210: Chapter 210 Whereabouts

As one of the low-tier Great Families in Jinhuai, Patriarch Wu Shenglong had also paid attention to news of the Wuyang Pei Clan.

The performance of the Wuyang Pei Clan, standing head and shoulders above the rest, left him with no choice but to be filled with admiration.

It wasn't that he hadn't fantasized about the Wu Family having such a day. However, ten years of failure had long since made him realize that breaking into the ranks of the Great Families was far more difficult than he had initially anticipated.

Unless a peerless Prodigy could emerge within the Family.

However.

A peerless Prodigy also required a vast amount of resources to nurture.

Setting aside whether his Wu Family could even give birth to such a person.

It was clear that his Wu Family did not possess the soil to cultivate one.

After a brief moment of thought, Patriarch Wu Shenglong calmed down.

Since the Great Family behind the search for Yin He was the Wuyang Pei Clan, who had even gone as far as to have the various Great Families of Jinling County personally take the field.

From this, one could see the importance of this Yin He.

As for the two hundred taels of bounty, that was even less worth mentioning.

Regardless of Yin He's identity or how he had offended the Wuyang Pei Clan, if his Wu Family could capture Yin He alive and personally hand him over to the Yuanhang Trade Caravan...

Even if his Wu Family couldn't board the great ship that was the Yuanhang Trade Caravan, they could at least leave a good impression in the eyes of the Wuyang Pei Clan, or even establish a connection. Then, in the future, it wouldn't be impossible for the Wu Family to take a step further.

Thinking of this, Patriarch Wu Shenglong felt a surge of heat in his heart. His heart, which had finally calmed down, became restless again, and he unconsciously walked out of his study.

Because he had been trying to promote his status to a Great Family all these years, it was inevitable that he had become somewhat estranged from the Jinling Great Families behind him.

That was why he hadn't received direct intelligence at the first moment.

However, he wouldn't underestimate the impact this matter would bring.

If he could think of this, the other low-tier Great Families and local thugs in Liuhe Town could as well; even the Wu Family's rivals might have received the news a step ahead.

But regardless, his Wu Family was the strongest Family in Liuhe Town.

As long as Yin He was hiding in Liuhe Town, he was confident he would be the first to find him.

Soon.

Under the combined efforts of various forces, the migrant population in Liuhe Town over the past half-month was secretly screened.

They were just short of digging three feet into the ground.

Liuhe Town.

Inside a secluded small hut, a thin, small man with dark skin and dressed in hemp clothes had bloodshot eyes and looked extremely exhausted.

At this moment, he was sitting to one side, eating thin rice porridge and large steamed buns.

And this person was none other than Yin He.

Several days had passed since he arrived in Liuhe Town, but to Yin He, it felt like several years.

He came from the Yin Clan; although it wasn't anything high-class, doing a bit of business for himself meant he lived a fairly comfortable life.

But he just had to be targeted by the Qian Clan.

What's more, after he completed the mission, the Qian Clan tried to silence him by killing him.

If he hadn't used his wife and children as bait and escaped using the Cicada Shedding its Skin strategy, he would have long since died in the woods on the way to Liuhe Town, becoming a post-meal supplement for wild beasts.

During these few days, he had also disguised himself while staying in Liuhe Town.

Although his wife and children were dead and his Cicada Shedding its Skin plan was essentially a success, it didn't mean he could rest easy.

If his whereabouts were discovered, it would surely be a dead end.

Therefore, he had to stay hidden and even change his appearance.

Once this storm passed, he could settle down again with a completely new identity.

It is said that the enmity of killing one's wife and children is irreconcilable.

Naturally, it was the same for Yin He.

It was just that the Qian Clan and the Pei Clan were too powerful, so powerful that he was plunged into fear.

Fear taken to the extreme made the hatred in Yin He's heart even stronger.

Even the Wuyang Pei Clan became an object of his hatred.

It could be said that he had never hated Great Families as much as he did at this moment.

"The Qian Clan and the Pei Clan both deserve to die. If it weren't for the struggle between the two families, how could I, Yin He, have ended up in such a state."

With his strength alone, it was no different from an ant challenging an elephant.

To be able to survive the Qian Clan's purge, Yin He was naturally not stupid.

It was also impossible for any power in Jinhuai Prefecture to exist that could contend with the two families.

Fortunately, the two families seemed to have a conflict; it would be best if they fought until both were wounded or dead—that would be his favorite outcome.

However, his primary goal was to survive first.

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