Genius Beast Tamer

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"Oh? Interesting, very interesting! In my opinion, Yunrou Manor doesn't have any experts, yet it possesses such a treasure. Aren't they afraid of it being stolen? Han Mengxiao, the head of the Han family, is truly generous, leaving everything out so casually!"

"Senior, you may not know this, but I dare not provoke Han Mengxiao. He is already a Celestial Immortal, while I am merely a Golden Immortal. How could I dare to fight him? So, upon learning that Hongbao was in the Han family, I used some tricks to lure the Han family's experts into the Boundless Sea!"

"A petty trick? Heh..." Hua Qianye laughed loudly, "I suppose your petty trick is quite something! To be able to lure the Han family patriarch into the Boundless Sea, you must have contacted the Demon Realm and had the Demons hold him back. You're truly remarkable!"

The old man smiled somewhat forcedly and said, "Senior is joking. No matter how capable I am, it's impossible for me to contact people from the Demon Realm. I can't accept such high praise."

"Is that so?" Hua Qianye's voice suddenly turned cold and sharp, carrying a faint hint of murderous intent: "You just said you wouldn't dare to deceive me. Do you think I'm a fool? If you didn't contact the Demon Realm, why would someone of Han family patriarch's status personally go to the Boundless Sea? You'd better be smart. You're heavily injured right now, just a Golden Immortal, yet you dare to play tricks on me! I can destroy your life with the flick of my finger!"

The old man's Adam's apple bobbed involuntarily. Just now, when the immortal lord spoke, his tone was mixed with a few traces of killing intent and divine pressure. He almost couldn't help but spit out blood, but he managed to swallow the blood that had reached his throat.

"Senior, please don't be angry. I didn't mean to deceive you. It's just that contacting the Demon Realm to deal with the Immortals is no small matter. If some old immortals find out, even if I had a hundred lives, they wouldn't be enough to kill me!" The old man deliberately acted cowardly, his eyes filled with fear, and his body even trembled a few times.

"Here, it's just the two of you, so speak your mind! Otherwise, I can deal with you before those old fogies even find out! Besides, among the old fogies you're talking about, there's probably one of them, right? Even if it's just suspicion, I can legitimately tell everyone that you colluded with the Demon Realm and plotted against the Immortal Realm. I'll punish you severely, let you taste the agony of being worse than dead, feed you poison, release snakes, and let ants crawl on your wounds. I've never tried any of that before. I'd like to see what it would be like to see ants and snakes crawling through flesh and blood together..."

The old man dared not listen any longer and hurriedly interrupted, "Senior, I will tell you everything! As long as you are willing to keep this a secret, I will gladly offer you the treasure after I obtain it."

Hua Qianye said coldly, "Tell me your entire plan, without any deception. I don't need to reiterate the consequences of deception, do I?"

"Yes, yes, I'll tell you, I'll tell you."

"I learned that Han Yun, the fifth young master of the Han family, offended Feng Ci, the fifteenth general under the Demon Lord of the Demon Realm, a few days ago. So, under the guise of a challenge, I lured Feng Ci out and told them about all the experts in the Han family that I knew. I also proposed a cooperation plan: as long as they sent someone to challenge Han Yun, I would assist them in kidnapping Han Yun and luring the Han family's experts to the Boundless Sea, thus causing them to fall into the Demon Lord's trap. While they were away at the Boundless Sea, I went to the Han family to steal the Hongbao. The Hongbao is the size of a water droplet. The Demon Lord promised me that he would divide it into three parts and seven parts, and he would lend me a magic weapon, a green pearl, made by infusing fragments of the Hongbao. The Hongbao will have a connection with each other, which will help me find the Hongbao."

"That's all? The Demon Lord is cooperating with you? A 30/70 split? Even if the Demon Lord wanted to split it, I doubt he'd give you 30%, maybe 10% at most! There must be other collaborations involved, right?" Hua Qianye's voice was playful. "Don't you feel uncomfortable speaking to me with this fake skin?" He suddenly became violent, "Take off this fake skin now!"

The old man frowned deeply. When he met the Demon Lord before, his disguise hadn't been seen through. Now, with Green Pearl's help, he shouldn't be discovered by a mere Immortal Lord! Could this unseen old man be more than just an Immortal Lord?

Thinking of this, the old man trembled slightly and dared not be negligent. Even if the other party knew his identity, it was still better than being killed on the spot!

He took out a green bead from his pocket, sat cross-legged, and the green bead floated up automatically, slowly rising and stopping above the old man's head. A green glow enveloped him, and his appearance gradually changed in the hazy green light. The injury caused by the slap was also rapidly healing.

The old man's brown outer robe faded, revealing a layer of earthy color, as if a layer of gray had been removed, turning it white.

His slightly gray hair turned jet black, and his wrinkled skin became firm as if pulled by a force.

His eyes seemed refined and gentle, yet the depths of his pupils were unfathomable.

He put away the green bead, stood up, and now he was a young man dressed in white, with a noble and refined demeanor. Based on his appearance, no one could easily equate him with the despicable old man from before.

Hua Qianye raised an eyebrow, her eyes revealing a hint of inquiry.

"What's your name?" Hua Qianye asked calmly.

"Ji Yi," the man replied calmly.

"Who is he/she in the Han family?"

Ji Yi frowned, but still answered truthfully: "On the surface, I am the fourth young master of the Han family, but I don't have the surname Han and have no blood relation with the Han family."

Hua Qianye recalled the introduction of the fourth and fifth young masters of the Han family by Elder Zuo and couldn't help but feel a little ashamed. These were the "good" people in the eyes of the Han family, who were refined, humble, and truly possessed the noble temperament of young masters of the Han family.

It seems the head of the Han family has raised a thankless wretch!

Hua Qianye was so clever that he saw through everything in an instant.

The real reason why the Demon Lord of the Demon Realm cooperated with Ji Yi was because after the experts of the Han family went to the Boundless Sea, no one except Ji Yi could return alive. Ji Yi, as the only Han family young master who escaped, took the position of head of the Han family.

The Demon Lord used less than a third of this treasure to gain leverage over the future head of the Han family. Once Ji Yi becomes the head of the Han family, the Demon Realm will inevitably use the fact that Ji Yi has joined forces with the Demon Realm to kill Han Mengxiao and others as leverage. They will invite Ji Yi out to meet them whenever they have a reason, and coerce him to do something that will truly cause great disaster to the Immortal Realm.

"Stay here obediently. If you dare to escape, you should know the consequences!" Hua Qianye conjured a Binding Immortal Rope and locked Ji Yi up.

Ji Yi dared not act rashly, and simply nodded humbly, saying "Yes." Moreover, he had already sensed that this Immortal Binding Rope was of the highest grade or even Saint grade, and it would be impossible for him to break free or escape.

Hua Qianye entered Yunrou Manor. He walked very slowly, his brows furrowed, as if he were troubled by something.

Should she go and save those people? But it's none of her business. Even if they are Han Wuxie's family, it would be a good thing if they died. She wouldn't be burdened by her family and reluctant to go to the mortal realm. On the contrary, she would be eager to go to the mortal realm. In the mortal realm, because she is determined to avenge her family, she should work harder. Such motivation is not bad.

Is it really appropriate to make a five-year-old child suffer such pain?

She had just left the Tian family, who had tormented and bullied her, a few days ago, and finally came to the Han family, a family that treated her well, did not discriminate against her, and loved her. Would she really wake up from her dream so quickly?

However, if the Demon Lord leads a large number of demon generals to ambush and kill them, even if I have great abilities, I may not be able to bring them back safely. If I insist on saving them all, I think I will have to pay a considerable price. Is it worth it?

While he was deep in thought, he had already arrived at Han Wuxie's side.

"You're back?" Han Wuxie breathed a long sigh of relief and said, "It's good that you're back safe and sound. I was so worried about you, I thought something had happened to you! You scared me to death!"

Was she just worried about herself? But she knew perfectly well that she was capable of dealing with that guy without any problems, so why was she worried about herself?

Hua Qianye curled her lip and said, "Do you think I would fight a battle I'm not confident of winning? If there's danger, I won't go looking for trouble!"

"Regardless of whether there's danger or not, you're helping me, so I should worry about you." Han Wuxie said earnestly, blinking her bright, watery eyes, and smiled, "Although I know you're very capable, I'm really afraid that bad guy will try to harm you. I don't want you to get hurt in any way because of me, because..." The little girl became a little shy and whispered, "Because you're very important."

"Important?" Hua Qianye said lazily, "Indeed very important. My usefulness is considerable. Without me, you cannot become stronger; without me, your brother will die; and you will be unable to go to the mortal realm."

No, that's not what I meant.

"What does that mean?"

"I can't explain it, but I'm very grateful to you. You appeared when I needed you. You also helped me when I was in danger. It seems that because of you, my life has slowly improved, and everything is moving in a positive direction."

Han Wuxie's face was beaming with happiness as she sweetly smiled, "I really like the name you gave me, Han Wuxie. Later, just as you predicted, my grandfather changed my name and agreed to let me use it. My grandfather, great-uncle, eldest uncle, and second uncle all dote on me so much. The maids and servants in Yunrou Manor were all carefully selected by my grandfather. They have no hostility towards me, nor do they discriminate against me. On the contrary, they treat me with great respect. This is a respect that I will never receive in the imperial family."

"The horse stance you taught me has greatly improved my skills. Although I haven't met your expectations and haven't broken through two levels at once, I know that as long as I continue to learn from you, I will definitely become stronger. Moreover, my younger brother actually possesses a talent that no one else has, something even better than immortal roots. It's just a pity that my brother won't live much longer. My maternal grandfather and great-uncle didn't want my brother's talent to bring him trouble and only hoped that he could live out the rest of his life carefree, which is why they kept it a secret. Otherwise, my brother would be a true genius in the immortal realm, a miracle of going from being considered a good-for-nothing by everyone to becoming a genius. So I am truly grateful to you; you have given me hope and a miracle."

Looking into her innocent and sincere eyes, Hua Qianye sighed inwardly: If this little girl hadn't said those words today, perhaps he would have assumed he was unaware of the Han family's experts being besieged by the Demon Realm. But now that she had praised him so highly, how could he possibly disappoint her? Fine, it seems even if a Demon Lord were to fight today, he would have no choice but to tough it out.