"What do you think?"
Ye Fan shot her an irritated glance.
Ji Ziyue finally panicked and could not help glaring at Ye Fan. "Why didn't you tell me something this important sooner?"
"Ha ha!"
Ji Xia burst into laughter, then immediately turned around and cupped her hands toward the three gray-robed cultivators.
"I ask the three of you to act as agreed. Once this is done, Miss Biyue will surely reward you handsomely!"
The three gray-robed cultivators exchanged glances. The leader grinned and said in a sinister tone, "Rest assured, fellow daoist Ji Xia. With my two brothers and me acting together, we will capture them with ease!"
Before he finished speaking, he spread his five fingers, and five dim gray streaks of ghostly light shot forth like venomous snakes!
Ye Fan yanked Ji Ziyue aside, narrowly dodging the ghostly lights, then raised his head and shouted:
"Wait!"
The three gray-robed cultivators instinctively stopped and turned questioning gazes toward Ji Xia.
Ji Xia raised a brow and said with a half-smile, "Kid, are you begging for mercy now?"
Ye Fan sighed. "As expected, I couldn't hide it from you. That's right, there are indeed only the two of us here. And the reason I was able to capture your Miss Ziyue was not because of any special technique, but because I possess a Supreme Treasure..."
"Oh?"
Ji Xia and the others stirred inwardly.
Ye Fan said seriously, "I am willing to hand over the treasure in exchange for my life. How about it?"
"What a naive brat!"
The leading gray-robed cultivator bared his teeth in a savage grin. "Kill you, and the treasure will still be ours!"
Ye Fan's expression remained unchanged as he replied calmly, "If you kill me, the people behind me will fight you to