Chapter 3128 — A Strange Young Girl

"This..." Dongfang Badao's words instantly sent cold sweat pouring down the backs of Dongfang Jinxing and Dongfang Yinxing. He was right—hadn't the lesson of Gu Mengyao been severe enough? The deaths of Dongfang Cha and Dongfang Song had left the Dongfang family swallowing a bitter pill in silence, unable to voice their grievance. If they truly laid hands on the Tomorrow Upon Tomorrow Sect's key disciple of the Cloud-Tier Island Project, then even if the Dongfang family were wiped out to the last soul, not a single person would step forward to speak on their behalf!

"Father, but if he really is that key disciple of the Tomorrow Upon Tomorrow Sect, are we just supposed to swallow this?" Dongfang Yinxing asked, his tone full of frustration.

"Of course we can't just let it go. Once we've broken through to the peak of the late Heaven rank, to the Great Perfection of power, we'll go to the Tomorrow Upon Tomorrow Sect and demand an explanation. That key disciple can be left untouched, but the Tomorrow Upon Tomorrow Sect must pay a price!" Dongfang Badao said.

"Fine. And what if he isn't?" Dongfang Yinxing asked.

"Then it's simple. Once you're there, just kill him outright!" Dongfang Badao said flatly. "We don't dare provoke the Tomorrow Upon Tomorrow Sect for now, but an ordinary disciple out on his own—killing him is nothing!"

"Good!" Dongfang Yinxing nodded, then turned to Dongfang Jinxing. "Brother, investigate the identity of that young man beside Xu Shilan as quickly as you can. If there's nothing special about him, I'll go cut him down!"

"I know. I'll look into it right away!" Dongfang Jinxing nodded.

Once out of Dongfang Badao's room, Dongfang Jinxing dialed Feng Tianhu. There was no one better suited than Feng Tianhu to dig up the identity of the man beside Xu Shilan—after all, he knew far more about Xu Shilan's affairs than anyone in the Dongfang family did.

This time, Dongfang Jinxing did not contact Dongfang Xiaocui, but went straight to Feng Tianhu, precisely out of fear that word might leak from Dongfang Xiaocui's side and reach Feng Tianqi.

"Hello?" Feng Tianhu answered the unfamiliar number, somewhat puzzled as to who could be calling.

"Is this Mr. Feng Tianhu? This is Dongfang Jinxing of the Dongfang family!" Dongfang Jinxing announced himself.

"Ah? Young Master Dongfang, hello!" Feng Tianhu was instantly a little excited. He hadn't expected the Dongfang family—with whom he had never been especially close—to call him. After all, the Dongfang family was Dongfang Xiaocui's natal family. Even if they couldn't stand Xu Shilan and wanted to move against her, they would never lightly do anything to harm Feng Tianqi—they were, after all, Dongfang Xiaocui's own kin.

Only this time, Feng Tianhu was rather perplexed. What business could Dongfang Jinxing have with him?

"Feng Tianhu, at present there is a close guard at Xu Shilan's side, and I want you to investigate his identity as quickly as possible. Otherwise, it will be very difficult for us to move against Xu Shilan!" Dongfang Jinxing said.

"Oh? A close guard beside Xu Shilan? Isn't that Feng Sanmang? He's nothing but a Mystic-rank fighter—how could he possibly be hard to deal with?" Feng Tianhu was slightly taken aback, then said, "You mean the matter with the Dark Night Palace earlier? But hasn't the Dark Night Palace's Grand Elder already left?"

"She has left, but..." Dongfang Jinxing's tone shifted, and he said heavily, "I expect you'll learn of it before long, so I won't hide it. The Dongfang family's expert at the peak of the mid Heaven rank, sent out afterward—he's dead too! The way it happened was this..."

With that, Dongfang Jinxing recounted the whole course of events to Feng Tianhu. Humiliating as the affair was, if he wanted Feng Tianhu to take it seriously and throw himself into the investigation, Dongfang Jinxing had no choice but to tell the truth plainly.

"What? You mean Xu Shilan has colluded with an expert disciple of the Tomorrow Upon Tomorrow Sect? How is that possible?" Feng Tianhu was startled. He knew perfectly well what a formidable existence the Tomorrow Upon Tomorrow Sect was—so powerful that even sects like the Ice Palace and Snow Valley dared not lightly provoke them, let alone his ancient Feng family.

"Nothing is impossible. The facts are right before our eyes!" Dongfang Jinxing said. "Feng Tianhu, you needn't be afraid. You don't have to do anything—just find out where this person comes from. Leave the rest to me!"

"All right, I understand!" Feng Tianhu gritted his teeth and nodded in agreement. Investigating the Tomorrow Upon Tomorrow Sect made him deeply fearful, but when he thought about it, it was only a covert inquiry, not a direct confrontation—so there was nothing to worry about after all. "Young Master Dongfang, then wait for my news."

"Fine. I'll await your call, then." Dongfang Jinxing hung up and could not help shaking his head. He could hear the fear in Feng Tianhu's voice, and felt a touch of contempt. With courage like that, and he still dreamed of contending for the position of Feng family head?

The day after Dongfang Buruo's departure, Wei Zhao's villa returned to its former tranquility. No one came knocking again—it seemed Dongfang Buruo had simply given up. Yet from what Wei Zhao knew of the Dongfang family, they were hardly the sort to give up so easily; after all, over the mere matter of Dongfang Jian's death, they had sent out one expert after another!

What surprised Wei Zhao, though, was just how many Heaven-rank experts the ancient Dongfang family had. In the space of a few short months, they had lost five Heaven-rank experts in endless succession—Dongfang Bushu, Dongfang Jian, Dongfang Cha, Dongfang Song, and Dongfang Ying. If they could still send out more Heaven-rank experts after this, then the family must truly be rolling in wealth!

A petite young girl pushed open the driver's-side door and sprang lightly down from the BMW, yet her whole bearing bespoke a crisp efficiency, and a smartly tailored business suit made her position plain!