Sister-in-law: I’m really not a fool anymore

Saying there's a guard every three steps and a sentry every five steps on the city wall is too conservative; it's packed with people. The key is that the experts on the city wall are all quite powerful, at least at the Golden Core stage or higher.

Seeing the situation before her, Gong Shu exclaimed in surprise, "This is too outrageous! Husband, what do we do? Should we just force our way in?"

In such a situation, it would be quite difficult to force one's way in without being discovered.

Although Ye Fan could indeed teleport and conceal his aura, it would still be difficult for him to enter unnoticed under such a powerful defense, with Yu Linglong and Gong Shu by his side.

But Ye Huan's focus wasn't on that. Ye Fan released his senses and discovered that something was wrong.

Although it was just a faint feeling, Ye Fan still discovered that there seemed to be several extremely powerful experts hidden within the entire Ancheng, whose strength was at least at the sixth level of the Void Refinement Realm, and the aura emanating from some of them was very strange.

The eerie aura instilled a sense of fear in Ye Fan, who even sensed the approaching death. A faint red glow flickered in Ye Fan's demonic eyes—a warning sign of danger.

This time, Ye Fan left Li Mu at Qingyuan Sect to oversee things. Besides Yu Linglong and Gong Shu, the only other person by his side was Taicang, who had secretly come from high above to keep watch.

Without absolute certainty, Ye Fan wouldn't dare to act rashly. Although Ye Fan was powerful enough, fighting against so many experts from Mirror Moon Palace alone would exhaust him, no matter how strong he was.

Ye Fan brought Yu Linglong here primarily to find out what exactly happened at Mirror Moon Palace, to find the Palace Master and Yu Linglong's mother, and to rescue them. After that, he wanted them to mobilize the internal power of Mirror Moon Palace to fight against the evil spirits and the lurking agents of the Soul Hall. This was the correct approach.

Ye Fan's expression turned slightly serious, and then he said, "No, of course we're not going to force our way in. This time, we're going to expose ourselves intentionally."

Ye Fan's words caused Yu Linglong to exclaim in surprise, "Want to expose ourselves? They've been searching for us everywhere, and we finally managed to escape their pursuit using the puppet paper dolls. Are we really going to expose ourselves to them again? Isn't that like walking into a trap?"

Ye Fan shook his head. "What I mean by exposure is not like this. We need to change the approach, let them catch us willingly, and use their greed to send us to where we want to go."

On their way to Ancheng, Ye Fan and Yu Linglong learned through the Qingyuan Sect's intelligence system and by gathering information in nearby cities that Ancheng was currently conducting a large-scale manhunt for experts above the Golden Core realm, intending to send them to the so-called Blood Pool for refinement.

Moreover, it seems that the leadership at the Mirror Moon Palace headquarters has set prices. As long as a Golden Core Realm expert can be captured and sent to the Blood Pool, the starting price is 50 crystal coins, and for a Void Refinement Realm expert, the highest price can reach 500 million crystal coins.

With each head worth 500 million, none of these powerful warriors guarding the city walls could resist the temptation.

Ye Fan gave a wicked smile, then haphazardly tore at the clothes of the group, smeared some blood on himself, and winked at Yu Linglong and Gong Shu, "Let's go! Over there!"

In fact, Ye Fan didn't need to explain much at this point. Gong Shu and Yu Linglong were both extremely intelligent girls, and they instantly understood Ye Fan's meaning. He intended to use them as bait to deliberately let those powerful people capture them.

The enemy had just reached the city gate when they were stopped by the guards protecting the city walls. "Halt! Who are you? What do you want?"

Ye Fan clutched his chest, staggering forward and panting as he spoke to the leading guard, "Brother, we're being chased, and the pursuers are closing in. Can we go into the city first?"

A group of guards at the entrance sized up Ye Fan and Yu Linglong. "Do you have tokens? Ancheng is under martial law now. Everyone needs a token to enter or leave Ancheng." Ye Fan said with a bitter expression, "Tokens? We don't have any. We're being hunted down. Please, brothers, have mercy on us. Here's some crystal coins. You can use it to buy some wine."

As he spoke, Ye Fan pulled out a bag of crystal coins from his person and poured a large handful of them out to the guard in front of him. Most of them were ordinary crystal coins, but there were a few amethyst crystal coins mixed in, amounting to hundreds of thousands of crystal coins in one go.

The key point is that Ye Fan's bag was gurgling, and it seemed that there were even more crystal coins inside.

This scene caused the eyes of the guards who were relatively close to the door to start flashing, and their gazes towards Ye Fan and Yu Linglong changed.

In their eyes, these three people were no longer refugees, but three fat sheep. The fact that they were throwing away hundreds of thousands of crystal coins meant they had even more on them.

The key point is that the auras emanating from all three individuals are above the Golden Core realm. According to the higher-ups at Mirror Moon Palace, the price has already increased. If you capture even one Golden Core realm expert and contribute to their cause, you can get 100 million crystal coins. So, the three of them would be worth 300 million crystal coins.

Thinking of this, the guards at the door exchanged glances, all seeing greed in each other's eyes, and nodded to each other in agreement.

The leading guard tossed the crystal coins in his hand and said with feigned difficulty, "Is that so? In principle, you are not allowed to enter the city, but seeing that you are pitiful, I will make an exception this time. However, look at how many brothers are still in front of the city gate. I have agreed, but it will be difficult to explain to them!"

The meaning is quite clear: they want Ye Fan to come up with more crystal coins.

Ye Fan had the resource vault of the evil spirits, plus the resource vault of the Soul Palace, so he was not short of crystal coins at all. He immediately and respectfully offered up a large handful of crystal coins.

The dozens of guards responsible for defense at the entrance each received at least ten thousand crystal coins, and their faces were filled with intense joy.

Ye Fan, Yu Linglong, and Gong Shu exchanged glances, thinking the matter was settled, when a burly man strode out from the city gate. "What are you doing? Are you letting people in to extort crystals from others again? Let me tell you, if anything goes wrong, no one can take responsibility."

This burly man seemed to hold a high position. When the guards at the gate saw him, they immediately bowed respectfully and said, "Manager Zhang, the brothers were just collecting some money for drinks on the side. You see, these three don't seem to pose any threat. If we send them to where they need to go, it will be our way of doing our part. What do you think?"

As he spoke, the captain of the guard kept giving Zhang, the manager, meaningful glances. At the same time, he secretly slipped a handful of crystal coins into Zhang's hand. Zhang took the coins and weighed them in his hand. When he saw that there were a few purple crystal coins, the expression on his face softened.

Manager Zhang sized up Ye Fan and his companions, noticing that their strength was all above the Golden Core realm. Connecting this with what the guard captain had said, he immediately understood what he meant.

One million per person, that's three million in total. Add to that the other crystal coins and treasures Ye Fan and his companions have, and it's definitely a worthwhile deal.

However, he still hesitated because news had already spread from inside the Mirror Moon Palace that during this crucial period of the Soul Transfer Technique, no suspicious person should be allowed to enter.

So the burly Zhang, the manager, hesitated for a moment before speaking, "But..."

Seeing that Manager Zhang was still hesitating, Ye Fan's lips curled into a wicked smile. Holding his battle sword, he strode towards Manager Zhang and, without hesitation, plunged the sword into Manager Zhang's chest... (End of Chapter)