Ye Ling leaned back in the pilot's chair, smiling as he watched Sun Zheng and the female assistant, his eyes, however, held an icy glint.
He had just arrived and happened to see the female assistant turn the corpses of the two pilots into zombies.
Although he didn't yet know what had just happened, judging by the situation inside the plane, this matter was not simple.
Seeing a stranger suddenly appear in his plane, Sun Zheng's heart churned like a stormy sea. He stared at Ye Ling with a face full of horror and asked, "Who are you?"
An endless fear surged within Sun Zheng, and the female assistant also faced a formidable enemy, staring intently at Ye Ling, fully on guard!
After all, they were at an altitude of ten thousand meters, and inside a private jet!
Before the plane took off, Sun Zheng had personally inspected it, confirming that there was no one else on board!
Now, Ye Ling had appeared in the plane without a sound. Regardless of the method Ye Ling used, his formidable strength was undoubtedly evident!
"Who I am is not important; what's important is that you answer my questions."
Ye Ling glanced at the two zombies behind him, then said, "If you don't cooperate, I don't mind turning you two into this as well."
Hearing Ye Ling's words, Sun Zheng understood that he was here to cause trouble. He coldly retorted, "You have quite the nerve, brat!"
"I don't care how you got onto the plane. Since you're on my territory, even a dragon must coil up for me!"
"Yuan Lin, kill him!"
As Sun Zheng finished speaking, the female assistant beside him charged at Ye Ling without a word. Her palms turned dark green, infused with potent poison!
"Five Poisons Divine Palm!"
Yuan Lin cried out and rushed in front of Ye Ling, ruthlessly striking towards his chest.
Her Five Poisons Divine Palm was a secret Miao technique, cultivated by feeding venomous insects into her palms. Upon completion, it could liquify bone!
Below the seventh rank, anyone struck by her palm would die instantly!
Although Yuan Lin was a fifth-rank异士 (yi shi - extraordinary person/cultivator), the confined space of the plane was not conducive to movement and evasion.
Yuan Lin's attack held a significant advantage here!
Seeing Yuan Lin attack, Ye Ling did not dodge or evade, allowing her to strike his chest!
"Hit!"
Yuan Lin, seeing Ye Ling's overconfidence, was overjoyed, believing Ye Ling would turn into a bloody mess in the next moment!
But as she looked at Ye Ling with excitement, her pupils suddenly contracted!
Ye Ling was completely unharmed!
"How is this possible?"
Seeing that she hadn't even managed to dissolve Ye Ling's clothes, Yuan Lin exclaimed in disbelief. But before she could process the reality, she felt an immensely powerful aura surge from Ye Ling, slamming into her!
Bang!
Yuan Lin was sent flying by Ye Ling's aura. She brushed past Sun Zheng and crashed hard against the wall, several of her bones broken!
"Yuan Lin?"
Sun Zheng, seeing Yuan Lin so easily defeated by Ye Ling, was completely stunned. He stared at Ye Ling with a face full of terror, trembling.
While his strength was superior to Yuan Lin's, the difference wasn't that significant!
If Ye Ling could easily crush Yuan Lin, it meant he could easily crush him too!
"Alas... a mayfly trying to shake a tree, a mantis trying to stop a chariot." Ye Ling sighed and shook his head, then walked towards Sun Zheng step by step.
As Ye Ling approached, Sun Zheng's face contorted with fear. He stumbled backward, tripping over a shattered laptop on the floor, and fell onto his backside!
"You, you don't come any closer!"
Sun Zheng stared at Ye Ling, shouting in terror, "I am Medicine King Sun Zheng! The patriarch of the Sun family! If you kill me, neither the异士 (yi shi) circle nor any other society will tolerate you!"
"What a big mouth you have..."
Ye Ling chuckled as he looked at Sun Zheng, then reached out and grabbed his head, his demonic energy invading.
"You... Ahhhhhh!"
Sun Zheng's piercing screams echoed in the confined space. Yuan Lin, seeing Sun Zheng suffer, gritted her teeth, struggled to stand up from the ground, and once again lunged at Ye Ling.
"Let go of the patriarch!"
Unfortunately, Yuan Lin was seriously injured, and her attack was weak. Before she could even get close to Ye Ling, she tripped over something on the ground and fell heavily!
Intense pain coursed through her body, causing her to convulse violently!
Ye Ling glanced indifferently at Yuan Lin, ignoring her. After extracting all of Sun Zheng's memories, he quickly perused them.
"It's her?"
Noticing the masked woman in Sun Zheng's memories, Ye Ling's eyes narrowed slightly, clearly recognizing the Qingmu Venerable as the woman in green he had encountered at the abandoned factory earlier.
He had previously left a crow infused with demonic energy to follow the woman in green, intending to use her to locate Xiao You or the Red Dust Pavilion headquarters.
However, after leaving Dao City, the woman in green had remained in Shanghai on standby, doing nothing. His demonic crow had gained no leads, so he had set her aside.
He hadn't expected this woman in green to have a connection with the Sun family, and even to have Sun Zheng go to the Northern District instead of presiding over the auction at the Jin Feng Ji Hotel at this time...
"I remember last time this woman in green wanted Xia Minglan to further control the Heavenly Hidden Pavilion, but a few days later, the Heavenly Hidden Pavilion was annihilated, leaving no survivors..."
"Now, sending Sun Zheng to the Northern District, could it be to silence him as well?"
Ye Ling frowned. Although he speculated this, Sun Zheng's memories didn't reveal any secrets worth silencing him over.
"Never mind... Since the woman in green wants Sun Zheng to go to the Northern District to meet her, let this fellow go and see."
Ye Ling's original intention was not to kill Sun Zheng. Learning of the woman in green was an unexpected bonus.
Without hesitation, Ye Ling altered Sun Zheng's memories of Kong Xuhan's appearance, then erased the memories of what had just happened to Sun Zheng and Yuan Lin. After healing Yuan Lin's injuries, he then left the plane.
Sun Zheng regained his senses and found himself sitting on the ground, surrounded by numerous items he had smashed. He felt somewhat disoriented.
He had a feeling that something was missing, that something had changed about him, but he couldn't pinpoint the exact alteration.
Yuan Lin felt the same as Sun Zheng, but her professional demeanor prevented her from revealing her thoughts.
She composed herself and stepped forward, asking Sun Zheng again, "Patriarch, are we going to the Jin Feng Hotel, or to the Northern District?"
"What do you think?" Sun Zheng gave Yuan Lin another glare. "The Red Dust Pavilion is not something we can afford to offend. Let's go to the Northern District and see what schemes that bitch Qingmu is up to!"
"But the Jin Feng Hotel..."
"It's not important. We can postpone it for a while!"
"Yes."
As Sun Zheng's private jet landed in Shanghai, Sun Zheng and Yuan Lin refused the Jin Feng Hotel's car and headed towards the Northern District.
Unbeknownst to them, high above their heads, Ye Ling sat cross-legged on a cloud, calmly watching them navigate the city.
Ye Ling stared at Sun Zheng and Yuan Lin, his gaze distant, "Qingmu Venerable... Red Dust Pavilion... fighting on two fronts, what are you trying to do?"