A Clumsy Trick

A sharp whistling sound cut through the air. Dugu Yan's eyes narrowed as she caught the object flying toward her. Ye Lingling looked at her curiously. "Yanyan, what's wrong?"

Dugu Yan frowned and opened her palm. It was a crumpled ball of paper. Instinctively, she felt that it was nothing good.

"What is this?" Ye Lingling asked.

Dugu Yan did not answer. She merely unfolded the paper ball, and both their expressions changed.

Once the paper was opened, a single sentence was written inside—

Old Mr. Ye Renxin has been taken away by us. If Miss Ye Lingling wishes to see him, please come immediately to the forest southwest of Spirit City. If you delay, we cannot guarantee Old Mr. Ye Renxin's safety.

A map was also attached to the paper, marking the forest southwest of Spirit City's outskirts.

Ye Lingling's face turned pale as she looked at Dugu Yan in panic. "Yanyan, what do we do now?! Grandpa was captured!"

Dugu Yan's brows knitted tightly as she shook her head. "Lingling, calm down first. I think there's something very suspicious about this. Think about it—Grandpa Ye is an elder of Spirit Hall. If he had really been captured, Spirit Hall would have been thrown into an uproar. Elders might even have come looking for you already. But right now, everything is calm. Not a single elder has come to find us. That's extremely abnormal."

"Besides, Grandpa Ye is usually with my grandpa. My grandpa is also a level 96 Super Douluo and an elder of Spirit Hall. He barely ever leaves home, like some shut-in, much less leaves Spirit City. Taking him down would definitely cause a commotion no matter what, so I'm certain this is a trap!"

"But Yanyan, I don't dare gamble on this! Grandpa is my