11. Enemies Are Bound to Come Across Each Other

“Stop!”

Ye Lan was stopped by Ye Wanru when she made her way to the Ye Mansion.

“Ye Lan, what an unlucky coincidence! I didn’t expect to see you on my way shopping; you really are haunting around!”

Ye Lan threw a glance at Ye Wanru and ridiculed her, “I was merciful enough not to take your pethtic life last time. What now? Are you biting the hand that saved you? ”

Maybe these words reminded Ye Wanru of the scene on the snow field that day, she stepped back, terrified. But she regained her composure very soon.

She got close to Ye Lan and whispered, “You think I am afraid of you now? Look at these men in black robes, anyone of them could tear you into pieces!”

Ye Lan had already noticed the five men in black robes behind Ye Wanru; they were dressed with long black robes, which swept the ground. Their loose hood covered their heads; only darkness could be seen in the hood, so dark that the brightest sunshine could never penetrate.

A gust of chilly wind blew the hood from side to side.

Ye Lan’s eyes suddenly became wide open and the nape of her head couldn’t help shivering. She also clenched her fists subconsciously—She saw bones of the dead inside the hood!

Was that even a man?

The air was weirdly freezing and Ye Lan could feel a strong stirring spiritual power building up under her skin, a power where the brutality and cruelty were hidden!

Those men in black robes were seemingly standing behind Ye Wanru respectfully, but their eyes were actually fixed on Ye Lan.

Ye Wanru thought Ye Lan must be terrified as she saw that Ye Lan staried at the men like that. “What? Scared now? Kneel down immediately, maybe I will think about letting you go, Ye Lan.”

“I never knew how it feels like to be scared!” She walked straight towards the door of Ye Mansion, bypassing Ye Wanru.

“You poor, filthy bitch didn’t deserve to walk through the main gate of Ye family!?”

Ye Wanru dragged Ye Lan’s arm and pointed the side door next to the main one and said, “You! Only deserve to go through the door for concubines!”

Ye Lan swung her sleeve and Ye Wanru was knocked away. She stared at the door coldly, “It is inevitable for me to go through the main gate today, I will see what you can do to me.”

“Ye Lan! You little bitch, I will let you know what I got today!” she was beyond fury and gave orders to the men behind, “Kill her!”

“JWith a few guards, you wanna stop me?”

“Don’t you belittle my guards… They are the ‘Guards of White Bone’ which makes people terror-stricken!”

Ye Wanru provoked Ye Lan with a mild smile, “You may not beat them up even if you are a spiritual cultivator!”

“What’s so special about the ‘Guards of White Bones’?” Ye Lan asked the old man in her ring psychically.

The old man sighed and said, “They are the death servants fed on human blood, fierce and cruel, and more importantly, they got pretty high-level spiritual power… aye, they are neither human beings, nor ghosts. What a sin!”

“If I were you, I will run as fast as I can, little girl. I am afraid with what you got currently…”

Ye Lan’s voice cooled down as the men in black robes approached, “I am afraid I don’t have time to run now!”

The men surrounded Ye Lan with their phantom figures, circling around her. It looked like they were setting up some kind of formation.

An invisible force came up while Ye Lan vigilantly watched her surroundings, her face emotionless.

She called out her spiritual power as she spotted the flaw and broke down their encirclement hard.

Ye Wanru became desperately anxious as she saw Ye Lan trying to escape, “Stop her, don’t let her run away!”

“How dare you try to kill someone in broad daylight? Ye Wanru, aren’t you afraid of the punishment in Ye family!”

“I can kill anyone as I want, let alone a concubine’s daughter like you!”

Ye Lan decided to hold her position and stop running, getting ready for an intense fight. She quickly gathered the spiritual power inside her and brought it into the Qingliu Wanyue dagger in her hand.

Its sharp edge emerged as the dagger got off its sheath.

She held the dagger in her hand and turned it like turning a flower, causing a constant shadow. Ye Lan tried to cut open their throat as she moved between them with a lightning speed.

However, the men in black robes didn’t fall down after the clang of the dagger going back to its sheath.

They were standing there like they didn’t have any feeling of pain. Spiritual power was now coming out of their robes like little snakes, producing the scary hissing sound and gathering below Ye Lan.

--Nevertheless, the spiritual power was black.

“Ye Lan… stop wasting your energy. They don’t know what pain is. No weapon in this world could hurt them, not even a bit!”

Ye Wanru was cheering and clapping, “You won’t get away this time! I am going to kill you today, so as to avenge myself!”

Ye Lan wasn’t bothered and scoffed, “I am afraid today you will be disappointed!”

Just as the black spiritual power was about to swallow Ye Lan to its full, a ball of fire came and scared the little snakes to flee frantically; the men in black robes also backed up.

After the sparkles cleared, a tall, slender figure erected after Ye Lan like a green pine tree. He came from against the light, a long stick wrapped by some grey and purple cloth on his back.

Ye Wanru’s heart missed a beat, wondering that it might be a zither or a sword inside the wrap, most likely, a sword.

The person who just joined the fight seemed to be poised and proud. The Qi surrounding him could take one’s soul away. The men in black robes ran away in a panic like homeless dogs.

“Useless crap, where are you going? Come back! Kill the bitch Ye Lan for me!”

Nevertheless, no men listened to her order but ran away on their own.

The person stood in front of her, behind him was Ye Lan’s vaguely smiling face.

Ye Wanru looked up, quivering and dared not look straight in his eyes, “Who, who are you?”

Xiao Hei ignored Ye Wanru and all the escaping men in black robes were converted into flying ash with a wave of his hand.

Ye Lan came forward to ridicule Ye Wanru while interestingly looked at her face which was covered with thick white powder, “Ye Wanru, this is what you will end up with if you ever mess around me!”

She pointed at the black ash on the ground, her eyes squinting, and stared at Ye Wanru coldly. She groaned, “Get lost!”

However, Ye Wanru was now freezing, her limbs unable to move while she was pinned down on one spot—They were the death servants the Master had assigned to her; how come they all just disappeared with a wave of the guy in front of her eyes?

Ye Wanru stared at Xiao Hei in horror, but Ye Lan who was now hiding behind the man was a bigger threat to her.

Was this Ye Lan who she used to be? The loser she could always bully without any protest? No, no, absolutely not!

Who was this Ye Lan? She was just the fourth daughter, given birth by a concubine, how could she have the ability to ask such a powerful spiritual cultivator for help?

Ye Wanru struggled to figure out the reason but failed to think of any in the end.

Ye Lan, at this moment, smacked Ye Wanru on her face and said grimly, “Mark my words…Ye Wanru, don’t blame me for not warning you when you bring death on yourself!”

She wiped her hands with the front bit of Ye Wanru’s clothes and left Ye family without turning back, with Xiao Hei following her.

“Don’t you feel too good about yourself, Ye Lan! You will die in my hands one day!”

Watching them leaving, Ye Wanru sneered viciously and came up with one idea. She rushed to the residence of the Master of Ye family.