"Yeye? What happened!?"
Tang Xiuhan, his face pale, ran out from the guest room.
Along the way, he encountered dozens of uniformed officials rushing busily throughout the house, searching everywhere until servants and caretakers were all shocked.
But they did as the Black Hawk unit leader said—they handled everything gently and extremely carefully to avoid damaging anything.
The more Tang Xiuhan thought, the more suspicious he became. What made the military dare issue such an intrusive order? Recently, besides the two Grandmasters' duel on the mountain, there'd been no other major incidents in the city.
Even if last night's incident sparked the military's interest, they shouldn't be so hasty as to have orders allowing them to inspect the Tang house like this.
What exactly were they looking for?
In the dining room, several officials came to search as well. In the first moment when they saw the beautiful, noble young woman sitting sipping tea, they were also startled.
They'd never seen such a beautiful young woman before.
Bai Fanxian merely glanced at them once. Behind her were two little girls shocked by the officials' sudden appearance. They stood holding hands, their other hands clutching the young woman's clothes tightly, refusing to let go.
Tang Yeye, who'd cried out in shock earlier, had stopped crying after hiding behind Bai Fanxian. She felt extremely safe when near this big sister she called "my lady."
Even mother Tang Xinlan silently agreed. She allowed her daughter to separate from herself, confident that being near Grandmaster Bai would be safer.
"Yeye! Are you alright?"
Tang Xiuhan who urgently opened the door came to check on his daughter worriedly. But seeing his daughter safe and clutching Grandmaster Bai's clothes tightly, refusing to let go, he sighed with relief.
"Chief, we didn't find anything strange or Tier 5 or higher treasure!"
In the guest room, after about ten minutes passed, an official rushed in to report to the Black Hawk unit leader. Making him frown slightly, along with the guests from the Ting, Yi, and Han clans who were also surprised.
Even the military couldn't find it?
Or did the Tang Clan really not have that treasure?
"We sincerely apologize to the Tang Clan for the disturbance. Tomorrow the military will send a gift to show our apology for this intrusion."
The country's military was like this—if they knew they'd made a mistake, they were always ready to compensate citizens. Because they knew well that citizens held the water that sustained the military's existence. Though sometimes they had to act decisively.
Especially with a clan having medical authority like the Tang Clan.
Their compensation would certainly be substantial.
This made Tang Xiuhan even more surprised. Because this time the military seemed truly too hasty.
"Wait a moment, Chief."
But before the Black Hawk unit could leave, Yifan stopped them with a sly smile.
"Though you couldn't find it, it might be on someone in this house..."
His words made the Black Hawk unit leader realize something. But that made the Tang Clan even more displeased.
Did that mean they'd search everyone's bodies?
"Black Hawk unit leader, can't you spare the Tang Clan some face?"
It was Tang Tianjie who asked in an icy tone. Because the military's actions this time severely crossed the line. And if someone spread strange rumors, it would certainly affect the Tang Clan's reputation.
The Black Hawk unit leader himself hesitated. Because this time they'd already intruded on the Tang house. But thinking of orders from above, he gritted his teeth and issued the command.
"Search everyone in the house... I'll take responsibility myself."
After speaking, he turned to face Tang Tianjie directly and said firmly:
"Tomorrow I'll personally apologize to the Tang Clan in the military's name! Including ensuring no rumors affecting the Tang Clan's reputation spread!"
After speaking, he walked out to search everyone in the house. Leaving only Tang Tianjie sighing dejectedly.
The guests from all three clans also thought they should go watch the fun outside, so they gradually left the guest room.
"...It's alright, Patriarch." Uncle Huang standing beside his master consoled gently.
"Since we truly don't have that treasure, they can't possibly find anything."
"Right, that treasure belongs to Grandmaster Bai..."
When they spoke to this sentence, the two master and servant whose combined ages exceeded a hundred years suddenly startled and jumped like children.
"...Xiuhan had someone take Grandmaster Bai to that house already, right?" Tang Tianjie asked Uncle Huang in a hoarse voice.
"...Let's hope so."
The two looked at each other, then Tang Tianjie, whose cultivation power was greater, quickly shot out from the guest room like the wind. With Uncle Huang following equally hastily!
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The dining room became the room with the most people gathered because of its large, spacious size. And its openness prevented feeling cramped.
"We request permission to search everyone. Men please come this way. Women will have female officials attending in the next room, so don't worry."
A man from the Black Hawk unit stepped forward to explain to everyone in the room. While gesturing to the next room's door where a female official already stood waiting.
The Tang Clan's caretakers and servants, though displeased, couldn't refuse. They could only reluctantly cooperate by lining up properly.
"Hehe..." Young Master Yi standing on the outer circle watched the scene with satisfaction. Though the Black Hawk unit leader had guaranteed, the more they covered up, the more interested people became. The rumor that the Tang Clan was inspected and searched would definitely become a major topic.
And it would certainly affect the Tang Clan's status.
Like if he spread rumors that the Tang Clan possessed illegal items, what would happen?
For the Yi Clan that had been secretly clashing with the Tang Clan all along, this was extremely beneficial!
"...Young Master Yi, isn't that the woman?"
Liang Zongxin, whose gaze was wandering, was stopped by Bai Fanxian's beautiful nobility—despite many things happening, she merely sat calmly sipping tea in one corner of the room. With two Tang Clan masters who'd rushed into the room standing beside her with relief.
"Hmm?"
Yifan turned to look immediately. And confirming it was the same woman he'd met yesterday, his gaze sparkled wildly.
"Never thought she'd still be here... truly lucky." Yifan licked his lips and stared at Bai Fanxian as if wanting to devour her whole.
"What should we do?"
"Seems the Tang Clan is quite worried about that woman." Liang Zongxin commented.
"Wait... hold on." Yifan watching Bai Fanxian suddenly noticed two small girls clutching her clothes. He'd seen one yesterday, but the other one surprised him to see her here.
"Tang Yeye... why is that child?"
On the other side, the Black Hawk unit leader standing observing the situation was frowning deeply. Because until now, body searches had been conducted on almost everyone. Even the Tang Clan's master and patriarch had been searched. Though they had some valuable mystical items on them, those weren't what they were looking for.
What they were looking for was what caused last night's phenomenon!
"We've searched almost everyone in the Tang Clan. Found no suspicious items related to last night's incident."
One of his subordinates came to report. But in that report, something bothered him.
"Almost all? Why not everyone?"
He asked with surprise. His subordinate seemed hesitant.
"Only the Tang Clan's youngest miss refuses to be searched. And a woman and child that the Tang Clan insists are merely their guests."
"Take me there." The Black Hawk unit leader ordered and followed his subordinate to one corner of the room, where Tang Clan members were gathered most densely.
"Excuse me, but who is this person?"
The Black Hawk unit leader arrived and greeted the Tang Clan patriarch once, then turned toward Bai Fanxian to indicate whom he meant.
Tang Xiuhan stepped forward.
"This is Miss Bai. She's a guest. Surely the military won't be so rude as to search her too?" Tang Xiuhan's words were extremely pointed. Like subtly saying what the military was doing was truly rude to the Tang Clan.
The Black Hawk unit leader looked troubled. He looked at Bai Fanxian's beautiful face for her opinion. Which naturally the young woman ignored to the point of completely not looking at him.
Her action made his eye twitch slightly. At that moment, Han Xiaoyi happened to walk in to watch the situation with interest.
She'd see if she could seize any opportunity from this situation.
And the moment she saw Bai Fanxian's face and appearance, Han Xiaoyi felt some defeat forming in her mind.
Both the beautiful face and bearing full of authority. She felt as if the young woman before her was superior in everything.
Han Xiaoyi bit her lip with displeasure. Since birth, she'd never felt inferior to any woman. Whether in looks or status. Because being Grandmaster Han Junpo's only granddaughter meant everyone deferred to her and gave her what she wanted.
She couldn't accept it.
Seeing that indifferent, extremely arrogant attitude made Han Xiaoyi even more displeased.
"Search that woman too."
Han Xiaoyi presumptuously entered the conversation. The three bodyguards with 1st-stage Martial Master cultivation power emitted pressure making non-cultivators or those with lower cultivation power retreat irresistibly.
"Why are you still sitting? Take her to be searched." Han Xiaoyi wanted Bai Fanxian to feel humiliated. So she turned to urge the Black Hawk people beside her. Her three bodyguards' pressure increased even more. And specifically targeted the front where Bai Fanxian sat.
She wanted that woman to know whose presence she was in. She wanted to see fear and unwillingness come from that calm face!
But at that moment, one Black Hawk person ran in to whisper a report in the unit leader's ear.
And when he finished listening, he frowned.
"Miss Bai, reports say you were also in this house last night. Could you allow us to search briefly?"
While speaking, though he was polite, the pressure emitted from a 5th-stage Martial Master was certainly extraordinary. Han Xiaoyi, seeing the Black Hawk unit comply with what she said, couldn't help smiling with satisfaction.
The pressure of one 5th-level Martial Master and three 1st-level ones made little girls like Hui'er and Tang Yeye hiding behind Bai Fanxian's chair tremble. Especially Tang Yeye, whose big round eyes began tearing slightly.
Bai Fanxian didn't need to look to know the two little girls' situation from her heaven sense. She glanced at the Black Hawk unit leader, the three bodyguards, Han Xiaoyi, including Yifan and Ting Kangming observing the situation in the outer circle.
The young woman set her teacup down properly on the saucer. Uncle Huang, who was closest, suddenly felt his body hair stand up for unknown reasons.
"You people are..."
At that instant, tremendous pressure crashed down from above until the air shook.
Martial Master-level pressure was like thin paper in its presence. It shattered in merely a blink when clashing.
The Black Hawk unit leader before Bai Fanxian felt like being stared at by a monster. His legs trembled before he involuntarily kneeled.
Never mind those weaker than him! Everyone behind him all fell prone to the floor as if pressed by suddenly increased gravity. Even Han Xiaoyi lay flat on the floor, losing all appearance of a noble miss!
But strangely, not even one person fainted! As if forced to keep their eyes open to face fear unavoidably!
"...Truly annoying."