Clan Cultivation: The Ye Clan

The moment the veil was lifted, Chief Zheng had a bad feeling.

When I saw it was Li Jie, my heart skipped a beat. This Li Jie has really messed things up!

He gave his men a look, signaling them to hurry and go see what was going on!

But now, the person hasn't returned yet, but Ye Anbo has.

This is trouble.

Isn't this just a case of whatever Ye Anbo says going along with it?

How to do?

Let's just deal with this for now!

Clan Chief Zheng quickly adjusted his expression and smiled at Ye Anbo, saying, "What are you saying, Junior Nephew Ye? Although we invited Li Jie, I really didn't expect him to do this."

"The situation is still unknown. I've already sent people to chase after them. Or, should we wait until we catch up with them and then question them properly?"

Upon hearing this, Ye Anbo felt a pang of anxiety. He hadn't seen anyone following him when he returned, so it seemed he would need to speak to his second uncle later and have the person dealt with.

Little did they know that, without Ye Anbo saying anything, Ye Shiqing had already stopped the person who was following them as soon as he noticed they were following.

We can't let them catch up, or we'll be in trouble.

Ye Anbo persisted, “What you’re saying, Clan Chief Zheng, is ridiculous. The day before yesterday, it was Fellow Daoist Li Jie who was in charge of the formation competition. After the competition, Fellow Daoist Li Jie said that he had lost something. Afterwards, it was Clan Chief Zheng who brought him to our Ye family’s courtyard to investigate.”

"Afterwards, I had another physical examination, and they checked me again, but it was still unsuccessful."

"This time, they've gone too far, directly kidnapping someone. They're really causing trouble for the Ye family time and time again. Are they deliberately trying to provoke a family feud?"

Upon hearing this, Ye Shibai's expression turned serious. "No wonder! The Zheng family disciples were so ruthless during the competition, causing the other families' disciples to be either killed or injured. This scheme is truly vicious!"

"Since that's the case, my Ye family still needs to go and retrieve our own child, so I'll have to decline."

After saying that, Ye Shibai cupped his hands in greeting and left.

Ye Anbo glared angrily at Clan Chief Zheng before leaving.

Upon hearing this, the other Ye family disciples all left together.

Seeing this, Clan Chief Zheng quickly tried to persuade him to stay, "Brother Bai, don't worry, I'll send people to investigate immediately and give your Ye family an explanation..."

The sound reached Ye Shibai's ears from afar, but he ignored it and left with his disciples.

Upon seeing this, the Zhou and Qi family patriarchs exchanged a glance, said nothing, and left with their disciples.

The Zheng family patriarch tried repeatedly to persuade them to stay, but to no avail.

The Wang and Zhao families were dependent on the Zheng family, so they couldn't leave even if they wanted to.

The two exchanged a glance, each harboring their own secret thoughts.

Unable to contain his anger, the Zheng family patriarch returned to his study.

He swept everything off the table and angrily asked his subordinate, "What happened? Why would Li Jie do such a thing?"

The subordinate answered tremblingly, "Uh, we really don't know. Ever since Master Yang failed to find the treasure mirror from the Ye family's young lady that day, Fellow Daoist Li has been acting alone and hasn't communicated with us. We really don't know why he's so desperate."

After his subordinate finished speaking, he clearly felt the temperature in the room drop even further.

Upon hearing this, Chief Zheng became even angrier and ordered his subordinates, "Investigate where Li Jie has been these past few days and what he has been doing!"

"Yes." Upon hearing this, the subordinate fled the study as if escaping.

Chief Zheng slammed his hand on the table, which shattered with a crash. "Truly, they're more trouble than they're worth."

On the other side, Ye Shibai led the Ye family disciples back to Mianyu Pavilion. After letting the other disciples go back to rest, he called Ye Anbo into the room.

"Tell me, what exactly is going on?"

“Um,” Ye Anbo thought for a moment and then explained to Ye Shibai in detail how Ye Zhenzhen had arranged for someone to kidnap her.

Ye Shibai was completely bewildered, "Why did Zhen'er do this?"

Ye Anbo hesitated before saying, "I guess they want to eliminate any future troubles."

"To deal with Li Jie?"

"That's probably it. Li Jie has been searching for someone who can get the Treasure Mirror, but after so long he hasn't found anything. He might be going to take extreme measures."

"Zhen'er did this probably to avoid implicating innocent people, and also to prevent Li Jie from causing trouble for the family."

“That makes sense. Although we don’t know what deal Li Jie has with the City Lord’s Mansion, it seems that the City Lord’s Mansion is probably helping. At least on the surface, the City Lord’s Mansion is in the wrong, which is also beneficial to the family.”

Hearing Ye Shibai's words, Ye Anbo nodded and continued, "Not only that, I received news that before this competition, the Zheng family had recalled all their disciples. Moreover, after Zhen'er defeated Zheng Zhichun, no one from the Zheng family entered the top 6. It seems that there are unusual movements among the Zheng family's disciples. Several Foundation Establishment stage disciples have been transferred to various exit positions."

Ye Shibai's eyes narrowed as he looked at Ye Anbo. "Are you saying that the Zheng family is planning to wipe out the other three families in one fell swoop?"

"It's very likely. Even if it isn't, they probably just want to ruin all the promising talents from our families."

Ye Shibai slammed his fist on the armrest of the chair, shattering it. "Damn it, utterly despicable! Such behavior is truly shameless and despicable."

Ye Anbo smiled slightly, "So Zhen'er's move was a lucky accident. I was just thinking about what excuse to use to leave, isn't this really a good thing!"

"Moreover, from what I observed, after we left, the Zhou family patriarch and the Qi family patriarch also left with their disciples. The Zheng family's dream of swallowing up the three of us in one fell swoop has been shattered!"

Hearing this, Ye Shibai's mood eased slightly. "What are your plans for the future?"

"Let's not go back yet, let's see how things go here."

“Alright, I’ll go and talk to Clan Chief Zhou and Clan Chief Qi. You can arrange the disciples here as you see fit.”

"Yes."

Ye Shibai was just about to leave when he stopped and turned to look at Ye Anbo, "Zhen'er and the others, where are they going next?"

Ye Anbo lowered his head, his expression darkening. "I don't know. She didn't say, and neither did Wen'er."

"Sigh~" Ye Shibai sighed and left the room on his own.

Watching Ye Shibai's departing figure, Ye Anbo put aside his thoughts and began to make arrangements.

At this time, Ye Zhenzhen and Ji Jiu had arrived at Wild Wolf Ridge and met up with Ye Zhendong.

Ye Zhenzhen cupped her hands in thanks to Ji Jiu, "Thank you, Brother Jiu."

Ji Jiu waved his hand and prepared to leave.

Ye Zhenzhen handed the prepared storage bag to Ji Jiu, saying, "It's just a small token of my appreciation."

Ji Jiu raised an eyebrow, surprised that this little girl was quite perceptive!

"Then I shall accept your offer without hesitation. Until we meet again."

"See you later."

Ji Jiu turned and left.

Ye Zhendong looked at Ji Jiu and asked, "Where did you find this person?"