In his previous life, Ye Yu had vaguely sensed that Ye Xuan possessed some other special identity.
But before he could investigate it thoroughly, Ye Xuan had joined forces with those Imperial Sisters and killed him.
Now, seeing Ye Fan willing to suffer grievous injuries just to protect him, Ye Yu was certain that Ye Xuan had another special identity.
Ye Fan was a refined egoist. For his own sake, he could sacrifice even his own daughter.
No matter how much he doted on Ye Xuan, Ye Fan could never have gone this far.
Standing within the deep pit, Ye Fan raised his head and glared fixedly at Ye Yu. His eyes were bloodshot, clearly enraged to the extreme.
"What, wondering why you didn't kill me from the very beginning?" Ye Yu chuckled softly as he watched Ye Fan.
Ye Yu knew that it was not that Ye Fan had not considered it, but that he simply could not do it.
"Damn it!" Ye Fan cursed. He then glanced at Qin Wushuang, who was eyeing him like a tiger watching its prey, gritted his teeth, took out a jade talisman, and crushed it.
The instant it shattered, a spatial rift appeared and swallowed everyone from the Great Yan Dynasty.
Ye Yu watched the scene with an unchanged expression. This, too, had been within his expectations.
As a peak Nascent Soul Realm expert, how could Ye Fan not possess some life-saving measures? A jade talisman containing the power of space was one use fewer with every use, so it still counted as wearing them down.
They had won!
Watching Ye Fan flee, everyone stood rooted to the spot, staring at Ye Yu with shock in their eyes.
A young man who had only just entered the Nascent Soul Realm had actually severed the arm of a peak Nascent Soul Realm expert and even forced him to flee.
Was this guy even human?!
Ye Yu swept his gaze across the crowd, then slowly descended beside Qin Wushuang and said in a low voice, "Leave quickly."
Qin Wushuang understood at once. Before the others could react, he hurriedly circulated his spiritual power and fled with Ye Yu and the others.
By the time the others came to their senses and tried to give chase, it was already too late.
Not long after, Ye Yu and the others were aboard a spirit vessel. Looking at Ye Yu's pale face, Qin Wushuang exclaimed, "You really do keep surprising me. But this time, you've stirred up a hornet's nest. By my estimate, you've probably made it onto the kill-on-sight lists of many factions."
Ye Yu waved his hand indifferently and smiled. "It's not a big problem. You'll protect me."
"If they all come at once, I won't be able to stop them. When that happens, I'll just hand you over." Qin Wushuang grinned.
Before Ye Yu could respond, Qin Ruoxian's voice rang out from outside the door. "You old geezer, if you dare, I'll pluck every last hair from your beard."
Qin Wushuang gave a wry smile and shook his head. "When a daughter grows up, she can't be kept at home. Back to the point: the other factions probably won't rush to act, but Great Flame is different. Although you severed one of Ye Fan's arms, you know that such an injury is no great matter to a peak Nascent Soul Realm expert. It won't take long for him to recover."
"Then he will certainly come charging over to kill you regardless of the cost. Great Flame is powerful now. We may not be able to stop them."
Ye Yu looked at Qin Wushuang, who was seriously contemplating the matter, and said, "Don't worry. He has no time to cause me trouble. The War of a Hundred Dynasties is imminent. He needs to resolve the internal threat first."
"Internal threat? You mean... the Nine Nether Blood Spring?!" Qin Wushuang's eyes widened at once.
Ye Yu nodded. "Judging by the timing, it should be about time. The border troops have all withdrawn, right?"
"They can withdraw at any time. But I'm curious: is Ye Fan really your biological father? How did things end up like this?" Qin Wushuang found it hard to understand.
Even if he did not protect his child, things should not have escalated into a life-and-death feud.
"Ever since I could remember, I've never felt a father's love. Maybe I really am not his biological son." Ye Yu grinned. He no longer cared about such things, so there was no harm in treating it as a joke.
The speaker had no such intention, but the listener took it to heart. Upon hearing this, Qin Wushuang decided to thoroughly investigate Ye Yu's background after returning. Perhaps there really would be an unexpected surprise.
"Alright, focus on healing. I'll notify you once we reach Great Qin." With that, Qin Wushuang turned and left the room.
"My strength is still lacking!" After Qin Wushuang left, Ye Yu sighed softly and began regulating his breath to heal.
On the other side, Ye Fan and the others returned to Great Flame using the power of the spatial jade talisman.
Upon reaching Great Flame, Ye Fan hurried off to treat his injuries. Liu Ruyan also followed the cold-faced Ye Xuan to the Eastern Palace.
Only Ye Qingshuang remained, looking utterly lost. However, Ye Qingshuang did not stay there long before turning and heading for Ye Qingwan's residence. Right now, she could only seek out her two sisters to talk.
But the moment Ye Qingshuang arrived at Ye Qingwan's palace, she sensed that something was wrong. A faint scent of blood hung in the air.
When Ye Qingshuang rushed inside, she saw guards' corpses scattered across the ground, while Ye Qingwan and Ye Qingxuan had vanished without a trace.
"Something happened!" Ye Qingshuang immediately sensed that things were amiss and intended to report to Ye Fan. But after taking only a few steps, a tearing pain suddenly surged through her body.
The immense pain made Ye Qingshuang unable to stand steadily, and she collapsed to the ground.
Only after a long while did the pain gradually subside. Covered in cold sweat, Ye Qingshuang lowered her head to look at her body, and her eyes instantly widened.
The wounds that had already healed had split open once more and begun to fester, blood flowing without end.
"What is going on?!" Alarmed, Ye Qingshuang immediately took out a batch of healing pills from her Ring of Holding and swallowed them without hesitation.
Once the pills entered her stomach, the wounds began to heal, only to split open again soon afterward, even more severely than before.
"What's happening?! What exactly is happening?!" Seeing that even the Bone-Regenerating Blood-Melding Pill had no effect, Ye Qingshuang completely panicked and staggered toward the medicine hall.
As for Ye Qingwan and Ye Qingxuan, she could only set that matter aside for the time being.
Several days later, Ye Yu's injuries finally healed completely. He then began examining the Ring of Holding Dan Chenzi had given him.
When his spiritual power entered it, even Ye Yu could not help drawing in a sharp breath.
Inside the Ring of Holding were countless heavenly treasures and earthly materials. Ye Yu even saw quite a few main ingredients for refining eighth-grade pills, while cultivation methods and Spiritual Skills were even more innumerable.
Moreover, the spirit stones alone were enough to buy an entire Great Qin.
People said alchemists were the wealthiest group in the world. It truly was so!
For a moment, Ye Yu even felt that the items Small Cauldron provided once a day no longer seemed so appealing.
Unfortunately, after searching through it for a long time, Ye Yu still could not find a cultivation method suitable for himself.
"Looks like I can only place my hopes on Small Cauldron." Ye Yu withdrew his consciousness and sighed, then summoned Small Cauldron.
After successfully condensing the Chaos Nascent Soul, Small Cauldron had changed somewhat. Much of the bronze rust covering it had fallen away, faintly revealing the two characters Void Sky.
"It would be great if you could understand what I'm saying. I'm desperately lacking a cultivation method suitable for me right now." After playing with it for a while, Ye Yu muttered to himself, then closed his eyes and began cultivating.
Yet Ye Yu failed to notice that Small Cauldron swayed slightly, as though responding.
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