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Chapter 66 The Man Behind the Scenes

  Rebirth of the Starry Night Sky

  Three people turned left and right, under the leadership of Yun Qingran, they arrived at a small alley that was about to be demolished. As soon as they turned around the corner, they heard the footsteps behind them that were no longer hidden. The three of them concealed their expressions, pretending to be curious about the person behind them, stopped and looked back, saw more than ten burly men with muscles all over their bodies, their curious eyes also became fearful, quickly turned their bodies and wanted to leave the alley.

  "Halt!" A loud shout made the three of them stop in their tracks. The three of them turned around fearfully, and Ye Ningxuan took a step forward to block Cloud Qinger and Cloud Chenyi, gazing at them warily as he said in a deep voice, "What's going on?"

  "Heh heh, nothing's up, just need to catch a few of you and settle the score." The person next to the leader sneered, his eyes fixed greedily on the three. Tsk tsk, they're really beautiful.

  "Who are you, and why do you want to catch us." No one had ever dared to look at him with such eyes. Ye Ningxuan suppressed his desire to kill, looking at the person who had just spoken, with a thick murderous aura in their eyes. Daring to use such a disgusting gaze on his treasure, how infuriating!

  "You don't need to know who we are, just know that we're here to catch you. If you want to know why you were caught, if you can escape and go back, ask your family's adults what they offended!" After finishing speaking, the leader made a gesture, and three subordinates came out from behind him and walked towards the three people.

  As the three men approached, Ye Ningxuan gritted his teeth and took the initiative to meet them. He kicked one person in the waist with one foot and punched another person on the body with his fist. The three of them did not expect that Ye Ningxuan, who seemed weak, would dare to take the initiative to attack. They were hit twice, although it didn't hurt, but this move made them angry. Being attacked by a half-grown child, they didn't know how to be laughed at when they went back! So two of them looked at each other and decided that one person would take action and teach this kid a good lesson.

  The person who made the move had just exchanged a few moves with Ye Ningxuan and found that something was wrong. This little devil, although young in age, didn't have much strength in his hands, but his moves were not just for show. His punches and kicks were unpredictable, making it hard to tell what he would do next. Before anyone could react, he had already taken a few hits himself. The onlookers saw that things weren't going well and joined in, so Ye Ningxuan, who was initially at an advantage, could only barely block the attacks of two people. The third person couldn't stop him and could only anxiously watch as he walked towards Yun Chenyi and Yun Qingran.

  Yun Chenyi protected Yun Qingran, who was trembling with fear, and retreated non-stop until they reached the corner of the wall. Looking at his pale-faced sister, Yun Chenyi's face was filled with anger, and he charged forward, determined to die trying. He threw a straight punch with his right hand towards the man's abdomen, but it was blocked by the man's thick arm. His right hand was blocked, so he used his left hand, but it was just a feint. The real attack came from his foot, which kicked the man's knee with great force. However, the kick was too weak and not only failed to hurt the man but also hurt Yun Chenyi's own foot, enraging the man further and causing him to use more force in his movements. Yun Chenyi used both hands and feet, opening up a fierce attack, and the two men fought intensely, neither gaining the upper hand.

  Three people came out, and eight were left. They all stood on one side, watching the good show, occasionally shouting a few times, laughing and cheering, or sarcastically saying a few words, making the three people who took action even more angry. When they saw the three being hit by Yun Chenyi and Ye Ningxuan, there was another burst of laughter. As for Yun Qingran, in their opinion, she was just a little white rabbit that wouldn't bite, and had long been forgotten by several people. As long as these two little ghosts were caught, would that girl still be able to escape?

  Yun Qingran crouched in the corner of the wall, her head lowered and her body trembling. However, no one noticed the sarcastic smile at the corner of her mouth as she gazed at the two people in the middle of the scene who were being toyed with by Ye Ningxuan and Yun Chenyi, still unaware of their situation. Suddenly, her gaze towards Yun Chenyi was filled with admiration. At such a young age, he could act so realistically, although it was only his second time, and no one in the room had any suspicions. During the fight, he suppressed his strength to just the right amount, and when fighting against others, he had to think about how many hits he would take without harming himself, which was much more difficult than fighting against someone stronger than himself.

  But Ye Ningxuan, that guy is a freak, always acting everywhere, and this fight for him is even less intense than scratching an itch, it's just child's play.

  It seems to be over, Ye Ningxuan slowed down first, pretending to be exhausted, and was caught by the two of them. The two still wanted to beat Ye Ningxuan, but were stopped by their leader. Next, Yun Chenyi was also caught, and Yun Qingran, who didn't dare move, was easily picked up. After binding the three people's wrists, they quickly stuffed them into a van. There were two vans in total, and this one had only four people on board, with two sitting in the front and two guarding the three of them in the back, including that very lecherous person.

  "Wow, these three kids are really cute! Especially the two of them, they're so beautiful that you can't take your eyes off them! It's just a pity that this one is too young, otherwise... Hehe!" The lecherous man chuckled to himself, and from his sly smile, it was clear that he had no good intentions.

  Yun Chenyi was still too young and didn't understand some of the darker things, but Ye Ningxuan and Yun Qingran who roamed the dark world wouldn't know about these if they weren't prioritizing the bigger picture, plus they hadn't made a move yet. This person would definitely not be alive by now. Both of their eyes contained intense killing intent, and with their heads lowered, it seemed to others that they were afraid, but who knew that was just to hide the bloodthirst in their eyes?

  "Alright, Xiao Si. These few people are what Big Brother wants, don't you dare to make any moves, or you'll lose your life." The leader of the group sitting in the passenger seat scolded, and then burst into loud laughter, followed by the other burly men also laughing loudly. This Xiao Si was usually very lustful, but this did not include women, he also liked handsome boys, so it's unknown how many people had been ruined by him. If these two boys weren't wanted by Big Brother, they would probably be unable to escape Xiao Si's clutches.

  Perhaps they had learned from the experience of Cloud Chuyi's escape last time, or it was their usual habit. The three were taken to a dark room with only a small ventilation window high up, and there was no light in the room, the only source of light being that small window. The door creaked shut with a loud clang, and the iron door let out a deafening roar.

  After checking that there were no cameras in the room, the three of them easily broke free from the ropes binding their hands and stood up to brush off the dust on their bodies.

  "Sister, what's going on now?" Yun Chenyi asked, moving his own wrist.

  Yun Qingran was still using her handkerchief to wipe the hand that had been touched by someone, she didn't like being touched by people, especially such disgusting ones. Ye Ningxuan and her habits were similar too. Upon hearing Yun Chenyi's inquiry, she wiped it a couple more times before lifting her head: "Let's wait for a while and then sneak out to take a look at this place. I think this is the lair of the mastermind behind the scenes!"

  "Just wait a minute. Gently, this has water, use the water to wet the handkerchief and then wipe it off, look at your hands..." Ye Ningxuan looked at Yun Qingran's red hands with heartache, using his backpack as cover to take out a cup of water, first wetting his own handkerchief to quickly wipe his own hands clean, then taking over Yun Qingran's handkerchief, wetting it and gently pulling her hand over to carefully wipe it off bit by bit.

  Yun Chenyi covered his eyes and looked towards the only window, with a look of "don't look at me like that". He was the one who understood the situation between the two best in the family. Others mostly thought they were just siblings with similar auras, being affectionate as brother and sister. The adults in the house, except for Ye and Chen couples, didn't think much about it either, after all, the two children looked so different in age on the surface.

  After wiping their hands clean, the three of them were ready to leave. Ye Ningxuan walked to the front door and examined the lock. When he turned around, Yun Qingran silently handed him a black steel clip. He used the clip to gently manipulate the lock core, and with a soft click, the door opened.

  Three people used their lightness skills to walk out, and the person guarding outside had just left, not knowing when he would return. In order not to cause any trouble, Ye Ningxuan quietly pulled the door shut and locked it, using his spiritual sense to explore and avoid anyone they might run into, as they made their way to the study.

  "Xiao Yi, you hide here first and wait for me. I'll go up with Qingqing to take a look." Yening Xuan pointed to the fourth floor, without telling him that it was the study room.

  "Alright! Night Big Brother, you guys be careful." Yunchen Yi knew that he couldn't climb up to such a height, and in order not to hinder their progress, he could only wait below. Such a tall building, watching the two of them talk as if they were going to walk past on flat ground, it's really unknown how high their martial arts skills are, it seems he needs to work hard. But why did they specifically point at that room and look?

  Yun Chenyi was thinking of something, the two didn't know, after settling him down, the two used their lightness skills to swiftly fly upwards, coming to the hiding place that Ye Ningxuan had previously scouted out.

  Originally, for the two of them, finding out what they wanted to know would have been easy with just a spiritual scan, but since Yun Chenyi was also there, he could only honestly hide outside the wall by the window and sneak a peek.

  The lavishly decorated study in gold and jade made Yun Qingran secretly despise, truly a nouveau riche. In her impression, this was the first time she had seen such an opulently luxurious study, even those wealthy tycoons' studies were only low-key luxury, who would use so much gold for decoration? However, from this, it can be seen that the people who kidnapped them are still very rich, just don't know what business they do, but thinking about it, it must not be anything good.

  The study already had someone in it, a middle-aged man with a gloomy face sitting behind a wooden desk, his eyes closed, either resting or thinking. From the look of his steady breathing, they realized he was also a martial artist. They exchanged a glance, and it seemed that going in to find relevant identification documents would not be possible for the time being.

  The footsteps grew louder and louder in the distance, and someone was walking towards the study. Both of them were secretly thinking about whether they could get something important out of this.

  "Knock knock!" Two knocks on the door sounded, and before the person knocking had even finished, the middle-aged man sitting behind the desk had already opened his eyes: "Come in!"

  "Big brother, someone from the Liang family has arrived and wants to see you." The middle-aged man seemed quite intimidating, as his subordinates who followed him in almost held their breath, not even daring to breathe loudly.

  "Not in sight!" The middle-aged man waved his hand impatiently, and the subordinate who had come forward said nothing more, bowing deeply and retreating. As he was about to close the door, the middle-aged man seemed to remember something and spoke out at the moment when the door was about to be closed: "Bring them up."

  Outside the window, the clouds floated lightly with a hint of menace, and a cold gleam flashed by, stirring up a surge of fury in his heart. Ye Ningxuan's gaze also sank, and a wave of murderous intent welled up inside him. Fortunately, both of them still remembered that there was another martial artist in the house, so they restrained their aura and didn't let out even a hint of their killing intent.

  "Feng Lao Da, you have to save our family's A Yang! Our family's A Yang was taken away for the sake of your martial arts school!" Liang Lao Tai Tai shouted as soon as she entered, while Liang Hua Tian stood behind her and didn't dare make a sound. It wasn't until this afternoon when she called her eldest son that she found out he had been taken away by the Discipline Inspection Committee early in the morning because of the Yun family's matter, so she brought her younger son to find Feng Lao Da. Now they have no choice but to rely on Feng Lao Da, as it was Liang Lao Tai Tai who made the decision to side with Feng Lao Da back when he was trying to win over the Liang family.

  Martial arts hall? Could it be referring to the Zhongyi Martial Arts Hall? Yun Qingyan's voice echoed with what Old Master Wang had told her about the power situation in C City, among which was this underworld organization. Looking at the situation, the Yun family's past affairs also had a share of their credit, if so, then she would have to repay them properly.

  "You're blaming me." Feng Lao Da's face sank and he looked at Liang Lao Tai Tai with a cold tone.

  "No, no!" Mrs. Liang hastily explained. The Zhongyi Martial Arts Hall was actually a notorious underworld organization that would stop at nothing. She had only heard rumors about it before, but after joining Mr. Feng's camp, she realized how terrifying he was and didn't dare to regret it or offend him in any way. This time, she came to find him only because she had no other choice. "I just came to ask Mr. Feng for help to save my son! I can only rely on Mr. Feng now!"

  Old Feng's eyes flashed with a hint of cleverness, and an idea sprang to mind: "The key to this matter doesn't lie with me. If you want to save your son, it would be more effective to go to the Yun family and plead for mercy. As long as they agree, your son will be fine."

  "But isn't this matter already being manipulated from above? How can the Yun family, with no power or influence, possibly change the decision made by those above?" Old Lady Liang hesitated, still hoping that Old Man Feng would intervene. Her eldest son had unintentionally discovered that Old Man Feng had a connection with the big shots upstairs, and if he was willing, her son would definitely be saved.

  "You don't know that the Yun and Ye families are sworn enemies?" Old Man Feng's mouth curled up in a sinister smile, his eyes cold as a snake. Unfortunately, he had already turned his head, so the people from the Liang family didn't see it, but they couldn't escape the eyes of Yun Qingran and Ye Ningxuan. "And the Ye family is the largest night house in the capital. If you say one word to those people, would they dare not listen?" He had investigated the relationship between the Yun and Liang families a long time ago. The former relatives had turned against each other, and the biggest contributor was the narrow-minded, short-sighted old woman in front of him. The little girl named Yun Qingran, who was extremely precious to the Yun family, was actually the daughter of this old woman's younger son. However, he knew that the Liang family didn't have any affection for that child, only disgust. That's why he had sent people to capture her, after all, the Liang family still had some use value at present. But as for saving people, he wouldn't count on these useless Liang family members.

  Yun Qingran's smile stirred up the evil air, and her hatred for Old Man Feng and the Liang family reached its peak. At this point, they still dared to scheme against the Yun family; truly not knowing life from death. Then, prepare to accept her wrath! Yun Qingran opened her hand, and several eavesdropping devices the size of buttons appeared in her palm. With spiritual power wrapped around them, they were launched out silently as hidden projectiles, sticking one on each of the four people present, with one left behind in the study room.

  Ye Ningxuan gently took Yun Qingran's hand and pulled her into his arms, one hand softly stroking her back to comfort her and calm the anger in her heart. Looking at the hidden sorrow in her tranquil black eyes, his own heart began to ache as well. Those who had hurt her - he would not let a single one of them off.

  I knew the people behind the scenes, and the main purpose was achieved. The two of them seemed to be flying leaves that floated gently down from the fourth floor, leaving Yun Chenyi, who was hiding below, in a daze. It wasn't just because they were floating slowly down from the air like immortals, but also because of their ethereal and unparalleled lightness, as well as their extraordinary and unmatched agility. He didn't know when he could reach their level of effortlessness, for now he could only increase his running speed and jumping height.

  The matter has been settled, but today's affair is not yet over. Thinking of those people's disgusting hands having touched her, and their lecherous gazes roaming shamelessly on them, Yun Qingran felt a murderous impulse, and the killing intent in her body could no longer be suppressed. Ye Ningxuan and Yun Qingran were of one mind, so he naturally knew what she was thinking about. Thinking back to the previous matter, he also emitted a cold killing intent, causing Yun Chenyi, who was with the two of them, to feel a wave of chilliness.

  "Brother, you go back first, I and Xuan brother still have something to do." Yun Qingran didn't want Yun Chenyi to come into contact with such a bloody scene for the time being, so let him leave first.

  Yun Chenyi felt that his current sister was particularly terrifying, and his intuition told him that his sister was going to do something very terrifying. However, he didn't want his sister to face such a scene alone, even though he knew she was very strong. He still didn't want to be left out by his sister: "I'll go with you guys, I'll just wait."

  Yun Qingran hesitated for a moment, unsure whether she should agree or not. She looked at Ye Ningxuan, seeking his opinion.

  Ye Ningxuan nodded, letting him go! He's already ten years old, and as a martial artist, his future life is bound to be turbulent. It's better to let him get used to it early on and have some mental preparation, so he won't be caught off guard in the future.

  It's better to think about it now, after all, we already have many enemies at home, and maybe soon we'll face them, by then it will be too late to adapt and we might suffer even greater harm.

  Before that, Yun Qingran had given them the Soul-tracking Incense. This incense penetrates deep into a person's soul, and humans can't smell it, only Blood Butterflies can track this scent. As if performing magic, Yun Qingran spread out her flat hands, and a red, eerie, and enchanting butterfly slowly rose up, bewildering people's minds.

  Digression

  Sweat, skipping class and typing today!

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