The Ye family.

In the main hall.

Two men sat in front of the table, their expressions sullen.

"Second brother, what are you thinking? Picking a fight at this time?" Ye Liangcai said in a deep voice.

As the head of the family, Ye Liangcai had just rushed back yesterday, since the old man had gone into seclusion to recuperate, and someone had to keep watch.

But upon returning, Ye Liangcai heard that the family had sent people to suppress Yang Chen, which made him somewhat angry.

Ye Liangdong said discontentedly, "Big brother, I did this for your sake and for our dear Xinxin! Besides, this is the old man's wish!"

"But there's no need to hastily suppress Yang Chen and Ye Xin! Ye Xin just came back not long ago and was originally recuperating. Now it's like this, isn't it asking for trouble?" Ye Liangcai said sternly.

"Big brother!" Ye Liangdong frowned and said, "Is that the way to talk? If I didn't intervene to stop them, should we wait for things to be irreversible? Besides, it's the old man's wish, it's the old man who sent Ye Kai to handle this! Now that Ye Kai has fallen into Yang Chen's hands, do you think I wanted this? I'm more upset than you are! Ye Kai is my son! But because of your daughter, it's come to this!"

Hearing this, Ye Liangcai sighed and remarked, "What I mean is, right now the old man is in seclusion, and cannot be disturbed. You know, the old man always goes into seclusion at this time every year, do you think Ye Xin will let things slide?"

Ye Liangdong frowned, glanced at the guards outside, and said solemnly, "We'll just take it as it comes! I believe Ye Xin is part of our Ye family and won't do anything too outrageous, but I am worried about Yang Chen!"

"Don't worry! I've made arrangements, checkpoints have been set up at every intersection, he will encounter a lot of trouble if he tries to come." Ye Liangcai said.

Even though both of them spoke this way, they couldn't hide the worry on their faces.

After all, Elder Ye represented the lifeline of their Ye family. As long as Elder Ye was around, their Ye family could stand tall. But this period could be considered Elder Ye's weakest time, and they needed to eliminate all external influences.

...

On the other side.

In a remote mountain outside the city walls.

A man wrapped in a trench coat walked up the mountain, facing the chilling wind.

Though the mountain wind was piercingly cold, the man was unfazed, his steps firm, unaffected by the rugged mountain path.

After walking for a while, a wooden stake appeared in front of him.

The man looked up, seeing a wooden engraved plaque similar to ancient bandit forts, with two words inscribed: Long Mansion!

The characters were vigorous and powerful, as if a gigantic roaring dragon was about to leap out and dominate.

Anyone who saw these words might exclaim at the imposing aura.

Even this man did.

He had seen this plaque many times before, though the location had changed, the plaque remained unchanged, the words unchanged, the aura of the letters unchanged!

Likewise, on both sides of this gate, there were additionally two stone pedestals.

The pedestals were two roaring dragons with sharp teeth, seemingly ready to crush enemies instantly.

Seeing the direction these two dragons faced, the man couldn't help but look down.

Indeed, under his feet was a round stone slab carved with ancient mysterious patterns.

The man chuckled, "Didn't expect these people to be so tacky!"

"Tacky or not, we think it looks good!" A voice suddenly sounded from atop the gate.

The man was startled and quickly looked up.

A person had somehow appeared beside the plaque, standing in the cold night wind wearing only a vest, revealing a muscular build, seemingly unfazed by the chill.

The man couldn't even tell when this person had appeared, causing him to want to retreat and distance himself.

The person above said calmly, "If I were you, I wouldn't move, unless you want to be riddled with holes or blown to pieces."

Hearing this, the man stopped in his tracks, frozen on the spot.

"Do you know what this place is?" The man on the plaque lifted a leg casually onto the wood, the other leg hanging, his right hand resting on his knee, looking at the trench coat man with an air of indifference.

"Of course, I do!" The trench coat man's voice was like scraping iron against a pot, extremely grating.

"Oh!" The man on the plaque dug into his ear with his hand, staring at the trench coat man, "You've got guts! Knowing what this place is and you dare come here, are you a lone hero or just brainless?"

In his view, being a lone hero was impossible, but being brainless seemed plausible. If he was really that powerful, it was impossible not to realize when he climbed up the plaque.

Hearing this, the trench coat man laughed coldly, glanced at that person, and said coldly, "When I pin you down and beat you, you won't say things like that!"

"Arrogant!" The man snorted coldly.

At this moment, the trench coat man suddenly sprinted backward.

In that instant, countless sharp needle-like objects shot out from the mouths of the two dragons, like a storm of Pear Blossom Needle.

And on the round stone plate, a round object also shot out.

Bang!

Boom!

After the explosion, thick smoke filled the air.

Standing upon the gate, the vest-wearing man stood up, frowning at the smoke, saying, "Overestimating his abilities!"

He thought that trench coat man should be dead.

After all, such mechanisms were rarely survivable.

Suddenly, the vest-wearing man felt a dangerous aura, causing him to frown.

In a flash, the vest-wearing man's pupils contracted sharply, he darted to the side.

A cold gleam brushed past the vest-wearing man's ear.

He saw clearly, it was a dagger!

Though he wasn't hit, the vest-wearing man felt the sharp wind by his ear, with significant force!

If he'd been hit, it might directly pierce his head!

At this moment, the vest-wearing man grew more serious, realizing the trench coat man wasn't here for a friendly visit, nor was he simple!

The vest-wearing man jumped off the gate, staring at the gradually dissipating smoke.

Soon, the vest-wearing man saw the trench coat man.

The trench coat was covered with cow hair needles, including his face.

At this moment, the trench coat man was slowly pulling the needles out.

Seeing this scene, the vest-wearing man couldn't help but gasp.

Imagine, seeing someone prickled like a porcupine pulling out needles in front of you, how would you feel?

After the trench coat man dropped the last needle, he yelled angrily, "You're still as ruthless as ever!"

But looking up, he saw he was surrounded by people.

The trench coat man looked at these people, snorted coldly, and said, "The esteemed Dragon Tooth Squad, love to gang up, don't you?"