Hundred Flower Banquet, North Sea Pirates

"Little Pepper!"

"Arrogant and overbearing. No wonder she had dared to scheme against even me back then. She had quite the nerve, but unfortunately, she had picked the wrong person to scheme against!"

Yang Chan ate the freshly prepared seafood, musing to himself.

From the moment she had seen him make his move, he had never intended to let her go. Still, her audacity had left some impression on him. At the very least, she had more presence than her son-in-law husband.

If she had encountered some Marrow Cleansing Grandmaster with a sense of justice who also loved beauty, that person might very well have gone with the flow and helped Lin Yueting. At that point, the secret realm, the Lin Family's assets, and the beauty would all fall into their hands—a single stroke yielding many gains.

Of course, that depended on being stronger than the Qingjiao Gang's leader. Otherwise, they could only get the secret realm and the beauty. Still, that was not bad either.

Yang Chan did not care about this matter. After all, they were already dead.

As for what became of the Qingjiao Gang, that had nothing to do with him. Who told them to have such rotten luck that they had to cause trouble where he was sleeping?

If they had known what was good for them and taken their people away, he would not have intervened and would have let them leave.

All he could say was that having strong scouting abilities was not always a good thing. If that gang member had not noticed his footprints, none of what followed would have happened.

"I heard the Northern Plains will be holding the Hundred Flower Banquet. Not only will there be all sorts of rare spirit flowers to see, but they'll also select this