Best Young Master
Chapter 556 - 495: Bite Off More than One Can Chew

Chapter 556: Chapter 495: Bite Off More than One Can Chew

"Thank you, Elder Yan."

Ye Fan quickly expressed his gratitude, but he also understood that Elder Yan’s personal involvement was not really about looking after him; instead, it was because the Nolan clan had colluded with Wumu to forge the Soul Summoning Banner, which had violated the taboos of the Yanhuang Organization and thoroughly enraged Yan.

It’s over!

Originally, Ku Rong had hoped that Ye Fan would spare his life, and when he heard Ye Fan agreeing to let Yan handle the matter, he realized Yan was furious and his face turned ashen— even if Ye Fan spared him, the Yanhuang Organization would not let him off the hook!

As if to confirm Ku Rong’s guess, Ye Fan put away his communicator and looked at Ku Rong with an impassive face, "If I am not mistaken, Wumu wouldn’t personally come after me even after successfully forging the Soul Summoning Banner; he would have you do it, right?"

"Uh..."

Ku Rong’s face changed drastically, and he looked at Ye Fan with an expression of disbelief, as if to say, "How do you know that?"

Seeing Ku Rong’s ghostly appearance, Ye Fan knew his guess was correct. He raised his hand, as if to strike Ku Rong dead with a palm, but then he felt his phone vibrate.

Ye Fan had a thought and lowered his hand, taking out his phone.

The phone was a specially made device provided by Chu Ji, which ensured he could be contacted anywhere, anytime during his quest to find ingredients for the Returning Essence Pill.

And the person calling him now was none other than Chu Ji herself.

"Xiao Fan, did those bastards from the Nolan clan eat the guts of a bear and a leopard to actually send someone after Xiu Ling’s grandpa?" The moment the call connected, before Ye Fan could say anything, Chu Ji’s voice came through the receiver, her tone quite annoyed.

To her, the actions of the Nolan clan showed they had no regard for the Yanhuang Organization, nor did they take Ye Fan and Chu Xuanji seriously!

"What... what happened?"

Ye Fan’s heart tightened. After contacting Yan, he had worried that the Nolan clan might act out of turn before Yan could handle the situation, but he hadn’t expected them to actually dare to do so.

"Seven days ago, Xiu Ling tried calling Elder Miao and couldn’t reach him. People from Changshi Village said Elder Miao had gone into the mountains to collect herbs. Since then, Xiu Ling has been calling every day, but hearing that Elder Miao has yet to return to the village, she’s been extremely worried."

Chu Ji spoke gravely, "Seeing how concerned the girl was, I sent someone to Changshi Village. They have just arrived and found people sent by the Nolan clan within the village..."

"Elder... Elder Miao is alright, isn’t he?" Ye Fan asked urgently, his heart hanging in his throat.

"He’s fine. Elder Miao hasn’t returned from the mountains yet, and the men from the Nolan clan were just waiting for him in the village; he luckily escaped harm," Chu Ji said, acknowledging Elder Miao’s good luck, "Elder Miao hasn’t come back yet, and the two men sent by the Nolan clan have already been detained by my people."

"Phew~"

Relieved to hear Elder Miao was unharmed, Ye Fan let out a long sigh, his clenched fists gradually relaxing.

"But on the other hand, after you killed Nolan Xuan that day and gave a warning to his brother Nolan Qi, the Nolan clan still dared to send people after Elder Miao—it’s outrageous, isn’t it?" Chu Ji spoke again, her voice filled with anger and a tinge of confusion.

After all, if this matter was exposed, the Nolan clan would simultaneously offend the Yanhuang Organization, Ye Fan, and Chu Xuanji, which would be too costly a price to pay— especially for just going after Elder Miao.

"The Nolans are after more than just Elder Miao," Ye Fan revealed the truth.

"What do you mean? Don’t tell me the Nolan clan is targeting you too?"

Although she said this, Chu Ji was somewhat skeptical. Setting aside the two formidable backers Ye Fan had in Chu Xuanji and the Ye Family, Ye Fan’s own feats of single-handedly wiping out the Nanqinghong Headquarters and taking on the Hongwu Sect alone were enough to deter the Nolan clan.

"Not intending, they already have," Ye Fan replied, "To kill me, the Nolan clan exchanged their ancestral treasure sword, the Soul-devouring Blade, with Wumu for three mid-level magic artifacts and teamed up with Wumu to forge a top-grade high-level magical artifact—the Soul Summoning Banner—hoping to use Wumu’s hand to kill me."

"How did you come to know all this?" Chu Ji exclaimed, leaping up from the sofa in shock.

"Here’s what happened..."

Facing Chu Ji’s inquiry, Ye Fan did not withhold any information and concisely recounted the event to Chu Ji, not hiding the truth that Wumu had been killed by the crimson gold crown within his own body.

"Master... Master was killed by him?"

"And... what is this crimson gold crown? Even if it’s a top-grade high-level magical artifact, how could he possibly kill Master with its power, given his strength?"

Hearing the truth, Ku Rong looked at Ye Fan with wide eyes, full of shock, his mind completely occupied by disbelief.

"No wonder the Nolan clan dared to act against Elder Miao. They must have been certain that Wumu would kill you, but they didn’t expect Wumu to end up dead by the hands of her uncle!"

Unlike Ku Rong, Chu Ji, having seen the might of the crimson gold crown, was not surprised. Instead, she laughed with schadenfreude, "Heh, if they knew the outcome now and then imagined your usual style of doing things, they would probably be scared shitless!"

"There’s no need for me to take action; Elder Yan wants to handle this matter personally."

"Yan is taking care of it personally?"

Chu Ji was once again startled. In her memory, although Yan was the leader of the Yanhuang Organization, he usually delegated authority and seldom directly dealt with the organization’s matters, focusing instead on his cultivation and silently guarding the heart of Huaxia, Yanjing.

In a sense, Yan’s existence represented a form of deterrence!

Just like how the nuclear weapons of superpower countries acted as deterrents during the era of nation-states.

"Yan was so irate, probably not just because he owed you and your master a face, but because that old Wu Mu absorbed over a million resentful souls and their resentment from the North Korea Special Zone, with the Nolan Family essentially complicit—if it weren’t for the resentful souls in the Soul-devouring Blade, Wu Mu would never have done this—it’s simply insufficient to use only the resentful souls from the North Korea Special Zone to make the Soul Summoning Banner into a top-grade high-level magic artifact!"

After a brief moment of shock, Chu Ji thought it over and understood the reason.

"Hmm."

Ye Fan was not at all surprised that Chu Ji could guess this.

He had long felt that Chu Ji, in front of others, was not as flirtatious and indecent as she was when she was with him. On the contrary, she was a strong and powerful woman. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have been called the Demon Queen.

Even more, Ye Fan had a sneaking suspicion that Chu Ji was keeping many secrets from him, including the reason why she had resolutely left the mountain years ago against Chu Xuanji’s objections.

"Hey, I was thinking of discussing with you whether we should teach the Nolan Family, who know nothing about life and death, a lesson. Now it seems unnecessary—since Yan is going to handle it himself, he will definitely make an example of them. The Nolan Family is in for a rough time!" Chu Ji said with a tone of schadenfreude.

"Yeah, let’s not bother with the Nolan Family for now. Just hand the person over to the Yanhuang Organization. As for Elder Miao, to be on the safe side, bring him back to Dong Hai."

Ye Fan spoke and glanced at Ku Rong, abandoning the decision to send Ku Rong to his death. Instead, he decided to leave everything to the Yanhuang Organization to handle as he had said.

Meanwhile.

Nolan Qi, whose Dantian and Power Seed had been destroyed by Ye Fan, walked into the hall of the separate courtyard built in the middle of a man-made lake at Nolan Manor.

Inside the hall, Nolan Mingde and Nolan Changfeng had been discussing something. When they saw Nolan Qi enter, they stopped talking in unison. Nolan Mingde then asked, "Xiao Xuan, what’s the matter?"

"Grandpa, I want to know if that damned bastard is dead yet?" Nolan Qi said with a fierce look, his eyes brimming with profound hatred.

Hearing Nolan Qi’s words and feeling his hatred, both Nolan Mingde and Nolan Changfeng knew that the bastard in question was none other than Ye Fan.

It was Ye Fan who had destroyed his Dantian and killed his brother—Nolan Xuan, the martial arts genius of the Nolan Family!

This made his hatred for Ye Fan reach an unthinkable level; he dreamed of tearing Ye Fan to pieces!

"No news yet."

Nolan Mingde shook his head and then added, "But don’t worry, the North Korea Special Zone will definitely become that little beast’s grave!"

"Yes, Little Qi, don’t be anxious. Master Wumu is in the North Korea Special Zone, and killing that little beast is as easy as squashing an ant!" Nolan Changfeng spoke to console him.

"Ding-a-ling-ling—"

As soon as Nolan Mingde’s and Nolan Changfeng’s words were spoken, before Nolan Qi could reply, the phone in the hall suddenly rang.

Hmm?

At the sound, Nolan Mingde felt a move in his heart and turned his head to look at the caller ID.

The next moment.

When he saw the caller ID was from the person in charge of the Yanhuang Organization’s Liaoning Province office, he picked up the phone with slight confusion, "Hello, Director Shen..."

"Brother Nalan, Elder He just called to inform you immediately not to lay a hand on an old man from Changshi Village named Miao, what’s going on?" On the phone, Shen Lang of the Yanhuang Organization’s Liaoning Province office interrupted Nolan Mingde directly.

Just before, he had been deep in cultivation when he was awoken by a deputy director of the office, who told him that Elder He Yunting, the Yanhuang Organization’s number one authority, had called to warn the Nolan clan not to attack an elderly man named Miao from Changshi Village.

This puzzled him, but he did not dare to call Elder He Yunting to ask and instead directly dialed Nolan Mingde’s number.

Swish!

Hearing Shen Lang’s words, Nolan Mingde’s face changed dramatically, shocked to the core: How did Elder He Yunting, the number one authority of the Yanhuang Organization, come to know about this matter?

"Director Shen, I was not aware of this matter. It must be some trouble caused by one of those damn kids below. I will investigate this now," Nolan Mingde, though extremely shocked, still managed to keep his cool and promptly replied, his voice showing no sign of deviation.

"Hmm."

Shen Lang gave a grunt of acknowledgment, and with some concern admonished, "Brother Nalan, you must have heard of Elder He’s status and position within the Yanhuang Organization. Since this is a matter personally supervised by him, it’s definitely no small issue. Make sure you investigate thoroughly. You must ensure not a single hair on that Miao elder is harmed, or else, you and I will both be in big trouble!"

After speaking, Shen Lang did not wait for Nolan Mingde to respond and hung up the phone first.

"Whew—"

After the call ended, Nolan Mingde let out a sigh of relief, inwardly glad that the people he had sent had not captured Elder Miao yet, which would have complicated matters.

Besides his relief, he was also puzzled about why this matter had caught the attention of a big shot like He Yunting.

It wasn’t just him who was confused; Nolan Changfeng, who had heard the conversation, was equally baffled, "Dad, what’s going on? How did Elder He of the Yanhuang Organization come to know about this? Could it be that little beast Ye Fan who caused this?"

"Let’s not worry about that now. Immediately call the people you sent out and tell them not to lay a finger on that Miao old man!" Nolan Mingde, instead of answering the question, replied with an anxious face.

Even though he did not know how this issue had grabbed He Yunting’s attention, his reasoning told him that if anything happened to Elder Miao, the Nolan Family would indeed face dire consequences, just as Shen Lang had said—unable to get away with it.

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