The two families conspired together

To the south of Autumn Leaf Town sits the Lin Family, one of the three major families. Surprisingly, inside the Lin Family residence at this moment were the patriarch of the Luo Family, Luo Rong, and his son, Luo Jie.

Although there was surface harmony between the three major families, the ongoing struggle behind the scenes was an open secret. For the Luo Family to become guests of the Lin Family was quite a rare occurrence if word got out.

The expression on Lin Feng, the patriarch of the Lin Family, was stern as he addressed Luo Rong, "Brother Luo, this time we must unite our families. Otherwise, we may not be able to contend with the Ye Family."

Having witnessed the strength of Ye Dong and the special attention given to the Ye Family by the Lord of the City, both the Lin and Luo families realized the crisis. Therefore, these two rivals temporarily put aside their family grievances and sat down together.

Luo Rong nodded, "Brother Lin, you're right. While the Ye Family's strength was slightly superior to ours before, the Lord of the City never showed favoritism. But now, with Ye Dong's emergence and gaining favor with the Lord, it's a big problem for us. But how do we deal with the Ye Family? With Ye Dong in the picture, and the Lord behind them, it's not easy!"

Lin Feng smirked, "Brother Luo's analysis is spot-on. We can't deal with the Lord, but isn't Ye Dong the Ye Family's main reliance? As long as we can discreetly deal with Ye Dong, the Ye Family will naturally fall apart."

Indeed, the Ye Family's strength mainly relied on Ye Dong. Only with the ability to secretly eliminate him could the Lin and Luo families stand a chance.

"Are you suggesting we kill Ye Dong?" Luo Rong raised his head abruptly, showing shock on his face.

Although there had been plenty of open and hidden conflicts between the three major families over the years, nobody had ever lost their life over them. Hearing Lin Feng's proposal to kill Ye Dong startled him.

With a hint of cunning in his smile, Lin Feng said, "I don't want to kill him either. But Ye Dong's cultivation progress is alarming. With seven-fold Spiritual Seals at the age of sixteen, if we allow him to continue his cultivation, his future will be limitless. Given time, do you think Autumn Leaf Town will still have room for our two families?"

After pondering for a while, Luo Rong furrowed his brows. Although he lacked Lin Feng's ruthlessness, he understood that Lin Feng's words were true. The Ye Family was already stronger than theirs, and if Ye Dong continued to grow, it wouldn't be difficult for them to swallow up both families.

Finally, Luo Rong shook his head, "This plan won't work. Ye Dong is now the Ye Family's treasure. How could we possibly get the chance to deal with him? Ye Yuanjun's strength is formidable too. We can't just sneak into the Ye Family and attack them, can we?"

This statement from Luo Rong indicated his tacit agreement with the proposal.

Suddenly, Lin Feng adopted a confident posture and said, "As long as Brother Luo agrees to cooperate, we will find the opportunity naturally."

Luo Rong seemed displeased with Lin Feng's demeanor, grunting, "If we're really going to deal with the Ye Family, we need to do it sooner rather than later. The longer we wait, the worse it will be for us. I don't know when you'll find an opportunity, Brother Lin!"

"Haha!" Lin Feng laughed triumphantly. "Brother Luo, rest assured. The opportunity will come in three days! Moreover, even if we kill Ye Dong, we won't leave any evidence behind."

Luo Rong looked at Lin Feng suspiciously, unable to understand why he was so confident. However, he had no other choice at the moment but to trust his words.

Indeed, Lin Feng did not speak empty words. The next evening, Luo Rong received a command from the Lord of Yi Feng City, Dongfang Bai.

A fourth-grade demon beast, the Iron-Armed Cyan Ape, had fled into the Tian Duan Forest and was now on the outskirts of Autumn Leaf Town. The three major families must quickly kill this demon beast.

On the Vermilion Bird Continent, besides humans, there were various beasts. Although humans were considered the most intelligent beings, beasts also had their own strengths, and in many aspects, they were beyond comparison with humans.

Ordinary beasts only had their innate instincts, referred to as ordinary or ferocious beasts. Some beasts, however, possessed intelligence similar to humans and were called demon beasts.

It was said that above demon beasts were even more formidable spirit beasts, but that was beyond the imagination of those who hadn't reached the Dust Realm yet.

Based on their strength, demon beasts were divided into nine grades. Although a fourth-grade demon beast didn't sound high-ranking, even a practitioner with a six-fold Spiritual Seals might not necessarily be able to defeat them.

To the north of Autumn Leaf Town, including the mountains behind the Ye Family, was not just a small mountain but a part of the Tian Duan Mountain Range that almost spanned half of the Vermilion Bird Continent.

Therefore, in the dense forests of this mountain, there were not only spiritual flowers and strange herbs that had grown for hundreds or thousands of years, but also various ferocious and combative beasts and demon beasts.

However, these demon beasts lived deep in the Tian Duan Forest and almost never crossed it to enter the human world. But if a formidable demon beast did appear, it would pose a huge threat to humans. Therefore, once such a situation occurred, major families had to send out experts to join forces for the siege.

When Luo Rong saw this command, he immediately understood why Lin Feng had been so confident. Obviously, the appearance of this fourth-grade demon beast must be related to the Lin Family. However, he was a little puzzled as to how the Lin Family had such prophetic abilities. Or perhaps, did the Lin Family intentionally release this demon beast?

For cultivators, besides their regular cultivation, real combat was the fastest way to improve their strength. However, the disciples of the three major families could only spar with their siblings in their respective families on regular days, and they would always hold back, not daring to use their full strength. That couldn't be called real combat.

Therefore, the appearance of this fourth-grade demon beast meant that Ye Dong, who had just reached the seven-fold Spiritual Seals, would definitely participate in the hunt.

There wouldn't be much danger, but it would increase his combat experience. Ye Yuanjun wouldn't miss such a rare opportunity.

However, the dense and almost sunless Tian Duan Forest was also the best place for ambushes and mischief!

Sure enough, that evening, Lin Feng quietly came to the Luo Family alone, starting to conspire about the big event tomorrow.

Seeing Dongfang Bai's command, a smile appeared on Ye Yuanjun's face. He had been thinking of giving Dong'er more opportunities to practice and gain combat experience, and unexpectedly, the opportunity had presented itself.

Early the next morning, the three major families of Autumn Leaf Town, accompanied by the elites of their respective families, arrived outside the Tian Duan Forest.

Although they were hunting demon beasts, it was only a fourth-grade one, so the