Qing Province

"If you want to make a move, then try it. Let's see whether you can keep even a scrap of news from leaking out."

From the old man's very first words, Li Qingyao had realized that he believed she still had a senior brother, merely not with her at the moment, and was trying to exploit an information gap.

As long as the two middle-aged men had not realized that Gao Fei had been the one to capture them,

Elder Wang would believe that she had a senior brother who simply was not present. Once he showed himself, his exposure would be set in stone.

There was no need at all to take them back.

Elder Wang swept his gaze around, glared at the two disciples standing behind him, then turned around.

"Forget it. Since we're already here, worthy niece, you must come with me today. If not as a guest, then as a hostage. As for you people, you have no value whatsoever, so die here!"

Those words nearly burned Li Qingyao's brain dry.

Shouldn't it have been that the news was already exposed, making it useless to capture them and only delaying the journey, so they should be spared? How had it turned into taking hostages in the blink of an eye?

The moment Gao Fei heard, "Since we're already here," he knew things were going south.

He clasped his arms behind his back, making them vibrate rapidly at a low frequency. His palms swayed naturally with the rhythm, like swimming fish.

When Elder Wang waved for his two disciples to attack,

spiritual power surged beneath his feet. He stepped forward, gathering force for five seconds before unleashing a Transforming Force strike.

One palm shot out, aimed straight at the heart.

They had already been close, and