[Night - Abandoned Spirit Workshop]
The night's cold air felt heavy, thick with unspoken schemes.
Ye Hann toyed with a jade token between his fingers, tossing it lightly into the air and catching it.
It bore the symbol of the White Mist Pavilion
The message was clear:
Join us or fall behind.
Ye Hann (muttering):
He crushed the token lightly, shards crumbling like dust between his fingers.
Ye Hann (smirking):
"Dream on."
[Secret Counterattack - Hann Family, Outer Courtyard]
The very next day, a scandal broke within the Hann family.
Elder Hann Wenyu
Forged documents, bribery records, illegal deals — all handed to the city's Enforcement Hall anonymously.
Nobody knew where the evidence had come from.
But Ye Hann, perched quietly atop a distant rooftop, watched the chaos unfold with a faint, satisfied smile.
Ye Hann (low voice):
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The once-mighty Elder Wenyu was dragged away, stripped of title and clan status, his downfall sharp and brutal.
Inside the Hann residence, fear and suspicion spread like wildfire.
[Late Night — The Visitor and the Truth]
As Ye Hann returned to his hidden base that evening, he wasn't alone.
From the shadows stepped a man cloaked in dark robes, face covered, but aura impossibly heavy.
Mysterious Man (raspy voice):
"You seek revenge... but you don't even know who truly destroyed you."
Ye Hann’s eyes narrowed.
Ye Hann:
"Speak. Or disappear."
The man threw a black scroll at Ye Hann’s feet.
Mysterious Man:
"In your last life, the knife that cut deepest wasn't from your enemies... but from your blood."
Ye Hann opened the scroll slowly.
Names. Events. Betrayals.
At the center of it all, scrawled in blood-red ink:
"Hann Jianxun."
His own elder cousin — the one he had admired, trusted.
Ye Hann (voice cold as steel):
"Jianxun... so you were the true hand behind my fall."
The man disappeared back into the night, leaving only his parting words:
Mysterious Man:
"Be careful.
The closer you get to the truth, the faster the wolves will come."
[Hann Family — Secret Meeting of the Elders]
Meanwhile, deep within the Hann family's ancestral hall, a secret gathering was underway.
The head of the Hann family, Hann Tianzheng
The atmosphere was cold, oppressive.
First Elder (worried):
"Patriarch, Ye Hann... he's no longer the naive fool we discarded."
Second Elder (grimly):
"He struck down Hann Jinhai, exposed Elder Wenyu... and even dared to defy the Pavilion."
Third Elder (voice shaking):
"If he continues like this... he will threaten even the core bloodline!"
A heavy silence followed.
Hann Tianzheng (deep voice):
"So what if he has some small skills?"
But even he couldn't fully hide the flicker of concern in his eyes.
Fourth Elder (whispering):
"Patriarch... Ye Hann has changed.
He’s becoming something that can't be controlled."
The head of the Hann family clenched his fists under the table.
Hann Tianzheng (muttering coldly):
"Then before he becomes unstoppable… we’ll break him.
Properly this time."
