Hearing the gunshots and the thud of flesh hitting the wall, Lin Yu slowly opened her eyes, only to find the black-clad men on both sides had fallen to the ground.
Ye Ling stood before one of the black-clad men.
"Ge?"
Lin Yu was overjoyed to see Ye Ling appear here.
Ye Ling looked at Lin Yu and asked with a frown, "What are you doing here, you brat?"
He had intended to find Jiang Xingye at Tianhui Third Institute, but he unexpectedly discovered Lin Yu in trouble here, so he rushed over first.
Hearing Ye Ling's almost reproachful tone, Lin Yu awkwardly scratched her head and said, "Today was supposed to be our academy's visit to the research institute. I don't know why things turned out like this?"
"Xiao Yu, he is..."
Li Lele was stunned when she saw Ye Ling, completely captivated by his aura, her cheeks flushing.
Lin Yu nudged Li Lele's body impatiently and said, "Stop daydreaming. He's my brother. With my brother here, we're safe."
"You, you're brother?"
Li Lele looked at Lin Yu with surprise, scrutinizing her, then glancing at Ye Ling again, she asked doubtfully, "You don't look alike?"
"How can we not look alike?"
Lin Yu puffed out her proud chest, her expression haughty, "This young lady is also naturally beautiful, okay?"
"I think you're quite lacking in aura compared to your brother..."
Li Lele quipped, then looked at Ye Ling with adoring eyes, dreamily asking, "Handsome guy, can I have your phone number?"
"Pah! Forgetting your friends for a pretty face!"
Lin Yu grumbled indignantly from the side.
Looking at the bickering pair, Ye Ling shook his head and said, "More people are coming. You two come to my side."
Hearing Ye Ling's words, Lin Yu and Li Lele's expressions instantly changed. They became nervous again and quickly ran to Ye Ling's side.
Dada dada!
Clumsy footsteps echoed from both sides of the corridor. The two girls' muscles tensed instantly, each grabbing a corner of Ye Ling's clothes.
Even Lin Yu's little Qilin jumped onto Ye Ling's head, baring its teeth at the front.
Soon, two teams of fully armed guards blocked both sides of the corridor, raising their real firearms and aiming at the three of them.
"What exactly is this place?"
Li Lele looked at the additional people rushing in from both sides, her face turning pale with fright. Wasn't this the pharmaceutical company's research institute?
Where did these elite troops, only seen on television, come from!
Ye Ling calmly looked at the guards on both sides and explained, "The Jiang Group is conducting human experiments in secret. Those projects are highly classified. It's not strange to deploy this level of security in this research institute."
"Human experiments?" Lin Yu's heart skipped a beat, "Then the Zone One laboratory that Huang Jianchuan took the classmates to, won't it be..."
Lin Yu dared not continue. She couldn't believe that Huang Jianchuan would be so insane!
Sending over twenty visiting students to be experimented on, how could such a thing be kept hidden?
"How dare they?"
Li Lele also found it unbelievable.
"Jiang Xingye has been pushed to a dead end. Nothing he does would be surprising," Ye Ling said calmly, looking towards one side of the corridor where an old man in a Taoist robe walked out from among the guards.
His cultivation was at the early stage of the fourth rank.
Although this old man wore a Taoist robe, it was woven with gold threads, and his fingers were adorned with expensive jade rings.
Rather than a Taoist priest, he looked more like a greasy nouveau riche.
Lin Yu looked at the shimmering Taoist priest, his lecherous face causing her a visceral aversion.
"From where do you esteemed Daoist friends come? And why are you trespassing in our Tianhui Third Institute?"
The old Taoist priest smiled at Ye Ling, his voice sharp and grating, with a greasy undertone that made one uncomfortable.
Ye Ling asked, "Judging by the style of your Taoist robe, you are a Heavenly Master from the Zhengyi Sect, from a reputable sect, yet you are helping the Jiang family?"
Ye Ling had seen the style of this old Taoist priest's robe on Zhang Daoyuan, and the cultivation technique he practiced was also the same as Zhang Daoyuan's, the "Xiantian Taohui Jue."
However, Zhang Daoyuan was much more modest than this old Taoist priest.
"Hehe! It seems this young friend has discerning eyes. This old Daoist is indeed the thirty-sixth generation successor of the Zhengyi Sect, Heavenly Master Zhang Yifeng."
"This old Daoist has always acted for money, nothing else."
"Whoever pays more, this old Daoist will help."
Saying this, Zhang Yifeng looked at Ye Ling and asked, "Since this old Daoist has introduced himself, shouldn't you, an ignorant young man, also state your sect or origin?"
"In case this old Daoist kills the wrong person, it would be difficult to explain to your elders."
If Zhang Daoyuan were here, he would probably have attacked Zhang Yifeng directly.
Zhang Yifeng was Zhang Daoyuan's junior brother and also an apostate of the Zhengyi Sect.
In Zhang Yifeng's youth, he had fled his sect after murdering fellow disciples and stealing the sect's supreme treasure, the "Liu Yao Jin Qian" (Six Divination Coins).
The Zhengyi Sect had even issued a wanted notice through the Dragon Department to the circles, offering a reward of ten million for Zhang Yifeng's capture.
However, after obtaining the Liu Yao Jin Qian, Zhang Yifeng could divine fortune and misfortune, and no one had ever been able to catch him. The Zhengyi Sect's wanted notice gradually became a mere formality, with no one paying attention to it anymore.
Ye Ling was unaware of Zhang Yifeng's story, but based on Zhang Daoyuan, he had a general understanding of the temperament of the Taoist priests of the Zhengyi Sect.
Given Zhang Yifeng's current behavior, he was most likely an apostate of the Zhengyi Sect.
"An apostate like you, expelled by your sect, is not qualified to know my name."
Ye Ling taunted him mercilessly, and Zhang Yifeng's originally smiling face instantly turned grim!
"You court death!"
Zhang Yifeng roared furiously and shot towards Ye Ling like a cannonball.
"He's coming!"
Lin Yu felt immense pressure as Zhang Yifeng attacked, her legs trembling.
This was the first formidable enemy she had encountered!
Li Lele couldn't even see Zhang Yifeng's movements and could only stand dazed behind Ye Ling.
The little Qilin jumped from Ye Ling's head to Lin Yu's head. Ye Ling's lips curved slightly. He took a step forward and easily grabbed the head of the charging Zhang Yifeng.
"This?"
With his head grabbed, Zhang Yifeng's pupils contracted. The six coins in his embrace began to shake violently!
"You old Taoist, you're not qualified to fight me."
Ye Ling chuckled, grabbed Zhang Yifeng's head, and directly slammed him into the floor!
Thump!
The ground vibrated noticeably. The guards on both sides stared dumbfounded at Zhang Yifeng, whose head was embedded in the floor, all frozen!
Although Zhang Yifeng was dressed like a country bumpkin nouveau riche, all the guards had interacted with him and knew that the old Daoist possessed true skill!
In this narrow and complex space, Zhang Yifeng alone could kill all of them!
Yet, such a powerful old Taoist priest...
Was now being pressed into the ground by Ye Ling with a single move?
Unimaginable!
"Ge, Ge you..."
Lin Yu also swallowed a mouthful of saliva, never expecting Ye Ling to be so violent!
The guards, after a moment of stunned silence, all showed fear on their faces and shouted in alarm.
"Quick, open fire!!!"