Danwu God Emperor

Ye Lou made the first move. Without Ye Shan as a threat, what did Ye He, who was at the fourth level of the Spirit Guiding Realm, have to fear? His figure moved like a phantom, and spiritual energy surged out like a wave. He used the Four Harmony Seal as soon as he made a move.

"First move, Heaven-Turning Seal, kill!"

Mid-grade Xuan-level martial skill!

Ye He's eyes widened in horror. He had underestimated Ye Lou. He thought that the Southern Nose Palm was his ultimate move, but unexpectedly, Ye Lou suddenly produced a mid-grade Xuan-level martial art. It was just that he had been cultivating day and night and hadn't paid attention to the rewards for recruiting students at Tianyi.

"Invincible Slash! Break!"

Although shocked, Ye He did not lose his mind. He immediately took out an axe from his Qiankun bag, a low-grade magic weapon. He instantly gathered his spiritual energy in his hand and slashed forward fiercely, creating a crack in the ground.

boom!

A loud bang echoed through the void, filling the air with smoke. Ye Lou stood still, staring ahead, while Ye He was thrown to the ground by the violent energy, sliding until he slammed his axe into the ground before finally stopping.

He was already covered in sweat as he stared at Ye Lou.

Mountain-Crushing Axe Technique is already his strongest martial skill, and it is also a low-grade Xuan-rank martial skill. He secretly used his family's money to buy it on the market, but he always presented it to the outside world as the high-grade Huang-rank martial skill, Sky-Piercing Claw.

He thought he could match Ye Lou's Nanbi Dao Palm with it, but he didn't expect the other party to use a mid-grade Xuan-level martial skill. The first move required him to unleash the strongest move of the Mountain-Crushing Axe Technique in order to stabilize his body.

"Where did you learn this martial art? This is not the Ye family's martial art!" Ye He was still furious and unwilling to accept it, so he questioned Ye Lou.

Ye Lou smiled coldly. "What's it to you? You've delivered yourself to my doorstep today, so let's settle our grudges together today!"

"Second move, Earth-Covering Seal!"

With one hand turning the sky upside down and the other covering the earth, the first and second moves were originally one move with two seals, attacking the enemy from the air and the ground, leaving the enemy with no way to escape. Ye Lou split them up and used them separately, which seemed to allow for more stable control.

The ground suddenly shook violently. Ye He saw the road beneath his feet bumping and immediately used his movement technique, tiptoeing into the air and flying towards the nearby jungle.

"Trying to run away! Come back here!"

Ye Lou used his other hand to unleash the Heaven-Turning Seal, blocking Ye He's path. Ye He had no choice but to retreat again, but as soon as he retreated, the palm print struck his body directly, causing him to spit out a mouthful of blood into the air, crash into a nearby tree, and slide down.

Ye He stood up, supported by a large tree. Several bones in his arms were broken, and his dantian was churning violently. The hand seal was too powerful. Looking at the expressionless Ye Lou, he suddenly smelled the scent of death.

This time, he cultivated with all his might and made thorough preparations. But when he finally faced Ye Lou, he realized that the other party no longer took him seriously. Now he suddenly regretted his actions.

If we had treated Ye Lou a little better in the past, and hadn't targeted Ye Haotian and his son, we might be able to rise through the ranks now by relying on him, at least we'd be better off than we are now.

But it was all too late!

Ye He had always believed that after Ye Yifei's death, he had long since disregarded life and death. However, when death truly came before him, he was afraid. He realized that he did not want to die; it was all because he was consumed by hatred.

Ye Lou slowly approached, gazing at the other man, his heart moved. Even the most hateful person has a pitiable side, but no matter how pitiful he was, it could not shake Ye Lou's determination to kill him today.

“Did you ever think this day would come? When my father begged you, you refused to give him a spot. You could have just refused, but you had to humiliate him. That’s the worst thing you could have done.”

Ye Lou said no more, raised his palm, and slammed it towards Ye He's crown.

"Don't kill me, I know about your mother." At the last moment, Ye He was afraid. His heart told him that he didn't want to die, he still wanted to pursue the pinnacle of martial arts.

These words did indeed make Ye Lou stop what he was doing. He had no memory of his mother. The only thing he knew was that the Great Evolution Ten Thousand Demons Scripture was left to him by his mother. Every time he asked about his father, he would not say a word. Over time, he stopped asking. But that didn’t mean he didn’t want to know.

"My mother? What do you know? Tell me or I'll kill you!" Ye Lou glared at him, grabbing his head and threatening him.

Ye He suddenly straightened up, feeling more confident. Having just been pulled back from the brink of death, he deeply appreciated how difficult it had been, and his will to survive drove him to be fearless.

"If you promise to let me go, I'll tell you; otherwise, I'd rather die than tell you!"

Ye Lou sneered. "Then I'll go find the truth myself."

Ye He was terrified. He hadn't expected Ye Lou to be so resolute. He thought it was a life-saving charm, but Ye Lou didn't take it seriously at all. As Ye Lou's palm struck his face, Ye He was so frightened that the blood vessels in his pupils suddenly enlarged and became visible to the naked eye.

"and many more!"

Ye He shouted, "Ye Lou, stop!"

"Give me ten breaths to escape!"

Ye Lou fell silent!

"Five breaths!" Ye He swallowed hard. Five breaths was his last line of defense; he couldn't back down any further. Moreover, whether he could even escape within those five breaths was another question.

"Alright! I'll give you five breaths. If you can run, consider yourself lucky. If you can't, then it's fate. Now you can speak."

Fearing that Ye Lou would disagree, Ye He immediately stood up, a glimmer of hope igniting in his heart.

"When your father was young, he traveled around in pursuit of the pinnacle of martial arts. When he returned, he held you, who was just an infant at the time, and he was devastated for several years. Later, he went on another long trip and when he returned, his dantian was destroyed, and he became a cripple."

“I have never met your mother, but she seems to be from some powerful force in the capital. I only know that your father called her Nianxin.”

"What else?" Ye Lou became more and more excited as he listened, shaking Ye He's arms vigorously. This was the first time in so many years that he had learned about her mother's deeds, and he almost lost control of his behavior.

"I don't know anything else."

The father's transformation into a disabled person must be related to the mother; upon careful consideration, it's not hard to figure out the connection.

"Can I go now?" Ye He woke Ye Lou and asked.

"Five breaths, let's go!"

Without hesitation, Ye He pushed his movement technique to its limit and fled into the distance like an arrow released from a bow. He didn't dare to look back at Ye Lou's actions until he could no longer sense Ye Lou's presence, at which point he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

These five breaths can be described as a race against time, a matter of life and death.

Snap! Snap! Snap! Snap!

Ye He had just stopped when a loud bang came from his back. Streams of spiritual energy pierced through his body, and blood flowed out like a trickle of water. His life was slowly slipping away, and he turned his head back unwillingly.

Why? There's no sign of anyone, and no spiritual energy fluctuations. Why is that?

Ye He died without ever knowing why Ye Lou was able to kill him from such a distance, before collapsing into a pool of blood.

Ye Lou stood still, his face calm as he raised his palms. He had not broken his promise, and he had even made his move five breaths later. The speed of the Golden Light Dao Seal was so fast that even the void could not sense it, so how could it be compared to human speed?

Ye Lou had anticipated this outcome, which was why he agreed to give him five breaths to escape. He moved slowly forward, passing by Ye He's corpse without even glancing at it, and headed straight home.

On the way back, it was already evening. There was no one on the streets, and most of the rooms on both sides were dark and occupied with bedtime.

Suddenly, a shadow flashed past in the dim light, moving so fast that even Ye Lou couldn't tell if it was a man or a woman. Ye Lou looked up in horror and searched around, but couldn't find the shadow anywhere.

Such speed! His strength must be superior to mine!

There weren't many people in Wushan Town above him, so it was definitely unusual for them to be out so late. However, given the current situation, Ye Lou didn't want to cause any more trouble, so he quickened his pace and rushed back to the Ye family. Once back in his room, he stopped thinking about the strange events from earlier, turned off the lights, and went to bed.

The next day, as dawn broke, the outside was already bustling with noise. The Ye family members were running around frantically, completely overwhelmed. Ye Lou pushed open his door and saw Zhou Xi about to knock on it.

"Master, something happened!"

Ye Lou sized up the other party. The Ye family's crisis was already the worst that could happen. What could be worse?

"Oh dear, young master, come with me quickly! The patriarch and the elders are having a meeting in the conference hall right now."

Zhou Xi said no more and beckoned Ye Lou to hurry toward the conference hall. He looked back anxiously, and Ye Lou did not dare to be careless. He quickened his pace and followed. Pushing open the door, the elders in the conference hall had been waiting for a long time.

"Father, what happened?" Ye Lou saw all the elders sitting solemnly in their seats and guessed that something must be serious.

Ye Haotian frowned and said, "Twenty-eight babies went missing from town last night!"

Ye Lou suddenly trembled, turned his head sharply to look at the elders, and only realized what was happening after they silently agreed.

"No need to think, it must have been Ye Cheng'an who did it," Ye Baxi said angrily.

Recalling the fleeting figure from yesterday, it turned out to be Ye Cheng'an. If that's the case, things have gotten out of hand. Right now is a tense period for the three major families, and they shouldn't have had time to deal with the baby theft.

However, the Ye family members dared not ignore it, because it was the work of their former patriarch, Ye Cheng'an. If the townspeople discovered it, the Ye family's reputation would plummet, and even if they had the best pills, probably no one would buy them anymore.

Without financial support, the Ye family will gradually decline even before the Wu and Dong families intervene.

Everyone in the Ye family realized this was a terrible thing, so they gathered together for an emergency meeting. However, Ye Cheng'an was elusive and they had no idea where he was going, so they were all at a loss.

"Lou'er, do you have any ideas?" Ye Haotian asked.

Ye Lou pondered for a while. There was definitely no way to kill Ye Cheng'an. Elder Chongzhong should rest and recuperate. Ye Cheng'an's strength was at the fifth level of the Spirit Induction Realm. Ye Lou could fight him, but he had no chance of winning. Against the fourth level of the Spirit Induction Realm, they would be evenly matched.

Moreover, Ye Cheng'an was accompanied by Ye Shan.

"Uncles, don't panic. With Ye Cheng'an's strength, he can't be captured so easily. I'll kill Ye Leng, and he'll definitely come to us. We can bring some townspeople with babies to the family and take them away at dawn. No matter how bold Ye Cheng'an is, he won't dare to kidnap babies from our Ye family."

Ye Haotian's eyes lit up, and he laughed heartily, "That's a good idea, let's get it done right away!"