"Daddy... are you Daddy? Mom has been locked up by them!"
"They want to take Ningning’s heart... Mom told me to call this number to find you! Daddy, save me..."
At the peak of the Kunlun Mountains, an unfamiliar call came through.
Listening to the young girl’s voice, which carried a hint of sobbing, a trace of confusion appeared in Ye Chen’s eyes.
"Little one, who are you?"
"My name is Ye Yuning, my nickname is Ningning, and my mom is Xia Qingyue. Are you my daddy?"
Boom!
It was as if a bolt of lightning from a clear sky had struck Ye Chen’s head.
Xia Qingyue!
Five years... he hadn't heard that name in all this time.
In an instant, the memories he had buried deep in his heart surged forward like a tidal wave.
"You little brat, who are you talking to on the phone!"
Suddenly, a curse came from the other end of the line, followed by a sharp "slap"—a harsh sound that suggested little Ningning’s phone had been smashed to pieces.
"Who! Who dares to touch my daughter!!!"
At this moment, Ye Chen could no longer suppress the murderous aura within him.
Crash!
Instantly, the yellow rosewood podium in front of Ye Chen shattered into fine dust.
Then, disregarding everything else, Ye Chen dashed out of the classroom.
Whoosh!
Seeing this, dozens of disciples stood up in perfect unison.
These dozens of disciples... included the invincible God of War of the Great Xia Country; a powerful warlord of a small nation; the richest man of a major power; a top-tier medical sage who could bring the dead back to life; and the grim reaper of the Yama Hall!
They were all Ye Chen’s devoted disciples.
Today was supposed to be the day their mentor imparted wisdom and cleared up their confusion, yet no one knew what could have made him this furious!
"Someone, come here!"
Chen Junlin, the God of War of Great Xia with five stars on his shoulders, roared, "Quickly prepare a helicopter for our Master... and pass on my order: the hundred thousand Dragon Cavalry are to stand by immediately. Boeing fighters, tanks, and armored vehicles—mobilize everything we have! Be ready to provide full support to our Master at any moment!!!"
Before he even finished speaking, Chen Junlin had already rushed out.
"Damn it!"
At the same time, the warlord who held power over a certain country also cursed fiercely, "Someone dares to provoke our Master! Pass on my order: deploy all mercenaries in the Golden Triangle... use the strength of the entire nation! Whoever angers our Master must die!"
"Pass on my order: all disciples of the Valley of the Medicine God must leave the valley immediately... whether they are physicians or poison masters, send them all out! To provoke our Master is to be the mortal enemy of the Valley of the Medicine God!!!"
"Pass on my order: members of the Yama Hall are to abandon their current missions and support our Master... that’s right, drop everything right now... regardless of the cost!!!"
"Pass on my order: mobilize all funds of the Tengli Group—eight hundred billion—to be at our Master’s disposal at any moment!!!"
"Pass on my order: contact all of our Master’s disciples and inform them that our Master has left the mountain!!!!"
...
Meanwhile, at the Gu Family in Jinling City.
A two-and-a-half-year-old girl was tied to a cold surgical table.
The little girl was frail, and her pale, small face was stained with tears. "If you take my blood... will you let Mom and me go?"
Beside the cold surgical table was a soft mattress.
On the bed lay a pale young boy, leaning in the arms of a female nurse, his eyes fixed intently on the little girl.
Gu Nanfei sneered, "I really never expected that the brat born to Xia Qingyue would actually have Rh-negative blood!"
Rh-negative blood was what people commonly called "panda blood."
And so, the little girl had become a mobile blood bank for Gu Nanfei’s son.
Whenever the young boy was weak, Gu Nanfei would throw the little girl onto the cold surgical table to extract her blood.
Day after day, the little girl’s body grew weaker, and her face grew paler.
She was clearly three and a half years old... yet her body was as frail as a two-and-a-half-year-old’s!
Gu Nanfei stared coldly at the little girl, saying word by word:
"Do you know that my son has a congenital heart defect? I have long wanted to replace his heart, but it’s a pity that panda blood is very difficult to match with other hearts!"
"Especially finding a panda blood heart of the same size is even more difficult!"
"Now it’s perfect... you little brat were born to be my son’s blood bank and spare heart!!"
"Doctor Li, do it—drain her blood!!! Then, dig out her heart!!!"
By the last word, Gu Nanfei’s face had become as hideous as a demon’s. "It’s the last time anyway, so take plenty of blood! After the surgery, my son’s body will be weak, and he will need plenty of blood to nourish him."
"Yes!"
Beside Gu Nanfei, a doctor wearing gold-rimmed glasses put on his mask with a blank expression.
He deftly took out a blood bag and, without hesitation, plunged the needle into the little girl’s arm.
...Instantly, bright red blood was continuously drawn out!
The little girl bit her lip, not crying out in pain, but her already pale face turned ghastly white.
Fifty milliliters, one hundred milliliters... two hundred, five hundred!
The blood bag was full, and the amount drawn had already exceeded a normal donation for an adult.
However, Doctor Li did not remove the needle; instead, he swapped it for a new bag... fifty, one hundred... five hundred.
A few minutes later, three blood bags were filled to the brim!
"Doc...tor, Ningning has no strength left."
"It hurts so much, please don’t draw any more..."
The little girl looked up at Gu Nanfei, her large eyes filled with helplessness and pleading. "You’ve taken so much blood already, can you let Ningning go home now? Ningning misses Mom..."
Clearly, the three-and-a-half-year-old Ningning did not understand what the heart represented.
She had listened to Gu Nanfei’s words earlier in a daze, thinking she could go home once the blood was taken!
"Hmph!" Gu Nanfei sneered. "A little brat with no value, and you still want to go home? After I dig out your heart, I’m going to find Xia Qingyue... I’ve wanted to pin that woman down and ravage her for a long time!"
Then, Gu Nanfei’s face grew vicious. "Doctor Li, do it—dig out the heart!"
Doctor Li nodded and picked up the scalpel.
"Doctor, what are you doing... I, Ningning is scared."
Seeing the scalpel shimmering with a cold light, and the cold eyes of Doctor Zhao, little Ningning began to panic.
She looked helplessly at Gu Nanfei, wailing and begging, "Ningning is so scared, Ningning is so cold, please take Ningning back to see Mom..."
Gu Nanfei ignored her, turning instead to the boy with affection. "Son, don’t be afraid of the pain. Once this surgery is done, you will have a healthy heart."
"Yeah."
The boy looked at his father, a flash of excitement in his eyes. "Take her heart out quickly and give it to me!"
The next second, the sharp scalpel sliced open little Ningning’s chest.
The blade cut through skin and flesh with a sickening "hiss."
"It hurts, it hurts! Ningning is in so much pain..."
Bright red blood flowed out, and little Ningning screamed in agony. Sweat covered her pale, delicate face. She tried to struggle, but she was tied firmly to the table and could not move.
"Mom... come and save Ningning, it hurts."
"Mom! Save Ningning... Daddy, Daddy, where are you?"
"Ningning is in so much pain... come and save me!"
The intense pain and massive blood loss soon caused Ningning to slip into a semi-conscious state. At this moment, the people she missed most were her mother and... the father she had never met!!