Chapter 117: Chapter 116: Ambitious
Ye Langfeng stepped out of the mysterious complex of buildings, only for his heart to suddenly seize. It was because of the man standing before him—his grandfather. Ye Qingshan simply stood there, watching him quietly.
"Grand... Grandfather!" Ye Langfeng stamred.
"Where have you been?" Ye Qingshan asked.
"I just felt suffocated and went for a walk. Please don’t misunderstand, Grandfather!" Ye Langfeng hastily explained.
But Ye Qingshan retorted, "Do you think I’d believe that? Do you take
for a fool? Co with
to the Punishnt Hall. I’ll interrogate you myself!"
"Grandfather, can’t I have so personal ambition of my own?" Ye Langfeng retorted defiantly.
"You can," Ye Qingshan replied, "but I’m afraid this ambition of yours is no longer rely personal. You’re acting against the Ye Family, against your elder brother, aren’t you?"
"That’s right. I am acting against my elder brother, and you all forced
to! What was ever so wrong with ? But from the mont my elder brother showed up, you’ve all treated him like a precious treasure, while I’m nothing more than a forgotten chess piece."
"So, I have to fight for my own goals! You may have cast
aside, but that doesn’t an I can’t succeed!" Ye Langfeng said bitterly.
Ye Qingshan said, "We never treated you as a chess piece. You simply failed to live up to our expectations. I never imagined you would turn on your own kin. I am deeply disappointed in you."
"Disappointed?" Ye Langfeng sneered. "So what if you are? There’s far greater disappointnt to co. When that ti cos, you’ll realize it’s not just disappointnt you feel, but utter despair!"
Ye Qingshan felt a chill at this vicious expression. He never thought his own grandson could beco such a person.
"Turn back from the brink!" Ye Qingshan reprimanded. "If you don’t turn back now, you never will."
"I never planned on turning back," Ye Langfeng mocked. "Between Ye Fan and , one of us has to die. And it will be him, not !"
At that, Ye Qingshan bellowed, "If that’s how it is, then I have no choice but to take you down myself, right now!"
"So you’re finally angry," Ye Langfeng taunted. "It seems that in the conflict between
and my so-called ’elder brother,’ you’d still side with him. It looks like I made the right choice!"
"Enough! Don’t ntion this again!" Ye Qingshan snapped.
"I’ve touched upon the deepest injustice in your heart, so now you feel guilty. You really are a ’good’ grandfather to ," Ye Langfeng said coldly.
With that, Ye Qingshan made his move, lunging at Ye Langfeng. He held back his full strength, intending only to subdue him.
However, Ye Langfeng t the attack with unnerving calm, effortlessly catching Ye Qingshan’s fist as it flew toward him.
"Impossible!" Ye Qingshan was stunned. Ye Langfeng shouldn’t be this powerful! How could he have suppressed
so easily with a single, simple move? He was baffled by how quickly Ye Langfeng had improved.
"Are you done playing around?" Ye Langfeng taunted.
With a swift twist of his hand, Ye Langfeng sent Ye Qingshan stumbling to the ground. Before he could fully stand back up, Ye Langfeng had him by the throat. "You brought this on yourself. I didn’t want to reveal my true strength so soon. Now do you see how terrifying I can be?"
"What deviant thod did you use to increase your power?" Ye Qingshan asked in shock. He knew Ye Langfeng’s sudden surge in strength had to be connected to his visit to that complex.
Ye Langfeng sneered, "You don’t need to know. The strong prove their worth through strength alone."
"Only antiquated fools like you plod along one step at a ti. The era is advancing, and so are Martial Cultivators. You’ve been left behind by the tis." He tightened his grip on Ye Qingshan’s neck.
Ye Qingshan felt no fear of death, only heartbreak. He never expected Ye Langfeng to beco this kind of person. This increase in Ye Langfeng’s strength violated the very tenets of martial cultivation. Continuing down this path would inevitably lead to chaos.
Ye Qingshan said, "Sooner or later, you will pay the price for your actions! Go on, do it!"
"You think I don’t dare?" Suddenly, Ye Langfeng chopped the side of Ye Qingshan’s neck with his left hand, knocking him unconscious instantly.
When he awoke, he found himself back in the Ye Family estate.
Ye Langfeng’s voice rang out, "My good grandfather, you’re finally awake."
"I am. Why didn’t you kill ?" Ye Qingshan demanded angrily.
"Kill you? Why would I do that? You’re my good grandfather, after all! How could I bear to kill you? You’ll soon get to watch my ’good’ elder brother die at my hands!"
"I’ll also let you witness what true power is! But until then, you will behave. Otherwise, I will kill you without a second thought!"
"The sa goes for the rest of the Ye Family. If you don’t want them to die, you had best pretend that nothing at all has happened!" In that mont, Ye Langfeng was utterly terrifying.
Ye Qingshan raged, "You animal! To think you’d raise a hand against your own family!"
"Say what you will," Ye Langfeng laughed as he walked out of the room. "I do things my own way. If that makes
an animal, then so be it! Hahaha!"
Ye Qingshan knew his grandson was beyond saving. If he fights Ye Fan, he’s sure to die. Ye Fan is the King of Heaven, after all. To think the Ye Family is being used like this... I have to warn Ye Fan, but I’m afraid he’ll walk right into an ambush. The person behind all this is terrifying. This situation forced Ye Qingshan’s hand, compelling him to step into a trap even though he knew it was one.
「...」
During this ti, Jiangning was undergoing earth-shattering changes.
The Wu Family had fallen. As they were an unremarkable family to begin with, their collapse drew little attention.
As for the forr subordinates of the Su Family, they were all terrified, but their fear was useless. Ye Fan would kill them all the sa.
The Jintian Group’s plans were foiled once again. Their struggle against Ye Fan had left them severely weakened, forcing them to hunker down in Japan, too afraid to make a move. Of course, Ye Fan had no intention of letting them off so easily. For now, however, he had to free up his ti to deal with the Demon Emperor.
Nevertheless, Jintian Group’s situation was dire. While Ye Fan wouldn’t deal with them personally, he used his network to have other corporations pressure them. For a ti, the Jintian Group was brought to a standstill.
All this ti, Ye Fan had been waiting for news from Zhan Xiong.
Finally, two days later, a ssage arrived from Zhan Xiong: the Demon Emperor was in Shangjing.
This news unsettled Ye Fan. It turned out that after escaping last ti, the Demon Emperor hadn’t fled to so other place but had remained hidden in Shangjing all along. He only appeared in Jiangning when he instigated the conflict between Ye Fan and the Divine Continent Sword.
Ye Fan knew at once that he had to make another trip to Shangjing to eliminate this lingering threat for good.
That sa day, Ye Fan set off with Black Fog. Black Fog was now his most dependable aide, and his combat prowess was not to be underestimated. He was the wisest choice for this mission.
Black Fog’s influence in the Heavenly King Hall wasn’t as great as Tiancan’s or Di Que’s, so his absence wouldn’t cause any disruption.
He didn’t even say goodbye to Su Qingxue. She was busy with company matters, and Ye Fan had no intention of disturbing her.
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