Chapter 768: 10 minutes later, he regretted it very much; his face hurt and couldn’t compare to the second picture.
Jiang Ran’s spirit lifted, “Dad, Dad are you back from your fun trip?”
For so reason, every ti he saw Ying Zijin, he felt a great sense of security.
Ying Zijin glanced at him without a word.
But the aning was clear—
How co you’re not locked up yet?
Jiang Ran: “…”
Patriarch Fan was interrupted, which irritated him greatly.
He looked at the girl, and his face darkened, “And who might you be?”
Not only Patriarch Fan, but the Elders Council of the Ling Family was also seeing Ying Zijin formally for the first ti.
Portraits of Ying Zijin had long been intercepted by Fu Yunshen, and no clan had been able to secure one.
But her appearance was too remarkable.
The Great Elder gaped at her, and suddenly rumors of the past days sprung to mind.
The number one of the younger generation in the Ancient dical Field, Ying Zijin.
A high level of dical skills, and also good-looking.
In her presence, Xie Nian simply didn’t asure up.
Could it be…
“Mas… Miss Ying!” Foo Chen’s eyes lit up, “I’ve been at the Ling Family for nearly a day, and I have finally managed to wait for you.”
“Uh-huh,” Ying Zijin drawled, “Didn’t you co to sleep?”
Foo Chen: “…”
The Great Elder finally found his voice again.
He stepped forward with a grave look, “May I inquire if the young lady here is Miss Zijin?”
Ying Zijin looked up slightly, neither warm nor distant, “You’re too kind.”
The Great Elder was pleasantly surprised, “It really is Miss Ying, the Ling Family has failed to extend a proper welco.”
“It’s fine,” Ying Zijin said indifferently, “I didn’t co for the Ling Family, so no need for a welco.”
The Great Elder’s expression froze.
He could certainly discern the implication in Ying Zijin’s words.
Not for the Ling Family, but for Ling Zhonglou’s faction.
With Ying Zijin present, Ling Zhonglou’s position as the head of the family was unshakeable.
Patriarch Fan couldn’t believe it, “You? You are Ying Zijin?!”
Ever since Ying Zijin’s na reached the Ancient Martial World, many families had wanted to connect with her.
Of course, the Fan Family wanted to as well.
As long as they could establish a connection with Ying Zijin, would they even need to worry about not having access to Ancient dicine?
But how could the Ling Family know Ying Zijin, and even get her to arrange for soone from Ancient dicine to co help them?!
Patriarch Fan’s mind buzzed, and he could hardly stand steady.
“The affair between the Foo Family and the Heavenly dical Sect is none of the Fan Family’s business,” Ying Zijin turned her head, her gaze serene, “The Ling Family will have their Ancient dicine, but the Fan Family might not.”
Patriarch Fan stood there stiffly, blood rushing to his head.
In an instant, the emotion known as regret subrged his heart.
He could barely catch his breath.
Patriarch Fan opened his mouth to speak, “Miss Zijin, I didn’t an that, I…”
“No matter what you ant, you already ca here to pressure and coerce. Do you want to save face?” Jiang Ran gained confidence, “Soone, throw this old thing out!”
Now, the standing of Ling Zhonglou and Jiang Ran within the Ling Family was not like before.
The protectors didn’t wait for instructions from the Great Elder, they just grabbed Patriarch Fan and dragged him out forcefully.
The three Ancient dicine practitioners that Patriarch Fan had sent through his butler last ti had also returned to the Heavenly dical Sect.
They had no sentint towards the Fan Family, whom they considered just forr business partners.
In their hearts, Ying Zijin’s standing was naturally higher.
The Great Elder glanced at the girl’s silhouette, “How do you know Miss Ying? Why didn’t you ntion it sooner?”
“Huh?” Jiang Ran puzzled, “Didn’t I say my high school classmates are all very impressive? She’s one of them.”
The Great Elder was at a loss for words.
He had thought those high school classmates were just ordinary people from the Secular World.
How impressive could ordinary people be?
Now, just the fact that Jiang Ran had a connection with Ying Zijin was enough to shut up everyone in the Ling Family.
The Great Elder’s expression was complicated.
No one expected that the Ling Family would have a day like today.
**
Inside the room.
Ying Zijin hugged her pillow onto the bed and glanced at the man in front of the computer, “What are you doing?”
“I’ve booked the plane tickets for next month to O continent, the hotel is also arranged, and ah—” Fu Yunshen paused, “There’s a human-shaped pillow too, plus so delicious desserts.”
Ying Zijin raised an eyebrow, “Chief, spit it out. With all your thoughtfulness, what are you plotting?”
He had a plot indeed. Fu Yunshen walked over, propping one hand on the bed fra, his head lowered, “Accompany to the internal party of the Venus Group, how about that?”
The light reflected in his eyes, tinting them with a soft, warm tone.
Ying Zijin averted his gaze, “Sure, boyfriend.”
Fu Yunshen pinched her face, chuckling low, “My girl is really considerate.”
Just in ti—he didn’t want to mix with Ian and that bunch of single dogs.
At that mont, the phone rang.
Fu Yunshen glanced at it and picked up the computer, “Yaoyao, you rest. I’ll step out for a bit.”
Ying Zijin nodded, “Take care of yourself.”
Fu Yunshen walked out to the open-air garden behind the building before answering the phone, “Hello?”
It was the bartender on the other end.
“D, here’s the situation, there’s a bounty— a private one. It’s disseminated through the NOK forum and sent directly to the inbox, but only hunters ranked in the top fifty have received it,” the bartender lowered his voice, “So I heard about it from the Underworld, you taking it? The target is a six-year-old girl, one billion US dollars.”
“Are you sick?” Fu Yunshen paused before speaking, “Or is your brain broken?”
“Is there a difference? No, I’m serious,” the bartender almost fainted, “I know the bounties you take, the targets are always criminals, or the high-ranking mbers of the Pazzi Family with infamous reputations, there’s no psychological burden.”
“But this bounty’s also one billion US dollars, isn’t that worth half of you? Didn’t you say you wanted to buy candy for your family’s little kid?”
Fu Yunshen’s eyelashes lowered as he spoke indifferently, “One billion US dollars to kill a little girl, where’s the conscience?”
The bartender was left speechless.
True.
Killing a child, that’s just too cruel.
But one billion dollars, not everyone can remain unmoved by that.
According to what he knew, the number of hunters who had taken the bounty had already exceeded one hundred.
This number matched the bounty on Fu Yunshen from more than two years ago; it was a sky-high price.
Even for Devil, the number one assassin on the list, over a dozen hunters ranked in the top ten dared to accept the bounty, let alone this one.
The difficulty of hunting down the number one assassin Devil, compared to a little girl, everyone knew the latter was easier and the money ca faster.
No hunter cared about who the little girl was or whom she had offended.
They were just there to get paid for a job.
Fu Yunshen asked, “Who issued the bounty?”
“It’s an anonymous bounty, not clear, but the offer is substantial,” the bartender thought for a mont and ventured, “Looking at this cash-smashing montum, if it’s not Venus Corporation, it’s the Lorentz Family.”
“Aren’t you also considered high up in Venus Corporation? It could well be your company’s Executive Director wishing personal revenge, dropping a one billion dollar bounty.”
Fu Yunshen couldn’t be bothered to continue the nonsense, “Hanging up.”
He had plenty of free ti to be killing a little girl.
But the bartender’s words did remind him, he was quite curious to know who issued the bounty.
Fu Yunshen logged into Devil’s account on the NOK forum and, sure enough, found a private bounty in the inbox.
Besides the bounty amount, there was only a photo.
The photo was of a back view.
Other than the clothing, there were no other distinguishing features.
Isn’t this a wild goose chase?
Fu Yunshen’s brows twitched slightly.
However, there was a string of golden characters below the photo, a na.
Sinai·Leaangle
Fu Yunshen was silent for a few seconds before typing in a program.
Seconds later, a box popped up.
[Signal has disappeared.]
It wasn’t that he couldn’t decipher the IP address of the person sending the anonymous bounty; the IP address had already vanished.
Or it had been completely blocked.
There were similar thods in the Ancient Martial World, as it constitutes an independent space.
Such a place, if completely sealed off, would render even signal transmitters useless.
Fu Yunshen’s eyes grew deeper.
It seems that it was related to that mysterious place again.
Leaangle.
After morizing the na, he shut the computer.
**
The Fan Family.
Patriarch Fan, who had been shocked at the Ling Family’s residence and returned to his clan in disarray, couldn’t help but feel jittery.
For two days, he waited anxiously, but seeing that the Fan Family’s Ancient dicine practitioners hadn’t been disturbed and were still quietly stationed in the Fan hostead treating patients, his heart settled.
But this morning, before he had ti to react, all of the Fan Family’s Ancient dicine practitioners had bid farewell.
Not a single one remained.
The Patriarch Fan realized sothing was wrong and was about to rush to find the Elders Council.
Before he could take any action, an elder approached.
Raising his hand, he slapped Patriarch Fan’s face, “Fool!”
Patriarch Fan was knocked to the ground and spat out a mouthful of blood, his face pale, “Ancestor…”
It was over, even the reclusive ancestors of the Fan Family had been alerted by this incident!
“Before you made a move on the Ling Family, could you have not checked properly?” the elder scolded with disappointnt, “The Ling Family and Ying Zijin have good relations, such a big event and you all were unaware?”
The Patriarch Fan didn’t dare to lift his head, his voice trembling, “Ancestor, it’s not that we didn’t check, it’s just the young master of the Ling Family knew Ying Zijin in the Secular World, we simply couldn’t have predicted.”
Who would go out of their way to check on matters related to the Secular World?
“That’s no excuse!” the elder shouted angrily, “Now without Ancient dicine practitioners, what are we to do?”
Without Ancient dicine practitioners, the overall strength of an Ancient Martial Family was greatly reduced.
The other major clans were laughing at the Fan Family’s misfortunes.
Patriarch Fan trembled with fear, continuously kowtowing, “Ancestor, have rcy, have rcy!”
The Great Elder of the Fan Family walked in, also wearing a grim expression.
After pondering for a long ti, he said, “That Ying Zijin can’t possibly have the final say in the Ancient dical field.”
“Ancestor, how about this, we go to the Lin Family, offer a large sum to seek Miss Qingjia. With her connections in the Heavenly dical Sect, she will surely be able to help us recruit practitioners of Ancient dicine.”
Ying Zijin was just an Ancient dicine practitioner.
Lin Qingjia was proficient in both Ancient dicine and Ancient martial arts.
There was still a gap.
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