Danwu God Emperor

"A promise from twenty years ago?" The clansmen looked around, wondering what the patriarch was talking about. The scene fell silent for a moment, but the atmosphere remained tense as always.

Upon hearing this, Ye He looked terrified and suddenly turned to look at Ye Shan.

Ye Chongzhong stopped abruptly, turned around, his eyes slightly narrowed, like a sleeping lion, whose sudden burst of power was anyone's guess.

After a long while, Ye Chongzhong let out a deep sigh and suddenly opened his eyes.

This also relieved the clansmen. The elder's expression just now was obviously extremely angry, but fortunately he suppressed it. Otherwise, no one dared to imagine what the scene would have been like next.

"Ye Shan, show mercy when you can!"

"Hmph, the wicked one who murdered his clansmen deserves to be punished by everyone!" Ye Shan stepped forward and said again, "As long as the elder goes back now and stops protecting Ye Lou, I will never mention the matter from twenty years ago again. You will still be the elder who guards the Martial Arts Pavilion of the Ye family, and I will still be the head of the family. However, Ye Lou must pay with his life today!"

Ye Shan's gaze was deep, and his tone was quite heavy. He took a small step forward, which already showed his attitude today: So what if you are an elder? I'm going to take Ye Lou's life!

The entire clansmen were so shocked that their jaws dropped to the ground, their mouths agape. There were just too many unusual occurrences today that had repeatedly shocked them, and the elders were openly protecting Ye Lou.

The patriarch, who is usually calm and collected and doesn't show off his abilities, changed his usual behavior today, taking a tough stance and daring to confront the elder.

"What incredible luck did Ye Lou have to get Elder Chongzhong's protection?"

"It seems that neither of the two family heads intends to back down."

"Hey, do you guys know what the promise from twenty years ago was?"

The clansmen talked amongst themselves, shaking their heads, none of them knowing what the promise from twenty years ago actually referred to.

The air was filled with a crimson scent, and the oppressive atmosphere made everyone tense. Even Ye Lou looked at Ye Chongzhong and Ye Shan in surprise.

Could it be that Elder Chongzhong had some kind of leverage over Ye Shan twenty years ago, which is why he dared to be so arrogant!

Looking at Ye Yifei lying on the ground with his eyes wide open in death, Ye He was already so angry that his eyes were bloodshot and his veins were bulging. In all his years in the Ye family, he had never suffered such humiliation. The enemy who killed his son was right in front of him, yet he couldn't bring himself to do it.

With each glance, the anger in my heart grew a little more, until it finally reached my core.

"Ye Chongzhong, do you dare to break your promise from twenty years ago?" Ye He suddenly jumped up, pointing angrily at Ye Chongzhong. "What did you promise twenty years ago? What punishment will you receive for breaking your promise? You know it in your heart!"

All eyes turned to Ye Chongzhong, eager to know what had happened twenty years ago.

But the elder stood with his hands behind his back, expressionless, staring at the two heads of the family, his silence sending a chill down one's spine.

"Ye Haotian, you participated in the pursuit of Ye Cheng'an twenty years ago! Otherwise, tell everyone what our impartial Elder Ye Chongzhong did!"

Ye Chengan!

Isn't that the previous head of the Ye family?

The Ye family members gasped and turned to look at Ye He, who had spoken those words. As far as they knew, the previous head of the Ye family had suddenly disappeared twenty years ago without a trace.

The entire Ye family was in chaos during that period. The two elders who had been training outside for many years returned, and then the Ye family's entire business came to a standstill. Ye Haotian was supported to become the head of the family, and Elder Ye Chongzhong went to guard the Martial Arts Pavilion at that time.

What does today's event have to do with Ye Cheng'an?

Seeing Ye Haotian remain silent, Ye He became even more arrogant. He walked to the center of the crowd and looked at Ye Chongzhong, who was standing close by, and couldn't help but let out a cold laugh.

"Since everyone wants to know, I will tell you what happened twenty years ago. Do you remember the series of baby disappearances in Wushan Town twenty years ago?"

Ye He paused deliberately, looking at Ye Chongzhong as if he were smug about something.

The clansmen still feel a chill when they recall that twenty years ago, many babies in Wushan Town mysteriously disappeared, and the townspeople were terrified all night. They had no choice but to beg the three major families to help, but in the end, nothing came of it.

"The one who harmed those infants back then was our previous patriarch, Ye Cheng'an. In order to cultivate demonic arts, he used the blood of infants to consecrate his sword. The first person to discover this was Elder Ye Chongzhong, who treated Ye Cheng'an like his own son."

The entire Ye family was in an uproar, and Ye Lou was also shocked.

Seeing Ye Chongzhong remain silent, Ye He became more and more excited and unrestrained as he spoke.

"At that time, the three elders decided that Elder Chongzhong would lead my brother and me, along with Ye Haotian, to capture Ye Cheng'an. Given Ye Cheng'an's strength at the time, capturing him would not have been a problem. However, our Elder Chongzhong couldn't bear to kill him, so he released him after severely injuring him."

What?! They released him?! They actually released that heinous criminal!

The Ye family members all stared wide-eyed. No wonder the Ye family's higher-ups wanted to cover up this secret. If Wushan Town found out that the Ye family had produced such a villain, it would be a fatal blow to the Ye family's reputation.

Ye Chongzhong slowly opened his eyes, his heart as still as water. Twenty years ago, he thought Ye Cheng'an would turn over a new leaf, which led him to make a grave mistake.

He admitted his mistakes from back then, but he did not back down in the slightest.

Ye He said smugly, "Elder Chongzhong promised back then that he would protect the Ye family's martial arts pavilion for the rest of his life and never interfere in the Ye family's affairs again, or else he would cripple his cultivation!"