"Imposter, I finally caught you today!"
Ye Qingcheng stepped forward and placed her hand on the other person's shoulder.
The person was startled, "You... Who are you?"
"You're impersonating someone, and you don't know who I am?"
Ye Qingcheng let out a cold smile, her acting was truly poor.
At this moment, Yun Fan said speechlessly, "Let her go, she's not the one!"
"What?"
Ye Qingcheng froze, realizing she had underestimated the other party's cunning.
"Where is the person behind you?"
Ye Qingcheng asked coldly.
The petite woman quickly said, "I don't know what you're talking about. Someone gave me five thousand to deliver this document to him!"
With that, she quickly handed the document to Yun Fan.
At this moment, Yun Fan asked, "Where is the person who gave you the document?"
"I don't know!"
The petite woman quickly explained, "She left after giving me the document! I don't know anything!"
With that, she didn't dare to linger for another moment and hurried away.
Ye Qingcheng wanted to stop her but was held back by Yun Fan, "Let her go! It seems she doesn't know anything!"
"Hmph!"
Ye Qingcheng snorted, she hadn't expected to be played by someone.
At this moment, Yun Fan opened the document. It contained a large stack of materials, and of course, a small note.
"Little brother, you're not being honest. Let's see how this big sister punishes you next time!"
Ye Qingcheng snatched the note and was instantly furious. Even her every move was under the other party's control. It seemed the other party's background was truly extraordinary.
"It's all your fault for scaring my god-sister!"
Yun Fan complained.
"If you care so much about your god-sister, why didn't you go with her!"
Ye Qingcheng was angry.
But Yun Fan clearly ignored the angry woman and instead examined the detailed information inside.
It accurately recorded evidence of the Crown Prince's rebellion.
"Here, I'll show you something good!"
Yun Fan handed the documents to Ye Qingcheng.
"I don't want to see it, I'm not interested!"
Clearly, Ye Qingcheng was still angry.
"There's no need. I told you, you can't doubt her! But you wouldn't believe me, and now they've sent the documents to us!"
Yun Fan had always believed in Zhulian.
"Hmph! I feel dirty just holding her things!"
Ye Qingcheng said disdainfully.
Yun Fan didn't bother with the woman he saw as a resentful wife. Considering that the documents were now in hand, he immediately asked, "Do you think it's appropriate to hand these documents directly to the Heavenly Emperor?"
Ye Qingcheng pondered for a moment and said, "Just handing them over directly is not enough. He is the son of the Heavenly Emperor. Do you think the Heavenly Emperor will truly punish him? At most, he'll just receive a lesson and a warning!"
"That won't do!"
Yun Fan immediately rejected the proposal. He and the Crown Prince had reached a point of no return, and he absolutely would not let that guy continue to be arrogant and smug.
"Leave it to me! I'll handle it!"
Ye Qingcheng said to him.
"Okay!"
Yun Fan handed the documents to Ye Qingcheng, trusting that she would find a way.
Afterward, Ye Qingcheng took the documents back to the Ye family.
After instructing Liu Ming, she returned to her room. Although she had been played, she had to admit that Zhulian's methods were definitely superior to hers.
To have secretly obtained so much evidence against the Crown Prince.
This woman was not simple. She not only had a premonition of encountering a troublesome enemy but also felt a sense of being suppressed and beaten by the other party.
This situation was not good, so she decided to change it.
"One day, I'll make you have nowhere to hide, you imposter!"
The moment she opened her door, she was stunned because her mother, Ye Ji, was sitting in her room, as if waiting for her deliberately.
"Mother, why are you here?"
Ye Qingcheng asked in confusion. Her mother never entered her room, and this seemed to be the first time.
"Where did you go?"
Ye Ji asked directly.
"I just felt restless, so I went out for a walk!"
Ye Qingcheng lied.
"Is that so?"
Ye Ji said coldly, "Look for yourself!"
With that, she threw a tablet to Ye Qingcheng. Ye Qingcheng was instantly dumbfounded because her actions at the milk tea shop had all been recorded.
Now, she had irrefutable evidence. What was even more troublesome was that Yun Fan had also been captured in the footage.
"How did you promise me!"
Ye Ji scolded coldly.
Ye Qingcheng was startled and quickly explained, "Mother, I was wrong. Please punish me!"
At this moment, Ye Qingcheng didn't try to hide anything, because she knew her mother's ability to see through people was terrifying.
No matter how she tried to hide it, she couldn't conceal it from her mother.
"Sigh!"
Ye Ji sighed, "What's wrong with you? Have you lost your usual intelligence to dogs? Do you know he is our enemy, and you are acting so chummy with him, what kind of behavior is that?"
Ye Qingcheng wanted to argue that she really hadn't been chummy with Yun Fan.
But at this moment, she didn't dare to say that. "Mother, Yun Fan is not bad at heart. We can spare his life!"
"Slap!"
Ye Ji immediately smashed the table with a slap and then reprimanded Ye Qingcheng, "Regardless of whether his heart is good or bad, he is Long Aotian's son, so he must die, understand?"
"Yes!"
Ye Qingcheng nodded respectfully.
"This time, we'll let it go. I hope you'll be more mature in the future!"
Ye Qingcheng breathed a sigh of relief.
At this time, Ye Ji was leaving the room. Just then, she suddenly asked, "Mother, how did you manage to film it?"
"Hmph!"
Ye Ji snorted coldly, "In Jinling, no one's actions can escape my eyes!"
As soon as she said this, Ye Qingcheng trembled inwardly. Her mother's methods were somewhat similar to that of the mysterious imposter.
Both were terrifying existences.
However, it was clear that the imposter was definitely not her mother, because her mother was a majestic and immensely powerful woman.
That imposter only dared to impersonate a dead person, what qualifications did he have to compare with her mother.
...
Two days later, as Yun Fan wondered what method Ye Qingcheng would use to retaliate against the Crown Prince, astonishing news suddenly broke out.
It listed irrefutable evidence of the Crown Prince's rebellion.
At this moment, Yun Fan understood Ye Qingcheng's intention. She wanted the Crown Prince to never be able to recover.
After this operation, even if the Crown Prince were to escape punishment, he would be disqualified from the throne, as his prestige among the people had already vanished.
This evidence was more than just about rebellion; it also detailed the sordid and dark deeds committed by the Crown Prince's followers.
This included their accumulation of wealth and the harming of innocent civilians, which was outrageous. Who would have thought that the outwardly noble Crown Prince would have such a dark side?
Yun Fan quite agreed with Ye Qingcheng's actions, as the Crown Prince's followers had caused the deaths of at least eight hundred to a thousand people over the years.
Since no one would bring justice to those innocent victims, let them do it! Yun Fan was certain that many people knew about it.
However, they were afraid of being retaliated against by the Crown Prince, so none of them dared to step forward to accuse him. Even the victims could only endure it silently.
"The Crown Prince is truly a scoundrel!"
Jiang Xueyan said angrily upon seeing the news.
The few women felt indignant for the victims. If they could, they would have torn the Crown Prince to shreds.
Yun Fan said calmly, "You'll get used to it. The human world is far darker than you can imagine, it's just that the sunlight doesn't reach it. And I, I will be that ray of sunlight, casting my light upon those dark and dirty places, so that darkness has nowhere to hide!"
The women were all moved by Yun Fan's sense of justice.
At this moment, Yun Fan knew that their goal had been achieved. The one who must be most anxious now was likely the Crown Prince.
Crown Prince's Mansion.
At this moment, the Crown Prince was sitting on pins and needles. He never expected that the ugly deeds he had committed would be exposed.
Moreover, each accusation was accompanied by evidence.
"Contact those media outlets and have them suppress this news. If they don't, I'll make them disappear!"
"Yes!"
It was evident that the Crown Prince was at the height of his fury. If he couldn't handle this matter, not only would he be disqualified from the throne, but he would also face punishment.
It could be said that he was not far from impending doom.
He recalled that just yesterday he was in high spirits, but today disaster had struck.
At this moment, one of his subordinates said, "Your Highness, this matter may be difficult to handle, as the other party has not only published this on the news but also in newspapers!"
As soon as he heard this, the Crown Prince nearly died of anger. It was too despicable. Newspapers were not like the internet-based news.
The internet, while seemingly complex and pervasive, could be silenced if its source was cut off.
However, newspapers, although seemingly outdated and phased out by the times, were often difficult to eradicate.
He couldn't possibly send people to collect newspapers from every household.
"Give your intelligence team one hour. I want to know who is plotting against me behind the scenes!"
The Crown Prince issued a strict order.
At this moment, the head of the intelligence team rushed to investigate. Although an hour might not be enough to find out, he dared not ask the Crown Prince for more time at this juncture.
At this time, the two quasi-Xiantian masters beside the Crown Prince whispered, "Your Highness, this matter involves five of your subordinates. Do you want to..."
The two did not finish their sentence, as the Crown Prince was clever enough to understand without them explaining further.
The Crown Prince glanced at the five people, one of whom was Huo Yingjiu.
The five men instantly felt their scalps tingle. They knew that they had done many dirty deeds for the Crown Prince over the years.
Of course, besides doing dirty deeds for the Crown Prince, they had also used the power granted to them by the Crown Prince to act arrogantly, like Huo Yingjiu.
Last year, he had taken a fancy to a married woman. The young woman was truly beautiful and alluring. To possess her, he had directly abducted her to his private villa for his pleasure.
The young woman, however, was steadfast and struggled desperately. In a fit of rage, Huo Yingjiu struck her to death with a palm.
Afterward, he gave her family five hundred thousand and threatened them, saying that if they dared to make a fuss, he would annihilate their entire family.
In the end, the family left Jinling in anger and humiliation, not accepting his five hundred thousand.
Of course, this was just one example. Over the years, many business families in Jinling had gone bankrupt overnight, and their families had been destroyed.
In fact, this was also their doing. They had done many wicked deeds to accumulate wealth for the Crown Prince.
Now that the Crown Prince wanted to protect his reputation, the best way was to kill them.
"Your Highness, we've done all this for you! Please spare our lives!"
Huo Yingjiu and the others knelt down, begging for mercy.
"Your Highness, there is still room for maneuver in this matter. We will definitely find a way to eliminate the impact. Please give us a chance!"
However, the Crown Prince remained unmoved. "I will remember your kindness, but the situation has become irreversible. Please take your own lives! I will protect your families!"
As soon as he said this, a chill ran through everyone's hearts. It seemed the Crown Prince intended to discard them after they had served their purpose. Would the Crown Prince kill them later?
Thus, they were filled with fear.
In fact, the Crown Prince was also depressed. He didn't want to do this, but with this move, who would dare to fight for him in the future?
But if he didn't kill these five people, then he would be the one to suffer. Once these people were put on trial, they would definitely confess everything.
Therefore, he decided to nip the problem in the bud.
The five men collapsed to the ground in fear, never expecting that their loyalty would be met with such a cruel fate.
They regretted it in their hearts.
"Your Highness, if you kill us, you won't fare well either. Who among the brothers present will fight for you in the future!"
Huo Yingjiu said angrily.
"Exactly, Your Highness, this is simply too disheartening!"
Hearing their reproaches, the Crown Prince remained unmoved.
"Strike!"
The two quasi-Xiantian masters immediately took action. The five men braced themselves and were about to flee when they were all subdued by the two quasi-Xiantian masters.
At this moment, seeing the terrified crowd, the Crown Prince comforted them, "Everyone, there's no need to worry. I killed them not to conceal anything, but because they acted behind my back, under my name, and did many unspeakable things!"
"I hope everyone can understand and not be affected by this matter. We still have great things to accomplish together in the future!"
"Yes!"
Everyone nodded in response.
"Alright, you may all leave. I am tired!"
Only then did the crowd retreat with trepidation.
At this moment, the head of the intelligence team reported.
"Your Highness, we have discovered who is behind this scheme!"
"Who?"
The Crown Prince asked through gritted teeth.
The head of the intelligence team reported, "Two people. One is Ye Qingcheng, and the other is Yun Fan!"
"These two scoundrels!"
The Crown Prince was enraged. Although he had suspected these two, he could not rule out the Lin family as a major enemy.
Now that it was confirmed to be these two, he wished he could cut them into a thousand pieces, but he knew he absolutely could not lose his composure.
"Ye Qingcheng is very troublesome!"
His subordinate reminded him.
How could the Crown Prince not know that Ye Qingcheng was troublesome? Ye Qingcheng was not terrifying, but Ye Ji was.
However, he did not want to let these two culprits off the hook, so he decided to deal with Yun Fan first.
"The only way now is to capture Yun Fan first, and then force him to clarify that this was all his fabrication and had nothing to do with me!"
The Crown Prince was very rational and immediately came up with a corresponding plan. The others were impressed by his ingenuity. This move by the Crown Prince was equivalent to turning a passive situation into an active one.
Although even with this, the Crown Prince's prestige would be greatly damaged, it was better to salvage what he could for now.
"However, his strength has already reached the quasi-Xiantian level. Capturing him will likely be very difficult!"
The two quasi-Xiantian masters reminded the Crown Prince.
As fellow quasi-Xiantian experts, they knew how difficult it was to capture a quasi-Xiantian.
A battle between quasi-Xiantian experts would either end in a stalemate or one of them would kill the other.
They had two quasi-Xiantian masters, and the two brothers were extremely coordinated. Killing Yun Fan would not be a problem, but capturing him alive would be very difficult.
The Crown Prince said, "This time, you don't need to kill him. You have another mission!"
"Hmm?"
As the two of them were puzzled, the Crown Prince said, "Dealing with Yun Fan is not difficult. As long as we capture those few women, he will be like a toothless tiger, at my mercy!"
"Your wisdom is truly admirable!"
The two praised him sincerely.
Although quasi-Xiantian experts were almost like unfeeling machines, Yun Fan might not be able to let go of those few women who were like sirens.
"Stop flattering me. Go and capture those women. I will personally set a trap for him and wait for his arrival!"
"Yes!"
Just as the two were about to depart, the Crown Prince reminded them again, "Be careful, there is a quasi-Xiantian expert among those women!"
"It's nothing!"
The two said confidently, "The two of us brothers can kill any quasi-Xiantian expert!"
"Mm!"
The Crown Prince nodded, "That quasi-Xiantian expert can be killed, but the other few must be kept alive!"
"Yes!"
Not long after the two had left, the Crown Prince, knowing that the situation was under control, immediately sent someone to invite Yun Fan.
Yun Fan, having received the invitation, naturally knew that the Crown Prince had likely set a trap for him.
However, he didn't know that the Crown Prince was already dealing with those women in secret.
At this moment, Yun Fan decided to accept the invitation. Of course, he wasn't rash and brainless; he had absolute means of self-preservation.
Furthermore, he wanted to see what kind of person this Crown Prince really was.
Of course, these were not the most important things. The most important thing was that he planned to see if he had the opportunity to counter-kill the Crown Prince.
This was the most crucial point.
Not long after Yun Fan went to the appointment, the two quasi-Xiantian masters arrived outside the film set and waited.
Why did they come here? Because all the women were at the film crew today, and even Leng Ningshuang, who always preferred quiet, came to join the fun.
They had just finished filming and were leaving the set, chatting and laughing.
But almost at that instant, Leng Ningshuang sensed the presence of the two quasi-Xiantian experts.
Subsequently, the two quasi-Xiantian experts revealed themselves. The women's expressions turned cold, and Zhao Fanghua and Yang Xue had already assumed combat stances.
"You all step back, leave this to me!"
Leng Ningshuang stepped forward.
Although the two women were not convinced by Leng Ningshuang's arrogance, the battle of quasi-Xiantian experts was indeed beyond their control, so they obediently retreated.
"You escaped last time, but this time, you won't be so lucky!"
The two stepped forward, a mocking expression on their faces.
Leng Ningshuang said, "You are very foolish to come and kill me!"
"Die!"
The two no longer wasted words, only wanting to resolve Leng Ningshuang quickly and then capture the women to threaten Yun Fan.
Instantly, the three engaged in battle. This time, the three were evenly matched, and neither side could gain the upper hand.
However, at this moment, the two displayed extreme coordination, directly suppressing Leng Ningshuang.
In the blink of an eye, dozens of moves had passed.
The two looked at Leng Ningshuang triumphantly, because from the previous exchanges, they realized that killing Leng Ningshuang seemed difficult.
But as long as they continued to cooperate, killing her would not be a problem.
"Hurry up and finish the fight!"
In an instant, the two attacked together, using their coordinated extreme movement techniques to deliver a fatal blow to Leng Ningshuang.
"Heavenly Fiend, Earthly Grasp!"
The two combined their strength and unleashed this ultimate killing technique. This move had earth-shattering destructive power, but its drawback was that after using it, they would enter a state of weakness.
They might temporarily drop below Houtian, but as long as they dealt with Leng Ningshuang, even if they only had Houtian strength, they would be enough to capture the women.
In an instant, a ripping aura swept over. Zhao Fanghua and Yang Xue showed expressions of horror. This was already beyond human capability.
Their hearts were filled with endless worry. Even with Leng Ningshuang's peak quasi-Xiantian strength, she might not be able to resist.
However, at this moment, Leng Ningshuang moved, breaking free from the two's aura.
"Boom!"
This strike fell, truly terrifying and world-shattering.
Just as the two thought they had secured victory, Leng Ningshuang walked out of the killing move completely unharmed.
"Impossible!"
As the two were shocked, Leng Ningshuang suddenly attacked. With just two simple moves, she repelled them.
"Pfft!"
The two, who were already close to being crippled, had fear in their eyes, and blood spurted uncontrollably from their mouths.
Such a Leng Ningshuang was completely beyond the expectations of Zhao Fanghua and Yang Xue. They had never expected the final outcome to be like this.
"Xiantian, you are Xiantian!"
The two roared in disbelief.
That's right, with this move, they were convinced that no quasi-Xiantian could resist it. Leng Ningshuang's unharmed state was likely only possible for someone in the Xiantian realm.
After all, the difference between the Xiantian realm and the quasi-Xiantian realm, though seemingly just a thin line, was actually a vast chasm that was difficult to cross.
"A fortunate breakthrough!"
Leng Ningshuang said calmly. In her opinion, breaking through to Xiantian was as natural as breathing.
After all, with her talent and strength, breaking through to Xiantian was merely a matter of course, unlike others who might never break through in their lifetime, with Xiantian being a lifelong dream.
For Leng Ningshuang, her achievements were not just limited to Xiantian. During her recent seclusion, she had also naturally achieved breakthroughs.
"A fortunate breakthrough?"
The two immediately spat out blood. Those words were too infuriating. They felt like they had been hit by ten thousand critical hits.
This was even more unbearable than being killed. They had spent most of their lives reaching the quasi-Xiantian realm, and Leng Ningshuang, who was less than half their age, had already surpassed them and broken through to Xiantian. Indeed, comparing oneself to others could be maddening.
"Do you want to take your own lives or escape?"
Leng Ningshuang gave them two choices.
The two were disheartened. While there were two choices, there was effectively only one.
To escape from a Xiantian expert was almost impossible. In their prime, they might have managed to escape as one.
But now that their cultivation had fallen and they were severely injured, the possibility of escape was zero, with no chance of luck.
"No need to choose, let you end us!"
The two accepted their fate. "It is our honor to die at the hands of a Xiantian expert!"
At this moment, they had come to terms with life and death. It was laughable that they had even wanted to kill Leng Ningshuang and then threaten Yun Fan.
Even more laughable was that they seemed to see the Crown Prince's downfall. Perhaps the Crown Prince had not yet realized the severity of the situation.
If possible, they wished they could remind the Crown Prince to run as far away as possible. Unfortunately, in the next moment, Leng Ningshuang waved her hand.
An invisible force descended, and the two instantly died without a trace.
At this moment, Leng Ningshuang disdainfully said to her shocked fellow disciples, "Do you see? I always told you you were trash, and you didn't believe me. You're dragging down the Guigu Sect!"
As soon as she said this, the two gritted their teeth in anger. What was there to be proud of? What was there to be arrogant about? Wasn't it just because they always followed their master and junior brother that they broke through to Xiantian?
What was so great about it? If they had Leng Ningshuang's conditions, they could do the same.
However, this was only their thought in their hearts; they dared not say it out loud, lest they be beaten severely by Leng Ningshuang.
...
On the other side, Yun Fan had already arrived at the Crown Prince's mansion.
Upon seeing Yun Fan arrive, everyone present revealed killing intent. They hadn't expected Yun Fan to actually dare to come.
Yun Fan was indifferent. These mediocre individuals were still the Crown Prince's loyal lackeys; he didn't even find them worthy.
It seemed the Crown Prince's judgment of people was also average.
These people were not only worlds apart from his senior sisters, but they were even inferior to Hei Long and Lei Bao.
At this moment, the Crown Prince came out, personally coming to greet Yun Fan.
"Brother Yun, please come in!"
The Crown Prince said with a smile, showing no hint of his true intentions. But in Yun Fan's eyes, this was just the Crown Prince's last stubborn resistance.
Soon, he would drop the pretense and reveal his fangs.
"Mm!"
Yun Fan calmly walked in and sat opposite the Crown Prince.
At this moment, the Crown Prince said to Yun Fan, "Brother Yun, you've gone too far this time. You're trying to put me in a bad light!"
"Don't make yourself sound so pitiful. If you hadn't tried to kill me repeatedly, you wouldn't have ended up like this today!"
Yun Fan replied calmly.
The Crown Prince smiled, "Do you know that you won't be able to leave today?"
"I don't think so!"
Yun Fan said calmly, "Since I dare to come, it means I'm not afraid of you!"
"With your strength and talent, if you didn't oppose me, you would become my most capable assistant!"
"Did you invite me here just to say these things?"
Yun Fan said impatiently, "Your Highness, you know as well as I do that a battle between us is inevitable. So let's stop beating around the bush and get straight to the point!"