"Get up already. This beast tide wasn’t brought here by you, what’s it got to do with you?" Ye Haochuan said with a laugh.

"But this inn is the young master’s only business. Now it’s just gone like this, young master, doesn’t that mean you..." Ling Zhixing said with a long face.

Ye Haochuan couldn’t help but chuckle and said, "Who said this is my only business? I’ve got an even bigger one in Anxi County. I came this time precisely to take you there to help manage the Anxi County business!"

The business in Anxi County was naturally the Li Family’s.

He had left in a hurry and only retrieved Niu Kui’s ring; he hadn’t gone to take over the other things yet.

But he believed that with the Prefecture Master’s tacit approval, the County Marquis would definitely guard the Li Family’s business for him properly and wouldn’t let the Li Family people take even half a bit more than they should.

"Really?" Hearing this, Ling Zhixing’s mood clearly lightened a lot. "Oh right, there are demon beasts everywhere outside, how did you get in, young master?"

"I’m very familiar with the leader of the demon beasts. If I want to come in, I come in," Ye Haochuan said, putting on an air of nonchalance.

When Ling Zhixing heard this, the last trace of worry left on his face instantly vanished into thin air, and there was no sign of his previous haggardness.

Very soon, Ling Zhixing went off in high spirits to prepare food with Ye Haochuan, looking forward to his young master being able to take him away from this hellish place after they’d eaten.

"Do you really have a way to get us out?" After Ling Zhixing left, Long Keyue asked with a bit of worry.

"Relax, when has your husband ever gone back on his word?" Ye Haochuan said calmly.

Seventy percent of that calm was an act, but the remaining thirty percent was real confidence in his heart.

That confidence came from seeing Long Keyue safe and sound.

The instant he saw Long Keyue, the dark cloud of worry in his heart was suddenly blown away, and his mindset actually opened up a bit.

Not long after, Ling Zhixing had the food ready. After the three of them finished eating, Ye Haochuan instructed, "You two go get a good sleep in your rooms first. When you wake up, we’ll be able to leave!"

"Okay!" Ling Zhixing didn’t doubt him in the slightest and ran off to his own room, excited.

Long Keyue didn’t hurry to leave. She pouted and said, "You’re planning to go out alone to do something, aren’t you? This time you can forget about ditching me to act alone!"

"It’s not that I don’t want to take you; it’s that if I take you too, then there’ll be no one left to protect Ling Zhixing. In that case he really would be dead for sure!" Ye Haochuan said with a wry smile.

"Then... you must be careful!" Long Keyue struggled with herself for a while, but in the end could only agree helplessly.

With that, she quickly stamped a kiss on Ye Haochuan’s lips.

That kiss was like encouragement, yet also full of worry.

"Don’t worry, this young master isn’t that easy to kill!" Ye Haochuan smiled, then his body suddenly went limp and fell into Long Keyue’s arms.

Long Keyue had long since figured out Ye Haochuan’s routine and wasn’t surprised. She just silently held Ye Haochuan’s body, afraid he might suffer the slightest harm.

At this moment, Ye Haochuan’s soul had already flown out of the inn, heading toward a Demon Spirit Dog.

He had already used the Heavenly Eye to observe the surroundings just now. The Fat Worm seemed to think he couldn’t stir up any trouble, so although it had set some eyes and ears around the inn, it was far from airtight.

Take Ye Haochuan’s nemesis, the Demon Spirit Dog, for example—there was only one in the area.

Ye Haochuan’s Ghost Escape soul shot into the Demon Spirit Dog’s head with lightning speed and swallowed its soul in one gulp.

The soul of a demon beast was inherently weaker than that of a human, not to mention Ye Haochuan’s soul strength had faintly reached the level of Immortal Transformation Mid-Stage.

Before long, the Demon Spirit Dog’s soul was completely devoured by Ye Haochuan, and the Demon Spirit Dog itself went limp on the ground, gradually losing its vitality.

From the outside, however, its body showed no abnormality at all, like it had simply fallen asleep.

Ye Haochuan opened his eyes again and felt a warm, soft sensation on his face. His heart stirred and he rubbed his face wantonly against that softness.

"You bad man, what are you doing?" Long Keyue’s pretty face instantly flushed red as she shoved Ye Haochuan away.

Although she and Ye Haochuan had already confirmed their relationship long ago, they had never taken that final step, so she was inevitably still a bit shy.

"Say, we’ve already ’eloped’. Isn’t it about time we found a chance to get that important matter done?" Ye Haochuan chuckled lewdly.

Ye Haochuan had brought her to the Immortal Realm behind the Long Family’s back; that was practically the same as eloping.

Just thinking about this made Long Keyue’s face turn even redder. She buried her head against her chest and muttered in a mosquito-like voice, "You lecher, is this really the time to be thinking about that sort of nonsense?"

"Actually, doing that sort of thing doesn’t take that much time..."

"You’re awful, I’m not giving you my first time in a place like this!" Long Keyue suddenly said firmly.

"Alright then, once we’re out, we’ll get it done at the very first opportunity!" Ye Haochuan laughed wickedly. "Just thinking about it is really something to look forward to!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Haochuan’s figure suddenly vanished into thin air.

"That scoundrel! He’s just too awful..." Long Keyue knew Ye Haochuan had gone to deal with serious business and couldn’t help grumbling shyly under her breath.

But despite her words, there was a clear smile on her face, and she looked a little expectant.

On the other side, without the Demon Spirit Dog’s alertness, Ye Haochuan—still in his Invisibility state—slipped through the guard ring outside the inn with ease.

His Heavenly Eye remained open the whole time. Whenever he spotted demon beasts like the Demon Spirit Dog from afar, he’d avoid them at once.

This time, unlike before when he ran around like a headless fly, he had a clear target and headed straight in one direction, making it much less likely for him to be discovered.

Along the way, in almost no time at all, he reached his destination before his Invisibility Ability could drain his Spiritual Energy.

That’s right—this was the place where he’d been captured by the Blood Pupil Demon Ape one or two hours ago.

He hadn’t come here to take revenge on the Blood Pupil Demon Ape, of course, but for the humans inside this courtyard.

This courtyard held imprisoned human cultivators. Ye Haochuan had previously thought Long Keyue would be locked up here, which was why he had been discovered when he charged in.

He picked a concealed spot and quietly climbed over the wall into the compound.

But the moment his feet touched the ground, he suddenly felt the Spiritual Energy and Flower Energy in his Dantian cut off from him, completely beyond his control.

His Invisibility was also forcibly cancelled at that instant due to the lack of Spiritual Energy.

"Knew there was something fishy!" Ye Haochuan had clearly expected this and didn’t panic at all. Instead, he groped his way toward the center of the courtyard.

Even though he’d lost his Invisibility, this courtyard was full of humans already. Ye Haochuan’s presence in such a place wouldn’t arouse the suspicion of the demon beasts outside.

Very soon, Ye Haochuan found the person he was looking for...