Chapter 51: The Yin Source Bead

Is your surname Ye?

These words echoed in Ye Qing's mind, deafening and jarring. He couldn't help but secretly curse that Lu Dafu for being such a busybody.

"I am asking you, is your surname Ye or not?"

Li Heng spoke again, his expression indifferent.

Ye Qing's heart stiffened; he knew he likely could not escape this inquiry. He hurriedly bowed to Li Heng and spoke respectfully, "This humble one's surname is indeed Ye, given name Qing."

"Ye Qing? That is a good name."

Li Heng smiled faintly, a look of amusement appearing on his face.

"And where are you from?"

He asked again in the next breath, as if checking a household register.

At this moment, Lu Dafu, having regained his composure, suddenly sensed that the atmosphere was not quite right. Had Ye Qing offended this lord? Why was he now starting to ask about Ye Qing's family affairs?

After thinking it over, he decided to help this friend of his.

"This good friend of mine is from a nearby village, Jing'an Village. He has a clean background and is certainly not some Weird or Evil Demon."

Lu Dafu smiled obsequiously, the fat on his face squeezing together to form several gullies, which looked somewhat comical.

Jing'an Village, is it? Li Heng was lost in thought.

Before he arrived at the Sanshan Gathering, he had roughly familiarized himself with the villages near the Sanshan Gathering. And this Jing'an Village was a village located on one of the large mountains.

"That is truly a pity then," Li Heng shook his head with a sigh.

"This official once encountered someone with the surname Ye as well, but unfortunately, he committed suicide in the end, which left me feeling quite wistful."

"My lord is joking. I am a loner, and the friends I associate with do not have the surname Ye. I suppose the person with the surname Ye that you speak of has nothing to do with me, right?"

Ye Qing said cautiously.

But his heart felt heavy and filled with panic. *This official? * Could this star of misfortune who appeared out of nowhere be from the Demon Suppression Division? Damn it! He had always been avoiding the Demon Exorcists, yet he had run straight into one now!

He was anxious and his mind raced at high speed.

"Indeed, I do not have any evidence here. However, I just feel that you have a connection to that person with the surname Ye."

Li Heng smiled lightly, making Ye Qing feel as if he had fallen into an ice cellar. The muscles hidden beneath his robes began to tense up, as if he were ready to explode into action at any moment and flee directly.

"Do you know that the person with the surname Ye also opened a chamber of commerce? But it was already raided during the day."

The words were spoken leisurely, yet carried a trace of undisguised killing intent. This couldn't help but make Lu Dafu, standing to the side, break out in a cold sweat. What kind of major trouble had his friend actually gotten into?

"My lord, please see clearly! I am just someone who travels through the mountains and valleys, reselling antiques. How could I be entangled with a wealthy family capable of opening a chamber of commerce?"

Ye Qing explained anxiously, looking very confused and innocent.

Li Heng continued to smile, as if a cat playing with a Mouse, and did not answer Ye Qing's words directly, but instead continued, "I will give you a chance now to run. As long as you run fast enough, your life will not be in danger."

"But if you don't run, you will turn into roasted meat."

Having said that, a wisp of flame sprouted from Li Heng's fingertips.

This flame was practically just a spark, but as Ye Qing looked at it, he felt his heart jump with fear; his survival instinct was telling him of the Great Terror within it—it was not something he could withstand!

Lu Dafu, standing to the side, felt a slight shock in his heart.

The light of this wisp of flame, and the feeling it gave him—how was it so similar to the firelight radiating from his own child? Could it be...

Just as he was shocked, Ye Qing suddenly fled.

He channeled his Qi and Blood, erupted with Original Qi, and executed a high-level movement technique. His figure flickered and flashed, and in just a single breath, he had run thirty or forty meters away.

Lu Dafu watched this scene, bewildered.

What was going on? Why would his friend flee? In other words, if his friend had nothing to hide, why would he run?

Could it be that he really had done something?

Lu Dafu suddenly thought of his wife's speculation. Could it be that the person who attracted the Weird and almost brought them to the brink of Disaster was actually his friend Ye Qing?

Li Heng was not surprised to see Ye Qing flee.

Because the moment they met, he had sensed that this Ye Qing's aura was somewhat similar to that of the Second Young Master he had dealt with, as if they originated from the same source.

It was just that the Second Young Master's aura was more refined.

This was interesting.

The Feiyun Chamber of Commerce side should have been cleaned up by the old man. He hadn't expected there to be a fish that slipped through the net; could it be that he wasn't at the chamber of commerce at that time?

Li Heng was well aware of Meng Lingyun's methods.

No matter how fast you are, as long as you are within the True Qi field of a True Qi Realm expert, you will be as slow as a turtle.

And Meng Lingyun was a peak True Qi Realm expert.

At this moment, Ye Qing could no longer care about the Weird that were searching for him. He ran for his life directly down the street. If he were found by the Weird, that would be death later.

If he stayed where he was, he would die immediately!

He knew that the correct solution would be to suddenly erupt and attack, ambushing that Demon Exorcist, gambling on catching him off guard to win a glimmer of survival.

However, the moment he saw Li Heng's flame, he instantly dismissed this thought. He was, after all, a person from a major power and knew what this meant.

This Demon Exorcist was absolutely a member of a bloodline family. Otherwise, it would be impossible to command flames while in the Bone Refining realm. This was different from ordinary mud-legged martial artists!

For an ordinary martial artist's attack, even if their talent was superb and their strength greater than others, a single punch could kill someone.

But Ye Qing was confident that with his Secret Technique, he could withstand two or three blows, then seize the opportunity to counter-kill and teach these mud-legged people what the dangers of the Jianghu were.

But this rule did not apply to descendants of bloodline families.

Because the abilities of bloodlines were very Weird; perhaps they only grazed you, and you would drop dead shortly after. How could Ye Qing dare to gamble on that?

He did not want to be burned to ashes by this kind of flame.

So it was better to run.

At least that way there was still a glimmer of survival!

As for staying put and gambling on a fair fight? He didn't dare to gamble. If this Demon Exorcist really knew his background, staying put would be a path to certain death.

In the blink of an eye, Ye Qing had already run to several other streets. As he fled, he turned his head to look behind him, and seeing no sign of the Demon Exorcist, he could not help but heave a sigh of relief.

In an instant, however, he thought this shouldn't be the case.

That Demon Exorcist had naturally been confident enough to let him run first; he must have had some kind of method, and it was impossible for him to let him escape so easily. Unless that Demon Exorcist was a fool?

Ye Qing shook his head, feeling that was unlikely.

He turned his head back, intending to continue running. As long as he ran out of this Sanshan Gathering, ran out of this Ghost Domain, he did not believe that Demon Exorcist would still be able to find him!

The prerequisite was that everything went very smoothly.

And so, he saw Li Heng in front of him.

"Your footwork is poor; you aren't even as fast as I am walking."

Li Heng blocked Ye Qing's path and spoke indifferently.

Ye Qing was greatly alarmed and could no longer care about anything else. He was seen taking a bright pearl directly from his bosom. Inside the pearl, there seemed to be gas rolling and surging, taking the shape of a human and the appearance of a ghost.

"The Yin Source Bead is here; don't you want to take it back?!"

He roared at his surroundings, as if he were summoning something.