Chapter 172: Ye Qingyin's Shock
After Bai Yu arrived at the Ye family, he asked the doorman to inform Ye Lingling, while he waited at the entrance.
Unlike Dugu Bo’s place, there were more people in the Ye family here, and it would not be good if he just ran inside.
“Bai Yu, why did you come here to find me? Is something wrong?”
Bai Yu had only waited for a short while when Ye Lingling came running and appeared before him.
“Heh heh, can’t I come to find you if there’s nothing wrong? That’s truly heartbreaking. I thought you would miss me, but it seems I was overthinking it.”
Bai Yu chuckled, raised his hand to cover his heart, and said in a teasing tone.
Ye Lingling gave him an annoyed look, pulled his arm, and walked towards the courtyard, chattering incessantly as they went.
“Always playing tricks. Don’t you know whether I miss you or not? Let’s go, my mother knows you’re here too and is waiting for you inside.”
“But my grandfather isn’t here to greet you. Ever since his Spirit problem was resolved, he ran back to the clan territory and hasn’t come out since.”
“Hehe, I heard from my mother that the family Elders have been nagging him to remarry. Grandfather had no choice but to hide back in the clan territory, but unfortunately, it wasn’t much use, because the Elders followed him back too!”
Bai Yu’s mouth twitched slightly. He didn’t need to think to know that Ye Qingyin must have instigated this, and she would definitely gloat afterwards.
As for Ye Lingling, well… she takes after her mother. Although she wouldn’t gloat, it would be difficult to get her to speak up for him.
“Xiao Yu, long time no see. You came to see Lingling, right? I knew it, you two were bound to end up together sooner or later.”
When Ye Qingyin saw Bai Yu, her eyes lit up, and she immediately came over to greet him.
“Quick, tell Auntie, when did you two get together? This girl Lingling doesn’t tell me anything, I’ve raised her for nothing!”
Bai Yu grinned. He was still a bit overwhelmed by Ye Qingyin’s personality, mainly because she always gave him a feeling of being overly familiar.
“Ahem, Lingling and I only confirmed our relationship a month ago. Didn’t Lingling tell you?”
Hearing Bai Yu’s words, Ye Qingyin’s expression changed, and she said with a somewhat resentful look:
“Tell me what? This girl’s wings have hardened, she has a man now, and she doesn’t listen to me anymore.”
“Before, I saw her spirit power suddenly surge, and she even started cultivating some strange things. At that time, I asked her about it.”
“But this stubborn girl was very tight-lipped, she wouldn’t say anything. She’d run away whenever I asked. I already guessed it was you, so what was there to hide?”
“After all, only you have the means to allow Lingling to cross five or six levels at once and become a Spirit Ancestor without affecting her foundation.”
Ye Qingyin complained to Bai Yu, and Bai Yu could only listen with a wry smile. He had some guesses as to why Ye Lingling didn’t say anything.
It was probably because the process of them confirming their relationship that day was a bit awkward, and Ye Lingling really couldn't bring herself to talk about it.
After all, once Ye Lingling admitted it, with Ye Qingyin’s personality, she would definitely press for details, and Ye Lingling would probably never talk about that process in her entire life.
Then, just as Bai Yu was about to speak, he was interrupted by Ye Lingling from the side. She was really afraid that Bai Yu might accidentally blurt out the awkward scene from that day.
“Oh, since you’ve already guessed, why do you keep asking? Aren’t you annoying?”
“By the way, didn’t you have something you wanted to ask Bai Yu earlier? Now that he’s here, just ask him. Don’t talk about my business anymore!”
Ye Qingyin glanced at Ye Lingling and snorted softly. She knew there was definitely something fishy about this, otherwise, this girl wouldn't be so resistant.
But she decided not to ask for now, otherwise, if her daughter got upset, she would be very difficult to coax.
“Mm, I do have some questions. Xiao Yu, didn’t you tell me to follow the arrangements from Spirit City?”
“Because Ye Shan and I are too conspicuous to go personally, we could only send someone to Spirit City to see what arrangements the Pope had.”
“But the reply from Spirit City surprised me greatly.”
“Because the message brought back by the person sent was actually for my Ye family to align with the Heaven Dou Crown Prince, Xue Qinghe. This was truly too unexpected.”
“Xiao Yu, can you tell Auntie what your Spirit Hall’s plans are exactly? What is the relationship between Crown Prince Xue Qinghe and Spirit Hall?”
Bai Yu scratched the corner of his mouth, a smile flashing in his eyes. Actually, when the Ye family sent someone to Spirit City, he happened to be there, so this order was actually given by him.
Since they had already decided to unify the Heaven Dou Empire, it would be better to have the Ye family and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School directly support Qian Renxue.
This would not only save a step but also make those who didn't understand the inside story believe that the Crown Prince was exceptionally capable and could win over forces for the Empire, thereby giving Qian Renxue greater say.
“Heh heh, the two great Empires on the continent have been fighting for years, resulting in countless deaths and injuries. Spirit Hall wants to see what kind of outcome there would be if the continent were unified.”
“So we found a partner, which is Xue Qinghe. After he ascends the throne, Spirit Hall will support him from behind to let Heaven Dou unify the continent.”
“How about it, Auntie Ye, do you know now why Spirit Hall would want the Ye family to align with Xue Qinghe?”
After Bai Yu finished speaking, Ye Qingyin’s expression was one of disbelief.
Because as she thought, Spirit Hall had been making continuous moves over the years, appearing as if they wanted to cause trouble. By all accounts, they should have been planning to unify the continent themselves.
And this was also the consensus of all forces on the continent, especially in recent years, even the scale of wars between the two great Empires had significantly reduced, precisely to preserve strength to deal with Spirit Hall.
Unexpectedly, Spirit Hall did not intend to enter the fray themselves but instead planned to achieve continental unification by supporting one faction.
In that case, wouldn't all their families and Sects become clowns?
“Ha, so that’s how it is, I thought… By the way, since Spirit Hall plans to support one faction, why is it the Heaven Dou Empire?”
“In terms of the war potential of the two great Empires, Star Luo seems to have the advantage, doesn’t it? So why not choose to support the Star Luo Empire?”
Hearing Ye Qingyin’s question, Bai Yu sighed and said helplessly:
“Indeed, Star Luo’s strength is somewhat greater than Heaven Dou’s, but they are simply too restless. Their cold-blooded heir training system makes the entire Star Luo seem a bit volatile.”
“Spirit Hall supports continental unification to stabilize the continent. If Star Luo were to take the helm, with the temperament of the Dai family, there would likely be more incidents.”
“So, relatively speaking, the Xue family of the Heaven Dou imperial family is better; at least they have a bit more human touch.”
Ye Qingyin nodded slowly, her expression thoughtful. What Bai Yu said did make some sense. The Star Luo imperial family was cold-blooded, ruthless, and highly aggressive.
If they were to unify the continent, it would indeed be prone to incidents.