Taking a Beating

Ye Lei had no idea that he had made the Elder Hall hold an overnight video conference. He had only just stepped through the front door.

Seeing Father Ye and Mother Ye still adjusting their meridians, Ye Lei was puzzled. He had been gone for so long—had his parents still not finished absorbing them? That shouldn't be possible. Even if they were thousand-year soul rings, with the Soul Power he had just blended using the Blue Silver Emperor to assist them, there shouldn't have been any problem!

Ye Lei anxiously paced behind Father Ye and Mother Ye, failing to notice that the two in front of him had quietly opened their eyes...

Just as Ye Lei raised his hand to pat Father Ye on the shoulder, an icy aura suddenly erupted. Startled, Ye Lei hurriedly backed away, but when he tried to lift his leg and retreat, he discovered that his legs had been firmly frozen in place.

The two people before him suddenly rose to their feet, both possessing their Dual Martial Souls, then turned to look at him.

His hair completely ice-blue, Ye Junqing looked at his son, frozen where he stood, and said, "Tell us. Where did you run off to just now? Why is everyone in the neighborhood owners' group forwarding that video?"

Tang Yunqing, standing beside Ye Junqing, also spoke. "Xiaolei, tell Mommy. What did you go do just now? As long as you tell the truth, your dad and I definitely won't beat you to death!"

Tang Yunqing's gentle voice reached Ye Lei's ears, and his body shuddered violently. It's over, it's over. M-Mom's blown up. I'm definitely getting beaten again today...

System: As expected, the host's mother perfectly demonstrated what it meant to say the cruelest words in the calmest tone!

Ye Lei: You damn system, all you know is how to make sarcastic remarks, huh?! If you've got the guts, come out and fight me! If I don't beat you until you cry, my surname isn't Ye!

System: I've helped you so much, yet you want to beat me. There's no love left... (+_+) Boohoohoo...

Reality.

Looking at the two people before him, cold as frost, Ye Lei trembled all over and immediately said, "Dad, Mom, before you came back, my Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul evolved into the Blue Silver Emperor. Maybe the light during the evolution was too dazzling, so the people resting downstairs thought I was messing around with something dangerous and called the police. Then you came back. While you were absorbing the soul rings, the police came to the door, along with five people from the Elder Hall..."...

After laying out the truth, Ye Lei looked at Father Ye and Mother Ye with anticipation in his eyes, hoping Father Ye would remove the ice from his legs... (Although he could easily break free from the ice himself, Ye Lei did not do so. Besides, he had done nothing wrong—he just needed to tell the truth. Removing the ice himself would instead be disrespectful to his parents...)

But that was not what happened. After hearing their son's explanation, Father Ye and Mother Ye's expressions grew even colder.

"Do you know how worried we were about you? You went downstairs to fight them without even telling us, so we could at least have some peace of mind, didn't you? You nearly scared your mother to death, you know that? You little brat, you bullied your mother again. You deserve this beating today!"

"Huh?"

Ye Lei was dumbfounded. How had he bullied Mom again? Why didn't he know about it?

"Dad, you're really going to hit me? Mom, look at him!" Ye Lei looked pleadingly at Tang Yunqing, hoping his mother would pull him out of this, but Tang Yunxin's words left Ye Lei completely stunned...

"Mm, you do deserve a beating. When did we ever teach you to get into group fights?... You brat, don't run! Stay right there!"

After hearing his own mother's words, Ye Lei sighed helplessly. With a forceful push of his legs, he broke free from his restraints and began fleeing madly around the room.

Life was not easy. Ye Lei sighed.