Ye Xiangyang walked out of the tall and spacious, majestic bluestone gatehouse of the Ye family, and walked leisurely towards the west as if he was strolling in the street.
The place to the west leads to Turtle Back Mountain.
Turtleback Mountain is ten miles northwest of Zhenhai City, stretching a hundred miles to the west and a thousand miles from north to south, standing on the East China Sea of Xuanwu Continent. Turtleback Mountain is close to the East China Sea, with abundant rainfall and lush vegetation. The mountain also breeds countless birds, beasts, insects, snakes and low-level monsters.
Many martial artists in Zhenhai City form groups or teams of their own, picking herbs and hunting monsters and wild beasts among the vast mountains.
Ye Xiangyang wanted to go to Guibei Mountain with the purpose of picking medicinal herbs and hunting monsters.
He did this for three reasons:
First, go and train, and hone your combat experience. Yesterday's battle benefited him a lot. He also believed what the Tianwu Divine Turtle said, that only in a life-and-death struggle can one quickly increase strength. The path to becoming a strong man is like a seed growing into a towering tree. If it is only in a greenhouse, without experiencing wind and rain, it will never grow into a tree with branches and leaves like a canopy, or an ancient tree with lush greenery.
Second, to supplement the shortage of Ye family’s resources.
The Ye family promoted himself to the level of the three sons of the patriarch, and the resources given to him were more than enough for ordinary martial artists. The problem was that he was practicing the Martial God Heavenly Art, and the resources he needed were several times or even dozens of times that of an ordinary martial artist.
This meant that the resources provided by the Ye family were just a drop in the bucket and not enough. Go up the mountain to pick herbs, hunt monsters, and obtain monster pills and monster blood.
No one would sell the blood of monsters. The blood of monsters is a poisonous and harmful substance to others. It has no effect at all. It can even turn people into monsters. Who would sell such a thing? Therefore, the blood of higher-level monsters needs to be hunted by oneself.
Third: The Tianwu Divine Turtle said that only by going out can you have opportunities. Countless legends on the Shenzhou Continent were obtained in the deep mountains and swamps.
That’s right. Among the countless legends of powerful people in the Xuanwu Continent, there are some who encountered something strange in the deep mountains and swamps, and their cultivation progressed by leaps and bounds, thus growing into a generation of legends.
It was precisely because of these three reasons that Ye Xiangyang came to Guibei Mountain.
Ye Xiangyang was unaware of his rapid growth, which made Ye Xingyue regard him as a thorn in his side and determined to kill him as soon as possible. Ye Xingyue contacted the Black Panther Xuanshi Group and bought Ye Xiangyang's life at a high price.
The Black Panther Xuanshi Group has Ye Xiangyang's image and shadow, and has someone specifically responsible for monitoring everything around the Ye family compound.
Ye Xiangyang had just walked out of the Ye family compound when the news had already reached the Black Panther Xuanshi Group.
The Black Panther Xuanshi Group is located five miles north of Zhenhai City, right in the middle of Turtle Back Mountain and Zhenhai City.
This is a courtyard of more than 20 acres in size. The high wall made of dark stones from Turtleback Mountain is two meters high and three feet thick, which is incredibly strong.
The gate of the Black Panther Xuanshi Group facing the main road was built in a majestic manner, with huge stone lions placed in front and sixteen Xuanshi guarding the gate.
Inside the high walls, in the north-facing south meeting hall, there were five people sitting.
Sitting on the black-blooded tiger mattress in the middle was a lean man in his forties, with murderous intent flashing in his piercing eyes. One could tell at a glance that he was a strong and bloodthirsty character.
The first person of the Black Panther Xuanshi Group: Black Panther.
Black Panther twisted two pieces of exquisite letter paper in his hands, with a half-smile on his face, and a sinister smile: "Hehehe! Three leaders, Ye Xingyue of the Ye family in Zhenhai City wants to do a business with us. This is the handwriting of the little fox. I wonder if we should do this business or not?"
Sitting under the Black Panther was a middle-aged man with a large red mark on the left side of his face. Because of this large red mark, people called him Captain Ji Lian. However, no one remembered Ji Lian's real name.
The face-remembering leader was a burly man, very imposing: "Leader, is there anything special about it?"
As soon as he said this, it was clear that he was a brainless reckless man.
"The Ye family is a wealthy and powerful family. No one in Zhenhai City can touch their beard. Although the price they offer is tempting, you have to know that killing the donkey after it has done its work is a trick that many people are good at."
The so-called killing the donkey after it has done its work means that as long as the Ye family finds out any clues about their business trip, and they find out that they killed the genius of the family head, it will be an irreconcilable hatred, and they will definitely massacre the Black Panther Xuanshi Group. At that time, it is really possible to catch them all in one fell swoop.
Anyone who has been in the world for a long time is a cunning fox. If Ye Xingyue can think of it, Black Panther and the others can think of it too.
"How about we not take it?" asked a pale-faced scholar-looking man sitting at the back. He looked similar to Black Panther, both were very skinny. He was Black Panther's eldest son, known as Cheetah.
"No?" Black Panther shook his head. He had offended the second young master of the Ye family, who was the real power. If he had a grudge against him, it would be very difficult for him to live well in Zhenhai City. It could even be said that Ye Xingyue could wipe out the Black Panther Xuanshi Group with just a twist of his mouth.
In this way, this matter is a disaster, and it is difficult to escape from it no matter whether we advance or retreat.
Black Panther sighed: "Don't worry, I have already thought of a way out. As long as there is any problem with our Black Panther Xuanshi Group, Ye Xingyue will be ruined."
Flutter!
A carrier pigeon flew in front of him. He reached out to catch it and took down the letter. Black Panther read: Ye Xiangyang went to Guibei Mountain!
Black Panther's eyes sparkled as he looked at the four people below and asked, "The pigeon has sent a message saying that the target is coming from the west gate towards Turtle Back Mountain. Who will lead the team to complete the mission?"
Ji Lian and Liebao stood up and said, "Captain, we are here to complete the mission."
Black Panther looked at Ji Lian and his son who nodded, and said in his heart: According to the intelligence from the Ye family, Ye Xiangyang is a person who can defeat a five-star Xuanshi. Now Ji Lian is a two-star Xuanshi, and his son Cheetah is an eight-star Xuanshi and will soon step into the ninth-star Xuanshi. If he brings more than twenty brothers with him, everything will be safe.
Under such circumstances, Black Panther gave Ji Lian many warnings before he felt relieved.
He didn't know that today's departure would be the last farewell between him and his son. Not only Cheetah, Face Recorder, but even the entire Black Panther Mystic Group became the dead souls of Ye Xiangyang.
The black panther released a white carrier pigeon, which took off into the air and fluttered its wings into the sky.
At the Ye family, Ye Xingyue was sitting in his own small courtyard. A white carrier pigeon flew over, and the sound of its wings flapping in the air came over.
Ye Xingyue took the letter and saw the words written on it: "The target has appeared and has been taken action. Please rest assured that good news will arrive today. In addition, I have sent the third captain to store the news in the Danding Divine Sect's Alchemy Hall. You can go and check it out."
Ye Xingyue looked at the letter and the expression on his face changed several times.
At first, he was happy that Ye Xiangyang finally left home and was under the surveillance of the Black Panther Xuanshi Group. Not to mention the five-star or six-star Xuanshi, even the three-star or four-star Xuanshi could not stop the hunting of the Black Panther Xuanshi Group.
The Black Panther has taken action, and that bastard Ye Xiangyang is dead.
As long as he died, no one in the Ye family would be able to compete with him. Over the years, Ye Xingyue controlled the financial power of the Ye family, and most of the people became his men.
In less than a year, the head of the family passed away, and he rightfully sat on the throne of the head of the family.
By that time, Zhenhai City would be his world.
Then, he thought that Black Panther had stored the information in the Dan Ding Sect's Alchemy Hall, which meant that Black Panther was ready to fight to the death. If the deal between him and Black Panther was revealed, not to mention that he would not have a seat as the head of the family, even if he had secured the position of the head of the family, he would be overthrown by the Fifth Elder and the Fourth Head, and be executed by them according to the family law.
I'm afraid my plan of killing three birds with one stone cannot be realized.
He squinted his eyes and thought for a while, then smiled slightly: "Hehe, you said you would let the third captain store the information, hehehe, Black Panther, you miscalculated."
A carrier pigeon flew out, flying to Xuanwu County, hundreds of miles away. There was only one line of words written on it: "The third leader of the Black Panther Xuanshi Group must be killed."
Ye Xingyue smiled slightly and said to the northwest with a somewhat ferocious smile: "Black Panther wants to fight with me, but you are far from it. This letter will make your efforts in vain."
Ye Xingyue released a letter, but the head of the Ye Yongqing family found a letter.
Ye Yongqing quietly opened the letter and saw that it was a letter left here by Ye Xiangyang. It said that he was going to Guibei Mountain to train for a period of time, and would definitely participate in the family competition.
When Ye Yongqing saw the letter, he immediately shouted, "Someone come!"
"Notify the Fifth Elder and lead people to Turtle Back Mountain immediately to rescue Ye Xiangyang."
Others may not know, but he will not know that the Ye family is facing internal and external troubles.
He was poisoned, and there is still no antidote or way to detoxify; Ye Xiangyang is about to be released, so how could the person in the family who poisoned him let Ye Xiangyang go; he and the Hong family have already formed a huge hatred, so how could the hatred stop
Ye Xiangyang is still young, if he goes out now, someone will be keeping an eye on him, and there might be something unexpected. Ye Xiangyang is really a worry.
The fifth elder then brought five mystics with him, prepared everything they needed, and rode their horses at high speed towards Turtle Back Mountain.
Turtle Back Mountain looks like a giant turtle lying on the ground from a distance, which is very lifelike. Perhaps this is why the mountain got its name.
At the foot of the mountain, a thin man in gray clothes blocked Ye Xiangyang's way and said with a faint smile: "Mr. Ye Xiangyang, someone asked me to pray for your soul here. Tell me how you want to die."
The smile on his face could not hide his endless murderous intent. From his every move, one could feel that this man had truly walked out of a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood.
Ye Xiangyang was not panicked at all. As early as when this man started following him outside the Ye family compound, the Tianwu Divine Turtle told him that a person with the cultivation level of an eight-star Xuanshi was following him.
The Eight-Star Mystic is exactly his best opponent.