She was a half-step Ruler!
How could her mental barrier and martial will not even be able to resist a mere half-step King?
This was illogical!
Li Dongling was very surprised and dumbfounded.
This was because this was very illogical and did not make sense at all. She had lived for more than half of her life, and it had been close to 50 years since she had advanced to a half-step Ruler. She had never encountered such a situation.
It was not that she had never seen a weak person defeating a strong person, but that situation was at most a difference of one or two levels.
But now, how much was the difference between Yang Fan and her?
That's two whole stages! That's almost LV 20!
This was a little too outrageous!
Did he really think that she, a half-step Ruler, was fake?
Apart from being shocked, Li Dongling also felt a little embarrassed and indignant. She subconsciously increased the mental and will defenses in front of her.
However, it was useless.
Yang Fan's mental power interference was still there. Although it was slight, it did not stop.
The mental barrier and martial will that she released seemed to have become decorations and were useless.
This disgusted Li Dongling. She was a clean freak, so how could she tolerate a junior's mental power touching her body in such an unruly manner?
However, given the current situation, there was no reason to directly make a move, and it did not seem appropriate to reprimand him.
She was a half-step Ruler, after all. If she could not even stop a junior's mental power interference, would she still want her face? If word got out, would she not be laughed at?
Moreover, Mu Mototada, whose cultivation was similar to hers, was standing beside Yang Fan. This made Li Dongling even more afraid to act rashly.
Therefore, the only thing she could do now was to continue increasing her defenses.
Yang Fan, on the other hand, didn't care about such things. As usual, he continued to cast Charm on the adorable old lady before him.
After all, she was a half-step Ruler. If he did not turn her into one of his own, Yang Fan would feel uneasy.
"You used the Charm skill on the half-step Ruler, Li Dongling. Charm failed. Li Dongling sensed it and became vigilant. Mental Power + 2, Mental Will + 2, Skill Proficiency + 4."
"You used the Charm skill on the half-step Ruler, Li Dongling. Charm failed …"
"…"
Once, twice, thrice, thrice, thrice, thrice … In the blink of an eye, more than 10 to 20 times had passed, but the charm still failed.
Yang Fan was not discouraged.
He had seen many people who were harder to deal with than Li Dongling. He was not in a hurry. As long as he triggered the chance to ignore defenses once, it would become much easier.
Hence, while Yang Fan was conversing with Li Dongling, he continued to cast his Charm Skill on her.
Mu Mototada, who was standing next to Yang Fan, was a little dumbfounded.
Yang Fan's cultivation was not high enough, so he could not sense it deeply. However, as a half-step Ruler who was at the same level as Li Dongling, he could clearly sense that the mental barrier and martial will on Li Dongling's body were becoming increasingly thicker. In less than two minutes, they had swelled into a big invisible ball.
'What's going on?
'What the hell is this old lady, Li Dongling, doing? She's continuously increasing her mental defense and martial will defense. Could it be that she's sensed some fatal danger or wants to take action in advance?'
For a moment, Mu Mototada also became nervous. He moved closer to Yang Fan with great vigilance, in case Li Dongling suddenly made a move later and caught him off guard.
Mu Mototada would never have thought that Li Dongling, a veteran half-step Ruler, would become so neurotic. She kept on increasing all kinds of mental defenses just to fend off the faint trace of mental power that Yang Fan had released.
"Just say it. Why did Doctor Yang come to our Li Clan today?"
Even though Li Dongling felt disgusted and despised him to death, she still had a calm expression on the surface.
It was still the same saying — face was more important than feelings. After all, she was a half-step Ruler and a senior. She would definitely not admit defeat to a junior so easily.
"Senior, don't you know?" Yang Fan did not hide it. He raised his head and looked at Li Dongling, then he said bluntly, "Just 10 minutes ago, I was attacked and assassinated in the campus of Jinghua University."
Seeing that Li Dongling's expression did not change, Yang Fan continued, "Among the 2 assassins, one of them is Li Boyu from the Capital's Li Clan."
Li Dongling frowned and refuted softly, "Doctor Yang, be careful with your words. Strictly speaking, Li Boyu has been expelled from the clan, and he's no longer a member of the Li Clan."
"You came to the Li Clan's ancestral residence to denounce us based on Li Boyu's actions alone. You're too arbitrary and too much."
Li Dongling was not surprised that Yang Fan would be assassinated. This was because while the 3 human Rulers were in closed-door cultivation, Yang Fan was now ranked first on the Demons' assassination list. It was normal for people or demons to take risks for the sake of the generous bounty.
Nonetheless, she did not expect that Li Boyu would be among the people who assassinated Yang Fan.
"Moreover, Li Boyu had joined the Cao family a few years ago. Doctor Yang Fan, even if you want to denounce us, you should go to the Cao family's residence. Now that you've gone straight to the Li residence, do you think that the Li Clan is easier to bully than the Cao family? "
"Ahem!" Mu Mototada interrupted at this time, "Senior Dongling, you don't know, but the 2 of us just came out of the Cao residence."
"Cao Jiaxun said it himself that this was done by the Cao and Li Clans together."
As he spoke, Mu Mototada raised his finger and pointed to the sky. "He colluded with the 11 half-step Demon Emperors outside the city and wanted to take the opportunity to kill Doctor Yang in one fell swoop!"
Li Dongling's calm face finally had some strange changes. "If you want to condemn someone, you can always find a pretext. That old bastard Cao Jiaxun is blatantly slandering us! He doesn't want to live anymore, and he actually wants to drag the Li Clan down with him? "
It was not until this moment that Li Dongling finally knew why Yang Fan and Mu Mototada came.
Colluding with the Demon Clan was a serious crime. Even if the Capital Li Clan was the second largest aristocratic family in the Federation, they still could not afford to be punished.
Moreover, Yang Fan was the first Overlord-level doctor and necromancer in the Federation. In the past month, countless experts had been cured, and countless experts had sought him for alchemy. If anything happened to him, as long as the Li Clan was involved in the slightest, it would definitely drag the entire Li Clan into an irrecoverable situation.
"Where's that old bastard Cao Jiaxun? I want to confront him in person!"
A trace of urgency and anger flashed in Li Dongling's eyes. Even the action of constantly adding spiritual defense directly stopped.
This matter concerned the Li Clan's reputation and even its life and death. She could not help but be anxious and cautious.
"Unfortunately, senior may never see Cao Jiaxun again. Just five minutes ago, that old bastard has already gone to meet their Lord Beast God!"
Mu Yuanzhong shrugged his shoulders and casually threw out such a sentence.
"Dead?"
Li Dongling was stunned and a little in disbelief.
Although Cao Jiaxun's character was not good, his strength was extremely top-notch in the circle of half-step Rulers. Even she did not dare to guarantee that she could kill Cao Jiaxun in a life-and-death battle.
'Who killed him?
'Could it be Mu Mototada?'
Li Dongling could not help but shift her gaze to Mu Mototada again. Cao Jiaxun had just died, and they had just come out to seek revenge from the Cao Clan. The result seemed to be very obvious.
However, was Mu Mototada really a match for Cao Jiaxun?
"No, what did you mean by Beast God just now?" Li Dongling quickly reacted and asked Mu Mototada softly, "Cao Jiaxun isn't a demonic beast …"
Halfway through her words, Li Dongling's expression changed again. After cursing in her heart, she suddenly raised her head, "Patriarch Mu, do you mean that old bastard Cao's true form is actually not human?!"
'Do you have to be so nonsensical?'
Although Li Dongling liked Cao Jiaxun very much, she had never doubted that he was not human.
This news was even more shocking than the news that Cao Jiaxun had died.
"There's no doubt about it. He admitted it himself." Mu Yuanzhong said, "Moreover, this old man is the best witness!"
"Senior Dongling, didn't you just ask me why I haven't appeared in the past 32 years?"
"That's because I've been imprisoned in the Cao Clan's underground treasury for the past 32 years. It's so that when Cao Jiaxun's body's potential is exhausted and about to collapse, it'll be convenient for him to attach his spirit to my body again!"
When he said these words, the hatred in Mu Mototada's heart boiled again. Extremely fierce killing intent soared into the sky, causing Li Dongling, who was standing opposite him, to tremble.
"If I didn't have sufficient luck and just happened to encounter Brother Yang Fan who'd come to the Cao Clan to seek revenge, then perhaps I would have been taken over by that old bastard and perished!"
When she heard Mu Mototada's final words, Li Dongling couldn't help but glance at Yang Fan once more.
It seemed that she had underestimated this junior a little.
He dared to trespass into the Cao Clan's Estate by himself. Even if it was a special situation and the Emperor Realm experts of the Cao Clan weren't present, it didn't represent that the Cao Clan wasn't in any danger.
Not only did I not suffer Cao Jiaxun's wrath after entering the Cao Clan, I even rescued an extraordinary fighter at the Half-step Monarch Realm in passing.
Li Dongling sighed with emotion in her heart. But in next to no time, she restrained her feelings and started to face the situation before her seriously.
No matter what happened to the Cao Clan, the most important thing now was how the Li Clan would face the provocation of these two fellows and how they should shake off the suspicion that the Li Clan was colluding with the demon race.
"If I said that my Li Clan wasn't aware of all of this, and we've never colluded with the demon race or the Cao Clan, would both of you believe me?"
Li Dongling gazed solemnly at Yang Fan and Mu Mototada as she asked in a light voice.
Yang Fan chuckled, and then he raised his hand to point towards the sky and said firmly, "I do! If Senior is able to head out and kill a Half-step Demon Emperor right now, then I'll believe you without the slightest hesitation! "
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