"The Patriarch of Meng is now one of our own," Ye Yunfei said with a smile.
"Young Master Su, have you really come to save me?" Murong Pei asked again.
"That's right, I really have come to save you," Ye Yunfei said with a smile. He understood her state of mind—only moments before, she had been in despair, and suddenly a rescuer had appeared.
"That's wonderful! Young Master Su, thank you!" By this time, Murong Pei had fully realized that Ye Yunfei was truly here to save her. She felt both grateful and excited.
"It seems he was still worried about me. He must have learned I was captured here and came to rescue me immediately," Murong Pei thought. She stole a furtive glance at Ye Yunfei, her face slightly flushed.
What maiden did not harbor thoughts of romance? To have a dashing hero emerge in time of peril to come to one's rescue—that was the dream of many a young girl.
"Patriarch of Meng, now, call the elders of your Meng Family in here one by one," Ye Yunfei said, not noticing Murong Pei's expression as he turned to the patriarch.
"Understood," the Patriarch of Meng nodded. He immediately sent a Sound Transmission to one of the Meng Family elders.
He now followed Ye Yunfei's orders solely to execute them, harboring no questions whatsoever.
"Young Lady Murong Pei, we will stay here for a while longer before leaving. I have some matters to attend to," Ye Yunfei said to her.
"Alright, I will leave everything up to you," Murong Pei replied obediently.
As soon as the words left her lips, she inwardly scolded herself for how they could be misconstrued.
"Why would I say something like that? So embarrassing," she thought, her face flushing even redder.
Ye Yunfei took out a batch of Formation flags and set up a sophisticated isolation Formation within the prison cell.
Not long after, one of the Meng Family elders arrived at the cell where Murong Pei was being held.
"Patriarch, why have you called me here?" Seeing the Patriarch of Meng inside, the elder couldn't help but ask curiously as he entered.
"I called you here to pay respects to your master," the Patriarch of Meng revealed a strange smile.
"Pay respects to a master?" The elder was stunned upon hearing this. Then his gaze fell upon Ye Yunfei standing behind the patriarch.
"It's him, Su Fei! Patriarch, what is Su Fei doing here?" The elder paled in shock and retreated several steps.
Swoosh! Swoosh!
Ye Yunfei immediately unleashed a large batch of Puppet Soul Threads, which invaded this elder's Soul Sea.
Aah! Aah!
Immediately, the elder clutched his head, writhing and howling in agony.
With his power merely at the Heavenly Position Realm, he was utterly incapable of resisting the secret art Ye Yunfei employed.
As the prison cell was already enclosed by an isolation Formation, the commotion inside would not travel outside.
Moreover, the Meng Family dungeon was located deep underground. People above generally wouldn't perceive anything happening below unless they had reason to.
The Meng Family elder continued struggling, thrashing, and screaming on the ground.
Nearly half an hour later.
He suddenly ceased his movements and shakily stood up, casting a submissive look towards Ye Yunfei.
"I pay my respects to you, Master," the Meng Family elder saluted Ye Yunfei respectfully.
Seeing this scene, Murong Pei felt profoundly shaken. She now finally understood why the Patriarch of Meng addressed Ye Yunfei as 'master'.
"Despite his youth, Young Master Su's methods are truly astonishing," Murong Pei couldn't help but marvel inwardly.
"Very well, Patriarch of Meng, continue calling your other family elders in," Ye Yunfei instructed the patriarch.
Thereafter, the Meng Family elders were summoned one by one and subsequently subdued and enslaved by Ye Yunfei.
The Meng Family had four elders in total!
After subduing these four elders, Ye Yunfei instructed the Patriarch of Meng to call in the other Heavenly Position Realm experts of the Meng Family. One by one, he used the Puppet Soul Thread secret art to subdue and enslave them all.
Including the Patriarch of Meng and the four elders, the Meng Family had over a dozen Heavenly Position Realm experts, all of whom had now become Ye Yunfei's slaves.
"Thank goodness Young Master Su is not an enemy of our Murong Family. This is terrifying," Murong Pei thought as she watched from the side. Recalling her initial attitude towards Ye Yunfei when he first arrived at the Murong Family headquarters, she felt a twinge of retrospective fear.
Back then, if she had truly offended Ye Yunfei, the consequences would have been unthinkable!
"Patriarch of Meng, next, let's go to your study. Then, find a way to gather all the Heavenly Position Realm experts currently within this city into your study," Ye Yunfei pondered for a moment before speaking.
Ye Yunfei wanted to test the limits of his current Soul Power level—just how many Heavenly Position Realm experts could he currently subdue?
"Understood," the Patriarch of Meng nodded.
Subsequently, Ye Yunfei and Murong Pei entered the Phantom Tower.
The Patriarch of Meng took the Phantom Tower to his study.
Then, the patriarch began fabricating various excuses to lure Heavenly Position Realm cultivators from within the city into the study one by one.
Although this was the Meng Family headquarters, besides Meng Family members, forces from another five or six first- and second-rate factions were also stationed here.
The Heavenly Position Realm experts of the Meng Family had all been subdued by Ye Yunfei. Now it was the turn of those from the other factions.
Ye Yunfei persistently attempted, subduing one Heavenly Position Realm expert after another.
Finally, after subduing forty Heavenly Position Realm experts, Ye Yunfei found it extremely taxing.
"It seems my current reserves of Soul Power can only allow me to subdue this many Heavenly Position Realm experts for now," Ye Yunfei muttered to himself as he observed the forty Heavenly Position Realm cultivators standing orderly before him.
"Alright, now, let's visit those ten Dao Origin Realm experts," Ye Yunfei revealed a cold sneer.
Following that, Ye Yunfei emerged from the study with the forty Heavenly Position Realm experts in tow, ascended into the air, and hovered above the city.
"I, Su Fei, Senior Disciple of the Purple Pole Sect, am here! Everyone, come pay your respects!"
The Patriarch of Meng cleared his throat and called out loudly.
Amplified by his spiritual power, the patriarch's voice resounded throughout the entire city.
"Su Fei has come!"
Instantly, the entire city erupted into an uproar as figures shot over from all directions.
Meanwhile, in a palace on the eastern side of Meng City, ten old men with fierce auras sat cross-legged.
All were Dao Origin Realm experts!
The palace was arranged with an isolation Formation that completely concealed the auras of these ten Dao Origin Realm experts, preventing detection by outsiders.
These ten Dao Origin Realm experts hid their traces because they feared Ye Yunfei might sense their presence prematurely and hesitate to enter the city.
"Do you think that kid, Su Fei, will come?" one of the withered-looking old men suddenly broke the silence.
"According to the Patriarch of Meng, Su Fei seems interested in that Murong Family girl named Murong Pei. Now that Murong Pei is imprisoned in the Meng Family dungeon, I reckon Su Fei should come," answered an old man clad in black.
"However, he could easily suspect that this might be a trap specifically set for him," another elder countered.
"That brat is extremely arrogant. Even if he suspects it's a trap, he'll still come," contemplated an old man in blue robes before voicing his opinion.
"Indeed, the kid truly is arrogant, fearless, and heedless," the other elders agreed.
Right at that moment.
A voice rang out from outside—precisely the shout from the Patriarch of Meng.
"He's here!"
All ten Dao Origin Realm experts stood up simultaneously.