Looking at Huang Shengtian's deceitful face, Ye Tianfan was seething with rage, but he couldn't do anything about it.

"What kind of deal do you want to make?"

Huang Shengtian laughed smugly: "That's right, let's talk business, Young Master Ye. Let's just discuss business, no more fighting and killing."

"Before I change my mind, you'd better not flaunt it in front of me." Ye Tianfan's eyes were filled with murderous intent.

"I know, in your eyes, perhaps I'm already a dead man."

"You're quite self-aware."

Huang Shengtian chuckled: "It doesn't matter, I only care about the result, not the process."

"Speak, what do you want to trade with me?" Ye Tianfan asked with a cold expression.

"I want a person. As long as you bring that person to me, I'll withdraw all of my people from Jiangzhou City. Not only will Miss Long and Miss Qin no longer be in danger, but the economy of Jiangzhou City will also return to normal, and the price war will end. This is a mutually beneficial deal that I'm sure Young Master Ye will agree to."

Huang Shengtian held Long Yuqing and Qin Ruomeng as bargaining chips and used the price war as leverage, naturally feeling confident. He was almost certain that Ye Tianfan would not refuse such a deal.

"Who is this person you want?"

Ye Tianfan's face remained grim, with the killing intent on him unabated. He hated threats, especially when someone used the lives of those close to him as leverage. In Ye Tianfan's heart, Huang Shengtian was already sentenced to death, but he couldn't act now. Once the right opportunity arose, Huang Shengtian would pay a huge price!

"An old man in Jiangzhou City's prison."

Ye Tianfan frowned: "Old man?"

And the old man in the prison that Huang Shengtian mentioned instinctively reminded Ye Tianfan of someone in the north area of the prison.

"Are you talking about the old man in the north area of the prison?"

Huang Shengtian nodded and smiled: "Since Young Master Ye has seen him, it's even more convenient. Just bring him out to meet me, and our deal is done."

Ye Tianfan's eyes narrowed slightly as he scrutinized Huang Shengtian, speaking coldly: "Why don't you find him yourself? With your skills, bringing someone out of the prison shouldn't be difficult, right?"

After the previous secret confrontations, Ye Tianfan knew that Huang Shengtian's skills were indeed not weak. It should still be easy for him to bring someone out of that prison.

But Huang Shengtian took a huge detour, asking him to help him save the person,

Huang Shengtian was too cunning! Ye Tianfan had already sensed the scent of a trap.

"I can't bring him out." Huang Shengtian shook his head and said, "Only you can bring him out."

Ye Tianfan raised an eyebrow and asked in a deep voice: "Why?"

"Celestial Punishment Team."

Huang Shengtian nonchalantly uttered these three words, which startled Ye Tianfan.

"You actually know about the Celestial Punishment Team?"

"Of course, I know." Huang Shengtian sneered, "As far as I know, that old man lives quite comfortably in the prison. But no matter how comfortable it is inside, it can't compare to the freedom outside, right? Do you know why he always stays in the prison villa and never comes out?"

Ye Tianfan glared at Huang Shengtian suspiciously, filled with confusion. The villa in the prison was very loosely guarded. Although there were armed guards patrolling the outer perimeter of the prison, the villa itself had no security at all. If that old man wanted to get out, it shouldn't be too difficult.

"Because the villa he lives in is always watched by people from the Celestial Punishment Team! Forget about bringing him out, even just going to see him is like a task as challenging as climbing the sky. The Celestial Punishment Team doesn't go easy; they strike to kill."

As soon as he finished speaking, Huang Shengtian rolled up the sleeve of his right hand, revealing it covered in scars, with twisted and mangled muscles and skin, looking extremely horrifying.

"I fought with their people, and with just one move, I was at a disadvantage, almost meeting King Yama."

Huang Shengtian's words left Ye Tianfan confused. He had visited the old man himself before and encountered no one to stop him—not the Celestial Punishment Team, not even a regular armed guard.

So why did Huang Shengtian run into the Celestial Punishment Team?

Could it be because he had already joined the Celestial Punishment Team? Although he hadn't reported to the headquarters, he was still considered a member, at least in the organizational structure.

Perhaps that was why when he went to see the old man, the Celestial Punishment Team didn't stop him.

"Why do you want to see this person?" Ye Tianfan frowned, asking coldly.

Huang Shengtian shook his head with a smile and said, "A deal is a deal. There are some things, Young Master Ye, even if you ask, I won't say. We are all smart people. As long as I can see that old man, I will definitely fulfill my promise."

"Fine!" Ye Tianfan gritted his teeth, the word squeezed out from between them.

Seeing the old man shouldn't be difficult, and Ye Tianfan was confident that Huang Shengtian couldn't pull any tricks in front of him.

Once the deal was done and Huang Shengtian's men withdrew from Jiangzhou City, the initiative would be in his hands. By then, he would leave none alive and kill them all cleanly.

For now, Ye Tianfan would endure him for a moment, so what?

...

Nightfall, Ye Tianfan's figure appeared again in front of the villa in the north area of Jiangzhou City's prison.

"Squeak..."

The villa's door creaked open, and just like last time, Ye Tianfan walked in.

The old man still held a glass of red wine, leisurely pacing in the villa's living room.

"Boy, you're here again."

The old man wasn't surprised by Ye Tianfan's arrival, taking a sip of red wine, he sat on the sofa.

"Who exactly are you?"

Ye Tianfan couldn't help but scrutinize the old man. Last time when he came, he already sensed something unusual about him, yet he didn't discover any Ancient Martial Arts Qi Force in him. He seemed like an ordinary person.

The only thing Ye Tianfan didn't understand was why Huang Shengtian was so interested in such an old geezer.

Faced with Ye Tianfan's scrutinizing gaze, the old man smiled faintly. He stood from the sofa, as if to let Ye Tianfan see more clearly, spun around once, then sat back down.

"You've seen it all; I'm just an old man waiting to die slowly in this prison."

"Old man?"

Ye Tianfan truly couldn't discern anything peculiar about him, but he didn't believe for a second that he was merely an old man.

Huang Shengtian had gone to great lengths, even using the lives of Long Yuqing and Qin Ruomeng to threaten him, all just to meet this old man. Just from this alone, the identity of this old man was certainly not ordinary!

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