So this was all about Chu Lanwei?
I, Young Master Ye, couldn’t get a grip?
Ha-ha!
If this old thing hadn’t shown up just now, Ye Fan would have already taken action!
Whether you can get a grip or not, you’ve got to try to find out, right?
Besides, if one hand can’t get a grip, surely two hands can, right?
“Hmph! In all my life, since when did I, Ye Fan, need your guidance?” Ye Fan stared coldly at the gray-robed elder, “Leave this place immediately, and compensate for the damage caused to the Xia Family!”
Ye Fan didn’t indulge the elder at all!
Ye Fan had feigned ignorance and shown restraint for a long time only to find the true culprit behind the Ye Family’s plight.
Now that he had traced it to Tang Zheng and Zhang Heng, it was no longer possible for the big shots behind the scenes to extricate themselves.
There was no need for Ye Fan to continue pretending… Especially since Ye Fan had now achieved the strength of a Seventh Rank Martial Emperor.
Ye Fan had already ascertained just now that this old man, though indeed a strong Martial Emperor Level fighter, had at most the strength of a Martial Emperor Third Grade, which did not frighten Ye Fan!
“Ha-ha! It’s not wrong for a young man to be arrogant, but if you’re arrogant in the wrong place, that’s not good!” the elder said calmly, looking at Ye Fan, “Young Master Ye, I truly sympathize with what happened to the Ye Family… But since Young Master Ye was fortunate enough to survive, you should live well with your tail between your legs and give up on other ideas! Otherwise, if something happens to Young Master Ye, then the Ye Family will truly be without a successor!”
A threat!
Sarcasm!
This old man was deliberately poking at Ye Fan’s sore spots!
The Ye Family was almost wiped out, and even now, though there were clues to the real behind-the-scenes culprit, in reality, Ye Fan was only dealing with some minions and had not yet reached the true villain behind it all.
This was a source of immense frustration for Ye Fan!
“Old thing… your mouth really stinks!”
While scolding, Ye Fan used Teleportation, his body swiftly flashing in front of the gray-robed elder, and without any hesitation, he slapped the elder’s face hard.
Snap!
A crisp and muffled sound echoed at the entrance of the courtyard, and the elder’s body even turned twice in the direction of the slap.
“You little beast, you actually…”
The gray robe was raging furiously, Qi Force exploding, his entire outfit bulging with the force contained within.
However, while the elder was furious, he was even more shocked.
How could Ye Fan be so fast?
According to the latest intelligence, results showed that Ye Fan had reached the Peak of Martial Venerable and might very likely have attained Martial Emperor Level strength, but even if it was Martial Emperor-Level, it was just the threshold of that level.
But now, the reality seemed entirely different, didn’t it?
The elder himself had the strength of a Martial Emperor Third Grade and had not even clearly seen how Ye Fan made his move!
This Ye Fan, it seems, was not so easy to provoke!
The happenings in Cloud City, and Flower Capital of late, were only speculated by outsiders to be Ye Fan’s doing, but now it seemed that these were indeed Ye Fan’s handiwork.
“You dare to strike me? Do you know who I am?” The gray-robed elder was furious but, sensing the Martial Arts Qi surging around Ye Fan, he dared not act rashly, “I am a member of the Great Xia Royal Family Elder Council, representing the royal family. How dare you strike me, putting the dignity of the royal family aside?”
“Now, kneel immediately and apologize to me, and I can pretend this never happened!”
The gray-robed elder’s facial muscles twitched twice!
A member of the illustrious Great Xia Royal Family Elder Council, actually slapped by a young upstart—the pain on his face was nothing, but the issue was the public humiliation!
This was a resounding face-slap!
“Kneel? Hmph! You think a dumbass like you is worth Young Master Ye’s knees?” Ye Fan stared coldly at the grey-robed old man, his mind racing with analysis based on the intelligence his subordinates had provided.
The old man in front of him was indeed the eighth elder from the Great Xia Royal Family Elder Council, responsible for the safety of the royal family members.
His identity was indeed correct!
But whether he represented the royal family was doubtful!
After the Ye Family suffered such a devastating annihilation, the Great Xia Royal Family didn’t give a damn and acted as if nothing had happened; they seemed content to watch from the sidelines. Now that the Ye Family and their arch-enemies had fought to this point, could the royal family be so foolish as to send someone to deal with the Ye Family at this time?
Obviously not!
But since the eighth elder had come, it could only mean one thing: he must have conspired with someone else!
“Ye Fan, you’d better think clearly about the consequences! Hmph! Opposing the royal family… you know what kind of end awaits… If you don’t kneel today, don’t blame this old man for being rude… Later, the royal family will certainly issue a nationwide order to hunt you down…”
The Qi Force in the grey-robed old man surged, ready to take action any moment.
Meanwhile, inside the courtyard, from the bedroom window on the second floor, Chu Lanwei and a maid watched the situation outside with grave expressions.
“Hmph! These old fools, actually tracking down This Princess Consort all the way to the Flower Capital, totally detestable!” A fierce look flashed in Chu Lanwei’s eyes, “They must pay the price!”
“Princess Consort, should we intervene? Elder Han is after all a Martial Emperor level master, and Ye Fan may struggle to deal with him!” The maid by her side looked worriedly at Ye Fan. “After all, to achieve our goal, we must have the Ye Family’s support!”
Chu Lanwei smiled faintly, “Struggle? Hmph! You underestimate Ye Fan… If he were to struggle with a single elder, I fear he would have died countless times already! Just wait and see, we’ll step in only if it’s really necessary!” Read exclusive content at empire
Chu Lanwei watched Ye Fan with a devilish smirk on her lips.
During her close contact with Ye Fan earlier, Chu Lanwei had clearly felt the warm flow emanating from his body.
Could it be that all she needed was close contact to receive this infinite warm flow and enhance her own strength?
Was this really the secret of Ye Fan, a monstrous prodigy?
Chu Lanwei started to understand why the seven sisters-in-law of the Ye Family, even in such a hopeless situation, still announced they would marry Ye Fan.
As long as this treasure that was Ye Fan existed, the Ye Family could never be extinguished… and besides, the current Ye Fan was no longer the naive fool he had been five years ago.
The arch-enemies of the Ye Family were probably going to die miserably!
The man that Chu Lanwei, the one I set my sights on, is surely a proud son of heaven.
The Number One Bed in the World, even getting a glimpse isn’t for everyone, let alone having any designs on it!
…
At the entrance of the courtyard, the powerful Qi Forces of two Martial Emperor level powerhouses clashed against each other, making the air suffocating!
“Is that so? A nationwide hunt… I’m… so scared…” Ye Fan said with a mocking smile, feigning fear, and addressed the grey-robed old man, “Then please enlighten me, elder, what should I do to avoid such a disaster?”
The royal family wasn’t made up of fools; they would definitely not hunt down Ye Fan!
Now that Ye Fan was the leader of the Xuanwu and Tianlong domains, commanding a million-strong army, how suicidal would the royal family have to be to hunt him down?
But what Ye Fan wondered was who exactly was behind this grey-robed old man, hence he played along with the old man’s act!
“Hehe! So you do know fear, huh? To avoid all this is simple: first, refuse to heal Princess Consort Chu Lanwei; second, kneel before me and apologize; and third, hand over the fragment of the map you possess… Fulfill these three conditions, and I can guarantee your life will be worry-free…”
Huh?
The first two demands were within Ye Fan’s expectations, but upon hearing the third, his brow began to furrow!
Still coveting the Heavenly Palace Map Fragment that I possess?
Hehe!
Such greed…