Empire

Lin Shige was very sensible. In her mind, since the Young Master provided her with cultivation resources and taught her how to cultivate, she would faithfully serve Ye Hao.

Lin Shige's thoughtfulness had indeed greatly satisfied Ye Hao's needs, including those on a spiritual level.

Ye Hao had a favorable impression of Lin Shige's thoughtfulness as well. He liked sensible women who did not overstep their status and fulfilled their promises according to their agreements.

"You're very sensible and know how to see the bigger picture. You know what you should and shouldn't do, and you're also very conscientious."

Ye Hao lowered his head slightly, looking down at Lin Shige kneeling on the ground.

Lin Shige lowered her head slightly and said calmly, "This is what I should do."

Ye Hao nodded lightly and said indifferently, "Now, can you tell me who your enemy is?"

Lin Shige raised her head slightly, her pretty face turned toward Ye Hao, and her expression grew somewhat colder. "He's a member of the Li Family named Li Fu. He manages one of the Li Family's shops, and his cultivation is at the Third Level of Qi Condensation. My father took my younger sister and me to buy clothes, but Li Fu looked down on my father because of his shabby clothing and kicked him directly. My father was only a mortal and hadn't even reached the First Level of Body Tempering. With that one kick, my father died!"

"The people of the Li Family are truly arrogant."

Ye Hao spoke indifferently, then said to Lin Shige, "Cultivate properly. The Cultivation Method I passed on to you is no weaker than the Li Family's cultivation method. Your cultivation speed will increase considerably, and it won't take long for you to get your revenge."

"Yes!" Lin Shige replied.

"Go cultivate. Call Shiyu in." Ye Hao spoke indifferently.

Lin Shige withdrew. Not long afterward, Lin Shiyu walked in.

Lin Shiyu's figure was much like Lin Shige's, and her beauty was likewise close to the upper tier. However, she favored white robes and long skirts, the exact opposite of her elder sister, Lin Shige.

Although she was the younger sister, she and Lin Shige had actually been born on the same day.

She was equally sensible.

Her personality was also much like Lin Shige's—steady, quiet, and very conscientious.

"Young Master." Lin Shiyu bowed.

"Kneel," Ye Hao said indifferently.

Although he sympathized with the sisters Lin Shige and Lin Shiyu, he would not show them special mercy because of it. He clearly understood what he wanted.

Lin Shiyu was very sensible and knelt before Ye Hao.

Even though traces of her elder sister remained, Lin Shiyu did not mind in the slightest. She and her sister depended on each other for survival, and their bond was as solid as iron.

Ye Hao had done it deliberately as well. He followed his true nature; this was simply the kind of person he was. He liked to unleash his nature completely, because only then could he feel unprecedentedly relaxed.

This was of great help to his Dao and to his Clear Mind.

Suddenly, Ye Hao felt his cultivation loosen slightly. By releasing his true nature and no longer suppressing it in any way, his mind had instead become somewhat clearer.

Ye Hao found it interesting. He felt that the path of Clear Mind was indeed different.

How many people in this world suppressed their true natures? They clearly wanted to act one way, yet they hesitated and fussed, never carrying things through to the end.

Ye Hao felt his thoughts flowing smoothly. Pursuing a Clear Mind greatly benefited both his body and mind.

"You'll stay here and keep me company," Ye Hao said indifferently.

"Yes, Young Master." Lin Shiyu did not rise. Without Ye Hao's permission, she would not get up. She was merely being conscientious and fulfilling their agreement; only then would the Young Master provide her with cultivation resources and teach her how to cultivate.

Ye Hao indeed had no intention of letting her rise. For one thing, it satisfied him psychologically; for another, he wanted to know just how far Lin Shiyu's conscientiousness would go.

The result proved that even after Lin Shiyu's knees had begun to ache and her mouth had long since grown sore, she still persisted.

At this point, Ye Hao said indifferently, "Go rest."

"Yes, Young Master." Lin Shiyu spoke softly, then rose and slowly left the room.

For the rest of the time, Ye Hao quietly stayed by himself and paid no attention to outside affairs.

Yet outside, at East Moon Academy, Ye Hao's reputation had soared after he crushed Li Shaoyou and Jiang Taibai!

Every student in the academy, including its teachers and even its dean, knew about it.

The dean of East Moon Academy was an old man. Looking at Song Feng before him, he said slowly with a deep gaze, "Ye Hao is shrouded in many doubts. If he hasn't been hiding his strength all these years, he shouldn't have allowed Li Lengxuan and the others to bully him. He only revealed his true strength now. But if he truly wasn't hiding his strength and his cultivation had only broken through recently, that's impossible as well. No matter how fast one cultivates, it shouldn't be possible to break through this quickly..."

As a teacher, Song Feng was both shocked and bewildered. How could Ye Hao's cultivation be so high? Even Li Shaoyou, third on the Prodigy Ranking, had not been his match.

"Dean, with such strength, Ye Hao is surely destined to enter the Imperial City Academy for cultivation, isn't he?" Song Feng suppressed his excitement. If Ye Hao could enter the Imperial City Academy, he, as his teacher, would receive a corresponding reward as well.

The old dean's gaze was distant, and he gently shook his head. "The Imperial City Academy won't let Ye Hao in."

Song Feng was puzzled. "Why? With Ye Hao's martial talent, he's completely qualified to—"

The dean turned around, clasping his hands behind his back, and said indifferently, "There are some things you don't know about. Don't ask too many questions. Go get busy."

Song Feng wanted to speak but stopped himself. In the end, he left with his doubts.

The old dean's gaze remained distant as he murmured, "Back then, Ye Wuchen stirred up the entire Eastern Region and made countless enemies. Even within the Great Zhou Imperial Dynasty, he has many foes. How could the Imperial City Academy possibly accept Ye Hao..."

The old man knew that beneath the seemingly tranquil Eastern Region, many forces had already set their sights on Ye Wuchen.

The first reason was that Ye Wuchen had numerous enemies.

The second was that Ye Wuchen had left the Eastern Region. It was said that he possessed Cultivation Methods of a higher grade, and high-grade Cultivation Methods were enough to drive the forces of the Eastern Region mad! This was especially true for powerhouses who had been stuck at their bottlenecks for too long and urgently needed higher-grade Cultivation Methods to break through into the next major realm!

Ye Hao paid no attention to what was happening outside. Instead, he stayed alone in his room reading books—books related to the Eastern Region.

For example, books about the Great Zhou Imperial Dynasty.

The Great Zhou Imperial Dynasty had a rigid hierarchy. The various forces, large and small, throughout its territory existed merely to support the Great Zhou Royal Family.

Take East Moon City, for example. Its forces were divided into first-rate, second-rate, and third-rate families.

For a third-rate family to advance to a second-rate family, it had to defeat a second-rate family, or the second-rate family had to willingly descend to the third rate.

If the Ye Family advanced to a second-rate family, it would gain mining rights to more spirit mines, and the number of shops it could operate would increase tenfold!

All spirit mines and other mineral resources belonged to the Great Zhou Royal Family. After the forces within the dynasty mined spirit mines and other minerals, they had to hand over half of them as taxes. Even the shops they operated had to pay thirty percent in taxes!

It could be said that every force within the dynasty was fighting and striving for the Royal Family!