Volume 14, Chapter 939 – The Transaction Begins

As soon as Han Qianyang returned, he heard about his granddaughter’s brush with danger and immediately summoned Han Yurou for questioning.

“I heard you were attacked the day after I left?”

Han Qianyang looked to his granddaughter for confirmation.

“Yes.”

Han Yurou then carefully recounted the events that had occurred.

“How brazen! To dare lay a hand on my granddaughter in broad daylight!”

Han Qianyang’s expression turned dark. He asked next, “It’s already been several days. Have you found out who the mastermind is? I’ll skin him alive.”

“It was the Xi family of Tianyan Planet.”

Han Yurou answered cautiously, thinking to herself: ‘I said it. Are you sure you can actually do something about it?’

“Uh…”

Han Qianyang’s face turned awkward. He gave a dry cough, forced a stern look, and said, “I should’ve guessed. No one on Jinguang Planet would dare do something like that. It had to be the Xi family from Tianyan Planet. But so what if it’s them? I will make them pay.”

“Grandfather, let it go. We don’t have any evidence. If we make a move just based on a few vague words from those people, we don’t have a leg to stand on.”

Han Yurou gently advised, giving her grandfather a way to gracefully back down.

“What you said makes sense. We’ll go with what my granddaughter says.”

Han Qianyang smoothly took the opportunity to de-escalate, then added to save face, “But the Han family isn’t so easily bullied either. Since they dared target you, I’ll target the women of the Xi family.”

As soon as Han Qianyang finished speaking, a beautiful middle-aged woman was pulled out from his spatial ring. She was completely immobile due to being bound by Divine Sense.

“That’s Xi Yu’s mother? You succeeded?”

Han Yurou was delighted.

“Yes. Just as I expected, the Xi family focused all their efforts on protecting Xi Yu. These women were left mostly undefended. And they had no sense of danger at all. It didn’t take me much effort to capture her.”

Han Qianyang said proudly.

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“Exactly. The Xi family on Tianyan Planet is just like our Han family here on Jinguang Planet. They’d never expect anyone to go after their women.”

Han Yurou echoed the sentiment with a smile.

Hearing this, Xi Yu’s mother was so furious she looked as if her liver would explode. She glared at the grandfather and granddaughter pair, her eyes full of hatred, as though she wanted to tear them apart.

“What are you looking at? You brought this on yourself. Your Xi family not only stole our ancestor’s corpse, but also used it to forge a magic treasure. And now, you’re trying to abduct me too? You’re nothing but a pack of thieves!”

Han Yurou scolded sharply and without reservation.

“Well said!”

Han Qianyang praised her, then stored Xi Yu’s mother back into his ring. “To avoid complications, I need to make the transaction with the Xi family as soon as possible. Otherwise, I’ll make sure she suffers before we talk.”

“Then Grandfather, where do you plan to make the trade? On Jinguang Planet or Tianyan Planet?”

Han Yurou asked curiously.

“Neither Jinguang Planet nor Tianyan Planet. Doing it on Jinguang Planet would implicate the Han family. And Tianyan Planet is the enemy’s stronghold. I plan to make the exchange on Muyi Planet.”

Han Qianyang revealed his plan.

“Then is there anything I can help with?”

Han Yurou offered quickly.

“No need. The fewer people involved in this kind of deal, the better. You just stay home and keep yourself safe. That alone will be a big help to your grandfather.”

Han Qianyang gently refused.

“Then please be careful. The Xi family is no pushover.”

Han Yurou reminded him again.

“I know. Don’t worry.”

Han Qianyang smiled dotingly, then said, “By the way, Xiaorou, go call that Chen Yuzhu here.”

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By Chen Yuzhu, he naturally meant Qi Huang. It was the alias she commonly used.

“What do you want with her?”

Han Yurou asked cautiously.

“First, she saved you, so I naturally want to thank her in person. Since I’ve got time now, I can take a look at her condition. Second, someone that powerful suddenly appearing out of nowhere—I need to know more about her. We can’t risk letting a wolf into our home.”

Han Qianyang explained.

“That’s not necessary, is it? If she really meant me harm, she wouldn’t have stepped in to help during such a critical moment.”

Han Yurou looked uncertain.

“You’re sure she’s only at the Divine Realm?”

Han Qianyang pressed, unconvinced.

“Yes. She came for a medical consultation, so I had to take her pulse. There’s no way I’m wrong about that.”

Han Yurou answered with confidence.

“Then she must’ve relied on some powerful treasure?”

Han Qianyang murmured to himself, but still insisted, “Call her here. I’ll take a look at that mole on her face. Consider it a gesture of gratitude.”

Since her grandfather put it that way, Han Yurou couldn’t refuse and went to bring Qi Huang over.

Qi Huang was bold and confident, showing no hesitation as she followed her into the study.

Under the guise of examining her condition, Han Qianyang checked her pulse and confirmed that she truly only had early-stage Divine Realm cultivation. Only then did he finally relax.

He then seriously examined the red mole on Qi Huang’s face, but of course, he couldn’t figure anything out. In the end, he had to rely on his experience and prescribe a formula for treatment.

Qi Huang wasn’t actually there to seek treatment, so she showed no disappointment whatsoever.

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“Grandfather… Grandfather… Something terrible has happened… My mother is missing.”

That night, Xi Yu and his father Xi Jin burst into Xi Hou’s study in a panic.

“What? Missing? What happened exactly?”

Xi Hou stood up in shock.

“It was like this. Mother went out the morning before yesterday. She said she was going to the lake in the north of the city with some aunts and other ladies. But she never came back.”

Xi Yu said anxiously, her voice slightly trembling.

“Why are you only telling me now?”

Xi Hou ground his teeth and demanded.

“At first, we thought Ali was visiting some female friend’s home and didn’t think too much of it.”

Xi Jin explained carefully.

“Yes. But by today, she still hasn’t returned. That’s when we realized something was wrong. We questioned the people who went with her, and they all said they didn’t know where she went midway.”

Xi Yu added.

“We’ve been using the Thousand-Mile Communication Tube these past two days to try to reach her, but we haven’t gotten any response. Something has happened.”

Xi Jin clenched his fists.

“That’s impossible. Even if she’s just a Divine Realm cultivator, she still had powerful protective treasures on her. On Tianyan Planet, there aren’t many who could abduct her without a trace. And even if someone could, they’d never dare target a woman of the Xi family.”

Xi Hou began pacing in the study.

“Grandfather… could it have been someone from the Han family of Jinguang Planet?”

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Xi Yu thought for a moment and spoke.

“Yes, we just targeted Han Yurou recently. If someone from the Han family is retaliating, then it would make perfect sense.”

Xi Jin agreed.

“But the timing doesn’t match. Even if it’s Han Qianyang, it would’ve been impossible for him to travel here and abduct Ali in such a short span.”

Xi Hou frowned, then suddenly his expression changed: “Unless… he left Jinguang Planet from the very start just to come here and abduct Ali.”

“If that’s true, then taking my mother wasn’t just for revenge. Then what was the motive?”

Xi Yu’s face was full of confusion.

“It must be because of the Chaotic Corpse.”

Xi Hou instantly realized.

“Exactly. The Han family has coveted that Chaotic Corpse for years. Now that he doesn’t have long to live, this must be his last gamble.”

Xi Jin also nodded in agreement.

“But we have no proof. Even if it was him, we can’t do anything.”

Xi Yu said anxiously.

“It doesn’t matter. Whoever kidnapped your mother will definitely make demands of the Xi family. When they do, I’ll skin them alive.”

Xi Hou’s face twisted with rage.

Several days later, Han Qianyang once again left Jinguang Planet and anonymously sent a letter to the Xi family. As expected, he proposed to exchange Xi Yu’s mother for the Chaotic Corpse.

The Xi family had no choice but to agree. They prepared the Chaotic Corpse and planned to use the transaction to catch Han Qianyang in the act… then tear him apart.

Qi Huang did not interfere. She merely waited patiently for Han Qianyang to stumble. When the time came, she would step in as the savior.