“So that's what happened.” Said Ye Guhan as he held something on his hand.

He secluded himself due to the fact that one information had been handed down to him. Other than that, this information came from no other than Zhao Shuangyan.

“Son, I'm sorry. I did not tell you properly that you are...”

What Ye Guhan got from the information was that Zhao Youran moved big this time. The problem was he knew that this was related to his own son!

“Even though the world doesn't know who you are but I'm afraid that Zhao Youran knows already about you and will hunt you down.”

The first problem was that indirectly Ye Xiaobai was a descendant of the royal family no matter how much Ye Guhan tried to hide it. It was because Ye Guhan’s wife that this problem arose but he did not blame her at all.

And the second was that of course, Zhao Youran was not really the descendant of Zhao Royal Family due to the fact that the emperor raised him as his own son. And since the emperor did not have any son to inherit his throne, he decided to adopt someone and that was the current Zhao Youran.

“What should I do? Maybe I should really ask some senior for help. But I can rely on this too much.” Ye Guhan placed his hand on his forehead.

“But even the daughters of the emperor only have female descendant other than Xiu'er. .”

Other than his wife Zhao Xiu, all the other daughter had another daughter or did not have any at all.

“I better tell my brother about the circumstances that we have to face.” As he said that, he opened a door in front of him.

When he got out, the first thing that greeted him was the cold wind of the winter at dawn. As the moon almost set and there was a faint of sunlight emerging from another side, he knew that he got out at a good time.

And then Ye Guhan spotted a person that walked on the rather dark street. He surprised to see that person and moved toward that person.

“Dawn already. I hope we don't late.” Seeing the moon almost set, Manstein hastened his movement. As for why he had to move quickly, he wanted to see the miracle of Breaking Dawn Liquid.

“But there's no large energy fluctuation so we should not be late.” Alice said as she looked around her and detected nothing before she continued, “But I feel movement instead. Looks like you don't have to look for your foster father.”

And Manstein also realized it too. Of course, if someone at that caliber made a move Manstein would not have a chance to retaliate. But since the one that got closer was the one he recognized, Manstein just waited.

“You already returned?”

There was a hesitation when Manstein wanted to open his mouth. Especially since it was his foster father that said it, Manstein could only reply in return.

“Yes, Father. I'm already here for a moment.” Even Manstein did not sure with his words therefore his hesitation when he spoke.

“It’s fine if you can adapt slowly. And about the plan to invite some of the powerful sects here...they are here.” Ye Guhan then said that most people from those large sects already station inside and around Xuan City.

“I agree that they are here already. They will at most announce their incoming when they are sure that their sect members are here.” Manstein replied.

“Since you are not worried about this then what are you doing at this time? And what about the others?” since Manstein was here, it was normal for Ye Guhan to ask this.

“Well, they will emerge right in the city a few days later in estimation.” Manstein placed his hand on his chin before he continued, “And...Father, can you tell me about Zhao Royal family? I want to know about them.”

“Why? Don't tell me it is because of the movement those large powers make?” Ye Guhan surprised to hear this.

“Exactly. And I want to meet someone from the royal family to see whether they truly involved in this mess or not.” Manstein said flatly but as someone who experienced hardship, Ye Guhan could see a thick killing intent beneath that eyes.

“Wait a second.” Ye Guhan faintly smiled as he did something.

Manstein stared wide before he closed his eyes. In his head, there were some new contents of information which he did not even remember in the first place.

“This is good.” Even though Manstein knew what was happening around the continent from Nightstalker King's memories but that was fragmented from the whole process.

And now he got another memory which explained the event in the perspective of most royal family members. But still, there were some things Manstein had no explanation regarding why Nightstalker King was stationed in the forest near Xuan City.

‘That Nightstalker King only perceived that he was tasked there because of the existence of Tenth-Ranked Treasure, Forbidden Fountain. Or is it because he was tasked by its master due to the fact that its master knew about this place?’ Manstein had this suspicion since he got the memories.

‘Well, even if its master knew what can he do about it?’ Alice said confidently.

There was a low chance for the mastermind to appear personally unless he detected someone powerful who reached Nirvana stage but there was none in this place.

Or if the mastermind knew about the existence of both Wang Yu and Alice, that could become another problem as well.

‘Yeah, right.’ Manstein still could engage in mental communication despite still talking to Ye Guhan.

Even though he felt strange at first but he just thought it like talking inside the mind, it was not too much different in any way.

“Then I can cancel my plan to meet with her. Oh right, this person I want to meet is the friend of Young Mis Yi. Father know about it too probably.” Manstein said casually.

“So you really wanted to meet with her friend. Yeah, she is someone from the royal family. And I can't deny it either that she is also a relative of my wife.” Ye Guhan did not know whether he should be happy or not and just sighed.

“Then I will go see the miracle Breaking Dawn Liquid bring.” Manstein wanted to take another step when he remembered that his foster father still at his current position.

“Does Father want to see it too?” Manstein could not help but ask.

‘Look at you. Just a moment ago you still hesitate to call him your father but now you easily do it.’ Even Alice could see that Manstein started to feel comfortable in this kind of environment.

“Since you want to see it, then I can't help myself but watch it together.” Said Ye Guhan before he continued, “..and it seems that you entered the initial stage of cultivation.”

“Yes. This is important because with sufficient strength, I can at least protect myself. I don't plan to be protected all the time after all.” Manstein replied with a soft and gentle tone.

“Just a reminder, the path you embarked will be filled with both danger and opportunity either interchangeable or both come at the same time. You should proceed with caution.” Since he acquired the experience from his old day, Ye Guhan said the reminder in a serious tone while placed his hands on the young man's shoulder.

“I know that at least, Father. Thank you for your reminder.”

-

There was a large field right outside Xuan City. Usually, this place was used for children to play in the daytime but right now was the time where the sun did not even rise yet.

And also at this kind of place that Han Lang had to bring both Yi Xiaodie and her personal maid Kexin just to let them know the true effect of Breaking Dawn Liquid.

“Hmm, the wind and the air around us is so cold.” Kexin said as her body trembled.

The night after midnight was cold but if one added the factor that the current season was also in the winter, the coldness increased manyfold.

“It's true. Especially since the water attribute qi now is abundant as well, the temperature also decreases proportionally.” Han Lang could detect the kind of energy around him due to his experience alone.

“So this is the ideal time for the liquid to take effect. And unfortunately that now is winter, the coldness is really piercing the skin.” Feeling the cold wind gushed through her body, Yi Xiaodie could only accept it as her bad luck.

“That’s why I remind you that the effect of the treatment will be painful. It is due to the extremely low temperature that will affect the treatment.” Han Lang actually could not let her do all of this.

But for some reason, that young miss insisted to do it. Seeing that made Han Lang felt that the thing she would face in the future was big.

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‘Bit I think that something large must be happening right?’ there was a faint of that feeling inside Han Lang’s heart. It was because he only heard the news that most sect or major power had moved their important asset and powerful figures.

But he only did not know about the movement that Zhao Youran had been made in the center region.

“Let's do it, Doctor Han.” Yi Xiaodie called Han Lang and faintly smiled as she already accepted her consequences, all for the sake of this chance of complete recovery.

“I hope that Young Miss will be recovered from her illness.” As soon as the treatment would be executed, Kexin had a slight pressure on her chest. She clearly knew how much pain Yi Xiaodie had gone because of her rare disease.

Even she could see the black colored skin on her young miss' shoulder which became the source of her pain and suffering.

“Then hold the pain as I will draw in the cold energy around us.” Han Lang gave a warning.

The first step to treat Black Plague after ingesting Breaking Dawn Liquid was to let the cold energy and solar energy from the early morning to intertwined together in the patient’s body.

This was the painful process, especially when one had to absorb those cold energies during midnight to dawn.

So Han Lang gathered the cold and unfriendly energy to his palm. When it gathered, his palm was covered with a thin layer of ice. Even Han Lang frowned when he gathered and felt it then what about Yi Xiaodie?

“Come!” as if responding to the act Han Lang had done, she prepared and let her body relaxed.

And from afar, two silhouettes appeared and stopped right at the outskirts of the field. This two was seeing something that could make others filled with envy due to the rarity the phenomenon was.

“They draw the energy from the surroundings and want to make it assist the treatment. But isn't it harmful to the body?” Ye Guhan could feel the change in nature and he also saw the energy was concentrated around Han Lang's palm.

“That's true.” Manstein agreed as soon as he felt the movement of the wind and the energy around him.

‘It is great that they are already being protected by part of Coiling Dragon Formation. Oh, well I lack understanding in formations so I don't understand how that formation worked.’ Manstein thought so while seeing the space slightly moved around him.

Since he came to this world, Manstein could feel the space around him in a different perspective. He could also feel the change of space no matter how small that was.

“I hope that she can safely cure her disease.” Ye Guhan wished that she could recover.

‘I also wanted her to recover from her sickness. After all, she is the first partner of this business.’ Alice sent mentally to Manstein.

From Alice, Manstein knew one or two things. That young mistress from Yi apparently had a good background as well as a good position in the central region.

Add to the fact that she also befriended some members of Zhao Royal Family made her more valuable, in Manstein's eyes.

Manstein smirked, he just thought about something that could be used from her.

‘I can gauge the average power and gain information regarding the royal family from her, right?’ if no major change occurred, Manstein would just use her as something like an obvious bait for him to catch anything he wanted.

‘But that only means I can get what generally the members of the royal family know. To know the detail, I have to spend some time and follow the trace they left behind.’

Sadly, Manstein did not want to do this. The risk of being at the end of the short stick made him rather uncomfortable since the flow of information was set by the opponent!

‘If possible, I want to be announced the instant they move or if their new plan comes into a deal.’

And that was also not possible either since he and Alice did not even know anything about the central region in detail. Perhaps, his only hope lied on some major power like Northern Ice Palace or Pure Yang Sect. Either of them would undoubtedly a great assist to his cause.

As for the other major power, Manstein did not sure but he would only pick the ‘perfect’ ones, not the perfect ones.

Returning from Manstein's thought, currently Yi Xiaodie could feel the coldness invaded her body from all direction.

“So cold it sends chill to the bone. I must endure.” The coldness made her entire skin went numb despite her cultivation base, showing just how cold the concentration of the energy was.

She also felt the liquid inside her body started to react towards the change inside her body. Strangely, the liquid became warmer despite only a little.

“Pain from inside and outside!” when she realized it, the warmth that came from the liquid also inflicted pain to her internal organ while the cold energy gave pain from the outside.

Her brows furrowed and her face turned pale as both the chilling pain and the scorching pain mixed in the equation. The warm yet scorching liquid and the cold energy slowly permeated throughout her entire body and this fuse between two energy slowly pushed something out as if the body rejected its existence.

“It’s working. Good, good, good.” Han Lang even sweated nervously as he watched every single detail and upon seeing it for himself, he felt relief.

Not only the liquid fused with the cold energy but it also pushed the source of the disease back and even terminated it! Add the fact that the liquid also enhanced the cultivation base, it could only benefit the one who consumed it.

“She intended to cute her disease and also increased her cultivation? Truly marvelous.” Ye Guhan shook his head.

“Thus far, she keeps refining the excess energy which produced from the fusion between the liquid and the cold energy. All that is lacking is just the solar energy.” Manstein even let the device to record the entire process for reference.

“Breaking Dawn Liquid?” Ye Guhan heard him and wanted to confirm it.

“Yes. That liquid which is hard to make due to the difficulties for finding the main material, Immortal Honey.” Replied Manstein quickly.

Of course, Ye Guhan only knew the effect of the liquid but not the main ingredient for it

“From the looks of it, her cultivation has increased tremendously. Look.” Ye Guhan pointed his finger at the field.

At this time, anyone that could see and feel the energy fluctuation realized that the earth shook and the air trembled.

‘It should be the time when the first sunlight appear.’ Han Lang kept watching the horizon where the sun was supposed to have risen. He could see the different color of the sky where the night and day intertwined each other. That was the sign that dawn had arrived!

“Please be safe.” Despite the coldness that kept increasing but Kexin could only watch closely as that was the only thing she could do.

“I don't want to be a burden anymore. I want to make my father and mother proud of me. There's no way I can let them see me fail!” Yi Xiaodie had arrived at the critical juncture where she treaded between life and death.

The liquid which she had ingested had been circulated all around her body and the cold energy also made its way to her deepest part of her body.

But she knew that the last thing she needed was that solar energy! For that energy, she had to endure the pain that almost unbearable. Lots of cold sweat appeared on her forehead as her breathing became more frequent.

The pain was also caused by the liquid which attempted to remold the inner part of the body. Although it was worth the effort but to do it while you had to cure your body would only amplify the pain!

In short, since the beginning Yi Xiaodie had already been in a hell of pain waiting for solar energy to complete the treatment.

‘My head is dizzy..it's a long time since I experience this.’

Fortunately for her, she suddenly felt a thread of new energy came and started to blend together. When this happened, all the pain she previously experienced lessened and a large of that portion of energy strengthened her body at cellular level.

And at the same time, her cultivation which was already dropped before soared higher than before. Previously, she had the power of Late Stage Foundation Establishment cultivator but when this process reached the climax it increased to Early Stage Culture Core.

And Han Lang almost fell to his knees because he had to pour his entire concentration when he directed solar energy. He could faintly see the sunlight starting to encompass the world once more and he could not help but grin.

His face showed the sign of exhaustion just to make sure that the solar energy he acquired would not be harmful.

“Here I am, having a patient that so ambitious to get both her strength and health back.” Han Lang felt that this was both a good and bad thing but he just let the person herself do what she wanted, for he could not do anything to her act either.

“So this is the power that came from Culture Core cultivator. The core served as an incubator which produced and accumulated the power of the soul.” Manstein had never seen directly Culture Core cultivators releasing their power like now.

And then the air stopped trembling and the earth stopped shaking. In the middle of it all stood a figure that did not care about everything around her.

Then all of those that watched her got closer.

“I..” this was the moment Yi Xiaodie had waited for a long time. She could feel her vitality brought by the recovery started to make her body stronger and better.

Then she felt something rose from her stomach, and then to her throat. After that, she threw up some blood which already turned black. She coughed up some time and when she knew it, some people already supported her.

“Let me carry Young Miss. This should be my responsibility after all.” From the side, her personal maid Kexin was the one that helped her.

“That’s good then. Sorry for just watching.” Another voice that Yi Xiaodie did not hear previously came from her front. But she recognized the voice and she finally relaxed her body.

“Breaking Dawn Liquid is truly lived up to its name. So how does she feel now?” this time, Ye Guhan took a closer look and asked Han Lang.

Of course, Han Lang knew that both Ye Guhan and that young man had watched from the sideline but he could ignore them completely.

“Oh, she got better but now she must go inside the room. So can I ask you to help me? I still have some matters to solve this morning.” Han Lang replied with a weak voice.

“Are you feeling better now Young Miss?” even though the chilly winds made Kexin shiver but her movement was still fluid to help.

“So I should do this every day?” Yi Xiaodie looked at the black blood which already frozen on the ground.

“Technically, yes. But don't worry only the first time the pain is the most intense and next time it will be less painful. But it is painful after all.” Han Lang nodded.

“Now that everything is resolved, we can start preparing for a large-scale meeting. Is everyone ready for this?” Ye Guhan reminded them that there was one more thing for them to face.

“Right. About those disciples from some various sects that got caught in all of the struggles their sects have, are you sure to do this?” asked Yi Xiaodie.

“We are prepared for this. I believe that they arrived already but only send their subordinate. Though I don't believe they will let this go.” Ye Guhan knew that some of the sects would make things hard for him and his family.

And since they were the weaker ones in both power and influence, they had to be protected and that was where the presence of someone powerful became a critical factor and fortunately, there were even two of them.

“I believe that most of them will only come here to save their talented disciple.” Manstein said confidentially.

‘But there's a chance that few of them will be looking for that man. And now that Senior Wang already dealt with him, I can only hope that he is successfully gain something from it.’ Manstein kept looking at a certain direction where it was supposed to be a hidden underground.

“Where is this!?” only after walking through the narrow tunnel did Gong Teng could not hold his anger anymore.

‘Damn you, the one who put me in this place.’ He could still estimate the time he had spent in this underground tunnel.

“And he tells me that as long as I am here, I can't even get out from this place.”

Meanwhile, the person who caused him to be trapped at that place did not even care about him at all.

“One big catch for that Gong Teng. Now, I'm looking forward those elders and leaders from major power. Ai, why did they are looking for those children?” Wang Yu always kept watching from the deepest part of the formation and he knew everything that moves fro and to Xuan City at ease.

“Is there anyone important among those young disciples or is there someone talented among them?” Wang Yu knew that they became wary of the city due to the fact that some of their strong pillars could not escape safely and decided to think things through.

“Of course there is someone talented among them. How can I forget it? Those elders will save them as a priority while ordinary disciple will only depend on luck.” Wang Yu had saved those disciples due to the fact that he was rather fond of them.

But of course, it was also because he did not want anything happens to those younger generations. He felt something was wrong just by looking at the current condition Ye family was.

But they, those large powers and sects had to make move or else anyone would think that their organization was easy to bully and they were a pushover. And that day was near, just like the vein located on your neck.