Had the others not been scared away by the man in black robes earlier, there would surely be countless onlookers now.
Oh, wait.
Ye Fan and his group hadn't run.
They had even stayed to watch until now…
Fortunately, they had witnessed something similar before, so they weren't as stunned this time.
They had even taken out small tables and stools, and were now each holding a piece of watermelon and gnawing on it…
Five minutes later.
The coffin was slowly placed back on the ground.
The lid was opened.
The three human figures were gone, only a layer of shattered ice fragments could be vaguely seen.
The man in black robes lay on the ice shards.
His hands were crossed over his chest, his eyes closed, and a blissful smile on his face.
The group of five lifted him out and then looked expectantly at the crane.
As a professional death assessor, the crane always performed its duties with great rigor.
Its wise gaze swept over the man in black robes continuously.
"At this moment, the life force and death aura within him are clashing. Whether he can wake up is uncertain for now."
"Brother Jiao," Ye Fan said, putting down his watermelon. "Go check if there's any hope for the man in black robes."
"You want to save him?" the little witch asked in surprise. "That doesn't seem like your style."
"I suddenly remembered something I wanted to ask him," Ye Fan explained. "Let's see if there's any hope first."
When the man in black robes woke up again, he found himself in Ye Fan's home.
His first sensation upon waking was a single word.
Pain—!
His internal organs felt as if they had shattered!
Every inch of his skin, every nerve, felt as if it were tied in knots.
He still had his limbs, but he couldn't pinpoint their exact location.
At one moment, his hands and feet felt like they were on his stomach, and the next, they seemed to have moved behind his buttocks…
The man in black robes felt as if a pair of large hands had roughly twisted him like a pretzel…
He vaguely recalled that he had only fallen from the sky to the ground before.
Even though his cultivation had been sealed at the time, his physical body should not have suffered such damage.
Let alone getting injured, he doubted even a scratch would have occurred.
Then his memory went back to the moment he was put into the coffin…
Thinking of this, the man in black robes couldn't help but shudder…
Because he was bewildered to realize that he seemed to still be lying in that coffin.
At the same time, five heads appeared in his line of sight.
"You're awake?" the leader of the group of five smiled kindly, revealing a mouth full of pearly white teeth. "How do you feel now?"
The familiar charcoal face, the familiar smile…
In his bewildered and desperate expression, his body was lifted by the group of five and placed on the ground.
Sitting on a small stool in front of him was Ye Fan.
Even if he were foolish, he understood by now that he was merely a piece of fish on a chopping block.
The man in black robes dared not speak, nor even look directly at Ye Fan.
"I heard you're from the Ge City Law Enforcement Team, right?" Ye Fan smiled kindly. "I happen to have a few small questions to ask, would it be convenient?"
With a kind smile and a gentle tone.
No matter who saw it, they would be moved and impressed by Ye Fan's gentlemanly demeanor.
But the man in black robes knew that if he displeased the other party in the slightest, he might meet his end today.
The man in black robes tried to struggle to sit up, to show a bit of respect to the other party.
The result was…
"Crack—!"
As soon as he exerted force with his arm, it broke…
It broke…
The bone of his upper arm completely broke free from the restraints of flesh and skin, defiantly swaying in the free wind…
The man in black robes rolled his eyes in pain, almost fainting on the spot…
However, this was not what scared him the most…
What truly made his liver tremble was that the five dark figures had already cast their sharp and excited gazes upon him…
Each one was rubbing their hands together, looking eager to try.
"He's already so badly injured, don't you guys add to the chaos," Ye Fan quickly stopped them.
The man in black robes swore that this was the most touching sentence he had ever heard in his life!
At this moment.
His gaze towards Ye Fan was even more affectionate than seeing his own father!
It was a pity that his emotion didn't last for two seconds.
Ye Fan added.
"After I'm done asking, you can play with him slowly."
The man in black robes: …
Please give me back my emotion…
"Tell me," Ye Fan still had a kind smile on his face. "As a member of the Law Enforcement Team, you must know something about that mysterious master, right?"
Ye Fan was very interested in this mysterious boss of Ge City.
His intuition told him that this boss possessed something he wanted.
This was also why he wasn't in a hurry to leave Ge City.
Ye Fan trusted his intuition a great deal.
"Senior…" the man in black robes replied with difficulty. "Actually… I don't know…"
Ye Fan glanced at him, his expression as if to say 'Are you kidding me?'
"Senior, it's true!" the man in black robes quickly explained. "We just follow the rules. Ever since we joined the Law Enforcement Team, none of us have ever seen this mysterious master. Even for occasional special missions, he only leaves us information and never appears in person."
"Do you think…" Ye Fan slowly raised a finger, and a wisp of evil fire floated from his fingertip. "I would believe you?"
As soon as the evil fire appeared, the man in black robes almost peed himself…
Although he didn't know what it was, its terrifying aura was enough to make his liver and gallbladder tremble!
His entire body vibrated with a vigor that rivaled a small electric motor…
Let alone him, even the little witch and the others subconsciously retreated a distance…
"Senior, I swear by my Dao heart!" the man in black robes shouted, enduring his fear. "Everything I'm saying is true!"
As he spoke, the man in black robes forced a drop of essence blood from between his eyebrows.
The essence blood was wrapped in a layer of faint blue light, within which a miniature version of himself could be vaguely seen.
This was a ritual of submission among cultivators.
The essence blood contained a trace of the man in black robes' soul power.
As long as Ye Fan accepted this drop of essence blood, the man in black robes' life or death would be entirely within Ye Fan's thoughts.
"Fine, I'll believe you for now."
Ye Fan replied casually, but he did not accept the drop of essence blood.
Mainly because this fellow had a slight germaphobia, and he didn't like the feeling of others entering his body.
Of course, the main reason was that he was currently focused on being a 'lazy fish' (acting unmotivated).
If it were his past self, who pursued strength, he would have happily accepted it.
After all, this man in black robes was a powerful subordinate, why not take him?
"Since you don't know anything, keeping you doesn't seem to serve any purpose," Ye Fan mumbled, then gestured to the group of five. "Junior brothers, he's yours now. Have fun."
"Alright!" the group of five exclaimed excitedly. "Thank you, Senior Brother Ye!"
"Wait a minute—!"
The man in black robes, holding back his urge to urinate, shouted in terror.
"Although I don't know the identity of that person, I have a big secret to tell Senior!"
Ye Fan waved his hand, and the group of five stopped again.
"Actually…" the man in black robes' expression suddenly changed, and a look of arrogance appeared on his face. "I am a mole!"