The strength of these two should be above hers...
But at this moment, the slender man approached her: "Miss, you can try to command that man."
Bai Ran looked at him, her expression wary: "What exactly are you plotting?"
The man smiled, appearing completely non-aggressive: "Huan Yan, she is your mother, right?"
Bai Ran's brows furrowed tightly: "So what if she is, so what if she isn't?"
"My name is Wen Yan, his name is Jiang Ye, we are both subordinates of your mother." Wen Yan said with a smile.
"Words are cheap, how can I believe you?" Bai Ran stared at him intently, not lowering her guard at all.
Wen Yan looked at Jiang Ye: "Yan Ling Shu Fu, have you heard of it, Miss?"
Yan Ling Shu Fu... Bai Ran looked at the three people beside her: "You mean, I can restrain you with my words?"
Wen Yan nodded slowly: "Your mother placed this seal on us. Due to our bloodline, you can also command us."
Bai Ran pondered for a moment, then her thin lips parted: "Jiang Ye, stop."
Jiang Ye, who had been punching Qin Mu Bai just moments ago, froze in place.
"Bang—!" While he was stopped, Qin Mu Bai landed a heavy punch on his face.
Jiang Ye ignored him and instead looked at Bai Ran, laughing heartily: "Found you! You are that person's daughter!"
"Fang Tian Hui, bow and apologize," Bai Ran said calmly.
Jiang Ye blinked, then walked towards Fang Tian Hui uncontrollably: "I'm sorry!"
He bowed deeply, his loud apology startling Fang Tian Hui: "If I didn't know better, I'd think you were apologizing. If I didn't know, I'd think you were challenging me to a duel!"
Jiang Ye clenched his teeth, veins bulging, Damn it! He couldn't control his body!
Wen Yan covered his mouth and chuckled: "Miss, did you see?"
"Wen Gou! So it was you who told her!" Jiang Ye's voice was furious, but his body refused to straighten.
Bai Ran raised an eyebrow as she looked at Jiang Ye: "Squat."
Jiang Ye obediently squatted down.
"Extend your hand."
Jiang Ye obediently extended his hand.
"Turn around."
Jiang Ye obediently turned in a circle.
Fang Tian Hui and the other two stared dumbfounded. Wen Yan had never seen such an obedient Jiang Ye, his body trembling with suppressed laughter.
At this moment, Jiang Ye was close to grinding his back molars to dust.
"Have you had enough fun?" he looked at Bai Ran, his eyes blazing with fury.
Bai Ran curved her lips into a smile: "This Yan Ling Shu Fu is quite useful."
"Can you trust me now?" Wen Yan asked, looking at her.
Hearing this, Bai Ran looked at Fang Tian Hui and the other: "You two go back first, I have something to deal with."
"Wen Yan, give them a Golden Silk Phoenix egg, and then escort them out."
Wen Yan was stunned, and foolishly picked up an egg and handed it to Fang Tian Hui.
Fang Tian Hui looked at him in confusion: "Possessed? Why are you listening to Sister Bai so much?"
Wen Yan's face turned dark. Now it was Jiang Ye's turn to mock him.
Bai Ran curved her lips into a smile: "Perhaps so."
After the two had walked away, she sat down on a chair in the shop: "Speak, what do you want with me?"
Wen Yan lowered his gaze and chuckled: "Actually, there's nothing much. We are just here to protect you."
"Protect me?" The little deer lay quietly in her arms: "I don't need your protection."
Jiang Ye snorted: "What? Are you counting on this thing in the corner to protect you?"
Jing Feng, hidden in the shadows, twitched his mouth. The thing in the corner... should be referring to himself...
Bai Ran was somewhat surprised that he could detect Jing Feng's presence. Looking at Wen Yan's calm demeanor, it seemed he had known Jing Feng was following her for a long time.
"I don't think your intentions are that simple," she looked at Wen Yan.
The Wu Shi Beast sought her out because it feared she would make the wrong choice and become the greatest calamity in the world. Yet these two claimed they only wanted to protect her?
Wen Yan smiled faintly: "Little mistress has sharp eyes. We indeed have another mission."
He stared straight at Bai Ran and slowly said: "That is to bring the little mistress back to the Nine Heavens."
Bring her back to the Nine Heavens... Bai Ran's mind recalled the warning from Liang Wenzhou's parents: do not enter the Nine Heavens.
Conflicted... Liang Wenzhou's parents, and these two in front of her, one of them was lying...
"Are you truly your mother's people?" Bai Ran's thin lips parted, her hand pausing in its stroking of the lucky deer.
"You have Yan Ling Shu Fu over us, and you saw it just now. We are indeed under your control."
They didn't answer directly... Bai Ran put down the lucky deer.
"You said my mother placed Yan Ling Shu Fu on you, and due to our bloodline, I can also command you."
She looked at Wen Yan and smiled: "But I have more than one bloodline in my body."
Wen Yan and Jiang Ye's expressions stiffened slightly, as if they hadn't expected Bai Ran to be so clever.
"You were sent by my father, weren't you?" Bai Ran raised an eyebrow: "And Yan Ling Shu Fu is also a sharp tool my father uses to control you."
"I just happened to inherit his bloodline, and I can command you. Am I wrong?"
Wen Yan bit his lower lip, his expression complicated. They had been exposed...
They had intended to trick her using the existing Yan Ling Shu Fu to abduct her, but they hadn't expected to be seen through before even the first step.
The expressions of the two were quite grim. This was a big problem...
"Take me back to the Nine Heavens, and then what?" she smiled. The two, however, remained silent, their lips sealed.
"Wen Yan, tell the truth." The Yan Ling Shu Fu immediately took effect, and Wen Yan began to speak the truth uncontrollably.
"We were both fallen immortals who were cast out of the God Realm for our mistakes. His Majesty the God Emperor said that if we brought you back to the Nine Heavens, we would be able to redeem ourselves and return to the God Realm."
Jiang Ye was startled and suddenly turned to stop him from speaking, but Bai Ran's words froze him in place.
Wen Yan gritted his teeth and spoke word by word: "He gave us this lucky deer, saying that this lucky deer would guide us to find you."
"What is his purpose?" The God Emperor... is it my father...? Bai Ran narrowed her eyes.
"To kill you..."
Kill Miss Bai! Jing Feng, hidden in the shadows,'s eyes widened. Wasn't the God Emperor Miss Bai's own father! Why would he send people to trick his own daughter and then kill her?
Bai Ran's expression turned grim: "The reason?"
"We don't know either." Wen Yan's face was as dark as the bottom of a pot. Damn it... it was completely exposed now...
"Do you know anything about my mother?" A terrifying guess gradually formed in her heart...
Wen Yan nodded stiffly: "A general of the Demon Realm, a demoness who brought chaos to the God Realm."
"Where is she?" Bai Ran looked at him directly.
Wen Yan clenched his fists tightly, wanting to close his mouth, but under the effect of Yan Ling Shu Fu, he couldn't resist at all.
"She died... by His Majesty the God Emperor's sword..."
Jing Feng's mouth gaped in shock, finding it hard to believe what he heard. Miss Bai's mother actually died by Miss Bai's father's sword!
As expected... a dark glint flashed in Bai Ran's eyes.