The person who arrived was none other than Ye Qing, Ye Yu's older brother.
Someone had gone to inform Ye Qing when the conflict first broke out, but he was ultimately a step too late.
He watched helplessly as his own younger brother's left hand was crippled.
The bone-chilling killing intent made Ye Qing lose all reason.
A long sword appeared in his hand, and he flashed towards Ye Wuchen, a point of sword light aiming for Ye Wuchen's glabella.
However, facing Ye Qing's furious sword strike, Ye Wuchen stood still, not moving at all.
As Ye Qing's long sword got closer and closer to Ye Wuchen, in everyone's eyes, Ye Wuchen still stood motionless.
"Ye Wuchen isn't scared silly, is he?"
"I think he mostly relied on some Medicinal Pill to cripple Ye Yu's Dantian before. Now, he's probably suffering from the backlash of the Medicinal Pill and can't move."
Many Disciples present began to exclaim.
There was disdain, sighs, and schadenfreude.
In their opinion, Ye Qing's sword showed no mercy, and Ye Wuchen would most likely be killed on the spot.
However, just as Ye Qing's long sword was about three inches from Ye Wuchen's glabella,
a figure blocked Ye Wuchen's front, effortlessly grabbing the long sword in Ye Qing's hand.
"In broad daylight, who allowed you to engage in a private duel?"
The one blocking Ye Wuchen at this moment was none other than Ye Cang, the Law Enforcement Elder of the Ye Family.
Ye Cang, the Second Elder of the Ye Family, was known as the Ye Family's Martial Fanatic and was famous for his impartiality.
Ye Cang looked at Ye Wuchen and Ye Qing, and said in a deep voice,
"The Ye Family rules explicitly forbid private duels within the Family. Do you think you can override the Ye Family rules?"
Ye Qing had not actually lost his reason. He had intended to take advantage of the Law Enforcement Elder's absence to kill Ye Wuchen.
It was just a pity that Ye Cang had arrived in time after all.
"Elder, please observe. This matter was initiated by Ye Wuchen, and he even crippled my younger brother's left hand."
Ye Qing bowed to Ye Cang, then walked to the side to help Ye Yu up and fed a Medicinal Pill into Ye Yu's mouth.
Ye Cang looked at Ye Yu, then at Ye Wuchen, his eyes deep, wondering what he was thinking.
"Ye Yu, tell me everything that just happened. If Ye Wuchen truly made a mistake, I will certainly punish him severely," Ye Cang said.
After taking the Medicinal Pill, Ye Yu's condition had improved significantly.
But his left hand still dangled on the ground; if it weren't for the Bone-Mending Pill's treatment, this arm might not be saved.
The Bone-Mending Pill, a third-grade Medicinal Pill, even Ye Qing would likely have to pay a great price to obtain it.
Under Ye Cang's gaze, Ye Yu looked at Ye Wuchen with hateful eyes, then recounted what had just happened.
However, he chose to hide a part of the truth, attributing most of the fault to Ye Wuchen.
Upon hearing that Ye Wuchen had kicked Ye Yu, leaving him utterly defenseless,
Ye Cang's eyes stared directly at Ye Wuchen, as if to see through him.
Noticing Ye Cang observing him, Ye Wuchen met his gaze without fear.
At this moment, a faint guess formed in Ye Cang's mind: Ye Wuchen's cultivation and eyes had very likely recovered.
"Is what Ye Yu said true?"
After Ye Yu finished speaking, Ye Cang's gaze swept over everyone present, seeking to confirm the facts.
Unfortunately, many Disciples present knew that what Ye Yu said was very different from the truth, yet not a single person stood up to speak for Ye Wuchen.
From this, one could see Ye Wuchen's standing in the hearts of these Ye Family Disciples.
Seeing that not a single Disciple present stood up to speak for Ye Wuchen,
Ye Cang turned to look at Ye Gu, who was off to the side, and said faintly, "Elder Ye Gu, is what Ye Qing just said true?"
"Naturally, it's true. Ye Wuchen, relying on his identity as the Young Lord, used his power to oppress others. In broad daylight, he dared to cripple Ye Yu's left hand. I believe Ye Wuchen's Young Lord status should be revoked as a warning to others."
Ye Yu's slander, Ye Gu's corroboration, and the silence of the many Ye Family Disciples made it seem as if Ye Wuchen's guilt was already confirmed.
"Ye Wuchen, do you have anything you want to refute?" Ye Cang looked at Ye Wuchen and asked.
Facing Ye Cang's question, Ye Wuchen looked at the many Disciples around him, feeling a deep sense of desolation in his heart.
"Four years, the once glorious Ye Family has become so corrupt. Among the many Disciples present, there isn't even one with backbone. It's utterly disappointing."
His pale eyes swept over the many Disciples present. All the Disciples who were looked at by Ye Wuchen lowered their heads, not daring to meet his gaze.
How could Ye Cang not see at this moment that these Disciples, one by one, showed expressions of shame and dared not meet Ye Wuchen's gaze, which had already revealed everything.
Ye Wuchen looked at Ye Cang and said in a deep voice, "Elder Ye Cang, if a Family Elder abuses his power for personal gain and embezzles a Disciple's demon core, what crime is that?"
"A Ye Family Elder who abuses his power for personal gain and embezzles a demon core shall have his cultivation crippled and be stripped of his Elder position," Ye Cang responded coldly.
Hearing Ye Cang's reply, Ye Wuchen nodded and continued:
"Then, if a Ye Family Disciple acts insubordinately, using vulgar language in public to insult the Young Lord of the Ye Family, and then, when questioned by the Law Enforcement Elder, conceals the facts and slanders the Young Lord, what crime is that?"
"Insubordination, thirty strokes with a rod; slandering the Young Lord and concealing facts, his cultivation shall be crippled and he shall be expelled from the Ye Family," Ye Cang replied.
"Elder Ye Cang, then you must look carefully, so some people don't run away."
As his voice fell, a strangely shaped stone appeared in Ye Wuchen's hand, entering everyone's sight.
And upon seeing this stone, everyone present trembled with shock.
"Sound-Recording Stone!"
A Sound-Recording Stone, as the name suggests, is a stone that can store sound.
Its use is limited, but it is very precious. Each Sound-Recording Stone can only store one passage of speech, and besides that, it has no other function.
Ye Gu and Ye Yu had not expected that Ye Wuchen would actually have a Sound-Recording Stone in his hand, and that he would use it here.
Ye Wuchen fiddled with the stone in his hand and said with a frosty expression:
"Elder Ye Cang, once you listen to the words within this Sound-Recording Stone, you will know everything that happened here."
Seeing the Sound-Recording Stone in Ye Wuchen's hand, Ye Gu was truly afraid.
He was the Elder responsible for managing the Ye Family's treasury.
The most taboo thing was abusing power for personal gain. If he had only bullied Ye Wuchen, at most he would just receive some punishment.
But in these past few years, he had gained a lot of illicit benefits from the Ye Family's treasury. If this were truly investigated, he would be finished.
"Elder Ye Cang, you listen to it yourself." Ye Wuchen tossed the Sound-Recording Stone into Ye Cang's hand.
Ye Cang heard this, activated the spiritual Qi in his hand, and injected it into the Sound-Recording Stone.
Only the person who injects spiritual Qi can hear the sound within the Sound-Recording Stone.
Therefore, everyone present could only watch as Ye Cang's expression gradually became very unsightly.
In the end, Ye Cang's face was so gloomy it seemed water could drip from it.
Returning the Sound-Recording Stone to Ye Wuchen, Ye Cang's hawk-like eyes looked at Ye Gu and the others, and he said coldly:
"Do you have anything else you want to explain?"
Ye Cang had once been the Vice Commander of the Ye Family's Old Master, Ye Qingtian.
That aura of sternness fell upon everyone present, causing a cold sweat to appear on each person's forehead.