The car drove away from Mangshan Manor, winding its way through Yunzhou City, and finally stopped in front of a private villa hidden among the trees.

This is one of Master Guan's properties in Yunzhou. The environment is quiet and the privacy is excellent.

He respectfully welcomed Ye An off the car and personally led him to a secluded courtyard at the very back. He then repeatedly instructed the servants guarding the courtyard not to let anyone approach and disturb Master Ye's meditation.

After doing all this, Master Guan finally breathed a long sigh of relief. Standing outside the courtyard, looking at the tightly closed door, his heart was still churning with emotion.

He now fully understands that in Master Ye's eyes, his meager wealth is probably no different from dust.

house.

Ye An ignored the commotion outside and casually set up a simple soundproofing and warning array in the room.

After doing all this, he sat down in the center of the room and opened the brocade box.

A piece of pitch-black wood lay quietly inside.

The wood felt slightly heavy in the hand, but unlike the coldness of wood or stone, it had a warm, smooth feel, as if you were holding a piece of warm jade.

This rice is of even better quality than the last one!

"The organizer said this isn't the first time this has been unearthed. Could it be that there's a cultivator's abandoned cave in Yunzhou?"

Ye An didn't delay any longer, sat cross-legged, and quickly entered a meditative state.

He placed his left palm on the surface of the Soul-Nourishing Wood and began to silently circulate the "Minor Divine Evolution Technique".

Once the technique was activated, the surface of the piece of black wood immediately emitted a dark luster.

A stream of extremely pure soul power flowed continuously into Ye An's sea of ​​consciousness along the meridians in his arm.

This power was pure and gentle, like a long-awaited rain after a drought, nourishing his sea of ​​consciousness.

With the frenzied infusion of soul power, Ye An's mental strength began to surge at an astonishing rate.

His originally invisible spiritual power was constantly compressed and condensed in this small room, and in the end, it even showed a faint tendency to become substantial.

The surrounding air was affected as a result, with slight distortions and ripples visible to the naked eye.

Ye An frowned slightly.

A storm seemed to be brewing in his mind. His ever-growing spiritual power reached a critical point, and a sharp pain came over him, as if his head was about to be burst by this power.

He clenched his teeth, his expression unchanged, enduring the tearing pain, and continued to circulate his energy, frantically compressing this enormous and unparalleled power.

He knew this was the last hurdle before he could break through.

"scold!"

A deafening roar did not come from his mouth, but rather from within his mind, like a great bell suddenly exploding!

In that instant, the mental energy in Ye An's sea of ​​consciousness, which had been churning like boiling water, suddenly condensed to its extreme at the center point.

Then, it exploded with a deafening roar!

A powerful, invisible wave emanated from him and spread outwards in all directions.

The tables, chairs, and tea sets in the room seemed to tremble slightly as if brushed by an invisible hand.

The first level of the Lesser Divine Evolution Technique allowed him to cultivate a divine eye that could see through illusions.

Now, with the immense foundation of this Soul-Nourishing Wood, he broke through the bottleneck in one fell swoop and successfully cultivated to the second level!

As his cultivation technique broke through, two powerful divine sense spells naturally appeared in Ye An's mind.

The first spell is called "Shattering Divine Light".

This technique allows one to condense their own divine sense into an invisible, sharp beam of light, silently piercing into the opponent's sea of ​​consciousness.

Without harming the physical body in the slightest, it strikes directly at the very core of the soul.

Those who are infected may experience mild symptoms such as severe brain pain and dizziness, or severe symptoms such as mental impairment, temporary dementia, or even memory loss.

This is an excellent way to kill without leaving a trace.

"Previously, my use of divine sense was limited to overwhelming others with force. Now it has become a proper offensive technique," Ye An thought to himself.

The second spell is called "Guardian Mirror".

Once activated, an invisible mirror will appear in one's sea of ​​consciousness.

All spiritual attacks that invade the sea of ​​consciousness will be either directly dissolved and melted by the mirror body, or they will be reflected back, causing the attacker to suffer the consequences.

Although this "Guardian Mirror" is formless, it has countless tiny golden runes on it, giving it a mysterious and ancient feel.

It can not only protect the mind, but also unleash divine power, making it a perfect combination of offense and defense.

Ye An slowly exhaled a breath of stale air.

He knew very well that, according to common sense in the cultivation world, ordinary cultivators, even if they had developed divine sense in the early stages of Foundation Establishment, were simply unable to cultivate any divine sense spells.

Because divine sense spells require an extremely high amount of divine sense, and the consumption is also extremely astonishing.

One must wait until one's cultivation is stable at the mid-Foundation Establishment stage and one's divine sense is strong enough before one can even attempt it.

If one's total spiritual energy is insufficient and one forces the use of it, at best one's sea of ​​consciousness will be damaged and one's cultivation will regress; at worst one one will suffer a backlash and become an idiot on the spot.

However, Ye An's skills and foundation cannot be judged by common sense.

He slowly opened his eyes, and a terrifying glint flashed deep within them, causing the air in the entire room to freeze.

Ye An did not get up, but a thought crossed his mind.

The vast and powerful divine consciousness, like the tide rising again after it has receded, silently spread and expanded in all directions.

Before this, his divine sense could only cover a radius of 100 meters at most.

Now, that area has expanded to a radius of 500 meters!

The range of a typical mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator's divine sense is only two or three hundred meters.

Ye An's cultivation techniques, the "Myriad Forms Limitless Skill" and the "Minor Evolution Divine Technique," are of extremely high quality, far surpassing ordinary cultivation methods.

That is why his spiritual power at this moment is strong enough to deliver a devastating blow to a cultivator in the early stages of Foundation Establishment!

This is not over yet.

Ye An continued to try, gathering his spreading divine sense and concentrating it in one direction, like an invisible searchlight beam extending forward in a straight line.

The invisible divine sense easily penetrated the walls of the villa, crossed the streets, and passed through high-rise buildings.

1,000 meters... 2,000 meters... 3,000 meters...

It stretched for thousands of meters in one go!

In an instant, every rustling sound and movement in half of Yunzhou's city was imprinted into his mind with unparalleled clarity.

It was as if a real-time, incredibly detailed 3D satellite map had appeared in his mind.

After testing the range of his divine sense, Ye An continued to calm down and consolidate his newly mastered "Minor Divine Evolution Technique".

……

Master Guan woke up just as dawn was breaking.

He barely slept all night; his eyes were sunken and bloodshot. His mind was constantly preoccupied with that 10 billion.

He tiptoed out of his room and, seeing the security guard standing guard at the entrance of the villa, approached him with a sliver of hope.

"Xiao Wang, did anyone from the Jiang family come over last night... or this morning?"

Security guard Xiao Wang stood ramrod straight and shook his head.

"Master Guan, no. From last night until now, not a single fly has gotten in, except for our own people."

Master Guan's heart sank to the bottom.

It’s over.

He was absolutely right; the Jiang family had no intention of paying at all.

They tricked me out of the elixir and then just walked away.

Master Guan's back was instantly soaked with cold sweat.

How should he talk to Master Ye?

Although Master Ye always seemed calm and indifferent, as if he didn't care about anything, he was not a kind-hearted or soft-hearted person.

If the Jiang family dares to default on a debt of 10 billion, Master Ye would really dare to take their lives.

But what kind of behemoth is the Jiang family in Shanghai?

No matter how powerful Master Ye is, he is still just one person. How can he fight against a large family with a history of over a hundred years?

Master Guan became increasingly frightened as he thought about it, pacing back and forth in the yard, his old face wrinkled like a bitter gourd.

Just when he was in a state of confusion and didn't know what to do.

An indescribable feeling suddenly swept over him from head to toe.

The feeling was strange; it was neither hot nor cold, and there was no malice involved, but it made the hairs on his entire body stand on end.

It's like... like being naked indoors in the summer and suddenly being seen naked from head to toe.

Master Guan was startled and stopped in his tracks, looking around warily.

The courtyard was empty, with only the rustling of leaves in the morning breeze.

Security guard Xiao Wang was still standing guard at the gate, not moving an inch.

Was he mistaken?

Just as he was wondering, a familiar yet calm voice rang in his ear without warning.

"Didn't anyone from the Jiang family come?"

The voice wasn't loud, but it was as clear as if someone were speaking right next to his ear.

"Who?!"

Master Guan was so frightened that he jumped back and looked around in circles.

But there was no one around him.

"Master Ye... Master Ye?" Master Guan tentatively called out softly into the air.

He suddenly remembered that Master Ye lived in the innermost courtyard, separated by several walls.

What kind of Taoist magic is this?

Transmitting sounds over a distance?

Master Guan's mouth slowly opened wide, his eyes filled with horror.

He knew that martial arts masters were powerful, and those with profound internal strength could release their true energy and injure people from a distance.

But like this, you can clearly transmit your words to someone's ears from hundreds of meters away, and they won't even notice a thing...

What kind of divine power is this!

Yesterday he thought Master Ye couldn't handle the Jiang family by himself, but now it seems he was really narrow-minded and ridiculous.

"Yes...yes, Master."

Master Guan composed himself, bowed respectfully towards Ye An's room, and explained the situation.

"I asked the security guard this morning, and there's been no word from the Jiang family. It seems they...are planning to renege on their debt."

After he finished speaking, he nervously awaited Ye An's thunderous wrath.

However, the voice rang out again after a moment, its tone unchanged, without the slightest fluctuation.

"understood."

"I'll handle it."

After saying this, the voice disappeared completely.

The courtyard returned to tranquility, as if everything that had just happened was merely Master Guan's illusion.

But Master Guan knew that it wasn't an illusion.

He stood there, stunned for a long time, and then let out a long breath.

He didn't know how Master Ye planned to "handle" the situation.

But he knew that the Jiang family in Shanghai was about to be in big trouble.

……

On the other side, in Yunzhou's most luxurious five-star hotel, the presidential suite.

Jiang Yu'er lay on the large bed, but she couldn't fall asleep.

The accompanying butler had already booked the earliest flight back to Shanghai, departing at 8:30.

She closed her eyes, but her mind was a jumbled mess, and she couldn't fall asleep.

Just as she was feeling agitated, Jiang Yu'er suddenly opened her eyes.

It was a strange feeling, as if someone had looked her up and down without any emotion, yet it made her skin tense all over.

As a martial artist, she was extremely sensitive to this kind of spying.

She sat up abruptly in bed, her gaze quickly scanning every corner of the room.

The curtains were drawn, the door was locked, and the room was quiet and there was nothing unusual.

Or is it just my imagination?

She frowned and was about to lie down when a figure appeared in the center of the room without warning.

Jiang Yu'er's pupils contracted instantly.

"You...it's you! How did you get here?"

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