The Female CEO's Personal Bodyguard

The more exhilarated I felt before Chapter 2200, the more desperate I feel now!
Flames raged across the sky, sword energy crisscrossed, and space itself collapsed.

As soon as Nangong Ye and the other two made their move, their domain power enveloped the entire canyon, and three completely different divine abilities raged throughout the canyon.

All the robbers' expressions changed.

Fear filled their hearts, especially Jin Donglai, whose face was filled with horror and terror.

He originally thought Lin Chen was a rich kid from a small town with little experience, and that he could easily persuade him to come with him. Now he realized that the reason Lin Chen dared to come was because he had enough confidence.

Gao Yang turned and fled decisively, without the slightest hesitation.

He barely managed to reach the Great Luo realm, his talent was limited, and he had no hope of advancing further, which is why he joined the Blood Hand Gang and became a bandit.

At this gathering of immortals, immortals from all over the world flocked to participate. Even unorthodox sects like the Blood Hand Gang set their sights on these immortals who had come from afar, hoping to take advantage of the grand event to feast to their hearts' content.

The organizers of the Ten Thousand Immortals Gathering are the Lingxiao Sect. Even if you gave these people a hundred times the courage, they wouldn't dare to cause trouble in Tianyu City. That would be no different from giving it away for free. So they took the safest approach.

cheat!
They sent many people to infiltrate Tianyu City, specifically looking for easy targets—those who didn't seem very strong but were obviously foolish, rich, and quick to come. They would then lure these people out of the city, take them to a fixed location, and rob them.

The locations for raiding are fixed, and special formations are set up in advance around these areas to prevent the robbed from escaping, to prevent them from tipping off others, and to use other special methods. In short, once a person enters this area, they disappear without a trace and vanish into thin air.

The men are robbed of their money, and the women are robbed of their money and their virtue, and then they are sold off like livestock. A cultivator with decent strength can fetch a high price when sold.

Lin Chen and Venerable Ziyun acted like a young married couple, even buying each other hairpins as gifts, which made them seem quite wealthy. Moreover, they didn't seem particularly powerful. After all, the real big shots are all long-lived old men, who would do these things like newlyweds?
With that in mind, Jin Donglai followed for a while. When he saw Lin Chen offering a large sum of money to buy the Yin-Yang Spring, he tried to test him. When he saw that Lin Chen didn't even blink at the ten million spirit stones, he knew that Lin Chen was a real fat sheep. So he used the news about the Yin-Yang Spring to lure Lin Chen, and Lin Chen fell for it.

Hmph, he didn't even ask me to make a vow, this kid is so easy to fool!

The more exhilarated Jin Donglai was then, the more desperate he feels now.

What terrible things have I done to lure such a jinx here and bring about the annihilation of the entire Bloodhand Gang!

He finally understood why the other party hadn't even let him swear an oath, nor was he sure of its authenticity, yet had followed him. It was because the other party had enough ability to protect themselves or even fight back.

If I dare to lie to him, he will take my life!

Seeing Lin Chen's cold eyes staring at him, Jin Donglai felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave. He could roughly imagine his tragic end.

Yin-Yang Spring?
What he meant was that if he knew about the Yin-Yang Spring, he might still be able to live; if he didn't, then he had no value and was destined to die.

Done!

How would I know anything about Yin-Yang Springs?

Hmm, one of the prisoners we captured mentioned a Yin-Yang Spring. Could he know about it?
Jin Donglai looked around, saw Gao Yang being chased by Nangong Ye like a rat, and then looked at all the Blood Hand Gang members who were like lambs to the slaughter in front of Venerable Ziyun and Shu Zifeng. His knees buckled and he knelt down directly in front of Lin Chen.

"Fellow Taoist, spare your life!"

The battle ended quickly. Nangong Ye, at the second level of the Illusion Breaking Realm, completely crushed Gao Yang, who was at the first level. The others below the Great Luo Realm were like kindergarten children in front of Venerable Ziyun and Shu Zifeng, easily defeated with a single punch. Soon, all the members of the Blood Hand Gang were brought under control. Apart from those killed on the spot, about twenty others remained. Their previous arrogance and swagger were gone, replaced by blankness, fear, and despair.

These Blood Hands gang members had committed countless evil deeds, and perhaps they had imagined that one day they would encounter such a thing. So some of them knew they were doomed and were not afraid, but others had fear written all over their faces and begged for mercy.

Lin Chen walked up to Jin Donglai and stared at him coldly: "So... you were lying to me when you said you knew about the Yin-Yang Spring, right?"

Jin Donglai, covered in sweat, said, "Fellow Daoist Lin, I'm sorry. I was wrong. I shouldn't have lied to you. Spare my life, and I'll be at your beck and call. From now on, I'll be your dog, and I'll bite whoever you tell me to bite..."

Lin Chen gave a cold snort and was about to make a move when Jin Donglai's pupils suddenly contracted, and he shouted, "Wait! Someone might know about the Yin-Yang Spring..."

Lin Chen narrowed his eyes slightly: "Who?"

Jin Donglai quickly said, "One of the prisoners we captured before was also here to attend the Ten Thousand Immortals Gathering. I overheard him mentioning the Yin-Yang Spring. Maybe he knows about it?"

"captive?"

Lin Chen's gaze swept across the camp: "Where is it?"

Jin Donglai pointed to a cave not far away: "All the prisoners are locked in that cave. There is an array to conceal their presence and prevent them from being discovered."

Venerable Ziyun asked, "Since the robbery was successful, why keep them alive...?"

Jin Donglai replied in horror, "We all have channels to sell cultivators as slaves. If they are good-looking female cultivators, many powerful and wealthy people will buy them, and the price will be very high."

Lin Chen said coldly, "No wonder you were so concerned about why my wife wasn't traveling with us. It turns out you weren't only after our money, but also our people. You guys are really ruthless, sucking our bones dry and not letting go of a single thing."

Jin Donglai was terrified and speechless.

That's how robbers are: when they succeed, they are incredibly arrogant, treating their victims like lambs, bullying them wantonly; when they are killed in return, they are no different from lambs, their main tactic being the survival of the fittest.

"lead the way!"

Jin Donglai cautiously led Lin Chen and the others to the cave, activated the formation, and revealed the scene inside.

Inside the cave were cells made of iron pillars, where the victims of the stolen ears, both men and women, were imprisoned, and the air was filled with a foul and pungent odor.

Inside the cage were several young female cultivators, barely clothed and covered in bruises, huddled in a corner with terrified eyes. Lin Chen didn't need to guess to know what these female cultivators had gone through.

Lin Chen had already sentenced this group of people to death in his heart.

Lin Chen had been a robber before, but he had never done anything as inhumane as this.

Jin Donglai pointed to a young man who looked to be about twenty years old in the cage and said ingratiatingly, "That's him. He mentioned the Yin-Yang Spring. Perhaps he knows where it is..."

(End of this chapter)