Several days passed.
Under Qin Jiang’s persistent pursuit, Ye Ling’er completely gave in. As for Chen Ningbing, as long as Qin Jiang was strong enough, she would always follow by his side.
Right now, Qin Jiang was cultivating. He was still very diligent. Even with the system, he hadn’t given up cultivation, insisting on training at least ten minutes every day.
Ye Ling’er was beside him, her beautiful eyes fixed on him, hands resting under her chin, a gentle smile on her face.
Chen Ningbing was also present. During this time, she had already met Ye Ling’er. Ye Ling’er had a soft personality, and knowing Qin Jiang had other women, she didn’t say much. Chen Ningbing was more of the rational type—she clearly understood that a man like Qin Jiang could never be hers alone.
Because of that, the two women got along rather well.
After cultivating for a few minutes, Qin Jiang opened his eyes and sighed, “That was quite a gain.”
Hearing that, Chen Ningbing rolled her eyes at him and frowned, “Qin Jiang, how are you this strong when you laze around so much?”
These days, she’d been by Qin Jiang’s side, but she rarely saw him do anything serious. She really couldn’t understand why someone like him had such powerful strength.
Qin Jiang curved his lips and said, “Talent! There’s no fairness in this world. Some things you’re born with, and if you don’t have them, you’ll never get them no matter how hard you try. Just now, five minutes of my cultivation was worth a month of your hard training. That’s talent—innately unfair.”
Chen Ningbing opened her mouth but ended up sighing and shaking her head. It really was unfair.
Ye Ling’er blinked her bright eyes and asked curiously, “Your five minutes of cultivation really match Sister Bing’s one month of training?”
Chen Ningbing twitched at the corner of her mouth. That was just rubbing salt in the wound.
Qin Jiang thought seriously for a moment, “If I cultivated seriously, five minutes might equal Bing’er’s whole year. Maybe even more…”
Chen Ningbing stared at him, speechless. Then she turned away, pouting, “I don’t believe you!”
“You don’t believe me?” Qin Jiang said with a faint smile, then raised his hand slightly. “Watch this!”
A surge of spiritual power quickly gathered. Qin Jiang’s aura burst forth. In Chen Ningbing’s senses, his aura continued to rise rapidly.
Within a few breaths…
Qin Jiang retracted his aura, and Chen Ningbing stared at him, stunned. “You… you just had a breakthrough?”
Qin Jiang nodded calmly, “Isn’t breaking through the easiest thing?”
Chen Ningbing: “…”
Just then…
A voice came from outside the door—it was Hei Long’s. Qin Jiang looked toward the door and said, “Come in.”
The door opened. Besides Hei Long, Ye Kuan was also there.
Qin Jiang’s eyes showed a trace of surprise, and a few guesses formed in his mind. “Something happened to the Ye Family?”
Ye Ling’er, who was beside him, froze for a moment upon hearing this, then a look of worry surfaced on her face. Though she hadn’t returned to the Ye Family in years, her birth parents were still there. She also knew that her abandonment back then was because her parents had lured away the enemies during a crisis so she could survive. Over the years, the Ye Family had never stopped looking for her.
Ye Kuan gave a bitter smile. “Young Master Qin guessed right. Ye Qingtian has reappeared. And behind him, there seem to be shadows of other Ancient Clans.”
Ye Qingtian was the eldest of the Ye Family. After losing in the fight for the patriarch’s position, he had gone into hiding, secretly accumulating strength with the intention of returning to take the family back by force.
Previously, Qin Jiang had even joked about supporting Ye Qingtian to threaten Ye Kuan. And now, someone had actually done it.
Clearly, someone didn’t want the Ye Family to have peace.
“Do you know who is supporting Ye Qingtian?” Qin Jiang asked.
Ye Kuan shook his head. “Every Ancient Clan has some enemies. The one backing Ye Qingtian is likely one of our Ye Family’s enemies. It’s not surprising if they’re involved.”
Qin Jiang nodded. “So, you’re here to ask for help?”
Ye Kuan’s expression turned serious as he said respectfully, “I hope that, for the sake of the young lady, Young Master Qin can lend the Ye Family a hand. If the Ye Family makes it through this crisis, we will surely reward you greatly!”
Qin Jiang curled his lips. “What valuable things could the Ye Family possibly have?”
Ye Kuan’s heart skipped a beat. If Qin Jiang refused to help, their family foundation would suffer severely.
“But for my Ling’er’s sake, of course I have to give face.”
Qin Jiang smiled and turned to Hei Long, giving instructions, “Hei Long, go back to the Qin Family and bring my Floating Palace. Since we’re helping, we’ll go all out and make a grand entrance to intimidate all the riffraff.”
“Yes!” Hei Long responded and left immediately.
Ye Kuan’s face lit up with joy. “Thank you, Young Master Qin, for your support.”
He understood Qin Jiang’s meaning. If he arrived at the Ye Family in a Floating Palace, it wouldn’t just be his presence—it would represent the entire Qin Family.
It was a warning to whoever was behind Ye Qingtian. Maybe Qin Jiang wouldn’t even need to make a move, and those people would back off on their own.
After all, the Qin Family was one of the top Ancient Clans on the Profound Sky Continent. No one wanted to provoke them.
…
“What a luxurious palace! Which rich young master came to our Qingcheng Town?”
“Shut up! Are you trying to die? Didn’t you see the beast pulling the carriage? That’s a Void Beast! In the entire Profound Sky Continent, the only one who uses a Void Beast to pull a carriage is our Qin Region’s Young Master!”
“Oh my god, is that the legendary Floating Palace?”
“Why would the Young Master of Qin Region come to Qingcheng Town?”
“I heard our Young Master has the bearing of an Emperor. I really want to see what a future Emperor looks like.”
“Hey, honestly, our Qin Region’s Young Master is one of the best on the Profound Sky Continent. Maybe he really will become an Emperor one day.”
“I heard he’s unbelievably handsome. I really want to see him up close~”
“Me too. If only he looked at me once, maybe he’d fall for me.”
“Ew~ You sissy! You’re disgusting.”
Amid the hushed whispers of the crowd, Qin Jiang rose into the air with Ye Ling’er and Chen Ningbing.
Under countless gazes, Qin Jiang stepped into the Floating Palace and patted the Void Beast, “Xiao Xu, head to Ye Territory.”
ROAR!!!
The Void Beast let out a roar. It was very dissatisfied with the name ‘Xiao Xu,’ but Qin Jiang refused to change it. It had no choice—he was the master after all.
After Qin Jiang entered the Floating Palace, the Void Beast pulled it straight into the void. The distance this time was great. If they flew normally, it would take at least half a month. Traveling through space was much faster.
Meanwhile, in Qingcheng Town, countless people stood in stunned silence.
“Was the Young Master here to pick someone up?”
“Could it be… that person really was our Qin Region’s Young Master?”
“Hiss… I’ve seen him before! He took our City Lord’s daughter!”
“Ahhh, the City Lord is so lucky! Why didn’t the Young Master come for my daughter?”
“My daughter… sigh, forget it…”