After the minor incident along the way, the group continued their journey without any further delays. Lan Ye's pace quickened considerably, Xiao Yan and the others followed closely behind. Knowing that Lan Ye was perhaps worried about encountering obstacles like the Four Elders of East Valley again, they deliberately sped up and didn't say anything more.
Two days later, the group arrived in a city.
Donghua City is the Fang Clan's stronghold. Here, everything is decided by the Fang Clan. Once the group arrived here, they were truly safe.
Only then did Lan Ye finally breathe a long sigh of relief. She glanced at Fang Zhicong, who looked completely innocent, and a gentle smile appeared on her lips. Then she quickly looked at Xiao Yan, but before the latter could meet her gaze, she quickly looked away.
" Master Lan!"
When the group arrived at the Fang Clan mansion, the guards outside the gate immediately bowed respectfully to Lan Ye, while their gazes swept over Xiao Yan and his group behind him, but they ignored their young master from beginning to end.
Everyone in Donghua City knows that the young master of the Fang Clan is now a cripple, practically an idiot. Who would treat an idiot with respect?
Lan Ye glanced at the two guards, feeling displeased but saying nothing. It was only human nature, and there was no need to pay attention. If he hadn't been with Fang Zhicong for many years, even he probably wouldn't have bothered with such a person.
only...
Lan Ye shifted her gaze to a black carriage not far away. It was engraved with strange reliefs, resembling beasts or birds, but definitely not human. They should be some kind of ancient magical beast totem. Even the magical beast pulling the carriage was the Soaring Cloud Leopard, which was difficult for ordinary forces to obtain. Based on this alone, it could be determined that the carriage belonged to no ordinary person.
"This carriage..."
He carefully examined the carriage from top to bottom, and when the strange Lan Ye came into view, he immediately seemed to realize something.
"This is the emblem of the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect. Has someone from the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect come to the family?"
Lan Ye suddenly turned his head. His hostility towards the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect was no less than that towards the Heavenly Puppet Sect. Neither of these forces were good people, and ordinary people would avoid them like the plague. Even his Fang Clan did not want to have any involvement with them.
Why would members of the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect come to the Fang Clan?
"Reporting to Master Lan, the carriage arrived at the family this morning. It was indeed people from the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect. They seem to be here to visit the young master and are currently in the reception hall."
Faced with Lan Ye's questioning, the two guards dared not show the slightest disrespect and quickly told the person in front of them everything they knew.
" The Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect? Another of the Three Sects of the Southern Region."
"Hey, I didn't expect that we'd already run into two of the Three Sects of the Southern Region so soon after arriving in the Far Southern Land. And with the Burning Flame Valley we're about to visit, it seems we've encountered them all."
Hearing the conversation between Lan Ye and the Fang Clan guards, Zhou Tai and the Heaven-Reaching Giant Ape beside him whispered among themselves. Xiao Yan glanced at the two out of the corner of his eye, then looked at Lan Ye. Seeing that the latter hadn't noticed, he felt relieved. However, he couldn't help but be curious about what the guard had said. As far as he knew, the Xiao Yan Fang Clan wasn't under the command of the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect. Why would the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect send someone to visit Fang Zhicong?
"Mr. Xiao Yan, please come inside with me!"
Lan Ye wasn't stupid; he quickly guessed the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect's intentions. Without saying much, he immediately turned to Xiao Yan, clasped his hands in a deep fist salute, and respectfully invited him on.
This scene, witnessed by the two guards, caused them to widen their eyes in disbelief as they stared at Xiao Yan. They were astonished that Master Lan, who held a high position in the family, would bow so respectfully to such a young man.
Upon seeing Lan Ye's demeanor, Xiao Yan instantly understood his meaning. The Fang Clan was large and powerful, and their overall influence was not to be underestimated. The reason for the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect's visit to Fang Zhicong at this time was just a pretext; they probably had other purposes, and these purposes were related to the entire Fang Clan.
"Good!"
Xiao Yan nodded heavily, understanding Lan Ye's feelings. If they had been a step later, and the family head had actually made some kind of deal with the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect, it would have damaged the foundation of the family.
Then, Lan Ye led Xiao Yan and his group into the Fang Clan mansion at lightning speed, heading straight for the Fang Clan's reception hall. Along the way, they dispersed all the family elders and deacons who came to inquire, and no one could stop this group.
All the members of the Fang Clan could only watch helplessly as Lan Ye led a group of unknown people into the Fang Clan mansion, without offering any response whatsoever.
Meanwhile, in the Fang Clan's reception hall, apart from a few Fang Clan elders, the rest of the younger generation and the guards outside had been dismissed. There were only five people sitting in the hall: a middle-aged man in a brocade robe with an imposing presence, three white-haired old men in white robes, and an old man in a black robe with a thin and dark face.
At this moment, the man in black robes was staring at the other four people in the room with a mocking smile, his right index finger rhythmically tapping the table, as if he was waiting for something.
"Hehe, Fang Clan Head, I've already given you the solution. It's just a matter of how you respond now. If you agree now, I'll immediately give you the antidote I have. But if Fang Clan Head needs to consider it for a few more days, then I'm sorry, I can't keep you company any longer."
The black-robed man tapped his index finger on the table faster and faster until, at a certain moment, he simply stood up. His sharp eyes quickly swept over the four people present, met the gaze of the middle-aged man at the head of the table, gave a cold smile, and pretended to lift his foot, instantly increasing the pressure on the four people present.
" Mao Xun, don't push your luck!"
"No matter how much our Fang Clan needs this antidote, we cannot betray our own power for it!"
"Your Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect is delusional!"
Just as Mao Xun was about to leave, the three old men sitting opposite him suddenly stood up, staring at him angrily, and spoke with disdain for the betrayal.
"Hehehe! Very well, you are all truly loyal. In that case, I would like to ask the Fang Clan Head, Fang Chi, if they disregard your son, do you, as his father, not want your precious son anymore?!"
Upon hearing the words of the three elders, Mao Xun's face turned cold and disdainful. He immediately turned his gaze to Fang Chi, the head of the Fang Clan. He knew very well that no matter how much these three old fogies argued, as long as Fang Chi spoke, all their rebuttals would become irrelevant.
Now, it all depends on Fang Chi's choice.