Volume 14, Chapter 938 – How Did You Do That

Han Yurou was momentarily stunned. Not even in her wildest dreams did she expect anyone to dare make a move on her in Nanshan City—inside the Han Family’s stronghold, no less. Were they simply tired of living?

As for the other servants, their cultivation was weak, and they were completely unprepared, so they didn’t even have time to react.

Qi Huang, though powerful, had already sensed their intentions and was unfazed by the ambush. Of course, in others’ eyes, it merely seemed as if she hadn’t reacted in time.

Several masked figures charged into the medical hall like a destructive storm. Divine Sense from the Divine Realm instantly surged forward to suppress Han Yurou, with the leading attacker’s Divine Sense even reaching the peak of the Divine Realm.

Han Yurou was not a brainless woman. She reacted quickly, realizing that these people wouldn’t dare attack her in broad daylight unless they were absolutely confident in their success. Without hesitation, she crushed a talisman—a protective charm her grandfather had given her.

Swish!

With the talisman shattered, a translucent protective barrier immediately enveloped Han Yurou.

BOOM…!

Several waves of Divine Sense slammed into the barrier one after another, unleashing an unstoppable shockwave that swept through everything inside the medical hall.

Han Yurou’s two bratty maidservants didn’t even know what had happened before they were sent flying with blood spraying from their mouths. The same fate befell the rest of the servants.

Qi Huang’s Divine Sense shield flickered briefly and vanished, but she remained standing calmly as if nothing had happened.

Han Yurou’s face showed signs of anxiety, but her attackers gave her no time to check on her servants. In a flash, they surrounded her.

The masked intruders rushed up and were startled to find that Han Yurou’s protective shield remained unshaken. Awkwardly, they halted in place.

“That must be a Divine Sense Shield that damned old man Han Qianyang gave her. Its strength is definitely at the level of the Heavenly Tribulation Realm.”

The burly masked man spat the words through gritted teeth. He was the leader of over a dozen spies from the Xi family.

“What? Heavenly Tribulation Realm? How are we supposed to break through that?”

“We can’t just stand here like idiots. The longer we delay, the more likely Han family experts will arrive. When that happens, getting out of here won’t be so easy.”

“Why don’t we retreat for now? So long as the mountains remain, we’ll never lack for firewood.”

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“Retreat, my ass! You want to alert the enemy? You think the Han Family is some outhouse you can come and go from as you please?”

The henchmen immediately panicked upon hearing this and began to argue.

“There won’t be a next time. If this mission fails, the clan leader won’t spare us. Today, we either succeed or we die.”

The leader frowned and looked around, soon catching sight of Qi Huang, who stood nearby with a careless smile.

“Hmph. If we can’t get her out, then let’s make her come out herself.”

He let out a cold snort and suddenly flashed in front of Qi Huang, placing a sharp sword against her delicate neck.

Qi Huang didn’t resist. She was curious to see what kind of person Han Yurou truly was.

“She’s your maid, right? Come out here yourself, or I’ll kill her right now.”

The spy leader threatened Han Yurou.

Han Yurou grew anxious and quickly tried to explain. “Stop! She’s just my patient, not my maid.”

“Patient?”

The spy leader frowned, then sneered. “A patient? That’s even better. They say healers have kind hearts. You wouldn’t just stand there and watch me kill your patient, would you? I’ll count to three. If you don’t come out, your patient becomes a corpse. One…”

Han Yurou showed no signs of hesitation. Without delay, she crushed another talisman, another defensive charm from her grandfather, and deactivated her Divine Sense Shield.

“Miss Han truly lives up to her status as a descendant of immortals. Not only is your talent outstanding, but your character is also admirable. You’re making me feel guilty,” the spy leader said in a fake, insincere tone.

Then, he turned to a scrawny subordinate and ordered, “What are you standing there for? Stuff her into the spatial ring.”

“Yes!” the scrawny subordinate replied excitedly.

“Wait! Let her go. She’s no use to you,” Han Yurou pleaded for Qi Huang.

“A prisoner like you has no right to bargain with me,” the spy leader sneered with contempt.

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Han Yurou’s chest heaved with anger, but she had no choice. She turned to Qi Huang and apologized, “I’m sorry I couldn’t cure the red mole on your face, and I got you involved in this mess.”

But Qi Huang just smiled like she didn’t have a care in the world. “Involved? You’re really overthinking things. Something this trivial isn’t enough to drag me down.”

“What? Trivial?”

The spy leader instantly snapped, his expression ferocious. “You’re saying this is trivial?”

“Of course. You’ve been going on and on, and no one’s even died. If that’s not trivial, what is?”

Qi Huang shrugged.

“You want to see someone die? Fine! I’ll send you to meet your great-grandmother right now!”

Unable to bear it anymore, the spy leader raised his sword to kill.

“Don’t!” Han Yurou cried out, trying to stop him. But strangely, the spy leader just stood there, dumbly frozen in place, making no move to slash Qi Huang’s throat.

Qi Huang gently reached up and pushed the sword away, then walked forward in broad daylight, unhurried and unafraid.

“Leader? What’s going on? Why’d you let her go?”

The scrawny subordinate stepped forward, confused.

The spy leader said nothing, because his head rolled cleanly off his shoulders, blood gushing like a fountain.

Everyone froze in shock, mouths open, eyes wide. None of them had a clue what had just happened.

“So, did you see your great-grandmother yet?”

Qi Huang turned back and quipped at the severed head.

“Run!”

The remaining spies snapped out of their daze and immediately scattered in terror. With their leader dead, they had no guts to stay and fight.

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Han Yurou didn’t dare approach. Her voice stiff, she asked, “How… how did you do that?”

“Just a life-preserving treasure,” Qi Huang replied nonchalantly.

Hearing that, Han Yurou looked slightly more at ease. Her expression turned to one of surprise. “You really can’t judge a book by its cover. I didn’t expect you to have such a powerful treasure. That guy was at the peak of the Divine Realm, and you killed him without a sound…”

“It’s nothing,” Qi Huang replied casually, as this sort of victory was hardly worth boasting about for her.

Han Yurou’s taut nerves finally relaxed. She rushed to check on her maids and the other servants. Thankfully, they were all injured but alive.

“Who dares cause trouble in the Han Family’s medical hall?”

Only after quite a while did the Han family members show up.

Qi Huang rolled her eyes. It was obvious they had deliberately delayed. What a bunch of “good relatives”.

“These fools are truly short-sighted. Just to fight for the patriarch seat, they’re willing to ignore the life of the clan’s most promising Immortal Seed. Don’t they understand the meaning of shared prosperity and shared ruin?”

Qi Huang couldn’t help but grumble inwardly.

Then came the aftermath. The Han family assigned people to rebuild the medical hall and dispatched others to capture the fleeing spies.

Han Yurou’s second uncle even feigned gratitude, calling Qi Huang over to thank her while subtly trying to fish for information about her “life-saving treasure”.

But Qi Huang, with her three-hundred-plus years of life experience, saw through him immediately. She diverted the conversation and brushed him off with vague replies.

“What? The spies failed? What the hell were they doing? Useless trash.”

In the Xi residence study, Xi Yu cursed in disbelief.

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“They ran into someone tough. Apparently, there was a patient inside the medical hall who was incredibly powerful. He killed Liu Ling on the spot without making a sound,” reported Xi Hou. The Liu Ling he mentioned was the spy leader.

“How is that possible? Didn’t you say Liu Ling was at the peak of the Divine Realm? The only ones who could kill him that easily would be in the Heavenly Tribulation Realm. Why would someone like that visit a minor cultivator like Han Yurou for treatment?”

Xi Yu was full of doubt.

“I’m not sure either. Maybe that person had a powerful treasure,” Xi Hou speculated.

“Grandfather, what about the rest of the spies?”

Xi Yu asked after a moment of thought.

“All of them were captured. The information we got came from their doppelgängers before they were caught.”

Xi Hou shook his head.

“They won’t rat you out, will they?”

Xi Yu looked worried.

“So what if they do? There’s no evidence. The Han family can’t come after me just because a few nobodies point fingers. Besides, our Xi family is stronger than the Han family. If Han Qianyang wants to stir up trouble, he’d better think twice.”

Xi Hou said with confidence.

“That’s true. They haven’t found out yet that both of our Immortal Steles have lost their power. As long as we keep that hidden, Han Qianyang won’t dare act recklessly. Even if he swallows his teeth, he’ll have to choke them down with blood.”

Xi Yu grinned smugly, then frowned. “Still, this attempt has clearly alerted them. It won’t be easy to make another move on Han Yurou. Without control over the Domain of Time, you…”

“It’s fine. I’ve still got a few decades left in me. We’ll take our time.”

Xi Hou waved his hand dismissively.

A few days later, Han Qianyang returned to the Han family, and successfully captured Xi Yu’s mother and brought her back.