Mountain People’s Clinic.

Zhang Rongfang carefully prescribed another patient, then asked Xiaodong to fetch the medicine, while he took out the medicine book to check if any auxiliary medicines needed replenishing for recent alchemy.

Suddenly, a small blood-eyed red-feathered bird flew in from the window, landed on his desk, and chirped twice at him.

"Xiaohong?" Zhang Rongfang smiled, reaching out to rub the red feathers on its head. "Another letter?"

Chirp chirp.

Xiaohong jumped forward two steps, spread one wing, revealing the bamboo tube tied to its leg underneath.

Zhang Rongfang threw some dry insects to it, then took down the bamboo tube, opened the paper scroll inside, and looked carefully.

Immediately, news about the Human Immortal Temple being slandered appeared before his eyes, along with a piece of news about Ding Yu.

He put away the paper scroll, his expression unchanged, closed his eyes.

In the darkness, threads of bloodline silk floated before him.

He began to examine the traces of blood tracking the first-generation bloodline red threads, carefully counted their numbers, and none were reduced.

He immediately understood, either this was entirely a setup, or it was done by second or third-generation bloodlines.

He didn’t plan to manage the control of the bloodlines.

The numerous bloodlines created were originally meant to distract the attention of gods and Buddhas, created as diversion points.

Now, these people have established another base on the United Nations side, successfully diverting the threat for him.

But Ding Yu...

Zhang Rongfang glanced at the letter again.

’Ding Yu has successfully killed two Sea Dragon division leaders, and now is being chased by the Sea Dragon King who dispatched the merfolk Super Grade expert Xu Kaining.’

He put away the paper scroll, instructed Xiaodong and Xiaoxia to look after the clinic, and then left, heading to a small restaurant across the street.

"Pharmacist Zhang, you’re here?" A waiter came up voluntarily, smiling as he took a towel to wipe the table and chairs for him.

"Where’s your boss?" Zhang Rongfang casually asked.

"In the backyard. You are...?"

"Have Old Jiu take a trip to find Xiaoding and lend a hand." Zhang Rongfang’s instructions were vague.

But the waiter remained unchanged in expression, understanding the meaning.

"Understood, please rest, I’ll go tell the boss right away."

Zhang Rongfang nodded slightly.

As for Ding Yu’s matter, he could only send Daoists from the Human Immortal Temple outside to assist.

Old Jiu was among the first generation bloodlines with not very good conduct; he had a previous record of secretly sucking human blood. Although it didn’t result in any deaths, this time let him make amends.

Zhang Rongfang himself ultimately could not directly intervene, the Western Sect is now a major ally in the sect alliance, if he acted, it might ruin Yue Shi’s plans....

Sighing inwardly, after instructing everyone in the Human Immortal Temple to fully cooperate with Ding Yu, he left the shop, returning to the clinic.

With numerous Human Immortal Temple experts outside to support, Ding Yu should not have much problem, the key is what to do after exacting revenge on the Sea Dragon. What moves should the Western Sect make?

These are the key concerns that should be worried about.

After handling Ding Yu’s matter, Zhang Rongfang returned to his previous daily life.

Seeing patients, closing the clinic, practicing martial arts at home, and having meals with his sister’s family.

But a few days later, while he was designing a plan for Xue Tong’s departure, new information came in.

The newly sent rank Old Jiu bloodline was dead.

Inside Mu Chi Prefecture.

Zhang Rongfang was sitting and having a meal with his sister’s family.

Suddenly, his hand holding the chopsticks paused, stopped slightly in mid-air.

"What’s wrong?" Zhang Rongyu noticed a slight anomaly in her brother, asking.

Zhang Rongfang shook his head. "Nothing, I just thought of something I haven’t done, I’ll make it up later."

"That’s good. After the meal, I plan to take Huanqing to learn lock words." Zhang Rongyu nodded.

Zhang Rongfang nodded, glanced at the brother-in-law seriously reading official documents while eating.

Also at Xiaohuanqing, sitting quietly in place, being fed by the nurse without a sound.

Life here remained peaceful and serene.

Retracting his gaze, he bowed his head to eat, closing his eyes slightly, and a dense array of first-generation bloodline red threads appeared in front of him.

Among them, two threads that he separately singled out, one belonged to Ding Yu. The other belonged to Old Jiu Daoist.

And now.... the thread belonging to Old Jiu Daoist was broken.

’This should indicate complete death....’

He understood clearly.

Should he take action? Who did it? Retaliate?

Zhang Rongfang had just thought of this idea when he quickly suppressed it.

’Old Jiu was already at the Three Emptiness level expert, even he is dead, indicating the Sea Dragon’s attack involved the top-tier. The Sea Dragon belongs to the Western Sect, which is now a member of Yue Shi’s sect alliance, if I act against.... it would surely draw more doubts towards the sect alliance. Yue Shi protects the Human Immortal Temple, surely already enduring much pressure.... If I, now in seclusion, further add troubles for Yue Shi....’

Thoughts flowing in his mind, Zhang Rongfang sighed, giving up the idea of personally intervening. Instead, outsourcing other people to proceed.

After the meal, he accompanied Xiaohuanqing to play catch in the backyard, the ball was made from stitched cow stomach, not very round but usable.

"Uncle, you’re not concentrating at all." Xiaohuanqing said with some dissatisfaction.

After several throws he noticed Zhang Rongfang’s lack of focus.

"Yes, uncle’s mind is occupied." Zhang Rongfang replied. 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

"If you’re playing with me, you should focus more. Otherwise, don’t be an eyesore here, okay?" Xiaohuanqing said seriously.

"Hmm?" Zhang Rongfang was taken aback, his attention snapped back, and he stared at Xiaohuanqing. "Who taught you to say such things?"

"No one taught me." Xiaohuanqing said, "And this has nothing to do with you."

".....You’re right, it indeed has nothing to do with me, you have your parents, they naturally will discipline you." Zhang Rongfang nodded.

"So, Uncle, if you’re not going to play with me, can you get out?" Xiaohuanqing said again discontentedly.

Zhang Rongfang carefully observed Xiaohuanqing’s expression, words like these, it’s impossible to say them without being taught by someone.

He planned to mention this to his sister later, Xiaohuanqing’s education in this regard should be corrected.

For now.

"I don’t think you should speak to me like that." Zhang Rongfang said seriously and gently, holding a ball, walked closer, squatted down and told Zhang Huanqing.

"I am your uncle, an elder, you should have enough respect for me." He continued.

"But I don’t see anything in you that commands respect." Zhang Huanqing replied.

"But this is etiquette, the words you said to me make me feel uncomfortable, so you should apologize to me." Zhang Rongfang explained seriously.

If it were someone else’s child, he might have slapped him long ago.

But in front of him was his own sister’s son, so he could only suppress his temper and explain to him.

"Alright, I apologize, can you leave now?" Xiaohuanqing responded again.

Zhang Rongfang was speechless. Just a moment ago, he almost raised his hand to slap him.

With his current strength, that would be enough to make Zhang Huanqing a permanent vegetable.

"If you keep talking like that, I will tell your parents." Enduring his displeasure again, Zhang Rongfang bent down, and said seriously looking into Xiaohuanqing’s eyes.

"Alright, I won’t do it next time." Xiaohuanqing sensed a hint of danger, and immediately responded.

Zhang Rongfang frowned slightly, looked at him for a while, and then straightened up.

The last time he noticed something unusual, he immediately informed his sister Zhang Rongyu, and Zhang Rongyu also conducted a careful investigation, but found nothing wrong.

All of Zhang Huanqing’s teachers never displayed any negative behavior or words in front of him.

After some time passed, it gradually faded away. Didn’t expect today, it seemed to happen again.

Zhang Rongfang simply tossed the ball to a maid, asking her to play with Zhang Huanqing.

He himself stood quietly by the side, observing. This time, Xiaohuanqing did not exhibit the same behavior as before.

In the following days, life returned to calm.

But to Zhang Rongfang’s surprise, just a few days after sending out some people, news came again from Ding Yu’s side.

Another two members of the Human Immortal Temple’s bloodline sent for support disappeared and died suddenly.

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In a remote small town, thousands of miles away from Wushan Prefecture.

The town was in ruins and long deserted, with empty houses full of dust everywhere.

Ding Yu cautiously hid on the ground floor of a small building without windows, leaning against the wall, quietly listening to the slow-moving footsteps outside in the distance.

After successfully carrying out the assassination last time, he had been hiding here for a full ten days.

And the pursuers also stayed here for ten days.

During this time, people from the Human Immortal Temple had also entered the area, but quickly went silent.

Alarmed, Ding Yu quickly noticed something was wrong.

The opponent did not seem to intend to force him out of the town quickly. Instead, they used him as bait, quietly letting the line run long to catch fish.

Moreover, this trap seemed extremely formidable.

This made him worry about the possible arrival of more Human Immortal Temple experts.

’I hope the temple doesn’t send more people.... I don’t want my personal matters to involve others!’ Ding Yu’s gaze was determined.

This time, coming out for revenge, was a decision he had contemplated for a long, long time.

The hatred of a brother is irreconcilable.

He had no parents, his master was no good, only his two brothers had always been by his side, unfortunately, they were killed by the Sea Dragon Super Grade.

Afterward, he swore to exterminate the Sea Dragon.

At one time, he placed his hopes on his elder brother, but unfortunately, the elder brother is now in a difficult position, caught between two fires.

He understood all of that.

So he decided to leave alone, so as not to make things difficult for his elder brother, and to fulfill his long-buried wish.

"Alone from the start... and now, alone again...."

Sitting by the wall, he sighed softly, just as he was about to get up to change his position.

Suddenly his expression tensed, as he saw a statue of a palm-sized woman with a dark green body in the corner of the room, opening lotus-like arms, gazing at this side with a kind expression.

"That is....!!?"

Swoosh!

A green light shot out from the statue, piercing precisely into the center of Ding Yu’s chest.

The statue also slowly disappeared, as if it had never existed from the beginning.

After being hit by the green light, Ding Yu fell backward.

About a few minutes later, he slowly got up, nonchalantly brushing the dust off his body.

But at this moment, his expression seemed somewhat different from before....

Indifferent, cold, with a faint glimmer of green in his pupils fleeting.