"The Yunhai Yang Family has repeatedly sabotaged our plans in the Nanyang region. They have very close ties with Donghua officials."
Among the five, a tall, powerfully built man with bronze skin spoke up.
The Yunhai Yang Family’s ancestral art was the Ancient Fist Technique, the Peacock Bright King Fist. Everyone in the family practiced martial arts. Thanks to the rits and legacy of their ancestors, they held imnse power in Yunhai Province, with their business interests extending throughout Nanyang. The Patriarch, Yang Tianhe, was a leading figure in the Yunhai Province Martial Arts Realm and was said to be only a step away from Body Ascension.
The five of them belonged to the Pioneer Group’s Asian Branch, stationed in the Nanyang region. Each of them commanded a powerful force and had had frequent dealings with the Yang Family’s sphere of influence.
The Pioneer Group itself was on Donghua’s blacklist. Since the Yang Family was close with Donghua’s top brass, it was naturally impossible for them to be on good terms.
"Alright. This is a good opportunity to get to know so of the key figures in Yunhai Province."
Shen Song mused for a mont, then nodded.
The target hadn’t returned to Spring City yet, so all they could do was wait here. Their own people were handling logistics inside the hotel, so they would be notified imdiately even if the target returned unexpectedly.
Besides, all their cover identities were foolproof. They wouldn’t have to worry about being exposed even if they went to the police station. As long as they didn’t cause too much trouble, they would be fine.
He knew the temperant of these guys all too well. Although he was their leader in na, they wouldn’t necessarily listen to his every command. As the saying goes, it’s better to channel than to dam.
"Let be clear: maintain your cover and don’t cross any lines. If you can’t control yourselves and it jeopardizes the mission, you know the consequences."
As Shen Song spoke, a dangerous glint appeared in his eyes.
"Don’t worry. I don’t want the mission to fail and then... BOOM!"
The young man grinned, pointed to his own head, and made an exploding gesture.
Soon, Shen Song summoned a waiter and procured five well-fitting formal outfits, along with five invitations to the evening gala.
「At the sa ti.」
Inside the banquet hall, guests in formal attire mingled, clinking glasses and chatting amongst themselves. A particular young woman was the center of everyone’s attention.
She had a slender, upright posture. Her skin was fair and delicate, with a translucent quality like fine jade. She had a long, slender neck, a high-bridged nose, and willow-like brows over phoenix eyes, features reminiscent of certain ethnic minorities. Her complexion had a rosy, natural glow—not the kind created by makeup, but a sign of her abundant Qi and blood.
Dressed in a blue-green evening gown, she stood out in the crowd like a proud peacock.
This was the star of tonight’s banquet, the little princess of the Yang Family, Yang Mutong.
A crowd of young n surrounded her. They were impeccably dressed in suits, their hair perfectly styled. Both their faces and figures were ticulously maintained—anyone who saw them would have to call them "handso young elites."
These n were all congratulating Yang Mutong with great enthusiasm.
Yang Mutong responded politely to each of them, but her eyes showed no emotion. In fact, deep down, a trace of annoyance flickered within them.
She had a secret known to very few: she possessed a pair of Innate Wisdom Eyes.
Changes in a person’s emotions or physiological state cause shifts in their body’s magnetic field. If observed through special ans, one can capture the unique spectrum of light that a person emits.
This is known as the human aura.
And Yang Mutong, ever since she was a child, could directly "see" the "aura" that people naturally emitted.
In her eyes, everyone had a different color.
Many of the people currently surrounding her were shrouded in a yellow light, a symbol of desire.
Lust, the desire for power, the desire for wealth.
The light around so of them was also tinged with a grayish-white color.
This was a sign of a weak body and depleted Qi and blood. Beneath their dapper appearances hid feeble constitutions.
The feeling these lights gave her was very unpleasant.
She didn’t enjoy being with these people and much preferred to be alone. But she had no choice. They were all friends of the Yang Family, and her family’s current success was due in no small part to support from all sides. She had to handle them properly.
As she dealt with the social niceties around her, her gaze swept across the crowd. For soone with the Innate Wisdom Eye, observing others had beco a habit.
She saw five figures who had just walked in through the entrance of the banquet hall.
The five of them seed to be enveloped in a white light, one much more intense than an ordinary person’s.
However, this wasn’t particularly strange. After all, the Yang Family had ties with many Martial Arts Schools in Yunhai Province. Martial artists were physically strong with vigorous Qi and blood, so their bodies often emitted an intense white light when they were calm.
She didn’t pay them much mind and soon looked away.
anwhile, outside the Yunding Grand Hotel, a young man dressed in loose sportswear, looking as if he were out for a night run, appeared at the entrance.
’It seems to be inside this hotel. What exactly triggered my senses, yet remains so unclear to ?’
Yi Beidou muttered to himself, then followed the vague sensation into the hotel.
The Yunding Grand Hotel naturally wouldn’t stop a guest from entering, but the banquet on the second floor was a private event with tight security. It was impossible to get in without an invitation.
"Sir, excuse , may I see your invitation?"
Sure enough, as he reached the entrance to the banquet hall, Yi Beidou was politely stopped by two male waiters in suits.
"Relax. No one ca by, right?"
Yi Beidou smiled faintly. The two waiters suddenly felt the hairs on their bodies stand on end, and their minds went blank for a mont. When they ca to their senses a second later, the person before them was gone.
"Wait, did sothing just happen? I can’t seem to rember clearly..."
"I don’t know. Maybe we’re just tired today. Must be seeing things."
The two waiters looked completely bewildered.
Yi Beidou had just montarily focused his Evil Qi to assault their minds, throwing them into a state of confusion and even affecting their short-term mory.
This was a technique he could use to more profoundly manipulate his own Evil Qi, a result of integrating the Dao and Skill of the Naless Sword Lord.
Yi Beidou entered the banquet hall, his gaze sweeping over the well-dressed, upper-class guests as he searched for the source of the sensation.
On the other side of the room, Yang Mutong, the center of attention, noticed Yi Beidou’s presence imdiately.
There was no helping it; the light emanating from the man who had just walked into the hall was simply too bright and dazzling.
It was a seven-colored radiance, like a rainbow, vast and brilliant. In that instant, all the luxurious lights in the banquet hall seed to lose their color.
The light radiated from behind the man’s head, the seven-colored glow forming a halo that made him seem transcendent and otherworldly.
Within that light was a sense of concentration, wisdom, and enlightennt. It seed to possess a great power capable of subduing all inner demons, making one feel incredibly at ease and comfortable.
Yang Mutong had never seen such a powerful aura. Even the light from her father, a titan of the Yunhai Province Martial Arts Realm, was not even a ten-thousandth as brilliant as this man’s.
At that mont, she felt like a believer who, after a fleeting glimpse in a vast sea of people, had just laid eyes upon a True Immortal.
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