Chasing after her husband? Is it even possible to win him back?

Ao Xiu shrugged and didn't say anything more.

About half an hour later, Chu Xunfeng and Ao Xiu had almost walked back to the front of the mansion. When they got a little closer, they stopped together.

"You felt it?" Ao Xiu turned his head to look at Chu Xunfeng.

Chu Xunfeng nodded slightly.

"Impressive. Even with my cultivation level, I could only sense it. You are two major realms below me, yet you can sense it too?" Ao Xiu's vertical pupils stared at the tall buildings in the mansion shrouded in darkness. "It seems that even after leaving the demon race, you haven't neglected your cultivation."

"Hmm, it's alright." Chu Xunfeng nodded.

In fact, as soon as Chu Xunfeng stepped onto the path leading to the mansion, the system popped up a reminder, informing him that four people were fighting inside the mansion, and specifically marked that they were four humans.

Chu Xunfeng only hoped that the aftermath of the battle wouldn't cost him too much money.

But that seems impossible.

"How should I put it? Judging from the fluctuations in this aura, his strength is no less than that of a Heavenly Profound Realm expert. Shall we wait here?" Snake Lord withdrew his gaze from the mansion and turned his attention to Chu Xunfeng's face.

If necessary, Ao Xiu could certainly lend a hand to Mo Xun and Xue Changyun, but Chu Xunfeng is currently only at the Human Profound Realm. Even if he cultivates three times, his current realm is already at its peak and perfect, which will not change the fact that he cannot withstand a single move against a Heaven Profound Realm cultivator.

Ao Xiu stayed by Chu Xunfeng's side to protect his safety.

"Go take a look." Chu Xunfeng didn't hesitate at all, which made Ao Xiu a little suspicious. Was this man too trusting of him, or too arrogant?

or......

Watching the young man walk past him and head towards the mansion, Ao Xiu's heart sank slightly. Or perhaps he didn't care about anything at all.

Ao Xiu followed Chu Xunfeng.

Before even reaching the gate of the mansion, Chu Xunfeng saw familiar ghostly figures: Hongzhu and Lao Wang, who were standing in the alley with the young broker he had met a few times before, their eyes fixed on the huge mansion.

As they drew closer, Chu Xunfeng could hear a distant whistling sound.

It sounded like weapons clashing, or perhaps like the whistling of fists, but it was hard to make out clearly.

"What a series of misfortunes," Chu Xunfeng murmured, gazing at the three-story pavilion where most of the roof had been removed.

“Young Master…” Hongzhu heard Chu Xunfeng’s voice, turned her head to look at the alley entrance, and saw that Chu Xunfeng and the important figures of the Dragon Clan were safe and sound, so she breathed a long sigh of relief.

"Do you know who's coming?" Chu Xunfeng asked Hongzhu, gazing at the four figures that seemed to be coming and going on the upper floor.

“I don’t know. I was in the side room instructing Old Wang on his cultivation when a fight suddenly broke out in the main hall. Nobody paid any attention to us. The aftershocks of the battle over there were really…” Hongzhu paused, seemingly finding it difficult to speak, “So I took Old Wang and ran out. After a while, we ran into Ya Zai.”

"It seems I'm not needed anymore." Snake King was also gazing at the figures coming and going on the pavilion. Compared to the three ghosts of the Ghost Clan who couldn't see anything, and Chu Xunfeng who could only see the delayed battle reports from the system, Snake King's vision and eyesight were top-notch.

The people fighting Mo Xun and Xue Changyun in the attic had already noticed their return and that of Chu Xunfeng, and it seemed that the two of them were already considering retreating.

"Don't think about things you can't do. Just handle what's within your capabilities." Chu Xunfeng glanced at the red candle, then took a quick look at the battle report displayed in front of him by the system. "Let's wait a while."

"Wait..." The young man with the tooth-like body became anxious upon hearing Chu Xunfeng's words, but considering that his strength was no match for Chu Xunfeng's, his moving lips eventually calmed down, and he remained silent.

After about three to five minutes, the battle situation on the rooftop became clear. The attacker found an opening, took a blow from Xue Changyun, and was sent flying backward, crashing through the still intact wall on the third floor before escaping.

However, the other attacker was not so lucky.

This unlucky fellow was held back by his senior brother and couldn't find the slightest opening. After his opponent escaped, Xue Changyun freed up his hands and, together with Mo Xun, captured him.

"We've got them." Snake King narrowed his eyes slightly. After seeing Mo Xun and Xue Changyun dislocate their opponent's joints, they were still wary of his movements. He then turned to Chu Xunfeng and said, "Let's go up and take a look. Your senior brother and the others have brought them down alive."

Chu Xunfeng nodded, glancing at the three ghosts. "Old Wang and Hongzhu, take him to wait a bit. We'll deal with things here and then come find you."

“We’ll wait in the side room.” Hongzhu nodded slightly.

“Let’s wait here. With such a commotion, the Ghost Market Gate officials will be here soon.” Ya Zai sighed heavily, forcing himself not to look at the main pavilion, which was almost missing a floor. “I can help you block the trouble from the Gate officials.”

"Alright, thank you." Chu Xunfeng nodded, and after entering the courtyard with Ao Xiu, the two of them went up the stairs together and headed straight for the third floor.

On the third floor, while fighting the attackers, Mo Xun had already noticed that Chu Xunfeng and Snake Lord had returned. Hearing footsteps, he turned to look at the stairs. "Junior brother, just as you expected, they have indeed come."

"The person who came is normal." Chu Xunfeng nodded slightly, his gaze sweeping over the black-clad man captured by his senior brother and sister. His expression changed, and he added the second half of his sentence.

"But the arrival of the Yan people was a bit beyond my expectations."

Beside the man in black lay a strangely shaped curved knife on the floor covered with splinters of wood, a testament to the attacker's identity.

Chapter 46, The First Spokesperson

"They are indeed from Yan State."

"How did you determine that he was from Yan Kingdom, junior brother?"

"The weapon, and the skin tone around the eyes."

"You guessed it with just this little evidence?"

“Siberian Lord said he was guessing, and the style of the weapon is the biggest basis for my judgment. Back in the demon race, I only saw a few Yan people use this type of weapon and they could fight back and forth with my senior brothers and sisters. These weapons can’t be just for show, right?”

With his hands and feet dislocated, the attacker, whose dark skin gleamed with a faint golden light, listened to the conversation around him, yet he couldn't even bring himself to glare at the Xu people.

Mo Xun, as a practitioner of metal cultivation, focused on the concept of "firmness" in his practice.

Attack: With a wave of the hand, one can splash sand that can easily pierce through tough steel.

It can hold the layers of rock in place, making it difficult to be damaged by weapons.

At this moment, the attacker, whose limbs and jaw had been dislocated, was radiating golden light, a result of being immobilized by Mo Xun's ultimate technique.

“Snake Lord, you’re an expert in spies. Do you think we need to interrogate him?” Chu Xunfeng turned to look at Ao Xiu.

"It's hard to say. I haven't had much contact with the Yan people, but I think it's worth a try." Ao Xiu looked at the Yan people on the ground, who were like statues. "Even if we can't get anything out of them, we can at least get a sense of the quality of our opponents. How so?"

"Do you need my cooperation?" Mo Xun asked proactively, since the prisoner was still under his control.

"Well, let's test each other out for a round or two for now. As long as there are no major problems, I can handle the more bloody methods myself." Snake Lord nodded slightly to Mo Xun.

"Senior brother, Serpent Lord, I'll have to trouble you two." Chu Xunfeng nodded to the two of them. After receiving their response, Chu Xunfeng took one last look at the 'stone sculpture' on the ground, then turned to look at his senior sister, who seemed to be lost in thought and in a daze.

"Go on, I'm listening." Noticing Chu Xunfeng's gaze, Xue Changyun's eyes focused on the young man's face.

"Please come with me, Senior Sister. Let's go outside and see what the Ghost Market officials have to say." Chu Xunfeng stood on the edge of the collapsed wall, his gaze fixed on the ghosts gradually gathering in front of the courtyard. Their numbers seemed to have exceeded those who had come to "inspect" and those who had said "I'll help you deal with it" in the young broker's words.

It's truly a case of one wave subsiding only for another to rise.

Chu Xunfeng led Xue Changyun down the stairs to the main pavilion. Before they even stepped out of the main pavilion's door, a shrill scream suddenly came from the third floor, where half of the roof had collapsed. The scream only went halfway before abruptly stopping.

Chu Xunfeng paused for a moment, then continued forward toward the gate of the mansion.

The once bustling courtyard gate fell into a sudden silence, seemingly because of that short, mournful scream.

Chu Xunfeng's gaze passed over the three Red Candle Ghosts and looked at a group of ghosts standing outside the mansion. After a quick glance, his eyes fell on the leader of the ghosts, who looked as if he had drowned, with pale and wrinkled skin.

"You're the...Young Master Chu they've been talking about?"

A dry and hoarse voice; this type of voice seems to be extremely common among the demon race.

"Who are you?" Chu Xunfeng pushed aside Old Wang and Hongzhu and took the initiative to stand in front of this drowned ghost.

The demon in front of me looks ordinary, and its aura is not special at all, but the system has marked the strength of the demon in front of me.

Heavenly Profound Realm.

It's not a role that seems to belong to anyone.

"I am Jiang Ni, the first representative of the Foreigners' Council." The ghost, who looked like a drowned corpse, or rather Jiang Ni, sized up Chu Xunfeng, then glanced at Xue Changyun behind Chu Xunfeng without leaving a trace. "May I ask, Young Master Chu, what exactly happened in this mansion?"

Noticing Jiang Ni's gaze darting towards his senior sister, Chu Xunfeng briefly pondered before deciding to tell the truth, "Two blind assassins have arrived."

"Assassin...?" Jiang Ni's words trailed off, as if questioning, "Young Master Chu, are you sure?"

“This mansion is rented by me.” Chu Xunfeng did not answer directly, but instead began with a question that seemed completely unrelated to Jiang Ni’s question, “Loanman, you are the one who rented this mansion to me. In front of Lord Jiang Ni, tell me who the owner of this mansion is?”

Jiang Ni turned to look at Ya Zai. Of course, he knew whose house this was. Ya Zai, who was being questioned by Chu Xunfeng, lowered his head slightly and replied in a muffled voice, "This house belongs to our boss, Li Anshan, the fifth seat."

Chu Xunfeng was slightly startled. He could guess that the house belonged to some important person, but before the truth was revealed, he really hadn't guessed that this house was also involved with a group of foreigners. "See, isn't it clear now?" Chu Xunfeng squinted and turned to look at Jiang Ni, who had a stern face. "Before I rented it, this house belonged to the fifth-ranking foreigner. Now that I've rented it, this house is my home during the lease period."

"Two masked, armed men in black broke into my house and attacked my senior brothers and sisters. They even destroyed my property..." Chu Xunfeng's initially calm words paused, then his voice turned completely sinister. "The spokesperson for the First Seat of the Foreigners, tell me, was I wrong to accuse them of being assassins or robbers?" "I killed them, was I wrong? The Ghost Market Gate mobilized so many people to my doorstep, so aggressive and menacing, how... could these two Yan Kingdom people sent to kill me be the work of the Foreigners' Council?"

Chu Xunfeng's words grew increasingly intense, and with the intensity of his speech, wisps of electricity crackled in his hair, making him look as if he were about to unleash a violent attack.

"Young Master Chu, please calm down. The Ghost Market Gate has no such intention." Jiang Ni was not afraid of Chu Xunfeng taking action, nor was he afraid of fighting with Chu Xunfeng. He didn't even care. The only thing Jiang Ni feared was the last three words of Chu Xunfeng's question.

People from Yan State.

"You should all go back to the gatehouse. This is none of your business," Jiang Ni reassured Chu Xunfeng, then turned and gave an order to the many ghosts behind him.

These ghosts were indeed obedient. As soon as Jiang Ni said that, they all scattered and went back to where they came from along the path.

After dismissing the gatekeepers, Jiang Ni turned his gaze back to Chu Xunfeng. "Young Master Chu, you just said that the attackers were from Yan State?"

“Two Yan people, one escaped, and the remaining one might die soon.” Chu Xunfeng suppressed all the emotions he had just feigned and stared at Jiang Ni. “It seems you know something too.”

"May I speak to you in private?" Jiang Ni glanced at the person beside Chu Xunfeng.

"My senior sister came with me."

"Yes, please."

Chapter 47. Current Situation and Plan

“Young Master Chu, let’s not beat around the bush. I don’t like beating around the bush. What I’m about to tell you is the truth.”

"Please speak." Chu Xunfeng looked at Jiang Ni, who seemed much more relaxed and serious now that he was away from the many gazes, and nodded slightly.