Chapter 272 The old gossip is here to find fault!

However, at present, the Ancestor of the Ying Family has lost track of Ying Rui.

The Ancestor of the Ying Family’s figure flashed, and he quickly searched through the surrounding buildings.

His speed was too fast, like a shadow.

The surrounding zombies couldn’t even clearly see his figure.

Although zombies lacked agility, that was only relative.

As an Undying Bone, the Ancestor of the Ying Family’s speed was naturally astonishingly fast.

With such incredible speed, it wouldn’t take the Ancestor of the Ying Family too long to search the entire Quyang City.

He intended to find Ying Rui using this most straightforward method!

“Quick!”

Si Yan and Ying Rui were rapidly heading towards the north side of Quyang City.

The time left for him was getting shorter and shorter.

Si Yan’s method was to quickly move from one building to another.

This way, even if the Ancestor of the Ying Family was in the sky, it would be difficult for him to detect Si Yan’s movements.

“Sir, the passage is in that cluster of buildings.”

Ying Rui pointed in a direction.

“Good!”

Si Yan and she quickly ran over.

Soon, they arrived in front of a large complex of buildings.

Si Yan saw that this should be the stronghold of a Zombie Family in Quyang City.

Such a stronghold, although not comparable to a Zombie Family’s ancestral land, still occupied a considerable area.

“The passage is inside?”

Si Yan asked.

Ying Rui nodded: “It should be inside. This passage isn’t very stable. There’s also a passage near the Ying Family all year round, which we can use by paying some money.”

Si Yan understood.

He led Ying Rui and walked quickly over.

As expected, Si Yan and Ying Rui were stopped at the main gate.

“We need to use the passage to the Evil Spirit World.”

Ying Rui pulled out a handful of banknotes.

“The passage is over here, you can go in now.”

The zombie guarding the gate took the banknotes and said.

“Let’s go~”

Si Yan pulled Ying Rui and quickly walked in.

“It’s over there~”

Ying Rui pointed in a direction.

Si Yan quickly ran towards it.

Soon, Si Yan and Ying Rui arrived at the passage.

Upon arrival, Si Yan noticed that there were quite a few zombies and humans outside this passage.

These zombies were bleeding the humans and using brushes to outline something on the dark passage exterior.

“What are they doing?”

Si Yan asked.

“They’re probably trying to stabilize this passage. It looks like some Zombie Families are also interested in the Evil Spirit World.”

Ying Rui explained.

Si Yan and Ying Rui walked over.

After walking over, Si Yan noticed that there were also several players here.

These players were all zombies!

Inside, Si Yan even saw Li Guo from Yin Ming Hall!

This meant that the zombie players here seemed to all belong to Yin Ming Hall.

This place also represented an instance.

“Oh? Si Yan!”

Li Guo saw Si Yan, and a look of joy appeared on his face.

“Hall Master, this is Si Yan!”

Then, Li Guo excitedly introduced him to a zombie.

Hall Master!

The Hall Master of Yin Ming Hall!

Yin Ming Hall was also a very large player organization, and most of its players were zombies.

The Hall Master of Yin Ming Hall was naturally also a top-ranked big shot!

In the Zombie World, he was at least a high-tier Ghost Emperor, or even a Ghost Lord!

This meant that the Hall Master of Yin Ming Hall’s own strength was also at the Ghost Lord level!

This referred to his personal strength.

This was the basic requirement now.

Merely having personal strength at the Ghost Lord-level might not be enough to make it onto the rankings; one also needed other means, as well as some trump cards.

There was also the player’s overall rating and so on.

Si Yan looked at the Hall Master Li Guo spoke of.

He was a middle-aged man who looked to be in his forties.

When this middle-aged man saw Si Yan, a strange smile appeared on his pale face.

“Si Yan, hello.”

Then he said in a rather amiable tone, very much like a kind elder.

“Hello, Hall Master. I need to use this passage. The situation is a bit urgent. Let’s chat after I’m done.”

Si Yan said.

This time, Yin Ming Hall seemed to be preparing to help this Zombie Family stabilize the passage.

Thereby establishing a good cooperative relationship with this Zombie Family.

“Oh? Of course, you can. I wonder what situation you’ve encountered. If you need help, I can assist you.”

The Hall Master of Yin Ming Hall said.

As his voice fell.

A golden light flashed, and in the sky, a beam of golden light suddenly shot down.

“So you’re here!”

Immediately after, the Ancestor of the Ying Family’s voice, filled with anger, rang out.

No sooner had the voice fallen than his figure arrived first, landing in front of the passage!

Astonishing malevolent aura surged from his body in all directions.

All the surrounding zombies, including the Hall Master of Yin Ming Hall, involuntarily took a step back!

“Undying Bone!”

The expression in the Hall Master of Yin Ming Hall’s eyes also changed!

He hadn’t expected an Undying Bone to appear!

His own strength was indeed that of a Ghost Lord.

As a top-ranked big shot, he also had some trump cards.

But even with all his trump cards, he had no confidence whatsoever in fighting an Undying Bone!

Ying Rui’s expression changed.

Just as they were about to enter the passage, the Ancestor of the Ying Family had arrived!

Even though she was now a Ghost Lord, facing the Ancestor of the Ying Family, she didn’t even have a one-in-ten-thousand chance of winning!

The Ancestor of the Ying Family’s terrifying eyes lingered on Ying Rui for a few seconds, then looked at Si Yan.

“Young man, you abducted a descendant of my Ying Family and caused a ruckus in the Song Family. Today, I will capture you and give an explanation to the Song Family!”

His words caused the expression in the Hall Master of Yin Ming Hall’s eyes to change drastically again!

His gaze sharply turned to Si Yan.

This Undying Bone was actually here for Si Yan!

And it seemed that Si Yan had caused some serious trouble!

An Undying Bone personally coming to hunt Si Yan?

Heavens!

Was Si Yan crazy?

He even dared to provoke an Undying Bone!

For a moment, the Hall Master of Yin Ming Hall couldn’t help but be startled!

“What the, what trouble has Si Yan gotten into this time?”

Li Guo, who had known Si Yan for a long time, was also greatly startled.

Not just him.

The other zombie players were equally shocked.

Even their Hall Master was shocked, let alone them.

They hadn’t expected Si Yan to provoke a Ghost Saint!

It was no exaggeration to say that a Ghost Saint-level zombie would not necessarily be killed even by a nuclear bomb in the real world.

Their Hall Master, an old-timer among players, had not yet reached the Ghost Saint-level.

Facing a Ghost Saint, even with some trump cards, the Hall Master of Yin Ming Hall had to be extremely careful.

Yet Si Yan dared to provoke a Ghost Saint?

Not only that.

Si Yan seemed to have caused some trouble!

“Is this why he grew so fast? But… isn’t this really just seeking death?”

One of the Yin Ming Hall players was frightened and thought dazedly.

Si Yan’s growth was too fast.

With such rapid growth, his actions in instances would certainly not be ordinary.

However.

He could never have imagined that Si Yan would dare to provoke a Ghost Saint!

This action was truly too extraordinary!

He also couldn’t understand.

What kind of trump cards did Si Yan have to dare to cause such trouble!

Could it be that in previous instances, Si Yan also constantly provoked big shots?

How many lives did he have!

Damn!

While the players of Yin Ming Hall, including a top-ranked big shot, the Hall Master of Yin Ming Hall, were all startled by Si Yan’s audacity to provoke a Ghost Saint.

In front of the passage, the Ancestor of the Ying Family was about to make a move.

But at this moment, golden light flashed again.

The Ancestor of the Situ Family appeared.

“Oh? Isn’t this Miss Ying? Miss Ying is getting married today, why is she here?”

The Ancestor of the Situ Family said with a puzzled tone.

As he spoke, his body deliberately blocked the space between the Ancestor of the Ying Family and Si Yan, and Ying Rui.

Si Yan effortlessly saw through his intention.

The Ancestor of the Situ Family wanted to make the Ying Family lose face!

Once the incident Si Yan caused was spread, both the Ying Song families would lose face.

So the Ancestor of the Ying Family didn’t mention anything.

But others weren’t stupid.

After the Ancestor of the Situ Family saw Ying Rui, he had some suspicions.

Naturally.

He wouldn’t let the Ancestor of the Ying Family deal with Si Yan so easily.

He wanted this matter to spread, to make the Ying Family and the Song Family suffer a huge embarrassment.

Although the Situ Family and the Ying Family were not enemies, their relationship wasn’t particularly good either.

Moreover, there was inherent rivalry among these large Zombie Families.

The Ying Family had always been more powerful than the Situ Family.

The Ancestor of the Situ Family was quite happy to see the Ying Family’s reputation damaged.

“Ancestor, the Fifth Young Master of the Song Family is already dead. Please, Ancestor, do not force me anymore. Ying Rui has already vowed to sever ties with the Ying Family. If Ancestor insists on continuing the marriage alliance, please choose someone else!”

Ying Rui did not answer the Ancestor of the Situ Family’s words, but instead looked at the Ancestor of the Ying Family, speaking with a firm tone.

Even though she believed that this time was fraught with peril and it was impossible to contend with the Ancestor of the Ying Family.

But she would rather die than yield!

If the Ancestor of the Ying Family continued to pressure her, she would rather commit suicide on the spot than marry into the Song Family again!

Ying Rui’s words made the Ancestor of the Situ Family’s gossipy nature even stronger.

The Fifth Young Master of the Song Family was already dead?

His gaze involuntarily turned to Si Yan.

Clearly.

The Ancestor of the Situ Family could guess that this matter was 100% Si Yan’s doing.

“Mr. Si Yan, is that you?”

At this moment, a voice sounded from behind.

Si Yan looked and saw that the speaker was Situ Mingyue!

Situ Mingyue had also arrived!

It seemed she had come all the way after being startled by the commotion.

With her arrival, the place suddenly became even livelier.

After Si Yan turned his head, Situ Mingyue confirmed Si Yan’s identity.

She hadn’t yet clearly seen the situation here, and a hint of a smile appeared in her eyes: “I didn’t expect to see Mr. Si Yan again. Mingyue has always hoped for Mr. Si Yan to visit, and finally, you’ve come! Ancestor, this is Mr. Si Yan I mentioned.”

After greeting Si Yan, she saw the Ancestor of the Situ Family and took the opportunity to introduce him.

And it seemed she thought Si Yan had come through her invitation.

“Oh? He is Si Yan?”

The Ancestor of the Situ Family’s expression shifted.

He hadn’t expected Si Yan to be the Si Yan Situ Mingyue had mentioned.

Zombies, of course, weren’t as overly fond of poetry and such as Vampires were of art.

Vampires’ love for art came with some tangible benefits.

However, the Ancestor of the Situ Family seemed to have heard Situ Mingyue talk about Si Yan.

“Yes, Ancestor, Mr. Si Yan is my guest! May I take Mr. Si Yan away first?”

Situ Mingyue said again.

Hearing her words, Si Yan instantly understood.

This Northern Frontier Pearl, who was as famous as Ying Rui, was not unaware of the situation here.

She had probably already seen through it.

And was feigning ignorance while fully aware!

She deliberately placed Si Yan in the position of her guest.

She wanted the Ancestor of the Situ Family to step in and protect Si Yan.

If the Ancestor of the Situ Family intended to embarrass the Ying Family, Situ Mingyue had just provided a perfect excuse.

The Ancestor of the Situ Family also seemed to be an old fox.

After hearing Situ Mingyue’s words, he looked at the Ancestor of the Ying Family with some difficulty.

“Brother Ying, I won’t interfere with you disciplining your family, but Si Yan is a guest of my Situ Family. Brother Ying, please give me some face. If you want to deal with him, wait until Si Yan leaves. Otherwise, if my Situ Family can’t even protect its own guests, wouldn’t it damage our reputation if word gets out?”

The Ancestor of the Situ Family said in a “sincere” tone.

This fellow indeed took the excuse Situ Mingyue offered.

He wasn’t simply trying to protect Si Yan.

For him, it was more about embarrassing the Ying Family.

While embarrassing them, the Ancestor of the Ying Family couldn’t even say anything to him.

Because his words did make sense.

A top Zombie Family in the Northern Frontier that couldn’t even protect its own guests, how could it establish itself in the future?

The Ancestor of the Ying Family’s gaze was frighteningly gloomy.

Clearly, he also saw through the Ancestor of the Situ Family’s intentions.

Although the Ancestor of the Situ Family wouldn’t stop him from taking Ying Rui away.

However, if he couldn’t deal with Si Yan, the culprit, on this trip, then he wouldn’t be able to give an explanation to the Song Family.

The Song Family’s losses this time were too great.

The Ancestor of the Ying Family had already learned through the zombies in the Song Family that the Song Family’s ancestral land had been ravaged by the Death Spirit Monarch.

Not only that.

Si Yan had also attacked the Song Family’s wedding procession, causing the death of a Ghost Lord, a high-tier Ghost Emperor, and many Ghost Kings from the Song Family.

As well as a large number of other zombies!

With such heavy losses, if Si Yan wasn’t captured and brought back.

Then even if the Ying Song families didn’t become enemies, they would probably never interact again.

The Ancestor of the Ying Family was still focused on Shouyang Mountain!

“Brother Situ, you cannot protect this child. Do you know what he has done?”

The Ancestor of the Ying Family said in a deep voice.

As things stood.

Anyway, the matter of Si Yan causing a ruckus at the wedding probably couldn’t be kept secret for too long.

He could only make the Ancestor of the Situ Family understand the gravity of the situation.

Otherwise, judging by the Ancestor of the Situ Family’s stance, he would probably have to fight the other party to take Si Yan away.

Once a fight broke out, the Ying Family would gain another enemy.

“Oh? I’d like to hear the details.”

The Ancestor of the Situ Family said.

This Ancestor was indeed quite gossipy.

The Ancestor of the Ying Family stared sharply at Si Yan: “This child attracted a Death Spirit, comparable to you and me, to cause chaos in the Song Family’s ancestral land, inflicting immense losses on the Song Family.”

“Not only that, this child also openly attacked the Song Family’s wedding procession, annihilating the entire procession. Even the Song Family’s Ghost Lord couldn’t escape.”

After briefly summarizing Si Yan’s “evil deeds” in two sentences, the Ancestor of the Ying Family’s gaze turned back to the Ancestor of the Situ Family.

“Brother Situ, if you insist on protecting this child, then you will be an enemy of the Song Family, and likewise, you will incur the ill will of my Ying Family!”

The Ancestor of the Ying Family said in a low but forceful tone.

This time, he was determined to get Si Yan.

And in his words, he also expressed his resolve!

The Ancestor of the Situ Family ultimately wouldn’t want to be an enemy of the Ying Song families, nor did he want to incur their ill will.

Therefore, the Ancestor of the Ying Family was absolutely confident that the Ancestor of the Situ Family would back down.

“Ancestor!”

Situ Mingyue, hearing the Ancestor of the Ying Family’s words, couldn’t help but worry and quickly said.