Clan Cultivation: The Ye Clan

After listening to the opinions of all parties, the head of the He family went to the Zhou family in Cuizhu Mountain and said something to them.

Three days later, just as Ye Shibai had received messages from all sides and was preparing to convene a meeting of the family's core members.

Two uninvited guests arrived at the foot of Mianzhu Mountain; they were the Zhou family patriarch and the He family patriarch.

Upon receiving the message, Ye Shibai instructed his disciple to invite the two to the reception hall.

Tea was served, and the two were asked to sit and wait.

After a cup of tea, Ye Shibai, Ye Shilan, and Ye Anbo walked over slowly.

After bowing with their hands clasped in greeting, the five people took their seats.

The Ye family members did not speak first, but calmly sat and sipped their tea.

Upon seeing this, the Zhou family patriarch asked, "We've noticed the Ye family cultivators being out and about frequently lately. Is something the matter?"

Upon hearing this, Ye Shibai answered frankly, "Nothing much has happened in the past few years, and the cultivators in the clan have become a bit lax, so I've been sending the clan disciples out to gain more experience."

"What? Has someone accidentally offended the Zhou family? They must be young and ignorant. We hope Patriarch Zhou will be more forgiving."

He spoke politely, but his attitude was subtly forceful.

Ye Shilan and Ye Anbo, sitting next to them, also looked at Clan Chief Zhou and Clan Chief He with smiles on their faces, showing no sign of politeness.

Upon hearing Ye Shibai's words and seeing the Ye family's attitude, both Clan Chief Zhou and Clan Chief He had their own thoughts.

Clan Chief Zhou stated his purpose directly, "There was no conflict. The main purpose of my visit today is that I heard that a few years ago, the He family and the Ye family had some misunderstandings. Clan Chief He came to me, hoping that the three families could sit down together and see if we could resolve the misunderstandings."

Chief He sat beside him, nodding and smiling apologetically.

Ye Shibai chuckled and said, "There's no misunderstanding."

"It's just that the He family has unilaterally robbed, harmed, hunted down, and ostracized our Ye family members and shops."

After stating this, the smile disappeared from Ye Shibai's face.

Looking at Chief He, he said, "Is there anything else I haven't mentioned? I would be grateful if Chief He could add it."

Chief He's face turned from red to green. It was too embarrassing to have the He family's dirty deeds exposed so directly.

After listening, Clan Chief Zhou looked at Clan Chief He with a questioning gaze, as if to confirm.

Seeing the change in Chief He's expression, they knew that all of this must be true.

For a moment, Chief Zhou was at a loss for words.

The scene fell silent for a moment.

The three members of the Ye family silently drank their tea, watching Clan Chief Zhou and Clan Chief He.

Chief He racked his brains trying to figure out how to refute the argument.

Chief Zhou pondered how to gracefully leave this awkward situation; he couldn't concern himself with the messy affairs between these two families.

After a cup of tea, Clan Chief He broke the silence and took the initiative to explain, "Clan Chief Ye, what happened earlier was due to our clan's youthful impetuosity. We hope you can give us a chance to make amends."

"Please state your conditions directly."

Clan Chief Zhou also tried to smooth things over, saying, "That's right, it's better to resolve conflicts than to let them fester. Clan Chief Ye, please feel free to speak your mind if you have any requests."

Ye Shibai calmly put down his teacup and said, "That's simple. We only have one request: blood for blood."

After speaking, he tapped the table lightly with his fingers, once, once, as if urging Chief He to make a decision quickly.

Upon hearing this, Chief He broke out in a cold sweat, his heart skipped a beat, and it seemed that disaster was inevitable.

Upon hearing this, Patriarch Zhou felt a pang of anxiety. It seemed that the Ye family was already prepared, and he would need to discuss it thoroughly with his ancestor upon returning home.

Undeterred, Chief He pressed on, "If this won't work, can we change the terms?"

Ye Shibai refused outright, "No."

Clan Chief He and Clan Chief Zhou exchanged a glance but remained silent.

Ye Shibai didn't want to waste any more time on pleasantries and said directly, "I suppose you two have other things to attend to, so we won't stay any longer. Please, both of you."

Clan Chief Zhou and Clan Chief He left looking somewhat disheveled.

The three members of the Ye family went straight back to the council hall, where Ye Anning, Ye Anxin, He Ruonan, Ye Zhenhan, Ye Zhendong, Ye Zhentian, Ye Zhenrong, and Ye Zhenwen were all sitting and waiting.

Upon seeing the three arrive, they all stood up and bowed.

Ye Shibai nodded in acknowledgment, walked to the head seat and sat down, gesturing for everyone else to sit as well.

After settling down, he said, "Shi Qing has already sent word that Zhen'er is looking for the core of the second-tier low-grade array set up by Qingzhu Mountain. Breaking the array should be a matter of days."

"Tell me about your preparations."

After speaking, he looked at Ye Shilan.

Ye Shilan: "The Pill Hall has been working non-stop these past few days, preparing healing pills, hemostatic pills, spirit-restoring pills, detoxification pills... and other medicines. That should be enough."

Ye Anbo continued, "We have already sent people to keep an eye on the He family's cultivators, shops, and personnel outside the area."

Ye Anning: "In the past few days, I have collected all the talismans from the family disciples. I have notified the two shops to stop selling attack and defense talismans this month and only supply other auxiliary talismans. Now, I have more than 2000 attack talismans and more than 1000 defense talismans, which should be enough."

Ye Shibai nodded. "Well done, thank you for your hard work."

"Now that Han'er, Rong'er, and other disciples who have been training have returned, it's time to make our move."

"Shi Lan, An Ning, distribute the prepared items to the disciples as soon as possible."

Ye Shilan and Ye Anning: "Yes."

"Amber, take a group of men and take care of all the He family members outside. Remember to eliminate them completely."

Ye Amber: "Yes."

“An Yu, Zhen Dong, you two go make a trip,” he said, taking out a third-order trapping array he had prepared in advance from his storage bag and handing it to the two of them. “Take the array and go find Zhen Zhen. Give her the array and tell her that she must wait until Chief He returns to Qingzhu Mountain before activating the array.”

"Trap the He family members inside the formation and wait for Ye Anbo to arrive."

"You all stay there, be ready to fight at any time, protect yourselves, and keep an eye on Zhen'er."

Ye Anyu and Ye Zhendong: "Yes."

Once everything was arranged, everyone immediately got to work.

Several groups of people quietly left Mianzhu Mountain in batches.

At this moment, Ye Zhenzhen and Ye Shiqing were standing under a large locust tree on the hilltop in front of Qingzhu Mountain.

At this distance, Ye Zhenzhen's divine sense could completely cover Green Bamboo Mountain.

Ye Zhenzhen sat on the rock, frowning as she looked at Ye Shiqing roasting the chicken.

Looking helpless, this was already the third chicken.

The first one was burnt on the outside and raw on the inside; it wasn't cooked through.

The second one, I thought that if I grilled it longer it would be cooked through inside, but it ended up burning to charcoal and was inedible.

The third one, neither of them relaxed, their four eyes fixed on the roast chicken, afraid it would burn again.

Finally, half an hour later, the chicken was roasted.

Ye Shiqing quickly handed it to Ye Zhenzhen, "From now on, just take the Bigu Pill directly, it's more convenient."

Ye Zhenzhen rolled her eyes inwardly and thought to herself, "My second grandfather isn't good at anything except swordsmanship."

Ye Zhenzhen picked up the roast chicken and was just about to eat when she sensed two people arriving with her divine sense: one was in the late stage of Qi Refining, and the other was in the late stage of Foundation Establishment.

Oh no, we can't eat the chicken.