Facing Pei Yan's mockery, Little Vlad snorted, "Master and disciple like father and son? Haha, oh! My real father, for the sake of family interests, could even force me to accept…" As he said this, Little Vlad gestured helplessly at himself, "Accepting this body to become a pawn beside the teacher, can I still have any illusions about family affection? Moreover, my current situation is also the result of being abandoned by the teacher. I have persisted until now, and I have done all I can, but the rest is beyond my control."

Regarding Little Vlad's statement, Pei Yan did not consider it an excuse for her actions. She had struggled enough to keep secrets; others might have begged for mercy long ago. Thus, Pei Yan nodded in agreement and continued to ask, "Tell me about your relationship with the Blood Executioners."

"There are many matters between us; what do you want to ask?" Confessions become much smoother once started, and Little Vlad naturally retorted.

"First, tell me about Ye Jiumu!"

As soon as this question was asked, most people in the room immediately focused their attention. Ye Ruozai, who had been leaning against the door frame, alert to the outside, couldn't help but turn his gaze over.

"Ye Jiumu?" Little Vlad asked in confusion regarding the somewhat unfamiliar name.

"Yes, the one who secretly injured you in the Secret Prison and was later poisoned by your father," Pei Yan reminded sternly.

"Oh! It's him!" For the man who should have been dead in his mind, Little Vlad did not give much attention to him. He instinctively glanced at Ye Ruozai, who looked exactly like Ye Jiumu, and then turned to Pei Yan to ask, "What do you want to know?"

"Why did you launch a counterattack that night?" Pei Yan asked, harboring a question that had lingered in his heart for many years. That night was always a heartache for him; he needed to know the whole story.

"It was Goddesire!" Little Vlad answered straightforwardly, "Upon receiving the news that I was severely injured due to a scheme, my father's doppelganger, along with my brother, personally came to your realm. Relying on the Blood Race's exclusive method of communication, they quickly found the severely injured me. You all know the rest; we first went to possess that young girl's body to allow myself to walk freely. This was just the first step; we would not stop at that because the Vlad Clan's creed is always to seek revenge."

Saying this, Little Vlad dared not meet Pei Yan's eyes but turned to look at Du Guangyuan instead. Confronted with his venomous gaze, Du Guangyuan remained unfazed, responding with ruthless and mocking eyes as a victor.

"Continue," Pei Yan insisted, waving his hand between the two to prompt them as they started to confront each other again.

"If this matter isn't resolved properly, the Vlad Clan's reputation will be damaged, something my father cannot tolerate. So we had to find this traitor, Du Guangyuan, to execute him. However, because this was the foundational plane, our actions here were inconvenient, and lacking intelligence, finding a person would be like finding a needle in a haystack. Therefore, my father leveraged his cooperative relationship with Blood Executioners to have Goddesire hand over the man. But by the time the whisper reached Du Guangyuan, he had already fled, and you had just finished a major battle over the source body with Goddesire, severely damaging their forces within your jurisdiction. So a large-scale pursuit was not possible. Finally, Goddesire got information leading to his wife, bringing a turning point in the situation."

Little Vlad licked his dried lips once more before continuing, "After capturing his wife, according to my father's plan, they wanted to use the bloodline of the child in her womb, applying the Blood Race's tracking secret technique to trace back and find Du Guangyuan's hiding place. However, Goddesire intended to set a trap to lure Du Guangyuan out. After much deliberation, my father adopted their plan, because it allowed us to deal with Du Guangyuan's family in his presence, making him live in agony for his actions, aligning with the Vlad Clan's methods."

As Little Vlad spoke, he turned to Du Guangyuan with a cruel smile, while Du Guangyuan hung his head, drenched in cold sweat. Only now did he realize how dangerous his situation had been at the time. If Vlad I had not adopted Goddesire's recommendation and had directly used the Blood Race's secret technique, the Investigation Bureau wouldn't have been implicated, and he would have directly fallen into their hands, facing a fate worse than death.

Seeing him in this state, Little Vlad mocked, "What's left is the matter of you being designed into a war with Goddesire. Originally, my father, brother, and I were elsewhere, overseeing the woman's custody, waiting for Goddesire to bring Du Guangyuan, and then taking them together to the Magic Realm for punishment. But later, Father received information from Bai Ze, telling us that the mission had failed and Du Guangyuan did not show up. He also informed us that your Investigation Bureau had intervened, and this time, Ye Jiumu, who had previously schemed and severely injured me, was also part of the mission."

"You're saying it was Bai Ze who informed you?"

"Yes, he did. All the details on the whereabouts of your participating compatriots were provided by him."

"Very well, continue." Pei Yan forced out two words through gritted teeth; he had long presumed this outcome and today was just confirmation. Bai Ze's name was again moved to the forefront of Pei Yan's revenge list.

"Next, my father and I arrived at the scene. The person who should have been marked for a concentrated kill on the roster—yourself—was absent," Little Vlad said, looking at Xia Yu and Zheng Jia Ru, who were also present that day. Seeing them glaring at him with ferocious expressions, he quickly turned back to Pei Yan, speaking cautiously, "So we targeted others, killing the most fiercely resistant monkey."

As soon as he finished his words, Pei Yan sprang up from his seat, kicking fiercely at Little Vlad's chest. Gu Shenghui and Mei Simiao, having been keeping an eye on Pei Yan's actions since just now, immediately rushed forward to hold him back as soon as he acted, dragging him backward. Yet, despite their efforts, his kick landed, followed by the crisp sound of a bone cracking. Little Vlad couldn't even let out a scream, his mouth filling with blood before he spat it out.

"Calm down, calm down! Pei Yan, calm down, he is still useful; you can't kill him now," Gu Shenghui comfortingly held Pei Yan, soothingly advising him. 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

"Huff! Huff! Huff!" Taking several deep breaths with his eyes closed, Pei Yan finally calmed his turbulent emotions, and, slowly exhaling a cloudy breath, he opened his eyes and said softly, "Let me go; I understand the situation now."

After confirming that Pei Yan had calmed down, Gu Shenghui and Mei Simiao released their hold on him. They turned to see that, after the scuffle with Du Guangyuan and the torment, Little Vlad, already very weak, had been completely knocked out by Pei Yan's kick and had fainted.