Very soon, Ye Xuan dismissed the idea. The ones guarding the resource vault were definitely experts. Rather than heading there, he would be better off going to the dungeon.
Resources were good, but in Ye Xuan’s eyes, they were far less precious than his family. If that storyteller hadn’t lied to him, he could use this time gap to rescue his eldest uncle. He figured the dungeon guards wouldn’t be particularly strong. Since his eldest uncle’s cultivation base was already crippled, the Sun Family wouldn’t need to send experts to watch over him.
His eldest uncle was worth risking it all for. His mother’s most beloved eldest brother could not die!
With this in mind, Ye Xuan turned to Blood Princess and said, "Blood Princess, take Hua out first."
"Mr. Ye, what are you going to do?" Hua asked.
Ye Xuan answered straightforwardly, "I’m going to the dungeon to see if I can rescue my eldest uncle. Almost all the Sun Family’s experts are in the Secret Realm. This is a golden opportunity."
"Mr. Ye, do you know where the dungeon is?"
"No, but I’ll find out by grabbing someone and asking later. This is an opportunity, and I don’t want to waste it."
"Mr. Ye..."
Ye Xuan was about to say something more when a shocked shout interrupted them. "What a heavy evil aura! Who dares to trespass into the Sun family? Do you think I don’t exist? You’re courting death!"
The voice thundered, echoing all around them. A powerful aura erupted in the distance, rapidly closing in on their location.
Ye Xuan frowned. His luck was rather poor—there happened to be an Earth Spirit Realm expert nearby.
"Let’s go!" Ye Xuan instantly abandoned the thought of rescuing his eldest uncle.
Blood Princess grabbed him and Hua, once again executing her Instant Movement technique to flee quickly.
"Hmm? They escaped? So fast!" The old man was utterly astonished.
He could clearly feel the evil aura disappear. This meant the other party was too far away, already beyond his perception range.
He wondered, "Did they appear dozens or even hundreds of meters away in a single thought? Who possesses such strength? Could it be a remnant of the Gongsun Family?"
...
Blood Princess sped forward. Although her speed was incredible, the evil aura radiating from her body drew a lot of unwanted attention. Every time she appeared in a new spot, she attracted the patrolling Golden Armor Guards.
"There’s an evil aura! Who’s there?"
"Over there!"
The entire Sun family had descended into chaos. Fortunately, within the courtyards, Blood Princess’s Instant Movement was practically invincible. One moment she was in one courtyard, and the next, she would vanish to another.
Very soon, Blood Princess escaped from the Sun family estate.
"Blood Princess, I’ll recall you first," Ye Xuan said.
"Wait, Master, I want to take another sip of blood. I’m so tired," she pleaded.
"Alright. Come on."
Blood Princess took a massive gulp of his blood before reluctantly pulling her mouth away. She handed Ye Xuan a bundle and said, "Master, the Beast Pills are all inside. Also, you promised me that you’d let me out in the Beast Vehicle once we’re out of the city. I still find the outside air fresher."
"No problem."
Ye Xuan recalled Blood Princess and quickly departed.
Half an hour later.
Hua drove the Beast Vehicle, carrying Ye Xuan out of Hero City.
After leaving Hero City, Ye Xuan set fire to the clothes embroidered with a pig, burning them to ashes. He then changed back into his Golden Dragon Race Uniform.
"Mr. Ye, has your identity been exposed? Is the Ye Family in danger?" Hua’s voice suddenly drifted over.
"My identity shouldn’t be exposed. They tried to catch me purely because they suspected I took the Blue Spirit Fruit. Even if they issue a wanted poster for us, they won’t know which town we’re from. Among the Three-Star Main Towns, there isn’t a single one with a pig as a totem. Alright, focus on driving. I want to see if Blood Princess has brought me any surprises over the past two days."
Ye Xuan began to inspect the Qiankun Bag Blood Princess had given him. Inside the Qiankun Bag, there were only Beast Pills.
Six level-five, rank-eight Beast Pills.
One level-five, rank-nine Beast Pill.
"To think there’s only one rank-nine Beast Pill." Ye Xuan furrowed his brows. Getting six rank-eight Beast Pills was within his expectations, but why was there only a single rank-nine Beast Pill?
In his mind, there should have been at least two or three. This meant that the number of level-five, rank-nine Beasts in the two-star Secret Realm was even lower than he had imagined. There were probably only ten or twenty of them in total. Considering that not every Beast formed a Beast Pill, it actually made sense that he had only obtained one if his luck was a bit poor.
"Forget it, I should just consolidate my cultivation."
Ye Xuan shook his head and began to consolidate his cultivation base. Before doing so, he kept his promise and let Blood Princess out.
Meanwhile, inside the Secret Realm.
The Sun Family’s Elders had finally arrived at the entrance. Sun Zhenwu and the others were covered in sweat.
He glanced at the entrance and muttered softly, "They shouldn’t have come out yet, right?"
"They shouldn’t have," an Elder replied. "Their speed is definitely not as fast as ours. They must still be behind us. I’m just worried that if they find out we’ve blocked the exit, what if they hide in the Secret Realm and refuse to come out? The Secret Realm is so large; finding them will be quite difficult."
"You have a point, but you might be wrong about one thing. Their speed isn’t necessarily slower than ours, especially that blood-haired woman. Two Commanders died by her blade; her speed is absolutely not slow," Sun Zhenwu countered.
"City Lord, are you saying it’s possible they’ve already left?"
"Although the probability isn’t high, it’s not impossible. Let’s do this: ask around the perimeter and see if anyone has spotted them."
"Understood."
The Golden Armor Guards went to nearby areas to gather information. Before long, a Golden Armor Guard returned, leading a middle-aged man.
The middle-aged man leaned on a crutch. Not only was he missing a leg, but his chest was also wrapped in bandages. He seemed to have sustained severe injuries.
"City Lord, this man says he saw someone open the Teleportation Array and leave."
"Oh?" Sun Zhenwu looked at the middle-aged man and asked in surprise, "Did you really see it?"
The middle-aged man nodded. "Reporting to the City Lord, I accidentally got injured while hunting Beasts, so I returned to the entrance to wait for the Teleportation Array to open. While waiting, I did indeed see three people—one man and two women. One of the women had blood-red hair, making her very easy to recognize.
"After they arrived, they directly activated the Array. I even thought they were esteemed lords of the Sun Family."
Hearing the middle-aged man’s words, the expressions of Sun Zhenwu and the Sun Family’s Elders turned exceptionally ugly.
Sun Zhenwu continued to ask, "Roughly when was this?"
"I’m afraid it’s been several hours."
"What!"
The Sun Family’s experts thought their speed had been incredibly fast. They never expected the Gongsun Family’s people to have arrived long before them.
Was that blood-haired woman’s speed really that fast? Could her cultivation base be even stronger than theirs?
But that was impossible! If her cultivation base was that strong, she wouldn’t have chosen to run away at all.
"City Lord, what should we do now?"
"Investigate! Immediately investigate those two people from the Three-Star Main Town! To think they actually know the remnants of the Gongsun Family. We must uncover their identities."
"Yes, sir!"
That day, the Sun Family launched a massive investigation into Ye Xuan.
The Sun Family’s efficiency was indeed very high. Just one day later, someone reported back to Sun Zhenwu.
"City Lord, we’ve investigated everything, but among the Three-Star Main Towns, absolutely no one uses a pig as their totem!"
"No one?" Sun Zhenwu furrowed his brows.
If no one used a pig totem, it could only mean one thing: those two people had hidden their true identities. But how were they connected to the Gongsun Family? Why would the woman from the Gongsun Family save them? Was it true that the enemy of an enemy was a friend?
"Investigate! Keep investigating for me!"
"City Lord, how are we supposed to investigate this? We’ve completely lost the trail..."