“Dad, is this useful?”
Ye Xuan looked at the rising steam with some concern.
Ye Yizhou nodded.
“It has always worked in the past.”
Ye Xuan breathed a sigh of relief before asking, “Dad, does Ling’Er’s illness act up frequently?”
“Not very frequently.
Usually, it only acts up when she experiences severe emotional fluctuations.
These past two days, she has been through too much.
Such massive emotional swings, going from terror to excitement, caused her illness to relapse.”
“Have you consulted any physicians about her illness?”
“Of course I have.
Quite a few, in fact.
But the physicians said they had never seen this kind of heat affliction before.”
Ye Xuan fell silent.
Looking at Ye Ling’Er’s face, he felt an ache in his heart.
His sister’s face, usually as fair as the moon, was flushed bright red.
Even in her unconscious state, her brows were tightly furrowed, as if she were in immense pain.
“Dad, does this illness harm her body?
This extreme alternation between hot and cold doesn’t seem like something easy to endure,” Ye Xuan asked again.
Ye Yizhou suddenly let out a heavy sigh.
“I’ve sought out many physicians.
Although their diagnoses of the symptoms varied, every single one of them said that this heat affliction causes immense damage to the body.
This is also the reason why Ling’Er’s cultivation has been stuck at the 3rd Layer of the Strong Spirit Realm for the past ten years.
“Actually, her talent is quite remarkable.
If not for this bizarre illness, her cultivation wouldn’t have stagnated, nor would she have failed to awaken her Beast Soul Power by now.
“The physicians also said that the more frequently the illness acts up, the shorter her lifespan will be.
She…
can live to be thirty at most.”
“What!”
Ye Xuan instinctively clenched his fists.
His sister was turning twenty this year.
That meant she had at most ten-odd years left to live.
No!
He had finally reunited with his sister and planned to protect her for a lifetime, not for a meager ten years!
What made it hardest for Ye Xuan to accept was that she had developed this illness from depression following his sudden disappearance.
He blamed his young, thoughtless self.
Back then, upon meeting a senior expert, he had simply followed the man away without even saying a word to his family.
He couldn’t accept this.
He had to find a way to cure his sister’s heat affliction.
Right, he had the Pill Book and the Medicine Scripture!
These were the precious texts passed down to him by his ancestors.
He refused to believe he couldn’t find a cure for her heat affliction in there.
With this in mind, Ye Xuan began to carefully recall the contents of the Medicine Scripture.
However, the scripture contained far too much information.
For a moment, he couldn’t remember exactly which medicinal herbs could treat such an illness.
Two hours later, as the sun began to set in the west.
More than half the ice in the ice cellar had melted, and Ye Ling’Er’s heat affliction finally subsided.
At this moment, she was completely drenched.
Her long black hair fell messily over her shoulders, and beads of sweat dotted her forehead.
She looked so fragile and endearing.
Her thin clothing clung tightly to her body, outlining her perfect curves.
He had to admit, his sister’s figure was quite flawless.
Her eyelashes fluttered a few times before she finally opened her eyes.
“Brother…
I’m in the ice cellar.
Did my illness act up again?
Did I faint…”
Before she could finish, her pretty face was pressed against something warm and solid.
It was Ye Xuan’s chest.
“Ling’Er, I’m sorry.
Your brother has made you suffer.” Ye Xuan’s gaze was completely pure, devoid of any impurities.
Ye Ling’Er didn’t speak.
Instead, she smiled.
Her brother’s embrace was just as warm as it had been when they were children.
Back then, whenever she got hurt, he would hold her exactly like this to comfort her.
It was so wonderful to have him back.
“Alright, it’s good that she’s awake.
Xuan’Er, I’ll take Ling’Er back to rest first.
Didn’t you have matters to discuss with your grandfather?
You two go on.
Don’t worry, I’ll take good care of her.” Ye Yizhou suddenly walked over, picked Ye Ling’Er up from Ye Xuan’s arms, and carried her out of the ice cellar.
Meanwhile, Ye Xuan headed to the discussion hall with Ye Zeyun.
Ye Zeyun fetched a notebook, and Ye Xuan began writing down Martial Techniques.
He wrote down Human Level, Yellow Level, and Profound Level Martial Techniques.
He even included Spirit Level Martial Techniques—incredibly powerful skills that only experts in the Super Spirit Realm were qualified to learn.
He had learned all these Martial Techniques at the Profound Cloud Sect.
Although the Profound Cloud Sect strictly forbade disciples from secretly passing on its ultimate arts, Ye Xuan didn’t care.
He would share them as he pleased.
Who would ever find out?
After all, he was the man who was going to annihilate the Profound Cloud Sect!
Although the ones who killed him were Shen Qingfeng and Meng Dieyi, was the Profound Cloud Sect truly oblivious to the matter?
Moreover, Meng Dieyi was the Sect Leader’s daughter.
To kill Meng Dieyi, he would inevitably have to face the Profound Cloud Sect.
“There are actually Profound Level Martial Techniques here!
What?
This…
this is Spirit Level!”
When Ye Zeyun realized the tiers of the Martial Techniques, he was utterly dumbfounded.
After a long while, he finally asked, “Ye Xuan, which Martial Technique is the Supreme Body Technique you executed today?”
Ye Xuan shook his head.
“I didn’t write it down.”
“You didn’t write it?”
“Yes.
But Grandpa, it’s not that I’m selfish or unwilling to share the Divine-Demonic Overlord Body.
It’s just that its tier is far too high.
If everyone in the Ye Family learned it, it would absolutely invite a fatal disaster upon us.”
“The tier is too high?
What do you mean?” Ye Zeyun was full of confusion.
Ye Xuan explained calmly, “It is a Divine Secret Technique.”
GASP!
“Good heavens!
A…
a Divine Secret Technique!”
In all his decades of life, Ye Zeyun had only ever heard of Divine Secret Techniques; he had never actually seen one.
He never could have imagined that what Ye Xuan had learned was a Divine Secret Technique.
Recovering from his shock, he nodded continuously.
“Right, right!
A Divine Secret Technique cannot be widely spread!
If the majority of the Ye Family knew this Secret Technique, it would bring about a fatal disaster sooner or later.
If it is to be passed down, it can only be given to the Patriarch!”
“Grandpa, do you want to learn it?” Ye Xuan suddenly asked.
Ye Zeyun froze for a moment, then laughed.
“It’d be a lie to say I don’t want to.
But I’ve heard that while a Divine Secret Technique doesn’t require its practitioner to have an immensely powerful cultivation, it demands extremely high talent.
I reckon I wouldn’t be able to learn it anyway.
Therefore, it’s better if I don’t know this Divine Secret Technique.
What I don’t know won’t bring me trouble.
“Ye Xuan…”
Suddenly, Ye Zeyun’s expression turned grave.
He carefully examined Ye Xuan for a moment and then patted him on the head.
“Child, these past thirteen years must have been incredibly bitter and exhausting for you, haven’t they?
You were all alone, isolated and without help, forced to shoulder everything by yourself.”
“Grandpa…”
Ye Xuan felt a bit uncomfortable.
This sudden emotional display caught him completely off guard.
“Ye Xuan, you don’t need to speak; just listen to me.
Although our Ye Family is weak right now, there is one thing I can tell you with absolute certainty.
From now on, no matter what happens or how great the difficulties you encounter are, you won’t be facing them alone.
All of the Ye Family members will face them with you.”
Ye Xuan remained silent, almost unable to hold back a laugh.
His eyes seemed to say, “Save it!”
If he remembered correctly, Ye Zeyun hadn’t had this attitude when he killed Sun Shaohan.
At that time, everyone wanted to hand him over to secure peace for the Ye Family.
“COUGH, COUGH!
I know what you’re thinking.
Do you feel that we were too unreasonable and cold toward you earlier?
After all, we had planned to hand you over.”
Amazingly, Ye Zeyun had understood the meaning behind Ye Xuan’s gaze.