“Hmm? Something's happened!”
The Butler noticed something was wrong the moment he arrived at the gates of the Lyu family manor. He leaped into the air and flew rapidly toward the main mansion.
Before he even got close, he caught the scent of blood.
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Behind him, Jade Dog and Red Fox flew over as well, their expressions equally grim.
The Butler clenched his fists tightly and rushed into the villa.
Red!
Crimson!
The entire villa was stained red with blood!
But the Butler didn't spare it a single glance, heading straight for the second floor.
It didn't matter how many servants died; what mattered most was that the two young masters were safe!
However, when he burst open the door to Lyu Tong's room, he stood frozen in shock.
His eldest young master had... bloomed.
The eldest young master stood by the door, his flesh sliced into one-millimeter thin strips. They were pushed outward by the blood, resembling flower buds in full bloom.
Whoosh—
As the door opened and the air circulated, the 'petals' on his body began to wither and fall, bit by bit.
“Aaaagh!!!”
Only then did the eldest young master regain consciousness, letting out a blood-curdling scream.
With his voice and movements, the petals on his body fell even faster.
The Butler watched helplessly as the family's most promising heir died before his very eyes.
Jade Dog and Red Fox also walked over. Seeing the scene inside the room, Red Fox remained silent for a moment before speaking.
“Go check on the rest of your family.”
His voice jolted the Butler awake, and he immediately ran toward Lyu Guangzong's room.
But in his heart, he knew that if Lyu Tong was in this state, there was no reason for Lyu Guangzong to be alive.
When he opened the door, sure enough, Lyu Guangzong was also 'blooming.'
As the air flowed in, Lyu Guangzong also regained consciousness and screamed, accelerating the process of the flowers fading.
The Butler didn't linger. Drenched in a cold sweat, he burst into the Old Master's room.
When he saw that the Old Master was unharmed, he let out a heartfelt sigh of relief.
“Who did this?!”
The Butler roared.
Lyu Xiaofeng had trusted him so much, leaving him to guard the house, yet both the son and grandson were dead. How could he possibly face Lyu Xiaofeng?
Fortunately, the Old Master was still alive. If the Old Master had been taken too, he might as well prepare to run for his life right now.
“Check the surveillance,” Red Fox suggested as he caught up.
Hearing this, the Butler picked up the Old Master on his back and ran downstairs.
At this point, he would not let the Old Master out of his sight for anything!
He dashed all the way to the security room. As expected, the people there had been killed, and the surveillance footage had been destroyed.
However, even some of the Lyu family insiders didn't know that the family actually had two sets of surveillance!
One was for normal use, with cameras covering every corner of the Lyu estate.
The other set consisted of hidden cameras. These hidden cameras were disguised, placed in remote locations, and extremely difficult to detect.
He opened the secret room and went inside. Sure enough, it hadn't been touched.
He hurriedly pulled up the footage, and his entire world seemed to crumble when he saw the screen.
The Fourth Master and Fifth Master were actually moving things out.
But they seemed to be wearing something that could interfere with the cameras. The situation inside the rooms was barely captured; the footage only showed them loading antiques onto a truck and then driving away.
They also seemed to drag something off the truck, but unfortunately, the camera was moving at that moment and didn't catch it.
The Butler clenched his fists until they turned white.
“I'm going to inform the Master!”
...
“What?!”
Lyu Xiaofeng was shocked. Beside him, Lyu Che's expression was equally stunned, but a careful observer would notice a hidden joy beneath his shock.
Although he ran an auction house, it couldn't compare to the gold mine managed by his elder brother!
He had thought that with his grandfather around, he would never be able to rise to the top in this lifetime. He never expected that Old Fourth and Old Fifth would take out his father and elder brother. In that case, wouldn't he become the next head of the family?
The thought almost made him laugh out loud, but he had to force a pained expression on the surface.
Boom!!!
Lyu Xiaofeng could barely control his spiritual pressure. It weighed down on Lyu Che so heavily that he couldn't breathe. Just as Lyu Che felt like he was about to suffocate, Lyu Xiaofeng retracted his aura, his fierce eyes staring fixedly at the Butler.
“What were you doing at that time? What were the Baleful Stars doing?”
Cold sweat began to pour down the Butler's forehead, but he still replied.
“Master, today is the fifteenth.”
“Phew~”
Hearing those words, Lyu Xiaofeng forced himself to calm down.
“Where were the Baleful Stars?”
“They went with me.”
“Did you find anything?”
“No. Because of that, we were delayed even longer than usual.”
Hearing this, Lyu Xiaofeng's knuckles cracked as he squeezed his fists.
“They took all the antiques and transcendent items?”
“Yes.”
“Bring them back to me!”
“People have already been sent to find them.”
“You go personally!!!”
“...Yes.”
Lyu Xiaofeng adjusted his breathing and asked, “Is my father alright?”
“The Old Master's condition is fine, but... but the Fourth and Fifth Masters also took the raw materials for the potion. Without the potion, the Old Master might...”
Hearing this, Lyu Xiaofeng's expression became even more distorted.
“Two hours. I'm giving you only two hours.”
“Yes!”
...
Yin Yang's residence.
The Headless Ghost was basking in the sun.
After getting its liver back, it finally no longer feared sunlight.
Although the Red-Haired Ghost in the shadows remained expressionless, Yin Yang could still sense its envy.
He stepped forward, patted the Red-Haired Ghost on the shoulder, and said, “We'll get the Heart back too.”
The Red-Haired Ghost nodded silently, its form gradually dissipating.
Its presence in the team had always been very low—so low that one might even forget it existed if they didn't make an effort to remember.
But that was normal; after all, it was Yin Yang's heart.
The fact that it wasn't like a pool of stagnant water was enough to satisfy him.
On the other side, the blade-wielding ghost also walked out to bask in the sun with the Headless Ghost.
Since the Headless Ghost had awakened, it had become much more cheerful as well.
When the Headless Ghost saw it coming, it immediately used a Capture move to pin it to the ground.
The two ghosts began to play and wrestle under the sunlight. Yin Yang watched them with great interest from the side.
This was the kind of scene he had envied most during his childhood.
“Meow~”
Canned Food also walked over, stretching in front of Yin Yang before lying down on his foot.
“What's this? You have a harem of three thousand beauties, but you can't manage to favor them all?”
Yin Yang squatted down and scratched its head.
“Meow~”
Canned Food's meow was lazy. Yin Yang was about to tease it some more when the Words of Command rang out in his ears again.
【True God!】
【Your believers need you. Those heretics are about to seize our divine kingdom!】
【Are you going to fall into an endless slumber again?】
【True God!】
【Awaken!】
【Everything you see now is merely an illusion!】
Yin Yang's head throbbed with waves of pain. He felt as if countless black hands were grabbing his consciousness, trying to drag him into the abyss.
...
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