Extra: The Man Behind the Scenes (Part 1)

In the first year of Long Qiyuan, after Ye Bufan returned to Earth, he quelled the rebellion of the intelligent AI. The world was in ruins waiting to be rebuilt, and Huaxia became the center of the world.

The imperial capital here was not directly affected by the war and still appeared extremely prosperous. Coupled with Ye Bufan's strong return, the various families associated with him were bustling with activity.

At the foot of a small mountain in the suburbs, there was a huge manor, which was the property of the Oriental Family.

Inside, there was a three-story villa that looked ordinary, but it was surrounded by more than a dozen heavily armed guards, making the security extremely tight.

Inside a room, a young man sat on the sofa, listlessly watching the television. His expression was indifferent. He was none other than the Young Master of the Oriental Family, Dongfang Renjie, who was once the sole heir.

He had previously betrayed Ye Bufan and defected to the Sun Moon Sacred Fire Sect. After his failure, he was handed over to the Oriental Family for handling and was placed under house arrest by Dongfang Jianye.

It had been almost three years, and he spent every day like this.

Although he had no worries about food and drink, he had no freedom. He was not allowed to step out of the small building, nor was anyone allowed to enter, making him completely isolated from the world.

"Eastern Great Young Master, it seems you quite enjoy this kind of life."

Just then, a figure suddenly appeared behind him, as if out of thin air.

This was a Middle-aged Man of forty or fifty, with a handsome appearance and a mocking sneer on his lips.

Originally, Dongfang Renjie's expression was calm, but upon seeing this man, he suddenly jumped up and grabbed his collar.

"You bastard, you ruined me!"

A cold glint flashed in the Middle-aged Man's eyes. He gently waved his hand, and Dongfang Renjie flew out like a kite with a broken string, hitting the wall behind him heavily, a trace of blood spilling from the corner of his mouth.

"You're useless yourself, so how can you blame others!"

Dongfang Renjie struggled a few times but couldn't stand up, finally leaning against the wall. Although he was powerless to resist, he still gritted his teeth in hatred.

"It's all because of you! If you hadn't incited me, I would still be the Young Lord of the Oriental Family. How could I have fallen to this state, and become a prisoner!"

The Middle-aged Man sneered, "Eastern Great Young Master, that's ungrateful. If I hadn't helped you erase the mark on your Divine Soul, you would have been loyal to that Ye for your entire life.

Even if you became the head of the Oriental Family, so what? You'd still be his dog!"

It turned out that the Oriental Family had been cursed with a 'curse of no descendants' in the past. Dongfang Jianye's son and daughter both had gender confusion, with the man liking men and the woman liking women.

Later, Ye Bufan helped them lift the curse. However, his strength was limited at that time, and although the curse was lifted, it couldn't completely erase the mark left by the curse on their Divine Soul.

This caused Dongfang Huizhong to be deeply in love with him, and Dongfang Renjie to be fiercely loyal.

His sudden betrayal later was all because of this man who suddenly appeared. He didn't know the other party's identity, nor what he wanted to do, only that he helped him lift the Divine Soul mark.

After his failure, the Middle-aged Man disappeared and had not appeared since.

At that time, Ye Bufan had too many things to deal with and was constantly rushing around. Later, he even directly ascended to the Immortal Realm, and simply didn't have time to deal with this anomaly.

Dongfang Renjie snorted, "So what? It's better than how I am now. Although I'm alive, I can't do anything, which is worse than death!"

As a Young Master of a prominent Family, he was naturally unwilling to be mediocre. Being imprisoned for so long, he appeared calm, but in fact, his heart was already filled with extreme anger.

"How can a true man be subservient to others? Wasn't that what you, Eastern Great Young Master, said back then?"

The Middle-aged Man chuckled and sat down on the chair opposite, "Everything you do comes with a price. Men, well, it's inevitable to encounter some setbacks in life.

Besides, haven't I arrived now? Your hard days are over. As long as you do as I say, this world will still be ours!"

Dongfang Renjie was stunned, "What do you mean by that?"

The Middle-aged Man's gaze instantly became sharp: "It's simple, to have you conspire with me for the world."

"Are you f*cking kidding me? I can't even leave the door now, so how can I conspire for the world? I'm a good-for-nothing now, I can't do anything!"

Dongfang Renjie roared in anger. Fortunately, he was the only one living in the room, and the sound insulation was good, so nothing seemed amiss outside.

The Middle-aged Man was unhurried, smiling and shaking his head: "That was before. Now that I'm here, I can make Dongfang Jianye directly pass the position of Family Head to you. From now on, the Oriental Family will be under your control."

Dongfang Renjie looked disbelieving: "How is that possible? Can you do that?"

"Don't worry, if I couldn't, I wouldn't have come here to waste words with you," the Middle-aged Man said. "With my abilities, making Dongfang Jianye lose his mind for a short period and act completely according to my will is no difficulty at all."

Dongfang Renjie wasn't a completely useless person; he had a certain amount of intelligence. He took a deep breath to calm himself down.

"If you can do that, then why don't you control my father and still come to find me?"

"That's different!" The Middle-aged Man shook his head. "I already said it's only for short-term control, and you can't be too far away.

What I want is a like-minded person who can conspire with me for the world, not a Puppet controlled by me.

As long as Dongfang Jianye publicly passes on the position, and you are the only heir of the Oriental Family, it will be as easy as turning over your hand to control the Family's power at that time."

After a brief silence, Dongfang Renjie said, "Even if you can do it, even if I regain control of the Oriental Family, what then?

Don't you know that man is back? With him here, the imperial capital won't be in chaos, and the world won't be in chaos. There's no place for me to stand.

You should leave. I don't want to lose my head because of you. Although I'm barely alive now, it's better than being dead."

Ye Bufan acted discreetly, but after his return to Huaxia, he did so many things and caused such a stir that some information inevitably leaked out.

Dongfang Renjie watched TV and scrolled on his phone every day, so he had some understanding of the outside world. He knew that he had returned to Earth and was even more powerful than before.

A murderous glint flashed in the Middle-aged Man's eyes: "He has indeed returned. What we need to do is kill him, and then the world will be ours!"

"Kill him? Are you crazy?"

Dongfang Renjie looked at him mockingly, "Do you know how powerful he is? Do you have the ability to kill him?

If you want to die, go by yourself, don't drag me into it."

"That kid is indeed powerful, but I have my own way!"

The Middle-aged Man seemed to be trying to convince Dongfang Renjie, so he hesitated and said, "Have you heard of the Ten Great Poisons?"

"I know a little. Back then, Wang Xuening was affected by Sleeping Beauty, one of the Ten Great Poisons."

Dongfang Renjie didn't know much about Medical skill and poisons. He only knew about the Ten Great Poisons because of Wang Xuening's situation, and only knew about Sleeping Beauty. He knew nothing about the other nine.

Then he looked at the other party mockingly: "You're not thinking of using poison against Ye Bufan, are you? If so, I advise you to go get your head checked.

Using poison against a Medical Immortal, and he's also immune to all poisons, will only lead to death and no other result!"

(The extras are all random, so there's no timeline. Please don't worry about the sequence.)