"Father, what's wrong?"
Seeing his father suddenly wake up, Lin Yuyuan was startled.
"Something has happened to your second brother and third sister!"
As the patriarch of the Lin family, Lin Zhantian was also a peak eighth-gate expert. This time, he was preparing to break through to the ninth-gate realm.
But suddenly, he sensed a strange aura.
"Bring the Shuanglun Mirror here!"
"Yes!"
Not long after, Lin Yuyuan returned.
A mirror appeared in his hand, its size and shape identical to the broken mirror in Lin Qiaoni's hand.
Lin Zhantian waved his hand. A flash of light flared and died as spiritual qi surged into it.
In the air, the scene shifted. Lin Qiaoni lay on the ground, on the verge of death, and a delicate yet somewhat indifferent face appeared in the mirror.
"Qin Ning!"
Seeing that figure, Lin Yuyuan's body trembled.
"Third sister is dead, then second brother..."
Crash!
Suddenly, the tables and chairs in the room collapsed.
"What a Qin Ning, to dare kill my son and daughter!"
Lin Zhantian was absolutely furious.
"Father, please calm your anger!" Lin Yuyuan quickly cupped his hands and said, "This time, second brother and third sister went to the Lingyun Mountain Range and were killed by Qin Ning. The Qin family must give us an explanation for this."
"However, the Ling family has recently dragged the Chu family and the Shen family into dealing with the Qin family. Why don't we join forces with those three major families to destroy the Qin family together? When the time comes, not only can we avenge second brother and third sister, but we can also divide the Qin family's assets with them, securing our Lin family's position in Lingyun City."
"Good!"
Lin Zhantian looked at his eldest son with satisfaction and said, "I must enter closed-door cultivation for the next few days to strive for a breakthrough to the ninth-gate Heaven Gate realm. Yuan'er, you handle this matter!"
"Yes!"
Lin Yuyuan left the room, and the murderous intent on Lin Zhantian gradually dissipated.
"Qin Ning, you brat, to dare kill my children, I will definitely make your Qin family pay in blood!"
His low voice drifted out, gradually fading into the wind...
At this moment, Qin Ning left the grand hall and walked underground. Looking at the surrounding grassland, he let out a sigh of relief.
"Right now, the most urgent matter is to find Xiao Qing and bring him back. I wonder how that little fellow is doing right now."
Qin Ning muttered to himself, looking around as he walked across the grass.
"Huh?"
Looking ahead, Qin Ning suddenly squatted down.
"Qingxiu Grass!"
Seeing the Qingxiu Grass, a flash of excitement crossed Qin Ning's brow.
"Just in time. I'll gather some Qingxiu Grass and prepare it for Xiao Qing!"
Qin Ning rolled up his sleeves and gathered the Qingxiu Grass, only stopping after being busy for about half a day.
"Kid, have you seen Young Master Qin Ning of the Lingyun City's Qin family?"
Just as Qin Ning was busy, a questioning voice suddenly rang out.
Raising his head, Qin Ning glanced at the short-haired man in front of him and said softly, "That would be me."
"Damn it, are you messing with me?"
It could be said that Ye Liang was extremely furious.
Previously, the young lady had sent him to search for the treasure, but he had found nothing, forcing her to go in person. Who could have known that this treasure would end up running over here on its own?
The young lady thought he hadn't taken his work seriously, and everyone else had blamed him as well.
For the past few days, he had been searching for that Young Master Qin Ning of the Qin family, but to no avail. He had almost turned this entire place upside down, yet there was still no sign of him.
Therefore, after that, he asked everyone he met, but they all replied that they didn't know.
Yet this brat had answered him directly: "That would be me."
By now, Qin Ning was also starting to get annoyed.
"Believe it or not, that's up to you. Can't you see I'm gathering herbs?" Qin Ning lowered his head and continued collecting the Qingxiu Grass.
"You brat, do you want to die?!"
Ye Liang lunged forward, the power of his eighth gate, the Jingmen realm, exploding as his speed and strength reached their absolute limits.
Not expecting the short-haired man to strike without warning, Qin Ning, still squatting on the ground, swiftly clenched his hand into a fist to meet the attack.
*Smack!*
In the blink of an eye, the two figures separated the moment they clashed. The short-haired man's palm swelled up, and he felt a searing pain, as if needles were pricking it and salt was being rubbed into the wound.
Qin Ning, on the other hand, remained in his original position, completely unmoved.
"Kid, I underestimated you. You do have some skill!" Ye Liang sneered, preparing to strike again.
"Stop!"
Suddenly, a voice rang out, and several figures slowly approached.
"Miss, this brat is looking for death. Let me teach him a lesson."
"I think you're the one looking for death."
Qin Ning stood up, stretched, and said, "You asked me if I had seen Qin Ning. I told you it was me, but you didn't believe me and even wanted to kill me. Kid, do you really think I can't kill you?"
Qin Ning stared coldly at Ye Liang, an icy aura radiating from him.
Kid?
A robust young man of eighteen or nineteen like him was being called a "kid" by Qin Ning, a youth who looked barely sixteen or seventeen?
"You..."
"Are you really Qin Ning?"
The girl looked at Qin Ning, unable to hide her excitement as she spoke.
Qin Ning glanced at her and said, "You're not bad-looking, but why do you speak with so little manners?"
"Watch your mouth, kid!"
Ye Liang chimed in from the side, "This is our lady, Miss Ye—Ye Yuanyuan! Just answer whatever you are asked, otherwise..."
"Otherwise what?"
Qin Ning did not back down in the slightest.
He was already highly irritated to begin with.
Coming here to unlock the Five-Star Spiritual Seal Array had unexpectedly drawn so many people to this place, ruining the elegant and fond memories he had of it from the past.
He had only just sent Lin Yusheng and Lin Qiaoni on their way, and now another group had shown up.
"Ye Liang, step back!"
At this moment, Ye Yuanyuan stepped forward, crossing her arms over her chest as she looked at Qin Ning.
"Young Master Qin, I am Ye Yuanyuan of the Ye family. I came here in search of the Heavenly Fire Spiritual Crystal. I heard that you have it in your possession. I wonder if you would be willing to part with it?"
Ye Yuanyuan added politely, "I am willing to trade an item of equal value for it."
"An item of equal value?"
Qin Ning chuckled. "Do you have any idea how precious the Heavenly Fire Spiritual Crystal is? Even if you offered spirit stones in exchange, they wouldn't be of equal value, would they?"
"Hmph, a mere young master from a place like Lingyun City actually knows about spirit stones..."
Ye Liang sneered.
Ye Yuanyuan glared at Ye Liang, then turned back to Qin Ning. "May I ask what you require, Young Master Qin?"
"If you truly wish to make a trade, I can do so!"
Qin Ning clasped his hands behind his back and said calmly, "Bring me the beast core of a rank-five spiritual beast, the Purple Yuan Spiritual Lion, and I will trade with you!"
"Kid, don't make such wild demands!"
Another young man beside her shouted, "A fifth-grade spirit beast can only be hunted by experts of the Tianwu realm. You are deliberately making things difficult!"
"Oh? Deliberately making things difficult? The value of a Tianhuo Spirit Crystal is worth far more than that, isn't it?"
Qin Ning glanced at the young man and said leisurely, "If you can't produce it, it's not like there is no other way."
"What way?"
Ye Yuanyuan asked eagerly.
The Tianhuo Spirit Crystal was something she urgently needed.
"Your name is Ye Yuanyuan, right?" Qin Ning said indifferently. "If you truly want to obtain a Tianhuo Spirit Crystal, let alone one, I can give you ten."
"The condition is, you must become my maidservant!"
What!
Hearing these words, the three young men around Ye Yuanyuan completely exploded.
"Kid, are you looking for death?!"
"Miss, let me cut out his tongue and see if he still dares to spout nonsense!"
"That's right!"
At this moment, Ye Yuanyuan frowned, also highly displeased.
Qin Ning's words were deliberately making things difficult for her; it was truly detestable.
"What? Unwilling?"
As soon as these words left his mouth, killing intent flared on the brows of the three young men.