Stealth, assassination, and intelligence gathering!

Chen Fan stared expressionlessly at Yu Ning'er, who was lying on the ground. The Slaying Immortal Holy Land sounded like a very powerful force.

Have you heard of it?

He looked up at Jiangbei Old Devil and the Gongyang Clan members standing to the side.

"No."

Jiangbei Old Devil frowned and pondered for a while before shaking his head, "I can confirm that there is no such force in Jiangnan. I don't know about the East River and Jiangxi, but perhaps they might exist."

"Neither in the East River Jiangxi."

The Grand Supreme Elder of the Gongyang Clan, Gongyang Yiyue, said in a deep voice, "I vaguely know a little about any forces that can call themselves a Holy Sacred Ground. They are all very powerful forces, but I don't know the specifics. There isn't a single force around us that calls itself Sacred Ground."

"Um..

After pondering for a moment, Chen Fan clicked his tongue and said, "I thought that a major power like the one you mentioned would explode and die the moment you revealed its secrets."

Lying on the ground, Yu Ning'er forced a somewhat awkward smile, trying her best to appear as obedient as possible. As long as she could temporarily escape this predicament, she had several ways to flee.

She comes from a powerful force, that's for sure.

But she's dead, and the forces that follow won't avenge her.

Large factions like this send out many small teams to other regions every year to carry out missions. If they had to seek revenge for every team that was destroyed, then the faction wouldn't have to do anything else. They would just be busy running around seeking revenge every year.

Even revenge needs to be cost-effective!

Revenge is the goal, not the means.

When everyone knows that one of your squads was killed, you'll definitely want to take revenge, otherwise your reputation will be damaged. But if that squad dies in some remote corner and nobody cares, the faction won't bother with revenge, since nobody will know anyway.

Moreover, this place is so far from the Sacred Ground, dying here would be pointless.

Tell me why you've infiltrated the North River Chen Family.

Chen Fan asked the question that concerned him most.

"For...

Without pausing for a moment, giving Chen Fan no chance to react, Yu Ning'er blurted out, "The Nameless Mountain is that That One's former residence. That One laid down the 'Heaven-Binding' on the Nameless Mountain..."

The sound stopped abruptly.

"Bang!"

Chen Fan slammed the woman's head into the ground, rendering her unable Zhang Zui speak. He then turned to look at Jiangbei Old Devil, while Jiangbei Old Devil and his group tactfully retreated to a distance, their hearts churning with turmoil.

Although they only heard half of it, it seems... there's a big secret hidden in the Nameless Mountain?

"Intentional?"

Chen Fan squatted down, grabbed the woman's hair, and said calmly, "Do you want to shout even louder?"

"I..."

The woman trembled and avoided Chen Fan's gaze. She did want more people to know the news and create chaos, so that she would have a chance to escape.

"That One... that That One set up the 'Heaven-Imprisoning Formation' on the Nameless Mountain, nurturing an extremely precious Snow Lotus, a rare and precious Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures that takes a hundred years to mature. There's also the Mountain Embryo. Do you know the Bloodtrace Formation? It's the one the Wraith King broke through to. The core material of the Formation is the Mountain-Skeleton Embryo."

"Mountain Embryo are more precious than Mountain-Skeleton Embryo."

"Moreover, there are Exotic Treasure at the Sinkhole Floor. Master speculates that That One used Hammer to smash a mountain into the Sinkhole, the mountain at the Sinkhole Floor would be extremely solid. With a large amount of the mountain being compressed over so many years, it might have formed Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures 'Earth Gold'."

"Based on the timeline, the Snow Lotus will be fully mature after the Rainy Season this year. Ordinary people cannot enter that Grand Array, but I have a special way. As long as you let me go, I can take you into the Heaven-Imprisoning Formation."

Everything is yours.

"I only need one life."

"That's all?" Chen Fan asked, tilting his head.

It's gone, really gone.

"Um.

Chen Fan picked up a longsword that a member of the Chen Family had dropped from the ground beside him. Without pausing, he plunged it straight into Yu Ning'er's nape. Only after watching the resentment gradually appear in her eyes and the life force rapidly dissipating did he stand up, clap his hands, and murmur.

"You're quite cunning."

"Mother!"

Chen Quan, who had been lying nearby, snapped out of his daze upon witnessing this scene and wailed at the top of his lungs, "Chen Fan, you'll die a horrible death! You killed your stepmother!"

What are you saying?

Chen Fan glanced at Chen Quan, pulled the blood-stained longsword from the back of Yu Ning'er's neck, squatted down, and calmly looked at Chen Quan, saying, "Based on what you and your son did to me before, I'm already being a good person by not raping your mother in front of you."

Before Chen Quan could reply again...

The longsword was thrust out once more.

Just as Jiangbei Old Devil said, killing is indeed quite simple.

As long as the tide is in his favor.

He can kill whomever he wants with just a few words or a few actions.

At this point, almost the Heartblood of the North River Chen Family was wiped out.

"Crippled Monkey."

Chen Fan stood up and glanced at the Chen Family members lying on the ground. "Find those evil servants who bullied you before, oh, and those who bullied me, kill them all."

"Okay!"

The Crippled Monkey grinned, limping towards a burly man it had spotted earlier. Looking down at him from its elevated position, it slammed its Godslaying Spear into the ground. "Remember your lame grandpa?"

"The North River Chen Family, Attendant Liu."

"Level 5 Builder."

Chen Fan walked up to a Middle-Aged Man with a sigh, "You must be the most valuable person here, right?"

The Middle-Aged Man, pinned to the ground, nodded repeatedly like a chicken pecking at rice. The barely suppressed fear in his eyes made his voice tremble. "I possess a wealth of architectural heritage knowledge. I once created two Qualitative Transformation, I..."

Before he could finish speaking...

The longsword thrust out again.

"What's so great about two Qualitative Transformation?"

He drew his longsword, shook his head, and continued walking towards the others.

In front of the North River Chen Family, a crowd of onlookers gathered. At this time, Qi Feng and his group, who had returned from the city, also returned and stood in the crowd, looking at Chen Fan with complicated expressions as he continuously Slaying people who were nailed to the ground, like the King of Hell calling in his men.

"Chen Fan's purge was too thorough."

Elder Xu, who was standing next to Qi Feng, lowered his voice and said.

This reckoning is more than just revenge.

It's also a statement.

Even if they are his own family, anyone who offends him will be nailed to this spot.

Moreover, it reduces many potential risks.

There will be no more instances of coercion, such as... family members being taken hostage and used as a breakthrough point.

"And you."

Chen Fan, carrying a blood-stained longsword, walked up to a man in white and casually said, "Want to say a few harsh words before you go, like... you won't let me go even as a ghost?"

"I am not from the Slaying Immortal Holy Land!"

The white-robed man, lying prone on the ground, spoke rapidly, as if afraid of being nailed to the spot at any moment. "I am a prisoner of the Immortal Slaying Immortal Holy Land, a part of my soul extracted and imprisoned in Yu Ning'er's 'Soul Token.' With this tablet, she can control my life and death; if the tablet breaks, I die!"

"Yu Ning'er is dead, and her Life Tablet is shattered. The Slaying Immortal Holy Land must already know this."

"I do not possess the Life Tablet of the Slaying Immortal Holy Land."

"He--"

The man in white quickly pointed to the beggar lying on the ground beside him. "He's from the Slaying Immortal Holy Land. During the Rainy Season, one night Meatworm Wraith Tide suddenly surged towards your Nameless Mountain. He was the one who did it. He's a special Cultivator called 'Windwalker,' who has the ability to create strong winds."

"I excel at Stealth, assassination, and intelligence gathering!"

"The Mortal Domain has only recently risen to prominence and certainly lacks the necessary manpower. Take me in, and I can create a team of Subordinate for you responsible for 'Stealth assassinations'."

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Chen Fan remained silent, expressionless, his longsword, already raised in the air, yet he hesitated to strike.

Stealth.

Assassination.

To gather intelligence.

These three thorns were relentlessly stimulating his G-spot, almost hitting the nail on the head, and their allure was simply too great for him.

If...

If the Mortal Domain could possess a group of people responsible for Stealth, assassination, and intelligence gathering, the thought alone would be wonderful. The extent to which a power can extend its reach largely depends on the efforts of these people.

He was slightly stronger than the other forces; he possessed the Nine-Five Dragon Chariot.

However, he couldn't possibly drive the Nine-Five Dragon Chariot Carriage around every day; he had to stay at his Headquarters most of the time. Besides, the cost of using the Nine-Five Dragon Chariot once was too high.

He put down his long sword, strode over to Yu Ning'er's corpse, and after searching around for a while, he indeed pulled out a Token engraved with the character "soul" from his belly pocket. The face of the white-clad man was faintly visible on the back.

It has a control panel.

One "Exotic Treasure Name": Soul Token.

"Exotic Treasure Grade": Green Grade.

"Exotic Treasure Effect": Can imprison one of another's souls; the card shatters and the person dies. Currently, one soul has been imprisoned; source: "Shao Qiu".

"Your name is Shao Qiu?"

He tucked the Soul Token into his robes, walked up to the man in white, and asked softly.

"Yes..."

Shao Qiu took a deep breath and added another bargaining chip, "I was imprisoned by the Slaying Immortal Holy Land, so I must have a grudge against them. I can bring you information about other regions, so that you won't be completely lost when you travel to other regions in the Mortal Domain in the future."

"I also possess secret Martial Technique related to Stealth and assassination."

"Just give me some time."

"I will make the assassination branch of the Mortal Domain infamous throughout the world!"

"Um..

Chen Fan paused for a moment, then suddenly laughed, stood up and helped the man in white to his feet. "Get up quickly, it's chilly, don't lie there for too long or you'll catch a cold. We'll talk in detail when we get back."

They couldn't lift him up.

Shao Qiu's calf was pinned to the ground by the sword energy.

He looked towards the Jiangbei Old Devil.

The Jiangbei Old Devil immediately understood and withdrew his sword energy.

After doing all this.

He then looked at the beggar beside him with satisfaction. "He's not a prisoner, is he?"

"No."

"Then kill him."

Immediately afterwards-

The butcher's knife quickly came to the head of the Chen Family Elder, and several Elder lying on the ground trembled and begged for mercy, saying, "Young Master, Young Master, we have always been loyal to you. During the Rainy Season, the Master ordered us to impersonate members of the Wild Wolf Gang to receive the Eerie Stone Exotic Treasure offered by the common people and merchants."

"We hid some of them in Warehouse West of Northbank City."

"This was prepared especially for you, Young Master."

"Our hearts have always been with you."

"Um."

Chen Fan nodded slightly, smiling as he looked at everyone, "Then you won't have to die. Zhou Mo, you take some men to the North River Chen Family to ransack their property. The rest of you go with these Elders to take away the hidden Eerie Stone, and then we'll all return to the Mortal Domain together."

"I am not a bloodthirsty person. I remember that the Elder did not target me in the past."

"Then let's go together."

All the damned people have been killed.

This matter is pretty much over.

It was getting dark.

All belongings had been packed up, and nine Flame Dragon Horse pulled the Dragon Chariot, slowly heading out of the city along the street. However, at some point, the streets were filled with people.

The instant I saw the Dragon Chariot.

They rushed forward.

Offer the item you have in your hand.

Eggs, some scattered Eerie Stone, some Cured Meat and vegetables, and all sorts of other things were forcibly stuffed into his carriage.

The whole city cheered, and countless people expressed their gratitude to him in this way.

What's going on?

Chen Fan, standing frozen in place inside the carriage, smiled and greeted the people on both sides of the street while frowning slightly, wondering whose scheme this was. His recent conflict stemmed from the "Under-Heaven Pavilion" group in the Teahouse; had they hidden assassins among the common people?

But soon—

Sitting to the side, Big Fish whispered, "It was the Wild Wolf Gang Leader. He spread the word that the North River Chen Family had embezzled the Eerie Stone during the Rainy Season and had set up the 'Myriad Spirits Blood-Transformation Array' to sacrifice Living Beings in the city. You stopped the Grand Array and saved the people of the city."

"Upon learning of this, the entire city's inhabitants spontaneously gathered on both sides of the street to express their gratitude to you, Domain Lord."

"The people all say that Domain Lord, are a saint who put righteousness before family."

"I heard it all."

"Saint?"

Chen Fan was slightly taken aback, then couldn't help but laugh, looking at the people on both sides of the street. "No need for the Eerie Stone, bring more local specialties, we haven't had a proper meal during this Rainy Season."

Perhaps he was being too easygoing.

The people who were initially hesitant to step forward immediately relaxed, and large quantities of Broiler Chickens, cabbage, and other items were stuffed into the carriage.

They purchased far more than they did.

The atmosphere was extremely lively.

The city's cheering crowd slowed his departure considerably, making it much slower than expected.

It was almost dark when Open Gate.

"Go back, everyone."

Chen Fan leaned out of the carriage, looked at the crowd of people standing at the city gate, and waved with a smile.

At this time.

Darkness, like a cloud, swept in from afar, quickly enveloping the Heaven and Earth.

The Nine-Five Dragon Chariot sped through the darkness once more, carrying a full load of people and goods, heading rapidly toward the Nameless Mountain!

In the crowd.

Standing at the city gate, Jiangbei Old Devil looked at Gongyang Yiyue behind him and said softly, "You are Night Watcher. I remember that the Night Watcher has a special ability to hear sounds from ten thousand meters away, although sometimes they can hear them and sometimes they can't. Did you hear about the situation at Nameless Mountain just now?"

"No."

Gongyang Yiyue slowly shook his head. "The Night Watcher tends to be wary of each other. Chen Fan also has Night Watcher around him, so I can't hear any sounds from that area."

"Will you report this news to the Gongyang Clan after the Rainy Season ends?"

"Affim."

"If possible, I hope you will try not to spread this around. I don't want to see the Gongyang Clan slaughtered like the Pill Sect."

"That's a matter for the Family Head to decide."

Gongyang Yiyue shook his head. "I don't have the authority to make decisions, but I believe the Family Head won't offend the Mortal Domain, much less spread this news."