Chapter 81

Xia Yunjie ignored Masaharu Satomi and instead turned to the person in charge of Jiangzhou City who had accompanied him out of the car, saying, "Big Brother Zhang, thank you for bringing me here. You can go back now."

The man called Big Brother Zhang, of course, would not follow Xia Yunjie's instructions. He glanced at Xia Yunjie with a slight hint of dissatisfaction and then looked at Zhong Yangying with a questioning gaze, respectfully saying, "Chairman, I have already—"

"Manager Zhang, thank you for your hard work. There's nothing for you to do here for the moment. You can go back to your work," Zhong Yangying interrupted before Manager Zhang could finish his sentence.

Manager Zhang did not expect Zhong Yangying's words to be so similar to those of the young man. He opened his mouth, but in the end, said, "Alright, Chairman, goodbye. Goodbye, Mr. Xia."

After saying this, Manager Zhang gave Xia Yunjie a deep look and then turned to get back into his car and drove away. He couldn't understand why this young man, who lived in an old neighborhood like Deya, was so favored by the chairman.

"Ms. Zhong, could he be the expert you mentioned?" After Manager Zhang left, Masaharu Satomi couldn't help but ask again, but his tone was filled with naked sarcasm.

"Calling him an expert might be too much, but he is definitely not the kind of person who would use underhanded means for profit!" Xia Yunjie replied with a look of disdain.

As he spoke, Xia Yunjie casually placed his hands behind his back, his fingers forming seals, and his right thumb continuously drawing hooks in the air. His feet leisurely walked toward the gate of the villa courtyard, but as he reached the gate, he casually drew something on the ground with his toes.

"You! Hmph, young and arrogant! I'd like to see what you have to boast about," Masaharu Satomi, a well-known figure in both Japanese politics and business, had never been called a villain by someone who was at most in his twenties, let alone by a Chinese person. His old face immediately turned dark.

"In a moment, you'll see for yourself," Xia Yunjie stopped, turned around, and smiled faintly, then lightly stepped on the ground and walked through the courtyard gate.

Although Zhong Yangying and Wu Ying were surprised by Xia Yunjie's arrogance, and Masaharu Satomi and the petite Japanese woman were angry at his arrogance, they still hurriedly followed him when they saw him step into the courtyard. Only Qianye Jiazi's face suddenly changed when Xia Yunjie lightly stepped on the ground, and she hurriedly followed.

But as soon as she took a step, the scene before her eyes suddenly changed. Instead of the towering pines and the villa courtyard behind them, she saw a mirage-like scene that seemed real but changed abruptly into another scene as soon as she took a step.

"Void Walking Talisman Formation!" Qianye Jiazi's heart sank to the bottom of the abyss, her body turned cold, and the calm, confident, and even proud expression she had when she arrived vanished instantly.

In the present era, whether in China or Japan, the art of talismans had long declined, and those who truly understood how to draw talismans or practice the art of the Eight Trigrams and the Five Elements were rarer than pandas. As for those who could set up a Void Walking Talisman Formation, in Qianye Jiazi's concept, they were the ancient Yin-Yang Masters of legend.

Qianye Jiazi never expected to encounter such a legendary skill today, and even more surprisingly, it was performed by such a young man!

Xia Yunjie's seemingly casual actions had quietly set up the Nine Palace Eight Trigrams Immortal Trapping Formation. As the name suggests, this formation was meant to trap immortals. Of course, with Xia Yunjie's current cultivation, he could not trap immortals, but it was more than enough to trap Qianye Jiazi, a Yin-Yang Master who had just glimpsed the threshold of cultivation. If Qianye Jiazi were not a cultivator and did not have any magical power, Xia Yunjie's formation would not have trapped her.

This formation only trapped those with magical power, not ordinary people, because ordinary people did not have magical power and were not affected by the illusions caused by the changes in the earth's magical energy. Therefore, while Qianye Jiazi was blindly running around inside the formation, Masaharu Satomi and the petite Japanese woman followed without any hindrance.

But after just a few steps, the petite Japanese woman stopped, looking at Qianye Jiazi, who was standing two meters away, with a puzzled expression, seemingly panicked and walking back and forth.

When the petite Japanese woman stopped, Masaharu Satomi also noticed the abnormality and stopped, looking at Qianye Jiazi with a puzzled expression.

"Head of the family!" The petite Japanese woman walked to Qianye Jiazi's side and called out respectfully.

But Qianye Jiazi seemed not to hear, continuing to walk back and forth in the same spot.

The woman became anxious and reached out to grab Qianye Jiazi. However, as soon as she reached out, Qianye Jiazi, as if seeing something terrifying, looked panicked and kicked at the woman's outstretched hand.

Yin-Yang Masters were skilled in magic but not in combat, and their physical bodies were often not strong. Qianye Jiazi was no exception, so each Yin-Yang Master in the family usually had a ninja by their side to protect them in emergencies.

This petite Japanese woman was named Qianye Youzi, the most skilled combat ninja in the Qianye family and Qianye Jiazi's personal bodyguard.

Seeing the head of the family kick at her, Qianye Youzi was frightened and quickly retreated.

Although Qianye Youzi did not understand magic, she came from the Qianye family and was well-informed. After retreating, she quickly realized that this must be Xia Yunjie's doing. Her eyes flashed with a murderous intent, and in broad daylight, her petite body moved like a ghost, rushing toward Xia Yunjie.

"What are you doing?" Qianye Youzi moved quickly, but Zhong Yangying's bodyguard, Wu Ying, was not slow either. Her face tightened, and she raised her hand, chopping at Qianye Youzi, who was rushing toward Xia Yunjie.

However, as soon as Wu Ying made her move, she felt a blur, and Qianye Youzi disappeared from her sight.

"Ninja! Boss, be careful!" Wu Ying was also a formidable person, immediately identifying Qianye Youzi's identity. She quickly moved to protect Zhong Yangying, her sharp eyes scanning the surroundings vigilantly, but she could no longer pay attention to Xia Yunjie.

After all, her duty was to protect Zhong Yangying, not Xia Yunjie!

The sudden change also startled Zhong Yangying, but as a strong woman in business, she remained relatively calm. Seeing that Wu Ying was only protecting her and leaving Xia Yunjie behind, she couldn't help but shout, "That person's target is A Jie. Why are you protecting me?"

As Zhong Yangying spoke, a purple light flashed behind Xia Yunjie, and Qianye Youzi suddenly appeared behind him, holding a dagger that glinted in the sunlight.

"A Jie, be careful!" Zhong Yangying's face turned pale, and she screamed.

However, before Zhong Yangying's voice had even faded, Xia Yunjie, as if he had eyes in the back of his head, turned and swung his hand backward, striking Qianye Youzi's wrist with perfect accuracy.

With a "clank," the dagger fell to the ground, and Qianye Youzi disappeared again.

Xia Yunjie smiled coldly and said, "Stop hiding. You haven't even learned the basics of the Five Elements Illusion Technique and dare to show off in front of the ancestor?"

As he spoke, Xia Yunjie's gaze was fixed on a green pine tree to the left.

Zhong Yangying and Wu Ying followed Xia Yunjie's gaze to the pine tree. Zhong Yangying, being a businesswoman, did not have the same sharp eyes as Wu Ying. To her, the pine tree was just a pine tree, and she saw no abnormality. However, Wu Ying's eyes flashed with a sharp light, focusing on a slightly raised area on the trunk of the pine tree.

If not examined closely, it looked like a natural bulge in the pine tree, but upon closer inspection, the color and texture of that area were different from the rest of the trunk.

As Wu Ying stared at the pine tree, the raised area moved, gradually detaching from the trunk and revealing Qianye Youzi.

Qianye Youzi, who had been cold and stern, now had her left hand covering her right wrist, her face pale as paper, and her eyes filled with uncontrollable panic as she looked at Xia Yunjie.

She had been trained in the most brutal ninja techniques since the age of three and was recognized as the top ninja in the entire Qianye family, which is why she was assigned as the head of the family's personal bodyguard. But today, she was easily defeated by Xia Yunjie's casual move, and her proud "escape technique" was completely ineffective against him. It was as if no matter how she tried to hide, she was exposed to Xia Yunjie. How could Qianye Youzi not be panicked and afraid?

"Ms. Zhong, is this how you treat your guests? Please release Master Qianye immediately, or I will personally meet with your provincial governor and make a serious—"

"Serious your head!" Before Masaharu Satomi could finish his sentence, Xia Yunjie turned and walked up to him, slapping him across the face. He had seen that Masaharu Satomi was still acting arrogantly, and his innate fiery temper, as a member of the witch clan, was finally provoked, losing his previous calm and detached demeanor.

"You, you dare to hit me? Do you know who I am? I am from Japan—"

"Damn it! What if I hit you? You used underhanded means against Sister Zhong, and I directly destroyed that dirty thing. Not coming to your place to cause trouble is already being polite. You actually dare to come to my place to settle accounts! What? Do you really think we Chinese are easy to bully?" Masaharu Satomi's shouting only made Xia Yunjie angrier. He grabbed Masaharu Satomi by the neck, scolding him and slapping his face repeatedly.

Before long, Masaharu Satomi's cheeks were swollen.