"This is a private room at the Yunlan Merchant Guild. To keep guests safe and prevent anyone from spying on them, every private room here is equipped with a high-grade defensive formation."
In her previous life, Xue Fuyao had escaped pursuit several times by hiding inside the Yunlan Merchant Guild.
Whatever else might be said, the Yunlan Merchant Guild's defenses were certainly no empty boast.
"So what exactly did you do that you even had to hide in the Yunlan Merchant Guild?" Xueheng asked.
"I came here to make absolutely sure nothing could go wrong."
By nightfall, the surroundings had fallen silent. Just then, the Zhang Family's protective formation suddenly activated, allowing neither entry nor exit.
On the city wall, several guards saw this happen. One asked in confusion, "What's going on with the Zhang Family? Why activate their protective formation in the middle of the night?"
"Do you have a death wish, daring to gossip about the Zhang Family? Activating their protective magic array is their own business. What does it have to do with us? Leave it alone and get back to patrolling. My wife's still waiting at home."
"You're right."
What these two did not know was that an exceedingly bloody massacre was taking place inside the Zhang Family estate. The one carrying it out was none other than the Zhang Family's greatest trump card, the Zhang Family Ancestor.
At that moment, the Zhang Family Ancestor's face was filled with ferocity, as though the people before him were not his descendants at all, but his enemies. With one strike of his palm, more than half the Zhang Family disciples were smashed to pieces.
With the protective magic array activated, they could not leave even if they wanted to. All they could do was desperately dodge.
Yet their