Zheng Yushan and his men never found an opportunity and finally left in frustration.
Little did they know, they had struck it rich with luck. If they had attacked now, they would have perished without a burial ground.
Qin Yexuan watched them leave, patted the weeping Mingyue, and said, "Don't cry. I know the situation. Where are Bingyan and the others?"
"Sister Bingyan has a high fever and is lying in the hotel. I gave her a few doses of medicine, but she just refused to go to the hospital," Su Mingyue said with a worried expression. "Sister Ning Shuang rushed over under the pretense of handling a case, and is currently handing over work at the Chu Du police department."
Qin Yexuan interrupted her, "Yu Luo's exam is coming up soon. She didn't come too, did she?"
"Who can stop that little girl? You know, she's closest to Xue Qing. Now that Ning Shuang's whereabouts are unknown and she's been missing for so long, Yu Luo is anxious."
Su Mingyue hesitated and whispered, "We've pooled ten million to grease some palms. Sister Bingyan sold the company, and our small building is mortgaged..."
Ten million in cash was an astronomical sum for the Su sisters.
For Xue Qing, they had scraped together this money desperately.
It was likely that Ning Shuang and Mingyue had also given all their private savings.
Qin Yexuan immediately shook his head, "I have money."
Su Mingyue held his hand, "I know Brother-in-law, you have an extraordinary status, but this is when we sisters must step up. We were all adopted and have no blood ties, so we must be even more united at this time."
Qin Yexuan understood her meaning.
Even if he offered money, these sisters would not be willing to use it.
Although they were all vice chairpersons of Tianyi Group, with actual net worth in the hundreds of millions.
But the situation was unclear. Tianyi Group was stranded on the island, and its resources could not be easily accessed.
Once the Su sisters stepped into the spotlight, all their enemies would swarm them.
Therefore, the situation was becoming increasingly perilous.
"Let's go to the hotel."
...
At this moment, in a secluded alley outside the hotel, two members of the Night Demon organization had just fallen!
They were ordered to protect the Su sisters and were top operatives under Qin Yexuan.
But they were killed on the spot by a woman in a black hooded cloak, dying tragically.
Long Dijun and Huang Tianji appeared and, in shock, prostrated themselves before the woman.
The woman in the black cloak let out a captivating laugh, "Long Dijun, look closely. Are my skills still acceptable?"
Long Dijun and the others were utterly shaken. They couldn't comprehend the power the woman in the black cloak displayed.
"Palace Mistress, you are indeed invincible!"
"Tch, your flattery is boring. What a bunch of idiots."
Long Dijun and Huang Tianji stood up, feeling a bit embarrassed, but more surprised, "Palace Mistress, can you directly eliminate Qin Yexuan?"
"Shut up!" the black-clothed Palace Mistress said in annoyance, "What is Qin Yexuan's cultivation level? He has already formed a Golden Core, do you understand?"
Ah!
Long Dijun and Huang Tianji's scalps tingled. "Refining Essence to Vitality, Refining Vitality to Spirit... then Refining Dao to Origin to form a Golden Core. Isn't Qin Yexuan about to shatter the void and ascend to immortality?"
The black-clothed Palace Mistress snorted, "It is said that he could shatter the void in one step, but he forcefully restrained himself and retreated, maintaining only the Golden Core cultivation."
Long Dijun and Huang Tianji found it utterly unbelievable.
Who could resist the temptation of immortality?
The black-clothed Palace Mistress reprimanded them fiercely, "Stop spacing out. Our plan has just begun. As long as you listen to me, have a certain woman seduce Qin Yexuan and force him into dual cultivation, then my poison can break his Golden Core!"
Long Dijun and Huang Tianji smiled obsequiously, "We are ready. Su Xueqing and Shen Bingmei are both under control. Either one will do..."
The black-clothed Palace Mistress sneered, "The one who can successfully seduce Qin Yexuan was Su Qing before. Now, it's not Su Xueqing as you think, nor is it Shen Bingmei."
Long Dijun and Huang Tianji both frowned, "But our intelligence is very clear. Shen Bingmei is the first person to have had physical contact with Qin Yexuan in all these years."
"Idiot!" the woman sneered coldly, "It was just mutual comfort. Qin Yexuan couldn't bear to see Shen Bingmei upset, so he played around. He never had any real feelings for her. My poison only works if there are genuine emotions."
Long Dijun mused, "Then Palace Mistress, who do you think has the highest chance of seducing Qin Yexuan?"
The black-clothed Palace Mistress let out a charming laugh again, "I've been observing the Su sisters since I was in Xiangjiang. After my initial failed attempt to trap Qin Yexuan, I delved deep into Jiangcheng and observed for so long. There's only one conclusion: Su Bingyan!"
Ah?
The most sensible elder sister among the Su family?
Huang Tianji was somewhat skeptical, "Qin Yexuan and Su Bingyan respect each other the most. They not only respect each other but have treated each other courteously for so many years. They've never even had intimate contact. How is this possible!"
The black-clothed Palace Mistress sneered, "I ask you, what did the woman who made Qin Yexuan so lost that he still can't get over her, Su Qing, look like?"
This...
Huang Tianji stroked his beard, "To be honest, she was rather ordinary, not even as pretty as Shen Bingmei."
"Far from it!" the black-clothed Palace Mistress said mysteriously, "Then why was Qin Yexuan so infatuated with Su Qing?"
"Palace Mistress means?"
"That's why you don't understand. It was a spiritual love, a fated attraction. Su Qing was older and ordinary in appearance, yet Qin Yexuan loved her to death. This has a lot to do with reincarnation. To put it plainly, Qin Yexuan recognized Su Qing as the reincarnation of the woman in his heart!"
These words left Long Dijun and the others completely bewildered.
"Wait, what reincarnation? Whose reincarnation? And the woman in Qin Yexuan's heart?"
"All of you, shut up. You wouldn't understand even if I explained. You simply don't know Qin Yexuan's true identity, and I've only managed to grasp a sliver of a clue."
She refused to explain further. Her fair fingers extended from beneath her cloak, her blood-red nails like crescent moons.
Then, a ball of dark energy shot out from her red fingernails.
The dark aura began to solidify, finally transforming into a snake-like shape.
The small snake, with its pink scales, was purely formed from energy, yet it twisted and slithered up the outer wall of the hotel.
It crawled along the wall and entered a certain room.
Inside the room, Su Bingyan was burning with fever, bedridden.
The snake writhed, coiled, then transformed into dark energy and forcefully plunged into Su Bingyan's body...
"The major task is accomplished!"
Beneath the black cloak, the Palace Mistress's eyes shone brilliantly like spring water, yet they were as venomous as a devil's.
"Even if Qin Yexuan sees through this scheme, he will have to fall into it!"
Long Dijun and Huang Tianji rubbed their hands together, "May I ask what poison the Palace Mistress used?"
"Tianji Duanxin San!"
The black-clothed Palace Mistress let out a shrill laugh. "If Qin Yexuan wants to save Su Bingyan, there's only one way: dual cultivation, exchanging his life force! With his Golden Core power!"
"This way, Su Bingyan can live, and he can enjoy heavenly bliss. But the result will be his Golden Core being broken, and him becoming a mortal!"
The wind and rain grew fiercer.
Qin Yexuan and Su Mingyue entered the hotel.
His heart suddenly trembled, feeling an overwhelming weariness and weakness...
Something's wrong. What is this malevolent energy?
It's coming from above?
Qin Yexuan looked up in shock and saw the top of the hotel lobby, where sixty-four crystal chandeliers formed a malevolent formation!
How powerful.
Using the entire hotel as its pattern, this demonic sect's "Sixty-four Heavenly Rakshasa Extermination Array"!
He clutched his chest. At this moment, a strange power within him suddenly awakened, stirring restlessly!