Zhang Yufei

With outsiders present, Yin Yunze vaguely explained what he had done, then said to Song Ran, "By the way, because of my trip— Upper Creek Village is currently without anyone in charge. After you take me back to the village, you and Sun Qin can discuss and devise a plan for managing that area."

Upon hearing Yin Yunze's words, Song Ran had not yet reacted.

However, Song Ran quickly grasped the implied meaning. His expression immediately turned astonished, Song Ran stammered, "Wait, wait a minute—Fox, are you talking about that Grandfather Huang Three, and Liu Zhu—?"

"Yes, it's them. Upper Creek Village is leaderless right now, and I don't trust the people there—"

After briefly explaining the situation in Upper Creek Village, Yin Yunze looked at Song Ran and said, "Alright, we'll discuss the specifics later. Wan'er is a bit tired now, let's take her back."

"Yes!"

Hearing Yin Yunze's order, Song Ran, though still filled with doubts, suppressed her curiosity.

If Song Ran hadn't yet grasped the extent of Yin Yunze, then Yin Yunze's feat of eliminating Grandfather Huang Three by relying on Zhao Wan undoubtedly gave Song Ran a clear understanding of the lower limit of his strength.

After nodding in agreement, Song Ran turned to the four girls in the car and said, "You all get out and sit in the car behind!"

In Song Ran's view, these girls were all servants hired to serve Yin Yunze, and they were obviously not qualified to ride in the same carriage as Yin Yunze.

Upon hearing Song Ran's instructions, three of the girls exchanged glances and obediently got off the oxcart, ready to squeeze in with the four girls in the cart behind.

Although these girls were all petite, the oxcart wasn't actually that big.

Six people are enough to fit in one car; if eight people were to sit in one car, it would be a bit cramped.

Just as Yin Yunze was about to ask Song Ran to leave two people behind, another person spoke up first.

"Wait a moment!"

The one who spoke was the girl whose style differed somewhat from the other seven and who inexplicably harbored hostility towards Yin Yunze.

"Who is she?!"

The girl frowned as she looked at Yin Yunze and said to Song Ran, "Why?! All eight of us have to squeeze to the back to make room for her? Village Chief Song, what's so special about her? Why can't she sit with us?"

To be fair, the girl wasn't entirely wrong to say that. Without knowing Yin Yunze's identity, expecting four people to give up their seats to a disheveled little girl was unacceptable. Both cars were the same size, one seating eight while the other only had one person; anyone would feel uncomfortable in that situation.

"Zhang Yufei!" However, upon hearing the girl's question, Song Ran had no intention of reasoning. With a stern face, she shouted, "I told you to do it, so do it! What are you talking about?! Get out of the car!"

"Hmm... I won't sit then..."

Hearing Song Ran's firm stance, Zhang Yufei reluctantly got out of the car.

However, after getting off the car, Zhang Yufei didn't go to sit in the back. Instead, she walked around the car, stretching her body, and said, "I'm tired of sitting anyway, so I'll just take a walk for the rest of the way."

As she spoke, Zhang Yufei walked up to Yin Yunze and looked him down at him with a mixture of curiosity and hostility in her eyes.

Zhang Yufei was already a head taller than other girls of the same age (thirteen or fourteen), and when she stood in front of Zhao Wan, who was only ten years old, she could indeed look down at Yin Yunze.

However, despite being stared at like this, Yin Yunze discovered that although the girl harbored inexplicable hostility towards him, there was no malicious intent in that hostility.

After several months of Incense God, Yin Yunze was able to distinguish these subtle emotional differences quite clearly.

"Zhang Yufei! What are you doing!"

Seeing this, Song Ran couldn't help but shout loudly.

"This little girl is quite cute, can't I take a look?" Zhang Yufei seemed unfazed by Song Ran's question, reaching out to touch Yin Yunze's face. "Come on, let your older sister take a good look!"

The fact that she could speak to Song Ran like that, coupled with her different demeanor from the other seven people, suggests that Zhang Yufei's identity is likely more than just that of a girl she bought.

Originally, Yin Yunze thought that ignorance was no excuse and didn't want to pay any attention to the girl.

But Zhang Yufei's current behavior is crossing Yin Yunze's bottom line.

Yin Yunze didn't want Zhao Wan to be approached by Zhang Yufei before he had even Spirit Descent.

Yin Yunze could tell whether Zhang Yufei had malicious intent, but Zhao Wan, a ten-year-old girl, didn't have that ability. In the end, Zhao Wan would probably think that she had been bullied by Zhang Yufei.

Without much thought, Yin Yunze raised his hand to slap away Zhang Yufei's outstretched hand.

Unexpectedly, the moment Yin Yunze's hand touched her, Zhang Yufei grabbed Yin Yunze's wrist with her own.

Without much thought, Yin Yunze summoned a wisp of Power of Incense Offerings, preparing to break free.

What Yin Yunze didn't expect was that although he managed to break free a little at first, Zhang Yufei grabbed him again. Moreover, she was able to suppress Yin Yunze's remaining Power of Incense Offerings.

He glanced at Zhang Yufei with some surprise. The power added by the Power of Incense Offerings should have been enough for even a grown man to break free.

"Little sister, are you born with superhuman strength?" Zhang Yufei exclaimed, her eyes wide with surprise, "Such incredible strength!"

"Let go."

I sensed the force coming from my wrist; it was merely a restriction, not as strong as I had imagined.

Looking at Zhang Yufei, Yin Yunze decided to give her one last chance and softly commanded, "Kneel down."

"Ha, you want me to kneel down? You think you're so great—"

Zhang Yufei was about to say something when she saw Song Ran's expression change, and he shouted, "Zhang Yufei, didn't you hear me! Let go and kneel down! Didn't your senior brother tell you to listen to me?!"

Hearing Song Ran's words, Zhang Yufei's face stiffened, she released her grip, and said reluctantly, "My senior brother told me to serve Lady Yi Yun, but he didn't say I had to kneel before this brat!"

Senior brother? Or someone with connections?

Turning to look at Song Ran, Yin Yunze asked with some curiosity, "Who is her senior brother?"

"Her senior apprentice is Constable Peng— "

Upon hearing this, Song Ran replied with a hint of helplessness.

"Peng Shulan's junior sister?"

Upon hearing this, Yin Yunze understood why this person possessed such an outstanding presence.

Judging from Peng Shulan's displayed level of education, unless Peng Shulan had learned some other skill to make money, he was most likely a fellow student in martial arts.

Judging from the fact that Yin Yunze couldn't break free even when he used the Power of Incense Offerings, they are clearly martial arts brothers and sisters.

Indeed, as the saying goes, "the poor study literature, the rich study martial arts," not to mention that she is a girl who practices martial arts, so naturally she carries a bit of arrogance.

Peng Shulan sent Zhang Yufei over, presumably to curry favor with Yin Yunze.

But, how should I put it...

Yin Yunze felt that if it were anyone else, given this girl's temper, it would have been considered blatant flattery.

However, the fact that Zhang Yufei was completely unaware of Zhao Wan's special abilities also proves from another perspective that Peng Shulan did not reveal the secret that Yin Yunze could possess Zhao Wan's body to others.

If Peng Shulan were truly to confess, would Zhang Yufei still dare to act as she is now? Given Peng Shulan's style of doing things, he probably wouldn't have dared to send it over in the first place.

After thinking it over, and out of respect for Peng Shulan, Yin Yunze decided not to punish her.

Without making a sound, Yin Yunze drew out a Group Character Talisman and conjured up the image of Green Hill Yi Yun behind him.

"This----"

Upon seeing this image, Song Ran was taken aback.

That's true, this image was just created by Yin Yunze in the last few days, so it's normal that Song Ran doesn't recognize it.

However, seeing that Yin Yunze remained unmoved, Song Ran could guess that this was Yin Yunze's doing, so she didn't say anything.

The coachman and the seven girls behind him screamed in alarm.

After all, while Green Hill Yi Yun's appearance is beautiful, her undisguised inhuman elements are a bit too stimulating for the people of this world.

However, it is precisely the presence of these non-human elements that makes it easy to recognize the identity of the newcomer at a glance.

"Lady Fox Immortal!"

"The Lady Fox Immortal has appeared!"

"Thank you Lady Fox Immortal, for saving us!"

After realizing what had happened, the girls all jumped off the oxcart and knelt down to thank the image of Green Hill Yi Yun.

The girls were grateful to Yin Yunze for his generous purchase of them. Coupled with Green Hill Yi Yun's ethereal beauty, the girls all became Yin Yunze devotees.

Looking at the seven new believers, Yin Yunze couldn't help but feel gratified; this could be considered as reaping good results from good karma.

His gaze shifted to Zhang Yufei, and Yin Yunze wanted to see how Zhang Yufei would react.

Upon seeing Green Hill Yi Yun's appearance, Zhang Yufei was stunned for a moment before kneeling down, albeit a beat late.

However, upon kneeling, Zhang Yufei disregarded the dust on the ground, pressing her forehead directly into it, and said very respectfully, "Yufei greets Lady Yi Yun! Thank you, Lady Yiyun, for saving me from this sea of suffering!"