Chapter 284: Indifference and Rumors

By the time Han Li heard this, he already understood most of it. Net

What these people were talking about was the disappearance of cultivators in the Yue Kingdom's cultivation world over the past few years.

It seemed these people had been captured by the people behind the scenes, but were released after being threatened. But listening to their tone, they were already under the control of others and were forced to do some harmful things.

Various thoughts turned rapidly in Han Li's mind, and within a moment, he judged that it was better not to touch this matter.

After all, the people behind the scenes who could make so many cultivators disappear without a trace, and who had remained at large and undetected until now, in itself showed that this black hand was extremely cunning and definitely not an ordinary person.

And since they could drive Foundation Establishment stage cultivators, there might even be Core Formation stage cultivators hiding behind them!

As a small Foundation Establishment stage cultivator, it was better not to bring trouble upon himself in these troubled times.

With a decision in his heart, Han Li immediately withdrew his spiritual sense and stopped paying attention to this group of cultivators.

Although these people were somewhat unlucky and pitiful, he had no relation to them, and he wouldn't risk huge danger to meddle in this idle business.

He could only let them pray for their own blessings!

And the Seven Sects now, just as the black-faced old man analyzed, were fully resisting the Demonic Dao and had no time to spare. Even if Han Li helped report it, they would mostly likely not care about this idle business.

Han Li could only think coldly like this.

Since he didn't need to be distracted by listening to others' whispers, Han Li opened his mind even more to eat, and from time to time, he pretended to be curious, pointing at some novel things outside the window and asking Qin Ping this and that.

Qin Ping naturally explained everything to Han Li one by one. As a result, after a meal, most of the food on the table had entered Han Li's stomach, making Qin Ping click his tongue in wonder, secretly thinking that his young master not only had abundant energy but also a not-so-small appetite!

At this time, that table of cultivators stood up and went downstairs. Han Li saw clearly their appearance when they left; they still had dejected expressions. It seemed they wouldn't be able to come up with any good methods for a while.

Seeing this scene, after Han Li ate a few more mouthfuls of food, he let Qin Ping settle the bill and leave.

But Qin Ping just smiled, took out a waist token of the Qin residence from his body, and went downstairs in a grand manner.

After a while, he went upstairs and reported to Han Li:

"Young Master, I have already left the waist token there and told the shopkeeper to go to our residence at the end of the month to settle the bill. We don't need to spend silver for this meal. The young masters of the Qin residence have a quota of hundreds of taels of silver for expenses every month that can be reported to the residence. I have already recorded the meal money under Young Master's account."

Han Li was somewhat surprised when he heard this, feeling the extravagance of the Qin residence!

But his face showed a bit of confusion as he nodded randomly a few times, and then took Qin Ping downstairs.

In the afternoon, Han Li didn't continue to walk on foot. Instead, under Qin Ping's advice to learn from the lesson, he called for a two-wheeled carriage, sat in the carriage, and toured several important places in the Yue capital.

Although many places were missed, Han Li finally had a preliminary impression of the general terrain and street blocks. He wouldn't be completely lost once he left the Qin residence and was in the capital.

In the evening, the satisfied Han Li returned to the Qin residence.

This time, Qin Gui, who was guarding the gate, didn't wait for Han Li to get off the carriage before hurriedly rushing out of the gatehouse, showing great diligence to Han Li.

He was afraid that this newly appeared Young Master Han would still hold a grudge against him for being blind yesterday. He had to make this person's impression of him improve!

How could Han Li still hold that sesame-sized matter from yesterday in his heart? He had long since thrown it to the back of his mind!

At this time, his mind was full of thoughts on how to ensure the safety of the Qin residence. If it really didn't work, he had to at least protect Qin Yan's life, otherwise, it would be difficult to report back to Li Li Huayuan.

Thinking of this, Han Li had an idea in his heart and entered the Qin residence with peace of mind.

In the evening, Han Li didn't avoid anyone and went directly to find this Uncle Qin of his.

And after talking in detail with him in the secret room for a while, he returned in high spirits.

And from the second day on, some people who associated with Qin Yan suddenly discovered that there was an extra strange young man beside Qin Yan, and he was covered in dirt, not looking like a local of the Yue capital at all.

And Qin Yan very enthusiastically introduced this young man to every acquaintance, saying that he was a descendant of a senior in his family, and asked these close friends to help him out, and so on!

These people who associated with Qin Yan were either high officials and noblemen or wealthy merchants and tycoons!

Although they felt it was a bit strange that this young man was always inseparable from Qin Yan's side.

But after failing to find out Han Li's background, these old and cunning people naturally showed a kind and benevolent demeanor toward Han Li.

Han Li finally came into contact with the upper circles of the Yue capital for the first time!

Time passed in the blink of an eye, and more than two months had passed!

Han Li seemed to have truly become a young master of the Qin residence. Not only were all his treatments the same as Qin Yan's children, but the old master of the Qin family now, whether it was business socializing or visiting other residences, always brought Han Li with him without exception, as if he really wanted to cultivate him vigorously.

As a result, the rumor that Han Li was the illegitimate son of the old master of the Qin family soon spread from the Qin residence to the outside, causing a lot of gossip among the noble families who knew the Qin family!

But Qin Yan ignored these rumors completely, looking like he was defaulting to whatever they wanted to guess. This made the credibility of this conclusion even more solid!

As a result, some impatient disciples of the Qin family, not knowing if it was under the instigation of their elders or relying on their own little cleverness, actually wanted to probe the truth of the rumors from Han Li.

But in front of Han Li's act of playing dumb and knowing nothing, these people naturally returned without success.

Over time, the people of the Qin residence finally tacitly confirmed Han Li's identity as a young master of the Qin residence, thinking that Qin Yan's favor for Han Li was just to make up for the guilt in his heart!

Although several young masters and young ladies of the Qin family who were originally favored by Qin Yan felt very indignant about this. But under the high pressure of the old master, they naturally didn't dare to do any obvious little tricks against Han Li and could only pinch their noses and endure it for the time being.

However, behind people's backs, they naturally cursed Han Li as a bumpkin, a bastard, and so on more than once.

But these people didn't know that when Han Li was practicing cultivation techniques in his room at night, he would regularly cover the entire Qin residence with his spiritual sense. Although the time could not be sustained for too long each time, it was enough to discover the secrets of many people!

Han Li could hear every word of these few people's indignation clearly.

Han Li wouldn't lower himself to the level of these wet-behind-the-ears brats. But among their elders, there were a few who were secretly pondering some damaging tricks to make him fall out of favor, which made Han Li somewhat speechless.

He naturally wouldn't haggle with these mortals, but if the people of the Demonic Dao really attacked suddenly, the protection order of these few people would naturally be placed last by him. This could be considered a small reward from Han Li.

On this day, Qin Yan went out to a banquet again. The person who invited him this time was no small character; it was actually an invitation from a prince of the current dynasty!

It was said that a favorite concubine of this idle prince had just recovered from a serious illness, so he held a grand banquet and invited some reputable people to celebrate.

Although the Qin family was not the wealthiest tycoon in the Yue capital, in terms of comprehensive strength and influence, it could definitely rank in the top three, so naturally, the Qin family had a share of the invitation.

And it was not just the old master Qin Yan who went; he also specifically named that the young masters of the Qin family who had wide social circles and the so-called "talented ladies" should go together. It was said that it was a special request from the little prince who knew them!

Qin Yan had no choice but to let these juniors go together.

Immediately, these juniors who knew the news were overjoyed in their hearts!

You must know that ever since Qin Yan knew that the Qin family was in a crisis, he naturally wouldn't let the juniors go out to fool around during this period.

In case they were targeted by the Demonic Dao people in Han Li's words, wouldn't that be a disaster!

So during these two months, Old Master Qin found a random excuse to keep these juniors under house arrest until now. How could this not make these lazy young masters and young ladies of the Qin family secretly groan?

What made them even more annoyed was that Han Li was clearly not much older than them, but he had the opportunity to follow Qin Yan out early and return late every day, looking like he was enjoying himself so much he forgot to return home, which made these people cry out in injustice even more.

Now that they had this opportunity, these young juniors of the Qin family naturally went together in high spirits.

"Prince Xin," this was the title of the prince who sent the invitation, and he was also one of the brothers of the current ruler of the Yue Kingdom.

Hearing Qin Yan say, although this person was a royal relative, he was bold and unconstrained by nature and had a wide circle of friends!

Not only did he want to get to know high officials and noblemen, wealthy merchants and tycoons, but he also knew many strange people and talented people in the Jianghu, even some butchers and dog-slaughterers in the marketplace.

Of course, to avoid suspicion, he didn't dare to associate much with military officials who held military power.

But even so, this prince's reputation among the people of the Yue capital was truly not small, and his reputation was also quite good.

When Han Li heard this, he already had a general impression of this prince. As for what kind of person he really was, of course, he still needed to confirm it with his own eyes!

After all, there were too many big shots in this world who had a good reputation on the surface but were actually stealing men and women in reality!

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