The Hu Family.
An enormous wall-mounted television was showing Yue Wen and Second Ball, whose battle was about to begin.
While watching the match, Hu Hanyi was also on a video call. On the other end was Mai Yaode of the Pudu Sect.
"Rest assured, Mr. Hu. Everything has been arranged," Mai Yaode said. "We've been stockpiling medicinal power inside the medicine dragons these past few days. The magical artifacts we gave them are third-grade Dragon-Release Needles. Against anyone else, they wouldn't need to use them at all, or one needle would be enough. The moment they face Yue Wen, they'll drive all three Dragon-Release Needles into their acupoints, releasing all the medicinal power accumulated over these past few days. Even if he's at the peak of the Astral Realm, he won't be able to withstand it. We've also added berserk-inducing ingredients to their medicine. Once those are released, the medicine dragon will go mad and tear him to pieces, with nothing able to stop him. Even if the Supernatural Affairs Bureau investigates afterward, we can just hand that medicine dragon over for them to deal with. A life for a life, that's all."
"As long as nothing can go wrong," Hu Hanyi said sinisterly. "There's something strange about that brat. Even if he hadn't provoked our Hu Family before, it would still be best to eliminate him, so he doesn't get in the way of my son advancing."
"I suspect he's also used some sort of pill to increase his cultivation and combat strength. Otherwise, an independent cultivator couldn't possibly be this strong. But none of that matters. This is where it ends," Mai Yaode said calmly.
"Oh, right," Hu Hanyi asked again. "How is that matter we asked you to help arrange contact for?"
Mai Yaode answered, "Our