1016 - Flourish (1)
On the third day, Daoist Zijin’s residence was densely covered with spirit energy, and he actually advanced to the Yin Yang Perfected Lord Third Heaven after being stuck at the peak of the Second Heaven realm for over ten years. This drew Bai Kui’s envy.
After Ye Ling and the other elders learned of this, they organized a banquet and invited the Si Family and their Yin Yang Perfected Lords.
Currently, apart from Ye Qingtang, the most powerful figures in Lin Town were Bai Kui and Daoist Zijin. It was not an exaggeration to proclaim them as the defenders of the town. At the same time, Lin Town rose up several levels and was completely different from its initial state.
For this banquet, Ye Qingtang was seated at the host seat, which gave Daoist Zijin face and boosted his ego.
His breakthrough was even celebrated by a Yang Lord. If this incident was spread, his other close friends at the Yin Yang Perfected Lord realm would simply find it unbelievable and hard to accept.
The next morning, Dan Yifan came to the study on his own to look for Ye Qingtang.
Dan Yifan sustained major injuries, and if he recuperated the normal way, he would require at least half a year’s time to recover, and even his martial realm would be affected.
However, the spirit pill which Ye Qingtang gave the Great Elder was a healing medicine normally for Yin Yang Perfected Lords to use. To treat a Martial Qi Level One cultivator, it was as good as a divine pill. In just a few hours, Dan Yifan was almost fully recovered, and after a few days of recuperation, his body absorbed the medicinal benefits of the spirit pill completely and became much stronger than before.
“Se… Senior…”
Dan Yifan appeared rather timid as he looked at Ye Qingtang, who held an antique book in her hand.
Seeing Dan Yifan, Ye Qingtang chuckled. “Take a seat.”
“Sit?”
Dan Yifan was stunned by Ye Qingtang’s words and shook his head repeatedly. How would he dare to sit down before Ye Qingtang? Was this a joke?!
Previously, Dan Yifan always thought that Ye Qingtang was merely an outer sect disciple of Xuanling Sect. However, he heard from his grandfather that Ye Qingtang killed Qinglin Sect’s Grand Elder with a hand, wiped out the Long and Duan Family with the flick of a finger, and that she was at the peak of Yin Yang Perfected Lord Seventh Heaven.
Initially, Dan Yifan did not believe these words, but over the past few days, he realized that even the Formidable Heavens Dynasty’s Grand Imperial Sire and the legendary Daoist Zijin joined the Ye Family as elders and were even extremely deferential to Ye Qingtang…
Aside, Dan Yifan discovered that the current Ye Family could no longer be compared to the previous Ye Family. The new young recruits were more and more frightening: most of them were above Martial Qi Level Three, and one of them was a fourteen-year-old half-step Yin Yang Perfected Lord!
If Ye Qingtang was not a Yang Lord as his grandfather had said, it was impossible for the Ye Family to change this much.
“Se… Senior, I’ll not sit… I am here today to thank you… If not for the spirit pill you bestowed, I would probably still be bedridden.” Dan Yifan looked at Ye Qingtang in awe.
“You can just call me Ye Qingtang. Given my age, I cannot be your senior. If you’re really not used to it, just call me Eldest Young Lady like before then.” Ye Qingtang looked at the overcautious Dan Yifan and replied.
“Eldest Young Lady…” Dan Yifan nodded, but shock filled him. It was truly unbelievable how this legendary Yang Lord was rather easy to get along with.
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1017 - Flourish (2)
“Eldest Young Lady, I don’t wish to return to Leiting Sect already… I wish to join the Ye Family…” Dan Yifan said hurriedly.
Currently, the Ye Family’s power was not what those super sects could compare to, much less an ordinary sect like Leiting Sect. Moreover, his grandfather was the Great Elder of the Ye Family. If he could remain in the Ye Family…
Previously, Dan Yifan told his grandfather about this thought, but his grandfather could not call the shots and could only let Dan Yifan ask Ye Qingtang.
Currently, to join the Ye Family and become a Ye Family disciple, one had to pass the assessment by Bai Kui and Daoist Zijin. Given Dan Yifan’s talent and skills, it was almost impossible.
“If you wish to stay, you just need to let Elder Bai or Elder Zijin know.” Ye Qingtang nodded.
Although Dan Yifan was proud and arrogant, he did not have a bad nature. After all, the very cause of his injury this time was because he helped the Ye Family. Thus, it was nothing to let him stay as a Ye Family disciple, and Ye Qingtang would not reject him.
Dan Yifan’s eyes were filled with agitation and jubilee after hearing Ye Qingtang’s words.
The current Ye Family was a place that ordinary cultivators could only look up to. Although the reputation of “Ye Family of Lin Town” was not yet widely known, this mainland would definitely know about it very soon.
If Dan Yifan could become a Ye Family disciple, the benefits were innumerable, and it would be a million times better than him being in Leiting Sect.
Furthermore, Dan Yifan did not have any sense of belonging to Leiting Sect either. Sects had always been cold and desolate, and there were too many schemes and plots between senior and junior brothers. Compared to that, the warmth and humanity of a family clan outshone.
“Eldest Young Lady.”
Before Dan Yifan could say anything, a young teen in a Ye Family disciple uniform entered the study room with a reverent expression and greeted Ye Qingtang with cupped fists.
“What happened?” Ye Qingtang looked at the youth.
Ye Qingtang had some memory of this youth. He was a descendant of a royal bloodline of the Formidable Heavens Royals, where his father was a prince, and he possessed extremely powerful martial talent. His original name was Bai Leng. Elder Bai Kui adored this boy deeply; thus, he brought him to the Ye Family and changed his surname to ‘Ye’. This youth was now called Ye Leng.
Ye Leng was only over ten years old but was already at Martial Qi Level Three Third Heaven. In Formidable Heavens Dynasty, he was a notorious little tyrant, and nobody dared to offend him. After finding out that the Ye Family had a Yang Lord, he was extremely willing to become a Ye Family disciple.
“Eldest Young Lady, some disciples are fighting at the training field,” Ye Leng said.
Dan Yifan had a strange expression. Did he need to inform a Yang Lord of such matters?
“Why did you not report to an Elder?” Ye Qingtang stared at Ye Leng.
Then, Ye Leng flushed immediately. “Uh… I did not have any chance to see you previously… So…”
Ye Qingtang was rather helpless.
As Ye Leng had said, she had never seen any of the newly recruited Ye Family disciples before, and none of those talented disciples who joined out of admiration for her dared to disturb her. This Ye Leng, however, was an exception and did not pass up any chances
“Go, let’s take a look.”
Ye Qingtang stood up. It was also a good opportunity for her to get to know the new Ye Family disciples.
“Alright!” Ye Leng nodded repeatedly.
Soon, Ye Leng caught sight of Dan Yifan and said, “This is…”
“I am Dan Yifan, a new Ye Family disciple. Please take care of me in the future,” introduced Dan Yifan hurriedly as he inspected the person who was about the same age as himself but was already at Martial Qi Level Three Third Heaven.
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1018 - Flourish (3)
“Ye Family disciple… Your surname is Dan?” Ye Leng asked with a strange expression.
“Oh… Dan Yifan is my original name. From now on, I am Ye Yifan.” Ye Yifan explained hurriedly after realizing he made a mistake.
Ye Leng nodded and looked at Ye Qingtang again only to realize that she had already left the study room. Then, the two youth chased up hurriedly.
The current Ye Family was extremely different. The headquarters expanded by more than ten times, and three additional branches were built. Where the headquarters was mostly filled with talented disciples, the branches were slightly lacking even though each Branch Master was a newly recruited Yin Yang Perfected Lord.
Dozens of foreign faces surrounded the two sides of the training field. Some disciples were caught in a tussle with the gleam of swords cutting the air and cursing sounds filling the arena.
Before becoming Ye Family disciples, these few youths already knew each other and bore enmity. After something happened today, their conflict escalated into a fight.
The cultivation base of the few youths was all at Martial Qi Level Three Third Heaven, and they could be ranked near the top out of all the new Ye Family disciples.
As for the surrounding onlookers, some were even half-step Yin Yang Perfected Lords. Yet, no one was willing to poke their nose into this matter and were only watching from the side.
“Stop!”
At this instant, Ye Leng walked into the crowd and shouted to those in the scuffle.
Everyone was surprised. Never did they think that someone would meddle with this matter.
The young men who were originally fighting in the training field indeed stopped their actions and fixed their eyes on Ye Leng.
“Who are you to poke your nose into our issue?!” One of the youths looked at Ye Leng and shouted coldly.
Apart from those in the tussle, the onlookers also could not help but give Ye Leng a side-eye. Very few people would step in for such matters if it had nothing to do with themselves as there was no meaning to it.
Ye Leng did not respond and merely looked at Ye Qingtang, who arrived with him.
As what others were thinking, this matter was not what he could handle.
Ye Qingtang immediately swept a look across the entire field, and her eyes eventually landed on those few youths.
These youths were at least in Martial Qi Level Three Third Heaven, and their martial endowment was pretty good, even surpassing those of talented disciples of super sects.
A portion of them was recruited by Formidable Heavens Dynasty’s Grand Imperial Sire, Bai Kui, and a number of them were by Daoist Zijin. Naturally, the remaining disciples came to try their luck upon learning that a Yang Lord appeared in Lin Town. After they knew that it was the Ye Family and passed the assessment by Elder Bai Kui and Elder Zijin, they officially changed their surname to Ye and became a Ye Family disciple.
Currently, there were over hundreds of Ye Family disciples, and most of these new talented disciples did not know each other prior to joining the Ye Family. As such, they had never seen Ye Leng’s nor Ye Qingtang’s faces before.
“Ha… How interesting.” One of the young men looked at Ye Qingtang and scorned. “Who are you too? Do you really like to meddle with other people’s affairs?”
“Watch what you say. Don’t be too impudent!” Ye Leng shouted at those young men.
“It’s none of your business!”
Someone retorted immediately.
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1019 - Prosperity (4)
Ye Qingtang began pondering as she looked at these youths.
All of them were outstanding talents of the younger generation, but they were also not short of the typical flaws of true talents: conceit and arrogance.
Naturally, these young talents just entered the Ye Family and still did not have any sense of belonging to the Ye Family. Or perhaps, they treated a family clan as a sect without realizing that the nature of a family clan and a sect were intrinsically different, for there was no need to change the surname to Ye otherwise.
“Since you all have already joined the Ye Family, the Ye Family disciples are all one family. The past grudges shall be written off as of today.” Ye Qingtang slowly spoke after a moment.
The masses were taken aback by Ye Qingtang’s words. From the tone of this lady, she was actually condemning them.
“Who are you to come here and condemn
us?”
A young man on the field frowned deeply as he stared at Ye Qingtang and questioned.
“She is the Eldest Young Lady of the Ye Family.” Then, Ye Yifan, who was beside Ye Qingtang, replied.
“Eldest Young Lady of the Ye Family…”
Everyone present was taken aback.
Before they could process it, the expression of a young lady at the half-step Yin Yang Perfected Lord realm changed. “You are… Ye Family’s Yang Lord…”
“What?!”
“The Yang Lord of the Ye Family?!”
Surprise filled everyone’s faces as they looked at Ye Qingtang.
The very reason they came to Lin Town, were willing to change their surname to Ye, and become a Ye Family disciple was that the Ye Family produced a Yang Lord.
However, no one had expected that the Yang Lord of the Ye Family was actually a lady. Moreover, she was very young and seemed to be around their age from her appearance.
“Eldest Young Lady, why are you here?”
Then, Bai Kui and Daoist Zijin arrived as well and were surprised to see Ye Qingtang present.
Seeing that the two Yin Yang Perfected Lords were so reverent to Ye Qingtang, the disciples on the field finally realized that that lady before them was none other than the Yang Lord of the Ye Family.
Bai Kui and Daoist Zijin were both at Yin Yang Perfected Lord Third Heaven yet were so respectful and reverent to this young lady. As long as one was not a fool, anyone could guess the true identity of this young lady.
At this instant, everyone’s eyes burned with awe and veneration as they looked at Ye Qingtang
“Greetings, Yang Lord!”
Dozens of people greeted in uniformity while those who were previously in a tussle were blanked out.
Never would they have expected that this young lady with a striking appearance was actually that unrivaled Yang Lord…
Almost at the same time, the few young men’s faces paled, and they immediately bowed to Ye Qingtang.
“We were unaware that it’s the Yang Lord… Please punish us!”
Cold sweat trickled down the forehead of one of the youths as fear filled him. He almost offended a Yang Lord just now…
“Rise.”
Ye Qingtang waved a hand with an indifferent expression.
The youths felt as though they were pardoned from a crime after hearing Ye Qingtang.
Initially, Elder Bai Kui and Elder Zijin heard that a fight broke out amongst the disciples and thus came over to check on the situation. Unexpectedly, they met Ye Qingtang here.
Since Ye Qingtang was here to handle the issue currently, they naturally would not utter a word and gave Ye Qingtang the full power to act.
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