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It was already night time and the moon is already hanging high up in the sky. On the courtyard, six people are still groaning as they tried to suppress the bleeding on their bodies. They unable to do anything as five zombie cultivators are surrounding them with their blades pointing towards the six men in black.

Inside a room lay an unconscious beautiful mature woman on a wooden bed. On the left side of the bed sat s.h.i.+n Jiao who held her hand with a spirit stone in it. s.h.i.+n Jiao slowly helps the flow of mana from the spirit stone, towards her mind dantian.

At that time, when he arrive and saw the two kids crying, he found Jiyi holding Jie Ye in her arms while a gush of tear is slowly sliding down her fair cheeks. The two children cried so hard that their words are almost murmurs as each word is being drowned with their sobs.

He calmly carried the two children on his arms and let them calm down. When the two started to calm down, Aye Muyan and the two maids took them from s.h.i.+n Jiao's hands as he walks towards Jiyi, who is still holding Jie Ye while sitting inside the wooden floor of the house.

"Master! Sister Jie… She… she suddenly collapses after using too much of her power. I… I don't know how to help her as her body would not absorb my Qi… Master… what should we do?" Jiyi said as tears flow down her cheek.

Jiyi is already close to Jie Ye and the two kids. She has already treated Jie Ye as her older sister and got very close to her as Jie Ye is a very kind and a gentlewoman. She is like a mother, a sister, and a friend to her. When they were attacked, Jie Ye didn't hesitate and used her ability which has taken everyone by surprised. Even Jiyi didn't expect that the woman she thought to just have a meager ability is truly powerful to the extent that those who were caught unprepared, even though they are in the gold core realm, was burned to a crisp by an extremely heated flame which burst out of Jie Ye's arms.

But because of the number of their opponent, she has expended too much of her strength and suddenly pa.s.sed out.

"Don't worry, she just used all of her mana. She needed to absorb some and everything would be okay." s.h.i.+n Jiao said as he carefully took Jie Ye from Jiyi's arms and lifted her to bed.

…

That night s.h.i.+n Jiao helped Jie Ye to absorb enough mana in her mind dantian so that it could immediately alleviate her condition. He then commanded Jiyi to dispose of the people secretly so as not to cause more trouble. They needed to bid their time and prepare for the worst.

The a.s.sa.s.sins didn't expect that they would be immediately be dealt with like trash being sweep away. With Jiyi's experience as a cultivator, she controlled the five zombie cultivators to lead the six men away and was immediately killed and burned to ashes along with the zombie cultivators.

Meanwhile, s.h.i.+n Jiao prepares a large defensive array formation enough to engulf the whole compound. He then gave each of them agarwood beads bracelets, which would act as a key to enter the defensive array. After s.h.i.+n Jiao was done with the array, he began crafting some gears and weapons he could give Jiyi and Jie Ye so that they may be able to protect themselves well. He didn't want Jie Ye to overexert her mind dantian anymore as it is very dangerous if it would happen again.

…

Inside a huge state where a two-floor mansion stood majestically. A middle-aged man sat on a chair with a somber expression. He has sent his men a couple of hours ago and until now none returned. And until now he still didn't know what happened.

This man is Si'en Jiao the head of the Jiao family. When he saw his two brothers being brought by their guards unconscious, he became mad and immediately asked what had happened. Upon hearing that the cause of this is his wife whom he kicked out of the clan, he became angry. This situation made his Jiao family lost their face, and he truly value their face. A year ago, he even commanded some of his people to chase after his youngest son when he offended the young lady of the Xiemen clan. Now after a year, his wife tried to offend him. Though he is a ruthless man yet he never wanted any trouble from her Muyan family.

But now he has an excuse, all he has to do is to tell a lie and make this thing blow up. And that would be his excuse for getting rid of his wife.

So he commanded 30 men to go and immediately get rid of her.

He especially sent his most trusted a.s.sa.s.sin for this job. He has almost already forgotten about this wife of his. It has been a year since he last heard of her and didn't imagine that she would have a gal to do this to his brothers.

"You can have her. I don't want to see that eyesore of a woman in this city." He commanded them in anger.

But now he is waiting for their report but no one has returned yet.

"What's taking them too long? Don't tell me they are having a hard time fighting against a mere primary stage gold core realm cultivator right?" Si'en Jiao thought.

But no matter how hard he tried to think about it, it is truly impossible for his men to take too long just to get rid of her.

In his anxiety, he sent a person to investigate what's happening.

Not long later, he receives the report that his people are nowhere to be found and that his wife, Mrs. Jiao is well and okay. But the thing that confuses him the most is what had happened? Why didn't his men attack her?

This news was mind-boggling to him and so he became curious. He called for another group of 10 men to go and attack the house of his wife and make it look like a simple robbery.

After the ten men left, a smile appears on Si'en Jiao's face.

"This is getting interesting… I didn't know that that woman has this kind of ability… Interesting… very interesting. Let's see what she would do next." He muttered to himself.

…

Meanwhile at Aye Muyan's small compound…

Jie Ye has already opened her eyes, but she is still unable to stand up. Because of the drain in her mana her body also lost their strength.

"You have to rest for tonight. The children are fine, they are already sleeping." s.h.i.+n Jiao said as he carefully checks Jie Ye's condition.

Though she overexerted too much of her mana, she actually gained something from this. Right now, s.h.i.+n Jiao can see that her mana capacity has increased.

"I guess this is also a way to improve one's strength. But it is too dangerous, if I didn't supply her mana at that time, she would lose the ability to use her power." s.h.i.+n Jiao thought.

s.h.i.+n Jiao is currently looking straight at Jie Ye's head as he scans her mind dantian using his absolute sense. His absolute sense can actually see the fluctuation of the mana inside her mind dantian and their growth. But this also made Jie Ye suddenly showed a blush on her face. Although she is already married with two children, still she could not help but blush upon seeing s.h.i.+n Jiao's handsome face gazing at her with a serious expression. The care he is showing right now is truly warming her heart.

s.h.i.+n Jiao was distracted by a sudden ripple on the protective barrier he put up. This made him frown a bit.

He didn't expect that some people would try and enter their place at this hour. This only means that these people don't have any good intentions.

Outside the barrier, a few people are actually lying on the ground after being deflected by the protective array. They didn't expect that there would be an invisible barrier in this place. Even if they tried to observe the place, they would not see the barrier as the energy powering it is not fluctuating.

When they realized that there is a barrier in this place, they were dumbfounded.

"When did Mrs. Jiao learn how to arrange an array formation?"

"Maybe this is the reason why the first group vanished. They were trapped in a formation. Luckily for us, we just face a barrier."

"What should we do next then?"

"Humph, such trivial barrier. Let's see if this thing can stop my artifact." One of the men in black holding a huge ax said confidently with a sneer in his face.

Then he put in a huge amount of Qi in his ax as it starts to glow red. When his other nine companions saw this they became elated. With this amount of Qi in the ax, it would surely break the barrier. And so with a confident stride, the man approached the invisible barrier in front of him.

Each step he took made him feel elated. His goal as of now is to storm inside that small compound. He heard that the two maidservants of Mrs. Jiao are both beautiful. If he can break this barrier, then he would be the first to rush in there and claim one of them for himself.

With an evil grin in her face, he lifted his ax high above his head and with all his might crashed it down towards the invisible barrier.