The second floor of Forget Worries Pavilion.
Black Shadow Leader poked his head out from the stairway and surveyed the second floor. It was pitch-black all around. Aside from a few tables and meditation cushions, he saw nothing else.
Black Shadow Leader entered the second floor without a care. What he failed to notice was that, from a concealed patch of shadow, a pair of eyes was watching him with amusement.
"Finally. If you hadn't come soon, I would've fallen asleep."
With that, Ye Zifeng activated Wind's Aftermath Gate, silently enveloping the entire second floor within its formation.
Black Shadow Leader noticed nothing. He continued searching the second floor for his target, fantasizing about the day he obtained an opportunity, evolved his martial soul, and roamed the continent at ease.
Seeing this, Ye Zifeng silently intoned,
"Xun Trigram Rope!"
A transparent rope formed entirely of wind suddenly appeared in midair, creating a trap beneath Black Shadow Leader's feet.
Because the Wind Rope was transparent, and because Black Shadow Leader believed the siblings had already been dealt with, he had not released his Spiritual Power to investigate and had let down his guard. He stepped straight into the trap Ye Zifeng had set.
Black Shadow Leader suddenly felt a powerful force pulling one foot forward. Immediately afterward, another force tugged his other foot backward.
Black Shadow Leader cursed inwardly.
This is bad! A trap!
Black Shadow Leader instantly dropped into a full split, and searing pain shot through the space between his legs.
He immediately covered his mouth to keep himself from crying out and waking the two siblings, who had been knocked unconscious.
Once the pain subsided, Black Shadow Leader quickly reacted. He hurriedly used his Soul Power to break free of the Wind Rope's restraints and then scrambled to his feet. Even after escaping the Wind God's restraints, however, a dull pain still throbbed between his legs.
"Damn it. I let my guard down. They actually set a trap."
"It hurts like hell."
"This time, I won't stop until I've cleaned out this entire Forget Worries Pavilion."
As he spoke, Black Shadow Leader endured the pain and continued searching the second floor. This time, however, he remained alert and spread his Spiritual Power to investigate his surroundings.
With his Spiritual Power probing the area, the surrounding scenery appeared in Black Shadow Leader's mind. Seeing this, he relaxed.
However, his Spiritual Power failed to detect Ye Zifeng hidden in the darkness.
"Damn, that must have hurt. Just watching made me feel it between my legs. And then he had to cover his own mouth to keep from making a sound."
"You're one tough bastard."
"But since you've chosen to keep going, don't blame me for showing no mercy."
With that, Ye Zifeng, concealed in the darkness, successively used various techniques to set traps and torment Black Shadow Leader.
Flames, earth spikes, water balls, wooden stakes...
All kinds of technique-based traps appeared one after another. Ever since Ye Zifeng had passed through the Heart Demons inner mirror, his mastery of Wind's Aftermath Gate had reached the minor-success stage. He could now use the power of the surrounding Eight Trigrams elements within a small area to fight.
After suffering through these traps, Black Shadow Leader began to doubt his own Spiritual Power. He had failed to discover any of them. He decided that, since this was Forget Worries Pavilion, there must be some treasure nearby capable of blocking Spiritual Power.
But then he saw three priceless Ancient Qins hanging on the wall. Greed welled up in him, and he hurried toward them.
From the darkness, Ye Zifeng watched him approach the three Ancient Qins on the wall and felt cold sweat break out in panic.
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"Those are Elder Sister's three favorite Ancient Qins!"
"Those three Ancient Qins were personally made by Mister and given to Elder Sister."
"Even Second Sister and I don't dare touch them. Last time, we only took one out to play without Elder Sister's permission, and when she found out, she beat us black and blue."
"Second Sister and I had to lie in bed for over a week before we could get up. We looked absolutely miserable."
"If Elder Sister finds out that someone touched her qin, the consequences..."
Ye Zifeng remembered how, after their last blunder, the usually cold Elder Sister had suddenly smiled and viciously beaten him and Second Sister. His whole body shuddered, and he resolved to protect Elder Sister's precious qins at all costs and not let that fellow touch them.
Who could have imagined that the smile of the frosty Elder Sister of Forget Worries Pavilion, who was pursued by countless nobles of the Tian Dou Empire, could be so terrifying?
Immediately afterward, Ye Zifeng stopped concealing his aura. He directly used the Shock character, lightning surging through his hand, and struck toward Black Shadow Leader.
Caught off guard by the sudden lightning, Black Shadow Leader was blasted straight out of the second-floor window.
On the first floor, Second Sister Ye Hanxue heard the thunder from above and thought, This is bad! Something happened.
With that, she threw the bound Black Shadow Underling out of Forget Worries Pavilion and hurried toward the second floor.
As soon as she entered the second floor, Ye Hanxue spotted her younger brother, Ye Zifeng, and hurriedly asked, "What happened?"
"Weren't I going to toy with the two of them first? Why did you use lightning techniques right away?"
Faced with Second Sister's question, Ye Zifeng chuckled. "That was the plan at first, but what he was about to steal was a tiny bit too important. I was afraid we'd receive a tiny bit of special treatment afterward."
Second Sister Ye Hanxue asked in confusion, "What was he stealing to make you react like that?"
Hearing Second Sister's question, Ye Zifeng smiled. He glanced at the three Ancient Qins hanging on the wall and said nothing more.
Following her younger brother Ye Zifeng's gaze, Second Sister Ye Hanxue saw the qins on the wall. Her breathing stopped, her pupils contracted, and she sighed inwardly.
Damn, those are Elder Sister's Ancient Qins! That fellow wanted to steal Elder Sister's qins!
We don't even dare touch them, yet he actually dared to steal them.
If he had stolen them, Elder Sister would definitely have shown no mercy, even to her own family.
Remembering Elder Sister's terrifying smile from last time, Ye Hanxue shuddered and anxiously asked Third Brother Ye Zifeng, "He didn't touch them, did he?"
Seeing Second Sister's panicked expression, Ye Zifeng understood that she had grasped his meaning. He patted Second Sister's shoulder and said gratefully, "Relax. He didn't touch them. For the sake of our lives, I definitely wouldn't have let him touch them."
Hearing Third Brother's words, Ye Hanxue finally relaxed. Then anger surged in her heart, and she asked, "Let's go and beat him to death. Stealing from Forget Worries Pavilion at night would've been bad enough, but he actually dared to touch those qins of Elder Sister's. He must have a death wish."
As she spoke, Ye Hanxue flew out the window. Seeing Second Sister go out to teach Black Shadow Leader a lesson, Ye Zifeng also grew furious. They had almost let things go too far. If he did not beat that man to death, he would never be able to vent his anger.
With that thought, Ye Zifeng flew out of the second-floor window as well.
Black Shadow Leader, who had been blasted out of the second floor by the lightning technique, had now gotten to his feet and reached the underling at the entrance of Forget Worries Pavilion.
He instantly realized that he had already been exposed. The two siblings from Forget Worries Pavilion had definitely never been knocked unconscious. Everything he had suffered had been their doing. He turned and tried to flee.
But the moment he moved, a silver needle shot through the air at incredible speed. Before he could react, it pierced an acupoint on his body.
The poison on the silver needle rapidly spread through him, leaving his entire body unable to move. He could no longer use his Soul Power.
At that moment, an angry roar rang out from the sky.
"Some foolhardy thief actually dared to come to Forget Worries Pavilion and steal from us!"
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