Faint medicinal fragrance, warm fire, and tranquil atmosphere.
The young man lying on the couch with thin quilts, his fingers slightly curled, scenes flashing through his mind.
As a collateral branch of the Ye family, orphaned at a young age, raised by the clan’s support… In his spare time, he would watch the younger generation of the clan practice martial arts and imitate them. It was discovered that he had extremely high martial talent, and the clan intended to cultivate him vigorously… However, before he truly began martial arts training, he suddenly developed a high fever, burning his brain into confusion. Not to mention martial arts, even interacting with others, he became foolish and dazed, subjected to mockery and bullying by his clan… Due to a momentary lapse, he almost caused disfigurement to the legitimate daughter of the main branch of the clan, and was expelled from the clan, only given a small house in the mountains and a small field in front of it to eke out a living… Because there was only one former maidservant from the Ye family occasionally taking care of him, he often sent her vegetables… Until today, when he was delivering vegetables to her, he encountered a dandy from the Ye family at the city gate, knocked him down, and his head hit the sharp corner of a stone and died.
When this body woke up again, it was no longer that of the young man, but that of the resurrected young patriarch of the Ye family, Ye Qian!
And the dying wish of the young man was to fulfill the maid’s desire…
After “reading” all of this, Ye Qian remained expressionless, coldly smiling inwardly.
The original owner of this body, Ye Shu, had a simple nature, and became even more foolish after burning his brain. However, Ye Qian could see all the peculiarities within.
Ye Shu was naturally talented, but the clan’s resources were limited. If they were to heavily invest in him, it would reduce the supplies available to other clan members. Originally, the most talented person in the clan was the legitimate son Ye Jun. Ye Shu’s sudden rise to prominence blocked Ye Jun’s path, which naturally could not be tolerated. One dose of medicine administered by Ye Jun caused Ye Shu to have a high fever, making him foolish and unable to compete.
The maid Ye Shu had in mind was named Hong Yuan. She was a girl rescued by Ye Shu’s parents when they were alive. If things had gone as planned, she would have been Ye Shu’s bed warmer in the future. After Ye Shu’s parents died, Hong Yuan served him faithfully. However, as Ye Shu’s martial talent was discovered by the clan, Hong Yuan’s status changed. Yet, as she grew older, she didn’t develop any feelings for the still-childish Ye Shu. At this moment, when she was slightly tempted by Ye Jun, natural ambiguity arose, and she was willing to sacrifice for him. The bowl of soup that caused Ye Shu’s fever was personally brewed and delivered by Hong Yuan. Ye Shu had no guard against her, so when he drank the soup, his fate was sealed.
But how could Ye Jun be interested in Hong Yuan? He used Hong Yuan to harm Ye Shu, making him foolish, and then used clan members to expel Ye Shu from the clan. All the humiliations Ye Shu faced afterward were due to Ye Jun’s dislike for him. Hong Yuan felt somewhat guilty towards Ye Shu and occasionally pitied him, but because of Ye Jun, she never truly helped him.
And Hong Yuan’s greatest wish was to marry Ye Jun.
Ye Qian hated betrayal the most in his life. Ye Ju was like this back then, and now Hong Yuan was the same.
Ye Jun’s actions against Ye Shu were ultimately driven by self-interest and were cruel, but they could be attributed to Ye Shu’s shortcomings. However, Hong Yuan’s actions were utterly shameless. She repaid Ye Shu’s parents’ lifesaving grace with such betrayal, which was despicable beyond measure. Even if she were torn into a thousand pieces, it would not be enough to resolve the hatred.
It was a pity that this body belonged to Ye Shu. After Ye Shu became foolish, his only obsession was to fulfill Hong Yuan’s wish. It was truly pitiful. If Ye Qian wanted to use this body, he had to fulfill Ye Shu’s wish. Not only could Hong Yuan not be killed, but she also had to marry Ye Jun.
Considering this, Ye Qian already had a plan in mind.
He would make sure that Hong Yuan’s wish… was fulfilled.
With a plan in mind, Ye Qian disregarded those few people.
Although his cultivation was no longer there, his divine consciousness remained, enough to know the situation inside his body.
Inside Ye Qian’s dantian, there was a hazy bead floating up and down. He clearly recognized it as the miraculous treasure, the Hunyuan Pearl, from the forbidden land of his Ye family!
After acquiring this pearl, the elders had not yet discovered its purpose when the news leaked out. The Hunyuan Pearl had been hidden by an unknown elder, and now it had returned with him, even ending up in his dantian?
According to Ye Qian’s memory, now that he had returned to a thousand years ago and could not possess the Golden Core, his ability to return to the past and inhabit Ye Shu’s body was probably related to that Hunyuan Pearl.
However, that Hunyuan Pearl inside his dantian did not respond to his control, only making him vaguely feel a connection between his soul and the Hunyuan Pearl. After some thought, he cautiously touched the Hunyuan Pearl with his divine consciousness, but in an instant, it felt as if his divine consciousness was hit by a huge hammer, causing dizziness and almost fainting again!
However, how strong was Ye Qian’s will?
He endured it forcefully, only breaking out in a cold sweat.
Soon, Ye Qian noticed countless tiny characters swirling in his mind, forming passages. And the line of large characters at the forefront was none other than: “The Hunyuan Mystery Arts!”
Can it be… a legacy cultivation arts?
Ye Qian’s heart stirred.
At the same time, his divine consciousness extended into the Hunyuan Pearl, revealing the scene inside.
It was chaotic and hazy, except for a small island in the center.
On that island stood a yellow bamboo, with a bamboo leaf on it, covered in a faint white frost. Slowly tilting, it coalesced into a droplet, quietly falling into a bamboo tube in front.
As Ye Qian looked at the bamboo tube, he saw a round gray water drop resting quietly on the edge.
—What is this?
As he thought this, his mind naturally understood that it was Hunyuan Water, nurturing all things, and this water had such a purpose. However, this water could only be stored in jade vessels. Otherwise, each passing day, it would naturally transform into a strand of chaotic primordial energy, entering that hazy realm.
Having roughly understood these things, Ye Qian heard the sound of a door being pushed open, followed by footsteps as someone walked in and took his wrist to check his pulse.
Ye Qian’s heart fluttered slightly, and his eyelids trembled as he slowly opened them—it is time to wake up.
The person sitting by the bed was an elderly man with white hair. He looked a bit thin, but his eyes were sharp, his fingers strong, and he had a gentle demeanor, indicating that he was probably a good doctor.
Seeing Ye Qian wake up, he smiled and said, “Young man, awake?”
Ye Qian moved his lips slightly and asked, “Where… am I?”
The old doctor said gently, “Young man, you hit your head. The young city lord brought you here for treatment. Don’t worry, the young master is kind-hearted and has already paid for your treatment. Just rest here for now. Take a few more doses of medicine, and once you’re able to move, you can leave.”
Ye Qian expressed gratitude, saying, “Thank you, Sir.”
As he said this, a familiar face suddenly flashed through his mind.
If he hadn’t remembered incorrectly, when he had just arrived in this body, he had briefly woken up for a moment, only to faint shortly after due to the body’s dilapidation. The person he had seen at that moment seemed to… resemble the blood puppet he had been with for over two hundred years.
He still remembered that before detonating the great formation and falling, his only wish was to see what the blood puppet looked like when it was alive. Could it be that the Hunyuan Pearl followed his wish and actually sent him to the place where the living blood puppet was?
Thinking of this, Ye Qian sighed in his heart.
The blood puppet of the Ye family was originally created from extremely evil living people, always given to outstanding members of the clan to protect them throughout their lives. However, his grandfather had once told him that although the blood puppet by his side had slaughtered a domain, he was not truly evil. Those slaughtered in the domain, although not all were extremely wicked, none were innocent either… And this blood puppet, while indeed a blood puppet, was not captured and refined by his grandfather, but rather, he had voluntarily sought it out, willingly.
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Out of curiosity, Ye Qian had also asked why Tian Lang was like this.
But his grandfather had told Ye Qian that Tian Lang had a difficult life. After avenging his enemies, he had lost interest in living, but it was precisely when he encountered Ye Qian’s grandfather rushing to the Ye family with Ye Qian in his arms. Ye Qian was born frail, perhaps by fate, and Tian Lang felt affection for him. Unable to stay in the Ye family due to his notorious reputation, Tian Lang willingly chose to protect Ye Qian as he grew up with his own flesh and blood.
Since then, Ye Qian had realized that no matter what Tian Lang had done in the past, he always treated him sincerely. Originally valuing Tian Lang greatly, Ye Qian later involuntarily treated him as a living person. Even though Tian Lang had no consciousness, Ye Qian regarded him as a close kin. In public, Ye Qian had always been resilient and self-reliant, but in private, whenever he felt weary, Tian Lang’s silent companionship always dispelled it quickly.
Afterward, came the tragic events that befell the Ye family.
As the acting patriarch, he led the remaining clan members to fight back against the calamity, using the power of ancient formations to exterminate all who dared to invade!
As for the blood puppet…
He also perished with him.
Brushing away those thoughts, Ye Qian’s face was calm.
Indeed, his own life was also full of hardships.
His father was the only son. After marrying, the couple was supposed to be happy together. However, both his parents were devoted to the Dao and spent years practicing outside. They were eventually poisoned by someone’s scheme and barely managed to escape back to their clan.
At that time, his mother was nine months pregnant, and she exerted all her strength to give birth to him. However, she passed away soon after. He was born with severed meridians, barely clinging to life. His father, grieving for his beloved wife and worrying for him, sacrificed all his blood to sustain him before leaving with his wife. Despite this, he only had a breath left and could hardly continue to survive.
His grandfather was deeply saddened. He sealed him with a secret method and then wandered around, searching for a way to keep him alive. It wasn’t until over eight hundred years later that he found a method to break the ice and start his cultivation from scratch.
Now thinking about it, the day he possessed this body was also his previous life’s birthday, indicating a deep connection.
He wondered if in this realm, the Mohe Spirit Realm, there were still the couple from the Ye family and whether there was another Ye Qian.
No, whether or not there was another Ye Qian, he was no longer Ye Qian; he was Ye Shu now.
As for the young master who resembled Tian Lang…
Although he didn’t know if the young city lord was indeed Tian Lang, even if he wasn’t, he still had a life-saving grace towards Ye Shu.
Since there was a favor, it should be repaid.
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