Reality was cruel to begin with. In a place like the Ye Family, where masters were as numerous as clouds and its depths utterly unfathomable, Ye Xiwen had to be careful—careful, and then even more careful.
The matter of Ye Xiwen crippling Jia Gu Zheng Hao spread through the entire Ye Family like the wind, making him the most talked-about young figure of the moment!
Aside from the older generation of masters who had remained in seclusion for years, Ye Xiwen could now truly be considered known to everyone.
When the news reached the branch family in Fallen Leaf City, Ye Junhai and Ye Junyan did not know what to say either. Ye Xiwen had only gone out once, yet he had caused such a huge incident, directly crippling a heaven-chosen prodigy.
After a long while, Ye Junhai said excitedly, "Second Brother, we have successors! There is someone to carry on our legacy!"
Rather than dying down with the passage of time, the matter grew increasingly tumultuous. In the blink of an eye, three months passed, and the uproar only became greater. News soon emerged that when word of Jia Gu Zheng Hao's crippling reached the Jia Gu Family, the entire family flew into a rage. They unanimously demanded that the Ye Family hand over Ye Xiwen, intending to wash away the Jia Gu Family's humiliation with Ye Xiwen's blood.
But just as Ye Xue and the others had guessed, the Ye Family did not pay any heed to the Jia Gu Family's unreasonable demands. Their response was simple: it had been a normal sparring match, and fists and feet had no eyes—casualties and injuries were inevitable!
When the people of the Ye Family learned of this response, everyone felt as though their brows had been raised in triumph. Back