"Go to the bedroom on that side and prepare to control the security guard. No, don't control him, just shoot him while he's asleep! Less trouble."
"I'll go to the other bedroom and control Min Ziqiong and her daughter."
"After you deal with the security guard, stand guard at the gate and watch out. If anything unexpected happens, call for a warning immediately."
"We've come this far, there's no turning back. Remember, no womanly sentimentality!"
A Baojie representative instructed another.
The other representative drew his pistol, cocked it, and a sinister smile played on his lips, "Understood! Succeed or die! Let's go!"
The two immediately separated according to their assignments and crept towards the bedrooms of Ying Chen and Min Ziqiong respectively.
Meanwhile, Min Ziqiong's parents were still outside the villa, worried.
At their age, they couldn't possibly climb over walls.
And they couldn't knock on the door.
Were they destined to be blocked outside the villa, watching Min Ziqiong and her daughter be harmed?
"Right! The backyard!"
"There's a crooked-neck tree in the backyard, we can climb over it!"
Min Ziqiong's father suddenly thought of this.
So the two quickly went to the backyard.
Indeed, they saw the crooked-neck tree.
Because of its peculiar shape, coiled like a dragon, and its location at the back-left of the villa, it was called "Qing Long Zuo An, Jia Cai Wan Guan" in feng shui, meaning "Green Dragon Seated at the Desk, Wealth Beyond Measure."
Therefore, the villa was built without cutting it down, and it was left standing.
Now, it coincidentally served as a ladder for Min Ziqiong's parents to enter the villa.
Thump!
Thump!
Even with the crooked-neck tree's help, Min Ziqiong's parents had to exert considerable effort to climb over into the yard.
As soon as they landed, they sensed that something was amiss in the backyard.
"Old woman, do you feel it? The backyard seems a bit different! The air here feels... exceptionally fresh! Taking a breath feels incredibly refreshing!"
"Yes, I feel the same. Is it because we're closer to the sea?"
"Who knows! It doesn't matter, we don't have time for this now. Saving Xiao Qiong and her daughter is more important!"
Min Ziqiong's parents didn't think much of it and tiptoed towards the front yard.
However, to their surprise, the door leading to the front yard was right in front of them, yet they couldn't walk through it!
It was as if the door was a mirage, visible but intangible!
"What's going on?"
"How can this be? Old man, have we really encountered something supernatural! I heard that 'ghostly wall' works like this. If you can't break through, you'll just go in circles within a certain area forever, until you die!" Min Ziqiong's mother exclaimed in terror.
"There aren't that many ghosts! It must be that we've been too frightened tonight, combined with the escape all the way here, and are exhausted both physically and mentally, causing hallucinations! Don't panic, we'll try a few more times and find the real door." Min Ziqiong's father analyzed.
So the two, like headless flies, wandered aimlessly around the backyard.
As they wandered, they suddenly realized something was wrong.
The ground beneath their feet seemed to be moving!
And a large amount of Yin energy seeped out from the ground, obscuring their vision completely!
In front of them, a huge mound of earth rose, gradually increasing in height, as if something was about to emerge from within!
"Old man, it's a ghost, a ghost is coming out!" Min Ziqiong's mother pointed at the mound and shrieked.
Min Ziqiong's father, however, appeared fearless and stepped forward, "What ghost? Watch me stomp it to death!"
But as soon as Min Ziqiong's father raised his foot, a giant bone snake emerged from the ground and leaped up!
Its mountain-sized head hung in the air, its deep and hollow eyes fixed on Min Ziqiong's father.
Terrified, Min Ziqiong's father plopped down onto the ground!
His previous heroic demeanor was gone.
After staring at Min Ziqiong's father for a moment, the bone snake opened its mouth, dipped its entire body, and lunged to devour him!
At this moment, Ying Chen, lying on the bed, frowned.
"Two people in the front yard, two people in the back yard. So it's a group operation."
"However, the backyard is protected by the Du Tian Qi Lu Great Array. Fortunately, the intruders are just mortals, not cultivators. Otherwise, the array would have been triggered the moment they entered, and they would have been reduced to dust."
"But even mortals cannot escape the great array. Sooner or later, they will awaken the bone snake guarding it."
"In the end, death is inevitable."
"Hmm? The bone snake has been alerted?"
Ying Chen sensed the awakening of the bone snake immediately!
He had intended to take the opportunity to get rid of Min Ziqiong's parents, these two hidden dangers.
After all, these two were like toads clinging to one's feet, annoying though not biting.
But then he thought, the backyard was Nannan's cultivation place. If Nannan found her grandparents dead in the backyard the next day, wouldn't that have a huge impact on her young heart?
"Forget it, you two should thank Nannan for saving your lives!"
Ying Chen thought leisurely, then waved his hand.
The bone snake, which was about to devour Min Ziqiong's father, suddenly froze.
Then, after giving Min Ziqiong's father and mother a deep look, it shook its head and tail, and burrowed back into the ground!
Min Ziqiong's parents collapsed on the ground, their bodies drenched in cold sweat.
They didn't even have the strength to speak and only recovered after a long while.
"Old... old man... What now?"
"No... don't be afraid! It was... a hallucination! Didn't you see I was... fine? Let's rest a bit and continue!" Min Ziqiong's father, however, remained stubborn.
It was likely that even if he were eaten by the bone snake, a piece of him would still be indigestible. That piece would be his mouth.
And Ying Chen, who had spared their lives, narrowed his eyes and saw the Baojie representative heading straight for his bedroom.
"I didn't expect Min Ziqiong's parents to be so smart this time, a group operation with clear division of labor. Someone searches the backyard, someone searches the front yard." Ying Chen thought to himself.
At this moment, the Baojie representative had reached the door.
The Baojie representative first peeked through the door crack to confirm that Ying Chen was asleep.
Then, he cautiously pushed the door open and slowly entered.
After entering, he stood by Ying Chen's bedside, his eyes filled with malice, "Brother, I'm sorry! We have no grievances or enmity, and I don't want to kill you. But who told you to be so young and not ambitious, insisting on coming here to be a security guard!"
"Die!"
With that, the Baojie representative aimed at Ying Chen's head and pulled the trigger.
Sparks flew, cotton filled the air, and the piercing sound of gunfire echoed repeatedly in the bedroom.
Yet, there was no scene of brains splattering as the Baojie representative had imagined!
The Baojie representative was stunned.
He didn't understand what had happened. Had he missed his shot just now?
Just as he was preparing to shoot again, he heard a voice from behind him.
"What's wrong with being a security guard? Others become security guards at sixty, I become one at twenty. I'm winning at the starting line, I've saved forty years of detours compared to others!"