At this moment, Ye Guan and Fei Banqing were standing extremely close. He could clearly smell the fragrance of her body!
Ye Guan hurriedly took two steps back.
Seeing this, a flicker of surprise flashed through Fei Banqing’s eyes, which quickly turned into appreciation.
Ye Guan said gravely, “Senior, I am willing to become your disciple, but I have one small request. Is that acceptable?”
Fei Banqing immediately laughed. “We’re all family now, no need to be so polite. Just say it!”
Ye Guan glanced at her. This woman’s ability to change her attitude was truly outrageous!
He had revealed that he was a sword cultivator for two reasons. First, to go to the Guanxuan Academy!
Cultivation was like climbing a ladder; the higher one went, the harder it became. Therefore, he needed a bigger stage, and that was the Guanxuan Academy!
The greatest superpower in all of Nanzhou!
There, he could learn more and become stronger!
After all, Tower Master’s inner world could not be opened at the moment, so he could not train inside regularly. Moreover, Tower Master was injured and needed better spiritual crystals. After thinking it through, only the Guanxuan Academy might have them!
Right now, apart from the Dao-Executing Sword, he truly had nothing. He was simply too poor!
The second reason was the Ye Clan!
Regarding the incident in the Nanshan mountains, he knew it was a hidden danger!
Five people had gone in, yet only three came out alive. Even an idiot could tell something was wrong. Therefore, in his view, the Nan family and the Zheng family would never let the matter rest!
Si Qing had the Si family backing her, so she was safe!
Nalan Jia had Fei Banqing backing her, so she was safe!
But what about himself?
Tower Master?
Tower Master was unreliable and unsafe!
Little Tower: “…”
Therefore, he needed to find a new backer to rely on for the time being, so as not to bring disaster upon the Ye Clan.
Fei Banqing was perfect!
Of course, he currently had no better options. He could only gamble!
At this moment, Fei Banqing suddenly laughed. “Go on, speak! Don’t be shy!”
Ye Guan said gravely, “Previously, when I went to the Nanshan mountains, I clashed with Nan Qingyue of the Nan family and Zheng Lin.”
Fei Banqing stared at him. “Those two are dead!”
Ye Guan was silent for a moment before saying, “I killed them!”
Honesty!
The woman before him was definitely clever. When facing clever people, one should not play mind games unless one’s strength surpassed theirs!
Because even if you didn’t tell the truth, they could guess it!
Sure enough, upon hearing Ye Guan’s words, the corners of Fei Banqing’s mouth lifted slightly. “You’re quite honest!”
Ye Guan looked at her without speaking.
Fei Banqing looked at him and also remained silent.
Suddenly Ye Guan opened his palm and pointed upward. His sword shot into the sky, piercing straight through the clouds!
Sword momentum!
Ye Guan looked at Fei Banqing. “Although I am only at the True Law Realm, killing a Divine Infant Realm expert is not difficult for me! Even someone above Divine Infant Realm, at the Nether Passage Realm, I still have a chance!”
After a pause he continued, “I killed Nan Qingyue and Zheng Lin with a single sword strike!”
He knew that if he wanted her help, he had to demonstrate his own value.
Otherwise, why would she help him?
And this woman was especially pragmatic!
Fei Banqing’s lips curved slightly. “What you truly worry about is them causing trouble for you and thereby implicating the Ye Clan, correct?”
Ye Guan nodded.
Fei Banqing said calmly, “I will protect the Ye Clan!”
Ye Guan let out a breath of relief. “Many thanks!”
Fei Banqing stared at him. “I don’t care how you became a sword cultivator, but since you have entered my tutelage, you must remain loyal. Understood?”
Ye Guan nodded. “Of course!”
After a brief hesitation he added, “The Nan family and the Zheng family…”
Fei Banqing laughed. “Previously you had no powerful backing, so they would definitely target you. But now you do!”
She pointed at herself. “That’s me! With me shielding you, if they dare touch you again, I’ll dig up their ancestral graves!”
Ye Guan’s expression froze.
Fei Banqing said calmly, “I’m going to take a look around the Nanshan mountains. Prepare yourself. In three days I will take you and Xiao Jia to the Guanxuan Academy!”
With that, she turned and vanished into the horizon!
Ye Guan looked at the sky, his expression extremely solemn.
This Fei Banqing was truly terrifying!
Unfathomably strong!
After a moment, Ye Guan sat cross-legged, took out two storage rings, and looked at them. The corners of his mouth lifted slightly!
From that cave he had not only obtained an earth vein, but also twelve thousand gold crystals. After giving five thousand to the clan leader, he still had seven thousand left. In addition, he had thirty-two thousand purple crystals!
This was truly a huge fortune!
Most importantly, he still had one Emperor-tier demonic beast inner core and two Heaven-tier cores!
He had struck it rich!
Myriad Laws Realm!
Ye Guan sat down and began burning the purple crystals in front of him. As the crystals burned, countless streams of pure spiritual energy surged into his body!
Cultivation!
Because the Ye residence had no spiritual vein, the only way for him to cultivate was to rely on spiritual crystals.
And with purple crystals, reaching the Myriad Laws Realm would not be difficult.
Time passed little by little. After consuming more than two thousand purple crystals, his aura suddenly underwent a qualitative change.
Boom!
A powerful aura suddenly erupted from within Ye Guan. Then he opened his palm, and a stream of qi surged out, forming a qi sword in his hand.
Myriad Laws Realm!
Manifesting form with qi!
Seeing this, the corners of Ye Guan’s mouth lifted slightly.
He had finally reached the Myriad Laws Realm!
Upon reaching this realm, his strength would undergo a qualitative leap. He could now manifest form with qi. To name one benefit, he could now form swords with qi and kill enemies from a hundred zhang away!
Something True Law Realm experts could not do!
Moreover, after reaching the Myriad Laws Realm, his sword-control technique would also improve dramatically.
The only regret was that he could not yet cultivate the second stage, because it remained sealed. According to Tower Master, the time was not yet right!
Helpless!
Ye Guan was about to leave when suddenly the clouds in the sky parted. An old man stepped through the air towards him!
Seeing this, Ye Guan’s heart tightened. He immediately dispersed the qi sword!
Soon the elder appeared before him.
The elder wore a black robe and held a black staff. On his left chest was a small gilded character: Nan!
The Nan family!
And this elder’s aura was extremely powerful, at least Nether Passage Realm!
They had come!
Ye Guan’s face darkened. He had not expected the Nan family to come knocking so quickly!
The elder stared at Ye Guan. “You are Ye Guan!”
Ye Guan nodded slightly. “Senior, who might you be?”
The elder’s face was expressionless. “Nan family!”
Nan family!
Ye Guan glanced at the elder. “Senior, what advice do you have?”
The elder stared at him, his gaze as sharp as a blade. “That day five of you went down. Why did Qingyue and Zheng Lin die miserably while the three of you lived?”
Ye Guan immediately replied, “After entering the cave that day, those two went off together, while Miss Nalan and I…”
“Insolence!”
The elder suddenly roared. “Si Qing has already confessed everything, and you still try to deceive me!”
Ye Guan glanced at the elder. I’d have to be an idiot to believe you!
If Si Qing had truly confessed everything, you wouldn’t be here deliberately questioning me!
Clearly this old fellow wanted to sow discord, intimidate him, and then force him to testify against Nalan Jia and Si Qing.
He could guess this because if he were in the elder’s position, he would do exactly the same!
Ye Guan said calmly, “Senior, every word I speak is true. There is no falsehood!”
The elder stared fixedly at Ye Guan. “I know you fear the Si family and the Nalan family. Rest assured, as long as you tell the truth, I can guarantee the safety of you and the Ye Clan.”
Ye Guan said, “Every word I speak is true!”
The elder’s eyes narrowed. His right hand slowly clenched, and a powerful aura instantly locked onto Ye Guan!
Ye Guan fell silent.
Fei Banqing, where are you?
Come out and tank this for me!
The elder suddenly turned to look at the Ye Clan below. “I’ll give you one last chance. Otherwise, the entire Ye Clan will vanish from this world.”
Ye Guan still said nothing.
He knew that the deaths of Nan Qingyue and Zheng Lin would definitely cast suspicion on the three of them.
You can suspect me, fine. But I will never admit it!
Seeing Ye Guan remain silent, the elder’s eyes narrowed further. “You really won’t cry until you see the coffin!”
With that, he suddenly dashed forward and threw a punch straight at Ye Guan’s chest!
Incredibly fast!
However, Ye Guan was even faster!
Swish!
A flash of sword light. The next instant, a sword pierced straight through the elder’s chest!
The elder froze in place, looking at Ye Guan before him in disbelief. “You… a sword cultivator!”
Ye Guan’s face was expressionless.
You can suspect me, but you cannot raise your hand against me!
If you do, I’ll cut you down!
The elder opened his mouth to speak, but at that moment Ye Guan suddenly swung his sword!
Swish!
The elder’s throat split open. His head rolled off.
Blood sprayed everywhere!
Ye Guan walked to the elder and looked at his right hand. The elder had been clutching a transmission talisman.
Ye Guan let out a breath of relief!
Good thing I didn’t let this old fellow keep talking. Otherwise, once that talisman activated, things would have become troublesome!
The importance of finishing blows!
Ye Guan took the elder’s storage ring. Inside were only just over two hundred purple spiritual crystals.
Ye Guan shook his head.
This fellow was a bit poor!
After putting away the purple crystals, he destroyed the storage ring, then found a secluded spot and buried the elder’s body.
Once everything was done, Ye Guan turned and headed down the mountain.
…
The Ye Clan.
Suddenly dozens of powerful auras appeared around the Ye Clan!
The entire clan was shocked!
At that moment the main gate of the Ye residence opened. A middle-aged man slowly walked in!
Behind him followed more than twenty experts, the weakest of whom were at the True Law Realm!
Ye Xiao and the others hurriedly came out.
The middle-aged man glanced around. “Where is Ye Guan!”
Hearing this, Ye Xiao was first startled, then quickly said, “Sir, you are…”
The middle-aged man wasted no words. He stepped forward and sent a palm strike straight at Ye Xiao.
Ye Xiao’s expression changed dramatically. He hurriedly raised both arms to block.
Boom!
With a muffled thud, Ye Xiao was sent flying. He crashed heavily into a wall. The moment he landed, he spat out several mouthfuls of blood.
Ye Xiao looked at the middle-aged man and said in a trembling voice, “Nether Passage…”
The middle-aged man’s gaze was ice-cold. He was about to speak when his expression suddenly changed drastically. He spun around. The instant he turned, a sword was already streaking towards him like lightning!
The middle-aged man’s pupils contracted. He dodged frantically to the side, but he was still a fraction too late.
Swish!
His right arm flew off!
The middle-aged man tumbled to the ground. Just as he tried to stand, Ye Guan suddenly appeared before him and thrust downward with both hands gripping his sword!
Swish!
The middle-aged man’s eyes bulged. Blood sprayed from his mouth.
Ye Guan suddenly roared, “Close the gates!”
Close the gates!
As the words fell, the main gates slammed shut. Almost at the same instant, Ye Guan charged straight at the group of experts!
Charging alongside him was another person.
Ye Qing!
Seeing the two rush forward, the Ye Clan experts in the courtyard also surged out!
At this point they no longer cared who these people were. Kill first, ask questions later!
Seeing Ye Guan and the others charging, those True Law Realm experts were stunned!
How dare the Ye Clan do this?
But before they could think further, Ye Guan and the others were already upon them.
Sword raised, sword fell!
Swish!
The head of the leading True Law Realm expert flew before he could even react.
In the next moment Ye Guan charged at the remaining experts!
For a time, screams of agony filled the Ye Clan!
Ye Guan was now at the Myriad Laws Realm. His realm already surpassed these True Law Realm cultivators, and he was not holding back at all. Therefore, the instant he plunged into the crowd, several heads flew in quick succession.
In less than fifteen minutes, Ye Guan alone had slain eleven True Law Realm experts. Ye Qing had killed seven. The remaining two True Law Realm experts were beaten to death by the surrounding Ye Clan experts.
The courtyard ran red with blood!
When Ye Guan stopped, he walked slowly to Ye Xiao. Ye Xiao stared at him. “They’re from the Nan family!”
Ye Guan nodded. “Yes!”
Hearing this, Ye Xiao and all the Ye Clan experts turned deathly pale!
The Nan family!
One of the three great aristocratic families of Nanzhou!
They were in deep trouble now!
Ye Guan said calmly, “Clan Leader, heal first. Leave the rest to me!”
Ye Xiao looked at Ye Guan. “Run! Go to the Guanxuan Academy! And immediately disband the Ye Clan!”
Ye Guan shook his head. “That won’t work!”
Ye Xiao roared angrily, “As long as you and Ye Qing live, the Ye Clan still has hope!”
Ye Guan was about to speak when a figure suddenly descended from the sky and landed in the courtyard!
It was Fei Banqing!
Fei Banqing glanced at the corpses on the ground, her brows furrowing. She looked at Ye Guan. “Are you trying to start a war with the Nan family?”
She was clearly displeased!
Although she did not fear the Nan family, killing like this was equivalent to forming a mortal enmity with them!
Ye Guan stood and walked to Fei Banqing. He looked straight at her. “I am now at the Myriad Laws Realm!”
Fei Banqing looked at him without speaking.
Ye Guan continued, “Give me one more month and I can reach Nether Passage Realm! Just one month! And I am a sword cultivator. Within the same realm I am invincible. Crossing two realms is no pressure. Crossing three realms, I can still fight!”
He stared directly at Fei Banqing. “At the once-in-ten-years academy martial examination, I will be invincible. They can come at me however they wish!”
Fei Banqing stared at Ye Guan for a long time. Then she gave him a thumbs-up. “Fine. You’ve got guts!”
With that, she glanced at the corpses on the ground, then looked back at Ye Guan. “These people were killed by me. Understood?”
Everyone: “…”
