Lingxiao Hall.
At the crack of dawn, several outer sect handyman disciples were up early doing chores.
Those with barely sufficient talent to enter Lingxiao Hall but not yet qualified to be official disciples usually started as handymen.
In other smaller factions, they would have been capable of holding important positions.
At the very least, they could have been hall masters, or even sect leaders.
But a person must have ambition, shouldn't they?
Before long, they were cleaning the hall where the life tokens of outer sect disciples were stored.
"Third, what are you spacing out about?" their group leader chided with a laugh. "Get to work. Sooner or later, our names will appear here too. If you're caught slacking off now, you're finished."
"No... it's just..." Third mumbled dazedly. "It... it's broken..."
Because the hall was vast, they each usually took responsibility for a section.
"What do you mean broken or not broken?" The group leader grumbled as he walked over. "I think you're just bored out of your mind."
However, as he got closer, his entire head buzzed!
Broken!
Several disciples' life tokens were shattered!
A broken life token meant death?
Damn it!
Something big had happened!
Fifteen minutes later.
The residence of Long Taoyi, the Outer Sect Deacon Elder of Lingxiao Hall.
"To dare oppose Lingxiao Hall, Ye Fan truly has immense courage!"
Long Taoyi gritted his teeth so hard they nearly shattered!
These disciples were the ones he had sent to find Ye Fan earlier.
Clearly, they were now dead!
"I shall see for myself who this Ye Fan truly is!"
Long Taoyi stood up and walked towards the door.
This time, he decided to go himself!
Being able to kill outer sect disciples of Lingxiao Hall meant that Ye Fan was no longer someone ordinary outer sect disciples could handle.
In that case, bringing more people would be meaningless.
Although he was merely an Outer Sect Deacon Elder, it didn't mean his cultivation was weak.
On the contrary, his strength ranked among the top inner sect elders.
If he hadn't made a mistake years ago, he would probably have been promoted to a core inner sect elder by now!
On the other side.
After breakfast, Shanjie and Xiangjiaojun went out.
This time, in addition to the two of them, the Hongying sisters were also present.
Each sister held Xiangjiaojun's arm, leaning against him on either side.
They would occasionally look up at Xiangjiaojun, their faces filled with sweetness.
Only their gait was a bit awkward, looking less than agile...
"Don't be like this, so many people are watching..."
Xiangjiaojun's face turned red...
"Mm," the sisters replied, but they showed no signs of letting go.
"Hello, eldest sister-in-law! Hello, second sister-in-law!" Shanjie, never one to shy away from stirring up trouble, immediately shouted.
"It's a pity, though." Shanjie then sighed. "Looks like no one will accompany me to the brothel anymore..."
Unfortunately, none of the three paid him any attention.
Xiangjiaojun found it too embarrassing.
The sisters...
At this moment, their eyes were only on Xiangjiaojun, and Shanjie had been automatically filtered out by them...
They weren't going out for anything special today, just shopping and having fun.
Originally, Xiangjiaojun wanted the sisters to rest more, but they said they were fine and wanted to get some fresh air.
It was a pity that Xiangjiaojun was not very skilled at shopping.
He walked like a puppet, letting the sisters direct him.
When the sisters fancied a piece of clothing, they asked Xiangjiaojun if it looked good.
Xiangjiaojun's answer was that it looked good.
When they picked out hairpins or jewelry, the answer was still that it looked good.
Not an extra word of critique.
...
Conversely, Shanjie offered a lot of opinions, babbling non-stop.
He spoke with great conviction, acting as if the sisters were his wives.
...
Around ten o'clock in the morning.
As the four of them exited a shop, they saw an old Daoist priest approaching.
The old Daoist priest's aura instantly locked onto the four, and his true qi began to surge.
Shanjie had good eyesight and immediately spotted the pattern embroidered on the old Daoist priest's chest.
It was exactly the same as the pattern on the chests of those people yesterday!
The implication was very clear.
"You guys move aside a bit." Xiangjiaojun immediately shielded the sisters behind him.
Books said men should protect their wives.
After what happened yesterday, he considered the sisters his wives.
As for why Xiangjiaojun thought so...
That was also from the books...
"Brother Jiao, you worked hard last night." Shanjie stepped forward, his eyes fixed on Long Taoyi. "Leave this trivial matter to me!"
"Alright."
Xiangjiaojun nodded and pulled the sisters to the side.
After all, the old Daoist priest's cultivation was not that great, and Shanjie had no difficulty dealing with him.
The cultivators in Geshan City had very keen intuition.
It was clear that there was drama to be witnessed.
The surrounding people immediately retreated a certain distance, entering watching-the-show mode.
Long Taoyi narrowed his eyes.
He had seen the recording from Duanbeishan's blue ball and recognized these people as Ye Fan's companions.
"So it's you," Long Taoyi said in a deep voice. "Where is Ye Fan now..."
"Whoosh—!"
"Bang—!"
When Long Taoyi came to his senses, he found himself already face down on the ground...
At this moment, Long Taoyi's mind was filled with questions...
Who am I?
Where am I?
What happened?
...
The onlookers were also dumbfounded.
What?
I've already taken off my pants, and you show me this?
And I didn't even see anything clearly!
They didn't see what happened, and the old Daoist priest was already on the ground.
Then he was carried away by that bald guy.
Pah!
Wasted emotions!
Useless trash!
For the next while, Long Taoyi continued to be bewildered.
He finally realized that he had been defeated.
And he had been taken down without any chance to react.
It was clear that the opponent's strength was far superior to his own.
If that bald guy had intended to kill him earlier, he would definitely be dead by now.
He had initially thought that since the bald guy was only at the Nascent Soul stage, he was here to bully the weak.
Who would have thought he was actually a big shot...
Are you big shots all mentally unbalanced?
Why pretend to be a weakling?
Inside the small courtyard.
Long Taoyi stood in place.
Shanjie and Xiangjiaojun, two muscular brothers, flanked him on either side.
Opposite them were Ye Fan and the Little Demoness, their expressions equally unfriendly.
Long Taoyi felt the atmosphere was a bit oppressive, and his legs seemed to feel a little weak...
Ye Fan glanced at Long Taoyi.
As expected, they had come looking for him.
This was so predictable.
"Big Brother," Shanjie said, trying to claim credit, "I left one alive this time."
"Tell me," Ye Fan said calmly.
"I... my name is Long Taoyi, I am 2400 years old, and I live at..."
"Bang!"
"Who the hell wants to hear this nonsense?!" Shanjie immediately hit Long Taoyi on the head. "Tell us about your sect!"
"Oh, alright, alright..." Long Taoyi trembled. "I am an Outer Sect Deacon Elder of Lingxiao Hall, Lingxiao Hall..."
He stammered for several minutes before he managed to explain the situation.
For example, what was their relationship with Duanbeishan, and how Duanbeishan had approached them later.
Ye Fan's mouth twitched as he listened.
Lingxiao Hall?
Quite ambitious, aren't they?
Aren't they afraid that the one in charge will slam his desk and summon the Jade Emperor, or rather, the Great Sage Equalling Heaven?
Of course, Ye Fan was just thinking about it.
He had transmigrated 99 times before.
Putting aside the worlds with Western fantasy settings, in the Eastern fantasy worlds, there were no familiar existences like Sun Wukong, Erlang Shen, or the Jade Emperor in the immortal realm.
This hundredth world was probably also strange.
He hadn't encountered any such records in the books he had read, nor had anyone around him mentioned or worshipped them.
Most likely, they didn't exist.
"Big Brother, what should we do?" Shanjie asked, his face filled with eagerness.
"What else can we do?" Ye Fan stood up abruptly and said matter-of-factly, "They've already attacked us, so of course we're going to go beat them up!"