“Understood!”
Ye Guan nodded at once, a wave of relief washing over him inside.
The current Ye Clan had no way to stand against the Nan family.
The reason he had struck just now was simple: there had been no other choice. The moment the other side made a move, he knew this matter could never end peacefully!
Begging for mercy or seeking reconciliation would only bring humiliation, and it would all be futile!
That was why he had decisively chosen to kill!
Consequences?
Of course he had considered them!
The worst outcome would be all-out war with the Nan family. Yet the best outcome was exactly the same!
Because the Nan family had come looking for him. Clearly, whether he had killed those two or not, they were never going to let him or the Ye Clan off!
At a time like this, his only option was to borrow the prestige of Guanxuan Academy!
Fei Banqing sized Ye Guan up, the corners of her mouth lifting slightly. “Little fellow, you really have surprised me!”
Ye Guan said nothing.
He remained extremely wary of this woman.
He had personally witnessed how quickly she could change her face.
She was a pragmatic person, and with pragmatic people one could only talk in terms of benefits!
What value could he bring her?
Only by offering that could they get along pleasantly!
At this moment, Fei Banqing suddenly turned to look at Ye Qing beside them. Seeing her gaze, Ye Qing gave a slight bow.
Fei Banqing studied Ye Qing for a moment. “You’re not bad either. Would you like to enter Guanxuan Academy?”
Ye Qing hesitated, then said, “I appreciate Senior’s kind offer, but this junior must decline!”
Fei Banqing did not press him. “Since you already have another fateful encounter, I won’t steal what belongs to another!”
With that, she turned to Ye Guan. “We return to the Academy tomorrow. Of course, I know what you’re worried about. Come, I’ll take you to meet the Nan family’s Great Elder!”
Ye Guan nodded. “Alright!”
He turned to Ye Qing. “Brother Ye Qing, take good care of the Clan Leader!”
Ye Qing nodded slightly. “Go ahead, Brother Ye Guan! Leave this place to me!”
Fei Banqing grabbed Ye Guan’s shoulder. The next instant, the two vanished on the spot!
Ye Qing gazed at the distant horizon and murmured, “He’s a sword cultivator…”
At that moment, a mysterious voice rang inside his mind. “This boy has met with extraordinary fortune!”
Ye Qing nodded faintly and said no more. Ye Guan being strong was also good for him.
The martial path was indeed about competition, but nowhere did it say brothers were not allowed on the martial path!
Would it not be even better to compete together with a few brothers?
At this point, Ye Xiao suddenly called out, “Little Qing!”
Ye Qing hurried over. “Clan Leader!”
Ye Xiao looked at him with a wry smile. “You’ve been hiding your strength too!”
Ye Qing nodded slightly.
Ye Xiao hesitated, then said, “For a clan, unity is the most important thing!”
Ye Qing smiled. “Clan Leader, I understand what you mean! Brother Ye Guan is stronger than me, and I accept my defeat wholeheartedly. If I were ever stronger than him, I believe he would accept it just as willingly!”
Hearing this, a smile instantly bloomed on Ye Xiao’s face.
Ye Qing continued, “Clan Leader, let me first help you treat your injuries!”
With that, he supported Ye Xiao and walked towards the main hall.
…
Moments later, Ye Guan followed Fei Banqing to the Nanshan mountain range.
At this time, the mountain range was still packed with experts, and not only from Nanzhou, but also from Beizhou and Zhongzhou.
An Emperor-tier demonic beast!
This was enough to draw the attention of every major power in the three provinces!
After reaching a mountain peak, Fei Banqing led Ye Guan straight forward!
Ye Guan followed behind her. He glanced at Fei Banqing. Today she wore an ink-green long dress embroidered with faint plum blossoms at the hem, both enchanting and coolly elegant. Her slender waist was cinched by a pure white jade belt, a perfect handful, breathtakingly beautiful.
He had to admit, Fei Banqing was stunning too!
The only thing he was curious about was her age!
Of course, he was not stupid enough to ask!
Wouldn’t that be courting death?
Just then, Fei Banqing suddenly turned to look at him. “Good-looking?”
Ye Guan froze for a second, then nodded. “Good-looking!”
Fei Banqing stared at him without speaking.
Ye Guan hesitated, then said, “Mentor Fei, why are you looking at me like that? I was only looking. I have no ill intentions.”
Fei Banqing glanced at him. “I suddenly realised you, little fellow, are very attractive to women. Once you reach the Academy and reveal you’re a sword cultivator, you’ll definitely draw countless lovestruck girls!”
Ye Guan shook his head with a smile. “I already have a fiancée!”
Fei Banqing shook her head. “In this era, it’s not uncommon for men to have three wives and four concubines!”
Ye Guan fell silent.
Better not to comment on that!
Fei Banqing said no more and led him to the foot of a cliff. At that moment, many people around turned to look at her.
She brought Ye Guan straight to a grey-robed elder. Seeing her, the elder immediately smiled. “Mentor Fei!”
Fei Banqing said directly, “Nan Ku, the people your Nan family sent to the Ye Clan were all killed by me!”
Everyone froze.
Nan Ku’s expression stiffened instantly.
Fei Banqing stared at him. “This little fellow became my disciple not long ago. He is now a student of Guanxuan Academy. The Nan family is not to trouble him again. Otherwise, I will take it as a declaration of war against me!”
Nan Ku hurriedly laughed. “Mentor Fei, this is a misunderstanding! Had we known earlier he was your student, we would never have disturbed him! A misunderstanding!”
Fei Banqing glanced at him. “If a single person in the Ye Clan dies, two from the Nan family will die!”
With that, she turned and left with Ye Guan!
Behind them, Nan Ku kept smiling apologetically.
Not angry in the slightest!
Ye Guan turned to glance at Nan Ku. The man was still smiling, showing no hostility or dissatisfaction whatsoever.
Ye Guan’s face darkened!
Damn it!
The most terrifying kind were those who could endure!
These people smiled on the surface but schemed viciously behind your back. The hardest to deal with.
At that moment, Fei Banqing suddenly said, “Stop looking!”
Ye Guan withdrew his gaze and said, “Mentor, that old man is no good person!”
Fei Banqing glanced at him. “And you are?”
Ye Guan gave an embarrassed laugh and said nothing.
Fei Banqing said calmly, “If he had shown even the slightest dissatisfaction just now, I would have killed him on the spot!”
Ye Guan hesitated, then asked, “Didn’t they say the three great families’ strength is comparable to Guanxuan Academy?”
Fei Banqing replied, “In Nanzhou, the three great families are indeed not to be underestimated. But our Nanzhou Guanxuan Academy is only a tiny lower-realm branch. We have people above us. Them? They don’t even have a single hair of backing!”
Ye Guan’s expression froze.
Fei Banqing continued, “In this world, going it alone gets you nowhere. When you mix in these circles, you need people behind you!”
Ye Guan nodded slightly. “Understood!”
Fei Banqing brought Ye Guan to a middle-aged man. Behind the man stood a white-clothed youth.
Seeing Fei Banqing, the middle-aged man immediately smiled. “Mentor Fei, twenty years have passed since we last met. I hope you’ve been well!”
Hearing this, Ye Guan glanced at Fei Banqing. So she’s not young after all!
Fei Banqing said indifferently, “Mentor Zuo, after so many years, how is it your strength hasn’t improved at all?”
Mentor Zuo laughed heartily, then looked at Ye Guan. “Your student?”
Fei Banqing nodded.
Mentor Zuo studied Ye Guan and smiled. “Outstanding bearing, calm and steady. A great talent!”
Then his tone suddenly shifted. “How about letting him spar with my student?”
At that, the white-clothed youth immediately looked at Ye Guan. “Please grant me some instruction!”
Ye Guan was about to speak when Mentor Fei said calmly, “No need! He’s not very good at fighting. The one who is good at fighting stayed back in Ancient Desolate City and didn’t come!”
With that, she glanced at the white-clothed youth, then turned and left with Ye Guan!
Mentor Zuo watched Ye Guan’s departing figure. “What do you think of him?”
The white-clothed youth shook his head. “He’s very calm and composed. Beyond that, I can’t tell!”
Mentor Zuo smiled. “Do you know why I wanted you to spar with him?”
The white-clothed youth bowed slightly. “Please enlighten me, Master!”
Mentor Zuo said calmly, “This Mentor Fei has always loved to compete and win, yet this time she stopped the youth. And before she stopped him, the youth showed not the slightest trace of fear. In other words, he did not fear you at all! Yet Mentor Fei stopped it!”
He paused, then continued, “There is only one explanation: she does not want this youth to reveal his strength in front of us!”
The white-clothed youth’s brows furrowed!
Mentor Zuo said softly, “The once-in-ten-years martial examination is coming. In the future, if you meet this person, you must be extremely careful. Never underestimate him in the slightest!”
The white-clothed youth bowed slightly. “This disciple understands!”
…
Further away, on the road, Ye Guan said gravely, “Mentor didn’t want me to expose my strength?”
Fei Banqing nodded. “That white-clothed youth is called Han Jin. He is a super genius from the Beizhou Guanxuan Academy. He should be at the Nether Passage Realm now!”
Ye Guan froze!
A Nether Passage Realm expert so young?
Fei Banqing glanced at him. “And he is not even the most monstrous genius in the Beizhou Guanxuan Academy!”
Ye Guan fell silent.
Fei Banqing suddenly stopped. She looked straight at Ye Guan. “You said it yourself: you are invincible, and anyone can come at you!”
Ye Guan said solemnly, “I fear no one!”
Fei Banqing laughed. “That’s the kind of confidence you need!”
Ye Guan nodded slightly, but inwardly reminded himself that he must work even harder!
There were always people beyond people, heavens beyond heavens!
Although he was a sword cultivator, being a sword cultivator did not mean he was invincible!
Only by constantly striving and improving himself could he face anyone in the future!
Fei Banqing added, “We reach the Academy tomorrow. Once there, you will have no shortage of troubles!”
Ye Guan asked, “Xiao Jia?”
Fei Banqing glanced at him. She had to admit she was a little shocked inside!
She had not spent much time with Ye Guan, yet whether it was his methods or his intelligence, this little fellow constantly surprised her!
He really was clever!
Snapping out of her thoughts, Fei Banqing nodded slightly. “Xiao Jia possesses the Sacred Spirit Physique. The potential of this constitution is limitless. Add to that her own exceptional talent and the fact that her beauty is unrivalled in the Academy. Countless people pursue her, and these people are not only monstrously talented themselves, their backgrounds are terrifyingly powerful…”
Ye Guan suddenly said, “My background is very powerful too!”
Fei Banqing looked at him. Ye Guan smiled faintly. “My background is you, Mentor. With you shielding me, I fear no one!”
Fei Banqing burst out laughing. “Stop flattering me. Your mentor doesn’t fall for that, haha…”
Her smile was brilliantly radiant!
