Entering Flame Fierce Peak (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

At the summit of Lingyun Peak, the ice and snow by the lake began to melt away little by little. Wisps of heat also rose from the lake, and spirit fish darted through the water, striking the lotus stalks and stirring up broad ripples.

As the lake water warmed, it was clearly not only the ducks that sensed spring first—the fish did too.

Especially those large Black Ganoderma Fish. Their plump, rounded bodies glittered with fine black ganoderma patterns, and the commotion they stirred in the lake was by no means small. They were a most pleasing sight.

Following the ripples across the lake and passing through the formation on its surface, Ye Jingcheng discovered that the clansmen he had previously brought inside were all standing there in neat order. Not one had left, and not one was still wandering idly through the mountain.

Clearly, they were all waiting for this moment.

Yet in truth, this was the battle the Ye Family was least certain of winning.

There were simply too many uncertainties.

For example, the Zhang Family and Jia Family might have more hidden Golden Core cultivators than expected. Other families from several regions might also be involved. It might even all be a trap.

In short, anything was possible.

But the Ye Family truly had no second path to choose. If they did not gamble everything on this attempt, then once the Zhang Family produced a Nascent Soul cultivator, the Ye Family would become nothing more than a thug Taiyi Sect kept in Mount Taihang.

Taiyi Sect not moving against them now did not mean it would never move against them.

Even if they did not make a move, the Zhang Family might covet everything the Ye Family possessed in the future.

Thus, the Ye Family had to