Time flew like a shuttle. In the blink of an eye, a week had passed since Xia Kong and Xiao Yi Xian returned to Wutan City, while Xiao Yan and Yao Lao were still on their way to the Black-Corner Region.
News of Lei Le and Carl's deaths had long since reached the Mittel headquarters in the Imperial Capital. Lei Le's grandfather, Mittel Raymond, flew into a rage, publicly shouting that Ya Fei would pay with her life.
However, his decision to send Lei Le to force Ya Fei to surrender her strange spiritual medicines had never received the family elders' approval. It had been a personal undertaking by him and Lei Le, both blinded by profit. Thus, when he tried to lead the Enforcement Team to Wutan City himself, Mittel Tengshan flatly refused.
Teng Shan already felt guilty toward Ya Fei for reluctantly acquiescing to Lei Meng and Lei Le's unreasonable actions last time. He also thought highly of Ya Fei's abilities and the benefits her future marriage alliance with the Mu Family would bring. He knew that if Lei Meng went this time, Ya Fei would have no chance of surviving.
Thus, this time, he brought the authority of the grand elder and his own Dou Wang aura to bear, forcibly subduing Lei Meng and placing him in confinement.
But Lei Meng still refused to give up. Unable to go to Wutan City himself, he secretly contacted a younger cousin of his, Mittel Leijie, a Nine-Star Great Dou Master, to avenge Lei Le in his stead.
Xia Kong and Ya Fei knew nothing of what had happened in the Imperial Capital. They went about their tasks methodically, ready to meet any challenge at any time.
Over the course of that week, Ya Fei spent more than ten million