An icy expression settled over Ye Yuei’s lovely face. She said coldly, "Let them search. If they can’t find anything, we’ll make them bleed for it—hand over so resources as compensation! I just so happened to comprehend Sword Intent. I’ll reveal it to gain a higher status and a greater voice in the family. It will raise your position too, Father! I have to protect myself so that Brother Tianling won’t have to worry!"
Ye Fenghan looked at Ye Yuei, whose entire deanor had undergone a ’tamorphosis’. He was filled with surprise and uncertainty, but that was quickly replaced by imnse excitent and gratification.
’This... This is a true transformation!’
’Could this Ye Tianling be so kind of prodigy? Has his way of doing things started to influence i’Er?’
While Ye Fenghan was contemplating this, Ye Yuei went back inside her room.
At that mont, Clan Leader Ye Wannian had already arrived, leading a group of Elders including Ye Liyuan, Ye Liyu, and Ye Lixin. They had the entire courtyard surrounded.
The joyful expression on Ye Fenghan’s face gradually faded.
"Elder Fenghan, so many of our sons and genius disciples are dead, yet you’re standing there with a smile on your face. You seem quite happy, don’t you!"
Ye Liyu retorted, his face dark and sinister.
Just as Ye Fenghan was about to speak, Ye Yuei erged from her secret chamber, carefully sealing it behind her.
Then, she swept a cold glance over Ye Liyu and said, "Your son is dead, so my father isn’t allowed to smile? What an impressive show of authority, Elder Ye Liyu!"
Ye Liyu’s face fell. He desperately wanted to reprimand her, but Ye Yuei had already been chosen by an elder from the Celestial Sword Sect to beco a True Disciple. ’How could I dare to offend her?’
He swallowed his anger and said in a chilling tone, "That bastard Ye Tianling is a born traitor. For him to have snuck into the Ye Race, there must be an insider helping him. We’ve already searched every other area of the Ye Race; now, only your residence is left. The Clan Leader is here as well. We are acting on official business—a routine inspection. I hope you can be understanding, i’Er."
Ye Yuei showed him no courtesy whatsoever. She snorted, "A born traitor? Could he be more of a traitor than an old fossil like you?"
Hearing this, Ye Fenghan gently chided her, "i’Er, don’t be rude."
Ye Yuei sneered and said nothing more, but she stood firm, blocking the entrance to her cultivation chamber and barring their entry.
Ye Wannian stared at Ye Yuei, his expression unreadable. His tone softened slightly as he said, "i’Er, Ye Tianling killed Ye Tianhe, Ye Tiance, Ye Yuecun, and Ye Yuennan. He also crippled Ye Tianyun and Ye Tianxing, and even killed Instructor Elder Ye Liyi. He has committed monstrous sins. His feud with the Ye Race is now one that will only end in death."
"Furthermore, Ye Tianling isn’t even a mber of the Ye Race. He has no Ye Family blood in him. His father was an orphan we adopted... Calling him a bastard isn’t an exaggeration!"
"i’Er, I don’t wish to make things difficult for you. But for the sake of the clan and for my own duty, I must investigate to give our people an explanation. I hope you won’t take it to heart."
Ye Wannian already suspected Ye Tianling was hiding here, but he wasn’t certain.
’If Ye Tianling is here, then what’s the story with him abducting Ye Yueling? Did he capture her and hide her here? What is he planning? Is he using her as a hostage for his escape? But does Ye Yueling even have what it takes to be a hostage?’
’None of it quite adds up.’
It was precisely because of this that Ye Wannian couldn’t just force the issue.
A talent like Ye Yuei, once she fully developed, would have earth-shaking achievents. Her future was bound to be far more incredible than his own as the re Clan Leader of a family in a small town.
Geniuses, of course, had to be treated differently.
"Grandfather Clan Leader, I understand," Ye Yuei explained, "but I have not seen Brother Tianling, let alone hidden him here."
Ye Liyuan sneered, "Normally, you’re the only one shaless enough to suck up to that mutt. If he’s not here with you, then why are you trying to stop us?"
A flash of anger crossed Ye Yuei’s face. "It’s not that you can’t search," she said. "But my cultivation chamber contains the aura of my personal insights. It is my private domain. If you trespass, and Brother Tianling is here, then I have nothing more to say. But if he isn’t, and you interrupt and ruin a crucial mont in my cultivation, is that a price you old fossils can afford to pay?"
Ye Lixin let out a sinister chuckle. "A crucial mont in your cultivation? Are you trying to goad us? How utterly foolish! How laughable!"
"Search!" Ye Liyuan snarled. "What loss could there possibly be that we can’t compensate you for?! The three of us Elders will take full responsibility!"
Ye Liyu said nothing, but the sinister, ruthless look in his eyes made his stance clear.
"Grandfather Clan Leader, please proceed,"
Ye Yuei said softly. She turned and walked toward her cultivation chamber.
The chamber door opened, revealing an empty room.
However, inside the chamber, the aura of Sword Intent and Extre Cold Sword Qi was incredibly distinct.
But as soon as the door was opened, these auras quickly began to dissipate.
"This is—Extre Cold Sword Qi? Extre Cold Sword Intent? Y-y-you... you comprehended Sword Qi and Sword Intent?"
Ye Wannian shuddered, his entire body trembling.
His voice was filled with sheer excitent.
"Yes, Grandfather Clan Leader. I was in seclusion, right at a critical mont of comprehension. Unfortunately, your ferocious presence and sinister Evil Qi and killing intent affected , forcing to end my seclusion prematurely. And now, your search has disrupted the very Sword Qi and Sword Intent that I had just comprehended and was trying to release and study..."
"Grandfather Clan Leader, since the three Elders wanted to take full responsibility, they can each compensate with five hundred Small Peiyuan Pills and five hundred Profound Crystal Stones. Although, even that is far from enough to cover my losses!"
Ye Yuei’s voice was ice-cold, yet utterly defiant.
"PFFT—"
Hearing her demand, Ye Liyuan and the other two Elders trembled, and they couldn’t stop themselves from spitting out a mouthful of blood.
"This is robbery!"
Ye Liyuan cried out in shock and fury.
"Five hundred Small Peiyuan Pills and five hundred Profound Crystal Stones... Forget trading them for Sword Intent, even the chance to comprehend Sword Qi several realms ahead of schedule is enough to make anyone green with envy. You three Elders were so aggressive, destroying my opportunity to comprehend Sword Intent. This compensation? Ten tis this amount wouldn’t be enough! So, Elders, will you pay or not? If you don’t, the price will multiply by ten, even a hundred tis, and I will co to collect on that debt in the future, piece by piece!"
Ye Yuei was incredibly forceful, refusing to back down an inch.
In fact, she seed poised to raise the price even higher!
This made the expressions on the three Elders’ faces turn exceptionally ugly.
It also filled Ye Fenghan’s eyes with the utmost appreciation and admiration!
’This is how a powerful Martial Artist should behave!’
"I said there was no need to search this place, but you wouldn’t listen," Ye Wannian said, suddenly changing his tune. "See? Now all your effort has backfired, hasn’t it? As for the compensation... I’ll cover a fifth of it for you. Just accept the loss. Comprehending Extre Cold Sword Intent while still in the Sword Beginning Realm... Heh, you three had better think carefully."
At the sa ti, when he looked at Ye Yuei, his gaze was so benevolent it could have lted glaciers.
’You said there was no need to search? When did you ever say that? If you hadn’t led the way, would we have dared to co and search the ho of Ye Yuei’s father?’
The Elders around Ye Wannian grumbled inwardly. The expressions on their old faces were quite a sight to behold, but none of them dared to call him out on his lie.
"I... We’ll pay!"
Ye Liyuan’s heart was bleeding. This compensation would completely wipe out his savings; he would have to practically bankrupt himself to pay it.
And that wasn’t even considering that his son, Ye Tianxing, had been crippled and required a vast amount of resources for his own recovery...
The muscles on Ye Liyuan’s old face twitched violently, and for a long mont, he couldn’t stop trembling from the sheer pain of the loss.
"Elders," Ye Yuei began again, her voice cold and proud, "I have comprehended Sword Intent. With an achievent like this, let ask you: was my father allowed to smile or not?"
"He can, he can. He can smile."
The expressions on the three n’s faces were, once again, a spectacular sight.
Her question was the final blow; they couldn’t hold it in and once again sprayed out a mouthful of blood.
...
Ye Tianling deactivated the Turtle Breath Technique, and his figure materialized out of the water.
’They dug up my father’s grave? An empty grave? Even if it’s empty, just wait until I’m stronger. I’ll co back and flay you old dogs alive! Damned old bastards!’
Ye Tianling’s expression was sinister as he cursed inwardly.
Then, he hauled the completely unconscious Ye Yueling out of the Cold Pool.
Ye Tianling drew his Fiery Sun Sword and carved a cave into the cliff face, about three ters square and five or six ters deep. He then dragged Ye Yueling inside.
"THUD—"
Ye Tianling threw Ye Yueling onto the ground, and she was jolted awake.
To her horror, she discovered that she was not only completely drained of strength, but also freezing cold!
The water in the Cold Pool was frigid. Ye Tianling, with his Dragon Blood, was unaffected. While he had been carrying her, she hadn’t felt the cold either.
But now, she was shivering uncontrollably.
At the sa ti, her powerlessness filled her with utter terror.
"Ye Tianling, what... what are you going to do?!"
Ye Yueling was terrified, but she found that she couldn’t even form the words. All that ca from her throat was a sound as faint as a mosquito’s buzz.
"What am I going to do?" Ye Tianling sneered. "I’m going to take what’s rightfully mine—for example, your still-pure body! Didn’t you claim I had sullied your reputation? Weren’t you the handmaiden my father arranged to serve ?"
Ye Yueling’s body began to tremble. Her eyes, welling with tears, filled with absolute terror. "No... don’t... I... I’m begging you. Please, let go. I... I was wrong."
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