I bought a secret manual of the Hehuan Sect for ten yuan.

Jinling Tulip Hotel.

"That bastard, why did he have to choose a place like this to meet? I really suspect he did it on purpose!"

Yang Xin'er muttered something under her breath and knocked on Qin Ge's door, her heart pounding with anxiety.

The door opened, and Qin Ge's eyes lit up instantly when he saw Yang Xin'er. He immediately pulled her into the room, "How was it?"

Yang Xin'er shook off Qin Ge's hand, her face slightly flushed. "Don't touch me like that. Are we that close?"

"Why did you have to meet me in a place like this? If others see us, they'll think we have something going on!"

Qin Ge scrutinized Yang Xin'er as she circled around, his gaze extremely aggressive. "She really is just a naive young woman who hasn't experienced any hardship!"

"It's just holding hands, why are you blushing? Is it really that big of a deal?"

"What do you want to do?" Yang Xin'er instinctively took a few steps back from Qin Ge. "I'm warning you, don't do anything reckless!"

Her heart raced, and she hesitated whether to draw her gun.

"Don't you think before you speak?"

"I came from Donghai, and I don't know anyone here. Where else can I stay if I don't stay in a hotel? I'll stay at your place!"

"Don't blush yet, did you see Lin Yao or not?"

Qin Ge didn't have time to guess Yang Xin'er's girlish thoughts right now; he just wanted to know Lin Yao's current situation as soon as possible.

"I saw her, she's fine." Yang Xin'er breathed a slight sigh of relief. She realized that Qin Ge wasn't as shameless as she had imagined.

"What do you mean by 'fine'?" Qin Ge frowned. "Why would someone suddenly disappear?"

"You made a trip to the Lin family, worked so hard for so long, and even had me, their top strategist, offer advice, and all you got in return were these few words?"

"What do you think the Lin family is? With so many people there, do you think I can just ask whatever I want?" Yang Xin'er then recounted what she had seen and heard at the Lin family.

Finally, she pulled out a slip of paper and handed it to Qin Ge, "Here you go!"

"Is that all the information you found out? How useless are you?" Qin Ge unfolded the note and looked closely. It only contained a string of numbers, nothing else.

"You—!" Yang Xin'er was so angry that her breast tissue was about to rupture. She had kindly helped, but she received such a comment. This bastard was so rude!

She really tried her best at the time. When she met Lin Yao, Han Xiuyun and Lin Yuan were both present. She racked her brains to let Lin Yao know that she knew Qin Ge through subtle hints.

Lin Yao was so excited that she couldn't speak. After regaining her composure, she suddenly hugged Yang Xin'er tightly and slipped the note into Yang Xin'er's hand when no one else was looking.

The scene left Han Xiuyun and Lin Yuan completely stunned, almost thinking that the two women had some kind of improper relationship.

"Is this Lin Yao's new number?" Qin Ge took out his phone and dialed it directly.

When the call connected, a strange woman's voice came from the other end.

"Did Lin Yao anticipate your possible visit to Jinling and make arrangements in advance?"

Yang Xin'er waited for Qin Ge to hang up the phone before speaking. When she came out of the Lin family, she saw the number on the note and assumed it belonged to Lin Yao.

Unexpectedly, it was Lin Yao's best friend Song Wanying's number, and the other party even took the initiative to arrange a meeting with Qin Ge.

"Maybe!"

"Otherwise, if she didn't know you were going to the Lin family to meet her, why would she have written down Song Wanying's number for you in advance?"

"Song Wanying's request to meet me was probably Lin Yao's idea; she likely knows a lot about Lin Yao!"

Qin Ge said on the phone that he would go to see Song Wanying right away, but Song Wanying refused. They then arranged to meet at Qinglan Restaurant the next morning.

Yang Xin'er blinked her beautiful eyes. "I've done you such a big favor, shouldn't you show some gratitude?"

"How about our agreement..."

"Our agreement is great!" Qin Ge knew what Yang Xin'er was going to say, so he interrupted her directly, "I'll be gentler then, as a way of repaying you!"

Yang Xin'er: "......"

Seeing her embarrassed and speechless expression, Qin Ge secretly found it amusing. "Do you know where Qinglan Restaurant is?"

"Come with me tomorrow!"

"I'm not going!" Yang Xin'er resolutely refused.

"Are you sure?" Qin Ge seemed to have Yang Xin'er completely under his thumb. "Don't forget, I haven't given Yang Jianjun the antidote yet!"

"If I learned about Lin Yao's situation from Song Wanying and confirmed that she was really alright, I probably would have gone straight back to Donghai!"

"I might run away tonight, why don't you stay and watch over me?"

Yang Xin'er: "......"

While Qin Ge and Yang Xin'er were talking, Huo Qianjue, who was overseas, was furious.

"What do you mean by 'failed again'?!"

Huo Qianjue lost control of his emotions and smashed his most beloved tea set to pieces.

Huo Changqian stood to the side with his head down, not daring to breathe.

"If you can't even handle one mere young man, what great cause are you talking about?"

"Didn't he leave the East China Sea?"

"Without the deterrent effect of the East Sea Shadow Martial Arts Hall, the Ink Robe Hall could go all out, so how could they still fail?"

Huo Qianjue's expression softened considerably, but he was still angry.

"Qin Ge did indeed leave Donghai for Jinling, but he has now reconnected with the Yang family of Jinling."

Huo Changqian sighed inwardly at Qin Ge's incredible luck, how he had managed to get close to Yang Jianjun in the blink of an eye.

"But Father, please rest assured, I have already contacted the Ink Robe Hall, and they will continue to take action!"

He hesitated for a moment, then asked cautiously, "Father, do you think it's possible that Qin Ge isn't actually that powerful, and that the Mo Yi Hall just didn't take him seriously?"

"After all, they claimed to have sent experts both times, but we haven't seen them with our own eyes."

"They took the money and then just sent some random people to deal with it, and we had no idea."

"That's impossible!" Huo Qianjue said firmly. "Do you even know how long the Ink Robe Hall has existed?"

"Several hundred years!"

"How do you think they've managed to survive for so long and remain the undisputed strongest assassin organization without being wiped out?"

"Trying to be clever will only backfire; Moyi Hall isn't that stupid!"

His pupils contracted slightly. "Qin Ge is truly an oddball. How did he manage to cultivate such unfathomable martial arts at such a young age?"

"According to common sense in martial arts, having reached the Earth Realm cultivation level at his age is already the height of genius, but the fact is that even peak Earth Realm experts can't do anything to him!"

"Even if he started cultivating from the womb, he couldn't possibly be this powerful!"

"Sometimes I really suspect he's not a young man in his early twenties at all, but some old monster who's regained his youth through some kind of evil cultivation technique!"

Huo Changqian was taken aback. "Does such a martial arts technique exist in this world?"

The father and son looked at each other and smiled bitterly.

Tulip Hotel.

Yang Xin'er was about to leave when a knock on the door sounded without warning.

"Hello Mr. Qin, your wine package has arrived."

Hearing the sounds coming from outside the door, Qin Ge subconsciously looked at Yang Xin'er, a mischievous smile spreading across his face. "Did you order this?"

"I never knew you had this kind of romantic side!"

"Pah!" Yang Xin'er rolled her eyes. "I didn't order that stuff!"