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"Forget it, forget it. Li-er, put it away. Who asked me to take in such an obedient disciple. If I killed his blood-related grandfather, this master and disciple relation wouldn't carry on well in the future," Ye Yuan deliberately said with an emotional sigh.
Yue Mengli nodded and kept her aura, becoming a harmless little girl again. She then stood behind Ye Yuan.
Ren Dong was 'sold' by Ye Yuan without even him knowing it. Seeing Yue Mengli cease, he could not help being overjoyed and said, "Thank you, Master! Thank you, Master!"
Ren Xingchun also recovered at this point. Hearing Ren Dong calling master over and over again, he could not refrain from saying angrily, "Dong-er, what are you calling him? What right does he, a Sea Transformation Realm brat, have to be your master?"
Ren Dong shook his head and said, "He's not my Martial Path master but my Alchemy Path master!"
Ren Xingchun was stunned. The flames which were just suppressed shot up all at once with a roar again.
"With Grandpa teaching you alchemy skills, you actually still acknowledged others as your master? Ignoring that you acknowledged a master, Ye Yuan is at the very most just a Quasi-Alchemy King too. What right does he have to be your master? Have you lost your mind?"
"Grandfather, I'm very clear about what I'm doing! Although Master he can only refine Quasi-Tier 4 medicinal pills, the profoundness of his Alchemy Path knowledge far exceeds yours! As the saying goes, those who reached first can teach! He can naturally be my master!" Ren Dong said.
Only now did Ren Xingchun recall Ye Yuan's performance at the Thousand Query Wall. Back then, he stopped Ye Yuan from continuing to challenge. If he really carried on, how many questions Ye Yuan could answer was really hard to say.
Looking from this, Ye Yuan's Alchemy Path standards actually far surpassed his present realm.
As long as his boundary reached, the standards of the medicinal pills refined would greatly surpass those of the same rank.
Like this, Ye Yuan being Ren Dong's master did not seem to be unjustifiable.
Ren Xingchun discovered that he could not do anything to this youth before his eyes at all.
He had a Boundless Realm fighter, and his own alchemy knowledge was also very heaven-defying.
Martial Path and Alchemy Path, he actually could not match up to a brat who was still wet behind the ears. This made the arrogance in heart and haughty in manner Ren Xingchun feel very aggrieved.
"Stinking brat! Quickly hand over Ye Hang and my daughter! This is my family matter! It isn't your turn to interfere!"
Ren Xingchun talking right now was not as confident as earlier. He did not even dare to say threatening words.
But Ye Yuan said coolly, "They are right inside this house behind me. If you have the capabilities, you go and bring them out yourself."
"You!"
Ren Xingchun took a look at the Yue Mengli behind Yue Mengli and nearly spewed out a mouthful of old blood.
If I could beat her, I would have long brought them out! Why would I waste my breath with you?
Ren Xingchun sucked in a deep breath and reined in his impatience as he asked Ye Yuan, "Fine. Then I ask you, what is your relationship with them? Why do you want to save them?!"
But Ye Yuan did not answer. He just looked at him with a smile that wasn't a smile.
When these words came out, Ren Xingchun himself was stunned for a bit too.
He was originally in the midst of anger and did not think deeply about this matter.
Now that he asked, he thought of a possibility.
Ye Yuan was surnamed Ye. Ye Hang was surnamed Ye too. Moreover, calculating according to the time, Ye Hang and Ren Hongling had also left the Northern Domain for 18 to 19 years already; just nice coinciding with Ye Yuan's age.
Shouldn't be . . .
Ren Xingchun seemed to have thought of something and abruptly turned his head to asked Ren Yujie, "You all knew long ago?"
Ren Yujie forced a smile and said, "I only knew today as well! It was Sister's one sentence which shocked me awake thoroughly. That's why I took the risk of Father laying down punishment to bring her to find Ye Yuan."
Ren Xingchun was stupefied and asked, "What did Hongling she say?"
"She said, if Brother-in-Law died, she absolutely wouldn't live on alone! And if Ye Yuan knew that they died in your hands, he'll surely come to find you to take revenge in the future! She didn't hope to see this kind of human relations tragedy to happen to our Ren Family! When I knew that Sister's son was Ye Yuan, I knew that he completely had this capability to come and find you to take revenge in the future!"
Hearing these words, Ren Xingchun was secretly alarmed.
Was there a need to wait for the future?
Ye Yuan had a seemingly Boundless Realm expert beside him right now. He wanting to kill him was simply something effortless!
Even if he did not rely on this Boundless Realm, with Ye Yuan's degree of monstrousness, maybe in less than five years, he would not be his match anymore!
He had such a heaven-defying maternal grandson, but he also almost killed his son-in-law. Why did this sort of thing seem so absurd?
Except that Ren Xingchun never would have dreamed that Ye Yuan this gradually rising genius martial artist was actually his own maternal grandson!
This grandson should originally have been the entire Wu Fang City's pride. But now . . .
This was the first time in his life that Ren Xingchun felt somewhat regretful.
For so many years, he stood by his words. He wanted the entire Wu Fang City to all listen to him.
His daughter fell for a bottom-level alchemist; he wanted to use forceful means to separate them.
Now, that alchemist brought sincerity and brought his wife to come and apologize to him; instead, he wanted to kill that alchemist.
"You're regretting!" Ye Yuan's voice suddenly rang out.
Ren Xingchun was startled. This boy actually saw through his thoughts?
"You're regretting that a junior which even Old Hai regards highly was actually your own grandson, but you didn't know!"
"You're regretting that this grandson can give your Wu Fang City, can give your Ren Family limitless reverence and benefits, but you wanted to kill his father!"
"You're regretting that such an outstanding grandson, but you offended him thoroughly!"
"But have you thought about that if I was just an ordinary person, would you still regret the things that you did last time?"
"If I were just an ordinary person, my corpse would probably be lying in this courtyard right now already, right?"
"Therefore . . . you're just an utter and complete self-centered person! In your eyes, only your paramount status is the most important!"
Chapter 531. Hitting the Nail on the Head |
Each sentence that Ye Yuan had uttered struck Ren Xingchun's heart like a heavy punch.
Such an outstanding junior was absolutely what every family clan were extremely eager for.
Even using one's heel to think about it, one would also know that Ye Yuan's future accomplishments would surely be extraordinary.
But now, Ren Xingchun had offended this descendant thoroughly.
Of course, offended means offended. If it were an ordinary person, Ren Xingchun could capture him back to discipline him strictly.
But the problem was that he could not do anything to Ye Yuan at all!
"Humph! What do you know at your young age? Everything that I do is for the sake of the Ren Family! If there wasn't me, how could the Ren Family quash the Cao Family and firmly occupy this Wu Fang City's highest position?"
Ren Xingchun was very conceited. Even if he felt regret over Ye Yuan in his heart, it was also not possible to lower his head to Ye Yuan this junior.
Furthermore, he did not feel that what he did was in any way wrong.
This was the most crucial!
"Hahaha! You, this old man, are really amusing! Is this game of deceiving yourself and others very fun?" Hearing Ren Xingchun'
s words, Ye Yuan burst into laughter.
The mockery in the laugh was revealed completely.
Ren Xingchun said with a black face, "Deceiving myself and others? Wu Fang City is already managed by me tight like an iron bucket. Who dares to say a word of no to my orders?"
"Like an iron bucket is it? Maybe! It's just that, this is only temporary! If your words are really the law in this Wu Fang City, on that day when I challenged the Thousand Query Wall, you shouldn't have been standing on the Cao Family's side. You should have been kicking them while they are down to pull the Cao Family up by the roots! You didn't dare to do this because the Cao Family's bedrock is too deep. And this Wu Fang City's prestige still needs the Cao Family to maintain it, and not you, this City Lord!"
Ye Yuan continued with a cold smile and said, "The Cao Family is just on the decline temporarily. Their foundation is right there. Sooner or later, there will come a day when they will rise up once more. And you . . . are just an upstart. Without a bedrock, without any future! After you pass your peak period, Wu Fang City will change hands once more! Actually, you yourself realized this point too, right?"
"Humph! Dong-er talent greatly surpasses that Cao Fang. You saw it yourself too. As long as Dong-er matures, the Cao Family still will be trampled underfoot by our Ren Family!" Ren Xingchun continued to be stubborn.
Ye Yuan said with a smile, "I don't deny this point. But do you really feel that Ren Dong can take on the heavy responsibility all by himself? What can you leave for him? A powerful family? Cao Family is indeed inferior to Ren Dong, but they are just Quasi-Alchemy Kings after all. At Alchemy King this level? Alchemy Sovereign this level? The Cao Family can invite so many Alchemy Sovereign experts every five years. Those people didn't come on account of your face. They came for the Cao Family! In terms of foundation, in terms of connections, in terms of talents, the Ren Family doesn't have a single one that can beat the Cao Family!"
Ye Yuan's words shattered Ren Xingchun's sense of superiority to dust.
Ren Xingchun opened his mouth but did not know how to refute.
His entire person seemed to have been sapped dry. It was as if his whole person aged greatly instantaneously.
Ye Yuan's words hit the nail on the head. He had no way of refuting at all.
The Ren Family's few years of flashiness were just on the exterior. Ren Xingchun had long realized the Ren Family's crisis. Hence, he groomed Ren Hongling and the Ren Dong later on without sparing any effort.
But just as Ye Yuan said, the Ren Family's foundation was too shallow and simply could not be compared with the Cao Family.
Within the Cao Family's third generation, indeed, there was nobody who could surpass Ren Dong. But the Cao Family's second generation was much stronger than the Ren Family's!
In the Cao Family's second generation, just the Alchemy Sovereign experts numbered quite a few. Who dared to guarantee that among these people, there wouldn't be a peak Alchemy Sovereign being born in the future?
As long as a peak Alchemy Sovereign appears in the Cao Family, his position as the City Lord would be in imminent danger!
And the Ren Family only had Ren Yujie this early-rank Alchemy King.
Ren Yujie was quite talented in the area of managing the city. But, on the alchemy path, it was rather forceful for him.
Ren Xingchun spared no effort to quash the Cao Family on the one hand. On the other hand, he had no choice but to borrow the Cao Family's prestige to strengthen Wu Fang City's rule.
The hardships in between this, only he himself knew.
Who could have thought that such a young youth actually saw through the Ren Family's peril at one glance?
It was precisely because of so that after Ren Xingchun knew Ye Yuan's identity, he became even more dejected.
Ren Xingchun very much wished that Ye Yuan could become a member of the Ren Family. But his personality was like this. He would not lower his pride to say some submissive words. His attitude was still very unyielding.
Ye Yuan ignored Ren Xingchun's awkwardness. He went to Xu Zihui's side and poured essence energy from his palm into Xu Zihui's body.
Ye Yuan could only refine Tier 4 medicinal pills right now. It could not have much of an effect on Xu Zihui at all.
But Ye Yuan had many ways of treating people. Although his realm was not high, using essence energy to help Xu Zihui ease his wounds was still doable.
Before long, Xu Zihui's complexion became a little rosier. Although his wounds were not healed yet, he could still labor to say some words.
The conversation between this grandfather and grandson, although Xu Zihui was unable to stick a word in, he still took it all in.
Honestly speaking, he felt that City Lord was very impressive all along. But he did not think that the City Lord Manor's crisis actually already reached such a state.
It was precisely because of so that he admired Ye Yuan even more.
This boy was so young. Not only was his strength and means extremely formidable, but his visual prowess also greatly surpassed ordinary people. His future accomplishments were boundless!
"Thank . . . Thank you very much, Young Master Ye!"
Xu Zihui forcefully propped himself to stand up and wanted to give a bow to Ye Yuan. But Ye Yuan stopped him and said unhappily, "Disregarding that you got injured because of me, just based on our friendship, is there a need to say a word of thanks?"
Xu Zihui went blank and could not help being overjoyed in his heart.
Hearing Ye Yuan's tone, he took him as a sworn friend for life or death!
Although his realm was much higher than Ye Yuan's, to be able to be recognized by Ye Yuan at this time, he could not contain the joy in his heart.
To be able to become friends with a peerless prodigy like Ye Yuan, others could not accomplish this even if they were envious!
Xu Zihui nodded hard at Ye Yuan to express that he understood.
Seeing this scene, Ren Xingchun's face became even blacker.
This brat was so polite to his own subordinate. But to himself, Ye Yuan had the manner of keeping him a thousand miles away.
Definitely did it intentionally for him to see!
Xu Zihui saw Ren Xingchun's face too and could not help smiling bitterly as he said, "Young Master Ye . . ."
"Brother Zihui don't need to be courteous with me. Directly call my name, or call me younger brother." Ye Yuan interrupted him
Xu Zihui was blank. He nodded and said, "Then I won't be melodramatic. Ye Yuan, I know that I'm an outsider, but can you allow me to say a few words?"
Ye Yuan nodded slowly. The meaning was clearly permitting it.
Xu Zihui was secretly relieved, and he opened his mouth to say, "I never would have dreamed that you're actually City Lord's grandson! I've followed City Lord for many years. His grace to me is as heavy as a mountain! Even if he really killed me, I wouldn't have any complaints either. But seeing you grandfather and grandson wrangling until like this, I really feel very upset!"
Chapter 532. Lowering One's Head |
Talking up to here, Xu Zihui sneaked a glance at Ye Yuan, only seeing that he did not have a displeased look.
Xu Zihui pluck his courage and said, "You are blood-related kin in the end. Even if City Lord has all kinds of faults, the fact that he's your grandfather can't be changed. Since you're all one family, why is there a need to cause a scene to such an extent? Regardless of what he has done, his original intention was for the Ren Family, no?"
But Ren Xingchun was enraged when he heard that, "Xu Zihui, do I need you to poke your nose into other people's business? How can this City Lord's merits and faults be appraised by you?!"
Ren Xingchun thought very highly of Xu Zihui all along. Otherwise, that blow just now, Xu Zihui would have already gone to the western paradise.
But no matter how highly he regarded him, Xu Zihui was also just a subordinate of his.
A subordinate saying his master had 'all kinds of faults' in front of his face, with Ren Xingchun'x temp
erament, how could he preserve face?
Ye Yuan said with Xu Zihui with a smile, "You see, he doesn't care about your kindness!"
But Xu Zihui did not have any embarrassed look and shook his head as he said, "City Lord's temper, I'm aware. This life of mine was given by City Lord. Whether he accepts my grace or not is his problem. But whether I do it or not is mine! Since Ye Yuan you have a good opinion of me and call my Brother Zihui, then even if I die, I'm also not willing to see you grandfather and grandson fall out and become enemies."
Ye Yuan glanced at Xu Zihui and shook his head as he said with a sigh, "Brother Zihui is very loyal. To be able to make friends with Brother Zihui is truly Ye Yuan's fortune!"
Ye Yuan's words were naturally not said for fun. If there weren't Xu Zihui, Ye Hang would probably be long dead at this time already. And the current situation would also definitely not be how it was right now.
If Ye Hang really died, Ye Yuan would surely go into a frenzied state. Even if Ren Xingchun were Ye Yuan's grandfather, he would definitely kill him personally too.
Ye Yuan recognized Ye Hang this father, but it did not mean that he recognized Ren Xingchun this 'grandfather'!
If he really killed Ren Xingchun, Ye Yuan would not have any psychological burden at all.
If not for Xu Zihui this person being so upright, even if he knew Ye Yuan and Ye Hang's relationship, he might not be able to withstand Ren Xingchun's pressure and take a principled action.
Ren Xingchun's prestige all these years in Wu Fang City was still exceedingly terrifying.
This situation currently, although Ye Yuan was extremely displeased, it was still not at the extent of falling out entirely. Especially under the circumstances where he held the initiative.
Ye Yuan slowly came in front of Ren Xingchun and extended his hand to say, "Give it!"
Ren Xingchun was stunned. "Give what?"
"Healing medicinal pills!" Ye Yuan said coolly.
Ren Xingchun looked at Ye Yuan and glanced at Xu Zihui again, his expression flickering continuously.
