Ye Feifan was born after the downfall of the Ye family. He had mediocre talents and showed no ambition whatsoever. From a young age, he had little interest in cultivation and only knew how to indulge in eating, drinking, and playing.
While his parents and relatives were alive, there were people to restrain him. However, after his parents passed away, he became even more unruly. With the meager family fortune, he quickly squandered it all away. He sold various items from the house on the street, and even the family mansion was sold long ago.
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Now, he resides in a dilapidated old house. Occasionally, he gathers some junk from unknown sources and sells it on street stalls. In the past, the Ye family had several Foundation Building cultivators in their ranks. Ye Feifan took advantage of this and presented a pile of unidentifiable rubbish, deceiving many inexperienced novice cultivators, claiming that these were ancestral treasures. However, as the worthless items piled up, people gradually learned about his tricks, and he could no longer deceive anyone.
Unable to deceive people, Ye Feifan’s expenses could only be covered by borrowing money from various sources. As time went on, his debts increased, and he couldn’t repay them. Even the interest was beyond his means, and he could no longer find anyone foolish enough to lend him money.
Several creditors came multiple times to demand repayment. Since they couldn’t get their money back, they would vent their frustration on him physically. They would come back again and again to continue demanding repayment, enjoying the process without tiring of it.
Today’s situation was not the first time such a scene had occurred. Some creditors even contemplated killing him, but due to the fact that Ye Feifan’s ancestors had once followed a Gold Core Daoist Master from the Huang Family, a prominent cultivation clan in Great Wind City, they hesitated. Although Ye Feifan’s ancestors had passed away years ago, and he himself was a disgrace, there was still a tenuous connection between the Ye family and the Huang Family.
Huang Family never paid any attention to the Ye family on ordinary days. However, the fact that Ye Feifan’s ancestors had once served the Huang Family’s Gold Core Daoist Master meant that if the Daoist Master ever remembered the debt, there would be consequences to face.
Being unable to predict the thoughts of a higher-ranked cultivator, to avoid trouble, all matters related to such individuals had to be handled cautiously.
Therefore, despite Ye Feifan’s inadequacies and unpopularity, those creditors could only rough him up but couldn’t easily kill him.
Meng Zhang, through the conversations of the crowd and the thoughts he had read from bystanders, had gained some understanding of this destitute individual named Ye Feifan. According to Meng Zhang’s judgment, these were just surface appearances.
Earlier, Meng Zhang had used his innate Divine Ability, Mind Reading, to try to read Ye Feifan’s thoughts, but he had failed. While Meng Zhang’s Mind Reading wasn’t infallible, returning empty-handed from a person of Ye Feifan’s status was quite intriguing.
The fact that he couldn’t read anything was the most significant piece of information. It indicated that Ye Feifan undoubtedly harbored a great secret.
It seemed that the opportunities calculated by the Grand Evolving Fortune might very well lie with Ye Feifan.
Like the onlookers, Meng Zhang decided to leave when the commotion settled down, but he continued to secretly monitor Ye Feifan using his divine consciousness. While strolling in the nearby alleys and appearing to be looking at the street stalls, he kept a close eye on him.
Ye Feifan, with his face bruised and swollen, looked miserable. He slowly got up from the ground once the thugs sent by the creditors left. He tried to tidy up the street stall and sort through the pile of junk, but everything was too broken and chaotic, and there was nothing he could do.
In the end, Ye Feifan felt utterly desolate. He sat down on the ground, wearing a look of despair, gazing speechlessly at the sky.
Such scenes had been played out many times before, and no one would continue to pay attention to Ye Feifan. After sitting on the ground for a while, Ye Feifan slowly stood up and walked away towards the north of the city. Meng Zhang followed him from a distance, trailing him for a long distance.
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Passing through several streets and two alleys, Ye Feifan finally returned home. The Ye family’s mansion had long been sold, and he now resided in a small courtyard in the commoner’s area in the north of the city. Once he got home, Ye Feifan closed the courtyard gate and didn’t step out again.
During the process of tracking Ye Feifan, Meng Zhang discovered that several Refining Qi stage cultivators were secretly monitoring him as well. Whether he was at the street stall or on his way back home, every action was being observed.
Meng Zhang was cautious and had a higher cultivation base. He noticed the observers but didn’t expose himself. From a distance, he continued to observe Ye Feifan’s residence.
In the vicinity, there were several Refining Qi stage cultivators taking turns monitoring the Ye family’s place. Meng Zhang remained patient, silently waiting.
These Refining Qi stage cultivators had clearly been monitoring this place for some time. When they found nothing unusual, they became somewhat relaxed.
Meng Zhang knew that there must be something wrong with Ye Feifan, so he remained focused. As the day passed and night fell, the Refining Qi stage cultivators monitoring Ye Feifan’s residence were replaced by another group. As the night grew darker, they became even less vigilant.
They could clearly see that Ye Feifan had already gone to sleep. Having monitored Ye Feifan for a long time, they knew his routine, and since he had gone to sleep, they believed he wouldn’t go out again.
After some more time had passed, a subtle and almost imperceptible divine consciousness swept gently over Ye Feifan’s residence. If Meng Zhang’s divine consciousness weren’t far more sensitive than that of an ordinary Foundation Building stage cultivator, he wouldn’t have detected this scanning.
Fortunately, Meng Zhang kept his distance and retracted his own divine consciousness in time, avoiding being detected by this scanning.
After the divine consciousness scanned, it retracted. Some time later, it appeared again, gently sweeping the surroundings to ensure there were no abnormalities before finally withdrawing completely.
In the eyes of the observers, Ye Feifan appeared to be sleeping peacefully in bed. However, Meng Zhang activated his innate Divine Ability, Deception Breaking Eye, and after careful observation, he realized something was off.
"A clever illusion. If I hadn’t been biased beforehand, I might not have noticed," Meng Zhang murmured to himself.
The Ye Feifan lying on the bed sleeping was merely an illusion. The real Ye Feifan had left his residence without anyone noticing.
This illusion was incredibly convincing, whether observed with the eyes or scanned with divine consciousness; it was indistinguishable from a Daoist Master. Even Meng Zhang’s Deception Breaking Eye, which could see through all illusions and discern reality, was almost deceived.
Meng Zhang had already felt that something was amiss with Ye Feifan and carefully observed, finally finding some clues.
This level of illusion could easily deceive Foundation Building stage cultivators. If one hadn’t been prejudiced and observed carefully, even a Foundation Building late-stage cultivator wouldn’t have detected the deception.
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