Inside the room, Ye Xuan ignored the Ye Family.
He walked step by step to his sister’s side.
His previously cold face finally broke into a smile.
“Ling’Er, it’s okay now.
I’m awake.
I promise, from now on, no one will be able to bully you, and no one will be able to bully the Ye Family.”
“SOB…
Xuan…”
Ye Ling’Er threw herself into Ye Xuan’s arms, her body still trembling slightly from fear.
After a good while, once she calmed down, she finally remembered their current predicament.
“Xuan, it’s wonderful that you’re awake.
But…
you killed Fang Shaohan.
The Fang Family definitely won’t let this go.
You’ll die.” Clearly, Ye Ling’Er was well aware of Fang Shaohan’s status in Hongtu Town.
Hearing this, Ye Xuan merely smiled faintly.
Just as he was about to answer, a cold shout rang out from the doorway.
“Now you know to panic?
It’s too late!
Our Ye Family has been doomed by your brother!”
The person speaking was none other than Ye Zeyun.
After their brief exchange moments ago, the Ye Family seemed to have come to a decision.
“Grandpa, don’t blame my brother.
He was just trying to protect me,” Ye Ling’Er said, instinctively shielding Ye Xuan with her body.
Ye Zeyun shook his head.
“Do you think the Fang Family will care about that?”
Gritting her teeth, Ye Ling’Er asked, “Grandpa, then what are you going to do to my brother?”
“What do you think?” Ye Zeyun’s face was cold, looking very much like he was ready to place righteousness above family loyalty.
At this moment, Ye Xuan looked up and took the initiative to speak.
“Grandpa, are you planning to hand me over?
I know the Ye Family has always been a subordinate faction to the Fang Family.”
“It’s good that you know.
Ye Xuan, you haven’t been home for thirteen years.
We should have been happy that you suddenly returned.
But who could have guessed you would cause such a massive disaster the moment you came back!
Even if we wanted to protect you, we are powerless to do so.”
Ye Xuan couldn’t help but shake his head.
“Are you really that afraid of the Fang Family?
Today, the Fang Family set their sights on my sister.
If tomorrow they set their sights on your wives, sons, or daughters, what will you do then?
Will you continue to swallow your anger and keep acting like their lapdogs?!”
Ye Xuan’s words left the Ye Family looking rather embarrassed.
Expressionless, Ye Zeyun said, “If we don’t act like dogs, we’ll become ghosts.”
In this world governed by the law of the jungle, if the weak refused to obey the arrangements of the strong, their fate amounted to a single word: destruction.
“Become ghosts?
Not necessarily.
Yes, I killed Fang Shaohan, but apart from the people in this room, who else knows?
As long as we destroy the corpse and erase all traces, as long as the Ye Family stays quiet, who would know the truth?”
His words caught the Ye Family off guard.
A young girl spoke up.
“Grandpa, I think Ye Xuan has a point.
As long as we don’t say anything about this, no one should find out, right?”
Ye Xuan glanced at the young girl.
Judging by her facial features, she should be Hua Xiaoyu, the daughter of his youngest aunt.
After Hua Xiaoyu finished speaking, Ye Zeyun remained silent, seemingly weighing the pros and cons.
If they could destroy the evidence, and the Fang Family never found out Fang Shaohan had died in the Ye Family’s home, that would undoubtedly be the safest option!
It would be ten, a hundred times safer than handing Ye Xuan over.
In truth, Ye Zeyun was also worried that even handing Ye Xuan over wouldn’t be enough to extinguish the Fang Family’s fury.
Thinking of this, he turned to look at the lackeys lying on the ground by the doorway.
These men had merely been knocked down by Ye Xuan; they weren’t dead yet.
If they really wanted to wipe the slate clean, then apart from the Ye Family, everyone else present had to become a corpse.
Only dead men told no tales!
“Patriarch Ye…
what are you trying to do?!” Having guessed Ye Zeyun’s intentions, the lackeys looked at him with terrified eyes.
“Kill!” Ye Zeyun shouted coldly.
His body bloomed with Spiritual Light, forming a Gray Wolf above his head.
This was the Beast Soul Ye Zeyun had awakened.
“He directly used his Beast Soul.
It looks like he’s going for the kill!”
“Then let’s go all out and cut the problem off at its roots!”
Gritting their teeth, the Ye Family voiced their support for Ye Zeyun’s decision.
They knew they had to be decisive at a moment like this.
However, just as Ye Zeyun was about to strike, a voice rang out from the outer courtyard.
“Shaohan, stop playing around.
Return with me immediately, there is an important matter to attend to.” The moment this voice rang out, the expressions on the faces of everyone in the Ye Family changed!
Shortly after the voice faded, a human shadow appeared in the courtyard.
The person wore gray robes embroidered with a golden “Fang” character.
This golden character indicated that he was not only a member of the Fang Family, but also held an extremely high position within it.
“The Eighth Elder of the Fang Family!” Ye Zeyun’s pupils contracted, and he instinctively took a few steps back.
Although the Eighth Elder of the Fang Family was the youngest among their Elders, his talent was exceptionally formidable.
He could absolutely wipe out the Ye Family all by himself!
“This…
Eighth…
Eighth Elder!”
“We’re doomed!
How could the Eighth Elder coincidently come looking for Fang Shaohan right now!”
“How did he know Fang Shaohan came here?
Could he have left the estate together with him?”
The members of the Ye Family swallowed hard, their expressions instantly turning into pure terror.
In stark contrast to the Ye Family’s fear, the lackeys on the ground reacted as if they had found a lifesaving straw.
“Eighth Elder!
It’s the Eighth Elder!”
“Eighth Elder, save us!”
Seeing these men lying on the ground, the Eighth Elder furrowed his brow and asked, “What is going on?
Why are you all lying on the floor?”
“Eighth Elder, it’s terrible!
The young master is dead!”
“What?!” The originally composed Eighth Elder suddenly unleashed a terrifying aura, making the air in the entire courtyard feel considerably thinner.
Without waiting for the lackeys to answer, the Eighth Elder flashed into the shattered guest room at a speed no one could impede.
The next moment, a headless corpse entered his line of sight!
Even though Fang Shaohan’s head had been blown apart by Ye Xuan, the Eighth Elder still recognized whose body it was.
“Shaohan!
Who did this?!
Who was it?!”
RUMBLE!
In the Eighth Elder’s fury, the surrounding tables and chairs shattered into pieces.
A tiger with white eyes and fiery patterns suddenly appeared above his head.
This was the Wild Beast White-eyed Fire Pattern Tiger’s Beast Soul.
On the Beast Soul Continent, Beast Souls were divided into several tiers: Mortal Beast, Wild Beast, Fierce Beast, Fierce Beast, Sub-Divine Beast, and Divine Beast.
The first few tiers of Beast Souls were further divided into Elementary, Intermediate, Advanced, and Peak grades.
The stronger the Beast Soul, the greater the boost it provided to a Cultivator’s strength.
Among Cultivators of the same strength, one who awakened a Wild Beast Soul could easily kill a Cultivator who awakened a Mortal Beast Soul.
One who awakened a Fierce Beast Soul could easily kill a Cultivator who awakened a Wild Beast Soul, and so on.
The most common Beast Souls were Mortal Beast Souls, followed by Wild Beast Souls.
Reaching the Fierce Beast level was incredibly rare; only one in a hundred thousand Cultivators might awaken one.
As for Fierce Beast Souls, not even one in a million Cultivators was guaranteed to produce one.
As for Sub-Divine Beast and Divine Beast Souls, they were exceedingly rare, able to be counted on a single hand.
Those who obtained such Beast Souls were all illustrious figures of great renown.
“The White-eyed Fire-striped Tiger Beast Soul!” The Ye Family members wore grave expressions.
The White-eyed Fire Pattern Tiger was an Advanced Wild Beast Soul, whereas the Gray Wolf that Ye Zeyun had awakened was merely an Elementary Wild Beast Soul.
“Eighth Elder, it was the Ye Family who killed him!” an attendant spoke up in reply.
“What?!
The Ye Family killed Shaohan?
What sheer audacity!” The fierce tiger in the air suddenly widened its eyes as terrifying Spiritual Qi erupted from the Eighth Elder’s body.
The Spiritual Qi swept in all directions like a raging fire.
Those with weaker cultivation were forced straight to their knees under the crushing pressure of his Spiritual Qi.
“Is this the pressure of an expert in the Strong Spirit Realm?!”
“It’s too terrifying.
We can’t withstand it at all.”
“A Strong Spirit Realm expert can wipe us out with ease!
We’re finished!
The Ye Family is finished!” The faces of the Ye Family members were filled with terror.