Tianfan's pupils shrank suddenly, looking at the man in front of him with disbelief, and said in a deep voice, "The traitorous servant of the Yao Family, Bai Yufei! It's actually you!"

"No! I'm not a traitor! I didn't betray the Yao Family! Elder Yao treated me with great kindness, how could I betray him!"

Bai Yufei wept uncontrollably and sat limply on the ground, saying, "It was Yama Hall! They were the ones behind the scenes causing trouble!"

"Yama Hall?" Ye Tianfan couldn't help furrowing his brow as he looked at Bai Yufei.

Suddenly, Bai Yufei tore off his prison garment, revealing a body full of sturdy muscles, as well as two glaring scars on his shoulders.

The skin and flesh around his collarbone were all shriveled, and six pitch-black iron rings were hammered into his eerie collarbone! As Bai Yufei turned around, it was visible that his scapula was also pierced through! The whitish bone was exposed to the air.

Such severe injuries made Ye Tianfan involuntarily draw a sharp breath.

If he were an ordinary person, he would have been crippled long ago, unable to even perform simple actions like raising an arm, let alone holding the iron bars! Bai Yufei's cultivation must have been strong before, at least comparable to the Ye Family's Ghost Servant.

"You... what happened to you..." Ye Tianfan looked at Bai Yufei in astonishment.

"It's the work of Yama Hall!" Bai Yufei was full of hatred as he spoke, "That day, I went out to purchase medicinal materials and, on my way back to Medicine King Valley, I encountered people from Yama Hall. They wanted me to take them into Medicine King Valley, but I refused... so they..."

Bai Yufei's words made Ye Tianfan's face instantly darken.

Ye Tianfan knew what happened afterwards. That batch of medicinal materials was eventually sent to Medicine King Valley. If Bai Yufei's words were true, then the person who delivered the medicine must have impersonated Bai Yufei, deceiving Elder Yao, and then stealthily left with over a dozen top-grade pills from Medicine King Valley.

This incident left Elder Yao heartbroken for a long time, and Bai Yufei was labeled as the Yao Family's traitor.

"How long have you been imprisoned here?"

"Twenty-three years," Bai Yufei sighed deeply, "Young master, how has my little son been? Have you seen him?"

"Little son?" Ye Tianfan furrowed his brow, then recalled and said solemnly, "After Elder Yao branded you a traitor, your son was also expelled from the Yao Family..."

Upon saying this, Ye Tianfan couldn't help but feel a twinge of sorrow. Since Bai Yufei's son was born in the same year and month as himself, and the incident occurred twenty-three years ago, Bai Yufei's son would've been less than a year old when he was expelled...

"Bai Yufei, rest assured, if your son is still alive, I will definitely help you find him, and I will clear your name and restore your honor."

Ye Tianfan's expression was grave and his voice deep. He did not expect such circumstances around Bai Yufei, wondering how many more vile deeds Yama Hall had committed?

As long as Yama Hall exists, there will be no peace in the Ancient Martial Realm! Even the Jiangzhou Business Realm could be affected! It's utterly heinous!

"Thank you, young master, thank you very much." Bai Yufei quickly clasped his hands in a grateful gesture.

Ye Tianfan solemnly asked, "What's your son's name? Does he have any distinctive features? Like a mole or birthmark or anything?"

Before Ye Tianfan finished speaking, tears streamed down Bai Yufei's face. He choked and said, "There was no time to name him, but I remember he had a mole the size of a mung bean on the back of his neck."

A mung bean-sized mole on the back of the neck?

Bai Yufei's words were like a bolt of lightning out of the blue, causing Ye Tianfan to suddenly pause,

Someone with an age similar to his and a mole on the back of the neck, isn't that Ji Liancheng?

"Bai Yufei, do you have any family left? Is your wife or parents still alive?"

Bai Yufei choked up, "The day I went to purchase medicinal materials, my wife accompanied me and met with misfortune. At home, there was only my over-sixty-year-old mother and my infant son."

"Is your mother's last name Ji?"

Upon Ye Tianfan's question, Bai Yufei trembled all over and asked urgently, "Yes, her surname is Ji, how did you know, young master?"

This confirmed Ye Tianfan's suspicion that Ji Liancheng was indeed Bai Yufei's son!

Ye Tianfan recalled the first time he met Ji Liancheng, a commercial genius, yet his courtyard was arranged with such mystical array formations, clearly possessing knowledge of feng shui mysticism and the eight trigrams, even proudly comparing himself to Zhuge, having an ancient air.

While these formations and mysticism were mere trifles in Ye Tianfan's eyes, for an ordinary person, they were profound knowledge!

Back then, Ye Tianfan was focused only on recruiting Ji Liancheng's talent to work for the Qin Family, thus overlooking his skills in mysticism and formations. Now thinking back, how could a commercial genius know these things?

But if Ji Liancheng is Bai Yufei's son, then it's a different story. Bai Yufei was a medicine servant at Medicine King Valley, known not just for herbs but also for an array of mystical and formation knowledge. Bai Yufei's mother, having lived in Medicine King Valley for a long time, would naturally pick up a thing or two. Given this, Ji Liancheng knowing these things wasn't surprising.

"I think I've met your son." Ye Tianfan pondered for a moment before speaking.

"Really? How is he? Is he doing well? How tall is he...? Bai Yufei's barrage of questions came rushing, the deep longing of a father for his son revealed instantaneously.

Ye Tianfan waved his hand and said, "Keep those questions and ask him in person."

Bai Yufei couldn't help but be taken aback, asking, "Young master, what do you mean by this? Are you going to... rescue me from here?"

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