Ye Feng left the Yin Family soon after. As for the so-called properties, he didn’t care about them at all.

    Of course, he knew that it was unlikely to trace the whereabouts of the Southern Border Gu & Poison Sect with this lead.

    The Southern Border Gu & Poison Sect had many branches, and this one they had encountered might just be a splinter, not the elite of the actual Gu & Poison Sect.

    Cui Hao and the others didn’t dare to linger long and, with the help of the servants, also left the Yin Family.

    The originally lively and festive Yin Family quickly went from celebrating a wedding to mourning a death.

    The Yin Family did not say much to the outside world. Despite the servants’ confusion, they didn’t understand why in a sudden turn of events, the old head of the Yin Family had died, the eldest son, Yin Angli, had been disabled, and even the eldest grandson, Yin Junde, had become an idiot.

    Leaving before Ye Feng, however, was Gusu Murong Young Master, Murong Qinglong.

    "Ye Feng... this damned bastard, actually severed my right arm. This score... it absolutely cannot end like this!"

    Sitting in the carriage, Murong Qinglong kept roaring in anger. Although his severed right arm had been set in a cast, even if it would recover, he would never be able to practice martial arts again. For him, from a martial arts family, it was like a tiger losing its teeth.

    As for the martial instructor who had accompanied him, he fared even worse. With both legs disabled and carried out of the Yin Family’s home, he was still unconscious.

    Sitting in the back seat, Hong Yuting kept fanning the flames, snorting, "This Ye fellow, although he is our Hong Family’s son-in-law, was utterly lawless. We couldn’t even lift our heads under his oppression when he was at the Hong Family!"

    "Brother Murong, you might not be aware, but when he was in Jiangdu, he already wiped out several great families. This man has committed monstrous crimes!"

    Murong Qinglong’s eyes revealed a deep resentment, "If this man doesn’t die, my heart’s hatred cannot be extinguished. Call my grandfather immediately!"

    The bodyguard in the passenger seat, who was also a member of the Martial Alliance of Southern River Region Jiangnan, said, "Young Master Murong, the Alliance Hierarch is currently in a meeting at the Martial Alliance, calling him now..."

    "Don’t give me that nonsense, just call him immediately, right now!"

    Murong Qinglong was livid as he asserted, "His most precious grandson has been crippled along with the martial instructor, one of the four great instructors of the Martial Alliance of Southern River Region Jiangnan, being carried out like that. If we don’t retaliate, how can I ever assuage my resentment if that Ye fellow doesn’t die?"

    "Yes!" The Martial Alliance bodyguard dared not say any more and immediately made the call.

    Hong Yuting’s eyes swiveled before she spoke to Brother Murong, "Although your grandfather is the Leader of the Martial Alliance of the Southern River Region Jiangnan, that Ye fellow is said to possibly be from some aristocratic clan, a great young master from the capital. Your grandfather, he..."

    "No matter what his background is, he’s just a cripple now. Even if he truly is a young master from some capital’s aristocratic clan, he’s surely been abandoned by his family. Such a person is not to be feared!"

    "But, didn’t we already agree to it when we were with the Yin Family? If we go back on our word now, wouldn’t that be dishonorable?" another representative said.

    The representative from the Yan Family turned to Cui Hao and asked, "Deputy Head Cui, what do you think?"

    Cui Hao was still mulling it over and after a long while said, "Indeed, the man did save us, and we should be grateful. However, to directly give away half of our family’s holdings to this person, that’s surely going a bit too far, isn’t it?"

    "Who would disagree? After all, hasn’t each one of our families painstakingly built up their assets over the decades? To now simply hand over the majority of them to someone else, how could we bear that?"

    "But... we already promised this before. Furthermore, that Ye Feng, he’s very formidable. If we anger him..."

    "Ye Feng is formidable, but now that our family heads have been rescued and the threat is gone, surely our combined families are not afraid of him, are we?"

    "Enough!"

    Cui Hao abruptly gestured with his hand and continued, "Here’s what we’ll do: Ye Feng is too powerful; it’s not wise to confront him for now. Of course, we can’t just outright refuse him either. Before we proceed with transferring our assets, we must first meet someone."

    "Meet someone? Who?" everyone immediately asked.

    "Of course, Murong Zhantian, the Leader of the Martial Alliance of Southern River Region Jiangnan!" Cui Hao replied with a cold laugh.

    "Meet Murong Zhantian? Do you think that old fox will agree to help us broker a deal?" the Yan Family representative asked.

    "Exactly. That old Murong Zhantian would love nothing more than to weaken the power of our Four Great Families, so he can take them down one by one and ultimately dominate the Southern River Region. It’d be strange if he would help us!"

    Cui Hao shook his head and said, "No, he will intervene. And I dare to assert that he must confront that Ye Feng!"

    "You’re so sure?" the Yan Family representative asked.

    "Of course!"

    Cui Hao gave a cold smile and explained, "When we left the Yin Family’s place, I overheard a servant mentioning that the eldest son of the Murong Family had also attended the birthday celebration, and coincidentally, his arm was broken by Ye Feng, who even crippled one of the martial instructors of the Martial Alliance."

    "Is that really true?" The representatives of the great families’ eyes lit up.

    "Make a phone call right now to confirm whether this is true!"

    With a command from Cui Hao, he suddenly thought and then said, "Let’s not go back just yet. Drive around a bit so we can regain some more strength. As soon as we get confirmation from the Yin Family, we’ll head straight to the Martial Alliance of Southern River Region Jiangnan!"