"Hey, have you heard? Recently, the young master of the Wang family was attacked while sleeping and fled naked on the street." A tall and thin man whispered to another person.
"I've heard. That's nothing. Just this morning, the Wang family went to pick a fight with the Ye family. It's said that it was a junior of the Ye family's Fire Phoenix clan who did it." The white and chubby man couldn't help but feel envious when talking about the Ye family. This family was composed of various spiritual beasts. They were born without inner demons and could cultivate by absorbing the moonlight. It was like they were on cheat mode.
Just behind them, a person in a black cloak quickly passed through the crowd and headed towards the North Country Inn.
"Wow, we've succeeded! Now the whole street is buzzing about the Wang family's incident." Yong Shanling was like a little girl who had found a treasure, her eyes sparkling as she looked at Mu Yijie.
Mu Yijie rubbed her head. When he withdrew his hand, it seemed to accidentally brush against her ear.
Yong Shanling absent - mindedly touched her own ear. She didn't know why, but it seemed that Uncle Mu often accidentally touched her ear, and every time she felt itchy, as if a little hand was tickling her heart.
She secretly stole a glance at Uncle Mu, seeing his natural look, and thought she must be over - thinking.
Mu Yijie gently rubbed his hand in his pocket. The smooth and tender touch seemed to still linger on his fingertips. Seeing Yong Shanling's furtive glances, Mu Yijie's eyes darkened. He was moving too slowly.
He naturally undid a few buttons, revealing a small expanse of sexy muscles. "This is just the beginning. We can't always use the same methods. We not only need to take the initiative but also make them think that it was done by other noble families."
Yong Shanling stared blankly at Uncle Mu's muscles. She knew that Uncle Mu always buttoned up to the top and was always neat and tidy in public. She had never seen him look so lazy and unruly before.
Uncle Mu had such a good figure. She really wanted to... touch it!
Yong Shanling shifted her gaze, scolding herself in her heart for having such impure thoughts. It was just a little bit of skin! But in her mind, his sexy throat and the muscular expanse of skin kept flashing. She felt a bit thirsty.
What she didn't know was that the blush on her cheeks and her somewhat dazed eyes had already betrayed her thoughts. Mu Yijie changed his posture again, looking even more alluring in his abstinence.
After that, they used various methods to provoke people from different noble families. But there was no conflict. Instead, they made them "accidentally" discover a conspiracy, and then found that it was actually a conspiracy of their sworn enemies.
Suddenly, the atmosphere in the whole town became tense, and even the number of people shopping on the street decreased a lot.
"Perfect!" Yong Shanling excitedly high - fived Hou Hua. They were the main ones in this operation, so seeing the results, both of them were extremely excited.
Ye Qinghe watched the two excited women with a smile and poured a glass of water for each of them.
"Uncle Mu, what should we do next?" Yong Shanling habitually grabbed Mu Yijie's arm and shook it excitedly.
Li Zhuo watched as his brother was slowly winning over little Ling'er. He clicked his tongue in his heart. The little girl didn't even realize that she was about to be taken away by the wolf.
Mu Yijie happily hooked the corner of his mouth and said with a smile, "Wait."
"Wait for them to explode. I'm afraid it will be when the Heart - nourishing Spiritual Grass matures that they will reach the breaking point."
Just as the group was sitting back and waiting, something unexpected happened.
Someone had gone missing.
The first person to go missing was a wandering cultivator. It was said that he told his friend that he was going to collect some spiritual herbs near Cloud Mountain, but he never returned. It wasn't until they called him and sent a flying crane message that they realized something was wrong.
However, it was just one person. People went missing every day in the cultivation world, which was quite normal.
But then, three young masters from a noble family went missing the next day. Coincidentally, they were from the Ye family. The Ye family thought that some cultivators had captured them to devour their essence. They angrily went to other families and questioned them if they were the ones who did it.
The people from other families felt extremely wronged. If it was really their people who did it, of course they couldn't admit it. The key was that they simply didn't do it. If they admitted, they would be taking the blame for nothing.
After that, the Ye family just cursed the other families severely. After all, without evidence, they couldn't do much.
Later, the situation became more and more strange. Suddenly, more than a dozen people went missing, including wandering cultivators and people from noble families. Everyone panicked.
The noble families and sects of the missing people searched the town and its surroundings, but they found nothing. The only clue was that they all went missing when they were alone.
For a while, the cultivators in Cloud Mountain were on edge.
"Uncle Mu, who do you think did this? Could it be someone like us, trying to make them fight?" Yong Shanling sat on the railing of the rooftop, swinging her fair and tender legs as she looked at Mu Yijie in confusion.
Mu Yijie said with a solemn expression, "I'm afraid those missing people are already dead."
"Ah! No way. Many of them were in the Fusion and Heart - stirring stages! Even if they couldn't defeat the enemy, they should have been able to escape." Yong Shanling was shocked and couldn't help but refute.
"The wandering cultivator who went missing on the first day was in the Foundation - building stage. On the second day, there were those in the Foundation - building and Initiation stages. And those who went missing yesterday were basically in the Fusion and Heart - stirring stages. Ling'er, do you notice anything?" Mu Yijie stared intently at the North Mountain in the distance.
"The missing cultivators were from lower to higher levels, as if... as if... someone was testing the capabilities of different levels." Yong Shanling hesitated for a while, then opened her eyes in disbelief. What kind of existence would need to test the cultivation of others? Unless that person didn't know the capabilities of the cultivators in the current cultivation world.
I'm afraid there's something lurking in the dark, watching us.
Mu Yijie thought to himself, but on the surface, he said nothing. He just reached out and pulled Yong Shanling up, then led her downstairs.
After that, they never found out what happened to the missing people, let alone who was behind it. On that day, three noble families immediately packed up their things and left.
Mu Yijie and his group stayed in the inn and didn't go out. Especially Li Zhuo, who was almost moldy from staying in the room. But even so, he didn't clamor to go out.
Late at night, a group of people staggered and ran desperately, supporting each other.
"Damn it, those things are catching up!"
"I don't want to die. We're already leaving. Why can't they just let us go?"
"Ah—"
By the time they entered the town, there were less than ten people left. Along with their shrill cries for help: "Help, help!"