Heaven-Dominating Martial Emperor

"What a racket!"

"I'm speaking with your master. When did it become the place of you lackeys to interrupt?"

Xu Zhi spoke nonchalantly, his gaze finally falling on the ashen-faced Liu Yuchan. As if nothing had happened, he smiled and said, "You must be the Liu family's young master, correct?"

"I've come to the Liu family because I have a favor to ask."

"A favor to ask?"

The expressions on Liu Yuchan and the other powerful members of the Liu family turned grim.

The man claimed he was asking for a favor, but his attitude didn't remotely resemble that of someone in need of help!!!

"I hear the Liu family has a map of the Dragon Prison Cave?"

"Could I borrow it for a look? I'll return it to the Liu family afterward."

Xu Zhi stood with his hands clasped behind his back, his tone utterly indifferent.

But as his words fell, the faces of Liu Yuchan and the others were instantly filled with horror.

Even Ye Chen, standing off to the side, was startled.

The fact that the Liu family possessed the map to the Dragon Prison Cave had to be a closely guarded secret.

No one outside of the Liu family's leadership should have known about it!

'But why would the Xu family, all the way from Yuan Province, have gotten this information?'

"Brother, what's happening?"

Liu Yanran's small hands clenched tightly, her expression tense.

"It's a mole!"

"The mole has made his move! And he's most likely a high-ranking member of our family!"

Liu Yuchan reacted in a flash. He drew a sharp, cold breath, instantly understanding the situation.

Ye Chen's eyes narrowed.

'Liu Yuchan is right.'

'It's the only explanation. The Xu family from Yuan Province must have heard about this from the mole inside the Liu family!'

'The mole must have known that his plot to poison the Patriarch was about to be exposed. He had to resort to this desperate tactic to create chaos for the Liu family!'

'He might even be trying to use the Xu family to get rid of me!'

'After all, I'm the only one who can save the Patriarch, and I happen to have the map.'

'It seems this mole in the Liu family holds a pretty high position.'

Liu Yuchan turned his head, his bloodshot eyes sweeping over the powerful members of the Liu family again and again.

"Who is it?"

"Who leaked this information?"

Seeing his reaction, Xu Zhi laughed.

"It seems the rumors are true."

"So the Liu family really does have a map of the Dragon Prison Cave."

"But I suppose that's to be expected. After all, you're just local bumpkins from Lei Province. It's not surprising you'd stumble upon a Dragon Prison Cave map by sheer luck."

"However, something like this isn't for local bumpkins like you to possess. Best to hand it over obediently."

At these words, Liu Yuchan clenched his fists tightly.

'I already gave the map to Ye Chen.'

'Am I supposed to force Ye Chen to hand it back over at a time like this?'

'Setting aside whether Ye Chen would even agree, if I did that, it would mean completely severing our ties.'

'And in the future, who would be left to treat the Patriarch's illness?'

"Why aren't you talking?"

"Cat got your tongue?"

Seeing that everyone from the Liu family remained silent, Xu Zhi frowned. He looked at Liu Yuchan and said indifferently, "Young Master Liu, playing mute is not going to do your family any good."

"I figured as much. You wouldn't hand over a treasure like this so easily. It seems we can't resolve this peacefully, after all."

"Alright then. Let's see just how long you can keep silent."

His gaze suddenly fell upon the petite figure behind Liu Yuchan.

"Elder Tiger, go and grab that girl for me."

Xu Zhi pointed at Liu Yanran, who was standing beside Liu Yuchan.

Terror immediately filled Liu Yanran's little face.

Liu Yuchan's expression changed drastically. He quickly pulled Liu Yanran behind him. "What do you think you're doing?"

"Young Master Xu, please don't be reckless!"

Several of the Liu family's experts stepped forward at once, positioning themselves in front of Liu Yuchan.

However, the few Liu family Elders present watched this unfold without making a single move.

"You think a few worthless grunts like you can stop me?"

Elder Tiger took a single step forward, his aura surging as a heaven-shaking pressure erupted from him!

The entire Liu family residence began to tremble!

"What?"

"This is... a Primordial Mansion Realm Cultivator?!"

The faces of all the Liu family experts drained of color.

'Is the Xu family from Yuan Province really this terrifying?'

'A random bodyguard of theirs is a master of the Primordial Mansion Realm!'

In Lei Province, a Primordial Mansion Realm existence was an ancestor-level expert, the pillar of a major family.

BOOM!

Elder Tiger hadn't even made a move. Merely by relying on his oppressive aura, he had caused the Liu family experts' faces to turn deathly pale, rendering them immobile.

Although he was only at the First Layer of the Primordial Mansion Realm,

but Cultivators below this realm had absolutely no power to resist a true Primordial Mansion Realm expert!

"Little girl, come back with me obediently!"

Elder Tiger snorted coldly. A single shockwave of sound sent the Liu family experts staggering back, coughing up blood.

He appeared before Liu Yanran in a single step, his expression frigid as his large hand shot out to grab her.

Liu Yanran trembled all over, her face so pale with fear that she couldn't even speak.

Liu Yuchan held Liu Yanran tightly behind him, his expression growing impossibly grim.

'Faced with the brazen attack of a Primordial Mansion Realm Cultivator, they were completely powerless to resist.'

'Unless... unless the Patriarch recovers!'

Just as this thought flashed through Liu Yuchan's mind,

an equally terrifying aura—also at the Primordial Mansion Realm—suddenly swept out from the depths of the estate, intercepting Elder Tiger!

Elder Tiger froze, exclaiming in surprise, "Hm? I never expected a barren place like this to actually have a Cultivator at my level."

'Throughout their entire journey across Lei Province, the Xu family hadn't encountered a single Primordial Mansion Realm Cultivator!'

'The Spirit Sea Realm was already considered the peak of power in Lei Province!'

An elderly figure strode out from the depths of the estate. A powerful aura pulsed from his body as he walked on air, his presence awe-inspiring!

"Pa... Patriarch?!"

Liu Yuchan and the others stared wide-eyed, their faces masks of utter disbelief.

No one had expected that the Liu family's Patriarch, Liu Tianxin, who had been bedridden with a grave illness, could actually be out of bed!

Moreover, he had just repelled the attack of a Primordial Mansion Realm Cultivator!

"The Xu family of Yuan Province is famous and powerful. But for you to come and bully a small family like mine today... is that not beneath your station?"

Liu Tianxin came to stand before his family members, his expression solemn.

Anyone could see that his aura was fluctuating erratically, as if he were still suffering from an unhealed injury.

"Grandpa, you're able to get out of bed?" Liu Yanran asked, her face full of amazement.

"It's thanks to the medicine you all gave me..."

"My injuries haven't fully healed, but I can at least manage to get out of bed and catch my breath," Liu Tianxin said, his voice hoarse.

Only Ye Chen knew the truth. Each of the pills he had refined was no weaker than a legendary Three-Corpse Soul-Returning Elixir.

Liu Tianxin had only taken a single one, and like a final, brilliant flash of a dying flame, it had temporarily restored a great deal of his vitality.