"Ah?"


    Dong Yunjiang''s sudden action gave his lieutenant a huge fright, "Patriarch, you... shouldn''t you be rewarding the person who found the key?"


    Before coming to find the key, Dong Yunjiang had said if anyone could find the key on the spot, they would be rewarded with one hundred million and many top-quality elixir pills and cultivation techniques.


    But this bodyguard captain had clearly found the key just now, yet the patriarch had taken his life with a single stroke!


    "Don''t just stand there! Get moving! The thirty people in this area who heard what was just said, all of them must die... Hurry..." Dong Yunjiang barked, while his body moved as fast as lightning, darting among the Dong Family''s bodyguards.


    His battle saber swirled with violent Martial Arts Qi, slaughtering all the bodyguards before they could even react.


    The lieutenant now understood that the patriarch was sealing a secret!


    The key had been found, but it seemed the patriarch wasn''t planning on handing it over to the big shots of the Vermilion Bird Domain and Prince Jin? Was he keeping it as his own bargaining chip? Discover hidden content at My Virtual Library Empire


    After all, the Immortal Palace map fragments in the hands of the seventh son of the Ye Family related to a mysterious Immortal Palace site, and if one was lucky enough to enter it, even obtaining one in a billionth of the opportunity there was enough to dominate the world—it might even be possible to find the path to becoming immortal.


    Under such a huge temptation, human nature could not withstand the test.


    Thinking of the patriarch''s terrifying nature, the lieutenant couldn''t help but shiver.


    Today the patriarch could kill these bodyguards, so what about later, when faced with an even greater secret, and greater interests, would the patriarch also kill him?


    "Everyone, continue searching with all your might! Anyone who dares to slack off or is not serious in their search will end up just like them; you can try it and see how sharp my blade really is!" Dong Yunjiang wiped the blade''s edge on the clothes of a bodyguard and berated the others in the surrounding areas.


    Clearly, it was because they had learned a secret they shouldn''t know that Dong Yunjiang had killed them to silence them, yet he blamed it on their lack of effort in finding the key!


    "You continue to be responsible for searching for the key here, and don''t let any information leak!"


    Dong Yunjiang reprimanded his lieutenant, who had been following him for many years and then, tucking the key away, he swiftly left the scene with several skilled bodyguard escorts.


    There shouldn''t be any issues!


    Covering a region with firepower to exterminate a few people was a small matter, Mr. Wei probably wouldn''t bother himself with it. And at the scene, nobody should suspect him, right?


    What Guo Li didn''t know was that this had all been a setup by Ye Fan, a false alarm to spook the snakes. Ye Fan just wanted to see who was connected to the blaze at Zhongmin Bank.


    And who exactly was that big fish from the Vermilion Bird Domain?


    With the Military Martial exercise about to begin, Ye Fan''s plan was to find that big fish before the exercise commenced. Otherwise, if that big fish conspired with foreign powers, the downfall of Great Xia''s younger military martial generation in secret plots would leave a devastating gap, shaking the nation''s very foundation.


    "So ruthless! That beast from Guang City''s Dong Family, just for a fake key, casually exterminated hundreds of people... how utterly cold-blooded," Songyang remarked with a sigh, observing the direction Guo Li had left from three kilometers away, using a telescope.


    "Hmph! This Guo Li probably thinks he''s been very secretive..." Guo Li replied, "Teams 1, 2, 8... everyone follow, and stay concealed!"


    Guo Li shouted into his radio, and on the streets, Tianji Pavilion agents and Ye Family Dead Soldiers, disguised as ordinary people, completely mobilized, monitoring Guo Li from a 360-degree angle.


    "The fish has taken the bait, and the concert is over, it''s time to report back to the big brother!"


    Guo Li dialed Ye Fan''s number, "Big brother, it''s the Guang City''s Dong Family that made a move; the scene has been turned upside down... It seems that Guo Li got the key and then covered the ruins with another wave of firepower, wiping out hundreds!"


    On the other end of the call, Ye Fan was taken aback for a moment, then replied indifferently, "Continue monitoring, but there''s no need to act. Let the bullets fly for a while... The small Dong Family is not our target! It''s the big shot from the Vermilion Bird Domain that we are after!"


    Guo Li had taken the bait so hastily, creating such a commotion!


    If the big fish from the Vermilion Bird Domain caught wind of this, they would surely be furious, right?


    Prince Jin''s power in Guangcheng had been eradicated by Ye Fan within a few days, and now he was trying to preserve his last pawn... And Guo Li, also a hidden piece, had made such a flashy scene, as if deliberately screaming, "Come on, come on, I''m right here, come catch me..."


    Though Guo Li''s death wouldn''t greatly impact the grand scheme, the critical point was to uproot the carrot along with its mud!


    Even the slightest clue on Guo Li could, with Ye Fan''s methods, be swiftly traced back to that big shot from the Vermilion Bird Domain...