Chapter 101 - Someone from That Place? (2/2)

When Ye Zhantian and a few other people walked past the training ground and saw the youths practicing energetically, they smiled with delight. Truly, the House of Ye seemed very different from before as everyone had become full of hope.

“Zhantian, how long has it been since Little Chen left?” Ye Changxuan asked.

“It’s been sixteen days,” Ye Zhantian blurted without missing a beat as he had been constantly keeping track of how much time had passed after Ye Chen had left.

“Well, time really flies.” Ye Changxuan stared into the distance with a deep gaze. Although he felt somewhat worried, after giving it some more thought, he believed that Little Chen would not encounter anything he could not handle judging by his capabilities.

These days, quite a few groups of people had come to visit the House of Ye. These people were all headed for the Sunken Jade Tower. Some of the groups were pretty tolerable as they had been on friendly terms with the House of Ye since before and had come to find temporary lodging at the Ye Castle for a day or two. However, several people came harboring malicious intentions although they tactfully left soon after witnessing the true might of the House of Ye. As for the other houses that were slightly weaker in capabilities such as the House of Yan and the House of Qin, they got into a few battles with some outsiders and suffered great losses, so much so that their clans were nearly annihilated. Similarly, the remaining few houses were affected by those ill-intentioned people as well to a certain extent.

In this chaotic world, one would not be able to survive if one was not powerful enough. When the House of Ye received news from these remaining few houses, their clan members felt all the more grateful toward Ye Chen. Without him, the House of Ye might fall to the same fate as the House of Yan and the House of Qin, and face the misfortune of having their clan wiped out.

Chirp, chirp!

The loud cries of a bird echoed from the sky above the Ye Castle where a Condor was flying around in circles. This Condor was a few times larger in size compared to a human. The moment the Scarlet Sky Tiger and the Stormphantom Panther heard the Condor’s loud cries, they became rather restless.

“What happened?”

“Is it an attack from a mystical beast?”

“Get your crossbows ready and prepare to fire!”

The clan members on the castle walls quickly aimed their crossbows at the Condor in the sky. They were all well-trained and experienced, so they were able to swiftly and accurately aim at their target despite having to manage over thirty crossbows in one go. As their recent earnings had increased immensely, the House of Ye started to build their castle defense on a large scale and had even bought more than thirty crossbows of the highest quality from a merchant from Donglin County. These crossbows were indeed quite formidable and even Ninth Level combatants would not be capable of defending themselves effectively if these crossbows were fired in a volley.

When they saw the Condor, Ye Zhantian and Ye Changxuan exchanged a glance. As expected, someone from that place had come at last.

“Put away your crossbows. Without my order, no one is allowed to launch an attack!” Ye Zhantian’s strong voice echoed throughout the entire Ye Castle.

“Understood, Former Chief!” After hearing Ye Zhantian’s order, the clan members hurriedly kept away their crossbows with doubtful and anxious looks on their faces as they did not know what was going on. Seeing as a mystical beast was approaching the castle, why would Former Chief stop them from launching an attack?

“Ye Meng, go and tell Little Rou to come here,” Ye Changxuan said while glancing at Ye Meng who was standing beside him.

“Understood, granduncle.” Ye Meng hastily ran over to Ye Rou’s house. Ye Rou had been entrusted to the care of a certain household in the clan. This particular household belonged to an elderly couple, both of whom were kind and friendly people who did not practice any martial arts. It was this elderly couple who brought up Ye Rou as a child.

Ye Meng was still on his way there when he saw that Ye Rou had already come out of her house and was rushing over as fast as she could.

At that moment, the Condor began to descend from the sky while circling the Ye Castle and gradually landed on the ground.