Once I enter the pass, great Confucian scholars will surely debate the classics for me.

Mermaid Tears Ink is colorless and odorless, and has no toxicity or lethality. On the contrary, it is a rare and valuable medicine.

This precious medicine is a rare specialty unique to the Myriad Realms Void Sea, Mermaid City, and the Mermaid Clan. For mortals, a single drop of Turbid Mermaid Tear Ink can transform them, grant them eternal youth and immortality, awaken their innate supernatural powers, and transform them into a noble Mermaid Lord.

There is a possibility of failure in this transformation process, and the failure rate is as high as 80%.

Even if you fail, there are no side effects. At worst, you will become more beautiful. However, the punishment for failure is terrifying. If you fail to transform, the Mermaid City Lord will strip you of your identity and demote you to a slave. You will spend the rest of your life as a Mermaid slave, supporting the Mermaids for life.

Mermaid Tears Ink can be used to refine elixirs; it can be used as a main ingredient or an auxiliary ingredient to refine some elixirs.

The medicinal effects of different grades of Mermaid Tears Ink vary greatly and cannot be generalized.

If a cultivator at the Fiend Realm accidentally ingests the Fiend-level Mermaid Tears Ink, it will not cause death or injury, but it will temporarily lose its cultivation for six hours. During these six hours, it will be unable to circulate its magic power, use its supernatural abilities, and become extremely weak.

Ye Tingxiu: "Heh... These scoundrels are really cunning..."

Xiao Hongyun: "Really what?"

Ye Tingxiu: "Insidious."

Xiao Hongyun: "Yeah, it is indeed a bit insidious."

Ye Tingxiu: "Shall we make a move?"

Xiao Hongyun: "How is the evacuation of residents around Pomo Lane going?"

Ye Tingxiu: "Every household has been evacuated, and we have made sure that no one has been left behind."

Xiao Hongyun suddenly said, "This is bad... They've discovered us! Quick, move out immediately!"

Meanwhile, on one side of the story, while Ye Tingxiu and Xiao Hongyun were discussing the final move, Li Xiangsi and her four subordinates, who were hiding in a private residence, were also repeatedly refining the steps of the plan to ensure that they had backup plans and escape routes in case of any unexpected situations on the day of the Dragon Banquet.

Little Stick and Big Beard stood guard in the corridor, occasionally peering out of the observation window on the second floor to look at the street outside.

The bearded man said, "Hey, it's getting cold, why is there nobody on the street?"

Little Stick said, "Maybe he slept in late."

Big Beard: "No, that's exactly right, Bangchui, listen carefully. Usually at this time, the neighbors would make some noise, either yelling at the kids or the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law arguing. Today it's too quiet..."

Little Stick: "Stop being so paranoid, it's kind of scary."

The bearded man realized something was wrong, cried out in alarm, turned and ran a few steps, pushed open the door and rushed inside: "Boss, we've been exposed!"

Upon hearing this, Li Xiangsi was shocked and quickly put away the blueprints: "What's going on?"

The bearded man pointed outside and said, "The soldiers have evacuated all the neighbors. It's as quiet as a dead city now. There must be soldiers lying in ambush all around. We must have given ourselves away somewhere, otherwise how could the soldiers have tracked us here?"

At this moment, Xiao Hongyun and Ye Tingxiu appeared quickly on the street with dozens of officials from the Demon Suppression Division. At the same time, a barrier was rapidly forming, gradually enveloping the entire residence, clearly intending to trap them like turtles in a jar.

"It's him, damn it!" The moment Li Xiangsi saw Xiao Hongyun, his face darkened instantly. He realized that his identity had already been exposed and that the other party must have tampered with him during the interrogation. He had no time to examine himself and could only quickly issue orders, ordering four of his men to go to the front gate to block the soldiers' advance, while he, along with Big Beard and Little Stick, rushed to the woodshed in the backyard.

At the same time, Ye Tingxiu drew his tattered blade from his waist and cleaved the wall in front of him. The wall crumbled and scattered on the ground like shredded tofu. He charged in first and shouted, "Charge! If you encounter resistance, kill them on the spot!"

Dozens of officials from the Demon Suppression Bureau filed in, like a pack of tigers descending a mountain, charging into the sheepfold with unstoppable momentum. With their rich combat experience, they coordinated perfectly, using windows and walls to break through, never going through the main gate. They caught the thieves off guard, causing them to retreat in defeat.

These foreign thieves were no match for the Demon Suppression Division. They couldn't even delay for a moment. They were directly pinned to the ground and hacked to death. Even after their heads were cut off, the officials of the Demon Suppression Division would tie them to their waists as a merit and prepare to exchange them for rewards later. That was extremely cruel.

Li Xiangsi rushed into the woodshed in a panic and bumped into Cai Nianxiong, who was also in a panic.

Upon seeing that it was Li Xiangsi, Cai Nianxiong glared angrily: "My father, Cai Guozhong, you surnamed Li, how dare you kidnap me? Do you have a death wish?"

"I tied you up!" Li Xiangsi grabbed Cai Nianxiong by the collar and slapped him across the face: "If you bastard talk again, I'll kill you!"

Cai Nianxiong was stunned by the slap, then glared and roared: "My father, Cai Guozhong, if you dare to touch me, I'll fucking kill your whole family."

Seeing this, Li Xiangsi, a ruthless man of few words, drew her short knife and stabbed Cai Nianxiong in the arm.

Cai Nianxiong glanced at the knife on his left arm and immediately screamed in terror, "I was wrong, I was wrong, brother, I was wrong!"

Li Xiangsi dragged Cai Nianxiong out of the woodshed, intending to retreat with Cai Nianxiong.

They kidnapped him, thinking that if they had him in their hands, they could definitely get the 22 million yuan back. After the mission was completed, they would take Cai Nianxiong away from Jianta, which would be another great achievement. After all, Cai Nianxiong was Cai Guozhong's only son. Controlling Cai Nianxiong was equivalent to controlling Cai Guozhong's lifeline. At that time, they could make Cai Guozhong do whatever they wanted, and even have the opportunity to force Cai Guozhong to turn against Jianta.

Now that the mission has failed and their whereabouts have been exposed, Li Xiangsi will not let Cai Nianxiong off easily. Otherwise, if they return empty-handed after achieving nothing, even if they manage to escape with their lives, they will still face severe punishment upon returning home, and may even suffer a fate worse than death, bringing misfortune upon their families as well.

The bearded man waited anxiously outside the woodshed, saying, "Boss, why bother with him now? Let's kill him and run! The brothers won't be able to hold out much longer."

Little Stick climbed onto the top of the wall and peered out, but when he reached out, he touched an invisible barrier. He turned back and said, "Boss, there's a barrier outside the wall. We're trapped here!"

Li Xiangsi said coldly, "I specially left an escape exit at the bottom of the well."

Since Li Xiangsi dared to risk her life at the Sword Tower, she naturally had a backup plan in case of unforeseen circumstances.

Upon hearing this, Big Beard and Little Stick quickly ran to the well and moved the stone covering it.

"Go!" Li Xiangsi grabbed Cai Nianxiong and jumped into the well, no matter how much Cai Nianxiong struggled, it was useless.

"Trying to leave? Did you ask me first?" Ye Tingxiu, knife in one hand, had already stormed into the backyard.

He formed a hand seal with one hand and slammed it onto the ground: "Shake!"

A wave of frost instantly rippled outwards, sending Li Xiangsi, Cai Nianxiong, Big Beard, and Little Stick flying backwards simultaneously.

Ye Tingxiu leaped forward, landing on the edge of the well. With his knife in one hand and head held high, he looked at the thieves with disdain: "Surrender!"

Li Xiangsi gritted her teeth and strangled Cai Nianxiong. After getting up, she quickly held a short knife to Cai Nianxiong's heart: "Back off, you bastard, I told you to back off! Can't you see I have a hostage? He's Cai Guozhong's son. If you don't want him to die, then get out of my way."