Sound Valley Heir

Just as Gu Fang looked at Miter Tengshan, the latter was already the first to greet him.

"Ha ha ha ha, may I ask how this young master is addressed?"

Miter Tengshan wore a broad smile. "What happened earlier was the Mite'er Family's fault. Please be magnanimous."

Miter Tengshan's voice was not quiet, immediately drawing many gazes.

When they saw that the one speaking so respectfully was Miter Tengshan, those who did not know what had happened looked at one another as discussions abruptly broke out.

Miter Tengshan was a Dou Wang, one of the Jia Ma Empire's ten strongest experts. Yet he was being so deferential to such a young boy.

How could that not arouse everyone's curiosity?

However, the commotion earlier had not been small. Some people knew what had happened, and after explaining it to one another...

Everyone looked at Gu Fang and Ling Wu with shock in their eyes.

Gu Fang looked at Miter Tengshan, shook his head, and sneered. "You played dumb when such a huge commotion broke out earlier, and now you come asking for my name?

You Great Elder really know how to scheme."

After saying that...

A silver-white token appeared in his palm, and he flung it toward the other man.

Miter Tengshan caught the token. When he saw its translucent patterns, his expression froze.

His heart jolted as a possibility came to mind.

Could this person be from the Misty Cloud Sect?

As he thought this, Miter Tengshan shifted his gaze to Ling Wu and immediately rejected the possibility.

The Misty Cloud Sect did not have the means to make an expert at least at the peak of the Dou Wang realm serve as a guard.

He examined the jade token carefully. Upon seeing the character "Sound" in its center, the trace of terror on Miter Tengshan's face turned into confusion.

But the next moment...

As though he had recalled something, his face turned deathly pale.

He clutched the token tightly in his palm and swallowed.

"Your Excellency is... from Sound Valley!"

Miter Tengshan's respectful demeanor stunned the onlookers.

At the same time, the same thought flashed through their minds...

They said a powerful dragon could not suppress a local snake, but today, that saying would likely have to be rewritten.

Because the dragon here today was probably a true dragon!

Ya Fei was the same. She stared blankly at Gu Fang. In her eyes, the Great Elder was already the strongest person there, yet at this moment...

He still had to humble himself before this young man!

"Good that you know. Keep your people under control, especially those two from earlier. If I see them again, don't blame me for being impolite!"

After saying that, Gu Fang extended his hand. A powerful suction force surged from his palm and pulled at the jade token.

With Miter Tengshan's Dou Wang strength, he could easily have suppressed the token and prevented Gu Fang from taking it back. But he did not. More accurately, he did not dare.

He let the token fly back into Gu Fang's hand.

"Let's go!"

After putting away the token, Gu Fang raised his head and said to Ya Fei.

Ya Fei snapped out of her earlier shock, squeezed the papers in her hand, and nodded before leading the way.

As the three moved, Miter Tengshan circulated his Dou Qi to calm his violently pounding heart.

He followed them as well, but before he could walk alongside the three, he heard Gu Fang's utterly blunt words.

"Oh, right. I don't want to see you again today either. Don't follow us!"

With that, Gu Fang continued onward without looking back.

But Miter Tengshan stopped in his tracks.

His eyes remained fixed on Gu Fang as Gu Fang's words replayed in his mind.

How long had it been since he had suffered such humiliation?

Miter Tengshan gritted his teeth and clenched his fists tightly, but all his anger vanished the moment he remembered that token.

Sound... Sound Valley!

The continent's foremost powers: one hall, one tower, two sects, three valleys, and four pavilions!

That was something he had heard while traveling the continent in the past. Those were the continent's most powerful factions. In their eyes, let alone the Mite'er Family...

Even the Misty Cloud Sect could be wiped out with a single word.

In the eyes of those factions, one of the Jia Ma Empire's so-called ten strongest experts like him was nothing more than an ant.

Why? Why would an heir of such a faction come here?

Miter Tengshan desperately wanted to ask, but he simply could not. More accurately, he did not dare to ask!

With a bitter smile, he sighed. Looking once more at the three walking together in the distance, he helplessly shook his head.

Miter Tengshan's demeanor was also witnessed by everyone present.

With people constantly coming and going, less than a few hours passed before...

News that a mysterious sect's heir had thoroughly trampled the Mittel Auction House and that Miter Tengshan had not dared to resist spread throughout the Imperial Capital of the Jia Ma Empire!

Of course...

That was a story for later.

"These are all the medicinal ingredients you requested!"

Ya Fei handed three sets of medicinal ingredients to Gu Fang and spoke respectfully.

"Mm!"

Gu Fang inspected the ingredients. "Does your Mite'er Family have an alchemy room? Give me one. I need to refine medicine!"

A trace of disbelief flashed across Ya Fei's alluring face at Gu Fang's words. With strength like this, he was also an alchemist?

What kind of monster was he?

Naturally, Ya Fei did not say those words aloud. She merely respectfully led Gu Fang to the highest-grade alchemy room.

Gu Fang looked over its furnishings and nodded with a smile.

He turned to Ling Wu. "Uncle Ling, refining medicine may take some time. You don't need to worry about me for now!"

After speaking to Ling Wu, Gu Fang turned his gaze toward Ya Fei. He met those peach-blossom eyes filled with charm directly, and a meaningful smile curled across his lips.

"Miss Ya Fei, remember this: you owe me a favor."

After saying that, Gu Fang entered the alchemy room and shut the door completely behind him!

Ya Fei looked at the tightly closed door and recalled Gu Fang's earlier words. She naturally understood what he meant now.

He had helped her teach Lei La a lesson, and Ya Fei could already imagine...

After today's events, Lei Ou would most likely lose his position as an elder.

Although the Lei grandfather and grandson had provoked Gu Fang, she had also played a part in it. Thinking about it...

Saying she owed him a favor was not excessive at all.

Young yet shrewd. Arrogance and humility both existed within one person. What kind of sect could cultivate someone like this?

Ya Fei murmured inwardly.

Just then, a maid hurried over from afar and leaned close to Ya Fei's ear. "Miss Ya Fei, the Great Elder said that if you have time, he would like you to go see him!"

"I understand!"

Ya Fei nodded, then moved her long legs. Accompanied by the click-clack of her heels against the bluestone pavement, she headed toward the Great Elder's quarters.

"Lei Ou, I could overlook your past arrogance and domineering behavior. After all, your Dou Ling strength is decent enough. But today, inside the Mittel Auction House...

Don't you think you went too far?"

"And you, Lei La. You pursued Ya Fei before and even used certain special privileges. For your grandfather's sake, I turned a blind eye and let it pass.

But today...

What the hell were you doing?"

The Great Elder roared furiously, spraying saliva evenly across the faces of the Lei grandfather and grandson.

"Lei Ou, Lei La, you have greatly disappointed me!"

The Great Elder exhaled heavily, then dropped into a round chair with a thud.

Lei Ou looked at the Great Elder. "Great Elder, we were indeed in the wrong today, but we never expected it to turn out like—"

But before Lei Ou could finish his last two words, the Great Elder interrupted him again.

"If you had truly done it, the two of you would not be standing here alive.

You two, get out of here now.

The farther you get, the better!

Lei Ou, your elder position is suspended for now. And you, Lei La—if you so much as dare to entertain any thoughts about Ya Fei again, I guarantee you will lose a part of your body!

Get out!"

Amid the Great Elder's fury, Lei Ou dragged Lei La out of the room in a miserable state. A moment later...

Accompanied by the click-clack of heels striking the bluestone pavement...

Ya Fei arrived at the Great Elder's chambers!

"Great Elder, you wished to see me?"

Ya Fei restrained some of her charm and spoke to the Great Elder with respect.

"Mm."

Upon seeing Ya Fei, the anger on the Great Elder's face finally eased somewhat. "You did well today. You do not need to return to Wutan City for now.

For the next few days, your task is to stay with that young master. No matter what he wants, as long as our Mite'er Family has it, give it all to him!

If our family does not have it, come find me. I will think of a way!

Remember this, absolutely remember it: do not provoke him again under any circumstances!

Handle this matter well, and once your trial is over, you will serve as an elder here."

Hearing the Great Elder's words, Ya Fei's face showed a trace of shock. But recalling his earlier attitude, she nodded lightly.

"Ya Fei understands!"